"I will cry" I mumbled.

"No, no, get up now and we can go see professor dippet, see if he can fix this" Abe lifts up our wrists by the vine which immediately tightens at the movement.

"Ouch" "Aghh" were the sounds that simultaneously came from our mouths. Abe just smirked at our pain.

"Asshole" I muttered, getting up and pulling Tom with me, "I'm changing into a skirt" I muttered, pulling one of the paper bags full of clothes out of my satchel. Tom's brows lifted as he stood behind me, arm outstretched.

"What??" He asked.

"She said she's changing into a skirt" Abe smirked, "I'll wait for you both in the common... mind if I take Juniper?"

"Not at all, see ya" I mumbled, pulling out a skirt. Tom looked away with his eyes closed as i stumbled into the new clothes, tucking in the green shirt he'd leant me yesterday.

"Alright, I'm done" I yawned, brushing my hair back with a comb that sat on Tom's dresser, he did the same, then slicked his back with gel, it naturally sat in its iconic curl.

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"Right let's be on our way, then we can go down for breakfast" Abraxas huffed, standing up. He let Juniper back through the painting and then turned to lead us into the dungeon corridors.

"How come you're coming too?" I wondered.

"Because I can" He sang. I scoffed in response.

Once we were done with Dippet, we decided to take Juniper out into the gardens. Abraxas sat on a large tree root that protruded from the ground, and Tom sat beside him, so I sat on the grass in front of them.

"So. You have to wait for some magical potion to be brewed so they can spray it on your little vine friend?" Abe questioned.

"Sounds about right" I mumbled.

"That excuse was ridiculous" Tom sneered, occupying himself by taking Juniper from me.

"I think it was decent" Juniper hissed.

"Oh shut up June" Tom hissed back, petting the snake affectionately.

"What do you mean? You walked through a friendly duel in hogsmeade? I think that was great" Abe muttered.

"Well it worked, so" I sighed, shrugging.

"I suppose."

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It's now Monday morning, and we still haven't been collected to be weed sprayed. I'm starting to get sick of this, and I'm sure Tom is too.

I tug at his arm.

"I need to go to the bathroom."

"Again!?" He groaned.

"IT'S BEEN EIGHT HOURS, STILL COUNTING" I argued.

"Shut up. You make my ears bleed" Tom complained.

"HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL!?" I retorted.

"Honestly? I don't care" Tom replied sending me a glare.

"Then don't you dare think that I'll be following your orders. I will not shut up, and I do not care if your ears bleed" I turned my head after spitting out the snarky comment.

"Are you going to the bathroom or not?" Tom grumbled.

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After awkwardly going to the bathroom, with Tom looking away after I cast the Muffliato spell on him, We sat in Tom's room, on his bed. It's currently 4:12AM. I know. It's mad. Tom had woken up, which woke me up, which also woke Abe... which led to more arguing.

"I'm taking custody of Juni while the parents sort out their shit" Abraxas muttered, and with that, he was gone, and so was Juniper.

"You're so annoying, I swear" I grumbled.

"Well I'm sorry you woke me up" Tom rolled his eyes.

"Just because you were awake doesn't mean you had to wake me up too."

"Well I made it even. And just go back to sleep, it's that simple" The boy objects.

"Actually, it's not that simple. I'm awake now, I won't be able to sleep again" I sighed, running a hand through my oily hair. I'd have to actually put some effort into it today, as to not show the dirtiness.

"Sleep," He says.
"I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you."

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