Heartbreak Warfare

[Indianna Lee]

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the start of term had shouldered the beauxbatons students with an unabashed excitement. it
was barely the third day back and still the young witches and wizards alike positively glowed
in anticipation of the coming events the term would bring. their howls of laughter and their
jittery gossip echoed almost threefold against the great stone walls of the hall, earning them
disapproving looks from the professors over their black coffees and anxious, awed glances
from the gaggle of first years that bumbled nearby. there was one student though, one tiny
witch who stood out from the crowd, when all she wanted and wished for was an invisibility
cloak so she could simply dissolve into the mindless giggles and french-tongued whispers.
dressed down in her most comfortable pair of blue jeans and a cocoon of a knitted sweater,
indianna lee with her tousled raven hair and rich olive skin, did not blend into the fresh-faced
and fine featured looks of the darling french girls in the slightest and her outfit only seemed
to serve to stand out amongst the silken blue uniforms. usually she would be unnervingly
aware of her differences, to the point where it would drive her into her usual reserve of shy
murmurs and lack of eye-contact with anybody but her most dearest friends. but today indi
was so wound up in her own matters that she forgot to feel self-conscious when a few of her
classmates giggled rather obnoxiously about a summer romance of sorts. she didn’t even
notice that they were near her as she mulled over the blank piece of parchment before her.

dear sam? to sam? hey? hi? her quill hovered feverishly over the parchment, the tip ready
to scratch some sort of acknowledgement to her friend, that is, if he was still her friend. but
despite the ache in her heart whenever her thoughts raced to those ocean blue eyes of his,
no matter how flustered she grew when she remembered how he had held her, and all the
love she was now sure she felt for him aside, if there was one thing that indianna didn’t want
to happen in the aftermath of their beach side encounter, it was to lose sam. she couldn’t,
she wouldn’t, he was too wonderful for her to let go of. and even though she was sick with
jealously of his girlfriend, his perfect doll of a girlfriend, indi didn’t want him to feel any pain,
she’d make amends in their relationship herself if she had to. her trembling hand dropped
the quill onto the table and sought her tea instead, no longer hungry for the breakfast foods
that had been placed beckoningly before her. her mind kept at work as the hold beverage
scalded her tongue. what if he didn’t want to speak to her again? what if he was mad with
her? or worse, heartbroken? the latin american girl frowned a deep and worrisome frown
and suddenly, she didn’t think she could bear to write to him at all. drawing one last sip from
the steaming mug and indianna plopped it onto the table, alongside the discarded quill and
the abandoned breakfast. “ay caray.” she murmured in smooth spanish as she buried her
face into the dark refuge of her palms, hoping that audrey might turn up soon to make sense
of these ridiculous teenage hormones. things indianna had never had trouble with before.

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[Audrey Love]

Audrey Love was slightly distracted by her conversation with Victor yesterday. She had found it strange that the one boy she had been thinking about had magically appeared at the school she had been attending for the past 5 years. New Zealand was quite a long distance from France. The blonde wondered if he had followed her here, quickly deciding against that notion. After all, she hadn't ever said which school she attended. Neverless, she had been happy to see him, especially now that she could tell what he looked like without all the cuts and scrapes from fighting. He had distracted her so thouroughly that she had managed to not to find Indi until it was time for them both to be in their dorm. It hadn't left much time for talk of what had passed over the summer.

Audrey walked into the dinning hall, not paying much attention to how severely her outfit stood out from her classmates. The blonde girl liked having eyes on her though typically she was watched for her exceptional beauty and the aura that she possessed by being one half Veela. She spotted Indianna at the far end of the hall. She walked over with a walk that looked more like a fluid, graceful dance. Audrey slid into the seat in front of her friend, looking curiously at the way the other girl was sitting. What was bothering the brunette? A slight frown appeared on her beautiful face. "Hey Indi." she greeted. "What's wrong?" she asked curiously.

 

[Indianna Lee]

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pressing her delicate fingertips into the creases of her brow, indianna sought comfort in one
thought and one thought only – she had no classes today. there would be more time to forget
herself, and sam, in amongst rustic cords of folk songs and silver tracings of lead across her
canvases of paper. and thank goodness she had already fixed up whatever small pile of work
that had befallen her already. indianna was free of added stress, or perhaps just all the more
vulnerable to it. whatever the case there was one person and one person only that the sixth
year needed more than anybody right now, and not sam or falcon, not even her mother would
make the cut. indi needed audrey, plain and simple. but that thought quickly zipped from her
mind as her eyes, a mixed gold and green, caught a hold of her best friend all but floating in
the direction of her seat. the raven haired girl could see the eyes tripping all over audrey, but
her friend seemed to take it in her stride with a calm confidence indianna had never had the
ability to muster up. audrey had veela blood, she was used to the stares and the drools and
the tongues wagging. indianna did not, she was not and she never would be. the two were
just about opposites by those means. but it seemed today there was something other than the
charm of a veela in her best friend, a deeper sparkle in her eye, a brighter sunshine in her
smile, it all had indianna very curious. perhaps she would entertain the idea of sharing a little
of it, whatever it was. just the way that indi dreaded she’d have to share a little of her burden.

“what’s wrong?” there it was, the damper upon their reunion. the girl wrinkled her brown nose
uncomfortably because inevitably she felt the want to tell her best friend these sorts of things,
surely audrey would have the upper hand on all things boy in comparison to herself. but as
much as it made sense to answer the question properly right then and there, the girl held back
her unease and merely shrugged with a tiny shake of her tumbling raven curls. “can we talk
about it later?” she pressed with a thin smile on her lips, pushing a bittersweet dimple into her
cheek just as she pushed sam’s handsome face from her mind. “cause i missed you and i
want to know all about what’s got you all smiley.” the forced smile that had been pushing at
her lips relaxed naturally now into her normal warm aura as indianna gazed across the table
at the girl she had missed more than any other over the break. “good holidays then love?” indi
was grinning perfectly now and had seemingly forgotten all about her troubles in anticipation
of whatever audrey had to say.

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[Audrey Love]

Audrey's full lips slipped into a pout at Indianna's request. She was a bit on the impatient side and didn't really like to wait when she wanted information. Reluctantly, she nodded her head, blonde curls bouncing loosely on her shoulders. "I guess I can try and be patient." she said with a slight grimace. She just wanted to know what had her friend so down. Indianna knew Audrey well and quickly distracted her, sounding more like herself with each word. Audrey's smile grew slightly as Indi's did, a small laugh escaping her lips. "I missed you too." she said, grinning back across the table. She pursed her lips, as if she was hiding a really good secret, at Indianna's question. "You could say that." she said slyly, her emerald eyes dancing with amusement of keeping secrets she was dying to share.

Audrey's eyes flicked around their surroundings, making sure that no one, especially not the boy, was within ear shot. "Well, first off, I moved to New Zealand with my sister." she said, dropping a large piece of information. Indi would not have been expecting that. Lindsay was four years older than the girls and Indianna hadn't really ever known the girl execpt for a brief meeting here or there when they were younger despite the fact that the sisters were extremely close. "While I was there, I met this boy, only he was covered in scratches and all sorts of banged up. We talked for a bit, he was pretty interesting." she admitted. "Then yesterday, I ran into him here! I was looking for you and then poof! There he was! Only he was healed and much better looking." she said, her amazement and excitement slipping through in her voice. Audrey paused there, waiting to see what Indianna had to say.