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Betsy bit her lip as she entered the common room, surprised to find it empty save one other person. She supposed it was late-and enough students had gone home to when the opportunity had presented itself that there was less of a crowd in the castle overall-so it wasn’t all that surprising that her and Damiar where alone. Things had been-off-between the two of them since the dance. He hadn’t visited her when she was in the hospital wing, hadn’t been all that receptive to conversation when he landed there towards the end of her stay. Had she done something to upset him? She couldn’t recall anything that could have caused this distance, but she hated it, couldn’t stand the thought of him being mad at her. She took a deep breath to prepare herself, sliding into the seat next to him. “Hey,” she murmured, “How are you feeling?” Checking up on him after his brief stay in the hospital wing seemed reasonable, right?

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fairestrcwlecfall‌:

Her eyes narrowed slightly at the other as she sat up, wondering if that was as uncomfortable as it had looked. Surely it had to be, she looked pretty hurt. Her lips curled down as the answer came from her lips. Almost two days she’d been out, and from something she couldn’t even remember. How had it turned out so badly when she was trying to help the other side? “I don’t think I was awake before this, at least I don’t remember being awake before this.” With her brain being fuzzy, she wasn’t sure what the truth was right now. Surely she’d at least remember waking up though. Evie moved again, trying to sit up, or at least move to where she wasn’t so uncomfortable. It lead nowhere though, just a wince from the pain as she let out a sigh. So not only was she stuck in this bed, she was stuck exactly like this. For who knows how long. The thought immediately slipped from her mind though as she heard the girl explain what had happened. She’d been trying to help her, and got hurt herself. If she hadn’t already felt completely useless, now she really did. “You could have just left me,” she said quietly, her eyes leaving the other girl and focusing on the ceiling above her. “I would have been fine, and then you wouldn’t be in here.” Not that she cared. Right? She barely knew this girl, and she knew the other didn’t know her all that well. The dance had been the first time they spoke, but yet she tried to help her.

“You’re probably better off having been out for this long,” Betsy said, hand going up to tuck a few strands behind her ear. She hadn’t given much thought to her appearance before now, but she felt the grease on the strands, unwashed since the event and loaded with styling products. She knew she was here to heal, not to look pretty, but she couldn’t help but feel self conscious in front of Evie. This wasn’t exactly putting her best foot forward. “You know, because you heal more when you’re resting,” she explained, moving around a bit as she spoke to try and find a comfortable position. “Plus, it’s boring in here,” she added, crinkling her nose in distaste. Betsy didn’t like to be confined, didn’t like the hospital wing much at all, really, even if she knew she’d heal faster here than if left unsupervised in her dorm. Betsy attempted a shrug at Evie’s words, a gesture aborted halfway from the way it jarred her injured armed, suddenly a little sheepish. “I guess I could have,” she said with a small voice. “But you just-well, I didn’t know at the time if you’d be okay if I didn’t stop to help,” she explained, hands fiddling with the edge of her blanket. She glanced over at Evie, the other girl decidedly not looking at her. “Obviously it didn’t go as planned.” It wasn’t surprising, really. Betsy rarely managed to do anything without messing up somehow, and getting herself injured trying to help someone instead of actually helping them sounds right for her. “Helping people just is another thing I’m not great at,” she murmured, mostly to herself.

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Betsy felt significantly better now that she was out of the hospital wing a few days. She left probably earlier than she should have, but she couldn’t justify  taking up a bed and Madame Pomfrey’s time when everyone else needed it more. She found Lily in the Great Hall, skipping over to the girl and ignoring the twinge of pain. “Whatcha up to?” she asked, sliding into the seat next to her.

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flofawley‌:

Florence had been walking back from Gideon’s bed, with the intention to head back to her common room, when she heard the other’s voice. She didn’t really know her, but she figured she might as well just stop and check on her. “Yeah, some people need to rest.” She said with a small smile as she approached the other. “How are you doing?”

“Oh, I”m okay,” Betsy said. She had largely been speaking to herself, if only to break the silence of that was becoming almost suffocating. “I just-I think I’m going a bit stir crazy, is all.” She’d rather be recovering in her dorm, though she got why she was here. “I’m just,” she paused, not wanting to bother the other girl. “I dunno. Like I said, it’s quiet.”

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daisyhooks‌:

“Just a few days, back in December during break,” she said, having to take a deep breath at the memory. Daisy finally eased back into the seat fully, looking over at the other. “You know what I used to do when i was bored?” She eased her wand out of her pocket, careful not to startle anyone as she muttered a spell under her breath, watching as a picture of a muggle park appeared on the wall across from them. “This helped distract me from myself–it was better to wonder about the people in this park than think about my own problem.”

“It must have been so lonely over break in here,” she said, lips tugging down into a frown. Betsy had spent the last two Christmas’s here, carefully out of her grandmother’s reach and she knew how empty the castle got. She could only image the hospital wing was even worse. Betsy gasped in excitement at the image that Daisy conjured, intrigued by it. “Oh, people watching,” she gushed, a smile appearing on her face since the first time she woke up in the hospital wing. “This is just lovely.”

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fairestrcwlecfall‌:

“Mhmm,” she hummed out, realizing it hurt more than she had thought to talk. Maybe she just needed some water, she wasn’t quite sure how long she had been out. Surely not that long. She understood the quiet being too much, quiet environments were nice to an extent, but at some point it would begin to drive Evie crazy. She’d always needed some kind of constant sound, ever since she was young. It was rather odd considering she didn’t like much social interaction. “Too long?” Her nose scrunched up at the possible thought of her having been out for a long time and having someone else take care of her. “How long has it been?” Maybe she didn’t want to know the answer to that, really all she did want was to get up and leave. However her whole torso ached and she could feel pain in her ankle, she wasn’t quite sure if she’d be able to make it very far which irritated her. Her expression softened, just a little from her more stern on, as she listened to the younger girl speak. “You’re the one who found me? Do you,” she paused for a moment, realizing she was too hurt and she began to wonder just what had happened, if she had found her, why was she in here too? She pulled a face, not wanting to think about it. “Do you know what happened?” She wasn’t sure who had attacked her, almost everything after leaving the Great Hall was a blur.

Betsy was careful as she sat up more, aware enough after a day in bed of where her limits were. It was just-she hadn’t been sure, when she stumbled across Evie, if the girl was even alive. It was reassuring to be able to see her awake now, to know that she had made it through. Her brows crinkled at the question, glancing over at a clock to try and do the math. “You’ve been out for maybe a day and a half?” she said, thinking it over. “I was pretty in and out in the beginning, so I’m not sure if you woke up before but you’ve been out all morning today so far.” Betsy wanted to tell Evie to be careful, to not strain anything when she was recovering, but she couldn’t very well say it after fidgeting around as much as she had so far in the short conversation. “Oh, yes,” she said, voice going soft and looking down at her hands. She had tried not to think too much of the attack and the events of the other evening in general, but Evie should know as much as Betsy’s could tell her. “You were-you were unconscious when I found you,” she began slowly. “I had been helping people who were hurt get out of the way, and I stopped to see if you were, well, alive,” she said, shrugging to avoid the uncomfortable thought. “While I was trying to wake you up, I got hit with something from behind. Couldn’t tell you much more than that.”

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fairestrcwlecfall‌:

Betsy had a point, and other than just wanting to make an appearance, Evie had no idea why she was here. There was no other reason, maybe she should have left before now. She could have came, gotten a few drinks and then left. It made more sense now that she thought about it, but here she was. “Well, I was alone before, wasn’t I? Sure people are around, but no one was over here with me.” Maybe she didn’t enjoy being completely alone, having noise around her did feel nice sometimes. Complete silence nearly drove her insane and she was sure that’s what it would have been having she stayed in her room instead. Betsy didn’t seem like she was giving up on this dance anytime soon, no matter how much Evie tried to tell her she didn’t want to. She kept calling her pretty, and she kind of wondered if that was the alcohol talking or if this girl had thought it even before tonight. Evie took another drink from her glass, drinking most of the glass before sitting it down and letting out a sigh. “You really want to dance with me then?” She questioned, eyeing the girl for a moment. It seemed like the only way this was going to end was if she agreed, so standing up, she looked over to the other girl. “Fine, one dance. That’s it.” Then hopefully she could be left alone again.

Betsy hadn’t expected the Slytherin to humor her with conversation for so long. She had known it would be a long shot-she was aware enough that most people even in her own circle of friends found her annoying-but she wasn’t going to question it. She liked chatting with Evie, liked the sound of the girl’s voice and the little expressions on her face. “But isn’t that lonely?” she asked, nose scrunching up. “Being by yourself in a crowd always makes me feel more-alone.” Her tone was a little dejected as she spoke, mind on moments she was surrounded by people but felt so out of place, so cut off from all of them and how much she hated moments like those. They always left her feeling so insecure, like she didn’t belong anywhere. “I really do,” she nodded, beaming up at the other girl. At Evie’s assent, Betsy giggled, clapping her hands together happily. “Come on, I love this song,” she said, interlacing her fingers with Evie’s and tugging her towards the floor.

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forcstchanning‌:

speaking to betsy was hard. she was his best friend at one point. the closest person to family he had ever had but then she had ruined it. not even a letter to explain what had happened or where she was. if she was okay. it had crushed forest’s spirits. he missed her. she’d gotten to leave the awful place they’d had to call home while he’d been stuck there. “i… i’m fine.” he said quietly. “i um yeah they uh said i would be fine. it could have been a lot worse. at least i’m at least i’m alive.” he said. he’d heard about winnie’s brother and clara… it was awful. “w-why did so many people get hurt? it-it’s awful.” he said. 

Betsy nodded at Forest’s words, biting her lip even as she felt a sense of relief at the knowledge thay Forest would be okay, that he would get through this. Over the years, she’d worried so much about him. If he was okay, if he got out. His arrival at Hogwarts had been too soon-she hadn’t been brave enough to defy her grandmother than. But now, after she came this close to losing the chance at all? It changes things. “Because people are cruel,” she said, her voice so low it barely sounded in the quiet of the room. “Because evil people exist and do what they want, hurt who they want.” Tears started to break free then, and she did her best to blink them back, wiping the ones that fell away as quickly as she could. “I always think-that after everything growing up, after everything since the war started, that it’ll stop being so shocking. It never is.”

She doesn’t know where to start with what she wants to say, but after everything that happened the night of the dance, she knew she couldn’t risk putting it off any longer. Betsy never really had the guts to dream she’d be able to see Forest again, hadn’t imagined she’d fuck it up the way she had. She should have, though. She always fucks things up. Its the only thing she’s good at. Betsy bit her lip, “Forest,” she started. “I just-I want you to know that I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”

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serenitylacroix‌:

Serenity tried to help out at the hospital wing, but she couldn’t help paying extra attention to her fellow hufflepuffs. As soon as she saw Betsy wake up, she was by her side with a friendly smile. “Yeah, I think people are just trying to rest up now. How are you feeling?” she asked, ready to call on Madame Pomfrey if needed. “Do you want some tea?”

“Oh, I’m okay,” Betsy insisted, offering Serenity a smile. It was a bit forced-her side was bothering her, still, though didn’t want to bother Madame Pomfrey with it. “Thank you, but I’m fine, you don’t need to go out of your way for me,” she assured the girl, not wanting to be a bother. Betsy was decidedly trying to keep out of the way of everyone who really  needed help.

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fairestrcwlecfall‌:

Evie wasn’t quite sure how long she had been in the hospital wing, just that the moment she woke up, she immediately wanted out of there. She didn’t know how she had gotten there, or barely even remembered what had happened. The Death Eaters had attacked, she knew that much. She vaguely remembered trying to sneak off to find her brother, but after that it’s all black. She’d tried to move in the bed shortly after waking, but her whole body ached that it hurt to even try moving, too much that it wasn’t worth trying to fight through it. Was she really about to be stuck her for a while? Hearing a familiar voice, she turned her head to look at the girl beside her. It was the girl from the dance, the one who had tried hard to get Evie to dance with her. “What do you expect?” She croaked out, her voice raspy. “Everyone is probably hurt or passed out.”

Betsy turned at the sound of Evie’s voice, not having realized she was awake. “Oh!” she exclaimed, voice going soft, “You’re up!” She shifted, mindful of her injuries to get a better look at the Slytherin. She offered up a soft smile, glad to see the other girl moving. “I guess the quiet was just starting to get-well, a bit much?” She shrugged, the movement limited by her position. “I think I’ve just been in here too long.” Betsy was starting to feel restless-a burden on the hospital wing’s resources, the energy low and leaving too much time for her to spend alone with her thoughts. “I’m glad you’re up though,” she said shyly, glancing over at Evie. “I...wasn’t all that sure you were still alive when I found you.”

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forcstchanning‌:

forest felt like he was becoming all too familiar with hospital wings and hospitals. he hated it. he hated pain and had never done well dealing with it, but he considered himself lucky to be alive given how many people weren’t. he had noticed betsy was there and he wasn’t sure if he should speak to her or not but given it seemed most of the other people were asleep he decided to speak to her. “not as quiet as some of the nights we’ve had.” he said quietly. 

Betsy hadn’t really been doing more than speaking to herself-she mostly assumed the other patients were asleep until Forest responded. Almost immediately, she felt a familiar pressure building behind her eyes. So much time had passed since the two of them had truly been friends-and that was Betsy’s fault, she knew that-but this recent attack seemed to shift things into perspective for her. Her cousin was dead, unable to bring any news of her to their grandmother. She could have died-Forest could have died-never knowing the truth. “I guess it could be worse,” she offered weakly, slowly easing herself up. Forest’s bed wasn’t far, and she carefully forced her body to stand and walk across the room, ignoring the pain that shot through her with each step. Betsy slid into the chair next to Forest’s bed, fiddling with her hands and avoiding looking at him as she spoke, careful now to keep her voice low so not to wake anyone up. “How are you feeling, Forest?” A stupid question, considering where they were. “Are you-are you going to be okay?”

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fairestrcwlecfall‌:

This girl was definitely too peppy for Evie, but she’d already tried pushing her away and it didn’t seem to be working. Was she really going to have to get rude with the poor girl? She did bring her a drink though, without her asking, so at least that part was nice. Her eyes narrowed slightly at the cheers, really just wanting to drink. Evie stuck the glass to her lips, sipping on the drink slowly to try and avoid much more of the conversation. Until that comment came again. Sure, Evie thought she was pretty, but hearing it from this girl, not once but twice? Rolling her eyes, she lowered her drink. “What if I enjoy being along though? And like I said, I don’t dance. So if dancing is what you want, there’s plenty of people out there I’m sure would dance with you.” There were, she’d noticed tons of people walking around and loookg for a dance partner, Betsy had been the first one with enough courage to come and ask Evie. She had to be drunk. “If being with the prettiest girl in the room is what you want, i assure you, I’m not her.”

Betsy couldn’t tell you what drew her to the Slytherin-she wasn’t entirely sure herself-but it wasn’t the first time she had thought about approaching the older girl. It just was the first time Betsy had a viable excuse and had scrounged up the courage to do so. “Well, if you enjoy being alone, why would you come to a dance?” Betsy asked, nose scrunching up in confusion. “It seems silly, to come to something that you’re not going to enjoy.” She couldn’t fathom preferring to be alone-it always left her sad and dwelling on things she shouldn’t and overthinking every little thing. People were always preferred. “I’m sure someone else would,” she shrugged, she had danced a fair amount so far this evening, “but I’m not asking them, I’m asking you.” She emphasized the last word, wondering why that point seemed to be slipping past Evie’s understanding. “I think you’re very pretty,” Betsy said, a small frown tugging at her lips. She didn’t like the idea of this girl not being kind to herself. “Like, sososo pretty.”

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daisyhooks‌:

Daisy had been hurt, the extent to which she hadn’t divulged with anyone. True, she had been hurt, but she was still able to walk, to stand, and didn’t need to stay in the hospital wing when others were in more need of the bed. Instead, she sat in a chair against one of the walls, moving every so often to stretch her muscles and keeping others company. “I know,” she said softly as she sat down near Betsy. “When I was here a couple months ago, it was so quiet I could hear the owls flying by the windows. It really leaves you to your own thoughts, right.”

Betsy agreed with Daisy but really, that was the last thing she wanted. To be left alone with her thoughts? That was never a good idea, and it would only make it harder to ignore the things she tried to hide away in the back of her mind. “How long were you here before?” she asked, latching on to the conversation. “I think I might go a bit mad if I’m here for more than a few  days,” she said as she bit her lip. “It’s just-so still.” So lifeless, she thought, but didn’t add.

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puffxboyxdamiar‌:

Even drunk, Damiar felt his cheeks heat up at her words. Damiar hadnt actually thought much about the two ever being together, but he’d also never thought of the possibility of Hugo even liking him. “I guess, but first I have to actually find him and say something.” He wanted to tell Hugo eventually, it was the smart thing to do whether he liked him back or not. At least it’d be out there. “Well, forget them, I’ll dance with you if you want.”

“Be bold!” Betsy exclaimed, clapping her hands together and giggling,  “Be brave!” She giggled more, amused by her own declarations. “If you don’t tell him how you feel, nothing can ever come of it!” She was pouting now, well away she was being silly and dramatic but unable to find it in her to care. “Yes! Dance with me!” she started tugging at his arm, belatedly remember he was working at the kissing booth. “After your shift,” she pouted.

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and I scream, for whatever it’s worth, “i love you, ain’t that the worst thing you ever heard?”

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Betsy had never liked the hospital wing, especially not when she was a patient. It left her feeling like too much of a burden, even more so now with so many beds filled. She could just as easily be resting and recovering back in her dorm room. She sighed, blinking as she stared at the ceiling above her. “It’s so quiet in here,” she said, mostly speaking to herself. Too quiet, really, if you asked her opinion. 

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mccnyrcmus‌:

“Oh I don’t really dance,” Remus said quickly, before letting out a sigh as he drained the rest of his glass in one. Placing the empty glass on the table, Remus grinned at the other. “Nope, we can get another after we dance.” He hated dancing, but, it might be a better distraction that just standing there.

“Everyone dances,” Betsy said, laughing at his words. “Besides, we’re at a dance,” she explained, clearly feeling like she was stating the obvious. “Why come if you’re not gonna have fun?” Betsy clasped her hands together happily, beaming at Remus before grabbing his hand to drag him unto the floor before he changed his mind. “I knew you’d come around!”