A/N Yikes that last one was a roller coaster of emotions. Just so y'all know if you didn't, they use DD/MM/YYYY in the UK for dating format.
Finally, this chapter will cover the next year. Enjoy.
JUNE
23/06/1976
My Dearest Dorothy,
Today Annalee came out of the Hospital Wing. She and Sirius still are not talking. The school has been notified of everything that's happened.
I feel for them, you know? Everybody can see that they love each other, except my idiot of a brother. Thought I suspect that, as Anne says, that's because he's a bloody buffoon. I overheard him talking (crying) to James Potter earlier about whether or not she still loves him.
She's good at keeping up appearances. When she cries, she does it in private, like a good pureblood daughter. Her hair is neat and her outfit is tidy. If I didn't know her, I'd think that she's just fine. But I do and I can tell that (not to be dramatic or anything) she is wrought with guilt. I feel for her, too, honestly. Grief can make people crazy.
I know it's made me crazy.
I miss you lots, Dory. More with each passing day. For the longest time, I was so sure that we were the main characters. I'm not sure of that anymore. I think maybe, just maybe, Annalee is the main character in this story.
In other news, your parents aren't having a funeral. Sirius and I have organized a small gathering in the Forbidden Forest for tomorrow.
We'll be with you one last time there, I suppose.
Yours always,
R.A.B.JULY
"Evans?" Sirius calls into the townhouse, having been invited over by Lily. He and Anna hasn't spoken a word since their fight. While they haven't broken up, he's dead scared that they will.
When there's no response, he walks through the open door in time to hear the laughter of a little girl.
"Princess Daisy," comes the elated voice of Annalee Fawley, "here is your tea."
The little girl, Daisy, presumably, laughs again, "Does it have gold in it, my fair lady?"
"Gold and caviar," Anna obliges.
Sirius follows the noise into the family room where Anna is sitting at a tiny table in a tiny chair next to a small redhead with a flower crown of Daisies on her head. The little girl is sipping at a plastic cup of tea.
"It doesn't look like gold, Lady Lee," Daisy crinkles her nose into the cup. "And caviar is grody."
Sirius leans against the doorframe, his hands thrust into his pockets, and a smile playing on his lips.
His smile has nothing on Anna's huge one, though. Hers is spread all the way across her face shamelessly.
Annalee laughs, a sound Sirius missed.
"You know, Princess Daisy, I'm not sure you've ever had caviar."
"Doesn't mean I can't not like it," Daisy says authoritatively, wagging her finger. "Plus, I do believe I'm the Princess here...? You serve me."
Anna holds her hands up in surrender. "I simply must beg your forgiveness. I am oh, so very sorry for imposing my mostly correct opinion."
"I heard that," Daisy grumbles. She glances over to the doorway and her face brightens, "Lady Lee, have you brought me a prince?"
Sirius chuckles, "Actually, I'm looking for Lily. And I might be a little bit old for you."
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