Silent Light

Chapter Ten

Edward looked around the room he was in, and carefully took a seat on the desk's chair, while Harry sat on the bed.

Everything was made in forest and dark green and white and there were dozens of pictures hanging on the walls. He could see most of them had three kids on it, a redheaded boy, a bushy haired girl and the third one was Harry. They were, most of the times, wearing some really strange and heavy clothes.

"Is that your old school?" he asked, pointing to one of the pictures, which had a big castle at the back. Harry smiled – a big, happy smile – before answering.

"Yeah."

"Well, I can see now why you think our school is different, your old one was a castle." he added with a chuckle and Harry laughed in response.

"It was a bit confusing. It took me and Ron a week to walk through classes without getting lost."

"Is that Ron?" the vampire asked again, looking at the redhead and Harry nodded.

"Yes. And the girl beside him is Hermione. They are together now." he said with a soft smile and Edward could not help but smile with him.

"You must miss them a lot. Your whole old home, I mean."

Harry went silent and Edward could see flashes of fights and lights. People hurting and dying. A big blond boy chasing a small little black haired kid. So many bad memories he couldn't focus on one to understand it.

"Not all of it." the boy finally answered, "Only them. My friends and Ron's family, they were almost like family too. I miss them. And I miss school, but even if I'd stayed there, I'd still… be missing it, you know? Like it's not… the same. I miss what I had there, but even if I had it again, it would not fill up the lack, it would only grow bigger. I cannot have my old life back." He seemed to have come out of his daze and looked at Edward with an apologetic smile, "Sorry. I don't usually speak like this." he said, as if he himself could not understand why he had said so much about his past to this strange boy.

"You can talk if you want to. It helps sometimes with the pain… it eases it." the vampire said softly and received a smile in response. He was enchanted. Harry was endearing, in a way he didn't remember having found any other human before. It wasn't blood lust or curiosity, it wasn't just the mystery, it was… him. Only him.

"I suppose it does. Hermione always said I spoke too little about my feelings, maybe that's what she was talking about." he said fondly and Edward heard steps coming towards the door, and not a minute after Andie came in carrying a tray with some snacks and coke.

"Here, dear. Eat it up, ok? You need it."

"I will, thanks, Andie. How's Teddy?"

"Fussing and driving your godfather crazy." She answered with a bright and amused smile, "I'm going, Sirius will be down if you need him, I'm taking Teddy with me to the market. See you later." She said, ruffling his hair before going.

"She seems so nice." commented Edward, seeing a girl with bright pink hair in Harry's thoughts.

"She is. She's been… like a mother, I guess. She and Sirius."

"Who's Ted?"

"My godson." There it was, that bright happy smile again, and Edward found himself smiling again. He hadn't smiled like this since he and Bella had broken up, "His father was one of my father's best friends at school. He named me Ted's godfather as soon as he was born. Andie is Teddy's mother's mother. Sirius was Remus' best friend too. It was… painful to see them gone."

"I guess that's why you moved here, then? Too many memories?"

"You could say that… Last year was so painful I don't know how I would have made it through. Finding Sirius alive, though, was a blessing. I couldn't believe when I found out." he smiled once again, "But that's enough of my History, I guess. America's History is what I need."

"Yes, you're right."

They studied for the rest of the afternoon and Edward said he'd call one of his sisters to pick him up at Harry's house – it was already too dark for Harry to drive alone. A few minutes later he went home with his sister and Harry smiled.

Being with Edward had been an interesting experience he would like to repeat. He felt… close to the boy, it was so easy to talk to him, like he was actually understanding everything he was saying, as if he had known the pain of losing everything and trying to build it up again.

How went to the TV room, where Andie was feeding Teddy a bottle and Sirius was watching some game.

"Your friend is very eye catching." She commented with a teasing smile and Harry laughed.

"He's nice. He's Dr Cullen's son."

"I thought I knew him from somewhere, there's some kind of resemblance." said Sirius.

"Of course there is, they are both incredibly handsome, it must run in the family!" Andie said, laughing a little.

"Well, I'm just glad my godson has new friends already."

"He's not Ron, though." Harry said, as if saddened, and Sirius got up and hugged him, something he had been doing a lot lately, as if he regretted having spent two years without doing it, and for not having done it when he could.

"No one will be Ron, Harry. Or Hermione, for that matter. They are your best friends, they are your home. They will always be. But there's nothing wrong with having other friends… Or a boyfriend." He added with a teasing smile, making Harry blush.

"Gee, Sirius, he's my friend. And enough of this, I want to know what was that about the Malfoys earlier?"

Sirius and Andie looked at each other: it was going to be a long conversation. Very long indeed.

x

"How cute, Edward, calling mommy and daddy to pick you up at your little friend's house." commented Rosalie dryly when he got home with Alice.

He only smiled at her and kept walking.

"What did you talk about?" Alice asked curiously.

"A lot of things… His past. History of America, mostly, though. He was not lying, he doesn't know a thing about History! And all the time we were studying, every time there was some world wide important date, he kept having these really strange thought about giants and goblins and a guy named Gellert Grindenwald… Have you heard of him, Carlisle?"

The older vampire shook his head slowly thinking about it – it wasn't a strange name, but he didn't remember anything relevant about it.

"Not really, son. But I'm glad you're felling all right, Edward. You had us all worried."

"Let's just hope the second human doesn't ruin everything again, like that little … thing." Rosalie said icily and Alice looked at her smiling.

"He won't. I think Harry will be a very nice thing to Edward."

"I think so too." said Jasper, startling everyone, he usually didn't put himself in these arguments, "Were you able to think of a cause why he doesn't smell like food, Edward?"

"Not really… But none of them do, though. Not Sirius, or his cousin, Andromeda, or the baby, Teddy. Although I didn't see the baby."

Alice was frowning.

"What s it, Alice?"

"Nothing… I guess. Maybe is just something in their blood."

"Like Bella and her thoughts?" asked Emmett earning him a glare of his wife. He just shrugged, "What?"

"No… it's not like that. Bella was like she was actually protecting her thoughts, Harry isn't. There's just a part of him I cannot see, but not like that… And they just smell fine, it's not like it is with the wolves, they don't smell bad, they just smell… normal."

"Well, maybe later we'll find out." said Esme.

"Maybe." Edward agreed.

And for the first time since they had broken up, he didn't go to Bella's window to watch her sleep. He stayed home.

And thought of Harry.

x

"So?" Harry asked impatiently, and Andie sighed. It was better if he heard that from her.

"Harry, honey, sit down." He sat beside her at the couch and she took a deep breath, "Cissy called me this morning. Before I left England, I sent her a letter, with our phone number, just in case she ever… She ever needed help. And now she does. They – she and Draco - are being… Well, England is not exactly fond of them right now, you see. She needs help. She wants… To be honest Harry, she said she just needs to get out of there, but I think she wants to take Draco away form Lucius influence and the other's anger. I know her, even if I haven't seen her for a very long while, she never asks what she really wants, but she needs help. She's my sister."

Harry went silent.

"Well, she helped me… at the final battle. If it wasn't for her I'd probably be dead by now, but can't… can't they go anywhere else? I didn't… I mean, not even my best friends know where I am, and then Malfoy will?"

"I know, Harry, but there's no time. Besides, I think you'll be a great influence on Draco. He is going through a lot right now too."

The boy went quiet again, and put his head between his hands.

"Well, I guess they can come, they are your family. But don't ask me to put up with everything Malfoy does because he is grieving or something like that, because I won't!"

"And we're not expecting that from you, kiddo!" said Sirius, "Actually, I'm sure I could help you with some pranks…" he stopped when he saw Andromeda's glare, "Just kidding! But there will be rules, Harry, don't worry. He won't be in your way."

"Yeah, alright." He muttered, "When are they coming?"

"Saturday."

"Saturday? As in, the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes."

"But there won't be time to notice them…"

"Oh, but I already did." Andie said with a smile, "I knew you wouldn't let them down" she said, leaving the TV room, and Sirius just happened to remember that Andromeda had been a Slytherin at school.

Manipulative old woman.