Again, so sorry about the wait!

Sirius smiled as Maisie and Hermione hugged.

"You'd think you two hadn't seen each other in years", he teased them. They laughed.

"Where's Ryan?", Hermione asked. Her eyes grew wide. "Oh, right, the Prefect's carriage…"

Sirius sent Maisie a questioning look, but she just shook her head.

"Is Ron already on the train?", he asked, trying to get the conversation going again.

"Nope", a voice from behind said. Fred and George set their trunks down.

"Lavender Brown stopped him", George supplied.

Hermione cleared her throat, "I'll see you on the train, Maisie." She walked away.

Fred and George left to put their trunks on the train.

Maisie saw Ryan's mother coming towards them, looking a bit confused. It was clear that she'd only been on the platform a couple of times, as she seemed very nervous about everything.

Mrs. Anderson smiled widely when she came up to Maisie.

"My, look at you!", she said brightly, holding her arms out for a hug. Maisie smiled and hugged her.

Sirius smiled politely at the woman, still eyeing Maisie curiously.

"I should go", Maisie said, pulling away from Mrs. Anderson and moving to Sirius.

"Bye, Sirius. I'll write to you tomorrow."

"Bye, love."

And she was gone.

Mrs. Anderson turned to Sirius, concerned.

"Is she alright?"

"I...don't think so", Sirius replied.

"Hm. Ryan's been a bit off lately as well. Maybe something happened with them. Shame, they're an adorable couple."

Sirius didn't hear anything past "Maybe something happened with them."

"Yes", he said blankly, "maybe.