till forever falls apart{chapter 8}{f.w. x oc}
Chapter 8:
The winter holidays came and went. The Weasleyâs stayed at Hogwarts that Christmas, but Jordyn went home. On Christmas morning, Jordyn was surprised to find a package delivered by an owl from Molly.
Dear Jordyn,
Fred told me about his scarf that got ruined by the weather last quidditch game, so I made you a replacement.Â
Happy Christmas, love,Â
Molly Weasley
Jordyn pulled out a gold and red scarf from the package. She threw it over her shoulders and wrapped it around her body. A familiar smell of vanilla and fire mixed together and lingered on the scarf, a smell she found herself sensing often when around the Weasley children.Â
âWhoâs that from?â Mrs. Marchbanks asked.
âItâs from Mrs. Weasley, Fred and Georgeâs mum,âÂ
âWell isnât that nice of her, weâll have to do something in return.â
âI think sheâd like that. We could knit her something this summer, and you could help me!â Jordyn suggested.
âI love that idea,â
Jordyn returned to Hogwarts the first week of January. After returning, it felt like the next months of school rushed together. Nights were spent until the closing minutes of the library, trying to help the twins study, but neither of them focused enough. She also helped Cedric study, which was much easier than helping the twins, since he actually wanted to do well on his O.W.L.S. Jordyn found herself spending a lot more time with her roommates than she ever had in the years before, gossiping about boys, Lissie and Savannah trying to find out which Weasley twin was which and which one Jordyn liked, but she didnât tell anyone. She hadnât even come to terms with herself about falling head over heels for Fred. In the Gryffindor common room, there was another break in by Sirius Black, and Jordyn had her recurring nightmare once more, before Cedric got her more dreamless sleeping potion. Gryffindor won the Quidditch cup, leading to a nightmare party, where Jordyn experienced a drunk Fred and George for the first time.Â
One night in the common room, with Cedric and Jordyn studying, Cedric broke the silence in the room.
âDad got tickets to the Quidditch World Cup,â he started.
âWhat is that exactly?â Jordyn asked.
âItâs a quidditch match that happens every four years against worldwide quidditch teams. This year is Ireland versus Bulgaria!â
âOh so itâs like the Olympics!â
âThe what?â
âIâll explain later. Get on with the world cup.â
âAnd mum isnât exactly the quidditch watching type, and dadâs got an extra ticket, so would you like to come with the two of us?â Cedric asked.
âI would love to! Thatâs so exciting!â
O.W.L.S came and went, and school was coming to an end. Jordyn couldnât wait for the summer.Â
âMs. Marchbanks, Ms. Marchbanks, wake up.âÂ
Jordyn woke up to Professor Sprout shaking her.
âWhatâs wrong?â
âProfessor Dumbledore requested your presence, come with me.â
Jordynâs stomach dropped. She got up from her bed and followed Sprout to Dumbledoreâs office, where he sat by himself, with a phoenix in his office.
âAh, Ms. Marchbanks, Iâm sorry to bother you this late, but we received a letter from your mother, somehow, I assume you have an owl that visits often. Besides the point,â
He handed her the letter. Jordynâs hands trembled as she opened it.
Jordyn,
Hi love. I hate to tell you this news over a letter, but it couldnât wait another week or so until you got home.Â
Your father got into a car crash this morning, Iâm so sorry, but heâs
Jordyn didnât finish the letter. She felt her legs give out from underneath her. She started to cry, trying to keep it silent as she fell to the ground.
âIâm sorry for your loss, Ms. Marchbanks. If you would like, we can send you home now.â Dumbledore said.
âPlease,â was all Jordyn could say.
Sprout helped her up and they went back to the common room, where she packed all her things and wrote quick letters to Cedric and the twins.Â
Dumbledore and many of the other professors met Jordyn and Sprout at the Great Hall. Jordyn had left her note for Cedric on her roommates trunk, along with a smaller note for them so they would give it to him. She then asked Professor McGonnagall to give her letter to the twins.
That night became blocked out from her memory. She didnât remember getting back home, she must have been asleep most of the way, but she remembered hugging her mom when she got to Kings Cross Station and the two cried together. When they got to their house, they sat on the couch and cried some more.Â
There were things left to Jordyn, such as her dadâs guitars. He had so many, and she didnât know how to keep them all. There was a note from him as well, reflecting on how special she was and how he couldnât be more proud of her. She wondered when he wrote it and when he had planned on giving it to her, itâs not like he could have known this would happen.Â
Cedric and the twins came to the funeral. She couldnât have been more grateful for them at a time like this. Cedric left that night, but Molly allowed the twins to stay over. They did what they normally did: watched old movies and listened to records, and they sat together, letting Jordyn cry as her dadâs favorite songs played.
The next morning when they left, she gave them both a guitar.
âJordyn, we canât take these.â George said.
âPlease, my dad would have wanted it. Plus, I have so many more. I know you guys wanted some, so, please take them.â
âOf course,â Fred said.
She didnât plan on seeing them again until the school year. She just wanted to be with her mom until the Quidditch World Cup came along. She spent most of her days knitting a scarf for Molly to have for Christmas. She wrote letters to her friends, and this time it included her roommates, not just Cedric and the twins. Cedric had sent her the details of the World Cup, and as it neared the middle of August, Jordyn was already packed for the school year and the World Cup.










