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"Where did he die?" Sirius asked, trying to hide the shake in his voice.

"I don't know," Claire repeated. Sirius just nodded, his jaw tense.

"Well, I think you two need to finish with the cleaning," Sirius finally said, exiting the room swiftly.

"Well, shit," Claire sighed, grabbing a rag and a spray bottle. "I wish I wasn't like this."

"You told the Order about the dementors," Harry reminded her. "You were able to get them there before the Ministry did."

"Yeah, but for the most part it's more trouble than it's worth," Claire said. Harry just sent her a sad smile as they cleaned the walls.

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"Do you wanna go on a walk?"

Claire's eyes widened as she heard Leo's voice above her. She looked up at him with confusion clear on his face as he gave her a smile.

"Me?" Claire asked softly.

"Of course," Leo laughed.

"I'm grounded," Claire reminded him, her voice soft. She stuck her hands under her legs as they started to shake.

"I've already asked Remus and he said it was fine," Leo informed her. Claire bit her lip and then glanced over to her dad, who was pretending like he wasn't listening. Hermione, Ron, and Harry were all doing the same, but everyone was looking at them.

"Sure," Claire finally agreed.

"Keep your wands on you!" Remus called out as Leo opened the door for Claire. They walked in silence mostly, headed to Hyde Park. Claire frowned a little when she noticed that while Draco always walked so he was on the side of traffic, Leo didn't notice.

"I, uh, I've missed talking to you," Leo finally spoke.

"Me too," Claire assured him. They found a spot in the sun, sitting down on the warm grass.

"How have you been?" Leo asked. Claire sighed heavily and messed with her braids. She had learned how to style her hair over the summer to give her brain something to focus on, and she enjoyed trying new hair styles.

"I've been better," Claire admitted. "The brain fog comes and goes. If I'm about to have a big vision, I won't have it for a few days, and then it comes back twice as bad after."

"And the visions?" Leo asked worriedly.

"They haven't been as common," Claire replied. "I just had that bad one that night. I haven't had any major ones, mostly just flashes or I'll know the answer before anyone else, but I won't know how I know the answer. Professor Snape gave me a potion that's been helping a lot too."

"You can always write to me," Leo assured her. "I can't help as much with the seer part, but I will always be here to listen."

"I know," Claire said with a small nod, not being able to meet his eyes. "I just...I just feel guilty. I barely gave us a chance because I had so much going on with Harry and the tournament."

"Honestly, I was glad that you ended it," Leo announced. Claire looked at him with furrowed eyebrows, tilting her head a little. "I could tell that you were too distracted but I didn't know if it would be wrong for me to end it."

"We honestly didn't talk like we should have," Claire sighed. A weight had been lifted off her shoulders at the conversation.

"I actually, I met someone this summer," Leo said sheepishly. "She's part of the Pack. Her name is Annabeth, and I really like her. You would like her too. Maybe one day this summer we can all go have lunch together."