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Lissy Longbottom 
Cale put his arm around her as well, smiling softly at her. It felt nice to be close to her again, and to be holding her in his arms...even if it wasn't really romantic and more friendly at the moment, he liked being embranced by her.
"To be honest, my world kind of fell apart too. And to think, it was all because of some loser named Paul Kutcher?" he asked with a small chuckle.
"OH, who, by the way, is staying at my house. How ironic is that?" he asked with a grin, pushing his hair out of his face again. It was straight today, but it was starting to annoy him again. Maybe he should go back to curly for a week or two, to just change it up a bit.
"Oh, right. Graduation," he said with a sigh, leaning his head against her shoulder. Meh. He didn't want to think about that right now. He didn't want to think of school at all, especially Herbology. "Well, that's such a long way away right now, we don't have to think about that yet," he told her, smiling at her.
Anna sat still and quiet for a few minutes, enjoying the fact she and Cale were nearly back to normal.
Nearly, meaning that they weren't back together as a couple, but at least they were back together as best friends. It made Anna happy to think that they could start doing things like hanging out together, going to Hogsmeade together, and even studying together again. Merlin knew both of them needed Herbology help, and she could even use a tip or two as far as Arithmancy was concerned. Nevermind the fact that she had slept late his morning and missed an entire Arithmancy lesson. Yikes!
"Paul Kutcher," Anna commented, a disgusted expression on her face. "And he's...
WHAT?!?! Are you serious? Why in the name of Merlin is Paul Kutcher staying at your house?" This situation just kept getting more and more ironic as the days went on. "That could actually be a good thing, though. I've been meaning to hunt him down and personally thank him for pretty much ruining my life...the
jerk."
"So, there's one more thing I need to get out into the open right now," Anna said. "Trelawney. I think I should tell you why she called me to her office that day. Just be warned, though. It's not going to be all that great to hear. I think you'll understand why I was so upset about possibly going to the nurse that day I hit my head on the suits of armor."
"So anyway, she wants me to become cunning, ambitious, and less noble. I think we both know which students possess those qualities, don't we? Anyway, she proceeded to tell me that I needed to remain at Hogwarts, but you just wait until you hear the reason she thinks I need to remain here," Anna said. "She wanted
me to convince
you to leave Hogwarts instead. She said that Hogwarts would really suffer a loss if I were to go, so I should stay here, date a Slytherin boy like Nico, and then..."
Anna paused and bit her lip. Should she even attempt to tell him the last part? He'd get it out of her way one way or the other, so there was no use hiding it now. "She wanted me to have you beg for me back, and then for me to say no," Anna explained. "I guess that was her way of having me force you to leave."
"I hope you know I would never, ever do any of that to you, though! That's why I said, 'We don't ever have to worry about what Trelawney said' that say I was talking to you at the statues," Anna said. "...and we don't. I promise you I'll never have you beg for me back, only to say no. I also promise I'll never do anything to convince you to leave..."