A/N: Hello there! Here's the second chapter I promised, I'm almost finishing the next one, I have no idea when I can upload it though. Enjoy!
*Family Portrait
'Okay, everybody, it's everything for today. Stretching, and then you can go to the dressing rooms.' The teacher yelled. The whole class stopped playing and started stretching, like the teacher had said. Harry looked at Sonia.
'Well, we can go. We have a free hour, so I can help you unpack. If you want me to, of course.' She offered.
'Yeah, thanks that would be nice.' Sonia got up quickly and moved towards the door. Harry just stood there. She turned back when she realized he wasn't following her.
'Are you coming or not?' She smirked, making Harry blush lightly. He got up and followed her out of the P.E. building. They went through a garden and got in the biggest building of the whole school: the dorms. The school was old, but it had been renovated about a year ago, so it had a very modern looking installations. They went for their left and started to climb the stairs.
'In which floor is your room in? Mine's in 4th.' Sonia asked.
'Mine's in 4th too. But more for the left side.' Harry said.
'Obviously.' Sonia said and continued to climb the stairs.
'What do you mean?' Harry frowned, confused.
'You really weren't paying attention to Mrs. Williams, were you? In the middle of each floor, there's a single corridor, separating the girl's rooms, in the right, from the boy's rooms, in the left. '
'Oh. Makes sense.'
They reached the 3rd floor, and Harry was starting to feel really tired. Sonia turned and got close to him, placing her hand on his shoulder. 'Are you okay?' After three years in that school, she was used to those stairs, to climb them multiple times every day. And she was fit, because of the tennis practices, the walks in the garden or in the city.
Harry nodded, with his eyes closed. 'Just tired, that's all.'
'Wanna sit?' Sonia asked, absently caressing his shoulder. He nodded, closing his eyes more fiercely. She sat down, letting her hand slip along his arm to reach his hand, taking it and slowly pulling him to the ground, making him sit down next to her.
They stood there for about two minutes, and Sonia turned her face to Harry. 'Are you feeling better? There's only one more floor to go, now.' She grinned.
'Yeah, I'm good. Let's go.' And they continued until they reached the floor and going for the right. Sonia opened the door to her room and got in, followed by Harry, who closed the door. They walked in a small corridor, which turned to the right, and only there was the room.
'The bathroom's back there, at your right.' She said, pointing to the wall behind her.
One of the walls was covered in posters of Sonia's favourite bands, mostly those annoying pop boy bands. The room had a medium size bed with dark red covers and white sheets, a small wooden desk beside the bed, a chair with a jacket on it, and a big mirror in front of the bed, that had a table in front of it, with some books, and photographs.
'Welcome to my room.' She smiled once again, as she slowly put her hair in a braid. She picked up some clothes from the closet. 'After 4PM, you can dress whatever you want; you only need the uniform for classes. Now excuse me.' And she got in the small bathroom, leaving Harry by himself. He walked around the bed, but something behind a book on the night table caught his attention. It was a photo. The frame seemed a bit old, as if someone was always touching it. He took a better look at the picture. It was one of those usual family portraits, probably from Sonia's family, Harry assumed.
There was a tall man, with bluish green eyes, looking down proudly at the two girls, smiling, with an arm around a short woman's shoulders. He looked a lot like Sonia. The woman next to him was also smiling widely; she had curly dark hair that went past her shoulders and piercing blue eyes. The woman was wearing a pink shirt and blue jeans, a mix between mom and professional looking clothes. At her right, there was a girl, who looked like a 13 year old, with light brown wavy hair and blue eyes, wearing a purple summer dress. She was smiling shyly, but she looked nice. Harry noticed she looked just like the woman. Then, at the man's left, there was the other girl. This one looked a bit younger than the blue eyed. 'Sonia.' He thought. Like the other girl, she had a summer dress, but hers was blue, and her hair was in two French braids. She was looking up to the man, laughing. They looked so perfect.
Harry wondered how he would handle being away from his family for so long. It was the first time he was in a boarding school, and he knew that, without parents around, the friendships became much stronger, which was an advantage, but he would definitely miss his parents and siblings.
Christopher Judd had always been the traditional family man, who loved his wife and kids with all his heart, but wanted his children to be strong psychologically. Like Harry's grandparents had done with him, he had sent Katherine, then Thomas, and now Harry to a boarding school. Like his dad, Harry had been told all the time 'men don't cry often, and if they do, they do it alone'. Harry rarely cried, he believed his dad was right. He wouldn't have homesickness, he would be strong. He had told this to his sister, who he trusted, but he did it, not only to assure Katherine he would be alright, but more to convince himself he could handle everything perfectly. As the wise older sister she was, she realized what he was trying to do, and simply nodded and hugged him close. Until now, that was the only moment Harry thought he would burst out crying.
'Okay, I'm ready!' Sonia got out of the bathroom, wearing a blue shirt and denim jeans. 'Let's go and unpack your stuff, shall we?'
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