Light flooded into her vision so suddenly that she had to close her eyes quickly. Atria gave out a startled noise and her head jerked back into the pillow.

"Atria!"

Albus. Albus was here, in Romania, somewhere next to her. She tried to work her eyes open again but flinched, the brightness giving her a headache.

"Wait, let me close the curtains." He said and then she heard a rustling of fabric somewhere behind her. She tentatively opened her eyes again and looked up at Albus's grinning face. "You're awake."

She worked her mouth opened and cleared her throat a few times until she could speak properly. "What are you doing here?" Merlin, she sounded awful. How long had she been unconscious?

"You seriously thought my mum wasn't going to come running when she found out that you had been poisoned by a dragon." He chuckled and shook his head. His hair had grown out since she had last seen him. "Oh, and you almost got your arm incinerated. Nice hair by the way." He sat down in a chair next to her bed.

Atria looked down at her braid. It was black and wavy! She wanted to change it, but didn't have the strength to try. He looked at her for a long while and she realized he was studying her eyes, which he had probably never seen before. She looked away from him, hoping he wouldn't see the family resemblance.

And then she realized that his mother was here and she would definitely see the similarities between her and her grandmother. She coughed.

"Let me get you some water." He went over to a table and she realized she was in the hospital center of the camp. There was only one other person in and he seemed to only have minor injuries. He poured her a glass of water and brought it back.

She gripped the glass, but her hand was shaking. He must have seen it because he didn't let go. Albus helped her take a good long drink and then set the glass down on the nightstand next to her.

"I meant, why are you personally here." She clarified her earlier question.

Atria winced when she thought of how they had left thing back in London.

"I was really the only one of us who could take time off. Rose and Scor have their important Ministry internships, James is playing professional Quidditch now, and Amanda only got out of the Hospital-"

She cut him off, "Amanda got out of the Hospital?"

"Yea, a few days ago. Rose got worried when you never responded to her letter about it." He told her. "We all thought she was being paranoid." He glared at her, like it was her fault for making them wrong. "Little did we know, that you actually did get yourself blown up-"

"I was poisoned and burned, not blown up." She snapped and Albus chuckled.

"Whatever." He shrugged. "The point is no one else could drop everything and fly off to Romania, but Uncle George said that I could go with my mum." Atria smiled. She loved George.

"Where is your mum?" She asked. "And Charlie?"

"You've been out for about two days. Charlie had to get back to work and mum is at our hotel. The family's a bit crazy right now." He looked away as he said that. "James has his first match tomorrow. Well, it's only a practice match but still..."

"I remember meeting him for the first time." Atria smiled and shut his eyes. "I expected him to end up working in the joke shop." She looked up at him with her eyes that were now bright blue. And her words made ice flow through his veins.

"And instead it's me." Albus growled, but Atria just laughed.

"So you think Rose will stay in that dull Ministry apprenticeship forever? And Scorpius, whatever department he's in? Merlin, no. Don't think for one second that I expect you to stay forever where you are." She said fiercely. "But even if you do, who the hell cares… if it makes you happy. I've always considered it to be more of a reign of terror than a joke shop anyways." She smirked and he laughed.

"And you? Do you think twenty years from now you'll be out here, picking fights with dragons?"

"No. I expect one day, I'll get tired of the thrill seeking and the excitement." Atria wasn't sure when that day would come, but she was sure it would.

"But until that day you plan on going on like this?" She jerked at his harsh tone.

"What do you mean?" She tried to sit up, but her arms wouldn't hold her.

He pushed himself out of the chair. "The reckless behavior - riding dragons, jumped off brooms when your sixty feet up…"

"It's just the way I live life." She wanted to make him understand.

"I know. I just don't understand." He told her.

She took in a deep breath. "Do you remember when I told you about my parents?" Atria swallowed, not wanting to talk about this, but felt it was necessary.

"Yes." He croaked.

"I don't mean to be harsh, but I'm afraid that sometimes my past gets the better of me. And I don't want to be reckless, but I can't seem to help it." She told him and willed him to understand. He should stay away from her, because she truly was a time bomb, to use a muggle phrase.

"You could start by not doing dangerous things so often." He suggested sarcastically.

Atria sighed, "But then life will be so boring." Al glared at her. "Oh, come on. You're not meant to sit behind a desk either. Only Rose has the patience for that." Albus didn't laugh at her attempted jokes.

"There's a gap the size of the Grand Canyon between a desk job and jumping on the back of a dragon." Albus gave her a deadpanned look. Her shoulders dropped. "But that's just you so…" He shrugged.

"Well, thanks I suppose, for trying to understand." She pressed her lips together in a thin smile.

Albus decided a change of topic was in order. He shouldn't be depressing her when she just woke up from a coma. "Rose and Amanda are going to James's match tomorrow. It's Friday, by the way." She had been unconscious for two days.

"I'm surprised Rose wants to go." Atria tried to sit up, but her arms just wouldn't help her. Albus grabbed a pillow from a vacant bed, helped her sit up, and then propped the pillow behind her.

"I think she's going for Amanda. It'll be the first time she's gone out since the… incident." He struggled for the right words.

"I was so upset that I couldn't be there for her." Atria frowned, looking at her hands.

"She said the same thing about you. So did Rose… I'm basically here representing the group." He chuckled, rubbing his chest. Atria's eyes dropped and Al grinned. "How can you possibly be tired? You just slept for two days."

"I'm recovering from a dragon bite." She snapped, but it lacked the usual venom.

"And whose fault is that?"

"Yea, yea, gloat all you want." Atria turned away and pouted.

Al nudged her shoulder playfully. "Besides, it was hardly a dragon bite. More of a nick really, stop overreacting." She looked at him with an open mouth.

"Says he who was just freaking out about me being hurt." She smirked and he scowled.

He jutted his chin up. "I was not freaking out. I was simply doing my part as the representative of the family to show concern." He said strictly, like he was speaking to the Minister or giving a book report.

"Whatever you have to tell yourself." She giggled and shook her head. He glared at her and leaned in closer to tell her off.

"Look-"

She leaned up and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek. He stared past her with wide eyes for a moment. "What was that?" He said finally and cleared it throat, as his voice had shot up several octaves.

"A thank you. For being here." She smiled at the blush that was creeping into his cheeks. It reminded her of when he got of his broom and his cheeks were flushed and his hair was windblown.

He looked down. "Of course I'm here."

She settled back into the pillow and shut her eyes. "I've never been sick before. Not really. It's strange for me to be lying her, sluggish and totally out of it." Merlin forbid she ever get sick, her mother wouldn't have cared. She heard him shuffle in the chair.

"But you're not sick. You attacked a dragon and walked away with a burn and a minor venom injection. So all in all, I think you're doing okay." He shuffled again and she felt his breath on her forehead before his kissed her there. She sighed contently and leaned into the hand that was resting on her cheek.

"Stay with me." She whispered.

"I wasn't planning on leaving."

She opened her eyes and scooted over. "Lay down with me." Atria saw him swallow. "Just to sleep." She clarified. He looked around and then slid into the bed, careful not to move her too much. He stayed on the very edge of the cot, but they were still pressed together. She started to turn on her side but her stopped her.

"You shouldn't be moving!" He whispered loudly.

"Relax, I'm perfectly alright now." She mumbled and laid her arm on his stomach, tucking her head into his shoulder. She felt his stomach pump up and down, breathing heavily. He adjusted his arm so it was around her, putting her safely in the crook of his arm. Eventually he relaxed and the sound of his breathing lulled her to sleep.

Albus looked at the girl lying in his arms. He shut his eyes briefly and thought about what they were doing. They hadn't spoken since she'd left and she hadn't left on the best of terms. Then he shows up here and she acts like nothing happened.

Atria was going to kill him with her bipolar nature. He started to fall asleep and just when he was about the lose consciousness, he heard his mother's voice through the doors and his eyes snapped open.

He had his arms wrapped around the girl he hated, sort of, they were lying in a hospital bed, and his mother was about to walk it. And they shared a bathroom at home.

Oh, Merlin.

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