The Trouble With Us

[Zara Cohen-Knight]

At hearing that Zara's ex boyfriend and his idiot friends had been behind the assault on Ravenclaw and on her cleanliness the girl felt that there was no reason not to exact her revenge but she wasn't a particularly aggressive person like two of her roommates were and to Zara it felt a bit more personal than Quidditch so instead of hitting she starred at the three of them during the duration of Defence Against the Dark Arts. Smoke might have left her ears she was so mad but the girl didn't say anything to them until they were dismissed at which point she reached for Asaiah's arm pulling him back and she hoped the other two idiots would stop with him. "What is wrong with you guys?" she demanded angrily, her face a shade of pink it had never quite been before from her rage as she looked at the trio - trying to understand how a breakup could demand such action because she really hadn't thought it had and she never imagined Asaiah was aggressive even if he was a quidditch player but she knew that all boys had this possibility and it was all the more clear in Quidditch fanatics.

 

[Asaiah Murphy]

Asaiah hated the fact that the three of them couldn't hang out normally anymore, specially since he didn't really have anyone to talk to once inside the Slytherin common room. The fifteen year old was about to tell his friends that he needed to take a left here when he could feel a hand pulling his arm. He jerked his head around to see who did it and stared his ex girlfriend in the face. Instead of pulling his arm back Asaiah did nothing. He had hoped that after what happened in the common room Zara would much rather try to avoid him and his friends. Instead she went looking for them. ''We're sorry.'' he told her, averting his eyes from her. He truly meant it too since the Slytherin had never wanted to take revenge on Zara for what she did, it had just been a way to cheer him up by his friends.

 

[Wyatt Finch]

Leaving his friend was hard because as much as Mari was his best friend there were times when he just wanted to be around another dude. Asaiah was that dude as always and the two bros scarcely got time together since they were punished unjustly. Wyatt turned his head as he heard someone demand something, presumably of them and rolled his eyes when he saw Zara. He knew she deserved this and believed she should know it too so where Asaiah apologised Wyatt scoffed and said, "I'm not sorry. You and everyone in your house deserved what you got." He put an arm around Mari's shoulders protectively as if Zara could know that Teagan was harassing them and why. The group had reacted in kind. He was only sorry that he couldn't see their reactions the next morning because as far as he could tell that would've been a truly amazing sight to behold. The boy looked over at Asaiah and shook his head, not sure how he could be such a push over with someone who had hurt him because the boy was angry about that although glad the relationship had ended.

 

[Marisol Woods]

Marisol didn't care if she and her friends slowed down the flow of foot traffic while leaving classes because it was their only time to hang out together aside from meals. After news of their punishment for the Ravenclaw room had gone around she expected people to be angry and confront them, so she was hardly surprised someone had stopped Asaiah and the two Gryffindors turned around as well. She was, however, a little surprised to see that Zara had stopped them and she immediately felt guilty. Marisol heard Asaiah apologize and then Wyatt do the exact opposite, and she felt a mixture of both boy's emotions. She glanced up at Wyatt when he put his arm around her, because she knew why he was being protective of her, but she didn't think it applied in this situation. Marisol sighed and said, "Look, it wasn't personal. Our issues with Ravenclaw run deeper than you know. You were sort of just...collateral damage." It wasn't entirely the truth, but it wasn't a lie either. She felt guilty for having targeted Asaiah's ex because the two girls had already hashed it out and come to some sort of weird unspoken agreement to drop the issue, but when Marisol had snuck into the fourth year Ravenclaw girl's dorm, she couldn't pass up the opportunity to get her back, especially when she thought they'd never get caught.
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[Zara Cohen-Knight]

Zara knew that Wyatt was an angry person so she paid him little mind. Instead she snapped at both Asaiah and Marisol because they were the people that she expected more from. "You're not entitled to date everybody, you know," the girl said angrily at Asaiah because why else would she have been targeted too. Still she knew that Marisol was the one who had actually put manure on her bed so she was the worst of it. "And you..." Zara pointed at Marisol as she tried to apologize weakly, "You're a complete sociopath!" Zara was amazed at how the Gryffindor girl had seemed to be understanding of her point of view but had still done such a thing. "You put bloody manure on my face! Then pretended that I had done the only thing wrong just by breaking up with someone I didn't want to date anymore," Zara said, unsure of why she was going over the events as they already knew what had happened but it was accusatory nonetheless. She could hardly believe that this had happened. "Marisol your weird obsession with Asaiah is really upsetting and I think you should go to therapy," she said, angry but genuine nonetheless because no normal person did such a thing and Zara had her best friend break up with people - even be dumped by people - and yet she was never tempted to do such a thing because no one was entitled to another person's time or affection and yet these three weirdos ran around Hogwarts expecting so much more than they should get.

 

[Asaiah Murphy]

Asaiah pulled back his arm after the Ravenclaw's little outburst. Of course Zara had every right to be mad at them for putting manure on her face, he would've been furious if some had done that to him, but the fifteen year old wasn't going to let Zara take her anger out on Marisol. ''You don't get to talk to Marisol like that.'' the Slytherin said in a low voice, looking her straight in the eye. ''You want to blame someone? Fine, blame me. It was me who told them about our break up after all.'' He was done letting others take blame for him. It was all on him, and he knew it. Everything happening with Teagan in the past two years, and now this with Zara, it was all because he couldn't control himself or his emotions. Asaiah's breath quickened as he looked at Zara. ''And Mari is not obsessed with me? Yes she might be a little over protective sometimes, but there's nothing wrong with that.'' the boy told her, feeling the anger that had been inside of him since the beginning of the second semester boiling up.