Re: I know we haven't had these talks...TBD

**Faith Potter** Sun Jul 05, 2015 4:29 am

I looked down at my fathers hand on top of mine, my eyes widening slightly. I still wasn't used to being touched by anyone other than mum but I smiled up at dad. "But he didn't have mum or you growing up. I'm just a buffer." I replied simply, hoping that Evan wouldn't take too much longer with mum. "I just want to make sure he's okay."

**James Potter** Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:22 am

I smiled reassuringly at Faith. "He's in there with your mum... he's fine," I assured her. "And don't belittle yourself to being just the buffer, Faith. You are far more than that."

**Faith Potter** Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:40 am

I looked back down, not able to look at my dad as he spoke, wishing that Evan would hurry up. "I know he's okay." I replied simply, debating what to say next. "I just want to help him fit in. We lost each other for so long." Tears started stinging my eyes but I forced them back before I was able to look up. "I don't want to lose him again. I just want him to feel like he belongs." I couldn't explain my reasoning to anyone but I knew that Evan was having a hard time because of everything Peter told him about dad but I didn't want something to happen that would cause Evan to want to leave and never come back. I couldn't watching him be taken away again, even if this time, it was his choice.

**James Potter** Tue Sep 08, 2015 2:28 pm

Her pain made me ache. I understood that pain. They all had been taken from me... we all were lost from each other for a very long time. "You won't lose him again... or any of us," I assured her, though I could not guarantee that something would not try to tear us apart. "I'm not going to let anything tear this family away from each other again." I looked at faith and then towards my eldest. I knew that there was a lot of things that had happened while we were... trapped. But I was not going to lose any of them because of anything less than death.

**Harry J. Potter** Tue Sep 15, 2015 4:24 am

Looking around the house as Evan spoke with mum in the kitchen. If he's leaving it may help Ginny relax a little. Smiling slightly as Dad and Faith had a chat. I ate my dessert trying to help Ginny as I took her hand and squeezed it.

**James Potter** Tue Sep 15, 2015 6:47 am

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "I think we need to stop talking and acting so glum," I suggested. I knew that was a lot easier said than done, but I had to try my best. Unfortunately, once Evan would be gone, it would be a decent evening again. I needed to find a way to get my family past that, but how? Evan was nothing like any Potter in the family. and that was because of Peter.

**Lily M. Evans Potter** Thu Sep 24, 2015 11:31 am

Evan Potter wrote:I nodded at Faith. "Stay in here for a minute," I said to Faith, hoping that she would stay after I left. "Unless you're going to say goodbye to Mum, too." I did not want my twin to leave with me just because I was the one causing everything bad in this family. I avoided eye contact with Harry and Ginny while I walked around the table to go into the kitchen. I tapped lightly on the molding of door frame before walking into the room. "I'm sorry if I ruined the night," I said to her quietly, only letting her hear the sadness in my voice. It was not necessarily my fault -- but just because I was told to do certain things in a threatening way by Peter, I sitll had to own up to those actions. I should have been more like Mum -- strong enough to power through the threats and to deal with them somehow other than to succumb to them.

I nodded to my son as I smiled, " You didn't ruin the night Evan. You don't have to leave. You know that." I pointed out to him as I didn't want him to feel like the odd man out because it was my fault that I didn't fight Peter well enough for my son. " I am so sorry..." I said as tears clouded my eyes as I briskly walked over to him as I pulled him into a hug.

**Evan Potter** Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:20 pm

I swallowed hard and hugged my mum back. "I know I don't have to go," I said to her, trying to sound indifferent in a manner of speaking. "I think it's best, though..." I did not want to upset my mum, but I also did not want to make things worse for the family, either.

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