New Year | Michael & Nathan
A new year, a new chance to start over, but Mikey doubted it would be that simple. The Ministry was involved, Sarah was stressed, Maeve was crazy, and parents were hysterical about the possibility of losing their children, which was understandable, but the dozens of letter he’d received had worn him out.
What was worse? They were right. Each panicked parent had a legitimate reason to be concerned. They hadn’t found the bad guy yet, and there was no guarantee another student wouldn’t die.
So Mikey needed allies. With Maeve skulking around, he knew he’d be in trouble if she started yelling loudly enough.
Addie was out—she was in her own world. And Bianca was useless as an ally. Mikey had never so much as spoken to Lachlan, and Augustina was…off doing whatever it was she did.
Nathan was his best bet. Even if he couldn’t call Nathan a friend, he was certainly one of the most approachable member of the faculty, even if he was a Ravenclaw and a history buff and, by default, a bit detached. But he was also a House Head, which gave him pull, and with as determined as that lit witch was, he needed as much as he could get.
At Nathan’s response, Mikey poked his head in and smiled. “Bad time?” he asked, definitely hoping it wasn’t. “I wanted to check in now that the year’s started. You know, after last year…”
Nathan gave his papers a short look. "No, it's fine, come in." It could work for at least another day, maybe two, if he worked through the night. And the events of last year and their effect on this one were actually more important.
"I'm sorry for just... disappearing last year", he said slowly while he put away his work. Today was not the day to let people know how far behind he actually was with his lesson plans. "I've been told what happened, but I wasn't there myself when the girl died... or during the aftermath of our little idea..."
He picked up one of his quills and started twisting it around while looking at Mikey and waiting for a reaction. "I just thought I'd have to say that first, because..." he stopped. "I just thought I's have to apologize first, it wasn't the best thing to do. We were both responsible, at least for our thing."











