Healing Old Wounds.

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Freddie burst through the door and straight up to Adelina's bed.
The nurse was busy fussing over Preston at the minute, whose chest was bleeding badly.
Freddie walked round to the opposite side of the bed to Royce, who was sitting on a chair, clutching Adelina's hand.
The bleeding had stopped slightly, and Adelina had been bandaged up.
Freddie too sat down and held her hand.
"So what happened?" Freddie he muttered, glancing at Royce. He sighed heavily.
The sight that lay before him made him feel sick and angry
They had gone way too far this time.
He glanced over at Preston and a worried looking Caleb then back to Adelina.
I thought you were past this. Freddie thought glaring at Adelina.

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Royce sat on a chair close the Adelina's bed. She had been bandaged now, and the nurse said that she would be fine and that Royce could leave. But he refused. There was no way that he was going to leave her side until she was up and walking, so he could be sure that she was alright. He held her hand and kissed her forehead. Her eyes were still closed and she was breathing deeply. Royce could only assume that she was either unconscious, or sleeping it off.

"So what happened?" a familiar voice muttered.

Freddie was on the other side of Adelina's bed, holding the opposite hand. Royce hadn't even noticed him come in. But it was comforting knowing that Freddie was there now.

Royce took the time to glance over at Preston, who seemed to be in the same state as Adelina. His bandages were wet with blood and the nurse was leaning over him, letting a foul looking liquid run down his throat. Caleb seemed just as worried about his friend as Royce was for Adelina.

"Well," Royce started, "it's all my fault." he sighed and shook his head.

Royce looked back on what felt like only a few moments ago when he had broken Preston's barrier, protecting him from Adelina.

How stupid.

"Preston and Adelina began argueing, because Preston had been throwing exploding strawberries." Royce pointed out the spots on his suit that were still stained red with juice.

"Adelina got a few splotches on herself as well." Royce looked around for the strawberry juice, but couldn't tell it apart from the blood stains that covered her dress.

"So they got into bickering, Adelina, being aggressive as she is, threatened him. Preston put a barrier on himself and let another strawberry explode, covering us in permanent juice. I broke his barrier, not knowing the hell it would cause." Royce sighed again.

It really was his fault. If he would have known what was going to happen, there was no way he would have done that. Royce would have just walked away with Adelina. Taken her back to the dance floor. That's what he should have done...

Royce looked up at Freddie and then back down to Adelina.

"I'm so sorry." he mumbled, not directing his apology to only Adelina or Freddie. But everyone in the room.

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Freddie looked at Royce sympathetically. It wasn't his fault at all.
"Don't be, it's not your fault at all." his tone was softer now, yet it echoed reassurance to Royce.
Freddie sighed again.
"Preston can't keep a shield up for the rest of his life. It would have happened either way, trust me." Freddie patted Royce on the shoulder gently.
"So what did Adelina use on him? What curse?" Freddie asked. He was curious to find out how serious their punishments would be.

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"Sectumsempra." Royce muttered quietly, almost as a whisper.

He was sure that the nurse already knew what had happened, but didn't want to remind her. Adelina was going to be in a lot of trouble, he knew that.

Royce glanced up at Freddy again, with fear in his eyes. They wouldn't expel her, would they? Freddy had told Royce it wasn't his fault, but he still felt guilt. How could he, how would he, explain to everyone what had happened. Why she was gone? And what about the after party? Would she even make it? People were bound to question him...

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Caleb had been sitting with Preston the whole time.
Preston had remained unconcious the whole time.
Part of Caleb was glad, because he wasn't feeling any pain.
Part of Caleb was mad, at Adelina. But she was provoked.
Adelina...
He got up from his seat, and walked over to her bed.
"How is she?" he whispered, without realising how quiet he was being.
He got his chair, and sat next to Royce, next to Adelina.
Worry struck him like lightning.
"I'm sorry, Royce. I should have done something to stop him from being so, so..."
he shrugged. There was no other word for it.
"Preston."

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Freddie chuckled. How he chuckled, he had no idea. But chuckle he did.
"It would be quite impossible for either of you two to have done anything." He was smiling.
Had he contracted some weird and wonderful disease.
Suddenly the whole thing was quite amusing to him.
"You are probably wondering why i'm smiling" he admitted looking at the horrified faces sitting across from him.
"Let me explain. Sectumsempra, would have done way more damage than that." He said, pointing to Preston.
"Sectumsempra is a curse that is only as strong as the hatred the person casting it feels towards their target. Did she do anything after wards?"
Adelina must have healed him quickly, after the curse hit him.
How odd was that?
Did she do it because she still felt something for Preston or did she do it knowing full well she would spend the rest of term in detention?

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"It would be quite impossible for either of you two to have done anything." Freddy said, smiling.

Royce looked at him, confused and horrified. How could he possibly be smiling right now? What did he know, that they didn't?

"You are probably wondering why i'm smiling" Freddy admitted, "Let me explain. Sectumsempra, would have done way more damage than that." He said, pointing to Preston.

"Sectumsempra is a curse that is only as strong as the hatred the person casting it feels towards their target. Did she do anything after wards?"

Royce though for a moment. Then he remembered Adelina, casting a healing spell onto Preston afterwards.

"Yes," Royce said, "but I couldn't make out what she was saying. It did heal a few of his wounds."

Now Royce got to thinking. Why did she heal him at all? Was she afraid that she would be in great trouble, if Preston had been taken to the hospital wing looking as he did before she healed him some? Maybe she was hoping that Preston, despite his anger and pain, would do the same for her? Or possibly- Royce gulped - some of her feelings towards Preston had never gone away...

He gave Adelina's hand a tight squeeze and then let his own fall into his lap.

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Freddie looked at Royce, well he clearly isn't happy about it.
"Dude, seriously. All it means is that Adelina knew the outcomes of her actions. She is well aware of what would happen. So don't feel sorry for her. She hates sympathy!"
He smiled again, slightly softer now.
At that point the nurse walked over and stood at the end of Adelina's bed.
She tutted loudly at all the conversation.
"I think it would be best if you three left. All this conversation is affecting my patient." She pointed to Adelina's eyelids, which were fluttering wildly.
"She is having quite a vivid dream" she whispered, consulting some charts.

Freddie glanced at Adelina's eyelids and then stood.
There was nothing more they could do.
"Will you let us know if anything changes?" He asked the nurse who simply nodded.

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Royce watched at the nurse came over and advised them to leave.

He didn't want to go, but he hadn't used the restroom sense the ball, and the whole mess, had started. All the punch from the buffet was making his bladder feel as if it was going to explode.

Royce nodded his head and stood up.

"Take care of her." he demanded of the nurse, "I'm coming back later."

Royce gave Adelina another kiss on her hand and turned to leave the Hospital Wing.

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"Hey my namesAdelina, what's yours?" It was Adelina's first day of Hogwarts and she was sat next to a cute first year boy on the Hogwarts Express. They were talking and giggling to each other as the boy charmed a bertie botts every flavour bean to land on a girl's head without her realising. The train memory faded and she was sat in Defense Against The Dark Arts practising stunning charms on frogs. Her and Preston were trying to put them in student's bags. Another memory flickered, they were led down next to each other under a large oak tree and experiencing their first kiss. The memories were coming thick and fast, it was like a slideshow of their relationship sped up, when it stopped it focused on one single memory.
"You encourage them to flirt with you, it's like one big confidence booster for you" Adelina screamed, sending another curse at Preston. They were outside, and it was raining hard. They had been throwing insults and curses at each other for at least half an hour. They were bickering, and Adelina was crying now. "I hate you Preston Cardova, I curse the day I met you!" She howled as the boy stormed off into the castle. She slumped on to the wet ground and burst into tears.

Adelina's eyes shot open, "Preston!" she gasped as she took in a deep breath. The hospital wing was empty and the rain was hitting the windows furiously. Across from her bed, Preston was led down still asleep, his bandages soaked a deep red.

The nurse quickly hurried over to her. "Steady dear, steady. Preston is fine" She reassured her as she helped her sit up.

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"I hate you Preston Cardova! I curse the day i met you!"
A angered girl scowled at him. Adelina. The memory seemed
to real. Preston turned on his heels and left, like he did that day.
It was like looking through a pensive. The expressions were too
clear. It disturbed him...

Preston body stirred in his bed. He felt a sharp pain stab him on
his chest. He groaned. A familiar voice echoed through the hall.
He answered to his name. "What." he mummbled flatly.

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Adelina sat up, ignoring the pain she still felt. He was alright. He was going to be alright.
Adelina picked up a bertie bott's every flavour bean from her bedisde table and hurled it at his head.
She glared for a second or two. She was missing her after party because of him.
She then began to smile. It was a playful smile that quickly vanished as the nurse approached Preston's bed, glaring at Adelina as she did so.
Why do I always have to get caught?

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Royce slowly opened to door the the hospital wing.

He was happy to see that both Adelina and Preston were both sitting up in bed, looking a bit better.

Royce smiled and walked over the Adelina's bed. Royce gave a nod to Preston as he passed him and the nurse. He sat on the chair he had before which still was placed next to her.

"Hey Ady," he said, putting his hands on his knees and leaning forward, "how are you feeling?"

Royce wrung his hands together. He was feeling nervous. He wasn't sure if Adelina would be mad at him for taking her here, or for putting both her and Preston in danger when he broke Preston's barrier. Did she even remember? Or know that he brought her here?

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Adelina looked up as Royce entered the hospital wing. He looked...nervous. Oh dear, was he mad at her?
"Hey" She smiled at him as he sat down. "I'm alright, I think i'll be okay to go now actually" she added quietly, trying to get out of the bed without the nurse seeing. No use, the nurse once again had made sure she couldn't leave the bed.
"Well this feels like deja-vu, I seem to talk to you a lot when i'm stuck in a hospital bed against my will!" She chuckled, glaring at the back of the nurses bed.

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Royce chuckled a bit and remembered back to when he had spent the day in the Hospital Wing with Adelina after she had fallen from her broom during her own private flying practice.

"So, Ady," Royce said, rubbing the back of his neck with one hand, "I'm really sorry all of this happened. I feel like it is all my fault. I was such an idiot."

He peered over at Preston who was still being pampered by the nurse. Royce watched as she walked over to the cupboard and took out another foul looking liquid. He assumed it was going to be shoved down Preston's throat.

Poor dude.

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"YUCK!" Preston made a childish face at Promfrey right after
Adelina sent a soaring jelly bean at him. His immature remark
was ment for that nasty potion the nurse was going to make
him swallow and secretly at Royce and Adelina.
id rather be dead. he thought half heartedly.

Promfrey held a wooden mug in front of his face. He frowned.
"Do i have too?" He pouteed, his eyes even after being wounded -
thanks adelina, by the way - gleamed a hint of mischief.

"Want that nasty gash on your chest for the rest of your life?"
"It'll make me look tough." He jested.
"It'll also make your mother very very angry."
Promfrey spoke idily, sloshing the potion around and around
in its cup.
"Pandora would torture me till the end of time."
Something about Promfrey's voice seemed very nostalgic,
Preston could not help but notice.

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Adelina chuckled along with Royce, then he stopped chuckling and started rubbing the back of his neck. "I'm really sorry all of this happened. I feel like it is all my fault. I was such an idiot." He said. His words were full of regret.
"Royce, you were the one who put me in here the first time" She laughed, slightly embaressed. Oh Adelina had fallen for him alright. Right off her broom.
He wasn't laughing, just looking at her slightly confused.
"It isn't your fault, Preston is such a loser" She raised her voice when she said 'loser' in the hope he would here.
"It's alright really." She added reaching for his hand.
To anyone looking it would seem she was simply holding his hand. However, Adelina carefully placed the 'secret word' for the room of requirement in his hand.

She watched happily as Preston was forced to drink some vile potion.
Serves him right.

[ooc; the word is 'Griffin' winks at Preston's character description]

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Royce watched as Adelina reached for his hand.
He was excited to finally her hand back in his again. He always thought that it fit so perfectly.

He was taken aback when he realized that he wasn't just reaching to hold his hand, but secretly slipping something into it. Royce pulled his hand away from hers, feeling a little upset. He discretely uncrumpled the parchment and saw a word scribbled onto it.

Griffin

Royce pondered for a moment on what she could be trying to tell him. Then he remember the after party Adelina was hosting. She probably wouldn't make it, because of what had happened during the fools ball. Apparently, she wanted him to open the room himself.

But how would he enjoy himself, without a date?

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Adelina winked at him, as the slowly began to understand what she meant.
Reaching for his hand again, she whispered "I might be able to get out sooner if you leave, you know what Pomfrey is like"
Adelina frowned slightly at the words that came out of her mouth, they sounded like she wanted Royce to leave, which wasn't what she wanted.
Pomfrey always said that visitors slowed down recovery, ergo no visitors = faster recovery = get out of hospital wing earlier = get to spend time with Royce at her party. She looked at Royce, and smiled. Surely he wouldn't think she wanted rid of him?

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"Oh, well alright then." Royce said, standing up and turning to leave.

Did he do something wrong? It didn't seem that she really wanted him around anymore. At least, not recently. Perhaps her and and Preston were re-connecting? He glared at Preston for a second as he walked towards the hospital wing doors. It wasn't like Royce to be jealous, but the thought of Adelina having feelings for Preston again was doing just that.

Before exiting he looked back at her.

"See you around then." he gave her a quick smile and then turned to Preston, "Get better."

He opened the doors and headed back towards the ballroom. Hopefully Freddie would be there, Royce would need some help getting this whole thing set up.

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So he didn't think she wanted him around.
Great.
She watched him head to the door, she was about to say bye when he turned to Preston and said 'Get better'.
GET BETTER?
Why would he say that to Preston??
Why should he want Preston to get better?
Adelina glared furiously at Preston. This was all his fault.

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[occ; oh yeah! thats his patronus! ]

Preston watched aloofly as Royce prodded out of the hospital wing.
He tried hard to keep down the medicine Promfrey had given him minutes ago.
"I assume you to have things to discuss with one another. Ill be in my office."
The nurse hummed.

With a gulp he let out a nasty burp. Bad idea. he cringed at the fleeting pain.
He forgot Adelina was around. He eyed her and grinned foolishly.
Preston noticed she could control her emotions well, unlike before.
He gazed at her wound. Surprisingly, his seemed less severe. Strange ...
The girl seemed to have shot him a spiteful glare a moment before.
"Whats your problem?"

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Adelina watched in disgust as Preston burped loudly. Ew. He then began grinning. Typical. "What's your problem?" he asked. My problem? Could he not guess? "My problem is being stuck in here with you." she snarled. Not to mention him ruining the ball for her and royce , him being the reason she was missing the after party, him being the reason Royce was clearly mad at her. Oh he could just take his pick. She didn't say any of this mind, firstly she didn't want him to know about the after party- he wasn't invited. Secondly, problems between her and Royce would probably make him laugh. "And it's all your fault" she added. It was kind of childish of her to blame him, but it was his fault.

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Ouch. that really hurt. He thought sarcastically to himself.
Preston knew he had ruined her "evening plans" with whats his name.
I pity the man really. She's not much of a magnificent snogger and
she has quite a temper. Maybe he fell for what i did. Her smile ...
Preston rubbed his forehead, cursing at himself for having such a
nostalgic thought.

"Sure. Everything is my fault." He said flatly picking at his bandages.
"Ever had the notion it was your arrogance that got us into this mess?"
he retorted heating up an arguement he was doubtlessly going to win.

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Adelina rolled her eyes. Here we go. "How is dancing being arrogant?" Adelina asked. If he hadn't have been throwing exploding strawberries at people, then none of this would have happened. "We're in here because your a pain in the ass." She growled. She looked away from him, the very sight of him sickened her. Then a crazy little idea popped in her head. She turned her head slowly back to face him. "That or you're jealous." She grinned smugly. That was sure to annoy him.