It's been a bit of a wait I know, but there is good reason! Which is the same as every other time I delay really, work and uni. Ugh, who knew having both a job and educating yourself could take up so much time!? Either way, I hope you like it!

Eloise sighed as she scanned her eyes around the circular Hufflepuff common room. She may have acted like she hated being here and hated the people, but she would miss it really; 6 years was a long time to call somewhere home.

'El?' a sleepy voice came from behind her. 'What's with the trunk? And the cloak?' Wayne shook his head, as though clearing it of his fuzzy dreams. 'Are you going somewhere?'

Eloise sighed. 'Dad's pulling me out.'

'What do you mean?'

She rolled her eyes, 'I mean my father is pulling me from Hogwarts because he doesn't think it's safe.'

The bleary-eyed boy shook his head vigorously. 'You can't be serious El? Hogwarts is the safest place there is!'

'Dad doesn't think so.'

'Change his mind then for Merlin's sake! You can't leave Eloise!'

'I'm not going to change his mind Wayne,' Eloise said flatly, her eyes narrowing almost dangerously.

'Why not?! Surely you don't want to leave?!'

Eloise exploded. 'Of course I don't want to leave Wayne! I like it here! I like Hannah, and Ernie and Susan and Justin, and god, sometimes I even like Megan. And I bloody well like you!'

Wayne took a step back, as though shoved by the words that came pouring from the girl in front of him.

'I like Hogwarts! I like Dumbledore! I like Transfiguration class and I like the dinners here!' she continued, her voice getting louder and louder, 'but my dad is alone out there! In the real world, where there is real danger and I don't want him to be alone! So I will go home and we will act like nothing's changed and it's summer holidays and hopefully we'll both survive it and one day I might get to come back.'

Wayne didn't answer. Just stared at the red faced girl in front of him.

'Nothing to say now then?' Eloise asked with a wry smile, 'it doesn't matter Wayne, I'm leaving now. So bye.'

She turned, pausing for just a moment as she waited for him to say something, anything, before leaving out the door; dragging her trunk behind her.

I do like this one, but I'm not too sure that I'm keen on the ending so if you guys could let me know what you think of it?

Hannah :)