As soon as she returned inside she was caught of guard by someone hugging her possessively from behind.
"Hello there"
"I missed you" Fred's voice made her heart soften. Sophie only smiled in return. "How are you?" She knew what he was talking about; everyone had been really thoughtful about her situation.
"I'm great, thank you for asking" She wasn't great but she didn't want to talk about it either, so lying was the safest option.
From the other side of the room Severus was watching her every move. First Weasly and now Black as well, god I hate to admit it but I'm jealous of them! How low have I sunk? For Merlin's sake.
As if he would have summoned her Sophie begun walking towards him. He could have almost kissed Molly for calling her son to the kitchen. Arthur was talking to him and Remus about a muggle artifact that amazed him.
"Ah Sophie! You spent a lot of time in muggle London didn't you?" Arthur called after her as she passed by him. Hermione was on the other room with Harry and Ron, so Sophie was who knew the best about muggle's in the room.
"Yes I did" Sophie laughed a little.
"How do they call those things where they keep all the information stored? They have them on their offices and they used them to play as well" Arthur's voice was truthfully curious.
"I believe you're talking about computers"
"AH! That's it, computers! Do you happen to know how they work dear? If so would you explain us?" Snape's face on Arthur's excitement made Sophie smile.
"Sure, well there are laptops, which are portable and you can take them wherever you want, but you must charge them, and there are regular computers which are much bigger and are composed by the screen, the keyboard, mouse and the CPU" Sophie could remember being on Aria's house in London playing games on the computer. "Oh, and there is the internet, which is a worldwide system of computer networks in which users at any one computer can get information from any other computer and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers. Muggle's usually use information from there instead than books as it is faster."
"Cleaver muggles, did you use the internet when you went to school there?" Arthur was more than bewildered.
"I went to cyber cafes, where you can pay for using a computer or used the computer of a friend, there was no use buying one as there is no reception in the wizarding world." She was glad she could answer Arthur's questions after he and his family had helped her so much.
"You went to a muggle school?" Snape was curious about her.
"I did, I went to a muggle school in the morning from age 6-13 during the morning and had lessons on magic during the afternoon, though I still read a few books on muggle subjects."
"Which was your favorite subject?" He was tempted to touch her due to their proximity.
"I liked history and literature but chemistry was my favorite, it helped me a lot in potions"
"It was mine as well, though I believe there must have been many other discoveries since I was eleven " Snape wasn't surprised by her answer, though he wondered what else they had in common.
"If you like you could borrow any of my chemistry books"
" Thank you,I'd appreciate it"
As their eyes met a smile went noticeable in both of their faces.
"Sophie may I speak to you?" Remus whispered into Sophie's ear. She nodded in response and entered Arthur's office.
Severus couldn't help but to feel a little depressed at her departure.
"Don't worry I won't ask you how you are doing" Sophie smiled at the way her godfather knew her.
At times she felt he was the only one who understood her. He used to be her only friend in the wizarding world. She remembered the time in which he had appareated with her in Paris for her twelfth birthday and taken her to visit the Eiffel tower and the Louvre.
It was one of her favorite memories.
"Soph, I know you are turning 17 in a couple of months and the house well, it will be yours legally, the question is would you like to keep it or does it bring bad memories to you?"
"Of course it does, but I have more pleasant memories than bad in that house, besides I know how much my parents loved it."
"Then I will keep it in shape for you to return during the summer break, you're welcome to stay with me and Tonks if you like though"
"Thanks Remus, I've missed you" She hugged her godfather; she hadn't seen him in almost five years.
"So have I sweetie"
"Then why did you stop visiting me?" She wasn't angry just curious.
"I thought I was protecting you, I didn't want to risk being followed and Voldemort finding you." He now had his arms on her shoulders. "That's why your parents went to order meetings only once or twice maximum a year, we thought we could avoid him at least for a while."
"You were buying me time" Her melancholic tone matched Remus's.
"Let's return to the party." He led her back to the living room.