Who: Bobbinses Where: the library at Hogwarts When: October 20, 1997
Melinda was stressed. She wasn't sleeping all that well -- she didn't want to let her guard down within her dorm because Bianca Fucking Podmore was probably plotting to kill her in her sleep. They'd had approximately eight seconds of a truce a few weeks back, but then Melinda had paid lip service to something that offended Bianca's very being. It was all just that much worse because Millie wasn't here -- Melinda and Bianca had always hated each other powerfully, but Millie had been able to convince them to leave each other alone. She'd died in the summer.
Melinda dragged a hand through her hair, feeling sick. She'd asked Marek to come meet her. She'd considered asking Callum, too, but the chances of him giving up on his blessed integrity were practically zero and having them together would make them both less likely to agree, neither wanting to look like the one who loved her less. She didn't really think Marek would agree either, but she had to try. If there was a chance she could protect him from her own stupidity, from what was promising to be an extremely rocky year, she had to try it. There would be time to fix things after Christmas, over the summer, next year. Right now, drastic measures were needed.