Maggie had just come back from the greenhouses and was therefore all wrapped up in her winter jacket. She was even wearing a woolen hat. THAT'S how cold it was. While it did look cute on her, her hair looked not AS silky when she took it off again. So meh, she usually tried not to wear woolen hats. At least now she didn't have to take it off in front of people.

Or at least not in front of anyone who would use it against her.

Already halfway across the common room on her way to the dorms to change, Maggie stopped upon spotting Hady. Oh. She needed to talk to her. Especially seeing as she'd missed her last night. So she quickly changed course, taking off her scarf on the way. "Hey." She smiled, sitting down on the chair across from the other girl.

"You working on something?" Like, something artsy? Or homework? She felt like she needed a bit of an ice breaker first.

Maggie glanced around for a moment but couldn't spot anyone who would judge her too harshly if her hair didn't look AS perfect as it usually did. So she reached up to pull off her hat, almost immediately combing her fingers through her hair in an attempt to fix it.

Setting the hat and scarf down in her lap, Maggie watched Hady curiously. Oh. So she wasn't working on anything. Well, so much for icebreaker conversation topics then. Her eyes fell on the sheet of paper in front of the other girl. What was up? Was it that obvious that she had something to share? Apparently so.

"Well, I...did you talk to Zeke at all today?" Probably not or else Hady would've said something right? Maggie looked back up to meet her friend's gaze, a faint blush on her cheeks. Like, this had A LOT of potential for awkwardness now that she thought about it. Plus this was Zeke's best friend right there. So now Maggie was somewhat hoping he'd already told her.

Which was sort of unlikely.

Oh.

Crap.

Well then. Maggie pressed her lips together, just staring back at the other girl for a few seconds until she, too, shook her head. "No. I'm not looking for him." Although she wasn't sure where he was right this second. But nope, not looking for him. Or at least that wasn't why she'd sat down.

Seriously, though, was she SO transparent that Hady had just KNOWN something was up?

Apparently so. Maggie crossed her legs and eventually decided to just...get it over with. Say it. There was literally nothing that could happen. Well, there was but she was trying very hard not to think of all of those things. "So, like, we're...dating now." She finished it off with a small tentative smile, watching Hady closely to be ready in case she wanted to hex her or something to see her reaction.

Ooooooookay.

This wasn't going too well. Maggie could tell. Despite the fact that that Hady had just called it 'cool'. That wasn't exactly an 'omg I'm so happy for you two'. She'd been right to be a little nervous about telling Hady. And while she hated not being the one in control – because right now she most definitely was NOT – Maggie didn't argue. For now.

Antagonizing Zeke's best friend was probably not the best way to start this off.

So she remained quiet for a moment, folding her hands in her lap. "Are you....okay with that?" Not that they needed Hady's blessing but....as much as Maggie was trying to pretend she was okay as long as she was doing what was making her happy, that just wasn't her. Or well, the thing was, she DID need other people's approval to BE happy in the first place.

Honestly, Maggie just didn't want to constantly fight Hady. She knew what Slytherin girls were capable of and while she was pretty sure she could fend for herself, Maggie just really didn't want to have to look over her shoulder all the time. If push came to shove she wasn't sure if that was...worth it. It would lead to a whole lot of thinking this over on her part anyway.

The preferred outcome therefore was for Hady to at least say that she didn't mind.

So when the other girl smirked and even laughed, Maggie looked visibly relieved. As long as they were happy Hady was happy? Well then, Zeke had definitely seemed happy yesterday. As for herself, she was excited too.

Smirking a little, Maggie folded her scarf in her lap carefully. "That's the idea right? Not hurting each other." She looked back up to meet Hady's gaze, genuinely smiling now. That's what it was it was all about no? Seeing as this was a different kind of dating now. Not what she'd planned on doing in school. This was different. So now she didn't really know WHAT exactly it all meant. She needed a new list. A new plan.

But not making each other miserable was probably a good start.

Hady wasn't the best to consult on how romantic relationships worked? Yes, Maggie was aware, yet smirked a little anyway. "Well-" She leaned forward a little, lowering her voice, indicating that she was about to share a BIIIG secret. "-I don't really know what I'm doing either." Pause. "For once. Don't tell anyone though." Because usually she always had everything planned out.

Not this though. At least not YET anyway.

Maggie took a moment to shrug out of her jacket and then carefully placed it on the back of her chair, along with her scarf and hat. It was pretty warm in here. She ran a hand through her hair again. "So what about you then?" Since they were on the subject of boys again. Any news?

Maggie had sort of meant for her comment to be comical so she didn't mind when Hady laughed. While it was of course true she also didn't want to come across as worried or anything. She totally had this all under control. "Well, you're biased." About Zeke being 'epic' that is.

"I mean, he's apparently worthy of me, though, so he HAS to be epic." She added with a smirk and a wink.

Most of what Hady was saying was lacking details and therefore didn't really interest her. Maggie instead just watched the other girl, still combing her fingers through the tips of her hair. That last part though, that was somewhat interesting. "Frankie? Is that Zeke's dormmate?" She hadn't actually spoken to him –*or at least not that she could remember – but he was in her year so naturally she knew OF him. "How did that turn out?"

Blame her? Hehe. No, most definitely not. Maggie grinned, shaking her head. "Not exactly, no." She totally got the whole thinking your best friends are epic thing. Mhm. As for what Hady said next, "Well, we can't settle so...yes. Only the best for us." She giggled. It was true too.

If there was someone who deserved the have the best it was the Slytherins.

Oh. So it was that Frankie. Right. Was he close with Zeke? Were they friends? To be honest, Maggie didn't even know that much about Zeke. Oops. But this was about Hady now. Maggie huffed when the other girl elaborated on their run-in. "I'm sure it his fault." Like, obviously it wasn't Hady's fault. By default. Rolling her eyes, Maggie was already mentally making plans to talk to this Frankie person.

Wait, "he's blond though."

"I think it would be an embarrassment to our whole house really." And yes she was making this about all of them. They all had high expectations to live up to just because they'd been sorted into Slytherin. Maggie might not have grown up in the wizarding world but she definitely knew THAT.

It was probably 'easier' if you were sorted into, say, Hufflepuff.

Oh good. At least she had noticed his hair. So why was she even talking to him? Or rather, why had she brought it up? SUSPICIOUS! Maggie watched the other girl curiously as she seemed to work through something. Oh. Okay then. "Blond would suit you, really." She tilted her head to the side a little. "Like, someone blond would suit you." Seeing as Hady had dark hair herself. Opposites and all that.

Not that Maggie was still doing that. Ahem.

Hady understood. Hady was on the same wavelength as she was.

Grinning broadly, Maggie nodded along to the other girl's words. "Exactly. So, that's what I'm trying to do." And she better not tell Zeke she'd said those exact words. This was just girl talk. For some reason Maggie trusted Hady enough not to share what they were talking about with anyone.

That mostly went for their last big talk too.

Ooooooh. So she agreed. Maggie's smirk grew wider. "Maybe you two should hang out again...without slamming into each other." Just saying...since hair color didn't matter anymore. Or at least since they'd agreed how well Hady's hair would go with a blond boy's. Ahem.

YAAAAAAAAAAS!

It took A LOT of self-restraint for Maggie not to bounce in her seat. So Hady wasn't opposed to the idea. That was awesome. It should be fun. She should probably screen Frankie first, though, seeing as she didn't want her friend hanging out with a weird person.

Dante was doing that enough with Hugo already.

"We should ask Zeke about him next time." Couldn't hurt to know a little more about the guy beforehand right? And, whenever 'next time' was. Next time they all hung out? Would that be a thing now? Maggie wasn't sure how to feel about that to be honest.

But then again she liked both Hady and Zeke so...