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House of Magic ch. 31

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Chapter Thirty-One: House of Routine

Fabian's POV:

About a week had passed, and slowly but surely, Nina and Albus were getting better. The rest of Sibuna, the Weasley's, James and Lily, as well as Mr. And Mrs. Potter were all there, going in and out periodically and in groups.
The Hogsmeade visit was two days ago. Everyone else went, but I'd decided to stay behind. Professor McGonagall had given us permission herself to let us go, but I didn't want to see anything there unless Nina was with me. I felt bad that her and Al were all cooped up in the hospital wing, so I spent part of the day visiting them. The other parts were spent wandering around the castle, and sitting up in the library trying to finish some coursework.
"Are you okay, Fabian?" Amber asked. We were heading back to Gryffindor Tower with Alfie and Mick, having all finished dinner. We didn't really know when Al and Nina would be out of hospital, so we've all just stuck together. The Weasley's and Lily and James were right behind us.
"I just miss her, Amber," I admitted. We had reached The Fat Lady.
"Password?" she asked monotonously.
"Potterwatch," we all said, equally as dull. She glared at us before the portrait swung open.
I thought my eyes were deceiving me for a moment, because as soon as we climbed through the portrait hole, I saw Nina and Albus sitting in chairs by the fire, talking. They were a good five feet or so away from each other, and Nina's face lit up as soon as she saw me.
"Nina!" I exclaimed, dropping my stuff on a table and running over to her. "How are you feeling? Madam Pomfrey let you and Albus go?"
"Fabian!" She slowly got up and hugged me. I steadied her because she was off-balance. "Yeah she did. She told me not to return to lessons until Thursday, but Albus is going back tomorrow."
"I'm so glad you're feeling better," I whispered, pulling away ever so slightly. I pressed my lips softly against hers, gently snaking my arms around her waist. I felt her smile during the kiss.
"I am too," she replied, pulling back the tiniest bit. She rested her forehead against mine. "I'm glad I'm out of there - it was so lonely. Although, Albus did keep me company… but I missed you so much, Fabian."
"But… but I visited you almost every day," I replied, a small smile tugging at my lips. "How could you possibly miss me?"
She leaned her head against my chest and I hugged her closely. "I guess I just can't get enough of you," she said.
"You two are so cute!" Dominique exclaimed, tapping me on the shoulder. "Oh, and Fabian? Aren't you going to tell Nina…?"
"Tell me what?" Nina asked. My smile grew.
"Rose and I copied all our notes onto two separate rolls of parchment in the time that you and Albus have been in hospital," I told her. "I'll give you yours later, or whenever you feel like revising."
"Okay," she replied. "Thanks, Fabes."
"Now, Dominique," I said, turning to her. "Don't you have something to do? Like… read Witch Weekly with Amber?"
"Oh. Yeah, sure. Bye!" With that, Dom strolled off to find Amber.
"Okay," I turned back to Nina. "Do you want to stay here, or are you up for a little walk around the grounds?"
"Actually, I think I'll just stay in the common room for a bit if that's okay with you. I'm still really tired."
"That's fine. Do you want to sit by the fire?"
"Sure."
We sat on what our housemates had dubbed our "usual sofa" and just talked for a while. I got out some homework to complete, and she sat beside me, mulling over the rolls of notes I handed to her.
"So…" she started off, skimming one from Defense Against the Dark Arts. "Boggarts."
"Mhm," I replied, finishing a sentence in my Charms assignment. "They're really creepy."
"What's yours?" she asked, putting the notes down on the coffee table.
"Um…" I wasn't sure if I should tell her. I turned to face her fully, pushing my work aside. "It was me. But… I wasn't with you. My boggart was of me, alone. And you… dead."
I saw a plethora of emotions come and go across her face. They ranged from concern, to sadness, to love.
"Wow," was all she managed to whisper.
"Yeah…" I trailed off, getting lost in her beautiful eyes.
"Mine would be the same thing," she said, breaking the silence. "Except it would be me without you… you get it."
I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her forehead, rubbing small circles in her back.
"Aww," Roxanne said, coming over and sitting with us.
"Roxie, is there ever a such thing as privacy around here?" I asked.
"Please don't call me that, Fabian," she answered. "And no. Hence why people leave their common rooms to head off to broom closets and the Room of Requirement."
I sighed. She took out some homework and began writing.
"How are you, Nina?" she asked, looking up from her books.
"I've been better," Nina answered sleepily, yawning the slightest bit. "How about you?"
"I'm okay. Just overwhelmed with work is all."
"Ugh, don't even remind me. I have so much coursework to make up."
"You'll do fine, Nines," I assured her. "I'll help you with it if you want."
"I would too," Roxanne offered, "but you're doing more advanced courses than I am."
"It's okay, Roxie," Nina answered.
"Don't call-" she was about to tell her off for calling her by the hated nickname, but shut her mouth and turned back to her work. "Never mind."
"Sorry."
We continued working for a bit, then everyone dispersed to do their own things - some went to play a huge game of Exploding Snap, Mick, Amber and Alfie came over to talk to us, and we ended up in our own, smaller game of Exploding Snap. Mick won of course.
The grandfather clock in the common room chimed ten, and a lot of the lower years went upstairs to get ready for bed.
"Don't you think it's weird that we're not hearing Victor's ten o' clock pin-drop speech anymore?" Alfie asked.
"Yeah," Mick answered, leaning back agains the coffee table. He and Alfie were sitting on the floor and Amber was next to Nina and I on the sofa.
"I do too," Amber replied, brushing her hair while looking into a small handheld mirror. "But Victor was so creepy. Now every time ten o' clock happens, I think of his pin-drop speech."
"And those long nights after midnight sneaking around, trying to find the puzzle pieces and solve the mystery," Nina chimed in.
"Yeah, and you guys never included Mara and I in that," Mick grumbled.
"Sorry, but the less who knew, the better," I explained, tightening my grip on Nina's shoulders. "Besides. You know now. Isn't that good enough?"
"I guess."
Just then, Sibuna flew through a window and landed on Nina's shoulder. I cautiously reached over and untied the rolled-up piece of parchment from her leg.
"It's from McGonagall," I told them, skimming through the note. "She says… the hearings will be on Saturday. We'll tell everyone else tomorrow at breakfast."
"Saturday? Isn't that kind of soon?" Amber asked. "I'll have to find something to wear!"
"Oh God," Mick and Alfie muttered in unison.
"We have to tell Patricia, Mara and Jerome as well," Nina said. "And that group of Ravenclaw girls."
"We'll do that when we tell the others tomorrow," I told her. "But for now," I wrote a reply on a spare piece of parchment, attached it to Sibuna's leg, and she flew off out the window to deliver it to McGonagall. "I'm getting tired."
"Same," everyone else agreed.
We all said goodnight, and Nina and I kissed. Everyone else went up to their dormitories, but her and I stood at the bottom of the staircase.
"See you tomorrow?" she asked, wrapping her arms around me and pulling me into a hug.
"Of course, Love. Get some sleep. You deserve it," I told her, hugging her back and kissing her forehead.
"I will, I promise. I'm so tired."
"Well in that case…" I swept her off her feet and carried her up the stairs, bridal-style. She had this huge grin on her face and wrapped her arms around my neck to keep from falling. Once we were at the landing separating the girls' and guys' dorms, I set her down gently and we kissed again.
"Goodnight, Fabian," she whispered, turning down her hall.
"Goodnight, Nina. I love you," I whispered back.
"I love you too."
I slowly started walking back to my dormitory.
I'm glad we're getting back into a routine, I thought.
As soon as I entered my room, I changed out of my school robes and flopped down onto my bed, a deep, dreamless sleep taking its toll on me.
Chapter 31. :) Have fun. :D
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