Flora's parents sounded perfect, Hesper thought. What would her own parents be like if they were still alive? Would her mother be friends with Flora's? She couldn't remember a great deal about either of her parents anymore, she remembered her mother being unwell but she wasn't sure if that was the plague or something else. Sometimes she felt it was unfair that people could have both parents while she had none at all.
"What's wrong?" Flora looked troubled suddenly. Had she somehow figured out that Hesper had lied (again) about the letter and was now upset about it? Perhaps she just found it uncomfortable now because she was an orphan, since coming to Hogwarts she'd found that there were people who seemed to care about it aside from her which she didn't really understand. True she had no parents but that didn't mean 'orphan' was her entire identity.
"What's wrong?" Flora looked troubled suddenly. Had she somehow figured out that Hesper had lied (again) about the letter and was now upset about it? Perhaps she just found it uncomfortable now because she was an orphan, since coming to Hogwarts she'd found that there were people who seemed to care about it aside from her which she didn't really understand. True she had no parents but that didn't mean 'orphan' was her entire identity.
