A/N: So here's chapter 2. I've decided I'm probably going to update about twice a week, probably on monday or tuesday and friday or saturday. On with the read. :)

Chapter 1: I Miss You

Just trying to help,
Hurt everyone else,
Now I feel the weight of the world is
On my shoulders

Get It Right – Lea Michele (Glee Cast)

SPOV

June 5, 2021

Andy, when are you going to come home? We miss you.

...

June 12, 2021

This is getting stupid, Andy. Just come home, you've made your point. Molly misses you, Rose barely speaks to anyone since you left. Even James-

The connection cut off quickly.

...

June 24, 2021

So Rory had her baby this morning. It's a girl if you were interested.

...

June 30, 2021

Are you ever going to answer me, Andy? You leave practically without a word and then ignore me for an entire month. I miss my best friend.

Sorry, I'm not coming home.

The connection snapped shut, like a metal door closing between our minds. I sighed. It was the first time I'd heard her voice, or more her mind, since she walked out on everything she'd ever known almost a month ago. Every time I fell asleep she seemed to be still awake, not that strange considering the time difference, but she seemed to be doing a lot better than I'd expected.

I always just assumed that she'd come crawling back to Molly and Arthur after a couple of weeks but I guess I was wrong. I know her better than anybody in the entire world and I never would have guessed that she'd stick at this as long as she has.

Of course, my life doesn't revolve around my sister. I have a life too. A lot has happened since my sister left. For one, James and Rory got back together, much to her pleasure. He always seems just as you would expect, miserable, but that was before Delilah was born. Every time he looks at her his face lights up. It's kind of like the way he used to look at Andy now I think about it.

I felt a slight tug in the back of my mind when I thought of James. I knew instinctively that it was Andy.

I know you're there.

She remained silent but I could still feel her in my mind.

"Scorp," I heard a voice say. I looked up into the brilliant green eyes of Albus Potter. "Man, where are you today?"

"Sorry, Al," I answered quietly and turned my attention back to the game of wizard chess we were playing.

"Knight to E5," Al called out triumphantly as he took my king for the third time in a row. "You really need to pay attention, man. You could have beaten me a half hour ago." I sighed. "How is she?"

I looked up and he was staring at me, all his attention now focused on me. "She isn't talking to me," I mumbled. He kept staring.

"And how are you?"

"How do you think I am? My sister has dropped off the face of the Earth and I'm stuck here in England."

"Wow," he stated. "I didn't know you wanted to leave."

"I don't, I just don't like not being around her."

We sat in silence. We both turned around when we heard the front door snap closed. James walked in, his keys in his hand.

"Hey guys. You haven't seen Lilah's blast-ended screwt toy have you? You know the one from Hagrid."

"Nah, bro, sorry. Say, how is that little niece of mine."

James went on to gush about his daughter. Usually I didn't mind but as he spoke I started to get mad. Really mad.

Stop that, I whispered through the link, even though I knew nobody else could hear me.

I will when he does.

I was shocked. She never spoke back, even when I knew she was there. She must have felt it because she burst into a fit of giggles.

When are you coming home? I tried, hoping desperately that she would stay in his mind a little bit longer.

There was silence for a moment. I'm not actually. Mum came to Bulgaria. She was really proud of me. We had a really long talk about all the stuff she said at the Weasley's on Christmas and me leaving her and Dad. She was just proud I made the right choice in the end.

And you think you did, make the right decision I mean.

Well we're still engaged, but Ivan and I are taking it slow. I was in a bad way when I showed up here. He's a really great friend.

As long as you're okay.

That's when I noticed that James was staring at me. He had this weird look on his face, like he was studying me.

"Are you talking to her?" he asked quietly, looking down at the keys that he still held.

"She's doing okay. She's happy you're happy." I didn't feel the need to say more and my tone told him that I wasn't going to even if he pushed me.

"That's good. I should get going. I promised Rory I'd be back in an hour."

I stared after him, feeling everything that I knew Andy didn't want me to.

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APOV

June 3, 2021

Ivan didn't push me when I showed up on his doorstep practically unannounced. He took one look at my face and pulled me into a hug. I was glad he didn't ask questions. I don't know what I would have told him if he had have asked why I was here.

He took me for a walk around the grounds of his family's mansion. It was beautiful. I never realised how beautiful Bulgaria was, but then again, I'd never been there and I'd only seen it as Scorpius had. The ground was covered in snow, and I really felt like I was in a winter wonderland. Of course it wasn't only the Bulgarian landscape that held my attention.

Ivan was just as I had remembered him, if not a little taller. He wore a large fur coat that did his build no justice at all. I knew under all those layers he was built for speed. He didn't like to draw attention to it, but Ivan Krum was one of the best Quidditch players in the world. He'd only just graduated from Durmstrang, with honours, but already nearly every Quidditch team in the league, excluding the Harpies of course, wanted to get him.

He talked to me about his problems regarding Quidditch and I listened, I even managed to forget my own problems for a little while.

"I know we're avoiding the subject but why exactly did you have such a change of heart?"

This was the moment I'd been waiting for. I took a deep breath and looked at him. "I was at school and everything just became a little overwhelming, I guess. I felt like I had nowhere to go."

He stared at me, confusion crossed his features briefly but he quickly slid a smile onto his face. "I heard you had a boyfriend. James Potter. I also heard a rumour that he got a girl pregnant." I winced. "I see. Did he cheat on you," he asked hesitantly.

"No!" I answered a little too quickly. "At least I'm 99% sure he didn't. He's not even the reason I left really, it was just everything. I guess Hogwarts wasn't a good fit for me."

He nodded. We walked on in silence. "That is not true. I know it kills you to be away from your brother even for a day," he said softly after a while.

I stopped walking and he followed suit. "I'm getting pretty tired, I think I'm gonna go have a lay down." I walked away before he could say anything else.

...

June 16, 2021

I walked into the huge dining room and sat at the table. A house elf placed a platter of food in front of me and I dug in. I'd only been here a fortnight but I was already well into the swing of things. Ivan was sitting opposite me but he barely looked up from his newspaper when I walked in.

It felt like we were already an old married couple that was losing interest. I'd barely finished breakfast though when he threw something at me from the other side of the table. I caught it clumsily and looked at it. It was an envelope made of thick, creamy coloured parchment with my father's neat, loopy writing covering the front. I turned it over and tore it open. A letter, only half a page long was sitting inside. I carefully pulled it out and stared at it.

Andromeda,

I know we have had our differences in the past but you can understand my happiness when I found out that you had come to your senses. I assume that the wedding is back on considering the fact that you now live in Bulgaria with Victor Krum's son. Your mother and I are hoping to come and visit you this morning and discuss you possibly coming back to live with us. I know it would make your mother happy. She misses you more than anything.

I will be there around ten o'clock.

Signed: Draco Malfoy

I stared at the parchment, a blank look on my face. "Is this a joke?"

Ivan nearly spat out his food as he laughed. "No, they will be here in about twenty minutes. I suggest you dress up a little more. Make an impression."

I shook my head but didn't say anything. I ran upstairs to my room, or the room I had been staying in, and closed the door behind me a little harder than I had meant to. I opened my closet, which could have rivalled the one I had at Malfoy Manor and pulled out the first green dress I saw.

It was emerald green and strapless with a skirt that sprang out from the waist. It was a little too dressy but I didn't care. I threw it on and dragged a brush through my hair. Looking in my reflection I would have thought that I was going to ball, not just seeing my parents.

...

I'll be the first to admit that I was nervous, but as I walked down the grand staircase twenty minutes later to greet my parents the weight lifted completely. I saw them standing in the entrance hall looking slightly nervous as well. My father, nervous? Never! He placed his hand on the small of my mother's back and whispered something in her ear.

They both turned as I approached. "Oh," I heard my mother say as I stepped forward.

"Hello Mother, Father," I said, greeting them both in turn. "How have you been?"

Before Father could answer, Mother pulled me into a tight hug and squeezed me until I almost couldn't breathe. "Thank goodness you're okay. It scared me half to death when I got an owl from that Weasley woman saying you'd run away."

I smiled into her shoulder. She pulled away and studied my face worriedly. My Father stood away from us, as if he were unsure if he wanted to hug me or run away from me.

"It's good to see you, Father," I managed. He just stared at my face. "I was happy to receive your letter this morning," I tried again.

"I didn't think you'd want to see us after what we said to you at Christmas."

I raised an eyebrow. They were actually worried about me? "That doesn't make sense," I said more to myself than anyone in particular. Mother looked as if she wanted me to elaborate. "I just mean that Scorpius is obviously your favourite and it makes sense that you'd care more about seeing him than seeing me."

My father shook his head slightly. "We have a lot to talk about and I don't think we should stand here in the entrance hall. Shall we?" I led the way into the sitting room and, thankfully, Ivan had sense enough to go to training today.

I took a deep breath as my father began talking.