Keep Me Awake ((Sierra))

[Harmony Chan H6]

Harmony picked at her food for a while with a distasteful expression spread on her tired-looking face. She wasn’t feeling hungry, but she could feel fatigue creep up her slowly as yesterday night’s much needed sleep caught up with her. Maybe staying up late reading that book hadn’t been the best of ideas. Although she was trying to keep a smile on her face and maintain a relaxed composure, she could feel it slipping away slowly as tiredness and the annoyance came with it succumbed inevitably. People around her mingled as they ate and left, but all that Harmony could see was that spinning plate of food, bits of this and that laying strewn in front of her, uneaten, but completely mashed up in a rather dreadful state. As her appetite never regained itself, she hummed a tuneful melody under her breath, trying to keep herself awake.

”I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger.”

Deciding she needed to desperately wake herself up, otherwise she would definitely fall asleep and not be able to attend lessons, which would be a disaster, Harmony picked herself up with a silent groan, and turned to leave, knowing full well she hadn’t really taken in enough food to last her the next few hours, but decided she’d catch up on that later. What she needed now was someone to talk to her, to keep her awake, but no one she knew was around. Rubbing her tired eyes in a bid to encourage them to last till the end of the day, she decided to head to the student lounge to perhaps find a friend and get them to keep her company and make sure she stayed alive for a few hours!

”May you never take one single breath for granted. God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.” Her humming never stopped without her realising, the song having been etched into her brain from listening to it too many times.

Harmony found herself outside the student lounge in less than five minutes, and somehow she had no idea how she had gotten there. Giving a low giggle at her behaviour, she entered the warmly lit room, halting her singing, and swung her head round in an attempt to see if there was anyone there she recognised. Unfortunately, the room was occupied by only one other person, a blonde haired girl Harmony knew was in the same year as her, and in Slytherin. She had sometimes seen her in lessons, but had never exchanged words with her, and didn’t know her name.

Disappointed, Harmony was tempted to turn and leave to try out another place, but decided against it. The warmth of the fireplace was really drawing her fatigued body towards it, and not resisting her needs any longer, she drifted silently for the sofa and sat down with a contented sigh as she felt the cushions envelop her in warmth. Knowing full well she would probably fall asleep, Harmony tried to keep herself occupied, and found herself staring at the other girl in the room. She didn’t want to make her feel uncomfortable, so she quickly looked away, and glanced instead at the burning fireplace emitting its usual heat. The bright light reflected in her brown eyes as she gazed with a dazed expression into the flames, and as she tried her hardest to stay conscious, she kept hearing the same lyrics whirling round and round in her mind, but dared not utter them in case she disturbed the Slytherin…

I hope you still feel small when you stand by the ocean, whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens. Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance… Promise me…

[Sierra Greene S6]

Sierra did not like this whole new idea of studying more. She was regretting promising to Adam that she would. Surrounding her, books, papers, and other study materials were spread out. She actually had been working rather hard, but it had only been twenty minutes and she was completely bored. How do people do this, she thought, wondering why anyone would care enough to bore themselves to this level. With an exhausted sigh, she forced herself to look back down at her notebook. She may have hated studying, but she wasn't going to give up that easily. Knowing Adam, he would be asking for reports on her progress, and the last thing she wanted was to prove to him that she wasn't even capable of lasting more than a week with this new goal.

Only minutes after she started studying again, another girl walked into the lounge and caught Sierra's attention. Since Sierra was the only other person in the room, she couldn't help but take a few moments to watch what the girl was doing. She kept looking back and forth from the girl to her studying, just so that it wasn't obvious that she really wasn't studying.

As she watched, Sierra couldn't help but notice that the girl looked dreadfully tired. It seemed like she could barely keep her eyes open. Sierra couldn't help but grin and keep watching the girl. Then, however, Sierra caught her eye as the girl glanced her way. Quickly, Sierra jolted her head back down as if she were still studying. She couldn't help though but start to laugh- quietly at first, but then it got louder. Finally, she looked up at the girl, figuring she probably though that Sierra was crazy or something.

"I'm sorry," Sierra said between bits of laughter. "I was just so bored studying here, I couldn't help but watch you. You look awfully tired." Sierra finally was able to get her laughter under control. Oddly enough, her boredom had vanished, but she definitely was not going back to studying. "I'm Sierra," she greeted, in a cheerful voice that was not normal for her. "I don't know why I'm so giddy all of the sudden. I guess I was just going crazy from trying to study so much that I now have so much energy. "Maybe I can give you some of mine, as it seems that you could use some," Sierra offered a smile, wondering if the girl would even feel like talking.

[Harmony Chan H6]

Harmony could feel those droopy eyelids of hers falling ever so slowly downwards. Darn it. Harmony thought, running a hand through her short locks of ebony. Suddenly, soft laughing drew her attention towards the other girl sitting in the room, the Slytherin in her year, who had been doing what appeared to be work. She caught the girl's eye, and blinking to remain awake, she smiled in confusion, wondering why she was laughing.

She thought the girl was laughing at her, but when Sierra explained, she found herself smiling shyly, and spoke up. "I'm Harmony." she offered with a grateful grin after Sierra had introduced herself, "Yeah, I'm kind of shattered. Haven't really been getting enough sleep recently, and all my tiredness seems to have accumulated into today." She gave a little chuckle, shaking her head as if scolding herself for the lack of sleep she was getting, "Oh yes, it would be great if you could give me some energy." she replied with a smile, giving her eyes another gentle rubbing.

"Perhaps I can help you with some of your work...? It'd be great if you could talk to me, I just want to survive till the beginning of afternoon classes. I might end up falling alseep in History of Magic." Harmony almost laughed at the thought of it, and shyly got up and walked over to Sierra to sit beside her. "Work is always so boring. I'll keep you company... So, what are you working on?" she asked, glancing curiously over Sierra's shoulder to stare at the mass of spread out notes before her. "Wow... that's a lot of stuff." Harmony quirked an eyebrow and sent Sierra a look of sympathy. She understood the feeling of having too much homework; she had experienced it often. Too often.

((Sorry it's kind of short, but I couldn't think of anything else to put... Hope it's okay!))

((I think this is discontinued now.))