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SenoritaMaxie 
Gold smiled. "I think," she said honestly. "They were determined to show house unity, more than anything else."
That, at least, they had achieved.
"It is perfect," Gold agreed. "I'm going to keep it on me." She paused, and then looked at Raven. "You're going to get something too, but not here." On the train, of course. Because Gold wasn't willing to accept that this meant goodbye. People usually call ends-of-terms bittersweet. This one wasn't, for Gold. It felt all kinds of bitter - only.
"... and someone said that all good things have to come to an end," she smiled lightly, at Raven. "But I disagree. This isn't an end. Only a new beginning - a twist to our friendship, right?" Gold was determined not to let this friendship wither, very much so.
Raven was immensely intrigued at what Gold had said, she loved getting gifts; even better if it was a surprise but she was quite impatient so that was always a problem. "Good, ooh I'm getting something?!? Yay!" she was practically bouncing around in her seat, so not typical for a 7th year but hey; Raven was anything but a typical 7th year.
"Right, like with Torin; this isn't goodbye, because I know we're going to see each other at some point. Maybe you could come over to my flat over holidays since I'm going to have a new place back in Kilkenny." She didn't want to even consider this being the end of a friendship, it was the beginning of something new.