Great? Really? That was how friends caught up to two months of freedom outside school? LAME. Louisa chuckled lightly, "Define great. In details! Where did you go?" After a pause, she added, "Was Anakin around?" Louisa had no idea where the boy came from, or what was the relationship with Vashti like now. A smirk was starting to form on the girl's lips as she waited for a DETAILED explanation. That should be fun.

Her summer? Louisa took a deep breath, smiling widely at the memory of it all, "Mine was exceptional. Intense. And definitely liberating." Nope, she wasn't exaggerating. Glancing around for any eavesdropper, Louisa leaned in closer to Vashti, "Remember when I told you that I was invited to Dal's place in Florida? And then I'll be going to Brazil with Joao? Well, it didn't go exactly as planned." The fifth year glanced at the line that was thinning at last, "Dallin suddenly canceled the vacation and he didn't sound cheerful, neither did he explain why. So I went over to his house anyway, two days before my trip to Brazil." Her face started changing from cheerful to sullen.

"The reason for all the ruined vacation was, of course, my lovely Joao," bitterly said, "He'd punched Dallin because he didn't want us to spend time together. Alone." If Louisa hadn't made the boyfriend pay for this, she would've gone on and on with him being a jerk and whatnot. But she didn't, basically because it was over. "Once I met Joao two days later, I made my point clear that my friends are off bounds. Nobody touches my friends.." especially Dallin, "..without facing the consequences." Technically, SHE was the one to face the consequences of punching a guy with a slacken and untrained fist. That last bit was omitted from the tale at this point. Louisa wanted to hear Vashti's reaction to this.