Watching the scenery rushing backward outside the window, Harry tightly gripped the letter in his hand, his fingers trembling slightly with excitement.
He had never longed so much for the homecoming train to reach its station quickly, just so he could confirm that what Sirius wrote in the letter wasn't just a fantasy born of his own desperate yearning.
Harry glanced across at Allie, who was reading with Hermione, and his bounding heart calmed just a little. He had noticed that Allie didn't seem quite as enthusiastic about Sirius as he was.
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