I should comfort her.

No! She left you with the others.

But she feels bad. Listen to her!

You have to show them you don't need them.

But I do need them.

If you're dead to them, they're dead to you.

But I still love them like sisters! I don't want them dead.

"I wish you had died inside that house." See? She wanted You to die.

She didn't mean it.

"Yeah, I do."

Lils and I have been friends forever.

"Don't call me Lils. That what friends call each other."

Are you trying to make me feel worse?

I'm trying to show you who your real friends are.

Who are they?

Cissy, Sev, Reg, Lucy, Yax, and Tony.

………

Tony really likes you.

He's always been mean to me.

He's changed.

No, I've changed.

Exactly.

He likes the fake me.

It could be the real you.

It can't! I'll never stop being the shy Gryffindor with her nose stuck in a book and mostly O's.

But you don't fully have to change. You can be the Proud Pureblood Gryffindor with her nose stuck in a book and mostly O's.

I liked being Lily's and Ellie's friend.

Evans and Jinx.

What ever.

You also have Crysa.

She's a waitress.

So? She's friend, is she not?

Yeah, I guess.

You have loads of friends! Why do you need them?

Lily has been my best friend since practically Kindergarden!

She wants you dead!

.… You're right.

I'm…what?

You're right. She that, didn't she?

Yes…

Well then, if she wants me dead. That's how I'll be.