All's Fair PV H. Lowe & A. Bezuidenhout Closed

Anastasia felt numb. She wasn't exactly mad at Hugh, but she was livid at Aurelia and was barely containing it. She only had a few people at school that she really cared about, and Hugh was one of them. Aurelia was a vicious, vile, villainous viper and Anastasia was seriously considering setting her on fire at the moment. In fact, she very well might have if they hadn't been surrounded by students and probably professors. 

Anastasia's face didn't even hint at her homicidal thoughts. "Thank you for your concern, but I really don't want to distract you from your studies. Clearly, if his wand ended up across the room, you should study the spell a bit more yourself," Anastasia said, her smile tight and venomous. "And I tend to find books far more helpful and trustworthy than most people, so you really needn't worry your pretty little head." She wanted to strangle Aurelia, but she knew Aurelia was just trying to get a rise out of her, and she wouldn't let her win so easily. 

Her resolve not to let Aurelia see that she was furious was seriously tested when she called Hugh "darling". It was like she knew that Anastasia had feelings for Hugh that she hadn't acknowledged and was rubbing it in her face. If looks could kill, Aurelia would have been dead on the floor right now, but unfortunately, she wasn't. Anastasia was on the verge of tackling the second year. She couldn't let herself take the bait though, so she inhaled sharply and set her jaw. Aurelia would not get the better of her. 

As she inhaled again, trying to calm her temper, she noticed poor Hugh standing there rather confused. "Hugh, don't worry. There's not a thing in the world wrong with accepting help," Anastasia said, her voice just a tad too wry for it to actually seem sincere. 

"M-maybe we should just.. stop practicing for now?" These two clearly could not stand eachother and Hugh was caught right in the middle of them. He walked over to his wand and picked up the silly piece of wood. He still felt very awkward whenever he had to swing the smooth stick around in the air. It only ever really helped if he imagined it to be a sword. Yeah, just like a knight. This was just meant to be his blade. A rather slight but nevertheless reassuring smile came to his face as he held the wand close to his person. Maybe he should look at this from another angle, this magical world was to be his home after all. But it would still need some getting used to. His head snapped back to the matter at hand as he noticed the face-off from the corner of his eyes.

He turned on his heels and quickly, with long paces, made his way over to Ana. His hand reached out for her hand, tough somewhere mid-journey he realized how sudden and unapologetic that would appear. After all... they were just friends. So instead of her hand, three of his fingers and a thumb found themselves slightly enwrapped to Ana's wrist. "I- I wanted to show you some of my new drawings, but I left them in my dorm. Maybe we can go look at them in the common room?" His nervous smile quivered as his skittish eyes solely focused on Ana. He needed to get her out of here as she clearly was not herself in here with Aurelia. A slight and very gentle tug came from him to Ana's arm as he quietly whispered in her ear: "Can we go?"

His head turned and gave Aurelia a brief nod. "Thank you Aurelia. We.. we'll see you around, I guess." He tugged on Ana's arm one more time as he tried to direct her outside. Another look that basically screamed: "She's not worth your anger"; followed as he blocked the view between the two girls. He needed to get through to her.