Gwen thought that she should go say goodbye to her friends from the other houses and return to the Ravenclaws before the Headmaster would give his speech, but it seemed she still had enough time for that… Mhm. Besides, she couldn’t just leave Taylor. That would be rude, even for Gwen. And even if they were apparently talking about OWLs. ‘Right…’, she mumbled a bit absently as the other girl finished talking. Whoever that Damon person was, Gwen was not in the mood to start asking the other ‘Claw about him. Mehh.

‘I hope so too…’, the fourth year managed to say, even though she didn’t really believe that next term wouldn’t be stressful. ‘And you…? Have you got any plans for next term?’ That wasn’t exactly a good question, but Gwen wanted to make the girl talk about anything else… just not OWLs. She wanted to have a great summer, without any stress for those exams, mkay? And… she needed a distraction now. The girl could talk about anything. Quiddditch, studies… whatsoever just not exams.

Gwen felt a bit bad for changing the subject so abruptly, but that topic made her feel a little… well…scared. She was not really looking forward to the next term. Hopefully Taylor would understand.


The staff table was getting a bit more crowded, and the fourth year drew her attention in that way. Looks like there wasn’t much more time left before the speech would be given by the Headmaster… Instead of going to the other tables, Gwen decided to hang around here for a while. But she still needed to say goodbye to her friends in Slytherin and Gryffindor. Just as she thought about is, something caught her eye.

A wave.

Closely followed by a greeting. Who was it? Gwen glimpsed in that direction and was a bit surprised to see Ronnie there. ‘Hi’, she responded with a small smirk on her face. ‘How are you?’


What Beezus was saying didn’t make much sense to Gwen. The fourth year raised an eyebrow, trying to figure out whatever the younger Ravenclaw was meaning to say. Errr… Just as she thought about leaving, the fourth year heard an apology from the other student. ‘It’s alright…’, she mumbled, still looking a bit puzzled. Never mind… she was sticking to her plan of returning to her seat. Now would be the perfect time…, Gwendolyn told herself, but stopped herself as she heard Beezus talk.

Great.

More nonsense.

‘Yes… see you around’, she mumbled and started walking away. As much as she tried to smile, only a smirk came out and the puzzled look on her face wouldn’t go away. She then returned to her seat at the house table, joining Elliot once again.


As Ellie responded to her greeting, Gwen gave a small grin. ‘You seem very happy…’, she pointed out. Unlike most of the seventh years, the Ravenclaw thought, but actually admired the girl for this. She knew that she herself would probably be really upset and totally uncommunicative when she’d graduate… ruining the whole night. The fourth year was about to add something, but it looked like the Headmaster started his speech.

. . .

What was that?!

Too many people were leaving…

Gwen drew her attention back at Ellie. Did she really have to leave too?!?


By the way Elliot was talking about her sister, Gwen could only think that it couldn’t even be as bad as she was predicting… right? She shook her head slowly as she listened to the younger Ravenclaw talk. Come on, surely she wouldn’t be that unhappy… And that sister couldn’t really be that annoying, right? ‘Too bad you can’t use magic over the summer…’, the fourth year mused, trying to keep s straight face. Still suppressing a smirk, Gwen drew her attention to the other people joining the Ravenclaw house table, before looking back at Elliot. She nodded, showing Elliot that she agreed to the plan of meeting sometime.

Hmmm.

Was she going to any trips? ‘I’m going to France with a friend’, she responded to the girl’s question. ‘I really can’t wait…’ A few minutes ago, she thought that only going to the wizarding world in France would be interesting, but the talk she had with Nessie made her realize how much fun the muggle world could be too. Gwen’s enthusiasm grew even more… She couldn’t wait to leave! Yes, she was indeed looking forward to this summer, as much as she disliked the fact that the term would end.