Nearly the End, M&M

[Maeve Epans]

Maeve sat there at the edge of the Black Lake, allowing the hem of her jeans pant legs to soak in the water, her shoes sitting up by the trees with her jacket. It was spring time, Easter holidays just began. Maeve wasn't expected to go home, even though her baby sister, Aiofe, was back at the Scottish manor with her aunt and grandmother. And the latter person was the reason Maeve wouldn't go back. Her mother's mother loathed her more than Rodriguez ever could show and hint at.

She leaned back so she was laying with her legs in the water completely. She watched the clouds and started seeing shapes in them like a child would. A snake, a vampire, a skull, a tombstone, a gryffin....

Wait! A gryffin?

She shook her head as thoughts of the seventh year Gryffindor came to her head. It was wrong to think of the enemy in such a manner! She was a Slytherin, the oddball of Slytherin, but a Slytherin no less!

She turned her attention to the back of her eyelids and concentrated on what she knew would be on her sixth year exams in a couple of months.

[Mitch Rodriguez]

Mitch was walking the ground in his usual casual attire -- a hoodie and jeans. It was a cool day at Hogwarts, and he had decided not to go home for Easter. It was his last year at Hogwarts, and he wanted to spend every waking second he could here. He could not imagine leaving.. he loved this place. He visibly groaned as he walked towards the Lake, a place that housed many a memory for Mitch. And he spotted Maeve, a girl that shared some of those memories.

He rolled his eyes and walked up to her. "Are you trying to get frostbite?" he muttered.

[Maeve Epans]

Maeve fought the urge to jump at the voice what haunted her dreams quite recently. And the suddenness of its owner's appearance. She scowled at him, her eyes in narrow slits, glaring up at him.

"What, family didn't want the Gryffie back?" she growled, angrily frowning at him. He was, after all, the cause of her restless nights, and she was getting sick of it.

[Mitch Rodriguez]

He was taken aback by her anger as he had no idea what it was coming from. Yes, they had a strange, complicated, somewhat violent relationship. But it generally contained slapping Mitch and throwing Maeve into the lake.. and petty arguments about all sorts of things. He was not used to Maeve being so hostile.

He raised his eyebrows. "What's wrong with you?"

[Maeve Epans]

She sighed, taking her eyes off the reason of her sleeping problems... Maeve knew she had burst for no reason that was apparent to him, so she tried to be a bit quieter and kinder.

"Nothing's wrong. Why are you so curious all of a sudden?" She kept her eyes off of Mitch, trying to cool her glare by staring at the lake's edge from her laying position.