What a headache, something Nat wasn't a fan of and it didn't help her focus in class. Happy to be having a break she threw her bag over her shoulder and headed down to the dungeons. Her brown eyes darted around for a certain snake she was trying to avoid. As she went to enter the common room she thought she might have heard his voice and decided it was bets to not go in just yet.

Instead she slid down the wall and sat pulling her legs to her chest. Wrapping her arms around her legs she rested her head and closed her eyes. The back of her eye lids helping the headache she left her eyes closed and without much thought drifted to sleep. All around her disappearing and forgetting about the avoidance she was trying to keep of someone who could possibly walk by at any moment.

Hugo was ready to take his daily nap and what best place for that than his dorm, right? Except when Dante was there 'cause he would do something to wake him up.

The Prefect walked all the way to the dungeons but stopped when he saw a certain Slytherin outside the common room. He really didn't wanted to talk to her, not even to mention what happened at the feast because really that has been very unexpected. But whatever. "Would you explain me why did you find the need to throw pumpkin juice at me?" till now he couldn't think of a reason and if she decided not to talk to him, well, good for him he could just walk away and take his nap.

She was sleeping!! ZZZZZZzzzzz

That was until someone was waking her up! She couldn't believe she had fell asleep on the floor in the corridor of the Dungeons. WHAT EVEN! Her sleepy eyes focused and she saw him. She rubbed her eyes and looked down on the floor. She didn't want to explain herself, because she didn't want to admit or not admit anything and her headache was still there UGH.

Rubbing her temples she tried to focus. "You mean you are talking to me now?" It was all she could really say, her eyes never meeting his.

"And that's your reason to throw juice at me?" just because he didn't say Hi? Does this had something to do with the fact that Roman wasn't here anymore? Because Hugo bet that if Roman was still here Nat wouldn't have acted that way. He was pretty sure.

You never knew what was going on on a girl's mind because they were C R A Z Y.

Was there any better reason to throw it on him? She just blankly stared at him. Partly looking through him more then at him. Was this even worth it? He didn't want to be her friend anymore he made that clear last term and the entire summer that he didn't try to talk to her. Now the feast where she wasn't even really there to him. "You'd be happy ifI I wasn't here at all wouldn't you? Maybe if I'd disappear or would have transferred?"

She put her head down again trying not to be dramatic, but she was starting to feel upset and her head pounding wasn't helping anything. "Why did you even stop to question me? Do you really care or just doing your prefect job to get people not to sleep in the corridor." So much for trying to avoid him by sitting out there. She couldn't believe she fell asleep and left herself wide open to be seen.

Maybe if she got up and left he wouldn't follow her, but she didn't want to move either. The floor was comfy and Nat just couldn't get her legs and brain to work at the moment. Not with him right there looking at her.

Hugo sighed and rolled his eyes. He wasn't in the mood to be arguing or dealing with this. Too many questions and he only wanted his nap and a reasonable answer. But maybe he wasn't going to get the latter.

"I'm asking you because it doesn't look like there was a reason to do it. I haven't done anything to you so, yeah. Unexpected situation there " if one thing he has been to her was nice, from the very first day they met till today and just because he decided not to say Hi to her seemed like pretty childish. Sorry. "But if you aren't going to say anything, I'll let you sleep, though it would be more comfortable in the common room, you know not on the cold and hard ground.

"YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO ME? REALLY HUGO?" She was upset and she knew tears were going to come when she got upset, but DIDN'T DO ANYTHING???? "I told you things, secret things and your response was to not speak to me. To tell me you had to get over me before we were friends again. That was the end of last term. YOU haven't talked to me since. You were my friend and now your not."

UGH UGH UGH

She didn't want to admit things, she didn't want to show she was so hurt by him. "If you don't want to be my friend fine, but it hurts. It hurts seeing you with the other girls just happy and flirting and like I don't even matter. I never truly mattered to you, did I? It was just all lies to get to me wasn't it? Well you got what you wanted, so I guess we are done here. " She got up and wiped at her eyes, SHE WASN'T CRYING OKAY!

"It would be more comfortable but I thought I heard you so I was waiting until you left." Bluntly honest, yep that was Nat and she was going to tell him like it was right now. He now knew she missed him and Merlin knew what else he'd assume through her words and upset actions, so why not straight up say she was avoiding him.

Woooow. Okay, stop right there.

ALL these things were unexpected because REALLY to Hugo he had done nothing wrong, like being mean or something like that. "First of all, what do you expect me to do after you tell me like a hundred times that you love Roman and that you can't see me as more than just friends?" seriously, hadn't he be patient enough? "I was honest with you when I told you that it was pretty hard to be just friends because I don't see you that way" it's not rocket science, Nat. "If you are mad because I didn't say Hi to you at the feast, then I'm sorry, okay?" Happy?

The feelings had just started to fade away and he just wanted to keep it that way so, yeah he was kind of avoiding her. Concerned to the next couple of things she said, he looked at her "Okay so just to make everything clear. I had strong feelings for you so that's why being friends right away doesn't work, okay? It's just hard" shrugged. But eventually it would happen. "And why are you worried about who I flirt with?" doesn't she have Roman to worry about? "Stop saying that I never cared about you, of course I did and I still do" was she serious? Haven't he done a lot for her? Listened to her? Kept her secrets? Secrets that he should have said but decided not to and just because now he decides to move on she gets mad? "I have always been there for you and never judge you so don't tell me that I have been a bad person to you".

He rolled her eyes at her, "Alright, I'll leave and you can take your nap"

See ya.

She stared at him without a word, because he was right. HE WAS SO RIGHT, but she would NEVER admit that. She wasn't one to admit being wrong and when she was upset she made sure the other person was upset to. It wasn't something she was proud of, but it was a defense, a guard she adapted to as a child. A learned trait from the she devil. "Don't bother with sorry. It's more then the hi and I've always been honest with you." Okay that was a lie, but proving a point here! He had been the best person to her and she hide things. MAJOR things and now she was accusing him of being the bad person just because he was flirting with other girls. Natalia Franks-Mundie might need stronger potions to clear her head, but she wasn't caring at this point. She was feeling all kinds of emotions that she couldn't swim through. What was going on and why was she has ticked off as she was at Hugo. He wasn't hers, they weren't even friends right now. So who cares what he does, who he talks to. Natalia was in a serious relationship.

"Not being friends with you doesn't work for me." So they were in a bad situation and she knew she owed him the space, she was the horrible person here she got that. She did have Roman, she loved Roman, but WHAT WAS IT WITH HUGO!!! The boy screwed with her mind every time she was near him. She was close with Roman, happy with Roman, so why was she staring at this prefect with all this dramatic emotion???????? Hugo was safe, he was FULL OF HIMSELF, but he was safe, fun, a teenager still. Everything that was normal, though summer had brought on a new normal for Nat and Roman. Roman was fun, exciting, he cared so much about her, but he was adult and his adulting freaked her out. No... no... no she was Roman's.

She loved Roman...

She loved Roman...

UGH


THIS BOY!! Grabbing his robes she pulled towards him and kissed him. Her brain was spinning she left go stared for a minute and took off down the corridor.

Hugo wasn't in the mood to be arguing and there was nothing else to say because everything was clear. At least for him. Well, being just friends didn't work for him, sorry Nat. They had a problem there. He shrugged, "Sorry bout that" they could talk sometimes.

Maybe.

He started to walk away towards the common room but nope, that would have to wait. Nat grabbed him by his robes and kissed him. Kissed. Him. Seriously Hugo didn't understand girls most of the time. She pulled away, he blinked and was about to say something but before he could, she left. He stood there kind of confused but didn't bothered going after her. Not this time. He just watched her walk away and then started walking to the common room.

He needed the nap.

Wandering down to the dungeons was apparently a habit for the Gryffindor. Every term, it seemed, she came down here and sat across from the entrance to the Slytherin common room. Cross legged. Eyes closed.

Maybe willing someone to come by. Someone she had been thinking a lot about ever since the train ride. Hehe. So maybe, MAYBE that was what had led her down here to wait. Maybe not. She was just nonchalant and stuff.

ohhh man this girl was starving, it felt like she hadnt eaten in days. Leaving the common room turned and made her way up to the great hall. She had almost missed her, sitting there all relaxed.

"Dora?" was she okay, her eyes were closed.. it was an odd place for her to take a nap?

Her name. She heard it. Opening both her eyes she blinked a few times and smiled slightly."Echo. " It was like MAGIC. She would have to write Spaceman and tell him she had finally used the Force... or whatever it was. Heh.

Awesome!

After a moment of just looking up at the other girl, Dora stood and wiped her hands on her robes. "Where were you heading? " And could she go with her? Heh.

"yeah... Umm I was headed to the great hall" she wanted food so badly but she was also so confused why Dora was sleeping down here.

"but before I do that... what on earth are you doing having a nap down here.. first it's so cold and you clearly don't have a blanket... and secondly even down here scares me"

"Wait tell me that once we get out of the dark... come on.. I'm so hungry.. getting to the point of hangry" she held out her hand for her to take so they could get out of here.

Oh! OH! Great Hall! Dora loved food, so she was definitely on board for the trip up there. But wait... nap? The blonde looked at the other girl, head slightly tilted, eyebrows knit. "What are you talking about? I wasn't asleep. And it's totally not scary down here. " Okay, so she USED to be afraid of the dungeons, but she had spent so much time down there that it didn't bother her anymore. ANYMORE.

Reaching out she took Echo's hand and smiled. "Lead the way. I could definitely eat. "

"sureee, it looked like you were sleeping" she laughed and held on to Dora's hand tightly, she actually did wonder why Dora was down here "resting" it was an odd place, her heart got soft "maybe she was waiting for me?" she thought while trying to hold her smile. Echo hoped that she couldnt see the look on her face

"lets go stuff our faces" she chimed over towards her "im so hungry"