*nose blowing noise*

Louisa strolled into the Great Hall with the same clown-like nose she had last term at the exact same occasion. The only difference this term was the people she had to cry on their shoulders, and the badge on her chest urging her to stay strong and just push the gloomy feelings somewhere hidden. Huge failure on that last part..

Spotting Vickers first, with Stella to his side, she headed that direction. Might as well start the goodbye parade. Blowing her nose into the tissue one last time and then using her sleeve for the wet eyes, Louisa plopped down next to the two Ravenclaws, "Hi," she greeted with a forced wet smile. She looked at the graduating girl and tried to say something about leaving and stuff, but she choked and quickly pretended to be interested in the cup of water instead.

Then Alyssa came to the rescue... kind of... Louisa gulped down the glass of water before staring up at the younger Huffie. "I'm not leaving. I'm a sixth year, Alyssa." At least Louisa managed to talk. She looked over at Stella again and cleared her throat, "Happy graduation, Stella." There, she said it without bursting out in tears! However, Louisa did grab the glass of water again after that.

If water was going to be her distraction, she needed the loo to be right in the Hall with them.

*GULPGULPGULPwater*