They say time heals everything. But I'm still waiting.

Nicole ignored Laurie's question, turning to Vena. "I'm sure you killing him would do the world a favor," she said. "And anyway, you wouldn't have to 'collect me' if he didn't put a limit on how long I can be gone. So really, don't go blaming me for it."

"If you didn't disapear, I wouldn't need to come and get you." Vena said with a sigh, twirling her wand about in her hand. "Anyway, come on. I have better things to be doing then to stand here bantering with you."

"I disappear because I don't want to put up with all of you idiots all the time," Nicole muttered. "And I don't think I want to leave yet. I'm catching up."

"Hey," Vena said with a raised eyebrow at the girl. "I'm not an idiot. Everyone else I wouldn't disagree with, half of them I'd be surprised if they could tell their right from their left. And catch up elsetime, we need to get back."

Nicole shrugged at Vena. "But I want to catch up now, since I've already started. Please. I sort of want to go see my mum....And then I'll be back. Promise."

Vena looked at her. "Yeah and I'm defiently going to let you do that. If you're going of visiting various relations I'm coming to to make sure they don't kidnap you back." She smiled slightly.

Nicole sighed. "Fine, you can come along I guess," she said, liking to think she had a choice in Vena coming, even though she knew she didn't.

"I'd be coming whether you wanted me to or not. You do realise that don't you?" Vena said rolling her eyes slightly but still smiling. "Laurie," She heard the elder of the other two people say. "We're going home. Now." "I'm not." The girl replied. "Laurie. Now." Laurie scowled. "I don't want to. I was tlaking to Nic here who I havn't seen for five years till you two appeared." She said, meaning Cassie and Vena. "I don't really care what you were doing," Vena said pleasantly. "You're leaving, now." "You can't make me." "Well really, I can."

"I quite think that Laurie isn't leaving just yet. I said I was catching up, and she's sort of needed to do so. Plus, I don't think I want to go to my mum's alone, even though Vena's coming too, it'd be awkward," Nicole said frowning.

Laurie smiled, it was kind of a smug smile and Vena rolled her eyes at her. "Fine," She said shortly. "But we going to your mother's now, and we're not going to be there long. I am not in the mood for pleasantries."

"I'm going to talk to my mother however long I effing want to," Nicole told Vena, scowling at her.

Vena raised an eyebrow. "You keep thinking that," She said.

Nicole frowned at her and said, "Well are we going or not?"

"I'm waiting foryou." Vena said with another eyeroll. "I'm guessing we're going to apperate there?"

"Well I'm waiting for Laurie since I don't actually remember where she lives anymore," Nicole said to Vena. She looked at her childhood friend. "Care to help out?"

Laurie blinked slightly and told the two girls her adress. She sighed walking over to her mum, who side along apperated them both back to their place. Cassie did not looked pleased. "Alright," Vena said. "Let's go." She grabbed Nicole's arm and apperated the both of them to the house. "You're not coming in." Cassie said after she let Nicole through. Vena raised an eyebrow at her. "Really?" She asked twirling her wand about in her hand. Cassie's eyes darted to it. "And are you going to stop me? Because last time I checked being bashed into a wall is not pleasant." Vena smiled at her. Cassie narrowed her eyes.

Nicole frowned once they came out of the Apparation. She had apparently inherited her mother's intolerance of the action, though not as much. She had walked in and turned around when she heard Vena and Cassie. "Honestly you two... I see much not getting along from you two..."

Vena's eyes twinkled, and she sidestepped around Cassie entering the house. Cassie growled entering after her and heading to the fireplace to call Lyssa. "Lyssa?" She called once she'd thrown the fire into it. "You there?" Vena sat on one of the chairs looking around the house, it was simple. She liked that. Small and simple, not full of pointless things and rooms.

Lyssa had a day off from work, so she was indeed home. She walked down the stairs from her room to the den where the fireplace was. "Yes, I'm here," she said, walking into Cassie's line of sight. "Why?"

"Laurie walked into Nicole when she was out earlier, so she's here. And someone I am presuming is a Death Eater and has been ignoring everything that I have been saying to her."

Laurie got herself a sandwhich, sitting on the bench and munching on it. She looked at Nicole who looked slightly awkward and the other person who Laurie had no idea who she was. Laurie kept glancing at the wand she was twirling about her hand. Expecting sparks to fly out of it and hit someone.

Severus heard the front door open and he supposed his mother was home. He sighed turning down his music and leaving his room. "Hey Mum, Laur." He glanced at the other two people who he had no idea who they were. One looked faintly familar but he had no idea where he had seen her before.

Vena glanced at the kid who had entered the room, he looked around ten and confused. He was glancing from Nicole to her obviously wondering who the two were. She wondered what Nicole's mum's reaction was going to be when she got there.

Nicole had taken a seat next to Laurie and was looking around slightly nervous. She hadn't seen her mum in ages, and she had a feeling this reunion was going to be incredibly awkward. Nic watched as Cassie Flooed her mum, biting her lip softly.

Lyssa looked at Cassie as if she'd suddenly grown two heads. "I'll be right over," she said.

Cassie nodded and withdrew out of the fireplace. "She says she'll be right over. Hello Sev." She glanced at the girl who she had no idea who she was. "If I was you I would rather not be here right now. As you're lot are the reason that she lost her daughter."

Vena snorted at her. "I'm not going anywhere," She said her eyes glinting. "Besides, I could disarm her before she knew what was happening."

Cassie rolled her eyes at the confidence of the girl, but she supposed that confidence was better then a lack of it. Though with Death Eaters that probably wasn't a good thing.

"Who'se going to be right over?" Severus asked stealing his sister's sandwich and taking a bite out of it. "Hey!" Laurie muttered annoyed. "Lyssa," Cassie answered.

Lyssa got her own Floo powder and tossed it in the fire place. She said her destination and soon found herself in Cassie's kitchen. Lyssa looked at all the people inhabiting the room, eyes resting on Nicole, who was looking back at her.

Nicole wasn't quite sure what to do now. So she finally just settled for a small and simple, "Hey mum...Long time no see." Then she tucked a bit of hair behind her ear. This was quite a bit more awkward than when she had ran into Laurie just a little while before.

Lyssa continued looking at Nicole, taking in the changes and such. Then she crossed the room and hugged her tightly.

On the other side of the room Laurie and Severus were still argueing over the sandwich which Severus had long since eaten. Laurie wanted him to make another one, which he wasn't doing. Cassie wasn't sure what to do, so she just sat down watching Lyssa and Nicole. Vena leaned against the wall with a sigh.

Lyssa finally let go of hugging Nicole, who had just sort of sat there and not hugged back. Then she noticed someone out of the corner of her eye. She looked at the person. "And you are?" she asked, guessing this was the Death Eater person Cassie had mentioned.