Take.

Chapter 14

Amy.

I awoke to a breathing tent.

I sat up in my bunk and took in everyone.

Harry and Will sharing the floor. 

Mike and Jake were on opposite ends of the tent, and I shifted uncomfortably as I noticed Jake was asleep against the wall that hugged his bunk, and Elena's head was in his lap and she was fast asleep. Jake's fingers were still tangled in her hair, and I couldn't help but shoot a small smile.

I looked over and my heart dropped at the sight of Nicole's empty bed.

I quickly shot out of my bunk and slide quietly through the tent just to glare over at a sleeping Hermione, who took the bunk closest to the door - brave or foolish?

I slide through the tent drapes and frowned at Nicole's figure, sitting on the edge of the cliff and tightened my blanket around my shivering figure as the winds embraced me.

"Hey," I greeted, dropping down beside her.

"Morning." Nicole chimed, without removing her eyes off the mist that floated below us.

"Did you sleep at all?" I frowned, draping my blanket over her shoulders. I watched her pull it tight over her left shoulder and all she did was shake her no. 

"I know you haven't been sleeping at all lately..." She sighed, blinking. "...for months...how are you handling Pansy and your Aunt's deaths?"

"Not good." I sighed, looking away from her and staring down at the mist now, which kept twirling like it was dancing with the wind. 

"You haven't exactly processed it, have you?" Nicole questioned, beginning to play with her fingers, finally breaking eye contact with the mist.

"I thought I did...but I haven't." I shrugged, feeling a plunge of guilt slam itself through my veins, letting their faces flash through my head. "I still see them, every time I close my eyes..." I whimpered.

We sat in silence for a few moments.

Pansy's dead body flashed through my head.

My Aunt's dead body laying there, staring back up at me.

I swallowed hard and took a deep breath feeling Nicole's arm draped around me.

At that moment, although my mind was on my dead family - I felt an overwhelming wave of gratitude towards Nicole, she knew when to just shut up.

"It was the right thing to do." I whimpered, being shocked at the tears that just started pouring down my cheeks. "Wasn't it?" I choked, looking over at Nicole's glistening eyes.

She doesn't cry, that often.

This scared me.

She frowned deeper as I watched some tears begin to stream down her face. "Ames..." She took a deep breath, pulling me into the tightest hug I've ever felt her give.

"Was it right, Nicole?" I choked out, slamming my face into her shoulder as we both sat there.

"I don't feel right answering that Amy," She whimpered, sniffing up some snot as I began to feel wave after wave of pain shoot through my heart and into my veins. "Nicole..." I whimpered, into her shoulder so it was muffled. "...it hurts..."

All I could feel was a solid pain setting on my heart, as I felt my entire body begin to shake through the pain. 

All Nicole did was hold me tighter as the tears began to choke me and I could feel it getting harder and harder to breathe.