lioness

Escape to London || Lucy and Lily

Lily grabbed Lucy's hand, somewhat dreading the suffocating feeling of Apparation. Even that was better than the Knight Bus though, at least Apparation was over quickly. She sucked in her breath as she felt Lucy begin to move beside her. When she opened her eyes, they were surrounded by trees. "Er- Where exactly are we?" 

I was ridiculously excited to go to school with Fred. He made me his little sidekick, remember? He knew James would never hex me, so he had me prank him all the time. That was a blast. [Roxy always felt like she’d been born two years too late. From Alice to Frank to James, all of her closer friends were much older than her. And she seemed to fit in better with them than she did with people her own age. So, naturally, she ecstatic to finally go to Hogwarts with all of them. All she ever wanted was to grow up and to be older, but this - war, pregnancy, and death - wasn’t anything what she expected.] Who knows? Things have been awfully quiet ever since…Valentine’s…So maybe he’s right. 

[Lily smiled sadly.] You were always Fred's sidekick. As long as I can remember. You were one of them, y'know. From the very beginning, You always fit in better with Fred, James and Alice than with Lou and Lucy like me... I was always kind of jealous of you for that. You guys seemed so grown up and the rest of us were just playing. [Lily sighed a little. Her friendship with Roxy had always been a bit of a stretch, both of them being so different. But they had fit somehow. This was the first time she ever remembered feeling like there was something between them.] It's only been a month, Rox... It... It doesn't feel like it's settling to me. It feels like it's just building, getting worse. Like the calm before the storm.

Am I? Sometimes I’m not sure about that. [He grinned and stole a gumdrop as well. After all, he had another bag with decoration stuff in one of his suitcases, knowing that these wouldn’t last very long.] Yeah, I get that. So, is everyone in London right now?

You're a great friend, I'm sure of it. [She laughed.] Shouldn't we be saving this stuff to decorate? [Her smiled faded a little bit.] Er- Not everyone, no. [She shifted the sweets around a bit more nervously.] Roxy left again.

And my charming personality and strikingly good looks.

Your personality is no where's near charming, and you're my cousin, Lou, you could look like shit and I'd still have to love you.

You don’t expect to fly there, do you?  And since you haven’t learned to Apparate, here. [Lucy held out her hand.]  I’ve learned a thing or two from the older Slytherins.

I was thinking Knight Bus, actually. [Lily reconsidered, remembering how queasy the Knight Bus always made her feel.] Apparation might be a better idea...