There was a clear feeling of impending doom in the Burrow the day before the children where to return to Hogwarts. Not only did this feeling fill the students of the school, who were mourning the loss of their summer holidays, but it weighed down on the three newly re-connected friends.
Throughout the summer, they had become accustom to seeing each other again, the thought of having to say goodbye again was daunting. Despite knowing that no amount of space could break the bonds that held them together, the thought of going from living in the same house again to being separated was overwhelming.
Taking hold of the remaining time they had, Bill, Charlie and Quinn were sipping fire-whiskey in the garden reminiscing on times that had been left far behind them in the past. Their laughter hung thickly around them.
For anyone who had seen them at school it was a familiar scene, apart from the fact that they now sat with whiskey glasses in their hands. As Quinn rarely drank her glass was full, unlike Bill's and Charlie's. It wasn't that she refused to drink, but Quinn preferred not to.
They sat like that for hours, Quinn slowly sipping on her whiskey. Before the trio had realised that the time had even surpassed midnight, the sun had begun to rise in the distance.
Shaking her head as her eyes fixed on the sunrise, Quinn questioned, "How have we been up for the whole night?"
"Time flies when you're having fun," Bill whispered in answer, intertwining their fingers as he did.
Chuckling to himself, Charlie put his arm back over Quinn's shoulder as he joined her eyes staring at the sunrise. Letting the small smile that filled his face grow, Charlie muttered, "Today is the day we all say goodbye."
"Cheers for that Charlie!" Quinn exploded, trying to hold back her laughter as he did. "But you're right. I have to go back to Hogwarts, a place I swore I had left behind me; you are going back to Romania; Bill's going back to Egypt. We are all returning somewhere, who says that it isn't going to end up like it did before?"
"We do," Bill declared, squeezing Quinn's hand. "Q, so long as we know that we want to stay together, we will never go back to how we were before."
"Plus, I'm back at Hogwarts as well, so we are definitely not going to be forgetting each other anytime soon." Charlie smirked. "Though, I am going to get bored of seeing your face."
"Thanks Charlie." Quinn smiled leaning into his chest. "I think I am most excited about seeing my cousin again, it has been far too long for my liking."
"Cousin?" Bill questioned.
"The one in the twins' year?" Charlie asked, Quinn nodded. "Celeste isn't it?"
"Yeah," Quinn smiled letting go of Bill's hand. "She is going to be old enough to enter. That's what worries me the most, people have lost their lived in this competition. I don't think I will be able to sit by and do nothing if she is the competitor for Hogwarts."
Pulling herself away from Charlie, Quinn wrapped her arms around her torso, not once pulling her eyes from the sunrise. Unaware of what they could do, Bill and Charlie just watched her.
A/N: Sorry that this has been so long. I have been extremely busy with mocks for my GCSEs and I had a business retake 2 days ago. So, naturally, that has had my attention. This is in all honesty a filler chapter because I have been unable to get started again. Thanks you for reading this far, it means so much to me.
- Aria Xx