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Ginny could tell that Courtney was changing, completely. She didn't have any more make-up. Now she was different which, Ginny was glad about. She had only be at Hogwarts for a little while so she had to understand her. "Some people don't have any parents or family and they can just be an orphin", she told Courtney.
Ginny half-smiled at Courtney. "Well... I was going to ask you before but I didn't know if should of or not. I was waiting for you to tell me if you ever wanted too", she answered her. She now knew Courtney was different. It must of been something that Bradin could of told her.
"I'd be mad if people who knew him weren't proud of him. He was always a courageous and loving person and that's how I'll remember him", she repiled to Courtney. Ginny who was gazing at the Whomping Willow, felt Courtney out her shoulder on her's. "I'm glad that we've got each other because I don't know what I could of done without all of your support", she said.
Courtney's attention was suddenly drawn to what Ginny was saying. Just the thought of it brought her to tears. Obviously Ginny didn't know that she
was an orphan at one point. But her parents had taken her back again. Her life was horrible. But now it was different. Now she had friends. Now she wasn't a cast out. But she was still a castaway. Maybe not cast out from the rest but her parents frequently shipped her off somewhere else without them just to get rid of her. And that was an orphans life. She was still fragile from her past but she still had family members that cared. She was at Hogwarts because of her parents not wanting her at home and Uncle Marcus couldn't take care of her at the present time.
"I know what those people feel like. Living a life like that is terrible, I've had my fair share of experiences and it's not pleasent to talk about. Anyone who can do that to a child is just sad" she said. Yes, she'd just called her own parents sad but she didn't care.
Court wiped away the tears that were falling from the memories that had just flooded back and half-smiled at Ginny.
"If you ever want to know something, don't hesitate to ask. I won't bite" she told Ginny with a slight giggle. Maybe she wouldn't.
Her smile detetiorated a lot at the mention of people
not being proud of her deceased cousin. It was horrible to think about.
"There's only a few people that aren't proud of him. Uncle Alex, Aunt Lexi and my parents" she told Ginny. And she hated them all for it. Bradin was a success story in many ways if not his death. Alex was the success story in that. He'd successfully murdered Bradin Westerly and he didn't have a shred of respect for him. Court looked down at the floor as tears flowed even more this time at the distant memory of her cousin. She missed him so much. She was crying uncontrollably and was so not accepting that he was gone for good.
"I'm sorry, it's just..........I really miss him" she told Ginny still looked at the floor and watching her tears form the pattern of a heart on the grass. And inside the heart was a message that she obviously wasn't writing. Neither was Ginny. It was a different type of magic. A type of magic she'd never encountered before. A type of magic she knew she'd grow to love.