Far From Home//Hogwarts

Chapter 8

Later that night, everyone had gone to bed, Effie couldn't sleep so she quietly walked down to the common room, the fire had kept the room warm enough, but Effie had found bought down a blanket that she had wrapped around her shoulders as she sat down in front of the fire.

She had failed to see Nicolas sitting on one of the chairs near the window, looking out to the black lake. He had watched her walk downstairs in her plaid pants she had stolen from Jackson, and a Queen shirt she had stolen off Silas, her hair was messy but still looked beautiful and she had her glasses on, which she rarely wore. Nicolas thought she looked beautiful.

Effie only looked into the fire, listening to it crackle, she didn't hear Nicolas come up behind her. He took a seat next to her and she jumped but calmed down when she saw Nicolas

"Bloody hell, Nick" Effie whispered, trying not to wake the others

"Sorry" Nicolas smiled, leaning back, using his hands as his support "Can't sleep?"

"No" Effie shook her head "I can never sleep on my birthday"

"I know, just thought there was something else on your mind" Nicolas replied, admiring the side of Effie's face

Effie felt Nicolas staring at her, so she turned her head and frowned with a small smile "What?"

"Nothing" Nicolas shook his head, looking back towards the fire "You ready to go home in a few weeks?"

Effie smiled to herself, thinking of all the new ways she could torment Dudley "Of course"

"You're gonna bully that cousin of yours, aren't you?"

"Oh yeah"

"Brilliant" Nicolas nodded with a smile

Effie turned to look at Nicolas as he smiled, how was she just realizing how pretty he was?

Effie and Nicolas were only 13, but they were getting to the stage in their life when they first start getting crushes, Effie and her friends were always mentally older, well, except for Silas, but Effie and Nicolas seemed to have shared trauma, so naturally, they grew up quicker than they had to.

So maybe, that's what made them so close.

Maybe.

꧁𓊈𒆜~~~𒆜𓊉꧂

"Effie" Silas jumped over the couch in the common room and sat next to Effie "Nick and I are going to Jackson's place for the summer, you coming?"

"Uh, I can't" Effie shook her head

Jackson groaned loudly and sat on the other side of Effie "Come on. Why not?"

"I have to stay with Harry, I can't leave him at the Dursleys all summer" Effie scoffed. Just then, Nick ran into the common room "Effie" He said, looking panicked

"What's wrong?" Effie asked, her eyebrows furrowing and her heart beating rapidly

"It's Harry" Nick said, Effie's heart dropped to her stomach as her friends beside her looked at her in worry

"What happened?" Silas asked

Nick sighed and shrugged "He's in the hospital wing"

꧁𓊈𒆜~~~𒆜𓊉꧂

Effie ran into the hospital wing with her friends following behind her, she sighed in relief when she saw Harry sitting on the hospital bed, fiddling with his hands "Harry" Effie said, walking up to his bed