Melanie: "I'm fine, Evan," she said seriously. "Nothing's your fault. And for the record, Georgie, you two were the ones getting into trouble." It was true. Every once in a while Melanie would help with a prank, but, for the most part, she was the sweet, kind, loving girl who was very careful not to hurt anyone. "I know." For the first time she thought about why this hurt her so much. The past night, vivid memories had been brought back of the four years between her mother's death and arrival at Hogwarts school. These were the years when she'd had no one to count on, no one to love her and make sure she was all right. The pain she had suffered there was unforgettable. During her summers after the return of Voldemort, she had been forced to watch he relatives bring muggles in the house and kill them in front of her. Although this didn't happen often, she wouldn't have gotten through it without her Hogwarts family. And the day she was sent the package of her father's things, it had been Christi who noticed something was wrong first. She knew what Georgie meant by needing each other to get through it.
She felt betrayal and a strange sense of loss. She remembered when Evan had left, and though she'd tried to get on, she couldn't produce a full patronus. If she lost him again she didn't know what would happen. It truly felt like the war again, in which every aspect terrified her due to knowing what it was like from death eater's perspective. Every time someone was killed, she knew how heartless and excited the murderers would be. She knew the fear of the victims, because she'd seen it. She loved both of them as friends, and Evan more as a sibling. If they wanted to be together, she would let them, because of her love. But she couldn't tell them truthfully it wouldn't hurt her. She could lie and pretend, but when life chanced so drastically nothing could stay the same. She knew that more than anyone.
OOC: Okay, it's long, disorganized, and I think
it has things I've already mentioned about her, but I think that's why. It took me a while to piece it together.
Edit: I'm sitting in the back of my friend's car trying to figure this out, and everyone is asking me if I'm okay! Lol I guess the pain Mel's feeling
showed on my face.