Pity you waited this long [Hallie]

[Julia Tomb]

Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone without a dream in my heart

Julia was, to say the least, livid. How she hated rumors being spread about... Well... She simply hated rumors. This time, it was about her. She recently learned that she, apparently, had applied for a waitress position at Hogs Head Tavern (that part was true) merely to gather some extra galleons by tricking herself out.

How did things turn so bad for her? She was frustraited. Sure, she'd done some pretty nasty things in her time, especially after she and Jerimiah... No bother, really. She stormed into the bathroom and just looked at herself in the shattered mirror. Moaning Myrtles bathroom. She'd never had the pleasure of meeting the ghost, though she'd doubt tonight would be much of a great time at all.

Her blue eyes were piercing back at her, and that frown was quite unnatractive. "Bleeding flools," Julia mumbled, turning away from the mirror and looking at the bathroom stalls. The worst part of the rumor was that she had overheard it from a group of Hufflepuff's who had heard it from some girl from her house, and people were really believing it.

With as much as she hated rumors, she never really let them get to her... And she was ashamed she allowed it to hit her this hard this time.

[Hallie Appleby]

Potions suck. Yeah it does, do not negate. Well at least for Hallie it sucks. She never liked the subject before now and forever. To her it was one subject which really does not challenge you to think. It was all about following directions written by ancient writers who were great, especially in their time, and trying to prove if their directions really lead to a certain solution called blank potion. No offense to the great writers, of course.

Not that life cannot be fun after doing the summer homework on the subject but the girl just felt down at the moment. She will bet that the potion vial that she was going to turn in the first day of classes to Snape would be returned to her with a huge T on it. She could already see the look on Snape¡¦s face as he gives it back to her and shivered.

She sighed as she climbed the first few steps of the grand staircase, she needs to move on with her life. The freakin¡¦ potion is done and nothing can make her do it over. Well if someone would be willing to help her redo it then maybe she would.

Her planned destination was the Astronomy Tower. The girl was sure that no one would be in that place at that time since classes have not started yet. As she was on the second floor, about five floors below her destination, she saw something that caught her attention. Someone is inside Moaning Myrtle¡¦s bathroom. Hallie¡¦s curiousity was up again. Who in their right minds would go in that bathroom when there is a better and cleaner bathroom in the school? Hallie decided to go and check it out.

[Julia Tomb]

Your guitar - it sounds so sweet and clear

Hearing the bathroom door swing open, Julia's eyes immediately adverted the mirror and she stared deep into the sink. Oh, hell. She thought she'd be safer in this bathroom, free of any real pestering. She couldn't really care less if some nerd ghost from the 50's decided to poke at her. A few harsh words (or so she heard) and Myrtle would fly into the nearest toilet.

Gathering herself, Julia turned to face whoever it was that entered, and couldn't help but roll her eyes at the sight of Hallie Appleby. Could she never escape that girl? Not only did they share the majority of their classes (with thick tension, might I add) but the little badger was even able to find her when she felt her lowest. This was just perfect.

What she couldn't read in the girl was why she was even there. No classes, duh. But Myrtles bathroom? Of all places.. Seriously. She resisted the urge to snap at the girl and demand that she leave. Instead, she simply tilted her head a bit to her left and drummed her fingers on the sink. If the Gods were listening, Hallie would B-line it straight out of the bathroom.

Of course, Julia never really trusted the "Gods" to do much listening, they never heeded her before. Taking a deep breath, she released a long, annoyed, sigh. "Hallie. To what do I owe the honors?" Her voice was pratically dead. She really wanted to be alone, but why start unnessicary trouble?