Taking a Turn Pv Eris Elcan Closed

Mariah sat up, carefully, absolutely positive there had to be internal damage. What if her spleen was ruptured?! Mariah heard about this one guy or got punched so hard his bladder split and all his insides became toxic and he died. Mariah finally caught her breath, and looked up at the red-head bending over her, the girl's face twisted in concern and guilt. Mariah wiped ar her face, the embarrassment taking place of the fading pain. She stood, wiping at her clothes.

"I'm fine," she said, shaking her hair out of her face. "Caught me by surprise is all." She looked back at the girl after glancing at the floor. She felt bad, pushing her. Mariah tended to act without thinking and she regretted pushing her, whether she got punched for it or not.

"I'm sorry," Mariah mumbled, swallowing her pride. "For pushing you. I don't know what happened. I've just had a bad morning." She wasn't sure whether the girl would accept that as an explanation, but it was the only one Mariah had. She was lacking in the apology department, she knew. But what else could she say? If sorry didn't cover it, not much else would.

Oh god, oh god. What if she had almost killed someone? What if the girl died. Oh lord! Eris was going to be an 11 year old murder! She was going to have to go on the run, hide from the law, or go to the wizard prison! Eris felt panicky, just imagining the fate that she was going to have, for getting into a fight. The girl looked half dead on the floor, and it took a moment, before she replied to Eris.

Oh. She was fine. The hufflepuff stood up, and with that, Eris let out a breath she hadn't known she was holding in. She wasn't going to be a wizard criminal at the ripe age of 11. That was good. And she was sorry? That was also good. Using a throbbing hand to move her own hair out of her eyes, Eris stared at the girl.

"Oh thank god you're not dead. I'm sorry too." She said this rather quickly, not pausing for breath. Her accent slurred the words together, as Eris kept going on. "Thought you were after me. Friend of Eri Windstone or something, out to get me." Eris laughed, brightly, moving on from topic to topic. She had never been one for dwelling in emotions.

It took a second for Mariah to understand the redhead's babble. She was talking so fast that if one got distracted for a split second, they'd miss half of what she was going on about. Still, Mariah smiled when the girl smiled, and chuckled when she chuckled, but not to hard as her stomach gave a throb in protest.

"I dont know who that is," Mariah admitted. She supposed it was all just a coincidence. Both of them were on edge and moody, both of them had obviously had a rough morning. It was clear they had met under the worst circumstances. Mariah felt guilt grip her gut. It really wasn't the Prefects fault that Mariah had an awful morning and it certainly wasn't her fault that she had sped around the corner without watching where she was going. Mariah raised her hand to rub the back of her neck, ashamed.

"I'm sorry," she said, glancing down at her feet. "About bumping into you. And getting mad about it. And pushing you." As she spoke, she noted that her behavior made her sound like a rotten brat and her humiliation grew, making Mariah want to crawl under her bed and never leave.

The girl seemed fine already, already laughing and smiling along with Eris. That made everything seem so much better. Even Eris's throbbing fist and aching back. At least she wasn't going to be dealing with a dying girl, and no longer had to plan her escape from the wizard authorities. Her happiness was such, that she could barely make a coherent sentence. She wasn't going to jail! The simple fact made her want to jump up and down, than gouge herself on all manners of food in the great hall.

Eris felt even better when the hufflepuff admitted to know knowing who Eri Windstone--punching victim number one-- was. Eris was glad that her reputation hadn't yet spread to the members of the hufflepuff house. It was bad enough already that members of her own house knew her as the punching girl. Although, Eris had to admit, it wasn't that bad of a title, considering who the punchee had been, and how much she had deserved it.

Than the hufflepuff said sorry, and Eris stared at her in surprise. She had said it already. The two wer just rolling around in circles, saying sorry over and over again. It was funny, honestly. Eris let out another laugh, not worrying about the apologizing going on from the other girl. She had already forgiven the other girl, seeing that she had put up a good fight and hadn't cried about it. That made her a good person in Eris's book. Well, at least an interesting one.

"Don't worry about it." Eris said, shrugging off the other girl's worries. "Anyways, I'm Eris. I'd say nice to meet you, but this hasn't really been that nice of an introduction." She didn't take notice of Mariah's embarrassment, still acting like nothing was wrong.

"Mariah," she introduced with a giggle. "I've met people under worse circumstances." She shrugged, dusting off her robes a little awkwardly. It was a 180 degree turn around and Mariah wasn't sure how to deal. Eros seemed perfectly happy pretending the whole ordeal didn't even happen and she supposed she could go along with it.

"Anyway, what has you in such a hurry this morning," she asked. She hoped to change the subject entirely, get away from the bad vibes that had plagued them in the beginning of their encounter. Sje wondered if those kind of scuffs were regular for Eris because the girl seemed well practiced in them. She landed the first hit, after all and Mariah heard that was a rather difficult feat. She thought it funny how quickly they bounced back from something so hostile and were suddenly talking as if they had simply saw each other and decided to strike up a conversation. Mariah looked around her to see if anyone had noticed their little brawl but it seemed no one had. Thankfully. Mariah wasn't sure she wanted to get out in detention for 0hysical violence against a student. Or worse, expelled from Hogwarts. Her parents would eat her alive.