p_squared (p_squared) wrote,
@ 2010-03-14 20:55:00

Parvati sat in the common room, her legs tucked underneath her. She had her books in front of her on the table, but had taken a break from studying to thumb through an old magazine. Reading a section on a potion for split-ends, she grasped the ends of her own hair between her index and middle finger. Making a note to try the potion, she flipped the page with a yawn.

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avisoppugno
2010-03-14 11:03 pm UTC (link)

Finished with a near-screaming match with Ron in his dorm, Hermione came down the stairs with a huff into the common room. Her frizzy hair, still lighter from the Australian sun, bounced on her shoulders until she sat down in a seat near the fire, her limbs so tightly wound one another with tension, that it looked as though she would never untangle. She let out a deep sigh and bit her lip to keep from mumbling to herself.

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	p_squared 2010-03-14 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	Parvati looked up over the top of her magazine as Hermione came down form the boys' dormitory. She wasn't doing homework, so Parvati doggy-eared the page she was on, but didn't close the magazine in case Hermione didn't want to have a conversation; after all, they got along but weren't particularly close. "All right, Hermione?" she asked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	avisoppugno 2010-03-14 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	She looked over at Parvati and shrugged. "No. Sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you." She tucked some hair behind her ears (which didn't stay there long) and relaxed her twisted limbs. "Ron's just being insufferable, as usual." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

p_squared
2010-03-14 11:13 pm UTC (link)

Parvati held up her magazine to show Hermione it was just a magazine. "No big deal," she said. She may not have hung out with the golden trio often during her time at Hogwarts but she had known Ron long enough to know he could in fact be quite insufferable -- her sister would, of course, agree.

"Yeah?" she asked. Had it been a few years ago, she'd have asked why immediately so as to get the latest scoop. However, those days had passed and it was with a mildly curious but mainly concerned tone with which she continued. "S'everything all right?"

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	avisoppugno 2010-03-14 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	"He's just such a prat, is all," Hermione told Parvati. As she pulled her hair back into an explosive ponytail, she continued. "He's not letting it go that I went to Australia this summer. As if I answer to him or something ridiculous. I don't know." With another sigh, Hermione leaned back in the chair and closed her eyes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	p_squared 2010-03-14 11:25 pm UTC (link)
	Parvati frowned a bit. "He's upset you had to bring your parents back?" she asked without thinking, not really understanding. Then she wished she hadn't asked anything, unsure if Hermione still wanted to talk as she had closed her eyes and seemed to want to relax. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

avisoppugno
2010-03-14 11:28 pm UTC (link)

Hermione pinched the bridge of her nose. It wasn't that she minded talked to Parvati, in fact, she found it rather nice. But a tension headache had started and she knew she had to hit her pressure points before it got worse.

"He reckons it should've taken a week at the most, not three months." She shook her head and sighed. Again. "Sorry, I don't mean to--I'm sorry. How're you."

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p_squared
2010-03-15 10:12 pm UTC (link)

Parvati couldn't pretend to possibly know what it must have felt like for Hermione to have gone through everything she had gone through during the last year and then get her parents from Australia, so she didn't try.

"Well what's done is done, no?" she said. "No use crying over spilt milk." She shrugged as Hermione asked her how she was -- the truth was, the past year had been hard for her, too. "I'm getting by," she said, continuing with a sympathetic tone. "But I don't have anyone bugging me about it thankfully."

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	avisoppugno 2010-03-15 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	Hermione gave Parvati a thankful look. She did appreciate her roommate's kindness, an occurrence that wasn't always a priority for the two girls. She realized that she knew little about what Parvati may have gone through in the past few months. "Did. Did you lose anyone?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

p_squared
2010-03-15 10:23 pm UTC (link)

Parvati immediately shook her head. "No, thankfully," she said quickly. "But all the same, it's weird, you know? Like Colin, he was only a year younger than us." She shrugged, looking down at her magazine absently. "I know it was our choice to come back but I guess I'm just realizing how strange it really is to be back here when the last time we were here, we were fighting, you know?"

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	avisoppugno 2010-03-15 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	Nodding, Hermione looked at the fireplace. "Every corridor seems to have a memory, doesn't it? And it hurts to walk into that Great Hall." Then she groaned and covered her face, trying to will herself to not think about it and think of something else--to not imagine Remus or Tonks or Fred. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	p_squared 2010-03-15 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	Parvati pursed her lips as Hermione groaned, aware there were a fair few people who had died that Hermione had been close to. "Well, at least now we'll get a proper send off, yeah?" she said. "Maybe a bit of closure, too." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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