The Recovering ((Leah))

[aggielover123]

Glancing around the room Morgan felt hot sun light hit her eyes when she ended up at her window. Sitting up she slid out of bed, thrusting the covers toward the end of her bed she straightened her sheets and pulled off her pillows. Laying her bright yellow comforter on top of her mattress, she placed her baby blue pillows on top before pulling her curtains closed. Glancing around she saw all of her room mates gone, their beds unmade and wrinkly. Grinning at their messiness she walked over to their beds and made them as well. Finishing she quickly cleaned the rest of their dorm before glancing at herself in the mirror. Her sun bleached blond hair was stringy and dirty, her sea-green eyes were red rimmed with weariness, her body looked thin and pathetic compared before she had gotten sick. Frowning she grabbed her robe and a towel and shower bag and slowly walked to the showers.

Locking the door for privacy she dumped open her bag and grabbed her washes, conditioners’, and leave-ins’. Turning the water on boiling hot, and stepping in she showered and cleaned her herself off, hoping that it might cure her and help her retrieve the look she had had a week before she had gotten sick, she had been tall muscular, and pretty. Now she was tall, so thin it was unhealthy, and awkward about what she would be classified as. Stepping out she wrapped her towel around her hair and slipped on the robe before tying it tightly around her body. Stepping up to the mirror she grabbed all of her cosmetics and looked at them skeptically. Rolling her eyes she decided on just wearing some brown eyeliner and mascara and some pale pink lip gloss. Satisfied that there was no longer a read rim around her eyes she unraveled her hair and untangled, dried, and straightened it with her wand. Sending everything back to her room via magic she walked to her closet and dressers.


Slipping on some under clothes she found a pair of gray athletic shorts with a black stripe on each side. Sifting through the shirts she found a black Green Day tank with green writing. Slipping them on she quickly added some gray ankle socks and black muggle cheerleading shoes. Grabbing two black elastics she French braided her hair in to two braids. Grabbing her gray hoodie she easily slipped it on and added some money to the pockets. Adding her wand among them she tried to get into her mood of the morning and successfully she began to smile as she walked out of the common room.

Opening the doors leading outside she grinned as she felt the burst of sunlight land on her pale body. Waving to some of the people she knew she noticed the surprise that they saw of how she was not sick anymore and of her new appearance. Pushing the sleeves of her hoodie up she walked down the path to Hogsmade, glad to be out and healthier on a Saturday. Her slightly long bangs flying along with the wind she had an obscure view as she walked down the roads of Hogsmade, full of shops, coffee places, and the most enjoyable sweet and candy places. First heading to the Three Broomsticks she got her usual everyday coffee (two sugars and one cream) and a blueberry muffin. Paying the bartender she ate the muffin slowly before getting another coffee, this time to-go. Taking in the sweet and caffeine-full smell of the drink she walked into Honeydukes, in look of something extremely sweet to eat when she almost bumped into a brunette girl that looked about her age. “Oh, sorry! I almost fulfilled my everyday coffee spill!” she said giggling slightly. “Let me introduce myself!” she said again, a bit more properly. “I am Morgan Collins, of Hufflepuff.” Sticking her hand out for the girl to shake she quickly made sure no one was around to spill coffee on.

[janetkerkman]

Leah woke up and was a depressed as you could get. She started wearing all dark colors and not putting her hair up in pony tails and stuff. Leah stared at the ceiling and cried a little bit. She got up and slowly walked to her trunk and picked out a dark red shirt and black pants. She walked to the bathroom and took a steaming hot shower, not caring if she got burnt. She washed her black hair and her body with soap that had no fragrance. Leah got of and got dressed. She brushed her hair and let her bangs hag over her eyes. She put a lot of black eye liner on her golden- brown eyes. She brushed her teeth and went to put her shoes and socks on. She went out into the common room, then into the corridors. She walked out to Hogsmeade and went into the Three Broomsticks. "A butterbeer and donut please." Leah said in a angry/depressed voice.

Leah paid the bar tender and went to look for a table. She spotted one and walked over to it. All the sudden, someone bumped into her. She turned to see who it was and saw it was a blonde girl about the same age as her. She introduced herself as Morgan Collins and was a Hufflepuff. "Hi, I'm Leah Kerkman from Gryffindor." Leah said to the girl in a more depressed voice now. She took her hand and shook it. She remembered how she and her dad used to she who could shake hands the hardest. Leah put her hand down and looked at her feet. Her eyes filled with tears, Leah kept them back. Leah looked up when her eyes cleared and saw that Morgan was still there. "Aren't you gonna go hang out with some other cheery people? I'm only a depressed Gryffindor y'know."Leah said while looking at her happy eyes.

Leah walked toward her table and sat down in a seat. She sipped her butterbeer slowly and nibbled on her donut. Leah rested her head on her hands and didn't notice some tears running down her face. Leah missed her father so much and was very sad that she couldn't see him in his final days. Leah was also angry at the DE's because they murdered her father. Leah wanted to be an auror just like her father, so she could have revenge and make her dad proud. Leah took and deep breath and continued with her breakfast.

[aggielover123]

Morgan's eyes wide with suprise at the girls words she cocked her head. She had known the girls reputation to be happy, and this was definately not that side. Grimacing as the girl left her standing their she walked over to where the girl had sat. "I am not usualy one to pry, but you sound really sad. And as me being put in Hufflepuff I received unwritten rules. I can't just leave you alone in a store similar to Starbucks when you're on the verge of tears!" she said in a curious but what she hoped was polite, tone. "Are you okay?" she asked. She had been like this herself before and needed a friend, she hoped she wasn't just plain annoying the girl, some would say she was being rude, but in her opinion rude would be just leaving the girl to cry in a popular pub like this.

Sitting down across from the girl she patiently waited for the girl to answer.

[janetkerkman]

Morgan followed her to the table. "Oh, it's just that my.. my father died a couple days ago, and I'm just really upset." Leah said while tears ran down her face. Leah took out her father's heincerchief and wiped her tears with it. "In case you ever miss me or are upset, wipe your tears or even hug this." Leah remember when her faher gave this to her before getting on the Hogwart Express. Morgan talked to her again. "Unwritten rules? Must be a Hufflepuff thing, eh?" Leah asked while looking at her again. "Do you want to go somewhere else?" Leah asked while thinking of the Shrieking Shack. Leah sighed and put the heincerchief back in her pocket. " What are your parents' jobs?" Leah asked and hoped she wasn't an orphan.

Leah got a headache from the loudness of the shop. Leah plugged her ears and closed her eyes and hoped her headache went away. "I don't mean to be rude doing this, but I just have a headache. I hope you understand." Leah said while grinning a fake-nervous smile.

(( ooc: sorry it's so short, you didn't give me much to right about.))

[aggielover123]

Grinning as Leah plugged her eyes Morgan stood up. Waving her hands to get Leah's attention she motioned for her to fallow Morgan outside. Hoping she would Morgan figured they could go to one of the benches near the edge f Hogsmade. Getting a hott coffee first she waited for Leah to come out, hoping that maybe she could cheer her up. Morgan still had both of her parents, she just didn't know how Leah had felt. Frowning at the thought of her parents dying she knelt on theground and fixed her shoe. She couldn't live if her one of her parents died, especially her father. He was the softy most of the time. He spoiled her rotten while her mother was stern and strict and made sure the spoiling didn't go to Morgan's head. As always Morgan's brain began going ninety miles an hour thinking about what would happen if her father or mother died.

She began remembering all of her happily shared times with them and how her dad would sneak her a bag of gold when her mother wasn't looking. Grinning at that she remembered how she never took off the first thing he had given her. A small golden anklet. It had been on her ankle for seven years, having received it, and taken good care of it since she had been six. Looking at the anklet she remembered the exact moment and everything. They had been shopping together in a muggle mall when she had seen it in a small case unseen by everyone else at the end of the display window. Her dad seeing it had caught her eye hsd given her her first and most precious peice of jewelry. Remembering where she was she she looked back at Leah, now thinking of what to do next.