𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 | f. weasley

thirty-two

"BUT I MADE IT INTO a house," Julianna justified. 

"Mum, you've literally just copied Scamander," Cassie laughed as the mother-daughter lay on Julia's bed. 

"There's a difference between inspiration and copying—"

"And you have copied,"

"I have been inspired," Julia said sternly, unable to rub off the smile on her face. 

"Whatever helps you sleep at night, mum," Cassie scoffed with a laugh, patting her mother's shoulders. 

"You do," Julia chuckled, making Cassie gag. 

"That was so cheezy," Cassie laughed, continuing to act as though she was vomiting all over the floor beside the bed. 

"I'm raising the bar for cheezy pick-up lines for your significant others," said Julia, gazing at her daughter while she continued laughing at how pathetic and cheezy that was. 

Her daughter's laugh was like music to her ears. The sheer sound of her being happy made Julia's heart flutter.  She watched the girl begin to talk about all the lines she'd received by various people on Valentines Day before and Julia couldn't help but see how much Cassie was like her father. 

She had his charisma, his laugh, his mischievous eyes and perfect hair. She was often reminded of Sirius with the way Cassie spoke but what stood out most of all was that Cassie shared Sirius's unparalleled love and loyalty for those who were kind to her. Both of them had been through a terrible childhood but still held onto the faith of 'everything will get better' which at the end worked out (well, not entirely but it was good enough for them).

It had barely been a week since the mother and daughter had reunited with one another and Julia had so much to catch up on. She'd read all of Cassie's letters and Remus had also done a good briefing about Cassie's likes and dislikes and style of doing certain activities of the day in the past week. Still, it was getting difficult for Julia to cope with her teenage daughter — but she was trying to make the most of it — which Cassie greatly appreciated. 

Cassandra had written back to Fred that night itself. It was a lengthy letter detailing her plans for this summer and how she even managed to sneak back to Hogsmeade via the Hogwarts Express. Fred was definitely impressed by the fact she managed to convince Professor McGonagall to help smuggle herself to Remus's home right under the Ministry's nose. Of course, as Cassie wished, he kept this secret and didn't reveal her location to anyone but did manage to let her allow him to write to her once every week. 

"Cassie!" a distant voice from above shouted, making the girl stop her rant over how ridiculous it was for her to study at Hogwarts after already having completed the majority of her education beforehand. 

"Well, I guess it's time for chores," she groaned, pulling herself up and hugging her mother. 

"I'll join you, my work can wait," Julia suggested as they climbed up the rope ladder. 

"What exactly are you working on?" asked Cassie, pushing open the suitcase to climb out. 

"A potion that can deflect unforgivable curses," Julia shrugged. 

"How would that work?" the daughter asked, genuinely interested in this potion, watching her mother latch her suitcase/home and kick it under Cassie's bed. 

"Sort of like a Protego Charm for your body. So you will be struck by the curse but the potion will technically be able to convert the effect to that of a Stupefy Charm,"

"You said technically," Cassie pointed as they walked down the stairs to the parlour where they knew Remus had called them from, "Have you actually figured it out?"