Consolation Prize

“What do you think Harry would have done?” Lily asks, nervously biting her lip, “If I had told him what Damon did?”

“My dad would’ve had a full-on nervous breakdown,” I say, because I can almost see it clearly in my head. Him crumbling down because he doesn’t know how to deal with difficult situations like that, “He probably would’ve bought another house for you, split his time between our house and yours so you wouldn’t feel displaced, and then he would’ve bought you a million things, showering you with money in hopes that it would make you feel better and forget what happened.”

Lily’s eyes are teary again, but she chuckles and nods because she knows I’m right.

“And as for Damon, of course, he would’ve protected him at all costs, but I think there would have been a drastic change between them,” I continue, considering it. It could still happen, “Your mother is going to tell him everything, did you know that? About our relationship and what Damon did. Before you two leave, she