hummingbird heartbeat // OPEN.

[alice]

an annoyed sigh sounded from the girl as she sat on the couch. this homework was ridiculous. they were nearing the end of the year, and she honestly just didn't feel like doing anything anymore. she was ready to go home and relax, sleep in for once. hopefully she would get to anyway. sometimes summers could be even more hectic and stressful than school. sometimes her mother decided that there were things they just had to do before she left again. sometimes those things were fun, but most of the time they were something annoying and insulting. like either gaining or losing five pounds. "you have to look good." was her constant scold. alice looked down at her thighs and shrugged. they looked fine to her. she was a very small girl anyway, just naturally. she didn't have much of a body. she was just thin. she was jealous of the girls who had big boobs and butts, because she certainly didn't. they were okay sized and everything, she didn't look like a boy, but she didn't think they were very nice either. but she didn't care. it was her mother who did. oh well though. that didn't matter. she probably wouldn't be living with them for too much longer anyway. depending on when it all went down, the marriage. the thought of marrying him made her cringe, but she pretended to be happy for her parents' sake. after all, the family needed this. they needed a good strong pure blood family to marry her into, and she wasn't about to screw it up. but if anyone was going to screw it up it was him. she clenched her teeth angrily and threw the book down on the table.

she pulled her feet up under her and leaned back into the couch. the night was still young, and she would have plenty of time do to that homework. she looked around. the common room was pretty much empty. it was dinner time, and most students were down at the great hall enjoying the feast. but alice didn't feel like eating tonight. she'd been stressed out and nervous a lot lately, with the end of the year coming. and no one really helped. it seemed like everyone in her class had a plan for when they left hogwarts, but she didn't. she didn't have the slightest idea what she was going to do. she didn't know why she was stressing so much, though, because she would probably be told what she was going to do by someone. she wasn't sure who would decide it for her, but when they did it would more than likely be final, and she wouldn't have a choice in it. in a way, that was fine with her, but in the same way, she wanted to have at least a little bit of control over her life. she looked up, blue eyes twinkling, as someone entered the common room.

ATTENTION -- open.
WORDS -- 492
CLOTHING -- her robes.
NOTES -- i suck at starting threads.
LYRICS -- hilaryduff - reachoutandtouchme
CREDIT --DELTAGRACE@cautiontwopointoh
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[logan]

Logan had eaten dinner very quickly on this particular evening. He was in a hurry to go to the common room. There are two things on his mind: one is schoolwork, and the other is his NEWTs. Three essays are due tomorrow, and he’s only barely started on the second essay, and not even close to starting the third one. On top of that there is an exam in Potions class the next day, and Logan can say that he has barely started studying. The end of the year was supposed to be easier, relaxing. Especially as this is his last year. But this is not so at Hogwarts, apparently. There are always tests to study for, essays to turn in, no matter it’s the beginning of a new year or the end of another one. To be honest Logan is sick of it. Sick of it all. He’s anxious to get out of this place.

How come Logan wasn’t already done with his schoolwork was another question. Logan, of all people! He is known to be studious, intelligent, and usually very on task and on top of everything relating to schoolwork. Lately the Slytherin had been distracted. Although he is looking forward to be done with school once and for all, he can’t help but feel apprehensive about what is waiting for him after this school year. His parents had plans. Logan was to join his father in becoming a death eater. He had long known that, of course, in fact, he had known since his fifth year, probably earlier even. Yes, Logan was eager to begin, elated even. But yet… it bugged him. There’s no telling what he might be doing out there. Only one thing is for sure: after this year, there’s no going back. And Logan doesn’t plan to, if he can help it. He pushed these thoughts out of his mind. He’s looking forward to it. He hated the blood traitors and mudbloods roaming around this school. There’s only one way this world can become the way it was before, and that is to become a death eater. That’s what he wants.

He walked into the Slytherin boy’s dorms, planning to set his things down and start working on his schoolwork. However, as he opened the door, he smelled a dreadful, yet oh-so-familiar smell coming out of the dorm. He swore under his breath, immediately snapped out of his thoughts. His very first reaction? “Eileen,” he muttered. Only she would pull something off like this, sneaking into the Slytherin dorms and placing a dung bomb here, in his dorm. Well it might be one of the Slytherins, but his sister is behind this. This isn’t the first time either. Logan sighed; he really wasn’t in the mood for this. He pulled out his wand and muttered a spell; he has done this several times, it just takes an hour or two to clear it up. Well, no studying in his dorms today. Instead he went to the common room. Usually it was very busy, loud even. But right now, as everyone else was at dinner, it was just about empty. His eyes found the only other person in the room, gazing at him with bright blue eyes. “Alice,” he greeted softly, and smirked. He was genuinely happy to see her; they had been friends since forever, and it’s been quite a while since they’ve spoken. “How are things?” he asked, setting his stuff down and sitting down beside her. For the first time today, Logan forgot all about the schoolwork that was waiting for him.

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