 Haddie & Mr McLeaod! <3 ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
"He is not!'' Rachel rushed to Mr Kitridge's defense. "He's a wonderful person.'' Their Head of House had quickly become one of her favourite persons at the Castle. "I don't like it when you talk like that about him, Haddie.'' She wasn't mad at her best friend. No, she was simply being honest.
She did want to be an explorer. She wanted to follow in her parents footsteps. She wanted to find new, undiscovered plants both magical and mundane but she wasn't silly to fall for Haddie's explanation. "That's not the reason it's forbidden. We really should go back,'' she replied, taking the steps she was forced to due to Haddie pushing her forwards. She couldn't help but giggle. "You'll pull pranks on them with that witty brain of yours?''
Oh no! Rachel's heart sank. They had been caught! She immediately pulled herself from Haddie's grasp to turn to find Mr McLeod there. Great. They were in trouble. Before she could open her mouth, words were tumbling from her friend. She squeezed her eyes shut as she mentally asked what seemed to become the line she had reserved for Haddie: ''Oh, Haddie. What am I to do with you?''
Rachel's dark brown eyes opened again and went in her fellow Ravenclaw's direction. They pleaded with her to remain silent. "Forgive Haddie, Mr McLeod. She gets carried away sometimes.'' She pulled on her most sincere and regretful look. "I apologise but Haddie knows how much I love plants and she thought here would be a good place to explore besides the Greenhouses. She was only trying to do something for me and I let her.'' It was the truth. No, half of it. The other half was that Haddie wanted to explore this dark and dismal place. Rachel didn't care about anything of that right now, however. She just wanted to save Haddie from getting into further trouble (hadn't the Start of Term feast been enough?). She had told Mr Kitridge she would try to do that but she was failing miserably.
"I'm sorry. We both are. Right, Haddie?'' Rachel shot her a sharp look that might have meant 'You had better agree' before looking back at the Groundskeeper with an angelic expression in place. |