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|  Hmm, apparently we're being herded? Okay. xD So, I guess add Spike, Louisa and Max Shoe!Girl │ Rebel Ravie │ Confundus Queen │ RP Addict
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Originally Posted by Steelsheen  His gaze flitted quickly when Vivi nudged her head in Louisa's direction, gazing at the ginger gal a little longer than necessary before shifting his attention back to the blonde. Are they actually arguing about how deeply or not he understood her? "I know that you did it to keep yourself from continuing... whatever you felt caused me to react that way in the library... and believe me, I tried seeing it from your point of view. I read your letter so many times I can practically say it word for word, but do you understand what I'm trying to say?” he murmured, his voice dropping down to almost a whisper ”You chastised yourself for a fault, as noble as that may be, but have you ever considered that consequences of your own self-punishment has affected other people?... that you’ve applied the same punishment on me-- or whoever else you’ve cut yourself off to? I will tell you Vivi, that day in the library, you seeing me struggling... none of those were your fault, they're MY demons to deal with so stop-- and he trailed off. He turned his head away and grew silent trying to keep his pulse down, his insides starting to churn. Mouthing off that her attempts with making things better was actually making things worse for him wasnt going to help anybody....
.... specially if they're whispering convo seems to be taking the attention of everybody.
He felt her hand on his under the table, and his gaze returned to her face. He said nothing, but his eyes said it all--he will never forget that letter Genevieve Branxton. How could he, when despite the anguish it caused him, its whats given him the courage to sit there and talk to her... and is finally making him come to terms with his demons?
Suddenly it looked like Vivi fainted.. but not. Distracted, disoriented, desperately trying to feign normality, he peered over her just when she mumbles out the words She knows. He blinked back confused for a second, mumbling "Who kno--" and then it hit him....
.... his gaze flies to Louisa, and suddenly her lack of emotional response to his gift, her furtive glances at their direction started to make sense....
Beezus had that tone, Kendall was putting something on the table... none of those could shake the feeling like he’s been cast the body-bind spell and was twisting something invisible around his throat. He gaze at Louisa-- confused? afraid?... and unable to tear his eyes off her, he murmured to the blonde ”What exactly does she know?” Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin The chocolate frog suddenly sitting in front of her nose was so... genuine and unexpected and sweet that Vivi couldn't help but burst out laughing, a little choking burble of noise. She sat up and swiped at her face as she spun around and tugged Kendall into a hug. Ridiculous and sweet thing. "I'm fine. Just... lots of emotions in the Great Hall tonight. Everyone is leaving, and some of us aren't coming back."
Sort of true. True enough, at least. She released Kendall and tugged Beezus into a hug next. "He's innocent. I'm just being silly. Now then... let's go join the party." She nodded down the table to where Max and Louisa and Spike were sitting. This was beginning to be too much about her, and she would rather share the evening with her friends.
She leaned in to give him a hug too, since the girls had just received theirs, and her mouth pressed close to his ear. It was impossible to put his mind at ease, but if she could keep him from blundering about or saying something that would hurt himself or Louisa, then Vivi would offer all the help she could. "What I told you in the library, and about the letter." But not at all about... his demons, as he'd put it. Not hers to tell. Not hers to understand, although there was a little warm spot in her stomach that hadn't been there before. Ever.
"Will you wait for me at the barrier tomorrow? I want to see you before we leave," Vivi pulled back and clapped his arm a bit more heartily than necessary. She needed to talk to him again, but she wasn't going to do it with an audience. Even if it was just long enough to check in, she didn't want to close the book on Hogwarts without seeing him again.
But for now... Vivi plucked at his sleeve to rise before herding Beezus and Kendall down the table toward the other seventh years and Spike. "We've made up," she informed Louisa with a pert nod of her ponytail before sliding in next to Max and nuzzling his shoulder. As the seconds drew on after her setting the chocolate frogs down, Kendall honestly was starting to think that she needed to stop offering chocolate to her housemates. At least Logan and Hannah had actually ackowledged the offer, and thanked her for it, but she'd already had Mika act like she hadn't offered it back when they'd all been locked out of the common room, and now Vickers had barely even noticed. Either something was very wrong, or her fellow Claws just didn't appreciate how hard it was for her to actually give up chocolate. Especially when she was trying to help, and the dark blue just kept creeping slowly up from the ends of her hair as she glanced between Beezus, Vickers, and Vivi, who still had her head down on the table so should have realized there was a chocolate frog practically an inch away from her nose. At least the frogs were being uncharacteristically docile and not moving, which had distracted her for a moment. Either their charms had worn off, or it understood how weird the moment was.
She had just decided the charms had probably worn off when a really weird gurgly sound had bubbled up from Vivi. Almost a laugh, but still just weird and confusing and definitely breaking through the silence that had settled over their little bubble of space at the table, and she had turned her head toward the blonde only to find herself enveloped in a hug. Um, okay, she thought, listening as Vivi had spoken to her, trying to explain what was wrong. "I know that, but...," she said, glancing over at Vickers again as she was finally released and Beezus was now the one getting the Vivi-hug. Definitely a lot of emotions going around, but she was still confused. It was about leaving, but Vickers was innocent of something. Either way, she dug in her pocket and bit into another piece of chocolate as the attention was back even the tiniest bit on her. The other frogs were still Vickers' and Vivi's if they wanted them, but she wanted chocolate too if they were moving to join the others.
Especially as there was another pause as Vivi had gone back to talking to Vickers, and she used her chocolate to keep her from listening in to figure out what was going on. Which was good, as next thing she knew, she was being herded down the table toward the other group, along with Beezus and, she assumed, Vickers. "Um, hi!," she said awkwardly to the other older students. The Head Girl, the other prefect, and everyone else who was currently being nuzzled by Vivi. She definitely didn't have enough chocolate in her pockets for them all, if they were going to be all upset too. But then, hopefully the speech was going to happen soon and they'd get other food too. Whenever Headmistress Truebridge stopped screeching for something to be killed, and her gaze flickered back toward the staff table. This was definitely a weird feast.
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