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Clock Tower Entrance https://i.postimg.cc/9MFvM4SD/clock-tower-banner3.jpg The Clock Tower Entrance is one of the three main entrances of Hogwarts Castle (the other two being the Viaduct Entrance and the main Entrance Hall). It aligns with the third-floor corridor, connecting with the courtyard that stems off to the Wooden Bridge and the rest of the school grounds. This large open space can be magically sealed with a portcullis and the massive double doors can be locked with numerous bolts. |
open post Blake was on the lookout for a new place. He'd always played football in the courtyard, but that meant he was easy to find. Which made him slightly uncomfortable. What if someone wanted to show off in front of him with something he didn't want to see? He needed a backup spot. This seemed like a good one. There was even a swinging pendulum for hard mode. He bounced his ball on his knees while watching the swinging. He could do this. |
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But lo and behold, before she even got to the courtyard, there he was. Blake Keller, bouncing his football, typical. She froze, wondering if he'd seen her already. Should she turn around? Go back the other way? If he'd already seen her, that would be suspicious, but if he hadn't seen her and she could avoid him seeing her at all, that would be...nice? For him? Was he avoiding her? Is that why he wasn't in the courtyard? She wondered, practically glued to the spot on the floor. |
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It was fine he waved, right? He couldn't really ignore her. It would be weird. |
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"Can I join you?" Flying could wait. |
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He blinked a few times and caught his ball. "Um. If you want? Gotta watch out for the pendulum though..." |
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She glanced from him to the pendulum, noting that it didn't move very quickly. It would be easy to avoid, especially since it had a predictable path. Back and forth. Simple. "I think I can avoid getting hid by the pendulum," she said, smiling slightly. It was easier than dodging bludgers, after all. And she did want to kick a football with him. She'd felt awkward since the train, and maybe this way...maybe if they were occupied with an activity, it would make hanging out easier. Plus, if she wasn't going to fly, she needed to do something active. "I'm ready," she said, positioning herself just out of reach of the pendulum. "Pass it to me?" |
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He nodded as he took a few steps back. He glanced between her and the pendulum, being sure she was out of the way, before kicking it over. He then opened his mouth to ask how she was... and then decided against it. He thought for a few more seconds before asking something that was relatively safe. "How's quidditch practice going?" He assumed she was practicing during the year again. |
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Margaret shrugged. "It's good. That's where I was going to go." Before she'd changed her mind. To play football instead. "How's tennis?" There were probably a dozen other things she could ask him about but, if he was skipping to sports, she would too. She kicked the ball back toward him. |
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Expect when she spoke, then his eyes found her again. "Oh..." he said slowly. "I don't mean to keep you if you'd rather be doing that..." He kicked the ball back before stopping it first. "I... uh... actually haven't played since we got back to school." And she already knew that he won the doubles competition with Lumi over the summer, that came up in mirror chats. |
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"Oh, no, you're not keeping me," she quickly assured Blake. If he wanted her to leave, he'd have to ask her to leave. In the meantime, she was going to pretend that everything was fine and they were fine. This was fine, right? Friends did stuff like this? She paused when he said he hadn't played tennis all term. Frowning, she looked over at him. He'd worked so hard to get good at tennis, and now what? Just stopped? That was odd. "Why not?" |
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"Okay. Good." She was more than welcome to hang out. [s]For forever.[/b] Heh. This was something he didn't want to talk about. "Things with Lumi are weird right now." Understatement of the year. "I think I want to spend all of next summer with my aunt." he said quickly changing the subject. He'd skip over the fact that he wanted to do that and just not come back after. |
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As for things being weird with Lumi...she couldn't help but feel a bit smug. But also...didn't want to talk about her. So she was glad for the immediate change of subject. "All summer? That sounds cool," she said. "Does she do the cursebreaking stuff with her uni students for the whole summer, then?" She wouldn't want to spend all summer with a relative, but Blake was different. And he didn't have Quidditch all summer, like she did. She glanced at the pendulum, which she'd somehow gotten closer to, and took a step away from it. Then back to looking at Blake. "I'm spending Christmas with my ma," she volunteered. Since she'd been with her father for most of the summer, that was the agreement. |
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He missed this. He missed this so much. Stupid feelings ruining best friend stuff. He nodded. "Yeah. She always goes somewhere interesting with her students and interns. And I always spend two weeks with her." He was just ready for longer. In fact, he'd talked to his family about just staying with Bella or Thomas after the summer. "Oh yeah? In France?" he asked. "Are you... excited about that?" He expected she wasn't. He was even almost tempted to ask if she wanted to spend the break with him again. But no. He couldn't do that. They weren't like that anymore. Did he mention lately how much this hurt? |
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And Christmas, too. A break from studying. "Yes, in France," she said flatly. She shrugged, looking down. "It's going to be different," she said. She wasn't excited, but not dreading it either. It would be better than being stuck at Hogwarts over the holiday, she supposed, but it still wasn't normal for her. Nothing was normal anymore. "My brothers will be there, too," she added after a minute. That would make it better, at least. |
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He nodded slowly. It was good she'd have most of her family together at least. "How have they dealt with the change?" |
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"Could you still visit next summer? From staying with your aunt? Or is it too busy?" Not that she needed him to visit, or that she expected him to, but friends...visited. It would be nice if he could come to a Quidditch match. Like he had before, when they were just friends. |
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