Back to Reality (Harry Potter/George Weasley FF)

Chapter Eight; Back to school

Charlotte's POV:

I stood on the scales in my hospital robe as the healer measured my weight, she nodded at the scales then scribbled something down

'You can sit down now.' she tells me and I nod getting into the chair on the other side of the desk to her.

'Alright you've put on just enough weight and you're injuries are healing well enough to go home but how are you feeling?' she says and I smile

'I feel okay I guess.' I say shrugging

'Charlotte, you have to let people in, it's not helping anyone by bottling up all your feelings inside.' she tells me and I look at her with a blank expression

'No offense, but I barely even know you, I'm not going to tell you my deepest most sincere thoughts.' I tell her and she sighs

'Sometimes it's easier to talk to someone you don't know.' she points out and I smile a sickly sweet smile

'Well this isn't one of those times.' I say in a sugary voice 'Now can I get out of here or not?' I deadpan and she sighs

'Well everything is in check but your mental state.' she says and I glare at her 

'My mental state?' I ask and she smiles slightly 

'Clearly you're still agitated because of the events you've encountered, you might have to stay a little longer.' and stand up and slam my hands on my desk, she was doing this on purpose

'Listen, I'm fine, it's just my personality, just because I don't want to tell you my life story doesn't mean I'm not mentally stable so if you don't mind please sign my leaving slip because I have a school to go to.' I say and she gulps and nods before scribbling her signature along with a prescription for my medication. I take it and nod my head 'Thank you.' I say before leaving the room and going to the place that had been my room for the past three weeks.

I quickly take out the weights I'd put in my bra before the weighing and changed into a pair of black skinny jeans and a grey hoodie. I'd snuck out my room last night and weighed myself, I knew I hadn't gained enough weight but I was dying of boredom in here, I'd gain the rest of the weight I needed to when I was back at Hogwarts with my friends, I'd already missed the first two weeks of school, I wasn't missing anymore, Harry, the twins, Hermione, Ron and Ginny weren't able to visit me considering they were back at school, Oliver had came a few times but apart from that I'd only had Dumbledore coming to give me homework,Uncle Remus, Sirius and Mrs Weasley coming to check up on me once a week, I've been lonely.

I ran my fingers through my hair before tying it up in a bun and slipping my turquoise converse on my feet and packing my backpack full of the gifts I'd been sent and my few clothes.

When I got to the front desk I saw Dumbledore sat in a waiting chair and he smiled as he noticed my presence 'So you've been dismissed?' he asks and I nod 

'Yeah, I just need to sign out.' I tell him and he nods as he joins me at the front desk and I hand the woman the pieces of paper the healer gave me. 

'Please sign here.' the woman says and I nod taking the quill and scrawling out my signature. 'And here.' and I do the same again. 'Alright here's your prescription, you'll be on it for three months, Madame Pompfrey should be informed that you need weekly check ups and the data needs to be sent here so we can calculate your progress, understood?' She tells me and I nod 'Okay, now have a good day.' She says with a smile and I nod, smiling back before looking up to Dumbledore and he holds his arm out 

'Shall we.' he asks and I just nod, grabbing his arm and we apparate to his office. 'Everyone is in lessons at the minute, Mrs Weasley sent your trunk with her sons so I have it here, feel free to do whatever you like for the remainder of the day.' he tells me and I nod clicking my fingers to levitate my trunk and I leave his office, I quickly make my way to the Gryffindor common room, not meeting anyone on the way there then dropping my things off in my room. I do a quick scan of my room, everything the way I left it, perfect.

I sigh deeply before leaving my room and heading to Professor McGonagal's office. I knock on her door and hear a stern 'Come in.' from the other side and I peak around the door, she's sat at her desk grading papers but when I open the door fully she looks up 'Oh Charlotte!' she gushes, getting up and coming over to hug me, some may say she's scary and mean but I think she's the sweetest woman ever with a hell load of killer sass!

'Hi Professor, I thought I'd get my timetable and everything sorted for tomorrow since I have nothing to do today.' I say and she nods and shuffles through a couple pieces of parchment before handing me a timetable. I scan over it and see the twins are in Defense Against The Dark Arts at the minute, since all Gryffindors who are taking it for NEWT's have it at the same time. 'Thank you Professor.' I say with a smile and turn to leave 

'Charlotte?' She says and I turn to look at her and she smiles softly 

'It's good to have you back and well.' she says and I blush and look down at my feet

'It's good to be back Professor.' I say as I leave the classroom and into the empty hall. I walk along and soon a thought comes to me; I need to make an amazing entrance.

I get to work straight away and finally sneak into Harry's dormitory and take dad's cloak and the map.

Once I'm under the cloak and making my way down to the Great Hall I take out the map

'I solemly swear that I am up to no good.' I whisper and point my wand at the parchment and immediately look for Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny and my boys. I find them all sat at the Gryffindor table for dinner, along with everyone else, minus about seven students. I quickly run down to the Hall and listen to there conversation.

'Where is she? They were supposed to let her out today.' George says and Hermione sighs

'They were only going to let her out if she was well enough.'

'So you think she's still not better?' Harry says, his face dropping, as well as everyone's mood

'I can't believe we let this happen.' Fred says and everyone looks like they're about to cry, I can't believe I did this to them, I can't believe they care this much about me, and it's not there fault, it'll never be there fault.

I decide to boost their mood by making my entrance and flick my wand making fireworks go off, which grabs everyone's attention

I see the teachers glare at the twins, except Dumbledore, his twinkling eyes were following me around the room, he smirks and winks at me from behind his half-moon glasses

'It wasn't us we swear.' The twins say together

'If it wasn't you then who was it?' A Slytherin shouts and I decide to reveal myself 

'I think you'll find it was me!' I say from my spot on the window sill of one of the stained glass windows behind the teachers, lying back on the arch nonchalantly as everyone turned to look at me 

'Lottie?' Harry says, standing up from his place at the Gryffindor table, I grin at my younger brother 

'Surprise!' I say flinging my legs around so they were dangling by the floor then jump down and run towards him, him doing the same and we meet in the middle, the rest of the gang following soon after.

'We've missed you Lottie.' Ron says and I smile

'I've missed you all too.'

And I had, I truly had missed my crazy, messed up, perfectly unperfect family.