It was the first trip to Hogsmade Village for the third years.

"Emma is sick, boys she's not going and I'm staying with her" Lizzie said.

"No, Liz, I'll stay with her. You and Jack have a good time" Danny winked at Jack. Danny walked into the girls' room and sat beside Emma. She was very warm and clammy. Her breathing was heavy and cough sounded like a dying cow. Danny reached out and stroked her hairline.

"Danny?" Emma whispered opening her eyes slowly.

"Its me, Em" said Danny.

"Why aren't you in Hogsmeade?" Emma asked.

"I'm staying with you, you know to keep you company" Danny said. Emma managed to smile a bit and Signed "Thank you" to Danny.

"You don't need to talk, Em. You can Sign to me" Danny said. Danny went to the bathroom and a wash cloth under cold water. He returned and placed it on Emma's forehead.

'Thank you' Emma Signed.

'Can I read to you?' Danny Signed. Emma smiled and nodded.

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"Are you ok, Lizzie? Do you want to sit down?" Jack asked.

"No, I don't want to ruin this for you, Jack" Lizzie said.

"Its ok, Liz, we can sit and eat our sweets from Honeyduke's" Jack said. Lizzie smiled at him graciously. He was always so patient with her. Jack helped Lizzie sit down on a bench and got her sweets out for her. James and Leah were walking by them and decided to leave them alone.

"Your cousin is great to her" Leah said.

"Yeah, he takes after my Uncle Ron. He's so good to my Aunt Hermione and she had cancer you know, so its become Jack's nature" James said.

"How's your leg, Liz?" Jack asked.

"It hurts a little" said Lizzie.

"Did my Dad say how long you'd need physical therapy?" Jack asked.

"He said maybe until 5th year depending on how hard I work at it" Lizzie said.

"Well, we've seen you working hard at it; using the stairs more than the lift. You're very brave, Lizzie" Jack said. Lizzie blushed and thanked him.

"Aww, look at this, Weasely and Donavan. Really Weasely I thought you'd have better taste in girls after seeing what your father married" Malfoy Jr. said. Tears filled Lizzie's eyes and started to stand up to walk away.

"No, Liz, you stay here. Look, Malfoy, you can pick on me all you want but, when you pick on my family, my Mum and sister in particular, and Lizzie, you cross the line! She is a perfect, sweet, brave, smart, pretty girl and you don't even deserve to be in her presents!" Jack yelled. Jack's voice became gentle again when he turned back to Lizzie to comfort her.

"I meant all those things I said you know" Jack smiled.

"Really?" Lizzie said, wiping her eyes.
"Yes" Jack said rapping his arms around her. "You don't deserve teasing; you're so sweet and kind to everyone" Jack said, rubbing Lizzie's back.

"Thank you, Jack. You are the sweetest boy I ever met" Lizzie sniffed.

"Come on, let's find Leah and James. You and Leah can go clothes shopping, find some nice outfits?" Jack smiled trying to get Lizzie to smile too. Lizzie giggled.

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"Good morning, everyone. How did everyone sleep?" Hermione smiled at the couples.

"Good" Noelle smiled.

"Oh I know that look, something happened for someone last night. We'll talk later" Hermione said winking at the young woman.

"How is everyone else? I know this is a difficult subject for many people. Hermione and I went through it but, we did it together. Everyone here is a team; you need to communicate with each other. If something is bothering you, tell your partner. Right now I want you talk openly about anything that you are feeling; please don't be shy" Ron said.

"Well Logan and I talked for hours last night. He listened to my story and how I felt about being a survivor" Noelle said.

"And she listened to me. I have never met anyone who has dealt with cancer; all I know is that it kills people but, Noelle showed me that it just not the case and I know I love her so much despite her cancer" Logan smiled as he nuzzled Noelle's cheek causing her to giggle. Some of the older women were envious of the young couple; in their day cancer was something that was so awful it was never spoken about. Even healers and muggle doctors were afraid of talking about to their patients so one of them spoke up.

"Honey, why won't you hold me like that? Are you afraid of me?" the woman asked her husband.

"Eleanor, no of course not! Its just so hard to see you like this and I don't want to hurt you more than you are" said Fredrik, her husband.

"You won't hurt me. You'll heal me" Eleanor said patiently with tears streaming down her face. Fredrik put his arms around his wife and kissed her forehead.

"I love you" he whispered in her ear. Ron smiled with tears in his own eyes as well; the couples were making such progress.

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"Danny, I'm not feeling very were" Emma said grabbing her stomach. Danny ran to the bathroom and got a trash can just in time for Emma to vomit into it. Danny held her hair back as she got again.

"Sorry, Danny" Emma breathed heavily.

'Its ok. You good patient' Danny Signed and smiled at her.

'I go back sleep now' Emma Signed back. Danny nodded and pulled the blankets back over her as she fell asleep.

"Will you please stay, Danny?" Emma asked quietly. Danny sat back down beside Emma and held her hand awkwardly.

"It's ok, Danny. You can hold my hand" Emma said sweetly but Danny never felt so nervous in his life.