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...and Explanations
At lunch break, Alicia, Katie, Fred, George and Lee bustled into the sick bay, and were soon shooed back out by Mme. Pomfry. "It's nice to see she has friends who care about her. Now out!" she buzzed, waving her arms at them. "What she needs now is quiet. I assure you she will be up and about by tomorrow." The five left with the impression she had some 24-hour bug and would be fine. But privately Alicia thought otherwise, after seeing her friend in such a traumatic state the night before.
Angelina woke around dinnertime and managed to eat a little bit of toast, but her throat felt closed and it hurt to swallow. She and Mme. Pomfry talked for a bit. The teacher explained the ________ Charm, which prevents pregnancy, and Angelina told how her mother had been killed when she was little, not yet two years, a random victim of the Death Eaters. She explained how she had been raised by a devastated father and an older brother who just wanted to leave the house.
Many times she had to stop and cry, but Mme. Pomfry was always there, a solid pillar in which she confided. She told of how she had made a home at school, how she had met Fred. How he had made her laugh, how happy he always was, she would never want to hurt him. She cried as she said this.
"This will wreck him. We're not old enough for the responsibility of having a child." She buried her head in Mme. Pomfry's shoulder, "I don't know how I'm going to tell him."
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...and Explanations
At lunch break, Alicia, Katie, Fred, George and Lee bustled into the sick bay, and were soon shooed back out by Mme. Pomfry. "It's nice to see she has friends who care about her. Now out!" she buzzed, waving her arms at them. "What she needs now is quiet. I assure you she will be up and about by tomorrow." The five left with the impression she had some 24-hour bug and would be fine. But privately Alicia thought otherwise, after seeing her friend in such a traumatic state the night before.
Angelina woke around dinnertime and managed to eat a little bit of toast, but her throat felt closed and it hurt to swallow. She and Mme. Pomfry talked for a bit. The teacher explained the ________ Charm, which prevents pregnancy, and Angelina told how her mother had been killed when she was little, not yet two years, a random victim of the Death Eaters. She explained how she had been raised by a devastated father and an older brother who just wanted to leave the house.
Many times she had to stop and cry, but Mme. Pomfry was always there, a solid pillar in which she confided. She told of how she had made a home at school, how she had met Fred. How he had made her laugh, how happy he always was, she would never want to hurt him. She cried as she said this.
"This will wreck him. We're not old enough for the responsibility of having a child." She buried her head in Mme. Pomfry's shoulder, "I don't know how I'm going to tell him."