Sorry this one is short. it's just setting up the summer.
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Molly stood on the platform at Hogsmead station. She wasn't looking forward to going home for the summer holiday. Oh, she had passed all of her classes, some of them just barely. Arthur had gotten 12 O.W.L.s. She just felt as if she was leaving more than just her schoolwork.
Arthur put his own trunk and hers on the train, "Alright, I've found us a compartment."
She allowed herself to be led onto the train.
Everyone seemed to be laughing and having fun, flirting, talking about what they were going to do over the holidays. Molly felt older, above it all somehow. She also felt drained.
She sat on the seat next to Arthur and laid her head on his shoulder. He put his arm around her.
"Will anything ever feel normal again?" she wondered aloud.
"I imagine it will one day," answered Arthur but he couldn't quite understand what she was going through.
Molly tried to sleep most of the way to London. She didn't want to think about the reception she would get from her parents, if they were even there at all.
They were there of course, greeting her with open arms and although they jerked her rather quickly away from Arthur, no mention was made of the pregnancy or the baby. It was as if none of it had ever happened. They were going to pretend her baby didn't exist.
The O'Gradys looked contemptuously at the Weasleys. Arthur wouldn't be coming for another visit this summer.
Molly stood on the platform at Hogsmead station. She wasn't looking forward to going home for the summer holiday. Oh, she had passed all of her classes, some of them just barely. Arthur had gotten 12 O.W.L.s. She just felt as if she was leaving more than just her schoolwork.
Arthur put his own trunk and hers on the train, "Alright, I've found us a compartment."
She allowed herself to be led onto the train.
Everyone seemed to be laughing and having fun, flirting, talking about what they were going to do over the holidays. Molly felt older, above it all somehow. She also felt drained.
She sat on the seat next to Arthur and laid her head on his shoulder. He put his arm around her.
"Will anything ever feel normal again?" she wondered aloud.
"I imagine it will one day," answered Arthur but he couldn't quite understand what she was going through.
Molly tried to sleep most of the way to London. She didn't want to think about the reception she would get from her parents, if they were even there at all.
They were there of course, greeting her with open arms and although they jerked her rather quickly away from Arthur, no mention was made of the pregnancy or the baby. It was as if none of it had ever happened. They were going to pretend her baby didn't exist.
The O'Gradys looked contemptuously at the Weasleys. Arthur wouldn't be coming for another visit this summer.