Irial stared, that's all he could do. Everything that had happened in the past few days just vanished. The detention, the flooded dungeons, the fiasco at the Whomping Willow, even the water fight with Rhea down at the gardens today. It all vanished when he looked at her.

He stepped closer to Caitlin, and, knowing that he must have looked incredibly stupid standing there, he took her in his arms and hugged her tightly, planting a kiss to her forehead. "Caitlin," he murmured, not paying any attention to anyone that may have been watching.

"I thought I'd never see you again...I've been back since the start of term..Travis said you'd gone..." he was rambling, but he didn't care. "Oh, Caitlin I missed you so much."