Today just needed to end, or at least Mary thought so. She just wanted a fresh start to the day, where nothing that happened the day prior mattered or at least it didn't seem to matter as much. But the truth way, it was mid afternoon, and right now Mary was on edge and in a stressed out mood. As the day progressed things started getting worse and worse. It started with minor thing like a few taunting words from Slytherins, then Marlene was acting uncharacteristically rude and mean to her.
And finally guilt started to over ride her when she spotted Rod and Avery sitting together at the Sytherin table. She felt guilty for using Avery as her escape reality, when obviously he held so much feelings for her. But she especially felt guilty for sneaking off with Avery and snogging him behind everyone, especially Rod's back.
And to top the metaphorical cake that was her day off with little pink icing flowers was Rita Skeeter and her blasted rumor mill. Rumor had it that she, Mary MacDonald, had been sneaking off to Hogsmeade and spending the night there with Alaric Avery. Well, for once, rumor had it right. Well, partially anyways. The other half of the rumor was that not only had they snogged each other senseless, but also shagged in one of the rooms at the Hogmeade pub. That was ridiculous though, she hadn't done anything like that with anybody before, and certainly not Avery either.
She was wandering the halls now, it was much after dinnertime and even getting closer to curfew. She needed to clear her mind though, to try and destress herself before she could even think about heading off to sleep. All she could do was hope and pray that Rod hadn't heard the rumors, or at least that he hadn't believed them anyways, even if they were half true.
