A/N: I am so sorry to all of you following this story, that I have not updated it in a while. I have had a really busy month, and I haven't had much time to write. I hope that you enjoy this portion of the story, and as always please comment and review because I love getting feedback from you guys. Thanks! ~ Piper

After saying my goodbyes to Rose and Albus, I walked over to my family. I knew that as long as my parents were around, and hopefully while the Malfoys were around, that I should be safe from the majority of the torture from both my brother and Scorpius.

"Darling!" my mother called out when she saw me. I then realized that I had to go over to them and couldn't walk as slowly as I had been.

When I reached them my mother embraced me closely in a tight hug. "Oh I've just missed you so much," she said.

"I've missed you too mom, and I missed you as well dad," I replied. Okay so just because I feel like they don't fully care about me doesn't mean that I don't love them. Plus my mom doesn't treat me as bad as the rest of the family does.

"How were your first days at Hogwarts?" she asked me with a gleam in her eye.

With a quick glance at my brother and Scorpius, I knew that if I told the complete truth, the I would never make it to see Rose and Albus another day. "It was really great," I said enthusiastically, "I made some really great friends. Actually they're over there and their parents would like to meet you."

I walked them over to meet the Weaslys and the Potters. I smiled weakly at Rose and Albus and they beamed back at me.

"Mum, dad, meet the Potter and Weasly families," I said beaming. "These are my two best friends Albus Potter and Rose Weasly and their parents..."

"Harry Potter, Ron Weasly, and Hermione Granger!" My mom exclaimed, interrupting me in the process.

"Yes mum, and don't forget Albus's mum, Ginny," I said in a mock, scolding tone.

"Well yes of course!" she said in awe. She was shocked and overjoyed that she was meeting four of the greatest wizards of her time.

"We were of course very disappointed to find out that Isabella could not spend the holidays with us," Hermione told her.

"Did we say no?" My mum replied falling over her words, " Oh no we said not unless we meet their parents first, and now that we have I suffice to say that she can go after Christmas day. You see, we already promised the Malfoys a family get together on Christmas day."

Rose and I had just started rejoicing, only to have been cut short. I felt like I had just gotten the wind knocked out of me. I was getting faint and having trouble breathing. I started seeing black. I was having a bad panic attack, but Rose got me out of the situation by saying we needed to go to the bathroom.

"Thank you so much Mrs. Gregory," Albus said, "Your daughter will be in the safest of hand while she stays at the burrow."

With that I was gone from the conversation, leaving our parents to work out the details. Once Rose and I got to the bathroom, she started questioning me.

"Have you eaten today? What's wrong? How can I fix it?"

"One, yes, I have eaten. Don't you remember the train ride? Two, last time I was left alone with my brother and Malfoy it didn't end so well. In turn, I am now having a panic attack. You can help by holding me and telling me it will be okay."

She came over to me and wrapped her arms around me, "Isabella, everything is going too be okay. You are coming to my house the day after Christmas, and you will be safe there. We will protect you."

After we sat there for a while, I began to get up. "Thanks Rose, I needed that. Now let's get back out to our parents before they start to worry."

Albus made sure I was okay before we started walking back. I hugged him and told him that everything was okay now, and that I would be okay. We walked back, and found our parents talking like we had never left.

"We're back," Rose announced.

"Thank Merlin," James said infatically , "They haven't stopped talking since you left." Turning to me he said, "By the way I got you half of Christmas with us."

"How did you manage that?" I asked him bewildered.

"Your mum said that it would only to be right for you to spend Christmas with friends since your brother was, so I said that she should change the Malfoys's dinner to a lunch. And she did!"

I grabbed onto him in a tight embrace, "Thank you! Thank you so much James!"

"I'm so glad you get to see the burrow at Christmas," Rose said happily.

"Well we better get going," Harry said grabbing onto his wife to steer her away from the conversation, motioning to Ron for him to do the same.

"Uh yes," Ron stumbled over his words while trying to move Hermione along, "Come along children!"

Rose hugged me tight and wished me happy holidays, and Albus did the same.

"I'll see you guys on Christmas," I told them with a smile on my face.

"I'll be right there dear," she called to him before turning to me, "I am so very glad that we will be able to see you at the burrow, and thank you for being such a great friend to my Rose."

"She's done more for me than anyone as in a long time," I said gratefully, "If anyone is the great friend, then it would be her."

"I will let her know. See you on Christmas!" She called out walking away.

"Let's go get your brother, and see if the Malfoys are okay with a lunch instead of a dinner," My mum said.

When we walked up I was beaming. Of course, my brother saw this, and mouthed something about wiping the smile off my face when we got home, but I didn't care. The Malfoys were more than happy to oblige once my mum explained the situation to them. With a few last goodbyes my family was off to our house out in the country. On that drive, I smiled the last real smile that I would have until Christmas, but I was truly happy and that was all that mattered to me, in that moment.