RIDDLES PROPERTY

chapter 23

A few days had passed and Emelia was getting ready to go back to Hogwarts. She spent two days with Fred before he went back to his home. If she was being honest, she loved spending time with him, but there was a small pit of emptiness in her stomach. What did it matter, though? She hadn't seen Tom in a bit. Emelia was finished packing her luggage and went off to King's Cross.

As she reached King's Cross she saw Luna and quickly walked over to her.

"Hello, Luna.", she said.

Luna smiled at her and replied, "hello, Emelia."

Luna was very kind to her, but she was just kind to everyone. She respected that Luna was honest. While many people thought she was weird, Emelia was fond of her. She thought outside of the box unlike others. They boarded the train. She sat down in the same compartment as Luna, Neville, and Ginny. Ginny looked quite ecstatic compared to the last time Emelia had seen the ginger.

"You look quite happy.", she noted.

"Well, for starters Fred finally broke up with that god awful girl: Olive. Also, I think he's seeing someone new. He wouldn't tell us, but we could tell."

Emelia nodded with a bland smile.

"Have you been seeing Harry, Ginny?" asked Luna.

Ginny shook her head no, but then sighed. Her facade was over and she revealed the truth.

"I guess so, but Ron and the rest of my family don't know so I'd love if you didn't mention it around any of them. It truly has been fun with him this past week."

Emelia couldn't help, but laugh.

"Have you seen the way Ron and Hermione quarrel like old lovers? It's quite a nuisance when they don't realize how in love they are.", Neville joined in.

"I agree. Hermione stayed over at our place this winter and...well constant bickering on how dumb Ron is from Hermione and then Ron would talk about how Hermione is a teacher's pet. In the end they'd end up saying something like:

'can you help me with my homework?'

'alright, fine, but ONLY because you're dumb'

'thanks 'Mione'."

"It reminds me of a muggle song I've heard.", Emelia said.

"You need to give me some suggestions because I've only heard of the weird ones.", Ginny said.

Emelia passed her an airpod and instructed her to put it in her ear.

"It's called Line Without A Hook, here, listen to it.", she said.

Ginny's eyes widened and she got excited.

"This is neat, Emelia, why don't we talk more?? I've got to help Ron score Hermione with this song. Once again, you're brilliant!"

Neville suppressed a laugh, "You're starting to sound like Harry, too!"

Luna giggled while Emelia slapped her mouth shut to not laugh out loud.

"Oi, shove off, Longbottom" Ginny jokingly replied.

Emelia couldn't stop thinking of Fred. Maybe they'd last, who knew? If only Fred knew who she really was. Ginny was talking to Luna about her dad's magazine, The Quibbler. In that moment, Emelia knew. She knew these people were going to be there for her when others judged her, but she couldn't get too attached. They were still human, like her, and could leave. She was going to enjoy the moment with them.