"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞."
Sherry Opal does not like England. She was born and raised in America, more specifically in Massachusetts where Ilvermorny, her school was located. Her mother had threaten...
- Chapter Forty-Eight - "Apologise. For ruining my life."
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THE DINNER TABLE WAS SILENT. No one said a word or even dared to move in fear that it would make a sound and disrupt the quiet. But at the same time everybody desperately wanted to. It wasn't the kind of quiet that you could revel in and peacefully fall asleep, listening to the soft tweeting of the birds outside the windows as they flew around in the hot summer sun. It was the kind that made you want to eat as quick as you could so you could leave, escape to the bathroom, come up with any excuse that would end up in disappearing.
Words of the events that had occurred the previous day had spread from ear to ear of the family and at first Sherry had completely convinced herself that she was going to get up and beat Potter to a pulp for sharing her secrets. But then Stephanie, who had arrived at the house after her rendezvous with the stranger, confessed that it was in fact her who had told Sirius, who had told Peter, who had told Remus who then got up to go and find Matt wherever he was.
This then lead to his parents asking what was wrong until everybody in the house had known what happened. Sherry tried to be mad at Stephanie because she had told the girl that in trust but it didn't work for long since for one, she was so incredibly relived that Stephanie was safe and for two, Stephanie was there for when Sherry finally crumpled into large sobs that would've had the boys wondering anyway.
Still, when Sherry had forced herself downstairs for dinner to at least try and act like everything was normal, she knew that they knew. Every single pair of eyes was on her, filled with pity and she could've vomited at the sight. Stephanie made a hasty exit, kissing Sherry on the cheek before leaving with a blown kiss and a small wave. Hope bid her farewell and then encouraged everyone to sit down for dinner.
In the haste of everybody sitting down, Sherry tried to hurry back upstairs but Lyall had already gotten to her, bringing her to the table where she reluctantly sat down. She was facing Lyall, he had made sure of it, and she was next to both Hope and Remus. It still didn't make it any better.
She saw Sirius trying to take a look at her cheek, see if what Stephanie had said was true but Sherry had caked the bruise with makeup before coming downstairs so he wasn't going to see anything. The table and Sirius had jolted, as if someone kicked him under the table and he looked to Potter in offence. Sherry simply rolled her eyes and drank some of her water, hoping it could calm her down as at any moment, she felt as if she would either pass out or burst into tears.
Hope had been the one to break the silence, scooping up some rice on her fork whilst everyone except Sherry took a breath of relief at her voice. "So do you boys know what you want to do after school?"
"Being an auror sounds pretty cool." Sirius grinned like there hadn't been any silence at all, Potter nodded in agreement and Hope smiled at them. "Just busting bad guys left and right, saving the wizarding world just from like everything."
