Summer

Last chapter was foreshadowing. Since I have nothing between Leah's birthday and a bad day in the summer…well…I'm skipping to the bad day.

Leah sat in the living room of her new house all by herself. The TV was talking about the news and Leah was reading the Prophet. She turned a page and saw a picture of herself with a story about her song, A Year Ago Today. Leah sighed threw the paper into the table. She had been alone in the house for the last two weeks. Most of the time was spent unpacking. After Grandpa was killed by Lucius in the old house, Sabrina said that they should move. Seeing as how the grandparents' house was sold long before then, Leah spent the last week and a half of school looking for a new house. She moved in as soon as school was over and had spent everyday up until this day unpacking and moving things around to her liking. She had sent owls to the Hermione and Ginny, telling them the address of her new house in case they wanted to visit.

"God there is nothing to do." Leah muttered. She considered going to headquarters but since Sabrina still wasn't back from helping Maxime, there was no point. Leah pressed her palm against her forehead, getting really tired of the head aches. Starr flew into the room and held out her leg. There was a letter attached. Leah took the letter and Starr flew to her perch before watching Leah. The letter was from Blaise.

Leah,

I miss you. You got any spare time so that I can come visit you? Check out your new house and all that shit. Must be lonely being there all by yourself (at least I think you're there by yourself) so I was wondering if you'd like some company.

Send your owl back with a reply soon.

Blaise

Leah smiled. Company was exactly what she needed. She missed Blaise too, surprisingly. It was probably because she had gotten so used to having him around. She had been on the train with him, Draco, Crabbe and Goyle. The guys were actually easier to be around then her own friends. Their good-bye had gotten Draco pretty pissed. Leah picked up a quill and a piece of parchment that had three lines of a song written on it. She ripped off the song part and started with her reply.

Blaise,

Sure! Company is exactly what I need right now. How about you come over next week? Maybe spend the whole week if you want…unless my mom comes home, in which case you'd have to leave quickly. The reason I'm saying next week is because now that I've finally gotten all unpacked, I still need a week to get comfy in this house. So I'll see you then.

Leah

She wrote her address then handed the reply to Starr. The owl flew out the window again and Leah turned her attention to the TV. She switched channels before spotting an owl come in through the window. Leah turned off the TV and took the letter the owl had. It flew off as Leah unfolded the parchment.

Dear Leah,

Please report to headquarters by seven PM tonight.

Albus Dumbledore

Leah frowned trying to figure out why Dumbledore would send something like this. She figured she might as well go. She could see Hermione and Ginny again. She missed them about as much as she missed Blaise. Leah looked at the clock to see that it was five twenty-seven. She sighed and went upstairs to get changed.

She got to Headquarters twelve minutes after seven. As soon as she walked inside, she knew something was wrong. Harry and Ron were leaning against the wall next to the kitchen, both looking grim.

"What's going on?" Leah asked, slowly walking over.

"We thought you would know." Harry said. "Dumbledore showed up a few hours ago looking like hell."

"Yeah…no one's told us anything." Ron said. Just then the door opened and Molly motioned Leah into the kitchen. "What about us?"

"You're not allowed." Molly said. Leah walked into the kitchen and looked at the adults. The faces were all grave and shocked at the same time. Leah looked around at everyone then sighed. They were going to lie to her…and she knew what was going on.

"She's dead isn't she?" Leah said.

"No." Remus said. "She's not dead."

"Sabrina is just…missing." Dumbledore said. "Maxime sent me a message yesterday."

"Dumbledore don't lie to me." Leah said. "My mom is dead."

"She isn't dead." Remus said.

"Why are you saying that?" Leah said.

"Because I don't want another one of my friends to be dead." Remus said. He left the room, followed shortly by Tonks. Leah looked over her shoulder and sighed again.

"Sabrina is not dead, Leah." Dumbledore said. Leah looked at him.

"And you know that…how?" She asked.

"We don't." Dumbledore said. Leah rolled her eyes and looked at the ground. "But we also don't know that she's dead either."

"Screw this. I'll see you back at Hogwarts in September." Leah said, turning around. She left the kitchen, passed Ron and Harry who tried asking her what happened, then left the house.

Leah spent the next week surprisingly well, almost normally. She continued with owls to Hermione and Ginny, as well as some with Harry and Ron. Blaise had sent a letter back saying he'd be there by one o'clock on Monday. Even though she had this information, by the time Blaise did show up, Leah was only half dressed so she wound up going down the stairs in hip hugger jeans and a black bra with her hair still damp from the shower she just got out of. Blaise stepped out of the fireplace and looked up at Leah who was standing on the stairs. His jaw dropped when he saw her.

"What?" Leah asked.

"Umm…" Blaise said. "Shirt."

"Oh." Leah said, looking down. She just shrugged and finished walking down the stairs. "So how you been?"

"Bored." Blaise said. "You know that Draco lives about twenty minutes from here."

"Really?" Leah asked. Blaise nodded. "And I need this information because…"

"No reason. Just thought you should know." Blaise said. Leah nodded. "You ok?"

"Yeah fine." Leah said. To prove her point, she walked right into Blaise's arms and kissed him. His hands went to her bare back to pull her closer. Leah pulled away ever so slightly. "Hungry?"

"Huh?" Blaise asked.

"Are you hungry?" Leah asked.

"Uh…sure." Blaise said. Leah moved away from him with a smirk then went into the kitchen.

Two days went by with more making out then anything else. Although Leah did emphasize the point of Blaise sleeping in one of the other bedrooms. By Wednesday however, they both just sat around, bored, while Leah tried explaining, for the fiftieth time, how the TV worked. Leah suddenly got a good idea.

"Hey…you wanna go swimming?" She asked, looking at Blaise who was lying on the floor. He looked at her.

"Swimming? Where?" Blaise asked.

"There's a pool in the backyard of this house." Leah said.

"Sure…it'll help cool off and give us something to do." Blaise said. Leah smiled then ran up the stairs to her room. The phone rang and she answered it.

"Hello?" Leah asked.

"Hey Leah." Hermione answered.

"Hey Mione!" Leah said.

"How are you doing? Remus told us that your mom is missing…" Hermione said.

"Dead." Leah said.

"And that…wait…what?" Hermione asked.

"My mom. She's dead." Leah said simply.

"Oh my god!" Hermione said. "Oh shit Le…I'm so sorry."

"Doesn't matter. No matter how sorry everyone is…she ain't coming back." Leah said.

"How do you know she's dead?" Hermione asked.

"Because I can feel it. I've felt it when everyone else died." Leah said.

"You want some company?" Hermione asked.

"Well umm…Blaise is kinda here already." Leah said.

"Oh…I thought that was just for Monday." Hermione said.

"Nope…all week." Leah said.

"All week?" Hermione said. She sighed. "Well…"

"I can ask him if he would mind. If you want to come over." Leah said.

"I don't wanna intrude…on whatever you guys do." Hermione said. "I'll see you in a few days though ok?"

"Ok…why?" Leah asked.

"You and Harry have to do your tests and me and Ron are gonna be there for…support." Hermione said.

"Mione…I've managed to apparate as often as you did during those practice times." Leah said. "But ok. I'll see you guys there. Talk to ya then."

"Yep. Bye." Hermione said. They hung up. Hermione looked at her parents. "Her mom's dead."

"Oh the poor girl." Mrs. Granger said.

"I don't know." Hermione said. "She didn't seemed to bothered by it. And that's got me worried."

"Why honey?" Mrs. Granger asked.

"Because when her grandma died, she was crying for a few days even after she came back from the funeral." Hermione said. "When Sirius died…she did nothing but cry and blame herself countless times over the next week. And when her grandpa died…she was crying like no tomorrow for the first day or two."

"But she's fine now." Mr. Granger said.

"Yeah. And she's closer to her mother then anyone else." Hermione said. She stood up and hugged her parents.

After Leah had hung up, she changed into a black bikini.

"Hey Leah! There's an owl down here for you!" Blaise said.

"Ok coming." Leah said. She pulled her hair into a high ponytail before going down the stairs with a towel. She took the letter from the owl and opened it up.

Dear Miss Black,

This letter is to inform you that you are to sing at the Celtic festival on August 12. You are allowed to stay for the whole festival, which runs from 11 in the morning to midnight. You play from two until five with breaks every few songs. If you cannot attend this, please send an owl back to me before the 5th of August. If you are able to attend, there is no need to respond to this message. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. I will see you on the 12th.

Mark Connelly,

Head of Games and Entertainment

"Well that's interesting." Leah said.

"What?" Blaise asked. Leah handed him the letter. "Cool. You get to play at the Celtic festival."

"Yeah…umm." Leah said. "What is the Celtic festival?"

"You've never been to one?" Blaise asked. Leah shook her head. "They're great. They have a whole lot music going. It's kinda like a concert except with different stages and there's stuff to buy all over the place."

"Oh…cool." Leah said. "Ok swim time." They went into the backyard and got into the pool. Blaise spent a little more time talking about the festival. Leah stayed near the edge of the pool and the shallow end, sitting mostly. It wasn't like she couldn't swim, she was really good at swimming. She just didn't feel like swimming yet. She watched Blaise for a minute. In all honesty, she had gotten bored of him. There was just no surprises anymore, nothing new anymore.

His visit got cut short, thanks to an unexpected visit from Remus. Leah spent a good three hours avoiding the subject of her feelings. She was suppressing everything. It felt like there were brick walls all around her heart, protecting it from getting hurt again. After three hours, Remus gave up. None of them, Leah learned, were admitting that she was right about Sabrina being dead. All of them kept saying that she was simply missing. Even Dumbledore.

Leah met up with the others on the day of the tests. Harry was nervous and Leah just wanted to get it over with. She was one of the first people to be called up since they were going in alphabetical order. Leah did it all perfectly and passed. Harry passed as well so the four of them went out to celebrate…by getting ice cream.

"You guys able to go to the Celtic festival?" Ron asked suddenly.

"My parents said I could so long as I go with you guys or someone from the Order." Hermione said.

"I'll go if you guys go." Harry said.

"What about you Leah?" Ron asked.

"I have to go." Leah said.

"Why?" Harry asked.

"Performing." Leah said.

"Cool!" Hermione said. Leah just shrugged. "You gonna be there all day?"

"Might as well. Nothing better to do." Leah said. "It starts at eleven. I go from two to five. Then it ends at midnight. I really got nothing better to do before or after my performance time."

"Yeah. And because you're you, they'll probably let you on the stage to dance with the dancers." Ron said. Leah looked confused so he explained about how there were some spots where there were dancers that danced along with different folksongs. Ron had obviously been to quite a lot of these.

Leah regretted never wanting to go to them when she was a kid. After hearing about it being one of Sirius' favourite things, she didn't want to go to it because she didn't want to see something that her dad liked so much without him being there. She started wondering who would be there.

Ok all done that chapter. I meant to put more but I forgot most of what I wanted to put. I promise you people that Draco and Leah will officially be together before Christmas of seventh year. Not openly together because Harry, Ron and Hermione hate him and Leah doesn't want to decide yet (prophecy bit).