Picking up where we left off!

He was back, he honestly didn't know why he was back or what he was even doing in London, but one thing told him that he knew why he was. Sam been gone on a mission Rivah sent him and a couple of his fellow workers on that lasted longer than any of them thought it would. Although it was quite fun, and Sam it made forget about the things he left behind he knew he had to come back and face reality. Reality was something he didn't like, he didn't like this stupid marriage law nor did he like the fact that he had to get married to a complete stranger. Besides, there was someone else that he liked, no more love and that was Hitame Higurashi.

Yes he was falling in love with the fifteen year old Gryffindors girl who wanted to shut the whole world out at times! He didn't know what it was about her, but every time he was around her he felt complete. It was a weird and odd feeling that he never felt before, but all he knew that he needed her. Sam wondered if she would be made for him disappearing on her, but then again Ryo probably told her they had to go for a mission Rivah sent them on. Sometimes Sam didn't know how his friend Ryo did what he did, he was a Spirit Specialist but he still had time to be a father to Ciara and an husband to Maura!

Pushing the thoughts out of his head he walked through the crowded street of Hogsmeade heading towards the Three Broomsticks to see if Hitame was there. She usually was there or in Honeydukes one of the two! Walking through the crowd pub, Sam headed towards the bar before giving the barmaid a soft warm smile. " Can I have a butterbeer please?"Sam asked her softly as she nodded. Getting his money out he set it on the counter. " Thank you, keep the rest as a tip! " said Sam before winking at her.

Looking around the crowded place, Sam emerald eyes looked around until he saw the familiar Gryffindor girl face that he was look for. Smiling to himself, he walked quietly over towards her before placing one over her eyes as the other held his butterbeer. " Guess who?"Sam asked her in a voice that was deeper than his. Sam had the ability to make his voice deeper without magic, it was something he learned over the years. With his hand over her eyes, Sam tired not to laugh.

She had to admit that she was glad the summer was here. But there were two things that kept her from being as happy as she should be about it. One was the fact that Anastasia might be alone most of the summer because her siblings and parents are probably going to be too busy to pay much attention to her. The girl couldn't allow that to happen, it wouldn't be fair to her younger friend. She would just have to make sure that she invited her to go out some times.

The second thing was something more personal, more in a romantic way. It was Sam. Hitame knew that Sam and Ryo had been on a mission that Rivah had sent them on since they were both Spirit Specialists and she needed them to go but she wished that instead of Ryo telling everyone, Sam would have told her himself. She would have liked to say goodbye to him at least. She was a little mad about it.

She knew that she shouldn't be though. There was nothing he could do about it and it was wrong of her to be angry at him over something he didn't have much control over. It wasn't his fault that he was a good worker, or that he was Ryo's partner in these things. Great Hitame. Now you're going to start blaming one of your best friends for this. It wasn't Ryo's fault either, their boss just wanted them to go on that assignment.

The worst part about it all was that she didn't know when they would be getting back. They had already been gone for a longer period of time than Ryo had originally told them they would be gone. Hitame hadn't had much time to talk to Maura either, so she didn't know if the Hufflepuff knew anything else. She figured that it didn't do her any good in just sitting around and moping about it. So she decided to go to Hogsmeade, she needed something to do since exams were over and no one really wanted to do anything else since the school was just about closing.

The young Gryffindor had entered the Three Broomsticks about an hour or so before Sam had arrived and she had been looking out the window, blanked out, when she suddenly felt a hand over her eyes. A deep voice spoke to her and she stiffened because she didn't recognize it. Her first thought, for some reason, was that it was Alex and she turned to punch him but she caught a glimpse of Sam just in time to stop herself and her eyes brightened. "Sam!" she exclaimed and jumped up to hug him.

Sam chuckled as she almost hit him.  " Whoa! Easy there! " said Sam softly before before chuckling as she hugged him.  " Oh think you could just hug me after almost hitting me?"Sam asked her in a teasing voice.  " Sorry. ..if I scared you,  if you knew that it was me, what's the point of guessing? "Sam asked her smiling.   " So...I'm guessing that you missed me,  you almost tackled me to the ground when you saw me!"said Sam chuckling before he wrapped his arms around her hugging her.  " I hope you're not angry at me for not saying bye to you. " said Sam softly.

" I would of said bye to you,  but I couldn't Rivah wanted us there right there and then. " said Sam shaking his head remembering how it went.  It was a rushed mission,  there wasn't a lot of explaining,  but he knew one thing for sure, he was glad to be back home.   " I don't even get how Ryo was able to tell you what happened cause it happened so suddenly! "said Sam honestly.   " So please don't be angry at me if you are,  I would of said bye if I could. " said Sam softly but honestly.   " I missed you. " said Sam before he kissed her softly on the lips.

" So...what do you want to do today?  I'm all yours! "said Sam smiling at her.   " We'll do whatever you want to do."said Sam softly but honestly.   " So...how  did your OWLs go?"Sam asked her curiously before taking a drink of his butterbeer. " I hated the fifth year,  spent all year studying for those exams and didn't have any fun! "said Sam pouting as he remembered that year.   "Fifth year was a boring year for me,  but the last two were fun! "said Sam honestly.

Although the time that Sam was in Hogswarts, he didn't have to worry about this stupid marriage law. He felt bad for Hitame and other students who had two more years of studying to do, they didn't have time for marriage and having kids! When he went to Hogwarts, he didn't have anything to worry about doing his homework and making good grades! Those were the old ole days in Sam's opinion, but the truth was, it wasn't that long ago. Weird how things can change in the blink of an eye or just by the end of the day.