A/N Well here's chapter 6. It really is just a whole lot of reminiscing, explanations of things that are said, dreams, and so on. However, though it is dull, it leads up to next chapter, which is my favorite so far! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Though together Cass and I are amazing, we are not amazing enough to have come up with anything related to Harry Potter before J.K. Rowling did. She owns it.
Looking In
Rated PG-13
By: Handsofftheshinyshirtitsmine
Co-Author cumbacksirius aka Cassie
Chapter 6
Dee looked about at her leopard print and pink adorned bedroom one last time, straightening the books on her desk and then closing the blind. "Be back in two months," she whispered to a small porcelain angel sitting on a shelf. She wound it up, and as she left the room, it played 'The wind beneath my wings.'
Her family and Cass were waiting for her as her door clicked shut.
"Are you ready?" Her father asked her and she nodded.
"Yeah, let's go"
They reached the airport, where Cassie's family was waiting to say goodbye. Cassie picked up her brother and kissed his forehead. "I'll be back in two months," She whispered, then turning to see Dee hugging her family. Her grandmother had brought her almost-year-old cousin Keera with them, and Dee seemed reluctant to let her go. Cassie understood how she was feeling as she again kissed Nate's head.
"Flight 283 Delta, Buffalo to London is now boarding at gate 3." The girls simultaneously looked up at the loudspeaker and then at one another, handing the babies back to their families.
"Have a good time." Dee's mom said as she hugged her, followed by her grandmother and her father. With one last smile and wave, Dee came to Cassie's side.
"You ready to go?" She asked. Cassie simply nodded.
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"You clung to that armrest the entire flight." Dee laughed, as the two reminisced about the day they left for England.
"I hate flying," Cassie replied sternly. Dee chuckled. Cassie stood up and walked over to her bags, taking out a picture of a small infant. "I miss him…" Dee looked at her sympathetically.
"I know, I know," she said sadly.
"We are going to miss Keera and Nate's first birthdays" Cassie pointed out causing Dee to sigh, not wanting to think about it. Cassie noted this, and quickly changed the subject. "Did I ever apologize to the woman sitting next to me for spilling my drink all over her?"
Dee laughed, and nodded her head yes.
"Man was she pissed at you." Cassie smiled.
"I get all jittery when I fly." Dee arched an eyebrow and grinned.
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Inside the castle, Severus Snape opened the notebook he had found strewn in the cave. His eyes skimmed the many pages that were filled and returned to the first page. 'It's the second of September, and I should be at home right now. However, I am stuck in some random cave in a place I believe to still be a part of England, outside of a castle where they teach magic. Hogwarts, that's the name Hermione said…' He looked up from the page, hid eyes now narrowing with suspicion. "Miss Granger knows you, hmm?" He growled. Without bothering to glance back at the page, he closed the notebook and rose from his chair.
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"So Dee, do you think we'll be here until Christmas?" Cassie asked. Dee looked over her shoulder from applying some pale pink lipstick, and then turned again to her tiny mirror.
"I don't know…" she paused to rub her lips together, "But as much as I love Harry, Ron and Hermione, I hope not." Dee saw Cassie nod her head through the mirror.
"I'm supposed to be going to my dad's this year," Cassie thought aloud. Dee turned to look at her companion. Cassie was sitting on the edge of her bed, hugging a pillow close to her chest while leaning her chin on the top of it. Dee laughed at the blank stare she was getting from Cassie.
"Come back to me, Cass," Cassie looked up and smiled.
"Sorry Neisey."
"Ron, Harry and Hermione haven't been down her in awhile," Dee pointed out, kind of worried that they wouldn't have food for later.
"Maybe they are busy with classes," Cassie suggested.
"Probably."
After awhile, Dee and Cassie both curled up with their separate beds. "Night Dee," Cassie called rolling over and closing her eyes, Dee simply grunted in reply pulling the covers up by her face.
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He stood, felling the cold ache of his disused bones, unsure of where to find those for whom he searched. He knew that the Deux Jeune Filles had finally been awakened, and that they needed him to complete the prophecy. He walked towards an entrance into the cold, stone corridor.
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Cassie tossed and turned for an hour, until she finally fell into a deep slumber. "Mom is having a what?" she stuttered, horrified.
"She's having a C-section," she grandmother restated gently. Cassie could hear her mom in the background crying in her delivery room. "I don't want it" She didn't want Cassie to see her this way and Cassie completely understood. She stood in the hallway alone, as her grandma once again entered the room to help calm her mother.
Cassie walked over to the window where she could see George standing next to the baby. He signaled through the glass: 8.1 ounces and 21 inches long. Mom still hadn't decided on a name and no one could yet ask her because she was in recovery.
About three hours later everyone was crowded into room 308 B "What's the name, mom?" She asked excited. The baby has just been brought in the room for the first time.
"Nathaniel Charles." Her mother answered proudly, gazing enchanted at the baby.
Later that night, Cassie returned to the hospital room to see that everyone in the family had done the same. She had been refusing to hold Nate all day and she still held that position. George walked over, refusing to move until she reluctantly opened her arms to take Nate for the first time.
Cassie woke with a start, tears falling from her eyes. She wiped them away with an unsteady hand, and rolled over to see that Dee was still asleep. "Good," she whispered, not wanting to have disturbed her. It was very early morning, but Cassie no longer felt tired, and so she swung herself off the bed and stretched.
Outside she could hear late-season frogs croaking in the woods, and the cool rustle of the breeze through the trees. Feeling a sudden, overwhelming urge to freshen up, Cassie gathered some of her new clothes and some lotion and started outside to find a stream. The sky was slowly lightening from the dark of midnight to dawn, and Cassie realized that she had never voluntarily been up this early before. This thought made her laugh lightly, and she felt her spirits lift. The memories of home enclosed in the previous night's slumber were forgotten. All that Cassie could think about was the present, how magical a place they were in, and how Harry looked at her. How Ron had kissed Dee! This made her laugh again as she swung her belongings onto a rock near the edge of a large pool near the backside of the cave.
A/N Watch for Chapter 7 soon!
