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carpediem The kid was on a completely casual, not so secret mission to find her friend. The twelve year old missed King Blue Eyes, even though the last time they had met had been a complete disaster of epic proportions. And Ophelia was barely putting on the dramatic. However, that didn't mean that they could still have a supertacular friendship.... right? The blonde had even brought a plastic baggy full of gummy bears as a peace offering, though the candy was old and the Ravenclaw ended up eating half on the way.
It was funny though, because the statue was actually one of the LAST places she looked. Even though this exact spot was where she found him last year, and even where she planned on hiding if things ever got rough around Hogwarts. Or if she needed a quiet place to sketch. Which reminded her, she still had a drawing of an alien coming out of a mom's stomach to show Austin. The second year had made it over the summer as kind of a commemoration of his little sister but never finished it. maybe King Blue Eyes could help, give the baby-alien some kind of terrifying face or something. Maybe it would be therapeutic?
"Coming in hot!" And with that, she placed her owl backpack --Ophelia only traveled in style-- down on the ground and sat next to Austin, smiling and waiting for him to say something. Yeah, he should say something, right? She was younger, and therefore less experienced at making up with friends. And she was the cuter of the two, so it was totally hits turn. Except fr the concept of gummy bears. That was her terrain.
"I have some candy if you want. It's kind of old though. Still good! I ate like half of it!" And in response, Ophelia popped a red gummy bear into her mouth and chewed. "And I have something for you if you wanna destroy it or something!" So much for letting him talk first. Or not talking with candy in your mouth. Except the candy was against one of her cheeks, so it wasn't like he could see it. Reaching into her backpack, she found the paper and tore it out of her sketchbook with a tiny kee-yah for effect, handing the drawing of the strange faceless alien baby to King Blue Eyes.
Austin was startled by the owl backpack that landed by his feet. He wasn't expecting to see anyone here. Sure he was hoping to see Ophelia, but he wasn't sure she was going to stop by. Well, he didn't exactly tell her to meet up or anything. But he wanted to talk to her. There was so much to say, and he hoped they had time.
Lo and behold, the owner of he Owl backpack was in fact Ophelia Clark. His Blonde Queen. Well, she wasn't
his Blonde Queen, they weren't dating or anything. They were just friends. Plus it probably wasn't the greatest idea to bring something up like that since the start of term feast didn't end so well. He had gotten into some big fight over something so silly. At least it sounded silly every time Austin had to repeat it. As the Blonde second year sat down, Austin was about to speak, until she took over the talking role. Which was fine, he didn't know what to say anyways.
He happily took the candy, happy to have something to do. How would he bring up that he was sorry? That everything he had done had been stupid, and that he felt terrible that she got in trouble because of his actions. Did she know he sent a letter to his family? Was she going to get kicked out of Hogwarts? He hoped not. Too many questions were running through his head and he wanted to ask all of them before she said anything else. But thankfully she had stopped him by giving him a picture.
Holding the picture in his hands, he stared at it. It was an alien coming out of a mother's stomach, and even though she didn't say what it was of, he knew. It was of her baby sister, who was born at the end of last term. The little baby was basically the reason his mother wasn't around anymore. Even though the third year never out right said the baby was a devil, but he didn't always enjoy the company of the tiny person. No one knew this better than Ophelia, and she had captured it in a drawing. He carefully put the picture in his bag, so it wouldn't get crumpled, and pulled Ophelia into a tight hug.
"I love it." He said quietly.