Hearing a voice somewhere close calling her name, the seventh year turned around and managed to spot Wade. The Hufflepuff was one of the people she really had to say goodbye to. But before saying goodbyes she should say a ‘hello’. So.

Smirk.

‘Hi’, Gwen greeted back. ‘Yeah, I’m good’, she said a bit hesitant, not giving many details. ‘You?’ Pause. ‘Do you have any plans for the summer?’ On the one hand, summer plans reminded her of the fact that she was graduating, but on the other hand, she really wanted to know what her friends would be doing. ‘I hope we can meet around Diagon Alley sometime’ If Wade had some free time, that is.

Heeeeey! There was Beezus.

Because the Ravenclaw Prefect was on the other side of the table and the place was kind of crowded, Gwen decided not to yell a ‘hello’. Instead she gave a small wave.


Alright, so even Gwen had to admit barking like a dog at the feast was funny. Heh. ‘Having fun?’, she asked, with her arms folded as she eyed the girl. Hmm. What was her name, again? Gwen was sure she had seen the other Ravenclaw around the school before, and they had met a few times on the train. The bad part was that the seventh year was awful at remembering names.

Erm.

She would need another year at Hogwarts to get to know some people better. Could she do that? Be a seventh year again? Yeah, probably not.


Gwen gave a small nod as she listened to what her housemate was saying. Hmm. Some work? 'What do you have in mind?’ Working around Diagon Alley, maybe?

Her attention was then drawn to the box the other Ravenclaw was holding. ‘Umm...no thank you’, she said simply. She was too nervous to eat.


So far no one had asked anything about graduation. It was kind of the younger students to try and not point out the fact that they were graduating but still. Gwendolyn thought it was something you couldn’t avoid. Or pretend to forget about it. So. She just had to face it, Gwen figured.

Ethan’s question was straight to the point. What was she going to do. ‘I want to become a healer’, she said with a small smile. She had her mind set on being a healer eve since she was a first year. ‘You?’, the seventh year asked.


Seeing Elise so... sad? troubled? , Gwen started wondering if she remembered something wrong- was the other Ravenclaw a seventh year too? Graduating now? But no... she was certain that the Quidditch captain was one year younger. So... what was going on?

‘What’s up?’, she finally asked a bit uncertain. There was probably not much she could help with but still... wasn’t it worth trying? Gwendolyn Greene trying to be nice. This was something that didn’t happen very often.


‘Heh...I did’, she answered her question. Probably the entire great hall heard Professor Flamsteed yell about Pluto. It was just something you couldn’t miss.

She really appreciated the fact that Mika was trying not to mention anything about graduating. It was thoughtful of the younger Ravenclaw. Howeveeeeer... Gwen thought you just couldn’t avoid the inevitable. Duh. ‘Since this will be our last feast together at Hogwarts...’, she started, trying to seem positive, but in the end her voice started trembling.

Deep breath.

Alright, now she really didn’t know what to say. A moment of silence followed until she spoke up again. ‘I’m going to miss you’ Yeah. She was going to miss Mika. And the other Ravenclaws.

Another short pause. Now she really had no idea how to continue. Goodbyes were harder than she had imagined. ‘Can I get a hug?’