Chapter 7
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The next few days passed slowly and in solitude as now both boys were too terrified to come near me, but to be fair I was just as scared of another episode happening myself.
Even though Mr Malfoy had said it wouldn't be as bad if it were to happen again, I was still deeply shaken by it.
In fact, I hadn't ventured beyond my door in the last few days, lest the Triad magic hurt me again...
But under my fear was a growing sadness and the feeling of being alone, truly alone, hit hard each minute. Because I hadn't left the room in so long and they hadn't even knocked once.
Not even a note under the door. Not a word even from my hosts, Mr and Mrs Malfoy either.
I suppose Draco and Blaise had each other to focus on, having learned so much about their own affections between them, they must have so much to figure out in their heads. Adding me to the confusion wasn't the best idea...
It didn't make the sting hurt any less, knowing I missed them so terribly but they had each other.
Maybe it really was for the best in that case. They naturally got along and magic was making me feel this particular way, making me miss two boys I had known for barely a week like they were my lifelong soulmates...
My disturb for the Triad came in waves each time I thought about that particular fact...
My food was taken to my temporary room and I didn't really see anyone who wasn't a house elf untill the third day came when a knock at the door jolted me awake from my mid afternoon dreaming.
Was it them?
What would they say?
What would I say?
Why did my insides lurch so much at a simple knock? Damn this triad!
"'Rellie?" That voice...
I instantly felt my insides relax and smiled, the door opening slowly to reveal my father's concerned face.
Even though it was twisted in a form of worry and anxiety, it still held so much warmth and comfort for me, a kind face to focus on in the bleakness surrounding me.
I grinned widely and rushed to wrap my arms around his middle, catching him a little off guard as his worry vanished from his body with a chuckle and he wobbled with me in his arms to keep balanced.
"There she is, my whirlwind." He kissed the top of my head, rubbing my arms as he stepped back to look down at me, his concern mostly faded on his face, but echoes of it remained- like there was something troubling him far beneath the surface...
"Ready to go?" He asked somewhat nervous and hesitantly.
What?
He clicked his fingers causing familiar house elves- our house elves- to pop into the room and start to magic my things back into trunks.
Go? Go where?
I frowned up at him in confusion, but he just smiled carefully, seeming to take his time to choose his reply.
"School starts up again next week. I'm taking you home to get ready."
Oh right, school... I had almost forgotten.
The summer had gone so quickly.
6th year was just around the corner now and my last remaining years at the castle had come too fast I realised with a sigh.
But... I couldn't go home yet! I couldn't go back to Hogwarts yet! What about the boys? My boys?!
No! Snap out of it...
As if sensing the growing anxiety within me and reading my mind, my father gently shook my shoulder.
"You'll see them soon enough. Lucius told me you had been avoiding each other the last few days anyway. Some more distance might be good for you all... Besides..." He stopped abruptly when his face grew darker and shook his head free of a thought I could see lingering behind his eyes.
"I mean... It'll be nice to have you home and away from here before school starts Rellie."
Away from here...
So far away for so long...
My panic began to rise, bile threatening to bubble up my throat.
Just one glimpse of them happy without me was all I needed...
One tiny peep that they had dismissed me and perhaps I could stop feeling like we were all entwined...
At the same time, what would that really do to me?
"Can... can I say goodbye to them?" I asked hopefully, suddenly desperate to hold them, just see that they needed me too. Just for a second!
"Uh... We don't really have time..." He said, his voice wavering from a nervous thought as he looked at his watch.
We don't have time...
The thought of not being anywhere near them for more than a week, possibly far longer if our timetables didn't match, made my skin begin to crawl.
I knew I was starting to get selfish... But I could deal with not seeing them while I was only down the hall. When I could open my door and touch them whenever I wanted...
I wouldn't be able to see or touch them for a long long time now, if ever over the year...
What if they truly didn't want me around anymore? They had each other, they were happy with each other.
I didn't want that. I couldn't ever want that!
They'd be around each other all the time... I'd be forgotten... Discarded from our triad...
I suddenly couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't feel my body until my knees buckled and my father grabbed me to stop my body from crumpling to the floor.
"Arellia!"
I watched with blurry, tear filled eyes as the last of my trunks disappeared from the room, my father just about managing to keep me standing, my defeated form slumped against him as he held on tightly.
"I should have never brought you here my sweetheart, I'm so so sorry..."
I could hear his pain and it sobered me up for a moment before two voices called out...
"Lia?"
"Arellia?"
My boys...
I could hear their footsteps coming from far down the hall... They sounded panicked... Could they feel my distress for them?
" I'm here...!" I began to call for them, turn to the door, reach for them...
Desperate to feel them in my arms and feel complete again!
Magic be damned, my desires and the triads were one in the same at this moment...
But instead I felt my father's grip tighten and a pull at my navel...
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Suddenly they weren't coming around the corner into the guest room.
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We weren't in the guest room anymore.
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We weren't even in the manor anymore.
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I was sobbing wildly and thrashing to get out of my father's grip in our living room at home.
My father's house.
Nearly 100 miles away from my boys.
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A/N:
It's been a while eh?
Sorry, I've been through a whirlwind the last few months and even started a new job during the pandemic!
But the bright side is I'm getting a kitten in the next few weeks once she's old enough to come home!
And I've got the writing bug again!
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