Sorry Guys….. For some reason I wasn't in the computer mood for a while. Then I realized that I had to post the final chapter. So enjoy!

A sudden pressure on her chest caused her eyes to flash open. "Morgana!" She whispered sharply to the large black beauty sitting upright on her. She moved to get out of bed but her arm didn't want to move. It was anchored to some……Oh she had almost forgot. The girl. Well at least today it would be over.

Constance thought about how embarrassed she had been to even reveal to Amelia Cackle that she was attached to this girl. Of course it wasn't her fault. She didn't make those kind of mistakes. Heckity conditioned her well. The girl had been a hindrance, after all Constance was busy enforcing the laws on the weekend. She had things to do. Better things than to look after trouble makers.

But for a second she smiled. It had been nice to spend the day with someone. Without apperating and running around the school giving off demerits. It was nice to not be alone so much. She shook her head. No this was her life. She chose it. She wasn't a companion kind. No one understood her. Except Hope. She was entirely frightened of the girl. She looked into her Eyes and saw her sister but in her habits she saw herself. A more outgoing Constance but still the similarities were striking. She rarely saw her niece; she didn't make time for family.

She couldn't go soft now. It was just like always; you thought you had bonded with people but you always found yourself broken off in the end. People hurt you.

She blinked her eyes hard. It was too early for this kind of thinking. Gently she used her other arm to tap Hope on the shoulder until she woke up.

Breakfast. It had never looked so wonderful. Of course it did at 5 in the morning. It was the only thing that got Hope out of bed. That and Hb standing next to her. If she hadn't been attached to Miss Hardbroom she would have slept till at least 10. "Well it looks like my detention is almost over!" Hope said cheerfully. "Although, I can't lie, it hasn't been the worst detention ever. Cleaning out the dungeon was worse!" Miss Hardbroom smiled herself, "Yes well it has been an interesting experience to say the least." The smile left her eyes and she said rather briskly "Right, I have some things to do as the deputy head mistress before the potion is ready so let's get a move on."

The duties seemed endless. Hope honestly had no idea what Hb did outside of class. There were a lot of responsibilities to being a deputy headmistress. BY the time 7 am had rolled around the two had just finished opening the upstairs windows and checking the halls (for what Hope had no idea) and were finally making there way towards the potion lab. Hope could hardly wait. She knew exactly what she was going to do; go to back to bed! She moved a little quicker and her foot caught a bulge in the carpet on the top of the stairs.

Both of them went flying down the stairs and this wasn't Miss Hardbroom's most graceful flight either. They landed in a heap at the bottom of the stairs, Hope on top of Miss Hardbroom. "Oh, oh no, Aunt Constance are you alright." Her face lit up in concern. Her aunt didn't seem to be breathing and she didn't know what to do. Suddenly Miss Hardbroom seemed to come to life with a giant gasp. "I think I've had the wind knocked out of me." She tried to stand up but fell back down with a gasp of "my ankle." "Here aunt Constance, let me help you up." "No, I'm fine, we just need to go to the potions room, once we get detached I can take care of this." Something in Hope exploded as she said, "Why is it that you can never except help from anyone? Why do you always want to be alone!" Constance looked at her in surprise then knit her eyebrows together. "Believe me, it's better being alone, people don't really care." "I care." She stopped as HB huffed. "No, I really do care. You are my aunt, my family, even if you don't want to admit it." "You don't even know me." "But I want to get to know you." "You wouldn't want to girl, my past isn't as pretty as yours." "Well I don't care, you're family and I, I do love you." Tears started to come to her eyes and she turned away because she was as every bit as proud as her aunt and she didn't want her to she Hope cry. Something about that touched Constance, it reminded her of herself. Always turning away. From her father, her sister, and now her niece. "Listen, I'm sorry Hope, but it's hard for me to trust people, it's easier for me to stay away." Hope turned around, eyes shining and grabbed her hand. "It is easier, but it's a lot more painful isn't it." Tears started to come to Constance's eyes now and she started to turn away. But hope would let her. Hope wouldn't let her.

The potion did a beautiful job. Separated and no mark. Constance and Hope cleaned up the potions lab in silence but it was a different type of silence than before. They know understood each other a little better.

Hope looked up at her aunt and smiled. The smile was returned. Constance wasn't going to stay away anymore, she couldn't. She couldn't. Hope had asked to spend more time with her and she thought it was a great idea.

The next day in potions their was sort of a scared understanding between the two. Even Mildred noticed the different vibes. "Wow, Hb's not her usual self today." Of course as she turned to say this she knocked into Hope's arm which made her spill the hot invisibility potion in her hand onto ethel's hand. "Miss Hardbroom!" And Hope got a detention, but this time she didn't mind so much.