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[Lilith Ilves]

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Lilith was happy to be back to school, it was honestly maybe even better than back at home at this point. She supposed that spending two years mostly in one building, sleeping, studying, socializing and much more would do that to a person. It had transformed from a school to a home within her first year already and more so in her second year. Though it was still weird that Tori wasn't there with them, but at least they'd already started writing letters back and forth. Lilith had tried out to the Quidditch team again too, she was hoping to get the permanent Seeker position in the team, she thought she had a pretty good chance but there was always the possibility of things not going the way she thought they would.

As Lilith walked into the student lounge she was met with a particularly peculiar view, a blonde girl was hanging off the sofa. Sort of in an upside down position, reading a book. She looked like a bat sort of. Walking closer the Ravenclaw wasn't all that surprised it was a certain Hufflepuff, Susie. Giving a soft laugh Lilith walked closer before speaking. "That cannot be comfortable are you doing a ritual of some sort? Ooh perhaps you are trying to turn into a batman?" She asked with a grin on her face as she stopped in front of the girl.

 

[Susie Lagowski]

Susie hadn’t slept well. There was a lot on her mind - Freddie at the forefront of it all, but Tori and schoolwork not far behind - and she was kept awake by looping visions of disaster. Something bad was coming, she just knew it. Call it anxiety, call it a hunch - by any name, it was giving her a headache.

She had finally got into a comfortable position, upside down, neck hanging off the seat cushion, when Lilith appeared. “Yeah! I’m summoning a hag to come and get my brother.” Something in Susie’s tone suggested that, although she was joking about trying to summon one, she would happily give a passing hag directions to the Ravenclaw common room. “I had a headache. I think all the blood in my face is helping. Do I look red?”

 

[Lilith Ilves]

Lilith raised an amused brow at Susie who was talking about summoning a hag to get her brother. "Ah yes, the joys of having a younger brother. Can't wait for Leo and Leena to start here. I bet I'll be having similar thoughts of hag abduction about Leo..." She agreed with a sigh before plopping herself down on the sofa. "Your brother is a Ravenclaw, no?" Lilith asked curiously, recalling hearing the name Wilfred Lagowski and Ravenclaw shouted not long after. Examining Susie's face the brunette noted a hint of red, but nothing too bad. "Yeah it is quite red but not quite enough to pass as a tomato yet!" She said giving the Hufflepuff a small grin.

 

[Susie Lagowski]

Everybody complained about their younger siblings, but Susie couldn’t imagine Lilith had ever had to restrain her little brother because he was trying to destroy their school’s art exhibition. She’d never been called out of class because Leo was lying in the middle of the corridor, screaming his head off, and she was the only person who knew how to calm him down. The last two years had been so peaceful, so easy, that Susie had almost forgotten how much stress Freddie had put her through, but now he was here, and he’d already punched a boy in the stomach, and something told her it was only the beginning of a new nightmare.

She sighed, turning herself upright. Her headache immediately returned. “Yep. Sorry,” she said. Normally, she would have laughed at Lilith’s joke, but today she could barely a muster a convincing smile. “What’s Leo like?”

 

[Lilith Ilves]

Lilith watched Susie with keen eye, there was something about her demeanor. Her usual spark seemed a bit dulled by perhaps worry? "Sorry? He hasn't been any trouble for me, if anything I am glad to have more bright Ravenclaws around and if he is anything like you even better." She said and tilted her head a little at the question about her brother. Lilith took a seat as she pondered over how to go about explaining Leo in the best way possible.

"I love Leo but he can be exhausting. He is very keen to take care of me and Leena, which fine Leena is his little sister but I can take care of myself just fine but he kind of insists on protecting me anyways, despite being four years younger than me." Lilith gave a soft laugh, her mind instantly going to the moment Leo had found out about her and Eoghan and proceeded to let her boyfriend know he was watching the blond. How was he going to do that from halfway across the world? Lilith couldn't even begin to imagine. She moved her hands to her lap before continuing, "He has a bit of a tendency of getting into trouble, I don't think he means to but he doesn't exactly think before doing always..." And that was putting it lightly, he'd always had a tendency of just going for it. When he'd been five he'd charger off to the deep end of the lake from the docks, he couldn't even swim yet. Only after he was in the water had he stopped to think and even then he'd just laughed like it was funny everyone else were worried and running after him. "He is a great kid but it is a lot," Lilith said turning to look at Susie once more. "How are you feeling, like generally?" She asked, not able to help herself and the worry from seeping into her tone.

 

[Susie Lagowski]

Freddie was bright - the brains of the family, in fact. The problem was that he used those brains to cause trouble. Auntie Thalia was always lamenting that he could do so much more if only he'd stop messing around, but he just wasn't interested. The more she pushed him, the harder he rebelled. He was impossible to negotiate with. Lilith obviously hadn't seen the bad side of him yet - the side that would throw things at the teacher because they asked him to sit properly in his chair. Susie tried to sympathise with him, but it was hard.

Comparatively, Leo sounded like a great kid. Wanted to take care of his sisters? A bit impulsive? That was just standard brother stuff, right? Still, Susie understood; it was stressful trying to keep your little siblings out of trouble. Being related to you, they also seemed to think it was OK to treat you like crap most of the time. Or maybe that was just Freddie again.

Susie hugged her knees. How was she feeling? "Tired," she said. "See, Leo's a great kid. Freddie's... Ugh. He's not bad. I don't know how to explain this. He's not mean - but he is - but he's not. I don't think he wants to be. It's just, he gets mad, and there's a wall, and he doesn't listen to anyone, and he aaaalways thinks he's right, and he doesn't talk to me, or anybody - he just bottles things up, and then - boom." Susie glanced around, then dropped her voice to a whisper. "He punched Demi's little brother! I don't know what to do. He's such a nightmare."