Disclaimer: I do not own any of J. K. Rowling's characters or ideas. You get the point by now (I hope)
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Rain
I let the water run over my body, let it soak into my skin. The spray was on hard and the force of which the water hit me reminded me of the unexpected blow I would later deliver to Fred.
Unwillingly.
It would ruin him. He just wanted to leave school and open a joke shop. He wanted to make people laugh. He was so youthful, always joking and fooling about. He would be so changed after this.
I could already feel myself changing, hardening, growing older.
The blow would be sharp and painful. One moment he would be a carefree boy, gliding through his last year of school, the next, a young man with a family to support.
Unprepared to face the future, I retreated back under the curtain of water, abandoning my thoughts.
Some time later, I reluctantly stepped out of the shower, into the freezing January air.
* * *
Rain
I let the water run over my body, let it soak into my skin. The spray was on hard and the force of which the water hit me reminded me of the unexpected blow I would later deliver to Fred.
Unwillingly.
It would ruin him. He just wanted to leave school and open a joke shop. He wanted to make people laugh. He was so youthful, always joking and fooling about. He would be so changed after this.
I could already feel myself changing, hardening, growing older.
The blow would be sharp and painful. One moment he would be a carefree boy, gliding through his last year of school, the next, a young man with a family to support.
Unprepared to face the future, I retreated back under the curtain of water, abandoning my thoughts.
Some time later, I reluctantly stepped out of the shower, into the freezing January air.