it calls me

The morning hadn't gone as expected at all, considering he was still in the Hogwarts castle. He should have been home by now, getting ready for the holiday party his family always tried to throw because they were trying to find new girls to have him marry. But that wasn't the reason he'd wanted to be home already, Cronis had already decided who he would like to marry, even if she hadn't accepted him yet. He was sure she would eventually, if he kept courting her long enough. He'd already done it for the past few months, so he could keep going as long as he needed to.

(Except, she will never accept his feelings toward her.)

Of course, this entire thing was ruined by Evander's indecisiveness. His brother had been in a slump lately and he'd decided to be nice for once and stay with him until he could figure himself out. But what did that get him? Nothing but a missed train ride and a headache. Cronis had stormed away from Evander after their short dispute that was cut short by his brother turning and walking away from him. He had ended up at the second floor, wandering around with no destination. He didn't necessarily need a destination, he just knew that he needed some time to think after the argument they just had. He supposed everything would be okay after a few hours, Evander would come looking for him, but Cronis had never been the type to forgive things too easily. Especially things that hurt his ego.

He sighed as he stopped in the middle of the corridor he had been walking down. A hand running through his already messy hair. Cronis decided he would make his way to the abandoned bathroom where Moaning Myrtle usually resided.

"I guess it'll be a good way to get my mind off of things." He said softly to himself. Usually arguments with Evander didn't leave him as bothered as this one had, but it was probably because she had been brought up. The Yaxley twins knew one of their Gryffindor friends didn't usually like to leave the castle during the holidays and Evander had used her as an excuse to get Cronis off his back about not leaving in time. But it wasn't her being mentioned that bothered him, not really, it was the fact that his brother had been able to corner him with something so simple.

"Damn, I'm stupid."

This was the first year Mia decided to stay at Hogwarts even if she knew her father would get mad. Cormac McLaggen was stubborn, arrogant, but he cared about family and their little reunions. But she just didn't want to go and went this girl doesn't want something, there is nothing and no one that could force her. And on the other side, she just likes to make her parents mad. She wants them to know that she won't play by their rules. She never did.

So now she was in her common room reading the letter her father sent to her and smiling. He was so mad. He thought that halfblood witch Waldorf is the bad influence. He didn't even know how wrong he was. Mia would never let that girl be any influence at her. Charlotte didn't like magic and Mia just wasn't able to understand that. They had a gift, they were better than those Muggles. After finishing her letter with I love you daddy and Darian said hi she stood up and decided to go for a walk.
It was cold outside so she decided to walk in the castle. How she ended on the second floor, she didn't know.
Mia usually avoids this floor because she wants to have nothing with that crying ghost and she almost decided to go back when she saw Cronis.

Cronis was fine. He was pureblood and he knew where he belongs. He was a good example of how witches and wizards should act like. She walked toward him and frowned a little bit when she saw his face.
"Who made you mad?"

Cronis was meant to be the perfect pureblood heir that would listen to everything his parents told him to do, and for the most part he was exactly that. He knew most pureblood families expected their heirs to act according to the wishes of their parents rather than their own. Professor Poliakoff was one of those heirs, but he'd managed to get away from it thanks to the marriage law that had been placed a while back, that he and his friends had been too young to take part in, thankfully. The fact that the professor was so close in age to them made it easier to approach the man in terms of personal matters, but he was still a professor nonetheless. One who didn't remember much about himself to boot.

Evander had developed a mean streak lately, and apparently had taken advantage of the fact Kaiden didn't remember a lot still. Thanks to that, Cronis found himself unable to talk to the older man a lot of the time now. He shouldn't be thinking of that right now, though. But it was better than thinking about the fight he and his brother had had.

Maybe if he was lucky, Professor Poliakoff was still in the castle and he could finally get a chance to talk to him.

His thoughts were cut short, though, by a voice that seemed to be directing itself toward him. Cronis stopped in his tracks and turned to face the direction of the voice. Oh, great. He found himself facing another Slytherin, in his year no less. And a McLaggen at that. Cronis couldn't say he disliked the girl, he hadn't interacted enough with her, but he could tell she liked being the center of attention whenever she got the chance. Although, plenty of other students liked to as well, so he couldn't blame her for it. "Y'know, typically when someone addresses a person they don't talk to often, they start with a 'hi' or 'hello'." Cronis said with a raised eyebrow and a smirk starting to curl the ends of his lips upward.

"Just because I don't recall ever being good friends." he added, avoiding her question. They might have been housemates and in the same year, but Cronis had never gone out of his way to speak to her, nor had she from what he could remember.

Cronis seemed to be really mad and now he was directing his anger toward Mia. Most of the people would step back or something like that but not her, she just didn't care enough for that.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude or something like that" she really tried to look ashamed. She gave her best with puppy eyes, low voice and everything that goes with that but that just wasn't who she was.
"Just kidding. But thank you for the lesson about manners. Next time I'll bring the paper with me to take notes" she smiled brightly and looked at him again.

"Oh Cronis, nice try of avoiding the question. I'll pretend I went for it" she said calmly and shook her head when she heard his next words.
"Oh, but we are friends. Think about that" she paused for a second trying to find the right words. Cronis and hit brother are kind of people Mia wanted around her. They were everything that she was herself. It was something like the tradition. Purebloods should stick together.
"We are from pureblood families. We should be friends. And I understand you are mad because of something so I would do you a favor" she paused again just to be sure he was still listening to her.
"You can say whatever you want to me, maybe yelling at someone would help you to become calm again. I'm not the psychologist so I don't know how that works though but I'm willing to try" she smiled again. She was the really great friend.