"There were a few others there too," Scorpius shrugged. He liked to read when he could find the time but he rarely had time.
Now Scorpius looked down, feeling a bit guilty over pulling the guilt with his father. "I was trying to find you," he admitted. "Grandmother is punishing me for those events with extra shifts at Hogwarts. I just want her to leave my training alone." That was a minor detail, all things considered. He just wanted his father home, especially if he got worse.
"They itch - all the time. Really they are disgusting but I'm sure that is only the beginning. The others are the same, I think. We are all pretending that we are well." He had a rough time pretending that but it seemed that James and Dylan were doing better. There were times when he saw them, he had a hard time believing they were sick at all.