Chapter 11

More and more weeks had gone by, but of course they went slowly, and it wasn't anywhere near the end of school. Alexandra and the others were in the common room doing homework when Horrus came in with a letter. Alexandra thought it was another challenge but opened the letter anyways. She read it and it wasn't a challenge. She started to cry but didn't care that she was crying in front of the others. Harry ran to her chair and sat in front of her

"what's wrong Alex?" Harry asked her, concern etching her voice thickly

"my …… my …… m-my" she tried her best to say but was sobbing so much she couldn't say anything

She couldn't stop crying. He wrapped her in his arms and let her sit on his lap in the chair

"it's ok, try and calm down and tell us what's wrong" he said soothingly, trying his best to calm her down

"my …….my father died" she said and looked absolutely miserable

And she broke down in tears and sobs. Ron and Hermione were shocked. Hermione started to get tears in her eyes

"I'm so sorry Alex, how did he die?" Ron asked without trying to cause he to cry again

"he went to America for a tornado chase …..and my parents never told me" she sobbed against Harry's shirt, now become quite drenched on the right shoulder

"how did he die, and I'm afraid you're going to have to tell me what a tornado is, I'm sorry that I don't know already" he said with a slight chuckle but immediately stopped when he realized that she might think he was laughing at the death of her father

"a tornado is one of Mother Nature's most destructive forces, it was an F-5" she said trying her best to clean up her tears even though they were still coming

"oh my goodness, an F-5, that's really bad" Hermione said sounding a bit alarmed

"it's the fujita scale; the number determines how much the tornado sucks in" she says drying her tears, they've started to stop coming, but there were signs that at any moment she could start crying again

"so an F-5 is bad?" Harry asked a bit confused and worried

"an F-5 would be considered the finger of god, it's destructive power is so immense, no one has survived after being swept up by an F-5, it says that is was an F5 side winder, my dad didn't know it was gonna shift its track, and he was caught inside" she said and her eyes welled once again

Then she just cried and wouldn't stop. Harry held her closely. He never wanted to let her go. Then she started to speak again.

"we have enough money to support us for the next 100,000 millennia's, but I feel that my mom might do something she'll regret. If my mom dies I inherit everything, the money, the house, the cars, everything. But the belongings of my parents will be too much to bear so I'll have to put them away in storage" she said trying to dry her tears again

"it'll be ok, don't worry, we won't leave you, I won't leave you" he told her lovingly and kissed her cheek to let her know that he was true to his word

She started to cry again, and then they went to dinner. Professor McGonnagal knew of Alexandra's father and let her have the rest of the week of no classes that way she can prepare for the funeral. It was Friday morning and Horrus was back to send her response home; she said she'd come home the next week and go to the funeral, then come back to finish school. Today she decided to go to classes. When she was walking through the hall Horrus landed on her shoulder. She took the letter and Horrus left. She opened the letter and read it. Her eyes almost went out of their sockets. Harry stared at her.

"Alex?" Harry asked, concern lacing his voice thickly

Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared. Alexandra fainted and Harry ran to her side. Everyone asked what was going on as Ron picked up the letter that Alexandra had read

"wake up Alex, wake up!" Harry started getting really worried and was started to shake her so that she might wake up

"oh my Merlin" Ron said and covered his mouth

"what is it?" Hermione asked, afraid out of her mind

"Alex's mother has committed suicide" Ron responded with wide horrified eyes

Harry felt tears come to his eyes. Alexandra cried for days over her father's death. She had only her mother, friends, and Harry to get through it. Now she had no one. Yeah she did have her friends and Harry, but her mom was gone and her spirit was broken. Only the love of her friends, family, and Harry could piece it back together. Madame Pomfrey took her to the hospital wing along with Harry. Harry felt broken inside. He had a good relationship with Alexandra's parents, but now there wasn't anything. He stayed by her side until she woke up and she cried in his arms. This was going to be a hard few weeks for Alexandra.

A/N: ok, if anyone thinks fujita is the Mexican food, you're not exactly close, they look like the same word, but the fujita (fu-gee-ta) scale is a device used for the measurement of the strength of a tornado, so yeah, it isn't food, lol.

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