The next morning was cold and crisp, with a light early snow falling. Tate awoke to see Sophie sitting on the sofa in the centre of the room, reading a comic book.
"Hey…" Sophie said. Tate sat down on the sofa with Poppy in her arms, purring.
"Is Ramira still asleep?" Tate asked.
"Yeah." Sophie answered, still staring at her comic book.
"Oh…"
"What?"
"I just… I was hoping that it had all been a really bad dream." Tate whispered. Her eyes began to water, on the verge of tears, but she blinked them back. 'Stay strong.' She remembered, when she had fallen and skinned her knee, when she had heard the news about Grace's dad. Always 'stay strong.' So she did.
"Me too." Sophie said, still staring at her comic book, eyes racing along the page, but obviously not reading.
"We should probably get ready for lessons." Tate sighed, getting up from the sofa and walking back to her nook. Slowly, she put her uniform and robes on, gathered up her books and wand, pet Poppy on the head, and walked out of her nook. Sophie was still in her nook, so Tate sat down on the sofa in front of the fireplace. Tate stared into the dancing flames, Poppy in her arms, and thought about the events of last night. Ramira was still asleep, and the dorm was blissfully quiet. Tate felt herself dozing off, the heat of the fire warming her cheeks, and soon she was fast asleep.
A/N
Well hellooooo there peoples!
I'm so sorry that I have been dormant for soooooo long. I've had a ton of crap going on. Anyway, I'm back to working on the story, so there's that. I need to write a bunch of chapters, and I have the holiday section all planned out, just need to connect that and other parts so look forward to that sometime pretty soon. If you've noticed, I deleted basically all of the updates, so the story probably is showing up as a bunch shorter. I'll try to stop having so many updates rather than real chapters. Anyway, hope you're enjoying the story, and have a good rest of the week or whatever!
Ajabadjer
ps- sorry about the really short chapter. I just wanted to get something out so that you didn't think I'd died. Or something to that effect. Affect. I don't know anymore. )