"How are you doing?"
Jane smiled at the familiar voice. She turned to see George as he walked towards her.
"I'm alright. A little nervous to leave actually." She said, not sure why she was telling him that. "How about you?"
"Same." He paused briefly before sitting down next to her in the great-hall. "Things are different now. They are never going to be the same now that Voldemort's back."
As he spoke he stared at the table in front of him, avoiding her face.
"Which is why we need to try harder to make things normal." He said, finally looking up to see her.
She nodded, squinting her eyes as she tried to read his implication.
"I'm sorry I was such a jerk to you." He said it, his voice small.
She smiled, extended a hand to his shoulder.
"It's okay. I'm sorry I didn't handle it better."
"Me too." He said, looking up at her smiling. "But I had better take off. Keep in touch, eh?"
He stood up, and began to walk away.
"Will do." She said, watching him walk away.
"See you in September."
"So are you all ready?"
Jane turned to see Neville approaching her. She stood in the common-room with her bags packed. It was leaving day.
"As ready as I'll ever be." She replied, trying to sound happy.
He reached her and put his arms around her, surprising her with the hug.
"What was that for?" She asked him once he had released her.
"I'm going to miss you." He said, his voice shaky.
"Me too." She said, her face falling into a frown.
"But I'll see you in September. And I'll write every week. You'll do the same?" He asked, sounding almost desperate.
She nodded, unable to tell him that she wasn't sure where she would be living yet.
"Promise?" He asked her
"Promise." She replied, smiling at him.
"I'm really going to miss you." He said again.
"Me too." She repeated.
She leaned into him and hugged him once again, kissing his cheek.
"Me too."
She sat in the back seat of a car. As it drove away from Hogwarts she caught one final glimpse of the school that had come to mean so much to her.
I'm going to miss it.