Charlie wasn't sure how long he had been lying in Rebecca's bed. He felt
like he slipped into a daze and possible even fallen asleep thinking about
everything that had happened downstairs and wondering what was making
Rebecca so tired, but as soon as he heard the door up he was wide awake and
staring fiercely at the door. Jacquelyn walked in and looked at him
curiously.
"What are you doing in here?" was the first thing out of her mouth. Charlie told her everything starting with Rebecca's story of Russel and Dan in that very room and onto what transpired down stairs to. Jacquelyn gazed at him with her jaw dropped.
Finally, she regained her composure and quietly said, "I don't blame you for wanting to stay with her. Um, I think James was looking for you so I am going to go tell him that I found you, but I will be back."
Jacquelyn exited the room and came back shortly afterwards with not only James but the whole group. The all wore the same expression Jacquelyn had on after Charlie told her the bet story. Greg was the first one that dared to speak.
"So Flint tried to pull another stunt?"
Charlie nodded as he sat up in Rebecca's bed.
"Poor kid," Greg continued. "It's bad enough that she really isn't feeling the best, but to have that worthless git break that stupid promise he insisted on making." Charlie nodded his head as he looked at Rebecca to show that he completely agreed with Greg.
"Um, Charlie," Cathrine quietly said causing Charlie to turn his gaze off of his girlfriend on to her. "Wood called a team meeting."
Charlie let out a sigh and looked at James and Colin silently asking if they would watch over Rebecca for him.
"I have to go on rounds for a bit." James said as Colin answered, "McGonagall wants to see me about my transfiguration progress."
Once again Charlie sighed and then looked at Sara and Jacquelyn. Sara answered the unasked question with "We promised Lauren and Carolyn that we would help the first years with their homework. We'll be in the common room, but I think we all would feel better if Rebecca wasn't left in this room by herself."
"What about Bill?" asked Jacquelyn.
Charlie grimly said, "He's on rounds and for some reason it always takes him longer than James or any of the other prefects from the house."
"He is the Head Boy," James quietly said.
"I know." Charlie stared at Rebecca for a moment and then muttered, "Too bad we can't just move her to another room where Flint wouldn't think to look for her."
"That's an idea," Greg said. Everyone looked at him wondering what he came up with so he continued, "Why don't we move her into our room? I know it is technically closer to Flint, but they wouldn't think look for her in there, so it would be safe for her to be in there while we all have to be away."
"We can try it," Charlie stated.
"Okay, we are going to have to make sure we have a clear path on the stairs so that no one knows she is in there. Charlie you carry Rebecca and the rest of us will be look outs. Cathrine, you better go to our door and keep an eye out for anyone coming, since people will just think that you are waiting for us to go to the meeting or meeting with Colin for a prank. Sara and Jacquelyn go up the stairs and make sure no one is coming down from that direction. Make sure that you are staggered on the stairs so that we can pass messages without shouting. Colin and James go down the stairs and do the same for that direction. I'll be outside this room to let Charlie and Rebecca out. We'll whistle when someone is coming, okay?"
Everyone shook there heads and headed out the room.
Within seconds everyone was in place and the all clear message came from up and down the stairs. Greg let Charlie out of the room with Rebecca in his arms and Charlie quickly took her to his room where he gently laid her into his bed. He walked back out and said something Cathrine about the quidditch team meeting and the walked down the steps together and walked out with Greg to find Aaron.
Colin and James went to their respective activities after they heard Charlie talking to Cathrine and Sara and Jacquelyn came back down the steps to help the first years. After a little bit, Greg, Charlie and Cathrine came back in and stopped to see how Sara and Jacquelyn were doing with the first years.
"We are doing fine. Beth just has a little more to do on her charms homework and then we are good to go," Sara answered. "How was the meeting?"
"Oh it was fine," started Greg. "Wood was just trying to beat some strategy into our heads."
Cathrine snickered a little and said, "He is a bit on the paranoid side if you ask me. I won't be surprised if he doesn't call a meeting or practice for tomorrow."
Charlie just shook his head.
"Well I guess we better start on our homework," Jacquelyn said as Beth got up and left the table.
Charlie practically flew up the stairs after Jacquelyn's comment. He really wanted to check on Rebecca. Upon Walking into the room, he found that she was still sound asleep.
Greg walked in behind him and said, "Looks like she hasn't woke up yet. . Um, do you think we should move her back?"
"Yeah, we better," Charlie said. Greg left and got everyone set up for the move. Once again, Charlie got the all clear sign and he picked Rebecca up and walked into the girls' room.
Everyone came into the room as Charlie laid Rebecca back into her bed and pulled her covers over her.
"There is something really wrong with Becca," Charlie said as he tucked a loose strain of Rebecca's hair behind her ear causing Rebecca to smile for a moment in her sleep.
Sara looked at Rebecca and quietly said, "I know, maybe we should take her to the hospital wing."
"I think," James started, "we should wait for her to wake up, that way when she can tell Madame Pompfrey her symptoms."
Everyone shook their head in agreement and the girls started to discuss who was going to stay in the room first so that they knew when Rebecca was awake and could get the guys to take her to the infirmary as the boys left the room.
Everyone expected Rebecca to wake up for lunch, but she didn't stir at all even when Cathrine, who took the first shift of staying in the room with her, threw a pillow at her to wake her up. Sara and Jacquelyn came up so see what was going on. After they each took a turn trying to wake their sleeping friend, Sara went and got the guys so that they could move Rebecca back into the boys' dorm, yet again.
The move went smoothly and when they came back from lunch they found that she was still asleep so they moved her back with no problems. Rebecca continued to sleep all afternoon and through dinner. Her friends moved her again when they left for dinner and then again when they got back with out any problems.
No one said anything to anyone about where Rebecca was until Ryan walked up to Charlie, who had just settled himself on the couch and asked where she was at.
"She's asleep," Charlie shortly answered, because he was trying to busy himself so that he wasn't worrying obsessively about Rebecca.
"All day?"
"Yep," Charlie said flipping through his book he had brought down stairs with him.
"Is she okay?"
"Probably not, but I want to take her to the infirmary when she is a wake so that she can tell Madame Pompfrey what all is wrong with her."
Ryan turned around and started to walk away as he muttered, "She could be really ill and he is just sitting around reading a book."
He sat down at the table with Cassie, Russel, Sam, and Hans still muttering.
"What did he say?" Hans asked as he wrote down some notes.
Ryan gave out a sigh and said, "Weasley said that she has been sleeping all day."
"Did you tell him my vision of Rebecca being in the hospital wing?" asked Cassie.
Ryan was quite exasperated with Cassie at the moment so he sarcastically said, "Actually I think Charlie had the same vision as you. . He said he was going to take her to see Madame Pompfrey when she wakes up."
The sarcasm was lost on Cassie though. She smiled at Ryan while Hans and Sam gave him a questioning look and Russel glared at Charlie and said, "I don't think he should wait."
"And what are you going to do about it?" asked Ryan. "After what happened this morning and that little bet you three made, I don't think Charlie will let you anywhere near Rebecca for a while."
"Yeah, well that may be true, but if she doesn't make an appearance at breakfast I am going to get her myself and take her to the infirmary whether she is awake or not. Maybe then she would understand why I went in to check on her this morning."
Russel got up and started towards the stairs. Sara saw Russel walking up stairs and ran up after him. She passed him and headed into the girls room acting like she needed something from in there, even though she just wanted to make sure Russel wasn't trying to come into the girls' room again and to see if Rebecca would wake up.
Rebecca didn't wake up though no matter what Sara tried. In fact, she slept all night other than a couple coughing fits that didn't last long and wouldn't stir in the morning. Her friends moved her once more before they headed to breakfast.
As the group walked into the Great Hall, Russel watched closely to see if Rebecca was with them. He got up quickly and walked out of the hall without anyone noticing him after he saw that Rebecca wasn't to be found. Russel marched straight up to the Gryffindor tower, bond and determined to do what he said he would the prior night, but when he reached the fifth year Gryffindor girls' dorm he found that Rebecca wasn't in there. He quickly looked in the bathroom and then decided she must be in the hospital wing. Russel dashed out of the room and through the portrait towards the infirmary.
Once there, he found that Charlie hadn't taken her there yet and hurried back to the Gryffindor common room. Russel plopped down on the couch trying to figure out where Rebecca could be. He sat there pondering this as the other students came in. Charlie and his friends came in laughing and suddenly went quiet as they approached the stairs.
Russel thought this was a bit odd. He kept glancing up at the stairs waiting for them to come back down. It took a while but one by one they all reappeared with Charlie being the last one. Russel secretly watched the group as they all gathered together at a table. To him, they seemed to be relieved of something.
'Something happened up stairs that stressed them out, but they must have gotten through it. What would involve all of them, but not Rebecca? Oh, I bet it has to do with her though. I got to find out,' Russel thought as he got up from the couch and walked to where Ryan was sitting with Cassie who was complaining about how she missed being able to hang out with Kirsta in their own common room.
He sat there the rest of the morning trying to zone Cassie out which was almost near impossible.
To say that both Ryan and Russel were happy when it was time for lunch would be an understatement. Russel practically ran up the stairs to drop off his books just to get away from the dramatics of Cassie. Ryan came in as Russel plopped down on his bed.
"I don't know how you do it, mate," Russel stated as Ryan set down his books and started back towards the door.
Ryan looked at him curiously and asked, "Do what?"
"Take all of Cassie's drama. I think I would kill myself if she was my girlfriend. She's just not Rebecca. I don't think I have heard or seen Rebecca cause any drama to get attention for herself like Cassie does."
Ryan chuckled a little and said, "Well, I have no doubt that Rebecca couldn't be considered a drama queen when compared to Cassie, but I would have to say that it is hard to say for sure seeing how she hasn't made an appearance lately. Some might consider that slightly dramatic considering what happened yesterday morning."
"But still, after having someone in my life like Rebecca, I would never really care for someone like Cassie."
"Yeah, well let's just say that Cassie may come in useful one of these days."
Russel looked at Ryan curiously and asked, "What does that mean?"
"I'll tell you later," Ryan nonchalantly replied. "I am going to go talk to Charlie and see how Rebecca is doing."
"Well I would go with you, except getting another black eye from that guy isn't high on my priority list."
"Hey, you're the one that ruined your truce with Rebecca and Charlie was just protecting her."
"Well if she would have just listened to me."
"Mate, you don't try to reason with Rebecca when she's sick, trust me. You should have just walked away and try again later on."
"Yeah, well I didn't and now I have to get the snitch before that loser Weasley does so that I will have a chance to tell her my side of the story."
"Still don't like the guy on or off the field do you?"
"Nope and I don't think it will ever change."
"That's okay I don't either. I only pretend to so that I can stay on Rebecca's good side."
"Well, why don't you go off and pretend and find out what is up with her?"
"Okay, are you going to stay here?"
"Yeah, I think so for a little bit at least until the ringing in my ears from Cassie relentless chatter stops."
Ryan shook his head and walked out the door.
Ryan was about to shut the door when Charlie and Greg came out from their room.
"Just the guy that I wanted to see," Ryan cheerful said as he saw Charlie.
"Really?" Charlie asked staring at Malfoy suspiciously. "And what did you want to see me for, Malfoy?"
"Well, Weasley, I couldn't help but notice that Rebecca hasn't made an appearance at any meals or down in the common room, so I was wondering if you knew how she was doing?"
"Well, unfortunately, I don't. She is still asleep. I guess she may have gotten up in the middle of the night, but before any of the girls could check on her she was back asleep."
Ryan shook his head and then asked once more, "Shouldn't she go to the hospital wing?"
"If she doesn't wake up after we get back from lunch, we better take her there, I guess."
"Sounds like a plan. If you need any help let me know. I'll see you after lunch." With that Ryan walked down the stairs.
Once he was out of ear shot Greg said, "That was a close one."
Charlie looked at him and said, "Yeah, we were extremely lucky to get her moved this time. I didn't realize that he was up here. I thought he left with Cassie and those other Slytherins."
"Come on let go to lunch I think Colin and Cathrine left right after we got in to our room and Jacquelyn, James, and Sara weren't too far behind them."
Charlie and Greg walked down the stairs unaware that Russel was able to hear everything that they had said, because Ryan had accidentally left open when he left.
'Oh, so that's why I could find her this morning. They have been moving her into the boys' room,' Russel thought as he towards the Gryffindor's dorm room.
Greg and Charlie were about to the portrait when they both thought they heard something upstairs like a creak of a door.
"Maybe she is awake!" Charlie said excitedly as he rushed back up the stairs with Greg close behind him wondering whether his friend was cracking up from worry (Why else would he have ran up stair after hearing a creak of a door?).
When they made it to their room they glanced in to see that Charlie's bed where Rebecca was sleeping still had the curtains pulled around it, but Russel was standing next to it.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Charlie shouted as he started towards the Slytherin.
Before Russel had a chance to answer, Charlie threw a punch that hit Russel in the stomach which stumbling backwards. If Russel had fallen down that probably would have been the last hit, but since the Slytherin was determined to remain standing Charlie had a chance to take out all of the frustrations that he had felt towards Russel.
"That's for the headaches," said Charlie as he hit Russel in the chest.
Even though Russel tried to take some swings at Charlie, he was unsuccessful. Charlie dodged all of them and was able to punch Russel back for each of his attempts while saying, "That's for deceiving her at Christmas. ... That's for the Ball. ... That's for the explosion. ... That's for the letter. ... That's for tripping her on the stairs. ... That's for the promise you broke to her. . That's for the ring. ... That's for the bet. ... And that's for not leaving her alone."
With the last blow, Russel finally fell to the ground.
Charlie stared down at him as Greg walked over and patted his best friend on the back half to congratulate him and half to calm him down and said, "You get it all out?"
"Yeah, that worthless git ..." Charlie stopped in the middle of his sentence. There was a soft muffled sound coming from his bed. As the noise got louder, Greg and Charlie realized that it was Rebecca coughing. "She has to be awake there is no way she could sleep through that."
They both turned towards Charlie's bed and stared at the closed curtains for a moment.
"Charlie?" Rebecca called miserably through the curtains of Charlie's bed.
Greg walked over and stood over Russel giving him an 'I dare you to try and get up' look as Charlie opened the curtains to find Rebecca sitting up near the edge of the bed. She was shaking all over which made all of the boys in the room really concerned.
"Becca, are you okay?" Charlie asked as he touched her face. "You're burning up."
Rebecca looked at him worried as she whispered, "But I feel so cold that I am shivering."
"Come on, let's go to the hospital wing and find out what is wrong with you."
Rebecca shook her head as Charlie picked her up off of the bed.
As Charlie walked out the door with Rebecca, Greg picked up Russel by the scruff of his neck and lead the Slytherin out of the room as he sternly said, "I suggest you watch your step from now on. We all will be keeping an eye on you, I guarantee it."
Greg threw Russel into the Slytherin room and walked down to the Great Hall to let the others know what had happened.
Charlie set Rebecca down on the cot in the infirmary as Madame Pompfrey came over with a 'what happened now' look on her face to check on Rebecca. In the middle of the examination Rebecca started coughing again. Madame Pompfrey looked at her and then at Charlie, "How long has she been like this?"
"Um, she has had a cough since Tuesday, but it wasn't as bad as it is now," Charlie answered. "Towards the end of the week she complained about being short of breath and being really tired. In fact, she slept most of yesterday and I brought her here when she woke up this morning."
Rebecca managed to stifle the coughing long enough to say, "My chest hurts and I am really cold."
She tried to cover up with a blanket to stop from shivering.
"Madame Pompfrey, what is wrong with her?" Charlie asked as he gazed at his sick girlfriend.
"She has pneumonia. I am going to go and talk to Professor Sprout and get some sano leaves for Ms. Carter."
"That will take care of it then?"
"Yes after she gets enough down. That should take a couple of days and then I will want to monitor her for a couple days to make sure that the leaves took care of everything."
Charlie nodded as he took in what Pompfrey was saying as she got up and left the room. Rebecca started coughing as Charlie took a seat next to her bed.
"Poor kid," he said as Rebecca laid back down on the cot and he tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear.
Rebecca weakly smiled at him and quietly asked, "How long was I asleep?"
Charlie sighed while he looked into her tired eyes and answered, "About a whole day. You feel asleep right after Russel left us in the common room yesterday morning and as far as I know you hadn't woken up for any length of time after that until when you started coughing in my bed. ."
"Um, the bet wouldn't have been a dream, by any chance?" Rebecca asked looking at Charlie really hopefully.
"Sorry, Becca, but it wasn't."
Rebecca's face appeared distressed in a flash.
"I am so sorry," she started, but Charlie cut her off as he said, "Hey, he was the one that proposed the bet. I am going to make sure that he regrets doing it, okay?"
Rebecca shook her head.
She really wanted to talk about it since they hadn't really said anything before, but Charlie said, "Now you don't worry about anything just concentrate on getting better."
Rebecca was about to respond when she started coughing again.
Madame Pompfrey came back in with bowl full of sano leave. After getting the leaves prepared to make a tea she then ushered Charlie out of the room so that she could attend to Rebecca. When Rebecca had gotten a few sips of tea down, Charlie was permitted back in.
"Now she is still very ill," Madame Pompfrey explained to Charlie as Rebecca drifted back to sleep. "Unfortunately, she can only have a few sips at a time, because the tea will make her sleep and too much at one time will knock her out for a very long time, which will hinder any chances of seeing if she is getting better."
Charlie shook his head and then asked, "Can I sit in here with her?"
"Very well. When she wakes up give her some more tea and then tell me she has woken up. But the next time she wakes up I want to examine her to make sure the symptoms are subsiding."
"Thank you, Ma'am. I'll be right back."
Charlie ran up to the common room and grabbed his books so that he could get the rest of his homework done while sitting by Rebecca's cot.
On his way out the door he ran into Greg, Sara, James, Jacquelyn, Colin and Cathrine. As Sara gave him some rolls she took out of the Great Hall, Charlie told them about Rebecca and that she would be out of probably the rest of the week.
After he finished, Colin looked at him very seriously and said, "Well at least you don't have to worry about Russel getting her while she is sleeping. Madame Pompfrey wouldn't allow him to bug her in there."
Everyone stared at him for a moment taken back by how serious the jester was, but then he added, "Too bad though I had some great pranks that could have been set up to protect her from him."
This caused the group to laugh.
"Never can go with out the pranks can you?" Sara asked still laughing.
"Where would the fun in life be without pranks? I mean it makes even the bleak situation hilarious and as far as I am concerned there isn't enough laughing in the world."
"Well I better get back to the infirmary. I want to make sure that I am there when she wakes up."
"Okay, we'll talk to you later," Greg said ushering him right out the portrait.
Charlie walked a few steps out the door and walked right into Ryan causing him to fall in front Dan and Hans.
"Sorry, Malfoy," he said as he offered a hand to help the Slytherin up. Ryan refused to take it getting up on his own.
"You did that on purpose, Weasel," he hissed.
Charlie stared at him and simply said with conviction, "No, I didn't."
"Okay," Ryan responded though Charlie could tell that Ryan didn't really mean it. "Where is Rebecca at?"
"In the infirmary."
"About time you took her there."
Ryan tone was quite menacing, so Charlie defensively stated, "Well, she finally woke up and Madame Pompfrey was able to diagnose her fast with Rebecca being able to say what the symptoms were."
Charlie blew past him and the rest of the Slytherins and headed towards the infirmary. Ryan glared as Charlie headed down the steps.
"I am going to get him. She should have been taken there a long time ago awake or not," he muttered.
Dan was standing closest to him and hissed back, "What do you have in mind?"
"Don't know yet, but it is going to get him sent to the hospital wing."
Ryan then rushed in to the Gryffindor common room and into his dorm to figure out what he could do to get Charlie. As soon as he walked into the room, he noticed Russel lying on his bed.
"Oi, Russel. Didn't the ringing in your ears from Cassie's constant chattering stop yet?" Ryan jokingly asked as he walked over to his friend's bed.
"Oh that stopped, but Weasley gave me another reason to stay up here," Russel said turning to reveal two black eyes. One Ryan knew was from the day before, but the other was new.
"What happened?"
Russel then explained what had happened from when Ryan left to when Greg threw him back into the room.
"So, you got beat up for trying to help Rebecca when she was sick?" Ryan asked when Russel finished.
"Yeah, that pretty much is the jest of it."
"Oh that Weasley is going too far. I have to go talk to Rebecca about this."
Ryan pretty much ran out of the room straight towards the infirmary. When he got there he found Charlie sitting next to Rebecca working on his homework. It appeared that his friend was sleeping again, so he decided to go back and come back later on.
When he got back up to the Gryffindor's common room, he plopped down in a seat next to Russel and Dan who were working on the last bits of there homework.
"Did you talk with her about Weasley?" Russel asked in a low voice looking up from his homework to Ryan and then around the room to see if any of the fifth year Gryffindors were watching them.
"No," snarled Ryan. "She was asleep and he was sitting right there. I couldn't even get myself to go in once I saw that. I am so mad at the guy that I probably would have picked a fight, which wouldn't have been good thing."
"Why?" Dan naively asked.
Before Ryan could say anything, Russel said, "Because picking a fight with him will be like picking a fight with her. Trust me those two come together even when something even really involves one of them."
"Yeah well I plan on getting Weasley without involving Rebecca."
"What?"
"I am going to get him. I don't know how, but I am going to get him without getting her. . You will probably want in when I figure out to get even for those two shiners."
"Uh, thanks but no thanks. I am going to get that snitch, so Rebecca has to listen to me and I can convince her that I was only in the room to check on her. I have tried everything else and it just seems to give her fuel to ignore me and I don't need or want to give her any fuel for not listening to me."
"Fine," Ryan said grimly as he got up to get his books.
Back in the infirmary Rebecca woke up so suddenly that she practically jumped out of the cot. Charlie was startled by the sudden movement.
"What's that matter?" he asked as he stood up to stop her from leaving the cot completely dropping his books on to the ground.
Rebecca gasped trying to caught her breath. "My chest really hurts. I really can't breathe."
"Here, have some more tea, okay?"
Rebecca shook her head as Charlie handed her the cup. After a few sips, Charlie took the tea away from Rebecca and set it on the bedside table. He turned around to see Rebecca lay back down and close her eyes.
Then, he went and told Madame Pompfrey that Rebecca had woken up. Madame Pompfrey noted the time that Rebecca woke up and that she complained of chest pains and shortness of breath and then told Charlie that it would be best if he would gather his homework up and go back to the common room.
"I fear that this illness has a greater hold on her than I first suspected. She shouldn't have had chest pains anymore. Until I am sure exactly what is going on, I am going to assume she is contagious and quarantine her," the healer explained.
Charlie shook his head and silently gathered up his books and headed out of the infirmary.
On his back to the common room he ran into Bill and Lennon. They had been holding hands, but Bill instantly let go when he saw Charlie heading their direction which caused Lennon to laugh.
"Um, hey Charlie. What are you doing?" Bill asked trying to keep Charlie from asking about why Lennon and him had been holding hands.
Charlie, who hadn't noticed the two until Bill talked, glumly replied telling them both about how sick Rebecca was and that she may have been contagious so he had to leave.
"Oh, that is horrible I hope she feels better soon," Lennon stated when Charlie finished.
"Yeah, I am sorry to hear that," Bill added, "but I am sure Rebecca will be up and back on her feet in no time at all."
"Yeah, well, better let you two get back to rounds. I'll see you up in the common room later Bill."
"Okay."
"Bye Charlie," Lennon said as Charlie walked away.
Once he was out of ear shot, Lennon laughed, "He thought we were doing rounds together."
"Poor guy's got a lot on his mind. Oh well at least I don't lose the bet."
Bill gave his girlfriend a mischievous smile.
"Yeah, you were extremely lucky with that one, but I don't think you'll get off that easy again."
Bill stepped closer to her and said, "Well you better watch out, because here comes Jenna."
Lennon automatically took a step back and looked down the hall ready to make up something so she wouldn't loose the bet. When she looked down the hall, there was no one coming towards them from any direction.
"Oh, you," Lennon said as she playfully pushed Bill.
"Gotcha!" Bill smiled at her and then leaned in and gave her a kiss. "You tired of hiding this?"
"A little, but I don't want to loose the bet."
"Same here."
They both laughed a little.
"Come on, we got to move another perfect has got to be coming around here sooner or later." Bill took Lennon's hand and led her away.
They hadn't gotten that far when they heard footsteps Lennon dropped Bill's hand this time thinking that it might be Jenna. This time however it was Professor Snape.
"What are you to doing?" He asked eyeing both of them.
"I was on rounds and met Lennon in the hall. She said she needed to talk to me, so she joined me on as I finished rounds," Bill honestly said. Lennon shook her head in agreement.
"Very well," Snape said. "I need to talk to both of you and let you know that the Slytherin house is fixed so they will be moving out in a few days. We are asking that the passwords to your houses not be changed until I inform you. We want to make sure that everything they moved in gets moved out. Make sure that you inform your respective houses."
Bill and Lennon both shook there heads to let him know that they understood. Snape turned and left.
Once he was out of sight, Bill turned toward Lennon and gave her a quick kiss and said, "Sorry to cut this short, but I have to tell Charlie. He needs something to cheer him up."
"And this news will?" Lennon asked. "It isn't going to make Rebecca better."
"No, but it means that Flint is moving out and he has caused Becca a lot of grief this past year and the idea that he will be moved out when Rebecca is allowed to get out of the infirmary will be really good news to him."
Lennon just smiled as Bill kissed her again and dashed off.
"What are you doing in here?" was the first thing out of her mouth. Charlie told her everything starting with Rebecca's story of Russel and Dan in that very room and onto what transpired down stairs to. Jacquelyn gazed at him with her jaw dropped.
Finally, she regained her composure and quietly said, "I don't blame you for wanting to stay with her. Um, I think James was looking for you so I am going to go tell him that I found you, but I will be back."
Jacquelyn exited the room and came back shortly afterwards with not only James but the whole group. The all wore the same expression Jacquelyn had on after Charlie told her the bet story. Greg was the first one that dared to speak.
"So Flint tried to pull another stunt?"
Charlie nodded as he sat up in Rebecca's bed.
"Poor kid," Greg continued. "It's bad enough that she really isn't feeling the best, but to have that worthless git break that stupid promise he insisted on making." Charlie nodded his head as he looked at Rebecca to show that he completely agreed with Greg.
"Um, Charlie," Cathrine quietly said causing Charlie to turn his gaze off of his girlfriend on to her. "Wood called a team meeting."
Charlie let out a sigh and looked at James and Colin silently asking if they would watch over Rebecca for him.
"I have to go on rounds for a bit." James said as Colin answered, "McGonagall wants to see me about my transfiguration progress."
Once again Charlie sighed and then looked at Sara and Jacquelyn. Sara answered the unasked question with "We promised Lauren and Carolyn that we would help the first years with their homework. We'll be in the common room, but I think we all would feel better if Rebecca wasn't left in this room by herself."
"What about Bill?" asked Jacquelyn.
Charlie grimly said, "He's on rounds and for some reason it always takes him longer than James or any of the other prefects from the house."
"He is the Head Boy," James quietly said.
"I know." Charlie stared at Rebecca for a moment and then muttered, "Too bad we can't just move her to another room where Flint wouldn't think to look for her."
"That's an idea," Greg said. Everyone looked at him wondering what he came up with so he continued, "Why don't we move her into our room? I know it is technically closer to Flint, but they wouldn't think look for her in there, so it would be safe for her to be in there while we all have to be away."
"We can try it," Charlie stated.
"Okay, we are going to have to make sure we have a clear path on the stairs so that no one knows she is in there. Charlie you carry Rebecca and the rest of us will be look outs. Cathrine, you better go to our door and keep an eye out for anyone coming, since people will just think that you are waiting for us to go to the meeting or meeting with Colin for a prank. Sara and Jacquelyn go up the stairs and make sure no one is coming down from that direction. Make sure that you are staggered on the stairs so that we can pass messages without shouting. Colin and James go down the stairs and do the same for that direction. I'll be outside this room to let Charlie and Rebecca out. We'll whistle when someone is coming, okay?"
Everyone shook there heads and headed out the room.
Within seconds everyone was in place and the all clear message came from up and down the stairs. Greg let Charlie out of the room with Rebecca in his arms and Charlie quickly took her to his room where he gently laid her into his bed. He walked back out and said something Cathrine about the quidditch team meeting and the walked down the steps together and walked out with Greg to find Aaron.
Colin and James went to their respective activities after they heard Charlie talking to Cathrine and Sara and Jacquelyn came back down the steps to help the first years. After a little bit, Greg, Charlie and Cathrine came back in and stopped to see how Sara and Jacquelyn were doing with the first years.
"We are doing fine. Beth just has a little more to do on her charms homework and then we are good to go," Sara answered. "How was the meeting?"
"Oh it was fine," started Greg. "Wood was just trying to beat some strategy into our heads."
Cathrine snickered a little and said, "He is a bit on the paranoid side if you ask me. I won't be surprised if he doesn't call a meeting or practice for tomorrow."
Charlie just shook his head.
"Well I guess we better start on our homework," Jacquelyn said as Beth got up and left the table.
Charlie practically flew up the stairs after Jacquelyn's comment. He really wanted to check on Rebecca. Upon Walking into the room, he found that she was still sound asleep.
Greg walked in behind him and said, "Looks like she hasn't woke up yet. . Um, do you think we should move her back?"
"Yeah, we better," Charlie said. Greg left and got everyone set up for the move. Once again, Charlie got the all clear sign and he picked Rebecca up and walked into the girls' room.
Everyone came into the room as Charlie laid Rebecca back into her bed and pulled her covers over her.
"There is something really wrong with Becca," Charlie said as he tucked a loose strain of Rebecca's hair behind her ear causing Rebecca to smile for a moment in her sleep.
Sara looked at Rebecca and quietly said, "I know, maybe we should take her to the hospital wing."
"I think," James started, "we should wait for her to wake up, that way when she can tell Madame Pompfrey her symptoms."
Everyone shook their head in agreement and the girls started to discuss who was going to stay in the room first so that they knew when Rebecca was awake and could get the guys to take her to the infirmary as the boys left the room.
Everyone expected Rebecca to wake up for lunch, but she didn't stir at all even when Cathrine, who took the first shift of staying in the room with her, threw a pillow at her to wake her up. Sara and Jacquelyn came up so see what was going on. After they each took a turn trying to wake their sleeping friend, Sara went and got the guys so that they could move Rebecca back into the boys' dorm, yet again.
The move went smoothly and when they came back from lunch they found that she was still asleep so they moved her back with no problems. Rebecca continued to sleep all afternoon and through dinner. Her friends moved her again when they left for dinner and then again when they got back with out any problems.
No one said anything to anyone about where Rebecca was until Ryan walked up to Charlie, who had just settled himself on the couch and asked where she was at.
"She's asleep," Charlie shortly answered, because he was trying to busy himself so that he wasn't worrying obsessively about Rebecca.
"All day?"
"Yep," Charlie said flipping through his book he had brought down stairs with him.
"Is she okay?"
"Probably not, but I want to take her to the infirmary when she is a wake so that she can tell Madame Pompfrey what all is wrong with her."
Ryan turned around and started to walk away as he muttered, "She could be really ill and he is just sitting around reading a book."
He sat down at the table with Cassie, Russel, Sam, and Hans still muttering.
"What did he say?" Hans asked as he wrote down some notes.
Ryan gave out a sigh and said, "Weasley said that she has been sleeping all day."
"Did you tell him my vision of Rebecca being in the hospital wing?" asked Cassie.
Ryan was quite exasperated with Cassie at the moment so he sarcastically said, "Actually I think Charlie had the same vision as you. . He said he was going to take her to see Madame Pompfrey when she wakes up."
The sarcasm was lost on Cassie though. She smiled at Ryan while Hans and Sam gave him a questioning look and Russel glared at Charlie and said, "I don't think he should wait."
"And what are you going to do about it?" asked Ryan. "After what happened this morning and that little bet you three made, I don't think Charlie will let you anywhere near Rebecca for a while."
"Yeah, well that may be true, but if she doesn't make an appearance at breakfast I am going to get her myself and take her to the infirmary whether she is awake or not. Maybe then she would understand why I went in to check on her this morning."
Russel got up and started towards the stairs. Sara saw Russel walking up stairs and ran up after him. She passed him and headed into the girls room acting like she needed something from in there, even though she just wanted to make sure Russel wasn't trying to come into the girls' room again and to see if Rebecca would wake up.
Rebecca didn't wake up though no matter what Sara tried. In fact, she slept all night other than a couple coughing fits that didn't last long and wouldn't stir in the morning. Her friends moved her once more before they headed to breakfast.
As the group walked into the Great Hall, Russel watched closely to see if Rebecca was with them. He got up quickly and walked out of the hall without anyone noticing him after he saw that Rebecca wasn't to be found. Russel marched straight up to the Gryffindor tower, bond and determined to do what he said he would the prior night, but when he reached the fifth year Gryffindor girls' dorm he found that Rebecca wasn't in there. He quickly looked in the bathroom and then decided she must be in the hospital wing. Russel dashed out of the room and through the portrait towards the infirmary.
Once there, he found that Charlie hadn't taken her there yet and hurried back to the Gryffindor common room. Russel plopped down on the couch trying to figure out where Rebecca could be. He sat there pondering this as the other students came in. Charlie and his friends came in laughing and suddenly went quiet as they approached the stairs.
Russel thought this was a bit odd. He kept glancing up at the stairs waiting for them to come back down. It took a while but one by one they all reappeared with Charlie being the last one. Russel secretly watched the group as they all gathered together at a table. To him, they seemed to be relieved of something.
'Something happened up stairs that stressed them out, but they must have gotten through it. What would involve all of them, but not Rebecca? Oh, I bet it has to do with her though. I got to find out,' Russel thought as he got up from the couch and walked to where Ryan was sitting with Cassie who was complaining about how she missed being able to hang out with Kirsta in their own common room.
He sat there the rest of the morning trying to zone Cassie out which was almost near impossible.
To say that both Ryan and Russel were happy when it was time for lunch would be an understatement. Russel practically ran up the stairs to drop off his books just to get away from the dramatics of Cassie. Ryan came in as Russel plopped down on his bed.
"I don't know how you do it, mate," Russel stated as Ryan set down his books and started back towards the door.
Ryan looked at him curiously and asked, "Do what?"
"Take all of Cassie's drama. I think I would kill myself if she was my girlfriend. She's just not Rebecca. I don't think I have heard or seen Rebecca cause any drama to get attention for herself like Cassie does."
Ryan chuckled a little and said, "Well, I have no doubt that Rebecca couldn't be considered a drama queen when compared to Cassie, but I would have to say that it is hard to say for sure seeing how she hasn't made an appearance lately. Some might consider that slightly dramatic considering what happened yesterday morning."
"But still, after having someone in my life like Rebecca, I would never really care for someone like Cassie."
"Yeah, well let's just say that Cassie may come in useful one of these days."
Russel looked at Ryan curiously and asked, "What does that mean?"
"I'll tell you later," Ryan nonchalantly replied. "I am going to go talk to Charlie and see how Rebecca is doing."
"Well I would go with you, except getting another black eye from that guy isn't high on my priority list."
"Hey, you're the one that ruined your truce with Rebecca and Charlie was just protecting her."
"Well if she would have just listened to me."
"Mate, you don't try to reason with Rebecca when she's sick, trust me. You should have just walked away and try again later on."
"Yeah, well I didn't and now I have to get the snitch before that loser Weasley does so that I will have a chance to tell her my side of the story."
"Still don't like the guy on or off the field do you?"
"Nope and I don't think it will ever change."
"That's okay I don't either. I only pretend to so that I can stay on Rebecca's good side."
"Well, why don't you go off and pretend and find out what is up with her?"
"Okay, are you going to stay here?"
"Yeah, I think so for a little bit at least until the ringing in my ears from Cassie relentless chatter stops."
Ryan shook his head and walked out the door.
Ryan was about to shut the door when Charlie and Greg came out from their room.
"Just the guy that I wanted to see," Ryan cheerful said as he saw Charlie.
"Really?" Charlie asked staring at Malfoy suspiciously. "And what did you want to see me for, Malfoy?"
"Well, Weasley, I couldn't help but notice that Rebecca hasn't made an appearance at any meals or down in the common room, so I was wondering if you knew how she was doing?"
"Well, unfortunately, I don't. She is still asleep. I guess she may have gotten up in the middle of the night, but before any of the girls could check on her she was back asleep."
Ryan shook his head and then asked once more, "Shouldn't she go to the hospital wing?"
"If she doesn't wake up after we get back from lunch, we better take her there, I guess."
"Sounds like a plan. If you need any help let me know. I'll see you after lunch." With that Ryan walked down the stairs.
Once he was out of ear shot Greg said, "That was a close one."
Charlie looked at him and said, "Yeah, we were extremely lucky to get her moved this time. I didn't realize that he was up here. I thought he left with Cassie and those other Slytherins."
"Come on let go to lunch I think Colin and Cathrine left right after we got in to our room and Jacquelyn, James, and Sara weren't too far behind them."
Charlie and Greg walked down the stairs unaware that Russel was able to hear everything that they had said, because Ryan had accidentally left open when he left.
'Oh, so that's why I could find her this morning. They have been moving her into the boys' room,' Russel thought as he towards the Gryffindor's dorm room.
Greg and Charlie were about to the portrait when they both thought they heard something upstairs like a creak of a door.
"Maybe she is awake!" Charlie said excitedly as he rushed back up the stairs with Greg close behind him wondering whether his friend was cracking up from worry (Why else would he have ran up stair after hearing a creak of a door?).
When they made it to their room they glanced in to see that Charlie's bed where Rebecca was sleeping still had the curtains pulled around it, but Russel was standing next to it.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Charlie shouted as he started towards the Slytherin.
Before Russel had a chance to answer, Charlie threw a punch that hit Russel in the stomach which stumbling backwards. If Russel had fallen down that probably would have been the last hit, but since the Slytherin was determined to remain standing Charlie had a chance to take out all of the frustrations that he had felt towards Russel.
"That's for the headaches," said Charlie as he hit Russel in the chest.
Even though Russel tried to take some swings at Charlie, he was unsuccessful. Charlie dodged all of them and was able to punch Russel back for each of his attempts while saying, "That's for deceiving her at Christmas. ... That's for the Ball. ... That's for the explosion. ... That's for the letter. ... That's for tripping her on the stairs. ... That's for the promise you broke to her. . That's for the ring. ... That's for the bet. ... And that's for not leaving her alone."
With the last blow, Russel finally fell to the ground.
Charlie stared down at him as Greg walked over and patted his best friend on the back half to congratulate him and half to calm him down and said, "You get it all out?"
"Yeah, that worthless git ..." Charlie stopped in the middle of his sentence. There was a soft muffled sound coming from his bed. As the noise got louder, Greg and Charlie realized that it was Rebecca coughing. "She has to be awake there is no way she could sleep through that."
They both turned towards Charlie's bed and stared at the closed curtains for a moment.
"Charlie?" Rebecca called miserably through the curtains of Charlie's bed.
Greg walked over and stood over Russel giving him an 'I dare you to try and get up' look as Charlie opened the curtains to find Rebecca sitting up near the edge of the bed. She was shaking all over which made all of the boys in the room really concerned.
"Becca, are you okay?" Charlie asked as he touched her face. "You're burning up."
Rebecca looked at him worried as she whispered, "But I feel so cold that I am shivering."
"Come on, let's go to the hospital wing and find out what is wrong with you."
Rebecca shook her head as Charlie picked her up off of the bed.
As Charlie walked out the door with Rebecca, Greg picked up Russel by the scruff of his neck and lead the Slytherin out of the room as he sternly said, "I suggest you watch your step from now on. We all will be keeping an eye on you, I guarantee it."
Greg threw Russel into the Slytherin room and walked down to the Great Hall to let the others know what had happened.
Charlie set Rebecca down on the cot in the infirmary as Madame Pompfrey came over with a 'what happened now' look on her face to check on Rebecca. In the middle of the examination Rebecca started coughing again. Madame Pompfrey looked at her and then at Charlie, "How long has she been like this?"
"Um, she has had a cough since Tuesday, but it wasn't as bad as it is now," Charlie answered. "Towards the end of the week she complained about being short of breath and being really tired. In fact, she slept most of yesterday and I brought her here when she woke up this morning."
Rebecca managed to stifle the coughing long enough to say, "My chest hurts and I am really cold."
She tried to cover up with a blanket to stop from shivering.
"Madame Pompfrey, what is wrong with her?" Charlie asked as he gazed at his sick girlfriend.
"She has pneumonia. I am going to go and talk to Professor Sprout and get some sano leaves for Ms. Carter."
"That will take care of it then?"
"Yes after she gets enough down. That should take a couple of days and then I will want to monitor her for a couple days to make sure that the leaves took care of everything."
Charlie nodded as he took in what Pompfrey was saying as she got up and left the room. Rebecca started coughing as Charlie took a seat next to her bed.
"Poor kid," he said as Rebecca laid back down on the cot and he tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear.
Rebecca weakly smiled at him and quietly asked, "How long was I asleep?"
Charlie sighed while he looked into her tired eyes and answered, "About a whole day. You feel asleep right after Russel left us in the common room yesterday morning and as far as I know you hadn't woken up for any length of time after that until when you started coughing in my bed. ."
"Um, the bet wouldn't have been a dream, by any chance?" Rebecca asked looking at Charlie really hopefully.
"Sorry, Becca, but it wasn't."
Rebecca's face appeared distressed in a flash.
"I am so sorry," she started, but Charlie cut her off as he said, "Hey, he was the one that proposed the bet. I am going to make sure that he regrets doing it, okay?"
Rebecca shook her head.
She really wanted to talk about it since they hadn't really said anything before, but Charlie said, "Now you don't worry about anything just concentrate on getting better."
Rebecca was about to respond when she started coughing again.
Madame Pompfrey came back in with bowl full of sano leave. After getting the leaves prepared to make a tea she then ushered Charlie out of the room so that she could attend to Rebecca. When Rebecca had gotten a few sips of tea down, Charlie was permitted back in.
"Now she is still very ill," Madame Pompfrey explained to Charlie as Rebecca drifted back to sleep. "Unfortunately, she can only have a few sips at a time, because the tea will make her sleep and too much at one time will knock her out for a very long time, which will hinder any chances of seeing if she is getting better."
Charlie shook his head and then asked, "Can I sit in here with her?"
"Very well. When she wakes up give her some more tea and then tell me she has woken up. But the next time she wakes up I want to examine her to make sure the symptoms are subsiding."
"Thank you, Ma'am. I'll be right back."
Charlie ran up to the common room and grabbed his books so that he could get the rest of his homework done while sitting by Rebecca's cot.
On his way out the door he ran into Greg, Sara, James, Jacquelyn, Colin and Cathrine. As Sara gave him some rolls she took out of the Great Hall, Charlie told them about Rebecca and that she would be out of probably the rest of the week.
After he finished, Colin looked at him very seriously and said, "Well at least you don't have to worry about Russel getting her while she is sleeping. Madame Pompfrey wouldn't allow him to bug her in there."
Everyone stared at him for a moment taken back by how serious the jester was, but then he added, "Too bad though I had some great pranks that could have been set up to protect her from him."
This caused the group to laugh.
"Never can go with out the pranks can you?" Sara asked still laughing.
"Where would the fun in life be without pranks? I mean it makes even the bleak situation hilarious and as far as I am concerned there isn't enough laughing in the world."
"Well I better get back to the infirmary. I want to make sure that I am there when she wakes up."
"Okay, we'll talk to you later," Greg said ushering him right out the portrait.
Charlie walked a few steps out the door and walked right into Ryan causing him to fall in front Dan and Hans.
"Sorry, Malfoy," he said as he offered a hand to help the Slytherin up. Ryan refused to take it getting up on his own.
"You did that on purpose, Weasel," he hissed.
Charlie stared at him and simply said with conviction, "No, I didn't."
"Okay," Ryan responded though Charlie could tell that Ryan didn't really mean it. "Where is Rebecca at?"
"In the infirmary."
"About time you took her there."
Ryan tone was quite menacing, so Charlie defensively stated, "Well, she finally woke up and Madame Pompfrey was able to diagnose her fast with Rebecca being able to say what the symptoms were."
Charlie blew past him and the rest of the Slytherins and headed towards the infirmary. Ryan glared as Charlie headed down the steps.
"I am going to get him. She should have been taken there a long time ago awake or not," he muttered.
Dan was standing closest to him and hissed back, "What do you have in mind?"
"Don't know yet, but it is going to get him sent to the hospital wing."
Ryan then rushed in to the Gryffindor common room and into his dorm to figure out what he could do to get Charlie. As soon as he walked into the room, he noticed Russel lying on his bed.
"Oi, Russel. Didn't the ringing in your ears from Cassie's constant chattering stop yet?" Ryan jokingly asked as he walked over to his friend's bed.
"Oh that stopped, but Weasley gave me another reason to stay up here," Russel said turning to reveal two black eyes. One Ryan knew was from the day before, but the other was new.
"What happened?"
Russel then explained what had happened from when Ryan left to when Greg threw him back into the room.
"So, you got beat up for trying to help Rebecca when she was sick?" Ryan asked when Russel finished.
"Yeah, that pretty much is the jest of it."
"Oh that Weasley is going too far. I have to go talk to Rebecca about this."
Ryan pretty much ran out of the room straight towards the infirmary. When he got there he found Charlie sitting next to Rebecca working on his homework. It appeared that his friend was sleeping again, so he decided to go back and come back later on.
When he got back up to the Gryffindor's common room, he plopped down in a seat next to Russel and Dan who were working on the last bits of there homework.
"Did you talk with her about Weasley?" Russel asked in a low voice looking up from his homework to Ryan and then around the room to see if any of the fifth year Gryffindors were watching them.
"No," snarled Ryan. "She was asleep and he was sitting right there. I couldn't even get myself to go in once I saw that. I am so mad at the guy that I probably would have picked a fight, which wouldn't have been good thing."
"Why?" Dan naively asked.
Before Ryan could say anything, Russel said, "Because picking a fight with him will be like picking a fight with her. Trust me those two come together even when something even really involves one of them."
"Yeah well I plan on getting Weasley without involving Rebecca."
"What?"
"I am going to get him. I don't know how, but I am going to get him without getting her. . You will probably want in when I figure out to get even for those two shiners."
"Uh, thanks but no thanks. I am going to get that snitch, so Rebecca has to listen to me and I can convince her that I was only in the room to check on her. I have tried everything else and it just seems to give her fuel to ignore me and I don't need or want to give her any fuel for not listening to me."
"Fine," Ryan said grimly as he got up to get his books.
Back in the infirmary Rebecca woke up so suddenly that she practically jumped out of the cot. Charlie was startled by the sudden movement.
"What's that matter?" he asked as he stood up to stop her from leaving the cot completely dropping his books on to the ground.
Rebecca gasped trying to caught her breath. "My chest really hurts. I really can't breathe."
"Here, have some more tea, okay?"
Rebecca shook her head as Charlie handed her the cup. After a few sips, Charlie took the tea away from Rebecca and set it on the bedside table. He turned around to see Rebecca lay back down and close her eyes.
Then, he went and told Madame Pompfrey that Rebecca had woken up. Madame Pompfrey noted the time that Rebecca woke up and that she complained of chest pains and shortness of breath and then told Charlie that it would be best if he would gather his homework up and go back to the common room.
"I fear that this illness has a greater hold on her than I first suspected. She shouldn't have had chest pains anymore. Until I am sure exactly what is going on, I am going to assume she is contagious and quarantine her," the healer explained.
Charlie shook his head and silently gathered up his books and headed out of the infirmary.
On his back to the common room he ran into Bill and Lennon. They had been holding hands, but Bill instantly let go when he saw Charlie heading their direction which caused Lennon to laugh.
"Um, hey Charlie. What are you doing?" Bill asked trying to keep Charlie from asking about why Lennon and him had been holding hands.
Charlie, who hadn't noticed the two until Bill talked, glumly replied telling them both about how sick Rebecca was and that she may have been contagious so he had to leave.
"Oh, that is horrible I hope she feels better soon," Lennon stated when Charlie finished.
"Yeah, I am sorry to hear that," Bill added, "but I am sure Rebecca will be up and back on her feet in no time at all."
"Yeah, well, better let you two get back to rounds. I'll see you up in the common room later Bill."
"Okay."
"Bye Charlie," Lennon said as Charlie walked away.
Once he was out of ear shot, Lennon laughed, "He thought we were doing rounds together."
"Poor guy's got a lot on his mind. Oh well at least I don't lose the bet."
Bill gave his girlfriend a mischievous smile.
"Yeah, you were extremely lucky with that one, but I don't think you'll get off that easy again."
Bill stepped closer to her and said, "Well you better watch out, because here comes Jenna."
Lennon automatically took a step back and looked down the hall ready to make up something so she wouldn't loose the bet. When she looked down the hall, there was no one coming towards them from any direction.
"Oh, you," Lennon said as she playfully pushed Bill.
"Gotcha!" Bill smiled at her and then leaned in and gave her a kiss. "You tired of hiding this?"
"A little, but I don't want to loose the bet."
"Same here."
They both laughed a little.
"Come on, we got to move another perfect has got to be coming around here sooner or later." Bill took Lennon's hand and led her away.
They hadn't gotten that far when they heard footsteps Lennon dropped Bill's hand this time thinking that it might be Jenna. This time however it was Professor Snape.
"What are you to doing?" He asked eyeing both of them.
"I was on rounds and met Lennon in the hall. She said she needed to talk to me, so she joined me on as I finished rounds," Bill honestly said. Lennon shook her head in agreement.
"Very well," Snape said. "I need to talk to both of you and let you know that the Slytherin house is fixed so they will be moving out in a few days. We are asking that the passwords to your houses not be changed until I inform you. We want to make sure that everything they moved in gets moved out. Make sure that you inform your respective houses."
Bill and Lennon both shook there heads to let him know that they understood. Snape turned and left.
Once he was out of sight, Bill turned toward Lennon and gave her a quick kiss and said, "Sorry to cut this short, but I have to tell Charlie. He needs something to cheer him up."
"And this news will?" Lennon asked. "It isn't going to make Rebecca better."
"No, but it means that Flint is moving out and he has caused Becca a lot of grief this past year and the idea that he will be moved out when Rebecca is allowed to get out of the infirmary will be really good news to him."
Lennon just smiled as Bill kissed her again and dashed off.
