Chapter 642 - Supervision Ⅵ (1/2)
Five o'clock could not come soon enough for Rowan as she wrangled the last of the students and shooed the last of the stragglers towards the waiting carriages. The shadows had grown long and the black and orange lanterns in Hogsmeade glowed quite bright as the sun had long ago already begun to set. She was not the only one as the rest of the three other house Prefects did the same, Lily, Pandora, and Olympia Branstone, (the Hufflepuff female Prefect).
The usual light brown hair, neat updo, and fringe of Olympia had gone astray after a long day at Hogsmeade. Her light-colored eyes look weary and she with great relief gathers with the other three female Prefects. ”Mark my words, Prefect Evans, Ravine, and Prince,” Olympia Branstone swore, ”from here on out, Andrew Abbott is stuck patrolling Hogsmeade.”
”Seconded,” Rowan grunted in full agreement, while Lily and Pandora though sharing the same sentiments remained silent as they still wanted to enjoy themselves at Hogsmeade and that could only do so if they were on patrol at Hogsmeade.
Glancing at the time, Rowan says, ”Well, it's five minutes till the hour, we best be heading back to the carriages ourselves.”
”Oh, yes, please,” Pandora groaned. ”My poor feet ache terribly so.”
Olympia snorts and says, ”Prefect Ravine, I certainly saw you enjoy your stroll through Hogsmeade with your paramour, Xeno? Am I in the wrong?”
Pandora flushes in embarrassment as Lily covers her mouth preventing her giggles from escaping her mouth. Cross Olympia turns her gaze upon Lily only to feel a firm hand on her shoulder. ”We are all tired, Prefect Branstone,” Rowan politely said. ”Let us depart in peace, shall we?”
Hearing the warning note in Rowan Prince's voice, Olympia stiffly nods her head as Rowan releases her. A bit stiff-necked, Olympia marches ahead of them towards the waiting carriages in far off distance. Their footsteps crunch loudly across the cobblestones that are covered in bright leaves as they slowly trudge forward until Hufflepuff female Prefect is distant enough from them that they cannot be overheard.
With Olympia Branstone finally out of earshot, Pandora finally explodes. ”Well, who does she think she is to be spouting such rude nonsense?! It is not as though I stole Xeno out from under her! She held no romantic interest for him that I am aware of!”
”Calm yourself, Pandora,” Lily kindly said as she reached over to pat the fuming Ravenclaw. ”It's just like Rowan said, we are all just tired after patrolling Hogsmeade all day.”
Pandora grumbled for a moment, before eagerly turning her attention to Lily. ”So, how did your date go?” Pandora's eyes glittered brightly at Lily as she expectantly waited to hear the good news.
Lily cast Rowan a wry glance, before quietly answering, ”Well, James was a perfect gentleman.” She paused as if uncertain how to word her next sentence.
”And?” Pandora excitedly asked for further details regarding the outing. Clearly, the Ravenclaw had been around Tiffany far too much as Pandora's words sounded exactly like something Tiffany would say.
”Well, that's all,” Lily truthfully said with a shrug. Because it was true, but she had felt so uncomfortable the entire time that she only felt relieved when it was all finally over and done with. James was her friend, and as much as she cared for him, she did not like him in that manner. And frankly, that was a relief, but still, she felt a tad bit of guilt, because all during her date in her mind, she could only picture and think what Severus would have done differently.