He nodded."She shouldn't have said those things about you and I tried to tell her that she was wrong. You're... Well, you're pretty cool when you're not shouting at me." He was blushing so furiously that it felt like his head might be on fire. He felt her pat him on the arm and blushed again, not sure what colour he might have turned, purple probably. "Like I said, I like you, you're pretty... cool." He gulped, desparate to move the conversation on. "Umm, I need to send a parcel to my mum, d'you want to come and meet my owl?"

Alexandra couldn't help but smile as he turned an unhelthy shade of crimson and once again called her pretty.... cool. "Well, I thank you very much for taking up for me Lorcan, but I will take of it. Peacefully." she said aloud. But in her head she was thinking she may very well attacked her with a bat bogey hex that one of her fellow Gryffies offered to show her.

Oh the owlery!! "That would be lovely, lorcan. I have an owl up there too. Her name is Wasabi." she exclaimed and waited for him to lead the way.

Raven headed from the stairs immediately to the suits of armor, looking around to see if there was anyone around, she just felt like being alone for a change. Things just seemed to hit her like a brick wall lately, with the whole situation between Asher and Gabben then the news of having to leave at the end of the term, she took out her mp3 player and immediately flipped it to a song that totally expressed how she was feeling.

Sliding down the wall, she hit the floor with a thud and started crying, not really caring to keep her emotions inside anymore.

Hum de dum dum.

Livvy was in a better mood than usual. It was shown clearly by the way strutted through the hallways and the bright smile that was on her face. And why shouldn't she be in a better mood? Her best friend didn't hate her anymore and they had reconciled. Her best friend's boyfriend didn't blame her for the breakup. Wasn't that something to be happy over?

Copernicus was right. Like he always was. That brilliant boy. Livvy wondered how he was dealing with things, since it was his last year at Hogwarts.

As she made her way around the castle, wandering aimlessly, she came upon the room where the suits of armor was located. And that's when she saw a girl that looked very familiar. And from the look of it, she was crying. Yeah. Most definitely.

Livvy's face fell for a moment and she could remember when it was not too long ago, that she had found herself in that exact same position. She walked over cautiously and as she approached the crying girl, Livvy recognized it to be the girl she had met at the Hourglasses. What was her name again? She came closer and knelt down, just a foot away. "Hey... hey... are you okay?" Pfft. Of course not.

Raven was startled when she heard someone talking to her, it was Livvy, they hadn't exactly gotten along the last time they met but it didn't matter now, maybe she could give her some advice on what to do. She turned her mp3 player off and put it away in her pocket, wiping away the tears on her robes while new ones rolled down her cheeks.

"No I'm not okay.. I've got a lot that's come at me all at once and I just don't know what to do honestly." she said, leaning her head back against the wall.

Torin was heading across the corridor when he suddenly heard the sound of someone crying. Frowning, he decided that he should go and see who the person was and if he could help them.

Walking upon the scene, he saw that it was Raven and that a girl he didn't know was with her. "Raven. What's wrong?" he asked as he approached her.

Raven sighed slightly when she noticed that Torin showed up, she didn't want to tell him the news that she was leaving at the end of the term because it wasn't quite pleasant.

"Everything's wrong, I mean there's whole thing between Asher and Gabben now and I got a letter yesterday from my old school informing me that I was to be returning next term." she said, then fiddled around with the ring on her finger.

Boy... Did she know what that was like? Yes she did. And it might've been because she had felt that way before... Or maybe it was because it was Livvy's good heart. Either way, Livvy felt inclined to help the girl sitting before her. "What's the matter? You can tell me," she said earnestly, wanting to comfort her.

A boy then approached them and she just offered a nod of acknowledgement. The two seemed to know each other. She of course didn't know the newcomer. She was sooooo unpopular.

Livvy listened as the girl spilled, smiling sympathetically at her. "What's this thing between a Gabben and Asher?" Gotta learn the story.

Raven looked down at the floor, letting tears hit the ground beneath her, she wasn't used to this feeling of telling people what's wrong with her but maybe it was a good thing if she got it all out before it got any worse for her. "Well, the main thing is that my former Headmaster at my last school wants me to return to help the professors and disclipine some of the students but I just don't want to leave here." she said, wiping more tears away.

When Livvy asked her about Gabben and Asher, she bit her lip then sighed once again. "Well Asher's my boyfriend who I love dearly but he just disappeared at the beginning of the term and I haven't seen him since, Gabben is the guy who I like and he just really cool but I cannot commit myself to him because my heart is still Asher's." she spilled all at once.

He listened as she talked about Asher and Gabben. He was pretty sure about everything 'cause of what she had told him. "I am still looking for him, but I can't find him anywhere. I'm sorry, Raven." He knew that she was having a hard time because she never saw him.

"Gabben's the guy that you were with in the street, right?" He remembered that the boy seemed a bit chummy with her.

She sighed when he told her that he couldn't find Asher that didn't make her feel any better. "It's alright Torin, thanks for looking though, hopefully he'll return one of these days before I leave for Ireland." she said then shrugged slightly.

"Yeah that was Gabben, he kind of follows me around like a lost puppy but I do kind of like him."

Well... that just stunk. The girl was forced to leave the school. But Livvy didn't see why in Merlin's beard was she forced to return. "Don't you have a choice though? Or do you have to go back?" she asked, a little bit confused. There was no way they could force her to go back. No way. Unless they blackmailed her, but Livvy couldn't see any reason why they would want a student to return to the school so badly.

Disappeared? How can someone just... disappear? She bit her lip and looked back at Raven. Poor gal. She had everything... and then it all disappeared. Well... maybe Livvy was over-exaggerating. Livvy nodded her head with understanding. It was Chase all over again. Seemed so long ago. "Does Gabben know?"

He nodded slowly. "Are you sure about moving back there? Absolutely sure?" He didn't want to keep her here if she would rather go home, but he would miss her. She was a good person and a good pranking buddy.

Raven took out the letter that the school sent her and showed it to Livvy, she still was in disbelief from that and still thought that this all was a nightmare, that she'd wake up and everything would be okay again but this was real. "I don't actually, its frustrating honestly." she said then shook her head.

She wanted to just scream as loud as she could but that really was not going to help anything. "Gabben knows about Asher and that I still love him but like I cannot control myself when I'm around him." she sighed loudly.

Turning to Torin, she just nodded silently and wanted to disappear now but honestly she couldn't really imagine what things would be like if she wasn't around. "I am absolutely sure, there's some reasons behind the whole heading back to Galway story that I'll tell you later." she said, then rested her hands in her lap.

Um... Livvy took hold of the letter that Raven handed to her and looked down at it, her eyes moving from left to right as she read each and every word in the letter. "So you don't have to then? Do you want to?" she asked, feeling a bit puzzled. Well, if she didn't have to return, why was the girl so upset over it? Livvy wasn't sure if she should persist or just leave it.

"What do you mean by not controlling yourself?" she asked, quietly. It was obvious, but Livvy wanted the girl to say it herself. Was she even helping at all?

Raven took the letter back and put it back in her robes for the moment, her original plan was to leave without anyone knowing, so much for that but maybe it was a better thing that her friends knew so they didn't worry about her. "I don't want to leave, I'd rather stay here and finish off my education at Hogwarts but I just can't." she said sadly.

"I just cannot seem to keep my hands off of him and I cannot resist kissing him but I just feel bad doing that when I do have a boyfriend even though he's not around." she explained then shrugged slightly, brushing some of her brown hair from her eyes.

Livvy smiled meekly as she handed the letter back to Raven. She dropped down to the floor onto her bottom and leaned back against the wall, sitting next to Raven in practically the same position. Poor gal... so much to worry about. Now that her problems were over with, they didn't seem too bad anymore.

"I still don't get why you can't stay though. You have a choice, don't you?" Livvy asked. She wanted to get the story straight. She still didn't see why the girl couldn't stay when she had a choice.

Mmm. "Well... Raven. I think that the best thing to do about that little situation would be to give you and Gabben some space while you think about which relationship you want to stick with, before... you know... someone gets hurt." And by someone... she meant all three of the lovebirds.

Raven sighed and rested her head in her hands, letting the tears continue to fall, she just didn't want to keep on about this. "Actually, I've got no choice seriously. There's several reasons behind why they're making me go back which I'm not willing to discuss." she said, not moving her head from her hands.

"I can't think about that now when there's this stupid situation to think about." she said in a bit of a frustrated tone but Livvy was right, she couldn't let things go on the way they were.

Livvy just sighed also and rested her hand on the girl's shoulder. They weren't close enough for Livvy to wrap her arm around the girl and give her a hug. Though a hug would be great at that moment. She had a feeling that by giving her a hug, would be way too awkward and that Raven would just pull away. "Okay. If you don't want to discuss it, then don't. You don't have to. If you're ready, you'll tell us," Livvy said, nodding her head.

Couldn't blame her. All the junk that she had to deal with, Livvy could only imagine how messed up her mind was. Imagine. Pfft. She had gone through it!

"Take your time to refocus. Just know that the problem won't go away. Think about it when your mind becomes more... 'clearer'..."

Raven felt Livvy put her hand on her shoulder and felt a little bit better, she wasn't sure what to say if anything right now, so she kind of just sat there and thought of what she was going to once she left.

"I know it won't go away, I wish that it would though honestly." she said then finally stopped crying.

... Awwwkkward.

Livvy wasn't quite known for her seriousness. In fact, she never thought she was much of one to give out advice. But in her opinion. Raven seemed to be taking Livvy's poor attempts at giving advice, pretty well. Made her feel useful. And not completely useless and someone that made bad choices.

"I'm sorry, Raven. You'll figure it out. I know you will," she said, keeping her hand on the girl's shoulder. Livvy wondered what would happen if she wrapped her arm around her shoulder. Death?

Eh. Who cares?

She let her arm wrap around Raven's shoulder and squeezed her tightly for a moment and then let her go. Just to let her know that she, Olivia Zhang, was there.

Raven felt Livvy put an arm around her shoulders and immediately felt strange, normally she would have hexed the girl's arm off of her but she just wasn't in the mood to be evil.

"Thanks Livvy, I will in time once I can get past this whole thing about returning to my old school next term." she said then smiled ever so slightly.

Huh. Raven Athlon was actually being nice to someone for a change, something was evidently wrong.

Livvy could feel the girl tense up a little once she place her arm around the girl's shoulders. Wrong move? Eeesh. Obviously Livvy wasn't too great at reading people's minds nor making decisions. But at least the girl didn't bite her head off for it. So that was a pretty good sign.

"Takes time," she said, nodding her head with a small smile in return. She then slipped her arm slowly away and gave Raven an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry. I didn't know whether or not that was appropriate," Livvy said.

Raven rested her hands on the floor the moment, not really caring how dirty the floor actually was. She wanted to just get up and walk away but walking away from someone who's willing to give you advice is not necessairly the best idea.

"It's alright, I'm not used to the feeling of being comforted by someone actually." she admitted then shrugged slightly.

Resting her head against the wall, Livvy brought her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around. Mm. Problems. Drama. It seemed like that's what went on everywhere in the school these days. Why couldn't life just be a simple walk in the park? No fights. No problems. No difficulties? Well... that wouldn't be life... now would it? It'd be way. Too. Easy.

Livvy smiled as she turned her head slightly to the right to look at Raven. "No?" she repeated, gently. "I don't really know what to say to that. Honestly. I'm probably the worst comforter in the entire world. Ever need advice, go to Copernicus. He gives out the best. He's all wise and all."