Lachlan the Lanky
 

As you crest the staircase coming up from the sixth floor, you'll notice a statue to your right. Lachlan the Lanky is a great landmark for a meeting place.

Standing by the statue, and off the staircase, Daisy looked around the corridor. It seemed to be safe. Alone at last. She pulled out a bar of chocolate and sighed. She wasn't allowed to eat it but the temptation was just too strong. She broke of a piece and popped it in her mouth enjoying the way it melted perfectly sweet and milky like in her mouth.

Enya sat at the base of the statue. She wanted to get away from anyone talking about Bradin mand just think, and maybe catch up with a friend who wasn't going to ask her how she was doing after Bradin. She leaned her head up against the statue's base and sighed.

Selena was just taking a leisurely stroll around the castle. She walked up to the seventh floor, a bit surprised she wasn't huffing and puffing because of climbing all the way here. She then saw Enya, looking quite down and all. Selena walked over and looked down at her. It felt nice, looking down on her, not that Selena would ever admit it. Because she was usually looked down on. She gave her a small smile. "Hey, mind if I sit there?" Selena asked, pointing at the spot next to Enya.

"Sure." Enya looked up at Selena. "I'd like the company of we don't talk about Bradin." She admitted. She patted the floor next to her. "Pull up a piece of floorboard." She said with a half-grin. "How are you? I love your earrings."

Selena giggled and took a seat down on the floor, dirtying her white jeans but not caring at all. "Sounds good to me, no offense or anything, I don't like depressing," Selena said with a smirk. She made herself comfortable on the ground and let out a sigh. She pulled her sweater a bit closer around herself. "A bit colder up here, don't you think?" Selena asked with a smile, she was still getting used to the chilly weather fall had to offer. "I've been doing... alright," Selena said. Mmm... pretty much alright, depending on who you're asking. "Oh, uhm thanks, I was going to take them off, but I forgot," Selena said a bit sheepishly. "How have you been?" she asked.

Enya grinned. "I'm ok, a little confused about a boy and how it relates to the depressing thing that I don't wanna talk about, but other than that, really ok." She said softly. "Yeah it's colder up here, I think the winter's coming on. You know, this is the first real Christmas I'm going to have. I have a new daddy and a baby brother and a whole bunch of new cousins." She hugged Selina, after all she counted her as a cousin and a really close friend even though Jackson and Jamie divorced. "My problem is that I don't know what to do with being so happy."

Selena nodded. "Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?" Selena asked. She listened well, and usually gave pretty decent advice. At least she thought it was decent. "Usually just letting everything outs helps a lot, believe me," she said. "Yup, winter... I hate winter... it's too cold," Selena admitted with a giggle. She hugged Enya back. It was nice here in Hogwarts. "Enjoy happiness, it never lasts forever," Selena said with a simple shrug, pulling the sweater around her even tighter. Note to self: find her warmer clothes.

Enya sighed, and as she pulled her spare cloak out of her bad and handed it to Selena, she replied. "It's just that well, someone I really like asked me out and I said yes, but some people are lie, well, she must not have really loved Bradin, cause she's moving on. But Bradin wanted me to move on. he told me so, and caring about Michael doesn't mean I love Bradin any less. I still cry a lot cause I miss him." She said, letting it come out.

Selena shook her head, declining it politely. Selena gave Enya a reassuring hug. "Well, you can always love them both, besides, you're still in your first year of Hogwarts, it's too soon to declare your love for anyone," Selena pointed out. Waaay too early, it wasn't like Selena went around declaring their love for guys. "And Bradin wouldn't want you to mope over these things, believe me," she said, smiling. "Don't cry because of him, think of it, he did what he thought was best, he's still alive and yes, you miss him, but don't we all?" Selena continued. "It hurts, to lose someone, but you just have to get over it, deal with it, know that they live on in your memories," Selena said, her voice trailing off at the end. "He knows you don't love him less, Bradin's probably very proud of you right now, because you moved on," Selena added, "because you moved on even though you're upset about the entire thing..."

"Yeah I guess you're right. I mean I'm only eleven. It's just that Bradin's leaving and everything hurts. But I have to move on, even though some people are telling me I've betrayed him." She hugged her knees. "I'm freezing!"

Selena nodded. "Exactly, there's still a whole life ahead of you," she pointed out. And a whole life ahead of her. She smiled at Enya. "So no need to worry over these things! People who say that are idiots, complete idiots, because they don't know what it's like," Selena added. Mmmhmm. "Hehehe, maybe you should use your own cloak," she said, handing Enya back her cloak. "So... who was it you're dating again?" Selena said with a smirk, nudging Enya slightly. Hehehe.

Enya wrapped her cloak around her and fastened it with the special clasp that Michael had given her. She giggled as her cousin nudged her, blushing a little. "Michael White." She replied Blushing. "The hufflepuff guy that was trying to cheer me up at the start of term feast when I thought Bradin was cheating on me with that girl."

Selena thought about it... Michael White... "Ooohhh, he's that huffie I met in Diagon!!! He's funny," she chuckled. "I wish I had a little brother like him," Selena mused. Because he was weird and... yeah. Weird. Perfect for her family since everyone was basically weird, besides the occasional normal person that existed in the family tree.

"He is funny! He's always trying to get me to do muggle things, things that would make 95% of our family cringe." Enya grinned. She didn't say that she liked him all the more for that. Enya did not have to tell Selina that. She understood.

Selena smiled and nodded. "Well.... Maybe when Hogsmeade opens I can treat the three of us to breakfast in Puddifoot's... I just need to.... Talk to him a bit, plus, the food there is awesome," Selena said with a grin. Lalalaaaaaa~ let the fun begin for Miss Selena Zabini-Riddle. Hmmm...

Enya smiled at Selena. "that sounds really, really good." She grinned then hearing Selena's tone she raised an eyebrow at her cousin. "You haven't by chance been talking to my dad have you? He said something very similar." She replied softly. She kinda grinned at that, it was nice to know she had family that cared about them.

Selena smiled, "Good," she said. Note to self: no sugar allowed. She noticed Enya's look then shook her head. "Enya, I don't get owls from family unless it's an emergency or cousin Lily-Rose owls," Selena said seriously. And it stunk but it was true. All she was doing was watching out for her family, well, the family she actually cared about, that is.

Enya nodded. "I didn't mean anything by that, I just wondered. You see, my dad said the same thing." She said softly, "You know, my dad isn't a riddle by birth or anything, he just was once married to one. But he's a good guy, and he wanted me to let you know that if you ever got tired of the madhouse, you could come stay with us."

Selena shook her head. "I know what you mean, I'm not offended in the least and me and Uncle Jackson just care about you," Selena pointed out before twisting her hair around her finger. "I'm not a Riddle by birth either..." Selena mused. She wasn't, she was a Zabini and that was different. "It's a lovely offer but I cannot do that, you don't know my mother," Selena said, giving Enya a grateful smile.

"Well at least promise you'll come to visit at sometime." Enya smiled, hugging Selena. "i won't take no for an answer on that."

Selena aighed. "No promises but I'll try," Selena said. Promises were made to be broken, so she didn't make them. Pffft, Enya could take no for an andwer... Stubborn people. Psh.

"Maybe I should rephrase, I would really like it if you would come." She said softly. "And if I seem stubborn it's because I have always had to fight for anything good in my life and it's made me a bit bullheaded."

Selena shrugged. "I can't make any promises but I'll try, summers are for galas, parties and other social events that I will have to attend," Selena pointed out. So it wasn't her fault if she couldn't go.

Enya nodded. "Ok." She started to get up and gathered her stuff. Maybe the stuff that Uncle Alex had told her was right. Maybe there was something in her that was bad and made people not want to be around her. Her parents had died and left her forever, and so had Bradin. The only people besides her Dad who had really been around her longer than they had to were Justin and Michael.