Yellow like sunshine

[Flavio Morales-Tipene]

Flavio was clueless to who Hayley Elridge was, but he was relieved to know the girl was in Slytherin which meant he did not need to walk to far to the Slytherin table in search for her. He was getting exhausted from how much chasing down he needed to do for each of his rose deliveries, but he was putting on his best face to hide it. "I have a rose for Hayley Elridge." Flavio called out as he retrieved the yellow rose from his basket.
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[Hayley Elridge]

Hayley had taken to keeping to herself at the Slytherin table, and avoiding it when possible; there was no one there worth talking to, at least not that she had met so far. They were a bunch of snooty, nasty creeps as far as she was concerned. So she ate quickly, without bothering to make conversation, her mind far away on other things. So she was very startled when a boy she didn't know called out her name. "Oh! Hello! Um, thank you." Hayley had seen people handing out roses around the school, presumably for something to do with Valentine's Day, but she hadn't paid much attention. Did this mean someone . . . had a crush on her? That seemed unlikely. Wait, this was a yellow rose, didn't that mean something else? Hayley wished she'd taken more notice, if there were roses for things other than romance she'd have liked to know, and maybe even send some.

 

[Flavio Morales-Tipene]

Flavio looked to the person who responded to his words and smiled politely as he retrieved the yellow rose and the note with it from his basket. This wasn't his first nor his final delivery of that day but he was happy to give away roses even when the exhaustion from running around was beginning to settle in. "Here you go." He told the girl as he handed the rose over and waited for her reaction. ​

Hayley,

The BEST name twin ever the BEST art buddy ever that's YOU! Thanks for always having my back and being awesome to hang out with! You're super cool, let's paint together sometime!

Love,
Harley

 

[Hayley Elridge]

As Hayley read the note a huge grin slowly spread across her face. How sweet! The nasty little seed of doubt that Odette had planted about Harley's opinion of her vanished completely. Harley was a true friend, the only one she'd made since coming to Hogwarts. The fact that she was a Slytherin didn't matter at all. How could she ever have even started to give any credence to Odette and her stupid opinions? Harley wasn't prejudiced like the Slytherins . . . or like that idiot Rory.

Hayley smiled up at the Ravenclaw boy. "Thanks," she said, and this time she really meant it. She folded the note in half and put it in her pocket, and set the yellow rose on the table in front of her, where all those snooty Slytherins could see she had a friend. She wished now that she'd paid more attention to the roses. She would have liked to send one to Harley too.