As Susie saw Larry appear in the doorway, she ran and hugged him lovingly with all the eagerness and love that one would expect from a woman who hasn'...t seen her husband for many weeks. Their kiss made everyone watching jealous and envious that they weren't getting the same sort of openly sexy and hungry welcome home from their spouse or lover.As soon as Larry retrieved his baggage, Susie explained that she and Tom thought he might want to take a much-needed nap in a nearby hotel room after his. I want a simple pasta.” He untied me. I had cooked for him before. With the leash dangling, and still naked, I stir fried the shrimp in garlic and butter, added some chicken broth and seasoning and put the whole thing over some cooked angel hair. I set his place in his dining room. He told me to sit in the chair beside him. I was not to eat. He read the paper as he ate. He ignored me. It was growing late and I was really beginning to worry. When he finished, after some time, he pushed. A bit over a year had past since that battle and the school, which had been heavy rebuild after the battle, was about to reopen this fall. He was happy to return to the school, hopefully for a year when nobody would try to kill him. He grabbed a picture from the table next to the lounge chair in the library and looked at it. Three young women were waving on it. Ginny, Hermione and Luna had spent the last month travelling America together. Harry himself had spent a few weeks in Ireland, staying. Her brother was answering her call, not the mysterious and creepy alter ego. She let the tension ease from her shoulders, and closed her eyes, smiling softly as Michael tugged gently through a few of the knots in her damp hair. Her brother was still here, with her, and he was alive and well. Somehow, too, she was certain that he had been a big part of making sure she awoke. He loved her as much as she did him…and if he did not himself hit the controll panel to awaken her, then he had bargained.