"Mum, mum, it's fine." He says, outside King's Cross. He knows that there's going to be a crowd when he gets in there. His Star Wars shirt is almost too short. He shot up a good seven inches over the summer, and now he dwarfs his mother.
"I don't like you going by yourself." Megan Bridgeport tells her youngest, huffing. She doesn't like that she can't cross the barrier to see him off on the train to his wizarding school. She crosses her arms. "And you're going to be gone so long, and all I'll have is an owl to assure me you're okay." Really, what school doesn't allow email? Or a phone call? Or portables??
Declan smiles and wraps his arms around his now-shorter mother. "I'll be okay, mum. The worst that will happen is Dais kicking me in the shin." He promises her. On top of his school trunk, his cat, Midnight, lets out a cry. "Alright, Midnight, we're going." He promises the cat. "I promise, Mum, it'll be okay."
She sighs and hugs him tight. "You've got your money, right? And you packed your physics book? I can send you the latest one in a month, after Amazon delivers it."
He nods, absently, taking his messenger bag and putting that over his head. "Thanks mum. I'd better go." Another hug and a few promises to write with Jareth delivering the letters, and he disappears into the station. He wishes he had his portable to text Dais, but no, the school doesn't allow them, and they don't work in Hogwarts anyway.
"Come on Midnight." He says, running through the barrier at Platform 9 3/4. The cat hisses, not liking the magical barrier one bit. But, she settles down once the clamoring and loud noises of the platform surrounds them. He's not far from the barrier when he sees a familiar brunette. "Dais!" He calls, pushing his trolley over to her. "Hey Dais, how horrible was... woah." She does not look like she did when she went to America. Not at all.
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"I don't like you going by yourself." Megan Bridgeport tells her youngest, huffing. She doesn't like that she can't cross the barrier to see him off on the train to his wizarding school. She crosses her arms. "And you're going to be gone so long, and all I'll have is an owl to assure me you're okay." Really, what school doesn't allow email? Or a phone call? Or portables??
Declan smiles and wraps his arms around his now-shorter mother. "I'll be okay, mum. The worst that will happen is Dais kicking me in the shin." He promises her. On top of his school trunk, his cat, Midnight, lets out a cry. "Alright, Midnight, we're going." He promises the cat. "I promise, Mum, it'll be okay."
She sighs and hugs him tight. "You've got your money, right? And you packed your physics book? I can send you the latest one in a month, after Amazon delivers it."
He nods, absently, taking his messenger bag and putting that over his head. "Thanks mum. I'd better go." Another hug and a few promises to write with Jareth delivering the letters, and he disappears into the station. He wishes he had his portable to text Dais, but no, the school doesn't allow them, and they don't work in Hogwarts anyway.
"Come on Midnight." He says, running through the barrier at Platform 9 3/4. The cat hisses, not liking the magical barrier one bit. But, she settles down once the clamoring and loud noises of the platform surrounds them. He's not far from the barrier when he sees a familiar brunette. "Dais!" He calls, pushing his trolley over to her. "Hey Dais, how horrible was... woah." She does not look like she did when she went to America. Not at all.