Closed two birds

[Victoria de Lacey]

"Okay, so who is Nicolas Flamel and what was he famous for?" Tori asked, raising an eyebrow at him. She liked her little study sessions with Eoghan because it got her to actually focus. She hated having to read textbooks and get the answers like this but Eoghan was good at pressuring her to pay attention, and he didn't even really need to force the issue, his presence alone did that for her. She flipped the page, leaning back against the couch slightly and pulling her legs up to sit lightly in Eoghan's lap. It was more comfortable for her and she didn't like being leaned over a desk when she was studying for anything because it made her feel like she was getting stressed. She didn't like studying in a classroom setting which was why she wasn't doing this in the library in the first place. Everyone studied in the library and she really didn't see the point. Not to mention she just didn't feel like it. She missed Rory and she missed her mum and she was thinking about a lot of things. She also sort of was still thinking about what she and Eoghan had discussed in the kitchens before, and that was making her spin too. She didn't really understand it, but something was going on. She wouldn't force this issue but it was certainly making her think and giving her pause for a number of reasons. "And what is his association to Paracelsus?"

@Eoghan Blyth @Lilith Ilves​

 

[Eoghan Blyth]

If someone was to ask what his relationship with Victoria de Lacey was like a year ago, Eoghan would probably have called her nothing more than an annoying classmate. The day they'd met, Eoghan was quite glad not to have made Gryffindor as it would mean space to himself without the likes of Tori (And Susie and William) invading his space. However much like many other aspects in his life, Eoghan had come to realise the value of those around him and now called the brunette one of his closest friends. He would look back to himself with shame at times for the way he felt he treated some of the students around him, and he could only now vow to do better for himself when it came to future first impressions.

Sat on the couch with a book open, balanced snuggly in the space between Tori's shins and his torso, Eoghan felt as though he were right back at home with his sister albeit this girl actually knew the difference between a college and a university. Studying with Tori was also incredibly rewarding as it meant Eoghan could both spend time with her while feeling as though they were making use of the opportunities to better themselves while they were at it. "He was the alchemist who made the philosophers stone," that was easy, even a first-year would know that. He shot Tori a frown at her next question, debating whether or not she was trying to trick him. "Paracelsus believed in Alkahest," he started, trying to think of whether the two had any real connection beyond their scientific interests. Paracelsus thought the stone was made from this element but the smile crept onto Eoghan's face when he was confident the two had never actually met. Stone or not they lived in two different time periods for one. "I think you like making my head spin" he joked, turning a page on his lap to find another question for Tori.​

 

[Lilith Ilves]

It had now been a few days since Demi had made her comment about a rumour of Lilith's best friends well one of them was her boyfriend now too so that added fuel to the fire. Lilith had lost some sleep over it, the first night being the worst. She was so ashamed that comment had sent her head spiraling in the wee hours of the night, it wasn't like her to trust someone else's word of someone else's actions. Lilith had been spiraling and albeit she'd never really admit it, she had pulled herself away from the people around her. She went to lessons and meals, but then she'd return to her bed with her cat to study or to just daydream for hours on end. Another reasoning for that had been the writing circle, she had thought it to be a good idea, to share her writing but had come to discover it was the farthest thing from a good idea. She hated sharing her writing, not only because it opened a window for the others into her world but because it opened the window for judgement and her own anxiety. In other words the second year had been socially drained for the past few days.

That morning though, Lili had decided for it to be enough. She'd put herself back out there and if nothing at the very least go find Antares and Asterope, if only to get a peace of mind herself and give them the chance they deserved to tell her what was going on. After the initial hours of despair and confusion, Lilith had come to a conclusion that it had to be no more than a silly rumour from someone who quite disliked Eoghan. Lilith walked into the student lounge, feeling as nervous as she had during her first days at the castle. As soon as she walked in her eyes fell on the duo she'd been looking for, to her horror they seemed to be very close. Almost in the exact position Demi had described them to be in. No, do not go there Lilith. You know better than this so get a grip and get it over with. The Ravenclaw internally reprimanded her brain for going there, this was nothing more than two best friends just as she and Eoghan had been, but then again there that was. She and Eoghan had started this way too, what was to say Tori and him weren't headed that way too. Realizing she had been stuck in the same spot for a few minutes Lilith took a few steps towards the two and involuntarily found the comforting surface of her locket.

"Hi, I'd like to talk to you two about something. If that is fine by you of course if this is a bad time I can just we can do it some other time." The brunette spoke out with a shaking voice and wandering eyes. She refused to look at either of them in the eye, not from the fear of what she'd find there, but of the fear what they'd see in hers. That they'd see the internal battle she had with herself, the shame she felt for letting herself spiral for a moment. They deserved more than that and Lilith had failed the two in spiraling. She should have sought them out right away instead of hiding away with her own preexisting problems, but she really had been too tired. Her green eyes landed on the floor staring at a certain spot, waiting whether they'd turn her away in hopes of spending time together or if she could finally figure out what had been going on and apologise for letting Demi's words affect her in anyway.