Ch. 3
Lorcan walked fast to a bench, barely able to see. He sat down and stared. He wasn't staring at anything
specific, just gazing; spacing out. After word got out about the "incident", most just disregarded it as a
topic for discussion, both with Lorcan, Lysander, or Faith and in private.
But Emma, she got angry at Lorcan. Three days after the "incident", she approached Lorcan in a misguided
rage. She yelled things like "Just because you can tell the difference, it doesn't mean anyone else can!" and
"She made a mistake! She's not perfect, you're not perfect!". After that incident, she had refused to sit with
him in the common room, or even acknowledge his exsistance.
Lorcan knew she was mad because she was jealous that Faith kissed Lysander. But he still lost a friend.
He looked persistently at the snowy ground as he thought and when he snapped out of his daze he looked
around him. No one was out there. It was just him. It must be during a class. Probably his potions class.
He sighed and opened a bag of popcorn, his comfort food. He took out a kernel and placed it between his top
front teethand his bottom two teeth and gently bit down, parting his lips just enough so they weren't touching
the popped corn. Aftera few seconds, he closed his lips and ate the kernel. Then repeated the process with
another kernel. He laughed to himself. He always ate his popcorn like this, one kernel at a time.
As he ate his popcorn in his weird fashion, he hummed a motivational muggle song, "Soldier by AJ Rafael".
He knew he'd get through his rough patch somehow. But it was going to be hard. He hated relying on Lysander
for everything; he felt like he'd overwhelm him. And he always seeks refuge with his brother, to whom he hated
showing his weaker side to. It wasn't fair that Lysander had to worry over Lorcan. And if not Lysander, it was
Faith. He thought he could trust her. But she just betrayed him, much like how Emma betrayed him.