The Good, The Bad, And The Dirty

Ben: No...

Ben: Okay, fine. It is. Don't say I told you so, I won't save you a seat during breakfast if you do.

Ben: It's Cross-Species Transfiguration.

Ben: I could ask someone else if you're not up to it. I'm sure plenty of girls would be willing ;)

Aubrey: Knew it.

Aubrey: My favourite. And why would I do that, and let one of those /plenty/ of girls get all my credit?

[text]: If this is the Transfiguration essay that I TOLD YOU to do like two weeks ago, I will not help, I will just laugh.

Becca: Who says you can't have multiple costumes? I've got 3 - one for the ball, one for Halloween day, and one with Olly that I have no idea when we'll wear.

Becca: Yay friendship leveling up! I didn't used to be this paranoid. But after my parents got divorced, my siblings and I - um, we kind of chose sides? I chose my dad. Jason chose my mum. And my sister... my sister chose Jason. And I just never want to be left behind again.

Becca: I'm having a hard time believing you today, but hopefully tomorrow I'll be better :(

Aubrey: Good point.

[Delay]

Aubrey: I get scared when I make friends with people. Which explains why I was so distant until this year, really. I thought I was making progress with Ryder, and then all that went to hell, and everything still kind of stings a bit.

Aubrey: I have Ben. Which is why I got so angry at you when you wouldn't give him a chance. And I have Jake, but sometimes I get terrified that he'll realise I'm just some stupid fifth year that's not worth his time. And I have Cass, and she's wonderful, but she has a world of friends who do more good for her than I would.

Aubrey: I don't understand what it's like to lose family. I got lucky on that front. But I know what it's like to lose friends, and to be terrified of losing people you become close to. That's kind of similar, right?

Aubrey: Kelsey and Amelia are terrified that you hate them. They're terrified that you want nothing to do with them, and they're terrified that they've messed up beyond repair. And I haven't even talked to Hoppy yet, so Merlin knows /what/ he's thinking. The fact that you're upset about this has changed /everything/, and if that doesn't speak volumes about how much you mean to them, then I have a horrible understanding of what a family really is.

Aubrey: If you don't believe anything else I say today, /please/ believe /that/.

Becca: You would make for a very cute piece of candy. I've got some bows that you could borrow that would help you look like a bon-bon.

Becca: I just thought everyone knew that being abandoned and left behind and unwanted was the one thing that scared me the most... I guess no one cared enough to remember.

Becca: You promise it's bollocks?

Aubrey: I'd make for a very cute anything. But, unfortunately, I already have my costume. Maybe next year?

Aubrey: I didn't know that. Then again, we've never really been close enough for me to know that. Look at us; we've levelled up our friendship. I'm willing to bet all my chocolate frog cards that they /do/ care. They just didn't realise it would affect you as much as it did.

Kelsey: Aubrey! And I didn't include Becca because she'd be upset /if/ she knew what we were doing. I don't feel guilty for messing with Clara, not after what she said to you, to Jake, to Amelia, not at all - but I would feel guilty for disappointing Becks. It's not like I was planning to seriously hurt her, just pull a prank. I've pranked Oliver a million times - which he'll verify and I like him just fine. And you were totally ready to jump into this before she started in, so don't go acting like I'm alone in this. We all hate her. And it's not like she hasn't given us all reason to.

Aubrey: I wanted a /movie night/. I wasn't ready to jump into /anything/! I was having my own argument with her, and then I disappeared because I was sick! I didn't think I'd come back to all /this/!

Aubrey: I get where you're coming from. Trust me, I do. No one wants to murder McLaggen more than I do. But planning on pranking her wasn't exactly the right answer, and making a group about it wasn't the best idea, either.

Kelsey: Well, I guess there could be another group. No-one really likes Clara, and she was trying to go against Kitty Wilde the other day - get people to quit newspaper for Gobstones. And it's not like we're sitting around talking about how much we hate her, just watching movies and planning pranks.

Aubrey: Bloody hell.

Aubrey: So, let me get this straight. McLaggen makes that post, causes uproar because she's being bitchy. Says I shouldn't exist, Amelia has an argument with her. Some other bollocks happens, - she's said something about Wilde and the paper and all that, I get that, - so you start a group chat hating on her and planning hang-outs. You don't invite Becca, which is why /she's/ understandably bitchy, and now McLaggen's trying to make us all feel bad.