YOU MAKE MY HEART SHAKE, BEND, AND BREAK BUT I CAN'T TURN AWAY!
aurora "rory" archer was a powerhouse. well, sort of. she was a fierce friend with a heart of gold and a love of music. she was also awkward, bad at potions, and... fatherless. her frie...
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LETTERS WERE JUST INK ON parchment. But the contents were anything from sonnets of love to heart break or the death of a loved one. Rory enjoyed letters. She liked to keep every letter she ever received. It was her way of holding on to people long after they left. Her father wrote her a letter once. About a year after he left. It was an apology of sorts. It began with: You're far too young to understand. We'll meet again when the time is right, when it's safe. Nearly ten years later and the time wasn't right yet. She figured it never would be.
Fred and George and even Ginny sometimes would write to Rory during her summers. Occasionally she would exchange with Angelina, Lee, and Marina, just to check in. She kept them all in a box in her closet and read them sometimes when she had nothing better to do.
Through a letter, Fred and George gave Rory her ticket out of suffering the rest of the summer with her mother. The Quidditch World Cup was approaching and Mr. Weasley had been able to get tickets. Of course, her mother didn't care and Aaron was a bit jealous, but didn't really say much. Rory wasn't really speaking to Aaron for the time being anyways, not after what he had done to her during one of the first weeks of summer.
"Rory's got herself a boyfriend, did she tell you, Mum?"
"Aurora doesn't tell me anything about her life." Her mother sighed.
"He's not my boyfriend!" Rory protested.
Aaron laughed, "Really? So you're just friends who like to snog in the common room then?"
"Aurora, I thought I raised you better than to do things like that with boys!" Christine snapped.
Rory got up furiously, "No, I don't think you did, actually. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a bit of fun!"
"Yes well I'm very disappointed in you. Snogging boys around the school you're not even properly dating? It's embarrassing for the family."
After that, Rory wrote to Cedric, a letter filled with apologies. Maybe her mother was right. Rory liked being with Cedric but couldn't look him in the eye and slap a label on it. So, she told him exactly that.
Dear Cedric,
I like you, I really do. I'm not sure why I can't seem to bring myself to be your girlfriend. Maybe because I think it's too good to be true, or because I believe I'm far too young and too adventurous to be held down. So please, know that I'm sorry. You're far too young and far too eligible to be held down yourself. I think we're great friends. We're very good at being there for each other and I would hate to tarnish that with the pressures of a relationship. I really hope you don't resent me for choosing this. Maybe one day I'll be ready to settle down, but it's not fair to you if I'm not ready now.
