A kiss from the moon

Harness your hopes

Many times Sofia found herself thankfully for being a Hufflepuff. This week was one of those time. Without saying anything about it seemed like her friends got that she was a bit of. And they didn't ask any questions, they didn't bother her about it. Instead they just made sure to include her in everything they did and made sure she was barely ever alone.

Zacharias for an example wasn't even mad at her when Ginny had come by the Hufflepuff table at dinner that day and told them that she had forgotten the Walkman in the bathroom. He had just said that it was cool and that his sister had sent him a new Tupac tape that she could listen too when he was done with it. Sofia was thankful for it.

Sofia wasn't the type to be quiet or down. She wasn't anxious, at least not that she showed to her friends. She was often happy and full with energy, she talked a lot and her friends were used to hearing her ramble about stuff. So now that she had gotten a bit more quiet and closed of it must have been weird for them. Sofia thought so at least but even if it was weird they didn't show that they thought it was weird. Because that was what hufflepuffs did. They were good people readers who could tell when their friends didn't want to talk about stuff. "We take care of each other here" was what professor Sprout had told Sofia during her first week at Hogwarts while they discussed her lycanthropy.

And so they did, every single one of her friends had their own little love language. Sol had offered her a ride on his beloved Skateboard that he told her he had named Emelia. Sofia had politely declined. Then a few hours later he's had asked if she wanted to raid the kitchens with him. She politely said yes to that. Susan on the other hand alway wanted to help her. She always asked if she could do anything for her or if she was okay or if there was something she needed. Sofia was careful not to use her cousin, she knew that Susan would say yes to whatever was asked of sometimes. Well one time she asked her for her cherry pie, she had just been in such a mood for it and Susan's pie had looked too good. Sofia felt a little ashamed about it. Ernie cared in his own way as well. He liked to just be close to Sofia. Sit by her in class, walk next to her in the halls and sit next to her as they ate. It was like he was watching over her without saying anything about it. She appreciated it.

The fact that the full moon was coming up wasn't helping Sofia's horrid mood either. She felt tired to the bone, every part of her felt heavy as she woke up in the mornings. It didn't help that she slept so poorly either. And when she did sleep her head was full with vivid dreams of castles up in the mountains that were made of clouds. The dreams didn't make sense and she didn't try to make them make sense either. Dreams were just dreams, she knew that.

It wasn't until Friday, the day before the full moon that Sofia talked to somebody about how she was actually feeling. That somebody was Susan and the two of them were now the only ones left sitting in the common room, the only sound in the room was fire sparkling from time to time and Susan turning pages in the book she was reading.
"Susan do you think I'm awkward?" Asked Sofia with a moment of confidence. "Because I think I had the most awkward encounter of my life last week"
Susan put her book in her lap and looked at Sofia.
"Sofia your about the least awkward person I know. You have been bubbling with confidence ever since you started here last year!" Susan was now eyeing Sofia carefully. "Is this about why you've been so down all week?"
Sofia looked her hands in her lap. Suddenly they looked too big and not at all fitting to the rest of her body.
"Yes.. No.. maybe... I don't know really."
Said Sofia with a sigh. She didn't like talking about things like this so she didn't know why she was really doing this right now.
"I'm not going question you about it or anything, I just hope you know that there hasn't been a single conversation with you that I've felt tense or awkward. I'm sure it's not as bad as you think it is in your head."
Said Susan wisely and smiled gently at Sofia.
"Your right, as usual!" Replied Sofia with a little more ease then before. "I think the moon is messing with me a bit as well"
Susan nodded to that.
"Yeah I thought so almost. How are you feeling about the new arrangements?"
Susan was the only one that Sofia had told about professor Lupin being a werewolf as well.
"Good? I guess, it's gonna be good not to see Snapes face seeing he always looks like he wants to kill me. But I've never met another person like me before and I have never had a thought of spending the full moon with someone like me before. That just seemed like.. illegal or something in my mind. He also told me to be there an hour earlier then usual which I thought was weird"
Unloaded Sofia all at once. Susan scratched her chin the way Susan often did.
"Well.. this just my thoughts but I feel like we as wizards have often been told that werewolves and other "halfbreeds" are below us. I don't think it's weird that you, despite being a werewolf still have those values in you. You did grew up in the magical world secluded from everything else just like me and you have never met or interacted with any werewolf's that aren't demonized stories of them.. yeah those are just my thoughts."
Said Susan with thought in her words. They sat in quiet for maybe a minute after that. Sofia was a bit in awe of the big words her cousin used. She sounded so grown up and cool.
"That sounds about right!"
Said Sofia after a while, grinning at her cousin the way she hadn't grinned in a week.

The two sat there for a little while after their chat as well. They were mostly being quiet. Susan was reading her book, curled up in a armchair close to the fire place. And Sofia was sitting the opposite to her with three blankets wrapped around her. She was enjoying the warm presence that her cousin was and feeling that came with being somewhere after most people had gone to sleep. The feeling that made everything feel a little dazed and fuzzy. Sofia had even forgotten about the full moon by the time she actually fell asleep in the same armchair a little later. It was a nice thing to forget really.