*13 years later*

The flashbacks come and go. It's hard to judge the time in the real world sometimes. Memories haunt my mind all the time. I do my best to forget.

Harry starts Hogwarts this year. Lily and James are dead. Sirius killed them. I love him still.

*flashback*

"I... I think I'm in love with you." He mumbled quietly, his eyes filled with a previously unrecognisable emotion I could now label as love. My eyes began to water and before I could even think about my actions I had knocked him over in a hug.

"I think I'm in love with you too!"

It was only our fourth date but when we were forced to grow up as quickly as we were there was no time to judge emotions on normal societal values. That was the start of our three year relationship.

I am alive still but after the incident they didn't know that, they died thinking I had died. All of my friends are gone.

I, Layla Reid, am alone.