[Der!]
Ahhhh freedom. It was a good feeling, if only a temporary one. On one hand, in September she'd be back at school again, as a 7th year, fighting her way through her N.E.W.T. year and putting her nose to the grindstone to scratch by with half a decent score card. But then again, it was still June, which meant that for another couple months she could still lay around, catch some sun by the pool, and enjoy being a teenager. That was, when she wasn't shopping with Ainsley and hanging out with her friends and having parties and---

---"Hey, watch it!"

Oh, that had come out ruder than she had intended. Meredith brushed off her skirt and blushed lightly, because even though some inconsiderate, blind moron had just walked straight into her--curse being small, honestly, people just imagined they could walk straight over you--she had still been rather snippy. She frowned and re-seated her bag on her shoulder before looking up, mouth open and an apology already on the tip of her tongue when--

"You have got to be kidding me." It was shocking, how quickly one girl could turn worry into a glare.