As Lucy made her way to the Gryffindor common room, she realised that she had no idea how to get in. She inspected a potted plant just next to The Fat Lady before deciding to just leave. There was no way that she'd go back to the Great Hall, so she just wandered a bit. She ended up near the girls' bathroom when she heard a familiar, screeching voice.
Heidi.
Lucy quickly ran into the bathrooms and hid in a stall. Unfortunately, she wasn't fast enough.
"Oh Lucy!" Heidi squealed. "Did you need the loo, Lucy? You were running awfully fast. Aren't you properly potty trained yet?" She taunted, as Patrice tried not to laugh, obviously in the fear that she would end up snorting again. "You'll have to come out eventually, Lucy. You need to do your hair! I'm sure I have a hairbrush with me..." She slid a hairbrush under the stall door. "Although, I don't fancy catching nits anytime soon. Keep it." She smirked.
Lucy sat up on the toilet lid, pulling up her feet close to her chest in the hope that Heidi wouldn't find her. She was tempted to reach for the hairbrush but decided otherwise.
"Oi! What are you doing in there?" Heidi snapped. "Patrice can fit under those doors you know!"
Lucy stayed silent, breathing as quietly as possible.
"What are you even hiding from, Lucy-Loo? We just want to talk to you? Why can't we be friends?" Heidi told her, laughing at her own wit.
"My name's Lucy." She mumbled.
Heidi looked shocked. "What was that, Loo-loo?"
Lucy gulped. "My name's Lucy!" She said a bit louder.
"Ooh! Feisty!" Heidi remarked, pushing Patrice over the edge and causing her to burst into a laughing fit of giggles and snorts.
Lucy was glad to hear footsteps and the door slamming behind the girls, but still didn't leave her stall for a few minutes. She picked up the hairbrush and stood in front of a mirror. Her hair wasn't too bad... Was it?
Lucy tried running her fingers through her messy locks but they got stuck almost instantly. She attempted to pull the brush through her mousey mop, but that too hung painfully on every tiny knot, and she eventually just gave up, throwing the brush to the floor and debating where to go next. What if Heidi was still outside? She pushed her head against the wall. No sound.
She kicked the door open wide and hid behind the corner. Nothing. She peered around the doorframe and was happy to see absolutely no-one. She decided to proceed back to The Fat Lady, and just wait for someone with the password.