Open When The Plan Falls Apart

[Sybil St. James]

Sybil sat in the library surrounded books but couldn't help but already feel defeated. This year had not gone how she expected and when she thought about it too much her bottom lip started to quiver. Her grades where no where near where she wanted them to be, quidditch had ended terribly, not to mention her responsibility at the paper falling to the side. Losing the dueling tournament had just been the icing on the cake. It felt like an impossible hole to climb out of as the semester was coming to a quick end. There was always next year and OWL's were still a couple years away, but it felt like she was loosing out on precious time. She had been too ashamed to even write her father much and she knew she'd have to face him eventually. She knew he'd always love her, but her studies was always something they could bond over and now? Sybil wiped at her eyes and tried to focus on the astronomy notes in front of her.

 

[Kanako Kurosawa]

Kanako honestly had had a bad year. Well, probably not as bad as the girl sitting in the library by herself crying was but bad nonetheless. At least Kanako never cried. That was for losers. In saying that, Kanako knew the girl there - Sybil. As much as she wanted to make fun of her and bully her (no one ever said Kanako was kind or considerate), Kanako had a feeling in her stomach that it would be wrong to do so. She had been trying to get some study done herself and had been making little progress in that regard. She'd fallen to people-watching, and noticing Sybil, Kanako approached and took a seat opposite her. She heaved a sigh. "Schoolwork is the worst, right?" she said. She peered closer to get an idea of what Sybil was working on exactly. "Astronomy bores me to tears too," she added.