A Coincidence

[Sofia Rosenberg]

Sofia had chosen to follow two classes this year. Following even one was already hard. She couldn't bring up the motivation to do her best. The only thing that would driven her was her father that tried desperatly to want his daughter and son to get good grades. But Sofia wasn't the only one that didn't liked classes. The fact that Gabriel only cared about Quidditch was stupid and the most difficult part to live with Sofia thought. But he didn't liked the classes too. You could say that Sofia and Gabriel weren't model students. And the blonde never had the intention to be so. Perhaps if her mother would still be alive things would be different, but it wasn't like that. Still Sofia didn't want to let down her dad so she came out of bed, because she had too. She had never been such lazy in her life, not at all. Sofia had taken care of her siblings together with her dad when their mother passed away. She always felt like a mother figure for her siblings. Gabriel was a different story he tried to be something he wasn't. But Sofia loved her brother deeply, but didn't understood the choices he made.

The blonde Swedish girl walked over the Fifth Floor with a reason. If she had to talk to someone it would be Lennon. And she didn't knew if she should be happy with it. One thing that she struggled with was her Thantophobia. And what made it difficult is that she wasn't very open about it. Sofia let her emotions inside of her and would not talk to someone about it. Not even her dad, because it was too painfull to remind her dad all the time about the reason why she got it. And she wanted things to change, but things only seemed to go backwards. How harder she tried to make friends or actually have fun with someone how much more it scared her away. And Lennon was such a person. Sofia really liked the boy, but she was scared of growing too fond of him. ''Thantophobia.. the phobia of losing someone you love.'' the blonde heard the doctors voice through her head. When she got diagnosed it all seemed to fall in place. But she didn't want to feel this way. Sofia caught herself on the thought she wanted to run into Lennon. The Hogwarts Monthly was close nearby perhaps if she was lucky? Sofia sighted and went sitting down on a bench. She got tired of herself, not knowing what she actually wanted.

 

[Lennon Cohen-Knight]

With the Hogwarts Monthly gaining more popularity among the student body Lennon found himself in the newsroom more than ever. He was getting busier trying to accommodate for the growing size in staff and it was a learning experience for him in how to manage more and more people each year. Usually the newsroom was rather quiet as they all worked on their stories, but with more people who had access to it, it was beginning to get rather loud, so Lennon couldn't go there to escape much anymore. The Ravenclaw decided to take a walk to try and rid his mind of writer's block and all the other problems he had to figure out.

As he stepped out of the newsroom in no particular direction, he saw Sofia sitting nearby in a bench. The Ravenclaw instantly smiled to himself, feeling happy to see her even though part of him told him no to get his hopes up. He'd talked to the girl a few times now, and she was flirty in a way he wasn't used to, though he liked it. It was a different experience than dealing with the mystery of Mini's feelings or the conflicting ones for Sianna. Having a crush on someone entirely new like Sofia was kind of a breath of fresh air for the boy. He didn't know if Sofia liked him in the way he liked her, but he liked the idea of trying to figure that out. "Hey Sofia!" he said happily, walking over to sit beside her without invitation. "What brings you here?" he wondered. He knew the Transfiguration classroom was on this floor but it didn't seem to be time for classes to let out or start, so part of him was curious if she had come looking for him, but tried not to get his hopes up too much.
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