Girl Talk (Irina, Andy, Lily)

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Anna was in such a bad mood. Granted, that was something that changed in the last few minutes. Only thirty minutes ago she was in the corridor talking with Oscar, feeling peaceful and happy and like everything was going right. Then she ran into Lucy. Naturally, they had a major blowout right outside the common room. Not that anyone noticed, which was a good thing for Anna, but it ruined her good mood. Why did everything always have to be about Lucy? Why couldn't she be happy for Anna for once? No, of course not, she had to just go and mess it all up.

Still, Anna wasn't alone yet. She made her way through the common room, forcing a laugh and faking smiled all the way across. Once she got to the stairs, she practically ran up them until she made it to her room. She threw herself onto the bed, grabbed her pillow and stuffed it over her face as she rolled onto her back and screamed into it, glad to finally be alone and away from the crowd of people. She really wanted to cry, but she didn't want to let Lucy win. So she screamed until she couldn't anymore and then she just stayed where she was, pillow covering her face and breathing heavily, totally unaware of the people who followed her.

Irina Rose Krum  (ooc: if you want to, I thought we could include Irina on this, but if she's still off with Dan that's fine too.)
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Naturally the Gryffindor would be having a party, even if Anna was no where in sight. Andy was starting to get worried. She was sure Lucy would not be happy about all this and maybe she... no, Lucy was her sister. Then again, it happened to Bay, didn't it?

Still, Andy was all fake smiles and calm as the party commenced, until she saw Anna finally arrive. Anna headed toward the girls dorm and Andy could tell something was wrong. "She needs rest. Don't worry about her," Andy started to tell people as she crossed the room to follow Anna, making excuses for her as she went. Luckily, the party was happening so that nobody really followed.

Andy waited a moment before slipping into the dorm, biting her lip at the sight of Anna on the bed screaming into her pillow. She waited a second longer, letting Anna roll over before going to her, sitting on the edge of the bed slowly. "Anna, what happened?" she asked calmly.

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Irina Rose Krum
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[Irina Rose Krum]

Two minutes. Two minutes past curfew and Irina was rushing back to the Gryffindor dormitory. The party for Anna must have started by now; she doubted it took THAT long to debrief the champions on the first task. She and Dan had been having their private alone time in the Astronomy Tower (get your mind out of the gutters!) and had completely lost track of the hour. She hoped he wouldn’t get caught hurrying back to the Durmstrang ship, but he could probably come up with an excuse for being out so late. Or Freida would cover for him, whatever came first.

As she clambered through the portrait of the Fat Lady, Irina thought she heard someone, perhaps an Auror, call out to her. Thankfully, the portrait swung shut before anything else happened, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Like she assumed, the party was still in full swing; Rina scanned the crowd for the familiar red hair of Anna Weasley, but was concerned when she didnt see her. She asked one of her fellow Gryffindors if she had seen Anna and they pointed up the stairs to their dormitory. Concern rising, she raced up the steps and flung open the door to the room she shared with the Weasley and saw she was currently screaming into a pillow, Andy Lestrange beside her. “Anna-” she started to say, coming over on the other side of the bed. “What happened?” she asked softly, looking up at Andy. There was one idea that formed in Rina’s mind; Anna’s twin sister. But would Lucy really do something like that on one of the best nights of Annas life? Unfortunately, she probably would have. “Talk to us Anna,” she gently pleaded with her friend.

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The party was well underway and Lily participated wholeheartedly. She kept wondering where Anna was, but she was sure she was doing fine. Probably celebrating with someone in private, somebody special maybe? She didn't know. But when Anna finally arrived, she quickly made her way to the 7th year girls dorm. Now, even though Lily wasn't a 7th year, she didn't mind slipping in there every now and again to see some of her best friends, Irena and Anna included. So, when Andy started making excuses for Anna and leaving too, Lily followed suit, but she let Irena go in ahead of her, before finally stepping in and sitting on the bed as well. She'd interrogate Irina later about where she had been. Probably out with that boy. "Anna, do I need to beat the crap out of somebody? Just let me know. I'm your girl," she said firmly.

Irina Rose Krum
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Anna froze when she felt someone sit on the bed and heard a voice nearby. Andy. She should have known that Andy would notice something was wrong and follow her. There was no way Andy didn't hear her screaming too. Great. Anna pushed the pillow harder against her face, moaning in response to Andy. She didn't want to answer her friend. She couldn't imagine what Andy would say if she knew what Lucy did.

Then she heard another voice and felt someone else sitting on the other side of the bed. Irina. Really? Were all of her friends following her or something tonight? This was just not her night. Well, in all honestly it started out wonderfully, but she had a feeling her friends wouldn't let her get out of answering their questions, no matter how much she wanted to.

Then Lily's voice was there too, asking who she needed to beat up. A part of Anna felt somewhat comforted, happy that her friends cared and wanted to help, but the other part of her just wanted to crawl into a tunnel and hide from the world. It was a shame that she was in the middle of the Gryffindor dormitory and couldn't do that. She rolled over onto her stomach, her head still hidden behind the pillow and moaned again. "I don't want to talk about it," she mumbled. She didn't expect them to let her get away with it, but she didn't care. There wasn't much else she could do.

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Irina came in and Lily soon after, so Andy leaned back slightly as the other girls started to talk. Andy wasn't really one to take the lead when there were more intense personalities in the room. She kept her eyes on Anna, though, her hands in her lap. Then ANna finally answered, saying that she didn't want to talk about it after a sad moan into her pillow. Andy nodded, looking to the other two girls and giving a shrug, "well," she started, turning back to Anna. "Maybe we should talk about someone else. Like how amazing you are, and how we're all here for you," she spoke softly, not wanting to be a burden to Anna in any way.

Irina Rose Krum
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[Irina Rose Krum]

Irina gave a small smile when Lily came in; she knew Lily had seen her come in a bit after curfew and would have to answer to quite an interrogation from her later.  But now was time to focus on their friend; their champion.  "Andy is right Anna," she said, gently shaking her friends' arm.  "Look at it this way - the Goblet of Fire chose YOU.  Not anyone else; it deemed YOU worthy Anna.  It wouldn't make a mistake," she said softly.  At first she thought she'd be disappointed it wasn't her that had been picked, but instead she had felt relieved.  Now she felt determined; determined for Anna to compete and win this competition.  "And you'll have us behind you the whole way - I don't care if it's considered cheating," she finished confidently.



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Lily really liked the idea of beating someone up, but she wouldn't do that unless Anna asked for it. Andy and Irina chimed in about how amazing Anna was, and how they would be her backup no matter what. Lily nodded vigorously, "dang straight! Even if you don't win at least you'll know you did your best. I know you'll be great," she added firmly, giving a little humph and folding her arms as if she was ready to fight anybody who disagreed. Not that anyone in this room would, of course. "Plus, you're going to look incredible dancing at the ball. Everyone's gonna be like gingers are so beautiful I wish I had one but even Lily isn't as fabulous as Anna," she did that last part in a silly, faux proper voice as if making fun of the fancy peoples.

Irina Rose Krum
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"No, let's not talk about Anna," she argued against the pillow. They just kept on talking about her though, so they either didn't hear her or they really wanted her to feel good about herself. She wanted to stay under her pillow, but it wasn't realistic. Not even a little bit. So she sat up and dropped the pillow into her lap. She smiled gratefully at Andy and reached over to touch her shoulder quickly. "Thanks," she said quietly. 

She turned her attention to Irina, her eyes watering slightly. Honestly, if anyone could help her feel better after what just happened with Lucy, it would be these girls. They were her real sisters and Anna wanted to believe them more than anything. "Thanks Rina. I really needed to hear that," she forced herself to speak, trying to keep herself under control, to keep a hold of her emotions, but she was losing them and she didn't know what to do. She laughed a little when Irina said that she didn't care if it was cheating, they'd be there to help.

She nodded at Lily, not really able to speak at the moment. Then Lily started making a game out of it and Anna couldn't keep her feelings under control. She started laughing. "Lily, you're ridiculous. And you're definitely more fun than I am," Anna answered, relieved that Lily was here to help lighten the mood. If she was going to talk about what happened with Lucy, she was also going to want someone to lighten the mood, and Lily was definitely the girl for that.

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So, Anna didn't want to talk about Anna. Okay. So, Andy bit her lip in thought. She did laugh, however, when Lily made that little joke. She reached forward to touch Anna's arm, "it's all true, Anna. This year is going to be amazing. No matter what. For all of us, I hope," she said, glancing at the other two girls before looking back at Anna. "I for one know that Phil's gonna be back in January and that's a long ways away but I have you," she really wasn't that close with the other girls... not incredibly, at least. Irina was good friends with Phil, so that meant she spent a little time with her. But Andy was definitely the odd man out here. But that was to be expected, she never really made that many friends in the first place. Last year was different, though, and this year would only get better, she hoped.


Irina Rose Krum
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[Irina Rose Krum]

Irina smiled at Andy; she knew the girl must be missing Phil like crazy. "He'll be back before you know it Andy," she said softly, before turning her attention back to Anna.  She rubbed her friends' arm sympathetically.  "Was it something someone said?" she asked, sounding concerned.  Her first thought was of course Lucy, but Anna had argued with a boy from Beauxbatons a week or so ago.  Perhaps it was him that Anna had got in a fight with. 


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Hah! She laughed. Lily counted that as a win! "Pssshh, you're almost as fun as me. You don't want to be at my level. It's unsafe," she laughed, reaching over to pat Anna's hand.

Then Andy chimed in, saying how she knew it'd be an amazing year for everyone. Lily grinned at her and nodded in agreement. Andy talked about Phil then, which made Lily smile wider. Lily loved that guy, they knew each other since they were kids!

Then Irina asked the question they'd all been thinking. As to why Anna was so upset.

Irina Rose Krum
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Anna couldn't help it. Another giggle escaped her as Lily said she was almost as fun as she was. "Definitely unsafe. I should try to keep myself in one piece while I can, so I don't think I'll try to compete with you," she joked. Anna didn't want to think about Lucy, or about the major fight they just had ... or about her internal worry that Lucy might be right.



"We really are here for you Andy," Anna agreed, not wanting
everything to be focused on her, though she had the feeling that her friends weren't going to let her get away with not telling them what happened. Still, she knew that Andy needed support while Phil was gone.

Still, she didn't want to talk about this. Everything just barely happened with Lucy and felt so fresh. Anna wanted time to sort through it all ... maybe she would end up doing that with her friends. "I ran into Lucy outside of the common room," she confessed in a softer voice. Well, the cat was out of the bag now. She was going to have to tell them what happened. However, she wanted to see their reactions to her mentioning Lucy first ....

Irina Rose Krum
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