 *rearranges* ^^ urine trouble | Pat's Strong Confident Other Half | Pees Like a Champion Unicorn Racehorse
And then, his thoughts were interrupted.
Blinking rapidly, Lucas tore his eyes away from Sandhu at the Staff Table and looked over to see that someone had joined him. "Hey, Naya." Was he good? ........ Well. "Uh, yeah, all good," he lied, "Just, uh, lost in post-OWLs thoughts." Pause. "So, do you have any plans for the holidays?"
Merlin, this was going to be a long feast if he continued like this.
Luckily, Cole arrived to start asking questions of his own. Questions about home and the exams that they had done not long ago. "Absolutely. It's going to be nice to get some sleep for once." And he didn't mean falling asleep on his textbooks, either. "What about you? Have any plans for the holidays?" Please distract him, ple-
...............
Uhhhhhhh??????
Lucas STARED at Bernie as she? patted his head?? Uh?? And even worse, she was giving him some advice about the OWLs? Yeaaaaah........ it was safe to say that Lucas was very confused right now. This wasn't the same Bernadette, right? Because the Bernadette he knew would try to do something crazy and get herself into detention but this was..... new.
"Uh, hi, Bernie. Thanks for the advice." How was he supposed to tell her that these exams were important? And could change his entire future? "I guess I can't change them so there's no point worrying, right? And you don't have to worry about them for a very long time, which is lucky." There was even a small smile on his face as he said that. Huh. Maybe distractions were really wor-
SNORT.
Was the Gryffindor surprised that Carsyn didn't want to talk about the exams? Not really. In fact, he would probably be the same if he had that much courage to react like that and not overthink. "Hey, Carsyn. Not much, really," he said, shrugging, "I'll be happy if nothing happened. What about you?"
But something else was happening and he only remembered when he heard Rylee asking them a question about summer as well. And there, right there, was that familiar sad feeling. "Hey, Rylee. Congrats on graduating." Pause. "Are you excited?" It was a big world out there. A big world with a lot to explore and roam around and-
It sounded scary.
It was then that his eyes landed on a certain little Gryffindor and he felt his heart drop even more. It wasn't like Cece to be anything but cheery, from what he knew. So to see her upset was completely new to him. New and weird and probably the biggest distraction of them all.
Before he knew it, Lucas found himself scooting a little closer to her on the bench. He knew what Emma would do: give the best cuddles in the world. But that wasn't like him so he tried a different approach. "Hey, Cece! Are you ready for a summer of sunshine and Quidditch?" Distractions always worked, right?
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