I look out the window to see Lorenzo playing with his puppy pepper, a golden retriever. Lorenzo looks up to my window and waves and me. I wave back and laugh when pepper knocks him over.
Someone knocks on the door. "Come in." I walk away from the window and my aunt Vinda comes inside.
My aunt laughs, "ohh I know that look."
I scoff. "What look!."
My aunt rolls her eyes. "The Im in loveee, look."
"Ha ha very funny." I bit my lip trying to stop myself from breaking into a smile.
My aunt walks over to my bed and sits down. "Well I approve."
I turn around confused. "Approve of what?."
"Of him and you being together, he's handsome and very respectful. Im sure your father would've approve of him too, and put his differences aside." My aunt smiles at me.
I think these are one of the rarest moments I would see my aunt smile a lot. As well as speaking on behalf of my father.
"He didn't even hesitate to tell us to come here and hide out in the mean time." It seemed like Lorenzo has finally won my aunt over. Something rarely anyone has ever done.
I sigh and go sit down next to my aunt. "I know he's the sweetest guy ever and I do love him, but right now with this whole uncertainty is what is making me hold back."
My aunt shakes her head in disapproval. "Lorenzo is the guy you need and hold onto him."
My aunt hold on to the curse necklace. "Don't let any of this stop you from finding happiness with him. It's not his fault, he's willing to go through hell and back for you." My aunt hold my cold hands. "Tell me who was the last guy who would do the same, and I know for sure it's not Matteo."
"Ryker..." I felt sadden just mentioning his name.
Adrestia barges in. "I'm still rooting for Matteo."
This makes my aunt scoff. "It's not good to eavesdrop!."
Adrestia winks at me and then looks over at her mother. "But my mother has a point cousin, Lorenzo is really the guy for you."
Adrestia look over at me. "Matteo still needs time to get his shit together."
"Adrestia!." My aunt is surprised by my cousins use of words.
I couldn't help but laugh. "It's fine aunt, I got the message already."
Adrestia smiles. "So what's the plan now?."
I look over at my aunt with unease. "Well... I say we find everyone and prepare."
"Prepare for what." Adrestia looks over at my aunt confused. My aunt sighs and looks over at me. "You two are keeping something from me."
"Sweety there's a lot of things we've been keeping away from everyone. Just to not put everyone at edge but I think now more than ever is time to come clean." My aunt reaches for Adrestia's hands and my cousin takes my aunts hands and sits down in front of us on the floor.
My aunt starts to explain to my cousin when I got to Hogwarts, there was a plan but it never worked for various reasons. I know but the various reason my aunt mentioned, is that those various reasons is Matteo and his family of death eaters. Adrestia seems to get some what of an idea as well.
My aunt goes on explaining the cursed necklace and that Liam is behind it. This made Adrestia mad and started to come up with multiple way to get this thing off but we told her it's of no use, that we've done everything we could. Now it's just up to me to follow Liam's orders and go through with them, just like I went through with going to war with the wolves.
Little by little everything seemed to make sense to Adrestia and yet it made her feel unsure if anyone within family is really safe.
After my aunt is done explaining, I go ahead and break down to her about another possible upcoming war with Harry Potter and Voldemort.
"Then we'll make sure to find the rest." Adrestia finally spoke up after a couple minutes of silence. "But is it really safe to go back and show ourselves?."
I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know, but I made a promise to Harry and I have to be there when the time comes."
"I'm sure Harry can understand your situation right now." My aunt said hopeful.
I shake my head. "He doesn't know about this."
"Mother she made a promise, and you know our family always keep our word." Adrestia reminded my aunt out family values.
My aunt Vinda sighs. "Fine. But we leave immediately after it's over, and then we'll figure something to get your name cleared."
"You mean OUR names cleared." I look at the entrance door to see Lorenzo standing in the door way. "Not me, i- i meant.."
"I know what you mean Lorenzooo." My aunt laughs at how she can easily make him feel intimidated.
Adrestia and I look at each other surprised, these are the rarest moment were we see my aunt like this.
"You better not fuck this up with him." Adrestia whispers at me. "I'm kinda of starting to like how my mom is acting now." My aunt hits the back of my cousins head and I couldn't help but laugh.
Lorenzo laughs nervously as he rubs the back of his neck. "Well uhh br-breakfast is uhh ready...so uhh when...you know are ready...then um yeah."
"Y-yeah i- think uhh th-." Before Adrestia can keep making fun of Lorenzo my aunt smacks the back of adrarías head one more time.
"Let's go." My aunt scolds Adrestia on her way out.
I give Lorenzo an apologetic look. "She's just playful trying to give you a hard time." I walk over to him and place kiss on his cheek.
Lorenzo wraps his arms around me and smiles down at me. "It's fine." Though I know it wasn't, he felt embarrassed about his stuttering problem. Which he was starting to stop doing but I think it's just his nervousness that makes him like this.
"So what are the plans for today?." I ask Lorenzo.
Lorenzo questions himself and then looks at me. "Whatever you want to do."
Breakfast was quiet interesting, the whole time my aunt questioned Lorenzo about...well everything. To me it felt more like an interrogation but I think Lorenzo did very well.
My aunt questioned him about school, childhood and just really about anything she could try and call him out for. Though I thing there was a couple things hit she decided not to make a big deal about it, why?.. only she knows why.
Lorenzo excuses himself as we hear the phone ring in the other room. Just in time before my aunt can question him even more.
We all smile as he leaves the door and once he's out it turns into a war of small arguments between us. "What were you thinking!?." I whispered shouted to my aunt.
Adrestia spit out her drink and started laughing. "I don't know what's funnier he's stuttering or my crazy mom showering with questions."
"Girls I was just trying to get to know him." My aunt gives us a stern look.
"More like an interrogation." Adrestia and I muttered at the same time.
"Ahem." Lorenzo cough to get our attention. "I uhh.." he looks at us with unease. Lorenzo makes eye contact with me and gives me a warm smile. "Everyone is coming over."
"Is it even safe?." I look between my aunt Vinda and Lorenzo.
Lorenzo gives me a reassuring nod. "Don't worry I got it covered, they will come here safely."
My aunt Vinda stand up from her seat. "That's great! in the mean time I'll go make something to eat, I'm sure everyone will be hungry when they get here." She snaps her fingers towards Adrestia to follow her to the kitchen.
I stand up from my seat and walk to Lorenzo. "Are you sure about this?."
"I wouldn't be opening the doors to my home if I knew it wasn't, plus I'm sure this will be a whole lot better than wherever they are." Lorenzo places his hand behind my back and places a kiss on my head before heading over the table to clean up.
I walk over to the table and help him clean up. "Thank you." I place a kiss on his cheek and he blushes.
After cleaning up we head to his office, in there he catches me up with all the plans the death eaters have so far. Or so what he's heard from his father, seems like things are going the way they expected or so that's what they thought, but that they are going to war is more clear than it was before.
Though Lorenzo wishes his father would just turn back now, and no matter how many times he's talked to him he just won't listen. "He's made his choice." For now Lorenzo just did whatever his father would send him to do. Most of the time Lorenzo is just his fathers messenger and nothing more. The only reason he has the mark is for everyone know he's well protected. But other than that he's nothing.
Which for that I'm thankful that he wasn't going around doing horrible things to people. "Your right he's made his choice, let's just hope it's not to late." I said hopefully that his father would realize he's about to make a huge mistake. But Lorenzo and I are being hopeless because we both know his father has been a supporter of Voldemort for so long.
Lorenzo closes up the book and looks up at. "Let's not talk about that anymore, my father is old enough to make his own choices now."
He walks over to a shelf and music starts playing. Lorenzo walks to me and puts his hand out towards me. "Miss Gridn... I mean Miss Rosier." He quickly try's to cover up but it's too late.
I take his warm hand anyways. "It's fine." I assure him that it's fine. "It doesn't matter anymore, at first I was just angry." I tell him it's all fine I don't mind be called by my fathers last name or my mothers. It was just something silly, something I was ashamed about but not anymore. It took me awhile to accept it.
Lorenzo places his hand behind my back and he start slow dancing. "I'm sorry I didn't want t-."
I put my finger on his lips. "It's fine." I smile and we continue to dance. "I'm sorry that my aunt was interrogating you earlier."
Lorenzo laughs. "Are you kidding!." I looked at him surprised, I was kinda of expecting another answer. I look at him dumbfounded, this makes him laugh even more. "This is the most I've talked to your aunt, and I really don't mind her asking me a bunch of questions. I just want her to make sure she can trust me."
"And Im sure your doing very well." I pat his shoulder and we both laugh.
We dance together a little longer, I felt like all of my problems are gone. As if they weren't ever there to begin with, he made me forget. At every hour of the day he always reassuring me that everything is going to be fine, even though we can see it's clearly not.
Lorenzo laughs makes me snap out of my thoughts. I look at him strangely. "What's got you all stuck in your head?."
"Nothing." I laugh back.
Lorenzo gives me a little squeeze on my side. Only then I realized that Liam hasn't been a nagging at all today nor has my side been giving me any sort of bother. "Nothing...?" He smirks down at me.
"Ye-." Before I could finish my aunt comes in.
"They're here." My aunt opens the doors wider letting us know there's no time to waste.
I look up at Lorenzo and sigh wishing we could have more alone time. "Let's go." Lorenzo smiles and he holds my hand as we walk out his office.
"Some have been here for a couple hours and I decide to wait until the last group got here." My aunt try's to keep us up to date along the way.
My aunt walks into the hallways to call everyone to gather in. Lorenzo whispers into my ear, "I think this is the part you have to let go of my hand."
I took my hand out of his and hook it around his arm, I look up at him and lay me head on his shoulder. I let go of him and stand up straight waiting for them as they come in. The only people who come in are the ones who too part of the battle a couple days ago. I smile at my friends to see them again, I smile at all of them to see that they are al here, safe. I take a step forward. " As of yesterday we've became the most wanted criminals...or so that's what everyone has been told." I look over at my aunt Vinda who signals me to keep doing whatever made up speech I have. "We are not criminals but victims, they don't know that we fought to protect each other." I look over at my aunt with unease but she signals me to keep it going anyways.
"I know that if my father was here..." I press my lips together and smile. "He would probably laugh and shrug it off." Some people in the crowd laugh which was quite surprising to me becauee that not what I intended but I guess to lighten up the mood works best for now. "Because just like my father, I know most of you have been on the run for awhile." I look over at Lorenzo and gives me a nod to keep going. "Most of you don't know that the ministry knows about us." I put my hands out towards Owen, Max, Catherine, Serenity and a couple other society members. "They know about the society and that we a free to do and be and with putting a word with the ministry hopefully then you all will he free to do and be." Owen doesn't seem to pleased with this idea. But he didn't know just yet where I was heading with this. "But of course you will go by our rules, times are changing are so are we." Everyone starts to look at one another and I think by now I'm losing them and my aunt notice this too.
"But! If we do this we are doing it not just for us but for future generations. It's going to take awhile but soon we won't be a group of bad guys walking down the street terrorizing people. Those days are over. " I look at the acolytes my father once lead, they seemed to be doubt but hopeful about this at the same time.
"What if this doesn't work." Emily, a short light skinned girl with curly brown hair steps out of the group. Once of our acolytes and Adrestia fiends decided to step out of the group and being doubt within everyone.
I look over at my cousin Adrestia who seems slightly embarrassed with the little moments of attention her friend Emily is getting. " if this doesn't work, then do you want to step up and lead them?." I give her a stern look and sudden the everyone seems to shift away from her. "No really with all honesty, I would like to know the great plan you have." I look back at the group of people giving nasty looks at Emily.
I walk up to Emily and when I do so Lorenzo takes a step next to me but is pushed back by my aunt Vinda, who starts whisper shouting at him.
I reach Emily, the small girl who's trying to hard not to break down and cry at this instance just looks up at me. I think what helps even look more intimidating is our huge height differences. "This is the last time I want to hear you say something like this." I grab Emily's arm tightly to bring her closer to me so that what I'm about to say to her stays between us and only us. "Those people who we lost along the way, did no die in vain. WE are in this together." I push her back and she stumble but regains stability. "You should be honored that in this very moment your been breathing because I can find so many ways to wipe you off this earth." I look back at the group to see everyone got the memo already.
Lorenzo on the other hand seems to be mad or disappointed. I could see why, I might've taken this too far.
"It's getting late you all should get some rest." I walk up to Lorenzo and my aunt Vinda, who say nothing. Meanwhile everyone starts walking up the stairs to find a room for themselves.
Lorenzo looks at me upset. "Was that really neces-..."
"Of course it was." Aunt Vinda cuts him off. My Vinda looks over at me. "You two go to sleep now." Her voice turned into a very stern one. Now we are both getting in trouble as if we're her kids.
Lorenzo stomps up the stairs saying nothing else. I look back at my aunt Vinda and shrugged her shoulders.
I head up stairs to get to my room, I walk over to Lorenzo's room. I wanted it to talk to him, like we've been doing before we sleep. We would sit her in the halls for about an hour or so to just talk about anything and now he's in his room upset with me. I go into my room instead and call it a night.
"Ashley!." Im woken up by a soft shout. But I'm too startled and I push the person back. "I'm sorry." It was Lorenzo. He quickly hugs me tightly. "I didn't mean to scare you." He whispers to me trying to calm me down.
"It's fine." My voice was still shaky but I reassured him it was okay now.
"Owen said something happened." He hands me a rob and I quickly put it on. Both of us rush out of my room and quietly walk down the stairs to make sure we wouldn't wake anyone up.
I quickly walk out of a narrow hallway that leads out to the yard, everyone was looking up. So I shift my sight to the direction where they were looking at. My mouth slightly opens surprised at the scene. It was Emily, her body hung from the balcony. Lorenzo reacts the same way I did and gives me a small squeeze on my shoulders. "She hung... herself."
Adrestia can't help but sob and my aunt Vinda tells her to quiet down.
Owen, Max and Catherine just stood there frozen, unsure what to make of this.
Sebastian walks out and gets a quickly glance of Emily and turns away. "Gosh this is horrible."
"Take her down." I snap at Owen and Max. The boys quickly rush inside to get into Emily's room and bring her down.
"This is your fault!."Adrestia pushes me back and before she can even jump on me, Lorenzo gets ahold of me and pulls me away. My aunt Vinda gets ahold of her to.
"Shut up!." I lunge towards her but Lorenzo pulls me back. "Everyone is going to hear you." I would feel ashamed if everyone else woke up to this.
Adrestia struggles to get out of my aunts arms. "Let them hear what you've done!." Adrestia said very frustrated.
I fought to get out of Lorenzo's hold. "Adrestia! Just shut up!." I spat out. I continued fighting Lorenzo but he just wouldn't budge, he kept telling me to just cool down.
I look up Adrestia and gives me a horrific look and so does my aunt. Max eyes widen and looks over at my aunt Vinda. "Ash just calm down will ya." He puts of his hands and slowly starts walking towards me.
I stop trying to get out of Lorenzo arms and I look up to see his eyes glow a golden yellow, he wasn't just using his strength he was also using his wolf strength. I look back at max and look down to my hands when he's in front of me.
I understood that it wasn't just Lorenzo that was creeping them out but me too. My veins were filling up with the black liquid again. "Ash..."
I look up toward the balcony to see Owen and Max slowly bringing her down to the ground. I walk over towards Emily's body and bring out her hand towards me. Feeling hopeful I check for any pulse but I'm to freaked out so I go and reach the ropes and once off I check for any signals...nothing.
Owen kneels on the other side of Emily and checks for himself. "Nothing."
"What now?." Max kneels next to me.
"We get rid of her." Owen and Max looked at me astonished with I had just said.
"Get rid of her!." Adrestia anger rises again. "No a burial will do."
"A burial?." I shake my head. "We are not doing that." I stand up and head towards her but max pulls me back.
"She deserves that at least." Adrestia cry's out.
"Just give her what she wants." Max whispers to me.
"Fine but nobody else will know about this." I look around at everyone. "This stays between us." Everyone including Adrestia didn't bother to argue with me anymore, everyone seemed to be on the same page for now.
My aunt Vinda pulls Adrestia away from as. As they walk past us my aunt stops in from of me. "I'll see you in the office in a couple of minutes." And she walks of with my cousin to console her.
I sharp pain hits the side of my stomach. "Fuck." I muttered to myself.
Max, Owen and Lorenzo carry out Emily's lifeless body around the other side of the house.
Catherine walks up to me and removes a couple stands of hair to get a closer look at my neck. "How much longer are you going to play follow the leader?." She gets a glimpse of my hands and pulls down my sleeves to hide the black liquid running through my veins.
Another sharp pain runs through my whole body and Catherine hold me up. "I just need more time." I grunted and try to get myself together quickly before the boys came back.
"Well time doesn't seem to be in your favor." She whispers softly and helps me get inside.
We walk inside the office and I lean next to a small table. "I think I'll be fine." I hold onto my stomach and look over at Catherine. "Go. It's getting late."Catherine walks out of the office and close the door behind her.
I reach underneath the small table and take out a bottle. I contemplate, and the end I put it away as the doors of the office open. My aunt Vinda rushes inside and closes the door behind her. "What kind of fool do you take me for?." She looks down at the bottle.
"I didn't even drink it." I tried to keep my eyes open but it just wants my eyes were getting heavier and heavier.
"I wasn't talking about that." My aunt snaps at me. This time I stay quiet and wait for her to tell me what's wrong.
My aunt sits down at the couch. "They can't protect us."
I knew by they she meant the society. I shake my head and tried to get to her but my side was still hurting. "It has to be voted by all of us, but I'm sure it will go through."
My aunt Vinda shakes her head. "Your mother always wanted things to be different, she wanted things her own way. Whatever rules or ideology your mother left behind, all those kids will follow them. Even if your her daughter and try to change them, they just won't."
"There's gotta be a way." I try to sound hopeful but I hate to be wrong this time.
"There won't always be solutions to problems." My aunt stands up and walks over to the window.
Owen, Max and Lorenzo walk inside the office. I don't even bother lean away from where I am because the pain is still there. The boys sit down at the couch looking between my aunt and I.
My aunt finally looks at us. "So what will be said tomorrow morning? They will notice Emily is missing."
Max clears his throat. "Well you can't tell them what happened, you'll make them feel the same way Emily felt...helpless and doubtful about you. And look vulnerable and unable to lead."
"But if she does then she will not only will she look vulnerable but they will see that their leader is willing to get past this and not let it happen again." Lorenzo looks at me to reassure me that his plan sounds a lot better than Max.
Owen sighs. "Or you can always tell them the wolves are back."
Owen wasn't even trying to help me at this point. I don't blame him, he's already fed up with having to help my fathers acolytes and having to be hiding because of them.
I look down at my watch, "it's getting late, I'll have something by tomorrow morning." Owen is the first one to head out without saying anything. Max and Lorenzo walk out with there heads low.
My aunt walks out slowly and stops right at the door entrance. "Just do the right thing." and closes the door behind her.
First thing early in the morning I had everyone called out to the yard. I had finally made a choice, I knew that one group wouldn't like it and the other would. But I had no choice, I can't bring two groups together..not even by force.
I walk up the stairs to get everyone's attention from up here. I look over at Adrestia, she was I full black mourning the loss of her friend and her eyes were so puffed up of how much she's been crying. Even now she still is. "There was an incident last night..." I kept my eyes on Adrestia and she seem a bit taken back that I'm going to mention to everyone about this, just when I said a couple hours back I wouldn't. "Emily did not believe the same way you've all have so far." I look away from Adrestia and stare at my shoes to avoid the shameful looks. "the fact she did not believe in me and after those crime things I said last night...she took drastic measures." A flash of her hanging body is vivid when I close my eyes.
I look up at the crowd who are listening attentively. I gulp down my embarrassment, "I can't lead." My fathers acolytes look at one another concerned. "I tried..I tried to be a leader for the society and the acolytes." I look over at Theodore and the rest of the society group that my mother was once part of . "I'm not my mother." I look over at my fathers acolytes. "And Im not my father."
I clench my jaw just at the reminder that I wish both my parents were here to take matter into their own hands, that I wouldn't have to be making this decision now. "My mother is dead, so is my father. Liam is locked up and I'm not worth of leading...because at first I felt this would bring me some closure but it really didn't."
"I know these are very confusing times, but let's face it. We aren't the bad guys...we can change." I mainly keep my focus on my fathers acolytes. "I don't want to do this anymore...I want to be working for the ministry." I laugh a little knowing that some acolytes might be ashamed. "It's kind of stupid but I want to be an auror and go around chasing the bad guys." I look over at my aunt Vinda who looks at me as if I was a little kid who had won an award with tears running down her face, and hopefully she's being encouraging about my decision. "I know some of you don't want to be on the run anymore, others want to settle down and others want to do extraordinary things, and so that is why I'm stepping down as both a leader of the acolytes and from the illusion society." I look over at Lorenzo and smile at him.
"I really do wish you all the best and just know things have to come to an end, we can no longer continue this type of ideology we were given. Ignorance won't lead us anywhere." I look at my fathers acolytes feeling sorry that I would have to let them go and so they also would have to let go of this. Much to my surprise they all get on one knee to show their respect, this was the same way they would do to my father all the time, wherever he went.
Not wanting to see them go I walk back inside the house and head into the kitchen. Throughout the hallways I could hear them all saying goodbye and leaving Lorenzo's home. A little while longer the home seemed to have gone dead silent, only then I opt to walk out. There still stood the society group, my aunt Vinda, Adrestia and Lorenzo. "I know that I'm suppose to choose who your next leader will be, but I think it's best if we all take a vote tonight." The illusion group all nodded in agreement.
A couple hours later~
I walk up to Lorenzo, "hey." I hold on to his shoulder and he offers me a drink.
"You gave an excellent speech." Lorenzo smiles softly and turns around to look at my aunt Vinda and Serenity counting the votes.
We've been waiting a little over an hour to see the outcome of the votes, everyone even me are very anxious.
"Who do you think it will be?." Lorenzo whispers to me.
I shrugged my shoulder. "I don't know and I don't care as long as they do what's best for all of them."
Lorenzo puts his arm around me and I think after everything that's happened since last night, this is the closets we've gotten. I felt some sort of relief to know he wasn't as upset with me since last night. I lean my head on his chest. "I'm sorry, for making you feel upset."
Lorenzo rubs my arms. "It's okay." He kisses my head and places his chin on my head. We stand like this waiting for a final confirmation.
A couple minutes later both my aunt Vinda and Serenity start to to talk to each other and this is now when everyone looks at them very attentively. Serenity clears her throat. "We have a tie." The group seemed surprised. "Between Owen and Theodore." I look at both boys very happy that it came down to them two, they were perfect for this role. Serenity looks at me. "Now it's up for you to make the final decision."
I look at Owen and Theodore who were not siting very far from each other. "I've watched you two for awhile and I know both of you will be perfect for this role. So my final decision is that you will both lead the ilusión society. I really think you two working together will achieve many things."
Owen and Theodore smile. "But is that even possible?." They both question Serenity at the same time.
Serenity looks over at the books of rule. "Well it happened once, I'm sure it can be possible." Both Owen and Theodore shake hands. The rest of the illusion society cheer.
"I'll be back." Lorenzo moves away and walks off somewhere.
Everyone else cheers on and pases drinks to one another. I take the time to walk over to my aunt Vinda and Adrestia. I was about to say something when the room goes silent and everyone looks towards the door entrance.
Immediately my aunt Vinda pushes both Adrestia and me behind her. I peak out from behind my aunts shoulder and see Lorenzo and next to him stands Cornelius.
Cornelius takes a step. "Congrats." He looks at Theodore but I can't make out if he very sincere about this. His gaze lands on mine. "Miss Grindelwald, consider yourself lucky that you have a good friend like Mr.Nott." At first I didn't seem to understand any of it. My first instinct was to just run out of here. "Everyone else get out!." Quickly everyone rushed out.
Now it was only Theodore, Sebastian, Max, Catherine, my aunt Vinda, Adrestia and me waiting to see what would happened next. Lorenzo walks out. "It's going to be fine, trust me." He says and closes the doors.
Cornelius laughs. "Quiet the mess you got into Miss Grindelwald." He point to my necklace. "Your lucky you have good friends who care about you, even back at Hogwarts." Now I finally understood why he was here, he had been told what had happened and Lorenzo here told him we where here. "This won't be easy, but will all the evidence I have so far...I'm sure this will be enough to convince them."
"So your not going to take us in?." Sebastian decided to ask the million dollar question.
Cornelius shakes his head. "I just came her to say that I'm very sorry for doubting all of you." He mainly looks between Theodore, Sebastian and me. "If it wasn't for Lisa and Lorenzo who convinced me to come you and to clear this whole thing up, I'm sure I would still be mad."
I step out my being spot from behind my aunt and walk over to Cornelius. "But how will we do this when I still have this on?." I point at my necklace.
"All that's needed is the promise of the remaining acolytes to be free right?." I nod at Cornelius answer. "Then just wait until the ministry is informed about all of this."
"And when will that be?." I asked Cornelius.
"First thing in the morning." He assured me.Only then I remember that tomorrow is Thursday and that first thing in the morning Lorenzo's brother will be here to take him away. Within a few days Harry should be so close to Hogwarts and I'm not even sure if the other have figured out the where the alarm is located. "In the meantime you can't be seen just yet."
"Okay. I think I can wait." This definitely wouldn't be solved by tomorrow.
It most likely won't be solve just in time before Harry gets to Hogwarts. I can just sit out and not show up to help the others. But that's something Cornelius doesn't need to know.
Later that night I walk in to Lorenzo's room. "Hey." Lorenzo says while closing his book. "Are you okay?." He stands up and walks over to me.
"Yeah." I smile. But that's a lie, I was not okay. Tomorrow he would leave with his brother until all of this cooled down. "It's just be a very hectic day and we haven't spend a lot of time together."
Lorenzo hugs me and places a kiss on my head. "Yeah I know, it's been a very crazy week for all of us." He rubs my back and I hold onto him a little longer. Lorenzo looks down at his watch and sighs. "What's been on your mind lately." He grabs my hand and leads me to his bed.
We sit down and I look down at my feet. "I'm still trying to figure out a lot of things."
Lorenzo nods. "I understand how that feels."
"And I know Adrestia hates me." Lorenzo pulls me into a hug.
"Adrestia just needs time." Lorenzo pushes me back a bit so we can see each other. "But you need to talk to her and be there for her, it was an accident but she doesn't see it like that...not now but later on." Lorenzo sighs and pulls me back into a tight hug.
I yawn and he laughs. "Staying up late isn't really my thing." I laugh out.
"Yeah I can tell." Lorenzo chuckles. "Do you want to spend the night here?."
I smile. "Yes." This was perfect, more time to spend with him.
Lorenzo and I lay on the bed and spend a couple hours talk about everything and at times we would stay quiet, but it wasn't the type of weird quiet, it was a comforting type of quiet.