 Shipper Queen Hippie Quad
Chapter 4
Making my way out of the forest I found the sun almost all the way down. I had stayed in the forest longer than I thought. As I walked back into the castle, I wondered where I would find Loanna. I couldn’t tell her what I had been doing, but I knew she had to be wondering where I was. She would be the only one to come looking if I were to go missing.
Turning toward the dungeons, I almost tripped over somebody sitting on the top step. Catching myself before I fell, I found a pair of emerald orbs staring up at me. Without saying anything, I sat down next to her.
“Are you alright?” Loanna asked, her voice low.
“Yes.” I replied.
“I’m sorry about Marcus and the scarf.” She practically whispered.
“Not your fault.”
We were quiet for a moment; just the sound of dripping water was heard. I didn’t really know what to say and I had a feeling she didn’t either. The awkward silence was putting me on edge. Not once have I ever felt awkward around Loanna. I didn’t like it. So I tried to break the silence.
“Why are you sitting out here?” I asked. The common room is only a few steps away. Why would she sit on these uncomfortable steps when she could be on the couch or a relaxing armchair?
“Slytherin lost. They aren’t happy.” She said, biting her lip.
“Oh.” Great. We couldn’t even go to our own common room now. This was ridiculous. “Have you eaten yet?”
“Some are in the Great Hall too.” Loanna said hesitantly.
I groaned and closed my eyes, frustrated. Already I could feel my body begin to heat up. It wasn’t fair that Loanna had to hide out here because people were fuming in the common room. It wasn’t fair that she was going to have to go to bed hungry tonight because they were being arrogant in the Great Hall. It wasn’t fair that I had left her to endure the quidditch game all by herself.
“I’m sorry Lolo.” I sighed, my eyes still closed.
“Not your fault.” I could hear the smile falling onto her lips. My eyes reopened and sure enough, the smile was lightening up her face.
“This isn’t fair. Why do they pick on us? Do they have nothing better to do than to make our lives a living nightmare?” I asked agitatedly.
“We only have to deal with this for a couple more weeks. Then we can go home.” She said, being optimistic.
“But you hate being home.” I said, being the pessimist that I am.
“Well be prepared to be seeing me a lot over the break then.” She chortled.
Ever since I was little, we have moved from house to house. I have lived in about nine different homes, that I can remember, since I was born. The house that I currently live in is probably the longest we have ever stayed in one place. One thing I loved about the latest house is, it’s just down the street from Loanna’s house. I can walk to her house whenever I want and she can do the same. Every since we met in out first year and found out we live so close to each other, we have visited each other every moment we got. Even if it was really late at night. We didn’t do the late at night visits often, we didn’t want to get caught after all, but when we did they were always fun.
I smiled at her, showing that I would enjoy that and looked toward the Great Hall, sighing in the process. “Are you hungry?”
“Are you?” She asked evading my question. I was starving, but I didn’t want to make her day even worse than it already was.
“I asked you first.”
“I asked you second.” She said letting a playful smile fall onto her lips.
“Ladies first.” I said, playing her game.
“As the lady, I am giving you the chance to answer first.”
“And as the gentleman, I am refusing your offer to answer first.”
“That isn’t very gentlemanly of you to refuse a lady.” Her smile was so big now it was making me smile. Her grin was very infectious.
“On the contrary, it would be rude of me to answer before a lady.”
“But the lady has given you the approval to answer first.” She said, still being evasive.
“Just answer the question!” I chuckled.
“Why don’t you answer the question?”
“Because I asked it.”
“What was the question again?” I couldn’t help myself any longer. I began to laugh out loud, not caring who might over hear. She also began to chuckle and soon we were both holding our stomachs from laughing so hard.
The day may not have started out too great, but it did end pretty well. As long as I had Loanna laughing by my side, my day would always end well.
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