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Lady of the Lake 
Was that disgust that Ari saw on Gwen's face when she looked at the diary? 'You don't mind it's pink, do you?' That sounded too harsh, yet not even close to the things Gwen was later subjected to. The whole loooove story. Ahem.
'What can I do for you?' Ariadne replied, concerned. Her bestie had a headache! This was a serious matter! Not quite life and death, but close enough. Maybe she should shut up for a moment or two. As soon as she got Gwen's promise to talk to Jory, of course.
Although it was still pretty quiet, the Gryffindor could hear Gwendolyn's middle name clearly this time. 'That's not so bad.' Really. Harriet was nothing compared to all those grandma names like Agatha and Ruth. No offence to people unlucky enough to be named like that...
Now it was Ari's turn to develop a headache. WHAT did Gwen just say? 'Err. Ok. You don't have a crush. Just leave it at that.' the fifth year concluded. She was confuseeeeeed.
'Seriously? You'll do it?' Ari was amazed. It didn't take as long as she'd envisioned to convince Gwen. 'I'm sure he'll tell you. Jory is not the secretive type. And he likes you just fine.' There was no problem anymore. Gwen would help! No problem for Ari, that is.
As a thank you, the girl finally decided to close the subject and move to a friendlier territory. 'So what did you think of the potions book? Anything useful in there?'
Errr. Did she mind that the diary was bright pink?
‘Of course not’, Gwendolyn said doubtfully. Though…the thing was too interesting for her to complain about its colour.
Hmm. So 3…3…6… interesting combination of letters. Gwen was still examining the pages when Ari was talking about Jory, but she eventually placed the diary to the side. She will have enough time at Hogwarts.
Gwen just raised an eyebrow at her friend, who didn’t get the thing about the headache.
‘I’ll be fine’, the fifth year chuckled, actually surprised that Ari hadn’t figured it out that the love story was what was making her sick.
I don’t even need any Glover Hipworth potions. Seriously. She was going to be fine… if and only
IF her bestie would stop talking about Jory.
After assuring her friend that she was fine, Gwen remained silent. It was only a moment later that she decided to tell her the middle name.
‘Do explain to me how it isn’t terrible, Marchbanks’ Because honestly…it was a terrible middle name. Hmph.
So she really did manage to make Ari all confused.
Lovely, the Ravenclaw told herself and showed a small grin.
‘Just what I was suggesting’ To just leave it like that. Good. So this would mean the worst topics of conversation were over?
Not really.
It looked like Gwen had totally forgotten about having to find out what Jory thought. Couldn’t she just use Veritaserum?She might have exaggerated with this one.
Mehhh. ‘Right’, she said, one again doubtfully. She couldn’t believe that Jory would actually tell her just like that.
‘But…’, she still tried to find an excuse not to do it.There was nothing else she could find to refuse.
‘Fine’, she finally said. She would do it.
Suddenly, Ari seemed to be back to her normal self. And has also picked a normal topic. The potions book.
‘It’s really interesting. It contains a lot of information that you wouldn’t come across in most of the books’ Like explanations about why the person who brewed the potion decided to use certain ingredients, or why it failed the first times.
‘Plus, I can’t wait to try brewing some of them’, she said with the brightest grin. Ah. She already missed the Potions Laboratory. That was one place where you could just mind your own business without being disturbed by stupid people.
After a short pause, Gwen continued talking.
‘I think the Potions OWL is the one I’m least worried about. I mean… I don’t even think I’m concerned at all’, the fifth year told her bestie.
‘Not something I could say about Divination’ Bleh. ‘I do not posses the Inner Eye or whatever you are supposed to have’ Pft. Please. Open you inner eye to see into the future. Bahaha. Funny. Good one. ‘Even without that, I can predict I could end up with Troll in Divination’ She was, of course, referring to the OWLs. Though… she really had to try and understand what that whole subject was about. After all, she couldn’t accept failure. No. Most certainly not.
But then… something crossed her mind. Gwendolyn looked a bit suspiciously at her friend.
‘Ari?’, she tried to get the girl’s attention.
‘Are you any good in Divination?’ She had been willing to find someone to study with. She already made a deal with Jory, that she would help him with Arithmancy, and he would help her with Muggle Studies. Hmm. And Nora... But the Slytherin girl seemed to be even more lost when it came to Divination than Gwen.