So, I have this weird habit of promising to update every week only to completely forget and not update for like three months….SORRY! I'm going to my grandparents this weekend, and then I'm going on a four-day retreat (that I'm leading) the next weekend, but I'll try and update again before April 1. I hope that y'all are having a great year so far, love always Elle.
"Dear Lord am I ever cold. Don't these people understand the idea of heat?" shouted Ev as she marched through the common room door the day after the opening feast.
"You know what they say- we're not in Kansas anymore" said Mark who was currently snuggling with Ginny on the couch.
"Kansas?" said Ron, who was coming down the stairs into the common room. As soon as Mark and Ginny heard his voice, they immedielty jumped apart. Ron glared at them, but continued talking with Ev. "I thought you guys were from Virginia. Hermione gave me this whole speech about your accent and everything…if I went through that for nothing" he walks past the couch and hit Mark on the head with a pillow, "I'll hurt you more than I just did."
"We are from Virginia, just outside of Richmond actually…Mark here is just being an idiot and quoting this famous American movie. But really, why is it so cold here?"
Ron shrugged and glanced around. "I don't know, I've never noticed the weather before. Ask Hermione…she's a girl and…"
"Actually pays attention to the obvious?" said Ginny. "You're right Ev, it is cold here, but you'll get used to it. So what's Virginia like?"
Ev chuckled slightly, "It's warmer, snow isn't very common in the spring and summer, but at Salem, we're set apart from the rest of Virginia, we have our own seasons, our own world. I love it there, but I feel at home here."
"Sounds like fun".
"It is nice, I miss my home, and my family, but I love it here." Ev paused for a moment, "Do you know where Harry is?"
"Yea he's…" She paused for a moment and looked nervous. Elle turned around and saw Ron mouthing to Ginny to not tell Elle where Harry was.
"Ron, Harry and I need to discuss lesson plans." Ron began to fidget, "Ron, is Harry avoiding me? Because if he is…" She didn't finish her sentence, letting its meaning hang loosely in the hair as if to say, "don't go there".
"Look, Harry's the boy-who-lived, savior of the free world, and protecter of all humanity. For you to get up there and tell everyone how easy it is to free us from Vold…he-who-must-not-be-named, it bothers him. It makes him worry about who else is going to die and the burdens that are being placed on him."
In a split second, Ev's expression became cold. Her eyes changed color, from their normal bright tourquiose to a dark shade of green tinted with sparkling gold as if to symbolize a burning fire. "Well, I dind't mean to upset him, but we need to talk. Where is he Ron?"
Ron hesitated for a moment, almost afraid to answer before he said, "He's in the Room of Requirements…Ev?"
She had already started walking out the door, but she pasued and turned around. "Yea?"
"I know you and Harry are fighting a little right now, and I know that it probably bothers you, but you have to realize, Harry hasn't lived the golden boy life like so many people think he has. Don't be too quick to judge…he's been through a lot."
"No one lives the golden life, Ron. You would be wise to take your own advice." And with that she left the common room.
"Why do I get the feeling that she is one girl that I don't want on my bad side?"
"Because she reminds us all of Professor Snape?" answered Hermione.
"She does, doesn't she? She also reminds me of Harry, they both seem to be perfect, but are both hiding something", Responded Ron.
"That's why we have a pool going around that the two of them will end up together by the end of this year" said Ginny from the other couch, who had just un-connected from Mark. "Mark, would you mind helping me with my Potions homework? The library should be pretty empty?" she said, with a smile.
"Of course, why don't you go get your books and I'll wait for you down here." When Ginny ran up to her dorm, Mark turned towards Hermione and Ron. "Guys, I know you guys already have formed your opinion of Ev, but trust me, you are completely wrong. You will never know what's going on with her unless she tells you, and if you judge her, you will be wrong and you definetly don't want her on your bad side."