“thanks” it was the only thg drao ould thk to say
≈hose before the war kd of taky now” gee piks ohrows it bak to the bihen should get rid of the”
draee draggg this bak to alley, dupi to a dupster it was a sad thought “what do they taste like?”
gee blks “grape sotis beberry”
draes i ah a galleos andy, dan it “i’ll take three”
that’s how they end up ih andy ers spread out arouoaed bk “got to adit,” gee said, likihe andy off of a er “uh better idea than throwi”
“no kiddg” drao reahed out for awelfth “i’ gog to be sik”
“you an’t” gee propped hiself on an elbow a hi “we proised to eat the whole thg”
“this id”
“it was fun”
“stupidly,”
“stupidly,”
“fun” they fi wether and ughed, and drao ouldhe surrealhe oiohe were sittie roo of a weasley’s shop, w their way through andy dark arks
“i didn’t want to o bak here, you know” gee said, sudde herio down and said that i was goio fae up to it, sooer, so here i a”
“grahg” drao didn’t want to adit how uh he owed to her, how uh her stant fiveness had helped hi there’s sothg to it, ndg the bres of your past “always sees tht”
“she’s annoyi” gee ran a hand along the side of his head, the ohe issg ear he’d beeo keep it fag away fro drao, but drao had still seeed skiissue og to a irur bup at the side of his head, so sall you never would have guessed it ed to be a what i’ tryi, is that it helps, f yourself ts”
norally, drao would have gotten angry wheo give hi advie but this was ee, who was askg f droughts fro drao one a week beae his haoo badly to handle a knife, and who learly had done his fair share of hidii for drao to o out to the open aga
“y not sashed to piees wouldn’t k”
“start here with , hidito ake iernoon, but gee seed serio “it’ll do both so good”
“i’ll thk about it,” drao said, but they both khe ansrobably gog to be no
≈he shop before harry shot his wa front of hi, jt ihe ohat he reoghe way dowhe street
it’s harry, standg froore and lookg at all the owls “you ed to have an owl, didn’t you?” it had o drao for a boy who had heir world to o to shool with o kd of owls “that white one”
“hedwig”
“e?”
“she died” harry roked bak ohe words had knoked hi off baake her as gog fro y aunt ao a safe hoe got hit with a killg urse should have jt let her loose”
drao doesn’t know what to say about that, so he does “why don’t you buy another one?”
≈ have an owl at the hoe, whih for a wizard is like havg their hands tied behd their bak as far as ouniatio know probably should” and then he walked away, hands shoved deep to his pokets, leavg drao to run after hi
(drao sheday to buy ahis oi bk, and has it sittihen ounter when harry os ho he’dso happy so fast)
chapter 8
harry
≈s hiself
it was gny who broke the he, burstg through the door of the boys’ loker r without waitihe to answer her knok ron was already yellg and halfway through soldiheh saw her fae ahey were gog to say ed by that sik feelg your stoah that os when you k to get bad news
gny was ryg
harry had rarely see se dubledore’s fuhe day of bill’s weddi really eve gee’s weddg, jt stared at everyoh a set jaw and a fae full of fury, but this ti she had a quiverg lip and tears slippily down her fae
“what’s wrong?” ron was o i, ars held out like he was tryg tny jt shrugged hi off “ened?”
“it’s sea” she let half a sob out and thehe rest, turng to kik the loker door so hard harry rised she didhi ungo’s he…”
“what?” ron was still lookg for sothg to fight, ao ph his fear towards harry was jt wathg gny, the way she was rublg “did soo hi?”