And it was time for a snack. Zhenya slowly made her way to the food trolley. What did she feel like? Savoury or sweet? She couldn't decide, as she looked through the products up for sale.

She had some coins in her hand, enough to buy one or two things. Perhaps a pumpkin pasty and a chocolate frog? Or... some pumpkin juice and a Liquorice wand?

FOOD!

It was only logical that the Hufflepuff named Aditya Rehman was soon find himself at the Food Trolley. "It's not even ten minutes since we've been on the Train,'' he mused to Guster the toad, who was still perched on his shoulder. But he needed Chocolate Frogs. It was going to be a looooong summer ahead, after all.

Adi noticed Zhenya the moment the Trolley came into view. He felt a pang of sad inside him when he realised this was her last ride on the Hogwarts Express. There was another pang when he remembered she wouldn't be there next term.

"Heya, fart buddy!'' He was being cheery as usual. Why? Because Zhenya would already be feeling sad and Adi was not going to make this anymore difficult for her. "What ya getting from the Trolley? It's going to be my treat.'' Cue the grin!

Zhenya had almost decided on what she was going to say, and was just about ready to order, when someone spoke. Zhenya looked around and saw Adi, a big grin spreading right across her face. "Hi Adi," she laughed, and turned to give him a hug.

"I don't know... I was thinking of a pumpkin pasty and a chocolate frog. How about you?" she asked, still looking at the items on the trolley. No, yes, she was going to get that. And then Adi offered to pay. Zhenya wanted to say no, but maybe Adi was offering because he knew she was leaving. So she just smiled and said "Thanks Adi."

"What are you getting up to during the holidays?" Zhenya asked him. She was sure he would have lots of plans over the summer. "If you're free at some stage, we should catch up. Have some Ice Cream or something."

Hugs! These were something Adi LIVED for! He happily reached back to return Zhenya's hug, squishing her as usual. "Don't graduate,'' he said, without realising he had said it. Gosh, he needed to stop being selfish when it involved his friends. "I'm kidding. Sort of.'' He grinned as he released her.

"Chocolate Frogs for me!'' He got a healthy stack of those for himself then passed a few and some pasties to his friend. "It's not a problem. So, what are your plans for the summer, Miss Healer?'' Catch up? This sounded AWESOMEEE! "Of course! Just owl me when you're ready.'' Merlin knew he would not ignore an owl from her. "I'm just hanging around. I might be going to Norway to Ilia's family's creature reserve.'' He was looking forward to that.

Adi's hug was comforting, and Zhenya felt a bit better after it.

Zhenya smiled sadly when Adi asked her not to graduate. "You know... I would stay back if I could. I feel sadder than I thought I would." She rubbed her forehead. "Well it's your last year next year. Are you trying not to think about that? I was too focused on NEWTs at the start of the year I didn't even think much about the fact that it would be my last."

Zhenya accepted the pasties and chocolate frogs with a big grin. "Thanks... again," she said, then let out a small laugh. Miss healer? That got a big smile. "Healing, of course." She laughed. "Um... I don't know, not much really. Trying to catch up with people before they go back to Hogwarts. I want to spend some time with Teddy and Ava. They're coming next year. And probably start looking for a job, or a course to get into. Thinking of doing a Potions class. I don't think I want to go straight into the Healing course, I only just finished NEWTs I don't think I can jump right into something like that again."

Zhenya nodded, "Awesome! I'll probably try and go with Teddy and Ava when they get their school things, but I'll be close to Diagon Alley anyway. I'll probably send you lots of letters." It would be weird suddenly not writing things down, so she'd probably be writing loads of letters.

Zhenya raised her eyebrows, impressed. "I didn't know Ilia's family had a creatures reserve. And in Norway? That's so cool! Do they have dragons?" she asked.