Leaning her head against Fi, Aud smiled. "I'm glad, too." This break had been one of the worst. Her bad mood over the Sam and Alfie debacles had been intensified by the grumpiness she always fell into whenever she was home for too long. On their one trip into downtown Carmarthen, Gemma had made a snide comment about a pair of girls walking down the street holding hands and Aud's mood had dropped down to an all time low from which it was only now recovering. "I wish I could've stayed here. But I would've missed Christmas at home too much. Plus, I bet the castle's well weird when everyone's away."