Maybe we got lost in translation PV Maggie Hawkins Closed

They/She
The wonderful title comes from All Too Well - Taylor Swift

It had been three days. Three days since Pax had even glanced at Maggie Hawkins. She was redundant to them now, not worth even acknowledging in passing. They'd shown no courtesy towards them, so why they would be obligated to do the same was way beyond their understanding.

But that didn't mean Maggie was far from their thoughts. In fact, Pax couldn't help but mull over the fact as to why she would stand them up at the Spring Ball. They'd done nothing wrong, at least that they were aware of, but she didn't even catch a glimpse of the girl that day. Maggie had completely, utterly, blanked them, leaving them with no explanation and making them feel horrible about the whole event. For someone they'd considered close enough to invite to a freaking ball, she certainly hadn't lived up to it.

And what made it even worse to Pax was the betrayal that they had felt. They had allowed themself to get close enough to maybe even possibly form the tiniest sort of crush on her, and when they'd had the nerve to finally act on it, do something outside their comfort zone to push their relationship forwards, everything had taken a thousand steps in the other direction.

Yet they couldn't shake the original feelings. They still lingered.

This all raced through Pax's mind during class as they stared at the back of the head of the girl that had hurt them, glaring very obvious daggers in that direction, fists clenched tight on their quill. Sooner or later, they probably would need to confront the issue, lest it fracture the relationship between them to a state of unrepair. However, this was not the time, and Pax would continue to deny the need for a talk for as long as possible. Their emotions were too clouded for a rational conversation. Once the class ended, they grabbed their bag and left, trying to get the hell out of there as fast as they could. Even being in a classroom with Maggie was becoming infuriatingly confusing, and they hated it. As the chatter and noise in the corridor began to fade into background chatter, all they could do was try to navigate their way to the next lesson, and as far from the Slytherin as possible.

Reducio

Word Count: 384

Mentions: @Maggie Hawkins

Date: April 24th 2023