Giving Peter a sideglance and a small smile, Lily could only nod in agreement. "I remember, back when I was first made a prefect, that I would stumble upon a prank half finished that you four had started. But I could never find any of you anywhere. It wasn't till later that I found out about James' invisibility cloak. I'll bet that the lot of you were right there watching me and waiting for me to leave. Becuase in the mornings the pranks were always completed. Never get between a Marauder and their victim," she said shaking her head. Except that she had on many occasions. for one person in particular... and now...
"Normally I would fall back on the 'opposites attract' paradime," Lily started. "But here... Love is a very unique thing. And certain situations, they bring out colours in people that we never really thought they had. You're not a bad husband anymore than I'm a bad wife. And I'd be lying if I said that the thought hadn't crossed my mind. There's nothing wrong with liking it here. I rather do too. Family that I never dreamed of, it all just fell into place and I don't want to leave them. But what does it say about both of them that while we didn't choose to be here we were willing to stay and try and make it work, and they just left. Without discussing it, without even bothering to tell us?" She knew very little about the Petunia from Peter's world. But from what she knew of her own sister, she would not have been capable of handling this place. Magic or not. The stress, the not knowing, the worrying. It was probably different. But Severus. He had known better. And she only realized after the fact that she had added him to the conversation and the comparison. This was home now, but she was struggling with this. Let him go completely? She had feelings for Severus still. They'd been together for such a long time. And he'd been her best friend...