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Pam skipped along the path, weaving in and out of the throngs of students with practiced ease. She hadn't actually planned to attend the event beyond the day of the arts and booth expo, but fate had seemingly had a different plan for her. She had been in awe of the place on the when she had come on the day of the Arts and Booths Expo, the lights, sights and smell drawing her in.

And so she had accepted Victoria's invitation to attend the fair with her.

Pam had debated afterwards if it had been a bad decision. She liked the girl's company a lot, but she couldn't forget the fact that the third year had told her that she liked her. And she could totally not ignore the fact that Pam had developed no feelings for her whatsoever. Spending time like this... Pam hoped she wasn't leading her on. She didn't actually want to hurt the girl.

Now though, as she walked through the crowd, absorbing everything, she let herself not think about potential bad decisions for the time being. The ferris wheel stood in the distance, majestic, lighted and towering over everything else, and Pam made her way towards it, for that was where the two girls had agreed to meet. Pam had never ridden a ferris wheel before.

She hoped Victoria wouldn't have waited too long for her.

Victoria checked her clothes one last time. She was wearing a simple white winter T-shirt with blue shorts underneath, and a black ribbon in her hair. She was wearing the bracelet Pam had given her.

"I think this is a bad decision. I think she sees me as a friend and it's like I forced her to come to this meeting. If she doesn't feel anything other than friendship, maybe I shouldn't force her."

Her cat, Athena, meowed from her seat. It felt good to have someone listen to her thoughts. Especially lately. She stroked her cat's head and left the tent.

The stadium was very crowded. They were going to meet Pam on the Ferris wheel. It was very interesting that wizards were using Muggle amusement rides. While she was thinking about these, she came to the Ferris wheel.

The Ferris wheel looked truly beautiful and very colorful. Victoria laughed involuntarily as the idea of ​​the Muggle-like Ferris wheel stopping occurred to her. At that moment, she saw Pam approaching. She approached her in a friendly manner, trying to suppress a blush.

"Hi Pam. How are you? I'm so glad you accepted my invitation." She looked at the Ferris wheel. Shall we ride the Ferris wheel?

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Seems like she got here before me after all.

Pam spotted the older girl standing near the gate to the Ferris Wheel, dressed in a simple white shirt and shorts. Pam suddenly felt overdressed as she looked down at her own fancy purple top. I think I got too enthusiastic about this whole visit to the fair. How silly.

Pam reached Victoria with a smile, "Hi Lena, sorry I'm late." She glanced up at the ferris wheel, suddenly feeling excited, "Yeah let's go shall we?"

She led the girl through the gates and onto a couch. A lot of people had already gotten onto the Ferris Wheel beforehand, and Pam found herself scanning the faces absentmindedly, searching for any familiar face. "Have you ever ridden a Ferris Wheel before? I haven't. I hadn't been to a lot of fairs back at home." She grinned sheepishly. Pam didn't normally talk a lot, but she did tend to ramble when she was excited. "I've heard the view would be nice though."

Pam couldn't help but note the fact that most of the rides seemed to be designed from muggle entertainment rides. She had spotted a "Beast go-round" somewhere earlier, which she had immediately realised to be the magic equivalent of a "merry-go-round". Pam had already planned to drag Victoria over there after they were finished with the Ferris wheel. The thought made her chuckle.

"No problem. Well, you look beautiful. Purple suits you very well.
Let's ride."

She tried to speak normally. Trying to sound friendly wasn't working very well. As she sat down on the seat of the Ferris wheel, she realized she was watching his surroundings. When Pam spoke she came back to reality and looked at the girl.

"Actually, no. I live in a small town, there aren't many fairs, and my mom wouldn't let me into town to hide my metamorphmagus, but I know what it's like from television. You know what television is, right?"

Normally, she would have been comfortable talking about her past, but she was afraid of what she constantly talked about around Pam. She told herself that Pam would only see her as a friend.

"Look, we're up high. Wow, I can see the whole Quidditch stadium."

As she watched the view, she laughed again as the muggle cliché of the Ferris wheel stopping came to mind, and when she turned to Pam, she wasn't sure if it was because of the sun, but she looked more beautiful. Her hair had turned a deep red, just like when she saw Pam, and her cheeks were flushed.

"Well, actually there's the muggle stereotype. That is, the Ferris wheel stops when it's at the top, etc."

She was stuttering slightly as she spoke. At that moment, a sound was heard from the Ferris wheel.

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Pam smiled, looking down at her outfit for a second, "Thanks, I quite like the color purple." Pam had developed a fascination for the color since she was younger specifically the lighter shades of it, especially Lilac. Needless to say, she did have a large number of purple clothes.

"Oh yeah, I very much know what television is. I grew up in a muggle household after all." She said with a smile, the topic bringing up some fond memories of her home.

Victoria's words drew Pam's attention towards the outside of the Ferris wheel seat, and sure enough, the entire Quidditch Stadium was indeed visible. "Oh my!" She said, leaning towards the side to get a better look. The stadium below was alight with life—laughter rising in waves, lights twinkling like scattered stars, and groups of people weaving through the fairground in a blur of color and sound, and the setting sun providing a gorgeous colored background.

"A muggle stereotype?" Pam repeated, turning to look at her, "What is that? I've not heard of it. Do Ferris Wheels stop at the top?" Just as she asked the question, a sudden movement of their seat caused Pam to grab a hold of the side as the Ferris Wheel did, in fact, stutter to a stop. "Oh.." Pam grinned sheepishly, "I suppose they do." She asked Victoria worriedly, "But it's on purpose right? The wheel hasn't broken down, has it?"

"Lovers or close friends ride the Ferris wheel, then stop and have a romantic moment. But that's not going to happen, so the chances of that happening are very low."

The Ferris wheel made a noise and swayed slightly, and Victoria immediately grabbed the side. When it stopped, she was momentarily shocked. Her hair turned a light gray. It was so ironic that a moment like this happened while she was trying to think of Pam as her friend. When Pam speaks, Victoria returns to normal and speaks in a supportive voice.

"There's been a little problem. We're wizards, so they'll know there's a problem and come to save us very soon."

She was trying to convince herself more than Pam when she said this. She looked around and tried to smile. She'd been trying to be energetic and happy and energetic for a while now, but she wasn't very successful.

"Look, this place is very crowded, they will soon realize that the Ferris wheel has stopped."

She sat down and continued to watch her surroundings, hoping that she would get better soon.

"How was your summer vacation? Did you do any good things?"

She tried to get away from this reactionary environment.

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Pam nodded as she looked out, downwards, where there was the rest of the fair. She smiled softly, watching the flickering lights. "The fair looks very lively from up here." she remarked, before turning to Victoria to answer her question, "Nothing much." she said honestly. "There wasn't a whole lot of time to spend at home because of camp."

The thought made her rather sad, because she hadn't seen her father for a long time, and had barely had a month to spend at home. Admittedly, attending summer camp had been her dad's idea and not really hers, but all the same, she rather wished to have had a bit more time with her father.

Pam shook her head, brought out of her thoughts as she added to Victoria's question, "Well... I did go shopping with my dad though." She smiled, remembering that day, "We needed to buy clothes for the new school year."

She grinned, clapping her hands together, "I'm gonna be a second year! Can you believe it?! A whole year has passed since we first came to Hogwarts." She smiled, remembering how nervous and uncertain she had been on her first day at the school. Now she would be returning one year older.

Time had passed so fast.

"Are you excited to return to Hogwarts?"

"I guess your mom and dad are separated, right? That's why you spent so little time with your dad."

She guessed thoughtlessly. It was really rude of her to ask or even think that. She shrank back into her seat a little more. She made a mental note, for what must have been the hundredth time, that she really should be a little more careful when talking to this girl.

"Yeah, when you were a freshman, you seemed a little more curious and unsure of what to do. Now you seem more confident. I was like this in first year too"

Tori felt a pang of sympathy. She actually remembered her own freshman year when he spoke. She was very curious and naughty, poking around in everything. Maybe she could make some bigger jokes this time.

"What do you want to do this year? Do you have any plans in mind?

She spoke because she knew there had to be something to talk about. She was trying to get some more information from Pam while trying to see herself as a friend. When she looked out from the Ferris wheel, she saw that they hadn't been noticed yet. Tori started to feel a little scared when she thought about it. She felt her hair turn purple.

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Pam had to admit, Victoria's direct question rather startled her. Almost no-one at Hogwarts knew of her mother's absence in her life, and honestly, Pam was not ready to tell anyone that piece of information just yet. Then again, she had become... pretty good at getting away with not answering that question while simultaneously not lying with her answer. Odd addition to my not-big list of talents.

Besides... Lena looked pretty guilty with the question anyway. Pam figured she shouldn't add to her list of 'watch your words around her'.

"Right." She responded, "They are separated. That's why I'm close to my dad."

"Plans?" She repeated, "You mean back at school? Not really I guess? What about you?"

The Ferris Wheel started to move abruptly, causing Pam to startle and grab at the railing for the second time that day. She grinned at the older girl, "Looks like it's fixed after all."

The two girls got off the Ferris Wheel as it came to a stop, and Pam turned to look at Victoria, "Well then, you get to pick out second ride for the day." Pam cast a look around wrinkling her nose, "Which of the rides in this.... frankly way too crowded place would you like next?"

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"Well, I didn't want to ask that. I just say whatever comes to my mind without thinking. I can't think about who I hurt or how..."

Even though she thought she had said it, she felt she had to say it.

"I don't know, when I get to the third year, new classes will start and I think it will be difficult, I hope I get a chance to be naughty."

At that moment, the Ferris wheel suddenly started moving again, and he held on to the railing. The Ferris wheel finally started moving. Tori breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, it's finally moving. I guess the roller coaster sounds cool. I've been wanting to go on it ever since I saw it on TV."

The thought of riding a roller coaster for the first time was already enough to excite Tori, and riding with Pam made it that little bit more special. She tried to push the thought from her mind as she thought about it. After all, she was her friend.

When the Ferris wheel stopped and they were supposed to get off, she got out and started heading towards the roller coaster, hoping Pam would follow her.

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