[HPforGrownups] Re: Did Lily have any girl friends?

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 102271


>
> Jen: There's been speculation that Alice Longbottom was Lily's
> friend, possibly even Harry's Godmother, but I don't think there's
> any canon for that. Well, except they were around the same age and
> both had infant sons, and surely both knew something about the
> Prophecy (or at least that their sons were in danger)...OK, that's a
> little canon for at least knowing each other!
>

K

There's no direct canon for it but since they were roughly the same age,
must have known each other through the Order, and were both pregnant (and
presumably therefore restricted from 'active duty' with the order) at the
same time I would suspect they were reasonably close unless of course their
personalities were just so diametrically opposed that they hated one
another. Plus if they knew about the Prophecy they would have had that in
common too. I would compare them to army/navy/airforce wives whose husbands
were in the same unit - even when they're people who might never have had
anything else in common that does form a certain bond, and when you add in
the fact that they were both going through their first pregnancy at the same
time ... I can certainly see them as at least far more than casual
acquaintances and possibly very close friends. Also they may both have been
a little short on female relatives so having another pregnant woman around
would have been nice (I'm basing that on the fact that other than Lily's
horrible sister and Alice's mother-in-law both Neville and Harry are short
on relatives)

K