Noelle shook her head. "I couldn't go... I couldn't leave my family." Despite them not being the most warm family the last couple months, they were still her family. "He didn't know if he would be returning to Hogwarts." Noelle told Hope and bowed her head.

She gave a shaky breath. This was hard okay? Sabbie was her best friend. Her favorite person. And now... He was just... Leaving her. She couldn't blame him. He was going to be with his family and find his father. But she wanted to blame him. She wanted to be mad and throw a fit.

But she didn't.

Noelle looked up at her cousin and gave a half-hearted smile. "Hes doing what he loves. He will be with his family. He plans on finding his dad. All good things. I wouldn't want him to stay because of me. That's selfish. " Boy, Noelle had done a lot of growing up her first year at Hogwarts.