Sabbath had swivelled in his seat at the Ravenclaw table, looking back over his shoulder towards the Gryffindor table. Had Nells and Hope arrived yet? He’d gotten seperated from them after getting off the train when he’d gone to collect his guitar from the cargo hold. He’d filled the time chatting with a new friend, Clara, at the Ravenclaw table as he waited for the girls to make an appearance in the Great Hall. Glancing over his shoulder, he'd spotted Hope, waving at him through the crowd, beckoning him over to the Gryffindor table. He smiled in recognition and returned her wave with a smile, rising to make his way over towards the crimson crowd.
SPOILER!!: Nells
Chewing on her lip because being around Noah was awkward. It had never been awkward. Not once since the first day they met. When she had grabbed him in the candy shop in Diagon Alley before their first year, and pulled him down to hide from her mum. Or even when they got on the first year boats together. And now, she felt this incredible tension between them and Noelle didn't know what to do.
But now Hope was here. Her and Noah had met before. Noelle had been excited about showing off Noah to Hope. She had liked Noah and wanted Hope to meet him. Now, he didn't even say hello. And she understood why. Because she had said Sabbies name and given him a wave. Right in front of Noah. Noelle's face flushed hard and she looked at Noah to make sure he was okay. He wasn't. She could see the annoyance.. Possibly anger ripple under the surface. He even rolled his eyes. Precious NoahBear was not precious right now.
Before Noelle could stop herself, she reached out and touched his arm lightly when he said he was going to go. All she could think about was, this was it. This could be the last time they talked...... And Noelle wasn't ready. Not even in the slightest. Her eyes pleaded before she could say anything. She was about to remind him, 'He promised', her hand still on his arm, when Skylars name was called. Of course Noelle knew who it was. She watched as she went up for her sorting.
She was distracted though and looked at Noah and Hope. Willing them both to stay. Of course, Noah was paying attention to the sorting. Noelle gave a shrug to Hope, almost as if she didn't know how to keep Noah and Sabbie both in her life.
Merlin, what a brilliant start of term feast.
Her hand still rested on him. Holding him there for just a little bit longer.
As he approached, he finally spotted Nells. He hadn’t seen her immediately, because, oddly, she wasn’t sitting next to Hope as she usually did. It was then that he clapped his eyes on who she WAS sitting with. The smile that had lit his face in recognition of Noelle, immediately faded from his lips. She was sitting with that schmuck, Noah!! Sabbath muttered some inventive vocabulary to himself in Spanish, and made a beeline straight towards them.
As he walked his eyes narrowed, they were looking awfully cosy together and... was she crying?? He saw her dab at her eyes with a tissue.
HOLD IT!!!! WAS THAT HER HAND RESTING ON HIM?
Sabbath saw red.
This guy was too much!!. Sabbath knew he’d been grooming Noelle for ages, taking the pathetic ’sensitive best-friend’ approach to try to get her to open up to him.
Well, he’d had enough!!! Marching up behind them both, he slammed his palms into Noah’s back pushing him hard against the side of the Gryffindor table where he sat watching the proceedings.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE PLAYING AT, TRYING TO MOVE IN ON MY GIRL???" he snarled.