 I'm so sorry. Zombie Apocalypse Team Leader ★ ★ in a crown of pepperoni and artisan cheese
Olivia was trying her absolute hardest to simply focus on Professor Newton and the information cache that had just been dumped on them, but... Well, it was no secret that the Gryffindor had concentration problems, and................. Rooney Bronwyn was here. Seated someplace just behind her, where couldn't look upon his face... Liv didn't like that, and really, she could only assume his position in the room; thanks to the tremor of his voice... Or maybe, no thanks... as it was inspiring the prickling sensation just behind her eyeballs. The one where she knew there would be tears soon enough.... It'd undoubtedly been too long since she'd heard that wonderful sound.
Steadying herself, Liv, again, grasped at the heart shaped piece of rose quartz around her neck, taking a few deep breathes. How was it possible to still long for someone this much? To feel dizzy and overwhelmed just by the sound of a person's voice?
In a great effort to tear her thoughts away from the back of the classroom, Olivia poured all her energy into amassing the information to the new notebook. There was more than enough of it, to keep her busy... but it failed in drowning out the noise surrounding her; namely more of Rooney's deep tremor .... and a second lovely voice that... she'd failed to note the first time... Was that... Was that CARLTON?
Disregarding the fact that it was probably a horrific idea, Liv whipped her head around, longer blonde curls slapping her in the face, as she sought out the smol Slytherin. It took no time to find him... and he was, of course, seated just beside the love of her life.... She only had eyes for Carlton just now, however. A few tears fell, but the smile on her face was bright and genuine. Merlin, she wanted to squish his precious little cheeks. And.... because she couldn't help herself, bright blue eyes shifted to Rooney just a second after. He looked......so good. Just as she remembered him, healthy, vibrant... and alive. Without noticing, tears began silently streaming down her cheeks....and there was nothing Olivia could do to staunch them. His face was one that she thought she may never see again. Not alive and breathing, anyway... and most definitely not after what Brinlee had written. Missing. Rooney had been missing
...but there he was. Right here in front of her face..... Could he still sense her thoughts? Was that connection still in tact?
"Duelling."........That's what she'd had in her mind to say about wizarding sports. There were tournaments and everything. Sanctioned ones. So, it counted... Eventually, she tore her greedy gaze away from Rooney's face to restate, "Duelling would be one." She paused to wipe the tears. "They hold sanctioned matches in tournament format."... but that's all she knew...
__________________ We live in cities you'll never see onscreen..._______________________________________________
So very pretty, and we sure know how to run things..._______________________________
Livin' in ruins of a palace, within our dreams...____________
We're on each other's team._____
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