Unhinged 2: Til the Flame Burns Out

Chapter 22

A/N: So sorry for the late update, my mother was in the hospital again and things were kind of hectic. I really hope you all enjoy this chapter!

Aurora gave a quick knock on the bedroom door before she poked her head in. "Eve, breakfast is ready."

Eve looked at her for a moment. "Breakfast?"

Aurora gave her an amused smirk. "Ok, I know you've lived in the dark all these years, but surely you know what breakfast is?" she said folding her arms and leaning against the door frame.

"Of course, I just don't understand why you're telling me."

"Because we eat breakfast together," she said slowly as if it was obvious.

Eve was silent as she took in what Aurora told her. "At the table?"

Aurora just gave her a small smile. "Yeah, you know... like a family and all that crap."

"But I'm not your family."

"No... but you tried to help my parents and Harry... and for that, you are always welcome to sit around the table with us."

She was silent.

"So, are you coming?" Aurora asked once more as she stepped back into the hallway.

Eve nodded before she got up and followed her downstairs. As she neared the dining room, she heard a loud conversation between everyone taking place. Aurora pointed to an empty seat she could sit at and she walked over and sat between Ellie and Harper.

"Good morning Eve, dear, here you go." Mrs. Weasley said, walking over and piling pancakes onto her dish followed by some eggs.

Eve just stared down at her plate. "Thank you," she said softly before she turned to Harper and saw she had the same food on her plate.

She looked back at her plate and picked up the pancake with two hands and took a small bite out of it.

"It's better with syrup," Scorpius said, as he leaned forward across from her and placed a bottle of syrup down.

She gave him a small smile before she picked it up and poured some on her pancakes.

"Have you never eaten a pancake before?" Harper teased her.

"Actually... no," she said more to herself than to Harper.

"Well, you might want to try a fork. I mean... unless you've never used one of those either." Harper sarcastically said.

"I've used a fork before," she mumbled, as she picked one up from beside her plate.

"Ignore Harper; she's always a sarcastic smart-ass." Ellie giggled.

Eve gave a small nod before she felt someone's eyes on her. She lifted her head a bit to see Raven staring at her and quickly looked down at her plate. She glanced back up to see if she was still staring and she couldn't help but pick up the whirlpool of thoughts swimming through Raven's head. Most of them were how she wanted Scorpius to forgive her, but there was one particular thought that made Eve's eyes go a bit wide, making her look up and stare right at her. Raven didn't expect her to lock eyes with her and quickly broke the gaze.

A sharp pain in Eve's head made her look back down at her plate as she rubbed the side of it. She noticed her plate starting to lift off the table a bit and quickly slid her thumbs on each side of it to hold it down. She saw Ellie look her way as a small red dot hitting her plate caught her eyes. She felt the blood from her nose dripping down her face and quickly grabbed a napkin and got up from the table before anyone else could notice.