Open Sunshine, Shade and Sci-Fi

[Hugo Stark-West]

For Hugo Stark-West one of the advantages of seventh year was that he didnt have exams at the end of first semester. of course that advantage would come and bite him on the backside as next semester came around and he had twice the number of exams but for now he was content that he could take his time with study and enjoy a couple of hours sitting on the lawn enjoying the summer sun and a book from the shade of a tree. he was actually enjoying himself this semester. it sounded weird but he actually felt happy. it wasnt that he had been unhappy before but he hadn't realised there was so much space in the realm of happy that he just hadnt explored before. Before he would have said right where he was was happy. Sunshine, shade and a Sci-Fi or fantasy book but now he knew that while that was happy, happy could also be the growing feeling or confidence in him, or kissing teddy in some hidden corner of the school between classes (happy was definitely kissing Teddy), and spending time with him in the library as they did their homework. right now, Teddy was at quidditch practice, and they had plans to study together when he finished. Or more likely, Teddy would study and Hugo would revise whatever it was he was doing with him or keep reading his book. Hugo shifted his position, stretching out slightly before turning the page.

 

[Morrie Ayre]

Morrie didn't particularly like being in places where there weren't other people around in case Mikael turned up and she hated feeling like that, like she needed to look over her shoulder all the time. She wasn't frightened, at least not in the way she recognised as being frightened, but she did feel uneasy. She had decided to go outdoors because being in the open meant less opportunities to be cornered. That's where she saw Hugo and thought head boy was good protection if Mikael did show up, plus she had some questions about HM that she wanted to run by him if and now felt like a good time. She walked over and stopped near him, clearing her throat to get his attention. "Hugo" She said, sounding sharper than she meant to, but Morrie wasn’t great at softening her tone at the best of times, "You got a minute?"

 

[Hugo Stark-West]

hugo turned the page things were getting good. the other research team had just lost contact with the main team and things were starting to look very suspicious. he wondered what was going on and was looking forward to seeing what was going to happen on the expedition. he almost jumped when he heard his name from somewhere above him brought back to earth by morrie standing in front of him. "hey, yes, sure Morrie. What's up?" he said putting his bookmark between the pages and closing the book. Wondering what she wanted to talk to him about.

 

[Morrie Ayre]

Morrie took the acceptance as an invitation and plonked herself down near the head boy. She hadn't originally planned to bring it up so quickly, but she might as well now since she'd opened with it. "Well," Morrie started, glancing at the book Hugo was reading and thinking vaguely that it looked very nerdy. "I definitely received four submissions for my article. But when I came to write it up, there were only three." She explained, "I left them in the office, and I think one was stolen." Morrie looked at Hugo for his reaction and if he knew anything.

 

[Hugo Stark-West]

Hugo was slightly surprised when Morrie sat down beside him. She never gave him the impression of being a social type. Even if he knew she was talking paper, it was still outside of the offices, which was unusual. He listened as Morrie asked him about the Aunt Meg letters. "Ahh," he said, pausing anf feeling the now somewhat familiar feeling of his ears starting to warm up. He wasn't quite sure if Morrie was calling him out on writing a letter then chickening out on it or just genuinely unsure about the whereabouts of the letter. "Actually, I do know about that. the person who wrote it asked to redact it after he managed to work out the problem" he said deciding to go along with Morrie doesn't realise it was him unless she says otherwise though he had forgotten that in the letter he had been careful not to specify his or his 'friends' gender.
What had actually happened a couple of days after he had and Teddy had talked and made up and made out in the abandoned classroom, he had seen the letter on Morries desk and decided to remove it, putting it with a pile of other papers on his desk before he could decide if he wanted to dispose of it or save it for the memories but had since forgotten about it.