After speaking with Angel Hady choose to continue on her way to find herself an empty compartment to relax in. Hagan was getting heavy in her arms and honestly she was just tired. Wandering down the center aisle she slipped past those that were standing around talking and into the first empty compartment.

Shutting the door behind herself she dropped her bag down on the floor nearest the window and sat down on the bench sideways to put her feet up. Once she was comfortable she set her fuzzball of a cat down fully on her lap allowing him to curl back up into her with a quiet purr. At least now they were both comfortable for the rest of the ride.

Reaching over into her bag she pulled out the large textbook that was her gift from Professor York and flipped open the cover to begin her reading. If she couldn't practice at home the least she could do was read as much as she could to prepare herself for when she was back at the castle again in September. Content with her reading nad petting her cat Hady was set for the long ride home...unless anyone joined her and wanted to talk. That could happen too.

Sabbath had stowed his trunk in the luggage compartment and made his way to the carriages. He looked for a carriage that wasn't too full, he was still feeling disappointed by Noelle's reply and he thought he'd chase away his melancholy by tinkering on his guitar a little.

He had a lot on his mind. His family were going to be travelling again in exactly one week. They were taking to the road to perform and promote their new flamenco show and he was going with them, so depending on where work took them, he was not even sure if he'd be returning to Hogwarts. He knew his grandmother was not overly keen on him returning anyway, she preferred that he stay within his tight-knit Gypsy family.

He sighed as he stepped in to the middle compartment, hitching his guitar strap on his shoulder and squinting a little as his eyes adjusted to the dark interior of the train. He stepped into the first compartment and took a seat, slipping his guitar strap off his shoulder. There was a girl (Hady) sitting opposite him, she had a cat on her lap and large text book beside her. "Hi" he said "Nice cat." He gave her a wan smile beacause he was still feeling rather down. "Do you mind if I tinker a bit on my guitar?"

SPOILER!!: Sabbath

Sabbath had stowed his trunk in the luggage compartment and made his way to the carriages. He looked for a carriage that wasn't too full, he was still feeling disappointed by Noelle's reply and he thought he'd chase away his melancholy by tinkering on his guitar a little.

He had a lot on his mind. His family were going to be travelling again in exactly one week. They were taking to the road to perform and promote their new flamenco show and he was going with them, so depending on where work took them, he was not even sure if he'd be returning to Hogwarts. He knew his grandmother was not overly keen on him returning anyway, she preferred that he stay within his tight-knit Gypsy family.

He sighed as he stepped in to the middle compartment, hitching his guitar strap on his shoulder and squinting a little as his eyes adjusted to the dark interior of the train. He stepped into the first compartment and took a seat, slipping his guitar strap off his shoulder. There was a girl (Hady) sitting opposite him, she had a cat on her lap and large text book beside her. "Hi" he said "Nice cat." He gave her a wan smile beacause he was still feeling rather down. "Do you mind if I tinker a bit on my guitar?"

Roughly halfway through the third page in her text Hady heard the compartment door slide open and then shut. Peering over the top of the book as she adjusted it on her knee she took in the younger boy with dark hair and equally as dark as. She'd seen him several times in lessons and around but had never gotten the chance to speak with him before but knew he was close with Noelle.

On his shoulder was a guitar and she grinned just slightly. "Hey, thanks his names Hagan." Hady patted the cat on the head lightly causing him to crack one eye open, stretch and then promptly shut his eyes again. At the kids question of playing his guitar she nodded. "Go right ahead I don't mind at all." If she had brought her own guitar she'd play too only she wasn't as good with that as she was the drums.

Sabbath saw the girl give a a slight grin as she introduced her cat. It perused him nonchalantly with one eye. "Hagan, hey" Sabbath replied, as he watched it purr contentedly in her lap.

His black eyes flicked to the girl's, "I'm Sabbath, I've noticed you around, but I've never had the chance to speak with you" he gave her a small smile before dropping his gaze to his guitar now resting across his lap.

He briefly checked the guitar was still in tune and determining that it was, considered the song he was about to play. He thought about the last time he'd played it and sighed, held the guitar in close to him and began to play... https://youtu.be/Hel3j4TQdAs

SPOILER!!: Sabbath

Sabbath saw the girl give a a slight grin as she introduced her cat. It perused him nonchalantly with one eye. "Hagan, hey" Sabbath replied, as he watched it purr contentedly in her lap.

His black eyes flicked to the girl's, "I'm Sabbath, I've noticed you around, but I've never had the chance to speak with you" he gave her a small smile before dropping his gaze to his guitar now resting across his lap.

He briefly checked the guitar was still in tune and determining that it was, considered the song he was about to play. He thought about the last time he'd played it and sighed, held the guitar in close to him and began to play... https://youtu.be/Hel3j4TQdAs

Glancing from Sabbath to her cat then back again she smiled lightly shifting to close the text and carefully set it down on top of her bag which was still laying on the floor beside her. Running her fingers lightly through the cats fur her hazel eyes shifted back to the younger boys.

Ah yes, that's right his name was Sabbath. She'd known it wasn't something common which was probably for for the briefest of seconds she hadn't been able to recall what it was but now she would. "That's quite alright, it's nice to officially meet you Sabbath. I'm Hady." Always Hady or anything else similar but never Hadleigh.

Falling silent she rested her head back on the window and let Sabbath do his thing. The song he played was one she didn't know at all but honestly it was calming and she had to admit that even though it probably wasn't her typical style she did like it. When he finished playing she turned her head to the side to look at him, "You're really good. Who taught you to play?" Much then she was honestly. Surely he didn't teach himself, right?

Noelle's hazel green eyes were not as bright and excited as they usually were. They were red, puffy and tear stained as she made her way up from the luggage compartment. She had just dropped off her luggage there and had seen Sabbie's trunk on her way up. She couldn't help but to stop and tear up a bit from the thought of herself never seeing Sabbie again.

The thought still ached her heart as she moved through the train trying to find a seat. She peeked in compartments here and there but made sure to move quickly away before anyone could really get a good look at her. She wasn't keen on anyone knowing her, Noelle Grace Summers, actually cried.

Noelle was just passing some of the middle car compartments when she was accidentally ran into. Now, Noele could usually hold her own, but she was tiny and this boy was a lot bigger than she was. She was launched backward into an open compartment door and fell on her bum.

Looking up, she saw Hady and Sabbath talking.

Blushing furiously, she scrambled to her feet and fixed her plaid button down shirt she had on. Of all the compartments to be knocked into, she had to be knocked into this one. The one she was trying to avoid.

"Im so sorry. I didn't mean to. I was trying to find somewhere to sit and someone bumped into me. I went flying. I'm usually clumsy but this time it wasn't my fault." Noelle blabbed nervously. She wasn't usually this nervous but she dos have her mother's tendencies and hated to think someone was mad at her. And she definitely thought Sabbie was mad at her.

Noelle pulled her hair back and looked at Hady first and then at Sabbath. She avoided his eyes and gave another forgive me smile. "Ill just be going." She started towards the compartment door. Now her blushing face matched her red eyes.

Austin was walking along the crowded corridor, hoping to find a seat in the back. He hadn't made many friends in the past year, and finding his own cart would be in his best interest. But as he was walking, he lost his balance and fell into a small girl. Although with him being 5'7'' it really wasn't hard to find people smaller than him.

Turning around he noticed that she had fallen into an open cart with two people in it. His cheeks and ears turned a bright red as he bent down to help her up. "I'm terribly sorry about that. I tripped over my own two feet. Are you alright." He hoped she wasn't injured. Was there a nurse on board? Were they allowed to use healing magic on the train?

He looked up at the two people sitting in the cart, hoping to apologize to them too, but it turns out he knew one of them. "Hady, hey." He said rather sheepishly. It was one thing to embarrass yourself in front of strangers. At least with strangers you can leave and know you wouldn't see them again. But this was with Hady, someone he knew. And if she didn't think strangely of him before, she definitely would do now.

Rooney wasn't going to accept that this was happening until they arrived in London and even then...he probably wouldn't take it as truth. Instead, he had a tight hold on Miss Reagan's hand as Pomegranate followed behind them with his usual cat crawl and tail flick at anyone that looked nice. Good cat. He even lay on the feet of a couple of people as the pair stopped near a few compartments, scouting for the perfect one. "I hope Miss Sophie comes to see us at some point. I haven't talked to her for a few days.." That was because every time she even came near, the second year had ran away and his. In fear. In heartbreak. IN HEARTBREAK.

"Did you know that Mrs. Zander Adair asked her to marry him at the feast? He wrote her a letter." That was the last thing he said before letting go of Moss Reagan's hand and stepped into a compartment, sitting down and pulling the notebook and pencil from his trousers immediately.

You never knew when you needed them.

"I'm confident she'll try her very best to..."...was Reagan's response as she allowed the younger boy to lead her towards a compartment. She knew that the Head Girl title insinuated a lot of work, and just like with the beginning of the term, there was probably many last minute things, fragmented bits of details, to iron out and piece together before Sophie was actually finished with her badged duties. There was nothing to be done about it. Rea admired her friend for all her extracurricular work. She was a true aspiration; having handled it all with kindness and grace.

Whoever overtook the position would have some pretty big shoes to fill.

As Rea stepped into the compartment just behind Roo, her musings were interrupted by the boy's words; the incredulity of them making the older girl laugh...Not AT Rooney, mind. Never AT Rooney...but could one imagine?

"Roo, what gave you that idea? Did Sophie tell you this?" Zander, while being a lovely boy, didn't seem like the sort to make rushed decisions...and Sophie didn't, either. They were so young...and had so much living to do before they thought about something so permanent. Or...not permanent. Her own parents had been divorced, which could've been sad...but if one looked at it like she did, it wasn't bad at all.

Thanks to it, she had a huge, loving family.

Digging into her bag, Reagan found some peanut brittle, offering a bit of it to her companion.

Sabbath looked at Hady and smiled, "Thanks", he said, with a shrug. He knew he would be better if he practiced as much as his uncles wanted him to, but really, guitar wasn't his strength, he was better at flamenco dance. "My uncles taught me, they still do... My family are flamenco performers. Its the art of the Gypsies in Spain, I was born with a guitar in my hand", he smirked, replying in his heavily accented English.

Just then, there was commotion at the compartment doorway and Sabbath was surprised to see Noelle come sprawling backwards through the door, landing on the floor between he and Hady.




Noelle was trying to scramble to her feet, Sabbath quickly put his guitar aside and stood up. He was alarmed at her furious blushing and teary eyes. She was jabbering and attempting to leave. He was bewildered by her behaviour.

At that point, a tall, older boy Sabbath had never seen before (Austin) entered the compartment and was bending and attempting to help her. Sabbath who was hot-headed at the best of times, saw red. He grabbed Noelle's arm, moving her behind him, "Nells wait", he said gesturing with his hands. He rounded on the boy, standing his ground between he and Nells, unfazed by the boys tall frame. Staring up at him, his face furious he barked, "What did you do to her?" he pointed an accusing finger. He turned briefly back to Nells noting her red eyes and tear stained face, "What happened, Nells, who is this guy?"

Noelle was totally embarrassed. It wasn't an emotion she usually came across because she'd always been care free. But then again, she didn't cry hardly ever either.

She just wanted to go into a compartment by herself and hide away. Merlin! All these people seeing her with puffy, red eyes. She couldn't remember the last time someone had seen her cry.

Noelle reached up and took hold of the boys hand that had accidentally knocked her onto her bum. She looked down to hide her face but gave him a smile. "Its okay. It happens. I wasn't paying attention to---" But she didn't to finish before she was being pulled back behind Sabbie.

Noelle was confused. What had just happened? She looked back at Hady and frowned. She mouthed, "I'm sorry." Before looking back at Sabbie to see what was going on.

Then it hit her as Sabbie looked at her face and then back at the boy. He was associating her tears and her fall with the boy. He thought the boy had done something to her. Noelle put her hands on her hips and rounded on Sabbie. She didn't need saving from anyone.

"He didn't do anything but help me up. My tears are for other reasons." Noelle told Sabbie as she stood in front of him, between him and the older boy. she turned to the older boy. "Im sorry. I didn't mean to bump into you or you me. I'm tiny and you're kind of... Not." Boy that sounded so rude but she didn't mean it that way. "Are you okay?" She asked him.

Turning from Sabbie had given her a chance to compose herself and feel more like herself. She straightened her snug clothes, all that food at Hogwarts of course, and pushes her hair from her face.

Austin was surprised to see a younger boy yelling at him. "For your information, I didn't do anything other than trip over my own feet. And I already apologized for knocking her over." His embarrassment turned to anger. The teen tended to have a short temper when it came to people yelling, especially when people younger than him thought they knew better. He wasn't going to even mention the run in he had his second year.

"For your information, I'm Austin. A fifth year." At least he would be next term. But they didn't need to know that.



Austin's anger subsided when he saw how well the young girl held herself. Most girls he knew her age couldn't do that. "I really am sorry, I tripped and must have run into you." Not... kind? The Ravenclaw actually apologized, twice, for running into her, even though no one knew if it was his fault.

His anger started to boil again as he spat the words "I'm fine." Who were these kids? And why did they feel the need to be so rude? Merlin's beard.

After sitting down on his seat, Rooney looked over at Miss Reagan and frowned. He took the edible offering and then shrugged. "He was there, then he ran away. Then she got a letter. And was happy." And he knew it was that, because she hadn't even came to see him at the table. He sighed, leant against the window and looked out rather wistfully. "She knows I was sad but she was too happy to even care." And that was what hurt the most. But he also didn't care himself. He wanted someone to just tell him the truth so he could get over this.

Maybe Miss Sophie Brown had ruined Hogwarts for him.

Aunt Elodie had lied about her being great. She was just confusing and she lied and everything.

"You're welcome," Hady replied with a slight smile. If someone was good at something she told them so. And Sabbath was good at the guitar. Ah so he danced too. Well his whole family danced that was pretty cool. "That's cool, I can play a little bit but not very well." It was true. Plus learning the guitar wasn't all that easy especially with everything else she had to work on this past term.

Before anything more could be said there was a small commotion and a younger girl came tumbling into the compartment landing on her backside. Hady blinked once trying to figure out just what had happen. By the time she was able to figure out the it was indeed Noelle and took in her puffy red eyes, Sabbath was on his feet accusing the other of upsetting Noelle. Everything happened so quickly like things usually tended to do.

Calmly setting Hagan down on the bench Hady rose to her feet. "Hello Austin," she greeted softly with a small nod of her head. Yes she remembered him though they hadn't spoken all that much. "Noelle, are you alright? Why don't you have a seat and join us?" That was it gave everyone a second to calm down and get their thoughts together. She knew what it could have looked like but she had also heard from both of the others in the compartment that it was an accident. Austin even apologized. Twice.

"Austin, you can sit with us too if you like." Yup. All of them. Together in one compartment. Hady was sure that whatever had happened to Noelle had nothing to do with her being knocked over. All that had to be done now was find out what it was that made her younger friend so upset.

The boy, Austin, obviously had a temper of his own, he and Sabbath were at a stand off, as Sabbath sneered at his comment about being 'a fifth year'. He was also unimpressed with Austin's snappy attitude towards Noelle, when she'd asked if he was ok. Austing had apologised though, so Sabbath said nothing and just stared him down before turning his attention back to Noelle. Hady had suggested they all take a seat. She was quite the mediator.

Sabbath looked at Nells and frowned a little, a quick assessment her red and puffy eyes, showed she'd obviously been in tears for some time. Crying was so unlike Noelle but he now thought he knew the real reason for her tears. In fact, he was feeling pretty down about it himself.

"Nells, please, sit with us" he said as he reached for her hand, gesturing with the other hand for her to sit down with him.

Noelle saw the snap that this boy gave her and furrowed her brows at him. She didn't understand why he was snapping at her. Maybe it was her saying he was kind of not tiny. Well... She was probably a few years younger than he was and hadn't hit her growth spurt yet. She had a reason to be tiny!

She was about to tell him that too when Hady stepped in. Noelle wished she could keep a cool head like Hady but she was just not that awesome. Noelle blushed, realizing what a mess she had made from just falling into an open compartment. She was told to sit and then Austin, as the boys name was said, was asked to sit as well.

Sabbie had his hand out to her but she wasn't exactly sure she wanted to sit by him. Deciding it best to sit by Hady, Noelle took a seat right next to her and pulled her jacket over her stomach. She folded her arms and looked at Hady. "Im sorry. I didn't mean to cause a rukus. I didn't mean to bump into Austin either." She said glancing at the older boy.

She still didn't know why Austin snapped at her, but she would let it go.

"Uh, sure." He said awkwardly. By this point most of the carts have been full, and he really didn't want to try and make more friends. He tried that here, and look where that got him. One first year was crying while the other was mad at him. What a perfect way to end the year.

The younger girl, who he presumed to be Noelle (Nells?), had sat down next to Hady. Which was fine, although the boy didn't seem too happy about it. Although that could just be the fact that he now had to sit next to the boy who knocked down his friend. Which, he realized as he sat down, that she still blamed herself for. Was he the reason she was crying? Mad or not, he couldn't let her cry because of him.

" Hey," He spoke gently, so he wouldn't upset the girl any further. "It really was my fault. I'm really clumsy, I just tripped over my own two feet. There's no need to cry." He really wasn't sure what was going on. Was it because he snapped? Was that the reason why she was crying?

Now he directed himself towards everyone in the cart."I also didn't mean to snap. I'm sorry, I've got a bad temper." The red in his face returned, and he had a sudden urge to pull out his potions notebook and hide behind it. That's what he always did. Any time there was a bad situation, or he was alone in the Great Hall, he pulled out his broken blue notebook. He'd reread the scribbles, and even add new notes where he can. But this time he left it in his bag, and tried not to run out of here screaming.

Hady surveyed the situation from an outsiders point of view. Sometimes it was best not to be the friend in situations like this. However a friend is always what she was even to those she didn't know well like the younger boy Sabbath. He might not know it but he was already officially a 'friend' in her eyes.

Luckily though the situation seemed to be cooling down as some more apologizing and explaining was happening. Hady watched as Sabbath held a hand out to Noelle offering her a seat beside him. So when the small girl choose to sit beside her and not the boy she was a little bit surprised but didn't mind it at all. Rather she reached for her bag on the floor pulling it up onto the bench beside herself and her cat whom just wasn't moving over! and rummaged through it. Ah ha! Tugging out some tissues she passed them to Noelle with a small smile as she slung a friendly arm around the girls shoulders giving her a gentle squeeze.

"It's alright people bump into one another and others trip sometimes. Things happen guys, what matters here is no one was hurt," she answered with a light grin trying to keep everything calm. "I don't think the tears are due to this though, hmm? Do you need to talk about it?" This was directed towards her younger friend beside her. Advice wasn't always her thing but listening was.

Sabbath raised his eyebrows as Noelle pulled her hand away and went to sit with Hady. 'So, it was going to be like this', he thought. He wasn't too keen on sitting buddied up with Austin even if he was spouting apologies. So, he moved his guitar and crooked himself in the corner opposite Nells and Hady. He tucked up one knee on the seat and leant on the window sill with his elbow.

He glanced at Noelle but she very obviously was avoiding his gaze, pulling her jacket around her tummy. Well, two could play that game, he thought. Sabbath rested his head on his crooked elbow and stared out of the window at the passing green countryside noting the criss-crossed streaked patterns left by muggle aeroplanes in the grey sky. He was listening though, but trying not to show it, as Hady questioned Noelle about the cause of her anguish.

Noelle had all eyes on her.

It made her nervous.

Which wasn't a trait she usually had. She was never really bashful, except for certain times. But she also wasn't used to being the center of attention. Austin had turned over a new leaf and was asking her if she was okay, and the poor boy thought he was the one that made her cry. Then there was Hady who was handing her tissues and putting her arm around her.

Noelle blushed.

Then she wiped her eyes and folded the tissue up in her hand. She first looked at Austin, feeling bad that he was apologizing when all he had done was accidentally knocked her down and apologized twice. "Oh no, you didn't do anything. Nothing to be sorry for. You've apologized like five times now." She said giving him a small smile.

Then Noelle turned to Hady.

She got a little smile too. "They aren't from me falling. That happens to me all the time. I'm pretty clumsy... My first encounter with my Sa--" Pause. Yeah don't say that. "With my favorite person was me running into someone and knocking them down." But thinking about her favorite person leaving made her sad again.

Noelle sighed and wiped her eyes again. She didn't wanna talk about it, or think about it.

Austin wasn't sure what to say. First there was the boy next to him, who decided it was best to get as far away from him as possible. There was enough room between them when they were sitting normally. There was no reason to curl further into the window. Although he was curious as to why he had a guitar. Well, obviously it meant he could play. But was there a need to have it out during the train ride home?

Next there was Noelle (he finally learned her name) who was telling a story. To be honest, Austin didn't catch any of it. He was too busy pulling out that potions notebook. The boy wasn't trying to be rude. His embarrassment grew when Noelle pointed out how many times he apologized. It's a habit he had since he started school, and it was hard to stop. People would tell him to stop apologizing, and he'd say sorry again. 'Sorry for saying sorry'.

Before diving into his book, he glanced over at Hady. She was comforting the younger girl. All the girl said was 'do you want to talk about it', and she opened up. Was that how people worked? Or did you have to be friends with them first? Austin was still so clueless when it came to this kind of stuff. Especially when it came to comforting girls, or younger kids. There was so much you could say that would upset them. One wrong sentence could get you yelled at, and Austin had a habit of stumbling over his words.

Once the conversation turned towards the two girls, the fourth year opened his book. He looked over the 'Strength' potion, and wondered if there was a way to remove the metallic taste.

Now that everyone was sitting Hady could clearly see the awkwardness that had fallen about the compartment. Noelle was basically hugging herself and being depressing which was not at all like the young girl she remembered hanging around with earlier that year. Sabbath she hardly knew at all but she didn't think he was handling his friends seating rejection to well. Then there was Austin whom wasn't a best friend but she knew him a little and he seemed to be closing himself off from them all by hiding out behind his book. Something needed to be done here but what?

Hady listened closely taking in what Noelle was saying and being her usual observant self easily picked up on the girls near slip of tongue. She hadn't given a name or at least not 'completely' but that slip up along with what else was said helped the snakette put two and two together. Whatever was going on here had to do with friendship. She gave a small smile to her along with a light pat on the arm. "You know that's how I met a new friend this past term myself. Turned in the hall and slammed right into him, ended up knocking myself right on my behind. Totally embarrassing but we're friends now." Hady picked Hagan up and set him on her lap stroking his fur gently. "Back in my first year in Herbology we were working with bouncing bulbs and I saved Zeke from being clobbered by one, besties now we are." She was hoping to Noelle that things happen for a reason.

Glancing around at the boys she gave each a small smile before turning back to her friend. "Sometimes things happen for a reason...I'm not sure what he problem is but talking about it could help. Maybe there's an easier solution that could be found."

Noelle's eyes averted to Sabbie more than once as Hady was talking. She noticed how closed off he looked. She wanted to go over and hug him, but she knew that she was the reason he was acting like this. Acting so un-Sabbielike. Sigh.

Then there was Austin. He had pulled out a book while Nells was telling him she was clumsy. Oh. Noelle didn't realize she was that boring. But then again, she wasn't acting her usual bubbly self. She kinda wanted to be like Sabbie and just give everyone the cold shoulder.

Except Hady was trying so hard.

Noelle gave her another smile as she explained how she met Zeke. And Zeke and her were still best friends. Maybe that could happen with her and Sabbie. Oh but wait.. He was leaving.

"Yeah, Sabbie was there when I broke that oooor lads wrist." She wished she could remember that poor boys name. "Sabbie was more concerned about me than he was that boy and that boys wrist was broken! I was just embarrassed. We took him up to the hospital wing and Sabbie brought him all this food. That's how we became friends." Noelle said giving a smile at the
Memory. "We've been inseperable since... Except..."

And that's when her voice broke.
Nope.
She wasn't going to cry.

Taking a deep breath, she looked at her hands. "Sabbies not coming back to Hogwarts. He's going on with his family which is great, but that means he's leaving me, and ... " Big frown but she won't cry.

Sabbath wanted to see if Noelle was OK, he glanced at Noelle, right at the moment she happened to be looking right at him, Sprung! He quickly looked away.

Then Noelle started telling Hady about the time he and Nells had first met, he listened in. As she told it, he too remembered the scene of their first meeting when Noelle, in her usual carefree style had come hurtling into the great hall, a ball of energy with twigs in her hair. She'd crashed into Tom, his name was Tom, sending him sprawling and breaking his wrist. Sabbath really disliked hospitals and going to doctors in general, but the ensuing visit to the hospital wing had really been etched in his memory. He remembered the way Noelle had gazed smitten at Professor Dakest, he remembered her swoon and how he thought he would one day like her to look at him the same way.

His defences were softening, his shoulders slackened, he looked at Noelle. He noticed immediately that she looked like she was about to burst into tears and felt a pang of guilt. His brow furrowed, he hated to see her like this.. and as for tears. Merlin! If there were tears, he'd be putty in her hands.

He watched her sadly as she poured her heart out to Hady, telling how he was leaving to travel with his family. He could feel a lump in his throat and he wanted to go her and give her a cuddle, but, she had pulled away, rejecting him earlier. He knew she didn't feel the same, so he just cast his eyes downwards.