Bill was right about Charlie being happy to here that the Slytherins would
be leaving for. What he didn't realize was that all of the Gryffindors were
ready to get rid of their house guests.
"That Burk girl never shuts up and it is always all about her," Chelsea complained. "It will be good to get rid of them."
"Good. We'll have enough room again," Aisha said when she heard the news.
"Now I can talk to the team in the common room without fear of someone spying on our tactics," Wood said.
Comments like that happened by all the Gryffindors, except Lauren. She seemed a little down in the dumps about it.
Sara and Jacquelyn noticed and went over to talk to her while Charlie went down to check on Rebecca's condition. He was happy that the Slytherins were going to be gone, but he feared that if Rebecca was contagious then they might have to endure them for a lot longer.
Down in the infirmary, Madame Pompfrey informed him that Rebecca had woke up and appeared to be doing better. "I am still not positive whether she is contagious or not. I think it would be best if all the students in your house be examined to make sure no one else is sick."
Charlie shook his head and was about to ask how long Madame Pompfrey thought it would take to do it, when Rebecca woke up and said in her normal voice, "Hey, there."
Charlie glanced over and saw Rebecca was sitting up with a weak smile on her face. She still looked tired and sick, but Charlie could tell that she felt a lot better than she had.
Madame Pompfrey quickly asked her to describe how she felt in which Rebecca replied, "Well, I still feel little tired and my chest hurt a little, but that is only when I take really deep breathes."
Madame Pompfrey noted what Rebecca said and then went off to get her more tea.
Charlie sat down on Rebecca's cot and as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear he said, "It is so good to see you awake with a smile on your face."
"I am just glad that I feel better," Rebecca said. She was going to say more, but Sara and Jacquelyn came running into the infirmary looking very upset.
"Oh good, your up," Sara blurted out.
"Why what is the matter?" Rebecca asked as she looked from one girl to the other.
Jacquelyn explained that the Slytherins were moving out soon, but Lauren was really upset about it. "When we asked her about it, she told us that she was really starting to like Harvey and she like having him in the house with us. Something about getting to know him better and that he wasn't that bad."
"Wasn't he the one that called her that foul name a couple of time?" Sara asked.
"Yes!" Rebecca's serious tone startled all of them. "I need to talk to her, right now."
"I-I'll get her," volunteered Jacquelyn as she started towards the door. Charlie and Sara stared at Rebecca wondering what she was going to say to Lauren.
Jacquelyn appeared a few minutes later with Lauren. After then niceties were exchanged between the two girls, Rebecca told Lauren about all she had heard about Harvey on Saturday when she had followed Russel and Dan down the stairs.
"So he scared Sean away? That is why he broke up with me," Lauren said with a shaky voice when Rebecca finished.
"Yeah," Rebecca softly said. "I am so sorry he did that to you."
"Me too. . I am so glad that they are leaving soon."
"I think we all will be," Charlie grimly said.
Madame Pompfrey came back with Rebecca's tea before anyone else could say anything.
She handed Rebecca the teacup and said, "Now, dear, you may not fall asleep as fast as you did before, which is a good sign. It means that you are getting better."
As Rebecca took a couple of quick sips from the cup, Madame Pompfrey insisted on doing a couple of test on the other students to see whether they were suffering from illness.
After they all got the all clear, Charlie said, "Come on it is about supper time let's go down to the Great Hall."
They told Rebecca goodbye and left the room.
The next week seemed to blur together for Rebecca with only a few significant things happening. One was that when Cathrine came down with Colin to get checked out by Madame Pompfrey, Cathrine presented her with a get well card covered in smile faces, of course.
Inside that card was a copy of the picture she had taken of the Slytherins when they had different colored skin. Rebecca laughed so hard when she looked and saw Cassie in the middle of the photo changing her disgusted pose while Ryan and Russel stared broodingly at her. Hans, Sam, and Dan had their hands over their faces and it appeared that Akira and Toby may have been in the photo, but they were hiding out of view.
"I sent Stacy a copy along with a note saying that you were sick, so that she didn't worry that you didn't respond to her owl right away," Cathrine said as Rebecca tried to compose herself.
"Thank you," Rebecca tried to stifle her laughing.
"Who thought of that?" Colin asked really wanting to know more about the prank.
"You can find out after the Slytherins leave the house," Rebecca told him.
"Okay, I guess," Colin said in a playful, but pouting voice. "Well we better get going and get some of our homework done. Bye, Becca!"
"Yeah, Bye, Becca."
"Bye, guys! Thanks Cathrine." Rebecca held up the picture and started laughing as they left the room.
After settling down, Rebecca set the picture and card on her night stand with the other get well cards she had received and started to work on some of her homework which Charlie brought her.
Charlie came in fairly often and told her of the things that were going on outside of the hospital wing. On Thursday, when he arrived, he informed her that the Slytherins were moving out that day, so by Saturday they should be completely gone.
That same day, Ryan finally came in to see her alone.
"Hey, sorry it took me so long to get down here, but Cassie was being super clingy but now she is catching up with Kirsta in our common room," he said as he walked to her bedside.
Rebecca stared at him for a moment. What he had just said didn't sit well with her, which caused her to say, "No offense, Ryan, but what are you doing with her?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean there is no way that I would have ever thought that anyone would keep you from making sure that I was doing okay. I mean that summer before we started at our different school even after your mother put the bars on your windows you still managed to sneak over and see if I was better yet."
Ryan smiled remember that summer when he and Rebecca passed the influenza back and forth to each other because they couldn't bare not to see yet other everyday. After all they wouldn't get a chance when he went off to Hogwarts and she went off to Beauxbatons. His mother couldn't figure out why the two kept getting sick until she found out that they both would sneak into each other windows at night. She put magical bars on Ryan's window, but it did nothing but make him research how to get rid of them temporarily so he could see Rebecca. He could remember how livid his mother was when she found out that he was sick again.
Ryan continued to remember that summer as he asked, "Oh, so you think that Cassie controls what I do then?"
"Well . sort of. I guess that is part of it, but there is more. I mean, why do you put up with her? She is so dramatic that no one can help up to notice her. You always had a presence to you that let everyone know that you were there, but also you could be inconspicuous when it served it purpose for you to get something done. Dramatics, like Cassie's, just never fit in with your way. Being with Cassie just seems to tie you down to me. "
Ryan looked at her for a moment and said, "What is up with you people getting on my choice of people?"
"What do you mean 'you people'?"
"First Russel starts in on me with Cassie and now you. All I am going to say is that you shouldn't be judging me for the girl I choose when the guy you choose isn't any better."
"AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?" Rebecca sternly asked.
Ryan went in and explained about how Charlie wouldn't take her to the infirmary and that he acted like he was the only one that could take care of her. "Russel was just going to help you and Weasley beat him up. I don't care what you think but I am sorry that I have to move out today, because someone needs to watch out for you with Weasley."
"I think you need to go back to your common room and cool down a little." Rebecca said this in such a way that Ryan knew that he better just leave unless he wanted to sever all of his ties to her.
Ryan walked out of the room with out saying another word.
Once out in the hall, he muttered, "I am going to get that guy," and with that he walked to the library.
"That Burk girl never shuts up and it is always all about her," Chelsea complained. "It will be good to get rid of them."
"Good. We'll have enough room again," Aisha said when she heard the news.
"Now I can talk to the team in the common room without fear of someone spying on our tactics," Wood said.
Comments like that happened by all the Gryffindors, except Lauren. She seemed a little down in the dumps about it.
Sara and Jacquelyn noticed and went over to talk to her while Charlie went down to check on Rebecca's condition. He was happy that the Slytherins were going to be gone, but he feared that if Rebecca was contagious then they might have to endure them for a lot longer.
Down in the infirmary, Madame Pompfrey informed him that Rebecca had woke up and appeared to be doing better. "I am still not positive whether she is contagious or not. I think it would be best if all the students in your house be examined to make sure no one else is sick."
Charlie shook his head and was about to ask how long Madame Pompfrey thought it would take to do it, when Rebecca woke up and said in her normal voice, "Hey, there."
Charlie glanced over and saw Rebecca was sitting up with a weak smile on her face. She still looked tired and sick, but Charlie could tell that she felt a lot better than she had.
Madame Pompfrey quickly asked her to describe how she felt in which Rebecca replied, "Well, I still feel little tired and my chest hurt a little, but that is only when I take really deep breathes."
Madame Pompfrey noted what Rebecca said and then went off to get her more tea.
Charlie sat down on Rebecca's cot and as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear he said, "It is so good to see you awake with a smile on your face."
"I am just glad that I feel better," Rebecca said. She was going to say more, but Sara and Jacquelyn came running into the infirmary looking very upset.
"Oh good, your up," Sara blurted out.
"Why what is the matter?" Rebecca asked as she looked from one girl to the other.
Jacquelyn explained that the Slytherins were moving out soon, but Lauren was really upset about it. "When we asked her about it, she told us that she was really starting to like Harvey and she like having him in the house with us. Something about getting to know him better and that he wasn't that bad."
"Wasn't he the one that called her that foul name a couple of time?" Sara asked.
"Yes!" Rebecca's serious tone startled all of them. "I need to talk to her, right now."
"I-I'll get her," volunteered Jacquelyn as she started towards the door. Charlie and Sara stared at Rebecca wondering what she was going to say to Lauren.
Jacquelyn appeared a few minutes later with Lauren. After then niceties were exchanged between the two girls, Rebecca told Lauren about all she had heard about Harvey on Saturday when she had followed Russel and Dan down the stairs.
"So he scared Sean away? That is why he broke up with me," Lauren said with a shaky voice when Rebecca finished.
"Yeah," Rebecca softly said. "I am so sorry he did that to you."
"Me too. . I am so glad that they are leaving soon."
"I think we all will be," Charlie grimly said.
Madame Pompfrey came back with Rebecca's tea before anyone else could say anything.
She handed Rebecca the teacup and said, "Now, dear, you may not fall asleep as fast as you did before, which is a good sign. It means that you are getting better."
As Rebecca took a couple of quick sips from the cup, Madame Pompfrey insisted on doing a couple of test on the other students to see whether they were suffering from illness.
After they all got the all clear, Charlie said, "Come on it is about supper time let's go down to the Great Hall."
They told Rebecca goodbye and left the room.
The next week seemed to blur together for Rebecca with only a few significant things happening. One was that when Cathrine came down with Colin to get checked out by Madame Pompfrey, Cathrine presented her with a get well card covered in smile faces, of course.
Inside that card was a copy of the picture she had taken of the Slytherins when they had different colored skin. Rebecca laughed so hard when she looked and saw Cassie in the middle of the photo changing her disgusted pose while Ryan and Russel stared broodingly at her. Hans, Sam, and Dan had their hands over their faces and it appeared that Akira and Toby may have been in the photo, but they were hiding out of view.
"I sent Stacy a copy along with a note saying that you were sick, so that she didn't worry that you didn't respond to her owl right away," Cathrine said as Rebecca tried to compose herself.
"Thank you," Rebecca tried to stifle her laughing.
"Who thought of that?" Colin asked really wanting to know more about the prank.
"You can find out after the Slytherins leave the house," Rebecca told him.
"Okay, I guess," Colin said in a playful, but pouting voice. "Well we better get going and get some of our homework done. Bye, Becca!"
"Yeah, Bye, Becca."
"Bye, guys! Thanks Cathrine." Rebecca held up the picture and started laughing as they left the room.
After settling down, Rebecca set the picture and card on her night stand with the other get well cards she had received and started to work on some of her homework which Charlie brought her.
Charlie came in fairly often and told her of the things that were going on outside of the hospital wing. On Thursday, when he arrived, he informed her that the Slytherins were moving out that day, so by Saturday they should be completely gone.
That same day, Ryan finally came in to see her alone.
"Hey, sorry it took me so long to get down here, but Cassie was being super clingy but now she is catching up with Kirsta in our common room," he said as he walked to her bedside.
Rebecca stared at him for a moment. What he had just said didn't sit well with her, which caused her to say, "No offense, Ryan, but what are you doing with her?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean there is no way that I would have ever thought that anyone would keep you from making sure that I was doing okay. I mean that summer before we started at our different school even after your mother put the bars on your windows you still managed to sneak over and see if I was better yet."
Ryan smiled remember that summer when he and Rebecca passed the influenza back and forth to each other because they couldn't bare not to see yet other everyday. After all they wouldn't get a chance when he went off to Hogwarts and she went off to Beauxbatons. His mother couldn't figure out why the two kept getting sick until she found out that they both would sneak into each other windows at night. She put magical bars on Ryan's window, but it did nothing but make him research how to get rid of them temporarily so he could see Rebecca. He could remember how livid his mother was when she found out that he was sick again.
Ryan continued to remember that summer as he asked, "Oh, so you think that Cassie controls what I do then?"
"Well . sort of. I guess that is part of it, but there is more. I mean, why do you put up with her? She is so dramatic that no one can help up to notice her. You always had a presence to you that let everyone know that you were there, but also you could be inconspicuous when it served it purpose for you to get something done. Dramatics, like Cassie's, just never fit in with your way. Being with Cassie just seems to tie you down to me. "
Ryan looked at her for a moment and said, "What is up with you people getting on my choice of people?"
"What do you mean 'you people'?"
"First Russel starts in on me with Cassie and now you. All I am going to say is that you shouldn't be judging me for the girl I choose when the guy you choose isn't any better."
"AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?" Rebecca sternly asked.
Ryan went in and explained about how Charlie wouldn't take her to the infirmary and that he acted like he was the only one that could take care of her. "Russel was just going to help you and Weasley beat him up. I don't care what you think but I am sorry that I have to move out today, because someone needs to watch out for you with Weasley."
"I think you need to go back to your common room and cool down a little." Rebecca said this in such a way that Ryan knew that he better just leave unless he wanted to sever all of his ties to her.
Ryan walked out of the room with out saying another word.
Once out in the hall, he muttered, "I am going to get that guy," and with that he walked to the library.