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Zoerawrr 
"I did not shake her shoulder!" Alex responded indignantly as he turned. Now, he knew this girl to be the Head Girl, plus they'd been in Hufflepuff together since 1st year... but he'd never approached her. "I merely jostled."
He didn't move back though. Sitting next to the girl and then backing away was kinda mean. Plus... he'd sat there now. He'd chosen this seat.
"I didn't say you did it hard. But jostle, shake - the difference is?" Sarah really didn't mean to upset him, she thought it was a reasonable observation. Raising her eyebrows at him, she shook her head gently. This probably wasn't the time to having a conversation about jostling.
Plus the fact, Wesley was starting to worry her even more...
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imaginarynumb3rs [...]Wait. Was that - Sarah?
The fifth year sucked in her sobs with a large sniffle. Wesley squeezed her eyes shut, forcing out a few welling tears, and bit her raw bottom lip. Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry.
She didn't want Sarah to see her sad. Because, because, because she needed to be brave.
Wesley balled her still too-small-hands into fists, digging her fingernails into her palms.
Nothing was wrong. She was fine. She was alive. She wasn't sick.
No - no - she didn't need any water. Because she was fine.
And, oh, the boy had only been trying to be nice. Wesley understood. Honest, to Merlin, she did.
And, wait, what!?
With that last suggestion by Sarah, the Hufflepuff whipped around, wet, red-ringed, puffy eyes, wide with terror. "NO! Don't leave me! Don't!"
And then she flung herself at the two older girls, somehow managing to hug them both, albeit rather lopsided, at the same time. With her intense consentration broken, the contained tears broke loose, and she sobbed freely. "Y-you g-guys are m-m-my b-best, ev-ever, frieNDS!"
She'd hug the boy when she was done.
Er...maybe.
There seemed to be an awful lot of head shaking going on. And she wasn't even lifting her head off the table to do it. Worrying indeed.
Continuing to rub her back, and with her own legs starting to go numb from crouching, Sarah tried to gain some insight into what the shakes meant. She wasn't sick. She didn't want water. She...she was sad, wasn't she? Why had it taken her so long to realise that? The sniffle gave it away.
"Wesley, please turn around. We can----OOOFFFHHH." The wind was knocked out of her as her friend turned and threw herself at her and Lori. Her tears were flowing, making the Head Girl start as well.
"Oh sweetie, we don't want to - but I think they might notice if we stayed, and chuck us out." Humour. Probably not a good idea.
"You are one of the best people I've ever met, and no way would I leave you forever. You know that." And then she cried some more. Damn seventh year!
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Zoerawrr Well, she wasn't okay.
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Alex was kind of alarmed when the girl (the Wesley girl from a few years below?) suddenly sprung up and hugged her friends (well... he assumed they were friends). He stared for a moment, before looking at the Head Girl and saying, "Told ya."
Well, he hadn't, but by not moving he had IMPLIED that the girl did not want people backing away. Chyeah.
Alex tried not to look like he was noticing the crying... people didn't like it when others saw them cry, did they? Alex couldn't remember...
Over Wesley's shoulder, and through her own tears, Sarah could just make out the shape of the boy she'd been discussing shoulders with. Frowning at him, she nodded her head at his little comment. She didn't quite know what he had told her, but best just to go with it.
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Oh..Gosh
*Sob*
Not only was Miss Malfoy loosing her BEST friend, but she was loosing 2 of her really close friends too. And it truly sucked that she'd be a loner Well...Sort of, she still had her Spatulaclaw for the rest of her school terms. Which is how she ended up at the Hufflepuff table, her mouth no longer in its usual smile, her eyes still red and puffy from the tearful staring she'd been doing all day.
She headed towards Sarah and Lori, giving the Head Girl a small tap on the shoulder. "I'm sorry for interrupting" she started, her voice a little shaky. "I just.. I have something to give you both..." she continued.
She'd wait for their acknowledgement before actually giving them the present.
Still with her neck in a vice-like grip, Sarah felt a tap on her shoulder. Turning her eyes as best she could, she blinked a couple of times and stared up into the face of Trixie. Ohhh lordy. There was no way this was going to be a dry goodbye, was there?
Loosening Wesley's hand a second, Sarah pushed herself up and sat on the edge of the bench.
"It's alright, Trix," she smiled.
"We're just...having a moment. Come join us, please. You have something to give us?" Sarah repeated what the girl had said, face now confused. If it was something that was going to make her cry, she doubted she'd have enough tissues in her pocket to cope with it all.