The rest of the dinner passed by uneventfully after they had managed to calm the excited and confused Christopher down by telling him the story, thrice. Lily was low-key grateful it had to be told that number of times because she needed to hear it just as much. 

She became the center of attention the second everyone was done stuffing their stomachs. Everyone had a question for her, and it wouldn't have been that much of a deal if they weren't asking it all at the same time. She always thought ...