Child Of Grace: Chapter 55 - Child Of Destiny (Part 2)
ZeldaQueen: So yeah, as you all can see, I have inadvertently lied about finishing this tripe by Christmas. I hope you all can find it in your hearts to forgive me, but I've been rather distracted by the shiny copy of 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors that I got. It's a great murder mystery and has multiple endings and me being the great survivalist I am
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Her godfather gave a dismissive noise. "Those two are just being lazy. They aren't on the edge of a breakdown."
"And I am?" Holly couldn't help but demand, actually feeling the table and dishes rattle before she snapped her shields all the way up. "I'm not falling apart!"
Sirius stood up sharply, half-lunging over the table. "Don't," he half-barked, "raise your voice to me in my house."
Holly felt the bottom drop out of her stomach, a fear she hadn't even experienced facing Voldemort choking off any reply she might have made. She glanced at Remus, but Remus just sat calmly, watching her with an unwavering gaze.
"Holly, you will LOOK at me when I'm talking to you," Sirius went on, his voice just this side of a growl. Reluctantly, she turned to look at him, trembling all over.
"THANK you. Since trying to say it gently didn't work, I'll be blunt. You spend more time in bed than you do out. When you ARE awake, you stagger around like a drunken idiot. You don't respond. You don't even listen. You just. Don't. Care."
"But I--"
"No buts." Sirius slammed a fist down on the tabletop, and the dishes rattled again. "Now, you say you're not on drugs? Then shape up--or else I will have no choice but to take you myself to St. Mungo's for evaluation, maybe hospitalization. Are we clear?"
Holly could make no response; she was too stunned. She looked helplessly again at Remus, and yet again he looked back with that calm intensity.
Frustrated and hurt beyond helping, Holly burst into tears.
"FINALLY," Sirius said, sitting back down. "A genuine reaction..."
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