With a tissue in hand and a very puffy bloodshot eyes Louisa Carter walked into the Great Hall to face the inevitable. She had ignored those-who-should-not-be-named-now all the time for the last week hoping to cease this desire to cry her eyes out whenever she knew they wouldn't be here next year... maybe they wouldn't remember her as the friend she was now to them, life might take them away. It was time like this when she detested the fact that she was younger than ALL of her closest friends.

Cruel fate.

She walked closer to the table and immediately spotted Ellie and Dal. She pursed her lips together and stifled a sob. Vashti wasn't far away which made Louisa wipe her eyes regardless of tears being there or not. Her legs moved on their accords as she took a seat next to the happy couples, not saying a word. She was too busy swallowing... and sniffing.

Can you say Pathetic?