Life Goes On

Chapter 5: Unexpected Arrangements

I woke up cradled between Ominis and Sebastian. 

Last night after Ominis noticed a small yawn escaping me he said we should sleep and continue our conversation in the morning. This felt so comfortable, but, I couldn't help but wonder where exactly all of this was going and how did Sebastian and Ominis know about how I felt? And for how long?

"Good morning Darling," Ominis reached for my face and held my cheek breaking my anxious stream of thoughts.

"Hey, I thought you were sleeping." I said looking into his eyes, still a bit sleepy, my heart suddenly racing at his touch. 

"I was, but I could feel you stirring with anxiety." He smiled, his eyes gently looking around as if trying to find my expression.

"Oh.. I'm sorry Omi, I just, I don't know where we go from here I guess." My hands started to nervously fiddle with my quilt. Ominis quickly held them.

"Let's all grab some breakfast and then we can talk about it, ok?" His face was calm, but slightly concerned.

I simply nodded as Sebastian started stirring.

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Sebastian made us some breakfast, Ominis made tea and I set up the table for us in the patio.

 The London fog made me miss the beautiful weather by our cottage.

As I started to eat, my leg started bouncing, my body again filled with anxiety.

Ominis placed his hand on my leg "Food first darling."

Sebastian looked at me and smiled, his cheeks full of food. I couldn't help but giggle a bit. 

How did Ominis do that? I felt like he could read my mind sometimes, he could calm me so easily with just a touch, his smile always so soothing. 

Now that I knew they both had knowledge of my feelings, I wondered if they could both just read my mind completely.

Ominis let out a sigh after we finished eating. "Should I start? Or would you like to?" He asked gesturing toward Sebastian.

"I... I guess I can go first." Sebastian shrugged in response.

"Seb, wait... With everything that has happened this weekend, perhaps we should wait for this conversation." The anxiety was exploding out of me, I wanted to clear the air, but Sebastian had just lost Anne, completely, and I felt guilty putting him through this not knowing what the outcome of this conversation would be.

"I want to do this," Sebastian reassured me, reaching out for my hand and giving it a kiss. I could only nod.

Ominis took another deep breath "I guess I'll start. After the incident with Solomon, Sebastian and I met one night at the Undercroft. We were still trying to wrap our minds around everything that had transpired. While we had our differences, and felt slightly out of place with each other, we concluded that we both still wanted to spend time with you, to hold on to the friendship that had blossomed." Ominis took my hand, "Ophelia... you had been through so much yourself and had sacrificed so much for Sebastian and I. The least we could do was be around to support you on your own journey." Ominis paused, his eyes moving around as if trying to find the words to continue.

Sebastian sat up straight and leaned on the table. "Then Ranrok attacked Hogwarts. Of course, at the moment, we had no clue what had happened, you spent some time in the medical wing and then we learned about professor Fig's passing. Professor Weasley knew we had all been spending time together and she asked that we keep an eye on you. Make sure you were alright."