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MuggleBornWitch3 
"But what I have to tell you is something you will want to hear!" Anna responded, panic coming through in the tone of her voice. She hoped he didn't turn and bolt down the hall and refuse to listen to the news she had to tell him. It was too important! Besides, she wasn't sure she was up for another sprint through Hogwarts again trying to keep up with him. "But, Cale, I'm---" It was no use, though. He had nearing meltdown status for a few minutes now, and there was no use in trying to get in another word until he had calmed down.
Anna simply shut her mouth and listened as Cale went on and on saying things that she knew he was right about. Regardless of whether Cale and Anna were together as a couple or not, they still needed to be near one another. They'd been through too much together for one of them to make a move that would possibly separate them for a lifetime. Suddenly, without any warning, a flood of memories came rushing back to Anna, flashing before her eyes as if she were watching them on the big screen at some muggle movie theater. Regardless of whether or not they were ever a couple again, they would have to always be together. She couldn't leave him, and he couldn't leave her.
When Cale sank to the floor, Anna's eyes filled up with tears that came crashing down her face at rapid rates. Then, that force that always managed to draw the two of them together forced her to go crashing down to the floor with him, so that they were seated, facing one another, both on their knees. "You're my best friend, Cale," she began. "I could never, ever leave you. That's what I followed you down here to say. I've owled my father and he's not coming to pick me up tomorrow...or ever, for that matter. I'm staying here at Hogwarts with....with you. I'm so sorry," she said, right before leaning over and crashing into him with a hug. She pulled away briefly to kiss him on the forehead and then crashed right back into him with an even tighter hug.
Cale listened to her talk from his lonesome spot on the floor, and when she said that she was actually staying, he felt a rush of emotions. Part of him felt completely stupid for groveling at her feet like this. Another part was so immensely realived at her words that he felt like crying.
But no, that would NOT be cool. Although he was seriously very VERY close, now that she had fallen on top of him and basically collapsed into a big crying mess. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back, pushing back the lump in his throat as he pulled both of them up so that they were standing again.
"Do, do you mean it?" he asked softly, looking at her in disbelief. If she really was staying then...his imagination took off. He'd tell her all about Evolette and how it was all fake, and how he had only done it because she had hurt him so bad with the Seth kiss thing. They'd sit down in the common room and talk about their problems and get over them, and in a few days, they could be back together. They would be Cale and Anna, a couple again, and it would be just like they used to be. And they'd be together, unlike last year, where they were at different schools. And the second time around would be better, SO much better than before.