All the Little Secrets| D.M. (18+)

Chapter 24

For the rest of the break I stayed at Hogwarts, filling my time by studying for the OWLS which would be coming up soon. Draco would write to me almost daily, he mentioned in his letters that he had tried to return to school but his mother had fallen into a deep depression. He would never admit it but I knew he decided to stay home and keep an eye on her. Theo on the other hand, I hadn't heard from him since that day at Malfoy Manor. I'd written to him countless times but never received a response back. 

I wonder if he's alright?

Time flew by and before I knew it all the students had returned from Holiday. The school was full again and I was so excited to see everyone. All the students congregated in the Great Hall that morning. As soon as I walked in I was grinning from ear to ear. I immediately caught a glimpse of the Golden Trio and managed to lock eyes with Harry. He got up from his seat and ran towards me at full speed. Within a few seconds he picked me up and spun me around. I melted into his embrace and allowed the warmth of his body to wash over mine. Harry pulled away slowly, a goofy grin still plastered across his face.

"Prue I missed you! Did you happen to get my letter? I didn't know where to send it and when you didn't reply, I was so worried something had happened." He breathed. 

"Yes, I got it. I was going to reply but, I was a bit frightened and didn't want to risk putting my family in danger if I replied." I lied. 

Not two minutes back with your friends and you're already being dishonest.

Harry grabbed both my hands and gave them a squeeze. 

"Don't worry I understand, I'm just glad you're okay." He replied. 

"Speaking of being okay, how is Mr. Weasley doing?" I whispered hoping Ron wouldn't hear. 

"He's recovering well, we spent most of the Holiday's visiting him at St. Mungos." Harry murmured back as we made our way back to the table. 

Once we got closer to the others I began to wave enthusiastically. 

"Hi Prue!" Hermione got up to hug me from across the table. 

"Oi, hi Prue! Holidays did you right, are those new clothes?" Ron inquired.

Hermione hit Ron on the back with one of her text books causing him to yelp.

"Honestly, why are you always so rude." she chastised. 

"Are you mad, could've dislocated my shoulder hitting me with that!" Ron cried out. 

It felt so good to be back with the only people who could make me forget all the craziness I'd gone through in the past few weeks. I couldn't help but wonder where the rest of our friends were. I looked around the room to see if I could spot Luna or Exie but they were nowhere to be found. Just as I was about to ask Harry if he'd seen them one of our classmates came barreling down the aisle toward our table. 

"Harry! Harry! Look what I found!" He shouted.  

I immediately recognized his face and his voice, it was Neville Longbottom. He was running towards us waiving what looked like a small piece of paper in the air. The Trio and I exchanged looks of confusion.  Poor Neville  was red faced and sweating profusely by the time he was standing in front of us. Harry gave him a few minutes to collect himself and catch his breath before asking him what he was talking about. 

"It's the picture I told you about... of our moms..." Neville still hadn't fully recovered from his sprint. 

"Oh the one you mentioned when we saw you at St. Mungos?" Harry questioned back.