Okay, so. Maybe my parents' divorce affected me more than I let on. But I was SIX when it happened mind you. I didn't even know what had happened. I never saw Zane Sense again. Well, my father but Mother forbade me from calling him that so... Zane Sense it is. My mouth was still reeling from the disgusting muggle alcohol that'd been forced down my throat. What was even in that?! And where did Juan, a wizard, get MUGGLE alcohol? I avoided the thing that made Zane Sense disappear from my life. Not only was I underage, I didn't want to end up like Zane. I did still wonder what happened to Zane after he left. Did his drinking problem disappear? Did he get help? Mother would not like me thinking this. I tried to clear my head of Zane. I glanced at the ceiling. "Sullivan you've been staring into space for the past few minutes, you good?" I glanced at Oliver and Alder's words flashed in my head.

"No, I'm not... I'm thinking about my father..." He stared at me.

"Oh? Why would thinking about him be not okay?" I sighed and looked away. Oliver kinked his head like a dog.

"My mother would disapprove..." I murmured not meeting his gaze. Oliver continued staring at me, curious.

"Why'd she-"

"BECAUSE THEY'RE DIVORCED AND SHE WANTS NOTHING TO WITH HIM!" I blurted out. Oliver's eyes widened. I turned around. "That's not a thing I tell a lot of people, Oliver... i-it happened a long time ago... you're the second person I've told about it..."

"Sullivan, I never knew..."

"You and the whole school basically... Alder knows... he knew before we even started dating..."

"How did this happen?"

"I-I don't like to talk about it...." I turned back around. "Alder says I should tell people but it's just... hard." He looked up at me, his expression indecipherable. "Just... don't tell anyone else, please?" I felt bad adding yet another secret to be kept secret on the grounds of Hogwarts but... I didn't want the whole school to know I was still being eaten alive by a divorce that happened nine years ago. You'd think I'd be over it by now.

"I won't... but..."

"Keep it SECRET, for me,pleaseee?" He frowned.

"I will, but... secrets have to come out eventually...." I stared at him.

"What do you mean?! Keep it SECRET! Please! I'd much prefer me telling the school myself but..."

"It's hard. Fine, I'll keep it secret." And lo, another secret on the grounds of Hogwarts. I should've called this 'Secrets' now that I think about it.

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"I told Oliver," I said.

"Good start, small steps," he replied and I smiled. We walked over to our beech tree, Sky darting between our legs. You thought I forgot about her didn't you? I didn't. How could forget about my 'child'? We sat down and our 'child' settled herself on Alder's lap. "Should we theorize on what turned Juan to alcohol?" I covered his mouth.

"Shh! Remember Juan wants us to keep secret the fact he's an alcoholic?" The word left a bad taste in my mouth. Alder must've picked up in my tone of voice I disliked that word.

"Sorry!" He said whispering. "Well, should we?" I looked down.

"Well... I'm not sure Juan'd approve.... but, yeah."

"Maybe he's depressed?" I stared at my boyfriend in shock.

"What a heavy first theory," I commented. "And why do you think he'd be depressed?" Alder looked at me.

"I don't know.... depressed people tend to be aggressive at times... and tend to turn to drugs...?"

"Have you fact checked that?"

"No..."

"Okay, my theory, he's depressed but also is bipolar, hence leading to more severe depression. But it also could be alcoholism that makes him have violent outbursts..?" Alder gave me a look.

"And I thought my theory was dark..." I turned to him.

"But that's just what they are, theories. There's not, like, a 100% chance they're actually true. And also... I haven't fact checked my theory either... heh!" We laughed a bit about our not-fact-checked theories never once thinking that they could possibly be true.