A Soulmate's Love

Chapter 11 - Christmas

*Hey Guys! The photo above is what I imagine Christmas at the burrow would be like!

My winter holidays passed by quicker than I had hoped. The thing I loved about my family is that even when we got into petty fights and arguments, all we had to do was not talk to each other for 30 minutes, and then everything would go back to normal.

This is especially what happened with Grace. Here's an example:

"Althea is that my sweater?!"

"I just found it in my closet and assumed you didn't want it anymore!"

"Sure, you just happened to find my favorite sweater in your closet. Bitch give it back!"

"What the fuck whore! This is not your favorite sweater first of all and second of all just let me wear it for the day! You have plenty more or you could borrow one of mine!"

"Ugh, you bitch! You are always stealing my clothes!"

"Fine! I'll take it off! Grace you are such a bitch! I'm happy I'm leaving in a week at least I'll be rid of you!"

And with that, we both stomp off in anger. I had gone too far, I know it, but damn she was annoying! As I was on my phone, I found a really funny video. I was about to send it to Grace when I realized we were fighting. Ugh, I would have to wait for 30 minutes, and then I'll send it to her and we'll act like the whole fight never happened. Whenever we fought, there was always one of us that went too far and hurt the other person's feelings. All I had to do was just pretend it didn't happen and pay for her Starbucks drink or something like that.

For the first few days, I actually found myself enjoying every moment of the break. I loved going back to the muggle world. Baking with Grace, teaching Anaiah how to skate, they were all things that wouldn't happen when I was to go back to Hogwarts and I knew that I would miss them immensely.

The things that I hadn't missed however were the comments made on my appearance and weight, made by my mom. I had gained back the weight that I had lost and I was happy with my body and with myself, but it was those small noticeable reminders that always set me back.

"Althea don't eat that you need to watch your figure."

"Have you been weighing yourself recently?"

"I know that at Hogwarts you let yourself go so use this time to really cut down."

"You should start working out more"

I tried to convince myself when I looked in the mirror that my body was beautiful, but it was hard, especially when the second I came downstairs I would be set back. That's when the bad habits started forming again - Skipping breakfast, having a diet coke as a meal, starving myself, bingeing and then feeling incredibly guilty, etc.

The only thing that kept me from tipping off the deep end was the letters Elise sent me. She knew that I would be having a hard time and reminded me of the many things she loved about me. She told me to repeat daily affirmations that really helped, and to write how I felt in a journal. Elise was amazing.

Another thing I looked forward to were the letters George sent to me. He talked to me about things that were happening at the Burrow, how he dreaded the return to school, and the different pranks he and Fred pulled on Ron and Percy.

Hey Althea Victoria Jane,

How are you? Things at the Burrow are great and I know I'm going to miss it when we go back to school - I can't believe we're going back in a week!