xxviii. goblin taxis and apple pie

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"𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘'𝐑𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃," Raya told Cedric. "The shop was so packed I could barely move around without having to say excuse me every five seconds. Sometimes, I feel like we were just buying them candy on the train so they could plot their insane schemes. I feel like a proud mom — which is weird because I'm younger than them."

Cedric remained unconscious, his vitals holding steady.

It'd been over a year since he was hit with the killing curse, and his body was still healing from the effects. According to the Healers at St. Mungo's, his internal organs were now working at around 63%, but still going up slowly.

Raya stared at the silver bracelet on his wrist, the one reason he was alive. She didn't even want to think about what would've happened if he wasn't wearing it.

"You'd have loved to come see the store with us," Raya said softly. "Get better quickly, we need to show you the U-No-Poo constipation candy they came up with."

She squeezed Cedric's hand softly, getting up and leaving his room.

It was still pretty early in the morning, but visiting hours had started and there was no need for Raya to sneak in from the secret entrance on the roof.

"You okay?" Kayse asked her as she left St. Mungo's.

They were set to return to Hogwarts the next day, and there was still so much Raya had left to do. Kayse had offered to come with her while she went around to finish up all of her errands, and she'd gladly accepted his offer of company.

"I'm fine," she answered, lacing their fingers together. "He's getting better, slowly, but it's happening."

"That's good to hear," Kayse nodded. "Where to now?"

Raya whistled, waving down a goblin-taxi. She turned back to Kayse, "Now we've got to head to Newbrooke Manor. I wanted to clean some of it out, maybe donate some old things to charity. Rosie's been maintaining the place, but... I've been away too long."

Kayse smiled as they entered the taxi and took off. He was proud of Raya, for making it so far. Just a few months ago, she could barely say the name Newbrooke Manor without bursting into tears.

Of course, some days were better than others. They were lucky today was a good day.

They continued their conversation — Kayse doing his best to distract her as they approached Newbrooke Manor. He knew she was going to get cold feet the closer they got to her house, but he also knew that she was strong enough to start cleaning it out today.

Raya talked to him about Peleus the guardian dragon, the chariot races, and waking up at the asscrack of dawn with her siblings. She'd already told Kayse nearly everything that happened that summer, but she was growing nervous, and she needed to talk about something.

"So Percy and Annabeth won the second race?" Kayse asked. "That's adorable. Never even met them, but I ship them."

Raya laughed, "Yeah, they're really cute together. You should've seen how the entire Camp cheered when she gave him a little kiss on the cheek. Percy's been dying to meet you for like a year — since he found out you're both Knicks fans." She quickly raised a hand, "Please don't explain yourself, I'm already trying very hard to ignore that fact. They suck."

"Says the girl who's a self-proclaimed 'diehard Leafs fan'," Kayse rolled his eyes. "That's worse in so many ways."

"That's a whole different sport," Raya argued. "Don't turn this back around on me."

"Okay, okay, we both have a habit of supporting teams that are horrible," Kayse laughed. "But it's cool that Percy wants to meet me. We can head back to the U.S. during winter break if you want."

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