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Ellie frowned as Draven talked about his friend that had recently passed too. She knew how he felt though. Ellie's father was her best friend. She was never social as a child and sought out friendship through her dad. She nodded. "Yes. It is tough, I won't deny that. But it's also a great learning experience. I learned to become more independant because of my situation with my mother." She said.
Draven's words made Ellie happy. "Thank you very much, Draven. That means a lot to me. There's not many people out there that offer to listen to their so-called friends sad stories. And you know you can always count on me too! I'm always here for ya!" She said, smiling at her friend.
Ellie was right about it all being a learning experience. For the first year and a half after Sven's death Draven was pretty much lost and unconsolable. But it also made him tougher albeit sometimes angry when bad things happened to people he cared about. But he was learning to deal with it much better and could see how much it had made Ellie the kind of person who she was now.
"Well, i think your doing a great job Ellie. And I think your dad would be very proud of you" he said smiling.
"But just so you know, if you ever want to come stay with me and my parents over the summer in Ashbourne your more than welcome. They would love to have you as they are very friendly people" he said sincerely.
He hated the fact that she was alone outside of Hogwarts so if he could help out in anyway he would. He smiled as she said he could count on her anytime he needed which he totally believed. She was a very sweet and one of the closest friends he had made at Hogwarts.
"Thanks Ellie, that really means a lot to me. It really does".