Terrible. That's how Garrick felt at the moment.

He had seen Lotus in the corridor, seen her smile, and turned to run in the opposite direction, not daring to look back to see her frown. He knew that she would be upset with him. Or would she? Who knew. She was likely already forgetting his very existence.

His dad had seemed to have. Yep. A birthday come and gone and not a THING from his dad. Not that he had expected a huge fuss from the cold man, but a card would have been nice, at the very least. And with all of his inner turmoil... he knew Lotus deserved better than his company. And well... he had really wanted her to be his girlfriend, but he just KNEW that she would say no and that would have just proven his dad right, wouldn't it?

Yeah. All of this was running through his head as he plopped onto the sofa near the fireplace. Brows knit together, frown deep on his pretty face.

He wasn't going to return to Hogwarts next year. This wasn't the place for him he didn't think. (Or more his dad thought and he was starting to believe the terrible things his dad thought about him)

"Bloody hell." He scooted down low on the sofa, a pathetic sight muttering to himself as such.