[Comprehensive] Everything is for the enjoyment of life

The days passed quickly, and it was 1970, and everything was peaceful. Petunia and Catherine's courses are so-so, not outstanding but passable. Lily didn't make any big noises anymore, at least not within the scope of Catherine's knowledge.Lily, now eight years old, hadn't met Severus yet, but soon, maybe Severus had noticed Lily.

On this day, it was Petunia's ninth birthday, and like last year, she invited her best friend Catherine to her birthday dinner, but no one else was invited.

"I thought you'd make it a party. Don't everyone like a birthday party?" Catherine said to Petunia on the way home.

"Today and tomorrow are school days, there is no time to throw a party. And the day is already lively enough, I don't want to spend the whole day dealing with those people today. Birthday night is still spent with the closest people Good." Petunia said lightly.

"You can actually move it to the weekend, just like Lily." Catherine lowered her head, a little disappointed, "Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Tuney, I am very touched."

Lily was a little overwhelmed by the side, she suddenly realized that her previous lively birthday party might have hurt her sister's best friend, "I'm sorry, Cathy, I didn't expect... next time..."

Catherine smiled indifferently, "I didn't mean to accuse you, Lily. This is my own choice. And you have your partner, I don't want to cause you any trouble."

"Okay, since we've reached the door, don't talk about those useless things." Petunia stood still at the door, "Daddy, Mommy, we're back, can you open the door for me?"

"Oh, look who is here, our little birthday boy!" Mr. Evans opened the door, hugged Petunia and kissed her cheek, "You are as charming as ever, my dear daughter."

"And our little baby Lily, and Tuney's best friend Catherine! Welcome!" Mrs. Evans followed closely, giving Lily and Catherine a warm hug.

After being greeted warmly by the Evans couple, the three came to Petunia's house and put all the gift boxes, large and small, on Petunia's desk.After the other gift boxes were put down, Catherine took the box wrapped in white paper in her hand and handed it to Petunia with some embarrassment. "I hope you like it." After speaking, Catherine pursed her lips, watching Petunia's movement of unwrapping the present nervously.

Petunia carefully unwrapped the white paper, opened the box, and took out the contents.It was a carved piece of wood from the privet (holly) that grows all over Privet Drive, and it was carved with a roaring lion cub.It can't be said to be lifelike, but at least it can be recognized as a lion at a glance.

"Thank you, I like this gift very much, it is very delicate, you must have put your heart into it." Petunia smiled with eyebrows twisted, "Let me go and put it on my bedside so I can see it every day. "

Catherine carefully observed Petunia's expression, and was relieved after confirming that she really liked her. "As long as you like it." Catherine stroked her fingers, as if the scars hadn't completely faded away.

After Petunia placed the lion cubs, the three of them went to wash their hands together, and then sat around the dining table in rows to enjoy Petunia's birthday dinner.To celebrate Petunia's birthday, the Evans cooked up their signature dish, along with lots of other little girl favorites.The three girls felt that their stomachs were being filled slowly, but they still wanted to stuff something more.

"Oh Mommy, you always make so much good food, it's so sad that you can't eat them all!"

"Oh my dear, you can have it again next year."

The good times are short-lived, and birthday dinners are over after a cake fight of creaming each other. The Evans cleaned up the dining room, pushed the three children into the bathroom, and let them wash the cream on their faces and bodies.

"Tuney, do you want to go on the swing over there?" Lily asked while wiping her face.

"I don't want to go on the swings, but if you want to, I can go with you," Petunia teased.

"Okay, okay, I want to go on the swing." Lily threw the towel into the sink angrily, Petunia skilfully fished out the towel, washed it, wrung it dry and hung it on the towel rack.Apparently Petunia was used to her sister being a little awkward from time to time.

"Sorry, I think I should go home..." Catherine said with some embarrassment, "It's always bad to come home late... I didn't mean to blame you, I sincerely hope you have a good time, I'm sorry I can't meet with you today You guys go together. Maybe we can hang out this weekend?"

"Okay, then it's settled, let's go there to play together on weekends!" Lily said happily.

After bidding farewell to the two sisters, Catherine went downstairs to bid farewell to the Evans couple. They politely kept Catherine. After Catherine said she had to go back, she returned to the Bayliss house accompanied by Mrs. Evans. Mrs. Bayliss and After Mrs. Evans greeted each other, Catherine went back to her room and lay on the bed quietly thinking.

Although Catherine has been trying to avoid causing any kind of trouble to the Bayliss family after she knew her parentage, but this is not the main reason for her refusal to go with her this time.

Petunia was nine years old, and soon it was time for Lily and Severus to meet.I'm afraid Severus has noticed the magical Lily in the abandoned amusement park.Although her magic power is low, there has never been a magic riot, and she has been careful not to use that kind of magic power, but Catherine doesn't know if she will use some magic unconsciously without realizing it.As wizards, it is always easier to perceive each other's identity. Lily didn't notice any of this, but she couldn't bet that Severus didn't either.Once Severus finds out that she is also a witch, let alone whether Severus' feelings for Lily will change, I am afraid that Catherine will not be able to adjust the conflict between the Evans sisters, and there is no way to continue to be Petunia's best friend, or to maintain her relationship with Lily. Petunia's trust, so how to bring Petunia into Hogwarts to enjoy magic?

Of course, Severus would know he was a witch sooner or later. Catherine was going to make Severus think he was a non-magic Muggle when he first came into contact with her.And she wanted to reform and reform Severus, tsk, I'm afraid they were going to fight the first time they met. Catherine rubbed her hands, the recent exercise needs to be strengthened.

Let's turn our perspective back to Sister Evans. Petunia and Lily came to the abandoned playground, they sat on the swing, gently swinging back and forth, talking about something that no one else could say before.

"Tuney, the condition of Bayliss's house is not bad, why doesn't Cathy have clothes for the party and no money to buy gifts." Lily whispered her doubts in her heart.

"Cathy said..." Petunia stopped the swing, looked around, "Don't tell others, Cathy is not Mr. Bayliss' child, she saw someone coming to pay Mrs. Bayliss child support every year."

"Oh, my God!" Lily exclaimed, and stopped the swing, "No wonder... But, even if she is adopted, the Bayliss and his wife can't treat her like this..."

"Lily, don't say that, it's because Cathy doesn't want to cause them extra trouble." Petunia retorted with a straight face, "Okay, okay, you swing your swing, don't talk about these anymore."

So the two swing again, but Lily swings higher and higher than Petunia. Petunia stared nervously at Lily's swaying figure, and shouted in fear: "Lily, don't do that!"

But when the swing reached the highest point, Lily flew up, and laughed as she rushed into the sky, and then she didn't fall to the ground and fell miserably, but slid through the air like a swing master, staying for so long, And so light when it hits the ground.

“Mommy told you not to do that!” Petunia stopped the swing with the heels of her sandals, rattling, and jumped up, putting her hands on her hips as if she had fallen out of the sky, “Mommy said You can't do that, Lily!"

"But I'm fine." Lily giggled, not feeling that there was anything wrong with her behavior.

"It's not right!" Petunia said, but Lily's figure was still in her mind, and she couldn't wave it away. "How could you do it?" She asked, with a clear yearning in her voice .

"I don't know..." Lily thought hard, "Maybe I used the lift of the air?"

"Impossible, the air lift is not enough to let you slide through the air..." Petunia frowned, "It's like this again, it doesn't make sense at all. Maybe I should tell Cathy, maybe she will have a way."

Lily smiled and said indifferently, "Okay, we'll tell her tomorrow. Don't worry too much, nothing happened to me."

The two sisters returned home as if nothing had happened, and Petunia did not tell the Evans couple about another abnormality of Lily.In her heart, there is no need to worry about the things that will be resolved soon.If Catherine can't solve it, it's not too late to tell the parents.

But when the two sisters didn't know, after they left, a skinny boy appeared from behind the bushes, with an unconcealable longing on his skinny face.

The author has something to say: In the next chapter, Catherine begins to enlighten Petunia, and confronts Severus side by side.That's right, it will take a while for the positive one. I haven't decided whether to let Lily develop a relationship with him first, or let this plot go first.