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For once, Ash was happy to go back to school. Not that she was happy. She hugged her father goodbye(that hug lasted about 0.5 seconds). She hugged Dustin fifteen times and promised to check in with him and not get into trouble. She hugged her middle brother about a million more times and promised to come back alive, which he worried about every time she got on the train. She picked up her littlest brother and spun him around, which seemed to make him happy. She hugged Alex tightly. She gave her stepmom an awkward but sincere hug. So much hugging she actually tired herself out.
Then she boarded the back cars and entered the nearest empty compartment. She lifted her somewhat-heavy bag into the luggage rack, which completely depleted her energy, then slumped into a seat and rested her head against the wall.
Lisa was finally ready to come back to school. After a summer focused on herself and family, she felt re-energized. There were a few things that were still a little… strange but she was learning how to better roll with the punches that life had sent her way. Besides being refreshed (and having a nice stash of pocket money), this Ravenclaw was READY to take on her fifth year.
After bidding her family goodbye, she separated from Maya and Evan to see if she could find some of her friends to sit with on the train ride. Shoulders square and chin lifted, the growing taller (please she was 5’2 now) girl (sans makeup- which she was even more happy about because it was a GREAT skin day) walked down the corridor with a newfound confidence. OWLS SCHM-OWLS. She was going to come out VICTORIOUS! Or at least, that was the plan.
She slowed her steps when she saw a familiar face swamped in a seat. “
Ash! How was your summer? This seat taken?” she asked motioning to the seat across from her. Merlin… She couldn’t believe Ash was a seventh year.. She had remembered the first time she met her…