Love Is You

Chapter 11

     Scarlett was ready to move into her old house again after living with Carina at Hogwarts for over a month. Carina wasn't willing to let her go yet but Scarlett needed her own place and privacy since she always loved to be alone. Also she wasn't feeling much depressed anymore so she was trusting herself about not doing stupid things like over drinking or trying to kill herself... She has left their family house to Sirius because the last memories she had there erased all the good memories that the house held. So she was moving the house that her parents bought her as a graduation present when she was 18. It was a Victorian style small dublex house with light blue and white exterior. The house had a small front garden where she has planted many roses. Scarlett has lived here with Severus for a year and with Sirius for 2 years. So the house was already furnished and she wasn't planning to change it at all except the bedroom. And also she has gotten her personal stuff from the home, needed to place them too. Leo and Scarlett have gone to shopping for bedroom in weekdays and today, saturday, Carina has joined them too to decorate the house. Scarlett was decorating the bedroom all over again while Carina was taking care of the kitchen and Leo was emptying the boxes which Scarlett brought from the family home. Then he found a rather big, fancy trunk. It was emerald green and there was a snake wrapped around a rose design in silver carved centre of the top. Leo has never seen it in his life but since his mum brought it here it must have been important for her. He couldn't help but wonder what was in it so he tried to open but it was locked as he suspected.

"Carina, come here for a sec." he called.

"Yes?" She walked into the living room and she saw the trunk in front of Leo. "What's that?" She questioned curiously.

"I was hoping you would knew..."

She sat down the floor next to him and examine the trunk.

"That carving looks familiar to me but i dunno from where..."

"Alohomora." Leo whispered suddenly but the spell didn't work on the emerald trunk.

"Well, now i wonder more..."

"Leo! Maybe she has very personal things in it. We can simply ask her and not try to open it secretly."

"We've never seen it and it's locked with a strong charm. Do you really think that mum will "simply" say what's inside the trunk?"

"Then maybe we shouldn't unlock it! What could she possibly put inside it anyways"

"That's the point. Don't you wonder what's mum hiding!?"

"Maybe i do, a little..."

"Do you have any idea about the key?"

She thought for a while. "You know she keeps the bank vaults's keys and some other important ones in the same keychain. Maybe it is also there?"

"I think it is still in her bag because we went to Gringotts yesterday. So the plan is you will go upstairs to distract mum to come here and i will try the keys. Her bag is in the doorway."

"Okay fine but if you can unlock it, call me for help or something and i will come to see."

"Okay i will!"

     Carina made her way to upstairs while Leo went to doorway. It wasn't hard to find the keys in the bag. There was 5 keys in the keychain; 2 of them were for the bank, 1 was for her own vault which she keeps in the house. So there was 2 other keys left. Leo tried to first one but it didn't even fit the lock. The last one was smaller than this so he still kept his hopes high and tried the last possible key. And then he heard the click when he tried the key. He carefully turned it and the trunk unlocked. He snickered to himself and opened it slowly. There were many kind of things in the trunk but the big purple photo album caught his eyes the most. He took it out carefully, he was trying not to move anything in the trunk but before took a look inside he called his twin. Carina came down running excitedly.

"Mum is not coming anytime soon, she is so lost with the clothes right now." She whispered and sat next to him.

"There are so many things! It is like a memory box. Probably the presents dad got her when they're dating. " Then he showed the photo album. "Are you ready?"

She was looking unsure. "I don't feel very comfortable about doing this to be honest..."

"Oh c'mon Carina, we made it this far and i saw how excited you were while coming here! Some mischievousness won't hurt anyone, be daddy's girl!"

She rolled her eyes at his statement. "Fine fine, open it!"

"NO WAY!"

"Is this...?"

"YES IT IS!"

"Be quiet Leo!" Carina slapped his arm.

They looked through the photos in silence for a while until Carina broke it.

"I have told you that there is something between them, i felt it."

"You did but i wasn't expecting THAT. Some big love is happening here!"

"I wonder why they hide it. Like mum literally acted like she doesn't know him, for years."

"Maybe the breakup wasn't smooth." He put the photo album back in the trunk. "I am locking it, this shock is enough for today and apparently it is very personal..."

She nodded. "I will learn their story soon."

"How will you do that exactly?"

"Leave the job to the professional and don't worry about the rest." She smirked.