 Fluttery Pegasi
Hadley continued to stare absently at the ceiling, not saying all that much. But she was thinking responses. The pink pillow hit her squarely on the side of the face, rolled up onto her chest, coincidentally where Asher had curled up, before slipping off onto the ground, were it remained. The ferret chirped his outrage at Rachel, until Hads shushed him soothingly and gave him a few comforting strokes. But otherwise, the girl didn't really react, at all, to being hit with a pillow. Which wasn't really like Hadley at all.
Both Asher and Wimple had come with because there was no way she was going to leave either of them at Hogwarts. Nope. Plus them being here gave her plausible reason to go to diagon alley and to the owl emporium and the menagerie. Speaking of which, Hadley still needed to speak to Mrs. and Mr. Watson about Rachel's gift.
Wouldn't she like to know? Not really.
Thank goodness we couldn't do magic outside school... Okay, that one got a smile. At least it looked like a smile, until Hadley turned to look at Rachel, and it became apparently that it was a smirk. The smirk. That signature devious little lopsided smile that always seemed to say everything Hadley could, would and wanted to do, all the while implying that nothing could stop her if she really wanted to do it.
Yet even that wasn't the same anymore. "Yep. Because we all know what a stickler I am for the rules..." She let the silence as her voice trailed off linger.
Are you all right? Nope. Not even remotely. Not really. "Uh-huh. Peachy-Keen, Peaches." Two thumbs up straight in the air to drive the point home. "And Asher would like to remind you, plants really aren't." Aw, Barkley. "Yeah, okay!" She lifted Asher up off her chest and held him above her face. "You haven't met Barkley yet, but you'll love him." Hads wasn't worried given the dog and the ferret were practically the same size. She sat up, stretched while still holding Asher, and then placed him on her shoulder. All ready to go see the puppy!
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