Harper PoV

I went downstairs to the great hall and found Hermione. I showed her the letter, to which she replied "don't worry x, it'll be someone's idea of a joke, just throw it away and pretend it never existed."

"No one else knows about Theo!" I exclaimed "only you, Will, Harry and Ron! Everyone else thinks that I was in hospital at the start of term, not attending a muggle school with grades that became lower and lower every time I thought of Theo"

"Say that any louder and the whole school will hear." She returned "honestly harper someone will have over heard you talking or something, it will be their idea of a joke!"

"Huh funny joke " I whispered sarcastically

"Tell you what x" Hermione said "let's go to the library at break, that'll take you mind off of it!"

So we went to the library but I didn't read, I wrote a letter to our parents asking them to send me all my muggle books. I took the letter to Will and asked him to send it with his owl Belle.

*the next morning*

A parcel arrived for me, it must have taken multiple owls to carry. I excused myself from breakfast and took it up to my dormitory. I opened it to find the complete contents of my bookshelves. There were; Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Laura Ingalls Wilder, the Milly-Molly-Mandy series, Noel Streatfield and many more classics. As today was Saturday I had all day to read but first I completed all of my homework. Then I opened the first book, Charlie and the chocolate factory, I turned the first page and it said For Theo.

Will PoV

Weeks had passed since Harper received her parcel and I had hardly seen her at all. It was so weird, she had out of the blue asked me to use my owl then the next morning she receives a massive parcel and takes it straight to her dorm. We have only seen her a meals and in lessons and even at meal times she's had her head stuck in a book. Today she approached Harry and asked to borrow Hedwig to send another letter to her parents. He was astonished that she was even speaking to him but he let her send her letter.

I spoke to Hermione in the common room and she didn't seem worried, she just said to me "She has been reading, reading is her escape, reading cheers her up, reading makes her happy, oh and only one person has ever got her to voluntarily put a book down!"

"Who?" I asked her hoping it was her but I knew it wasn't.

"Theo" she replied and her smile dropped "Theo was the only person she would put a book down for, but he's gone. Do you want to know the awful thing Will?"

I nodded uncertainly

"Theo would know exactly how to cheer her up, he would know how to coax her out of her room and he should have come to Hogwarts, he was a wizard, he had magic and he should be here. I wish... I wish... I wish that it was me rather than Theo, because she wouldn't have broken down, she wouldn't have tried to commit suicide, she would be interacting with people like a normal human being!" She broke down into sobs.

"Hermione, don't be silly, Harper needs you, Harper would have broken down if it was you! I don't think you notice how close you two are, you literally finish each other's sentences and you sometimes move at the same time!" I soothed

Just as Hermione was about to reply, Harry walked in.

"Hedwig and belle just delivered two packages for Harper, they look suspiciously like a guitar and a ukulele!" He stated "wait, Hermione why are you crying?"

"It doesn't matter." Hermione stood up and picked up the parcels then walked up the stairs to the girls dormitories.

Harry and I sat in an awkward silence until Ron came along and started talking to Harry. Ron and I are friends but he's more into Harry. You see Harry is the one who survived the killing curse, he's the one with a scar, I'm was unharmed and I wasn't 'the boy who lived' I was the 'the boy who was saved by the boy who lived'. I'm just an added on extra for most people.

Most people don't realise that I'm a metamorphamagus, I used to look exactly the same as Harry but I decided that I wanted to look different. As soon as Hagrid showed us a picture of our parents I chose to look more like my mum.

My thought process was suddenly cut off my music coming from Harper and Hermione's room, it was Harper singing...