Yay! Princesslilly reviewed again! I really thought you had given up on me ever updating...

And UGH, I know what you mean with the homework. That's the cause of the long lengths of time between updates.

SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU, LEMON BUTTERFLY AND PRINCESSLILLY FOR VOTING!

And, another thing - Princesslilly, you HAVE to be psychic. You've already predicted two things that I plan to do eventually with the fic.

Oh yes, and, as you can tell, the fic is at the beginning of the end :)

Chapter 39

The following day began like a regular day. Tiffany and Rachelle went to breakfast together, and when they reached the Great Hall, Rachelle suddenly broke into a run. She ran to an empty space to the left of the Gryffindor table and threw her arms around nothing.

"BOB! YOU'RE BACK!" she yelled happily at the air.

Tiffany gasped and ran towards her.

"HI BOB!" she said, waving enthusiastically at the air Rachelle was hugging.

Rachelle paused for a moment and looked at the air she had just been hugging. After a few moments, she turned to Tiffany.

"Bob says he went after that guy that took your fork, and he brought it to Zastrin. Bob left before he could see what they did with it, though," Rachelle whispered.

"Wow…" Tiffany said for lack of better words.

"Bob, I'm so glad you're back and with the non-hurty-ness!" Rachelle said happily to the air.

By now almost the whole room was staring at them, so Tiffany drug Rachelle to a few empty spots at the Gryffindor table.

"We should tell Bita about…it," Rachelle whispered to Tiffany once they were sitting.

"Why? What's she going to do?" Tiffany asked.

"Oh…good point," said Rachelle.

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After their morning classes, when Rachelle and Tiffany were going to the Great Hall again for lunch, Tiffany suddenly stopped in the middle of the hallway and stared forward. Rachelle looked in the same direction, but didn't see anything that wasn't supposed to be there.

"Tiffany…?" she said, beginning to worry about her friend. "You ok in there?"

Tiffany did nothing but continue to stare straight ahead. Rachelle waved her hand in front of Tiffany's face.

"Yoo hoo! The light is on, but nobody's home!" she said.

Tiffany remained statue-like. Rachelle shook her by the shoulders and began shouting her name.

"TIFFANYYYYYYYY! SPEAK TO MEEEEEEEEE!"

Tiffany suddenly came out of her trance-like state and stared at Rachelle in confusion for a moment. Rachelle stopped shaking her.

"Are you ok?" Rachelle asked.

"Let's go find Bita. He's here."

That was all Rachelle needed to hear from her friend, and the two set off toward the Hufflepuff dormitory.