Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry discussion

Haden walked in after Daniel, a person he was afraid he wouldn't be able to rid himself of. Laying River on the bed, he brushed a bit of dark hair from her ear, and thought of that morning, when she'd shaded his eyes, and told him to guess who. He just couldn't think of anything else besides that.
"Guess who! And if you don't guess River, I'll stab you." She had said, making even a threat seem sweet and caring.
And then when she'd kissed him and cried.
And then when she'd said she'd loved him right before she-
No! He couldn't bring it to mind.
"We might as well not help her. We can't anyway. She's dead."

"I told you I'll do what I can to help! I've seen miraculous things. I might pull one off." He said, dropping his coat and bag.
Daniel walked over to her bed, and put his hands over her heart. He swore he felt something.
"Um...are you sure? I feel something. Come here, put your hands where mine are." He said, gesturing for him to come closer.
Daniel realized there probably wasn't much time. He whispered an incantation and a green light came into his hands. This was the hardest part. He put his hands right over her wound, and started the healing process.

Standing there for a moment, a glint, only a small flicker, of hope hit Haden in the heart. Coming closer, as if he thought it was possible, he resisted the urge to smack Daniels hand away from her, but only waited for him to remove it so he could put his in the exact same spot.
Please River? I promise you, I'll leave with you tonight, and run forever... Just as long as you come back to me. He thought, holding back tears again.
Daniel started the healing process, and he sat on the edge of the bed, looking for a sign.

"Sir, I'm sorry. But I have to ask you to leave. I can have you here if anything was to go wrong. Please, go wait in the waiting room, and I'll come and get you when I'm done. If you don't, I'll call security to escort you out. I'm sorry Sir." Daniel said, sad that he really needed him to leave. This could get dangerous, and having someone in the room wasn't really good for his healing anyway. "And please, call me Daniel." He said, only looking at him for a moment before returning his focus to River.

Haden looked at him blankly. Here he was, lying his hands on his girlfriend, calling him sir, while still rewuesting that Haden keep it causal between them, and to leave.
The nerve.
But no matter how upset Haden was, he complied to Daniel's request, and shuffled out of the room, feeling like an undead-dead person. Sighing, he threw his body down into a chair outside the door, and waited.

Daniel got the strange feeling like the guy was getting upset that he was touching his girlfriend. He didn't really care, but to ease his troubles, he yelled, hoping he was just outside the door, "Hey, by the way, I'm gay. So please don't think I'm taking advantage of her by touching her. I'm not really enjoying it myself. Its just part of the job." Daniel said, shaking his head, hoping he was putting some ease on his worries.

Raising an eyebrow from his chair, he sighed. "You're British. Therefore, you're queer." He said blankly, wringing his hands,
"And I'm a nurse too, for the record. I know how it goes."
What was going on in that room?! He sighed, and chewed on his lip, trying to calm the rising anxiety in himself.

4 long hours later.
Daniel sighed a breath of relief. Wiping the sweat off his face, he walked out into the hall where Haden was.
"Okay, I did all I could. And, I'm happy to say she'll make a full recovery. She'll be just fine." He said with a smile.

For a moment, Haden sat perfectly still, staring at the boy in front of him. Blinking, he finally stood and walked into the room, shutting the door behind him, and charming it to stay so he could have a bit of alone time with her.
He didn't expect her to be very happy, and as he perched on the side of the bed, he couldn't find words.
"River?"

Daniel watched as the man stood and walked into the room silently. He walked in and said, "I'll be just outside if anything changes, and come and get me when your done. You've got about an hour before I have to have you leave. Visiting Hours end there, and, I never got you name. May I ask what it is?"

River couldn't remember anything. She had a really bad headache though. The last thing she remembered is the kiss between her and Haden.
"Haden? What...what the hell happened to me?!" She asked, kind of angry she couldn't remember.

Haden chewed on his lip as he realized doors here couldn't be magically locked. For safty, he assumed. "Haden." He said, and for the first time, he turned slowly, on the bed, and grinned softly, and thankfully to Daniel.
Turning back around, the grin broke into a smile, and he stroked river's cheeck. "It's better that you don't remember, but I'll tell you... You died. Daniel here... He saved you."

Daniel smiled, "Okay, I'll leave you to alone. Remember Haden, one hour and you gotta go. I'll see you out later. Bye!" He said, closing the door.

*I died!? What?!*
"Wait, I died? How? Haden, tell me what happened, please. I need to know." She said with pleading eyes.

"We went down to the lake, and.." Should he tell her the truth, and risk her doing the same thing over again? He didn't want to, but truth was something he had to have with River. "You found out that they may be taking you back to Azkaban, and you performed the unforgivable curse on yourself... We were able to save you." He said softly, frowning.
He had no idea how much was riding on this, but he couldn't lie to her. He knew she would find out, somehow. He sighed, watching her closely.

*Askaban? Unforgivable Curse? What?!*
"Haden, I've never been to Askaban. Why would I go to Askaban? The most dangerous thing I've ever done is jumping off a bridge into some water. That's no where close to Askaban worthy. And what unforgivable curse? As far as I know, I don't know any of them." River explained, still extremely confused.
"I'm happy I was able to be saved though." She said.

"You told me that..." He raised an eyebrow. "Maybe I heard it wrong." He said, letting it go. It must have been a hallucination!
He stratched his body down the length of the bed, and wrapped her in his arms, kissing her softly. "It's alright. It doesn't matter now. Just stay with me, okay?"

River accepted the kiss warmly, glad to have him, and be alive. "Haden, I'm not gonna leave you. But we both know what happened. I slipped. I lost it, big time. I believe every word. It happened once when I was little. My dad calmed me down though, and told me it would be alright. Haden, I need help. If this happens again, there might I might not come back." River told him, admitting more about herself than she ever had.
"Do you know anything else that I said?" She asked him.

He bit his lip and avoided replying to her question. "Well, I can help you. We can come up witha special potion, and everything will be fine, darling. I promise." He said softly, running his hand through her hand softly, grinning. "Plus, Dr.Queer out there will help you." He said comfortingly, stiffling a laugh.

She knew he would try to avoid talking about it, but she had to know how bad it was. It could be worse than she imagined. "Haden," She said, hitting his chest. "Daniel saved me, and helped me pick out shoes. He's nice, so be nice!" She said, giggling. "Haden, you can't avoid this. You have to tell me. I can't get the help I need if I don't even know what happened, please Haden, just tell me. I can take it." She said, trying to show she was trying to be brave and face her crazy head on.

Haden frowned. "Well, I'm sure he has a great sense of fashion..." He said before getting serious. "Fine, darling..." He said, taking his wand from his robes pocket. "This will restore each memory. It will seem like you're there again, watching yourself and I, but you'll still be here with me." He took her hand with his, and with the other he rose a wand to her temple and spoke the incantation that would give her back the memory of what had happened that morning.

"Okay, thank you." She said before the memories flooded in.
River watched each moment, looking for the break. It was seamless, meaning it must have happened before she found Haden. She watched as he slowly lost each piece of herself, and then the horror of her own death. The memories stopped, and she looked up at Haden.
"Yeah. Its as bad as a thought. I lost it way before we met up most likely. It was to well planned to be anything spontaneous. I need help, probably medication. Ever since we went down to the dungeons the attacks have been worse. That must have been the breaking point. Haden, I'm so sorry to put you through that. I never meant to worry you, or scare you. I'm so sorry." River said, tears suddenly falling down her face.

Daniel looked down at his watch. It was time for Haden to go. She needed rest. Daniel stood, and opened to door, saying "I'm sorry Haden, but you need to leave now, and River, you need to rest. Come on Haden, I'll see you out." He said, closing the door behind him.

Hadan kiss her slowly, not saying a word, but hoping she might understand through his lips on hers. It's alright. I'll help however I am needed, and I won't leave you River. he said through the kiss. Reluctantly, he stood up and turned to look at Daniel. "Are you coming back to the castle tonight?" He said, surprising himself. Why did he care if the nurse came back with him to the school?
Chewing on his lip, he walked out, waving to River before letting Daniel close the door. "Well are you? I need help getting my wand back, and you seem fit." He said.

"Are you asking me to plunge into that lake and retrieve your wand?" He asked, hoping he would say no, because Daniel didn't really feel like getting wet this evening.
"And to answer your other question yes, I am going back to the castle to get some supplies, then I'm coming back here to check on River, do a little chatting and see if I can't help her some more. Is that alright by you?" Daniel asked.

He nodded, with an upraised eyebrow. "How did you know my wand was in the lake?" He asked, not remembering Daniel show up until Eiver had already.... And his wand had been long gone since then. "And yes, that's exactly what I'm asking. I'm definitely not plunging into a freezing cold, Giant Octopus obtaining body of water by my self to search for something that may or may not be where I think it is." He said matter-of-factly, crossing his large arms over his chest. "And yes, that's fine."

"So what? You just expect me to jump in freezing cold, Giant Octopus obtaining body of water by me self to search for something that may or may not be where you think it is?" He asked, mocking him.
"Oh fine. Lets go get you stupid wand. I think I have an idea." He said, raising his eyebrows and smirking.

"No, I know what it is. And we'd be together." He said stubbornly, scrunching up his nose and running a hand through his hair, a habbit in any situation. "Yes, we shall. And I have a better one." He said, a wry smile glued to his face.
He thought he might enjoy Daniel's company, even if it was to argue aimlessly with the boy. And, hey, maybe he'd even make a good trouble-maker.
He put a hand on Daniel's shoulder, and aparated with a pop to the lake.

Daniel opened the door for Haden. "Alright mate, you've got about 3 hours, so take as long as you need, and if anything happens that seems bad, come see me first. I'll be at the Castle. You kids have fun now, bye bye." He said, closing the door behind him.

River looked at Haden with tired eyes. She didn't get much sleep. To many nightmares. "Hey, Haden. What are you doing here?" She asked him, already knowing the answer.

"I wanted to see you, of course. Make sure you're okay." He said matter-of-factly, grinning at her. "And Daniel insisted, somewhat. You know, he's not too bad..." He said, joing her on the bed, and stroking some dark hair out of her face. "Also, I needed to speak with you about something." He said slowly, looking anywhere but her eyes.

*And it comes.* River thought. *The inevitable.*
"Your right, he's not too bad at all. I like him." She said, faking a smile. River took in a big breath. "What do you need to talk about, Haden." she said.

"Well... I'm not sure how much time we'll have left together, love. At least at the castle, because..." he sighed, laying down on the bed, and picking at the crocheted quilt that didn't match the rest of the room at all.
His closed his eyes slowly, and chewed on his lip. "I'm of age to graduate, somehow..." He said softly, bracing himself for something unexpected. This was River of course.

*What?*
River broke out in laughter. She should have been crying, anything but laughing. But she couldn't help it.
"Oh, Haden. I'm sorry. But I thought you were breaking up with me. Haden, I'll only have one year left after this. And when I graduate, we can be together. And we will be together now until you leave. Unless we break up, which I hope doesn't happen, we won't be apart. I'll run away with you if I have to Haden. I don't mind. I'll go with you, wherever." She said, smiling at him, and hugging him. "Okay? So please, don't worry about us being apart." She said, kissing him softly.

What?!
He smiled and kissed her back, loving the taste of her lips. Haden had kissed many girls in his short span of seventeen years, but she was by far the best kiss he'd ever had. "Okay, good darling... I don't want to be away from you. And we're not breaking up." He said simply, smiling at her.
"And in other, better, news. I brought you these!" He said, pulling her bed-table over, and taking wand out to zap a vase of white roses, and a small plush figure of a creature with wings and a small, pointed hat, dressed in blue.
"It's a pixie. I thought you'd like it. Just a gift." he said smiling. "Although I'd be careful... It had a warning tag for containing a ture pixie... I don't know." His dark eyebrows knit together.

River took the flowers, and smelled them. "How did you know I love white roses? They are my favorite flowers. But...I'm deathly afraid of Pixies...one bit me. I put it in a jar and suffocated it to death. Stupid pixie." He said, smacking the stuffed pixie in the face.
"If that thing has a pixie in it, I'm suffocating you after I suffocate it." She said, playfully wagging her finger at him. "But thank you." She said, kissing him, wrapping her arms around his neck.

He smiled and chuckled at her. "A jar. That seems a little harsh doesn't it? They're cute little things. And it's only an egg." He joked, not even knowing how Pixies gave birth, or if they did at all.
He welcomed her kiss warlmy, sitting on the edge of the bed, and putting both hands on either side of her hips, and pulling her up to him, gently falling back on the bed under her, beginning to kiss her deeper.

Daniel got an alert that River's heart rate was increasing greatly. Daniel stood, and started running back to the door of her room.

River shuttered when Haden pulled her closer to him, held on to her hips, and kissed her deeper. She had never experienced anything like this sensation. Her hands explored, finally finding his shirt hem. She pulled one it, signaling she wanted it off him. Now. Her instincts took over, and she broke the kiss, just enough time to rip her own shirt off herself, and taking his mouth back, still on top of him, which she never really noticed until then. She was totally unaware of the signal her heart was sending to Daniel.

Shocked, Haden watched her remove her shirt, and reposition herself on him, and there was no way in Hades he was going to keep his on too. He took the gray thing off before he layed her down on the mattress, a hand under her head. "You're beautiful." he said softly, uttering the same words he had the day they met. He connected his lips with hers again before he lowered his body down to hers, careful not to crush her with his weight, and felt her soft skin on his.

River giggled when he layed her down on the mattress and when he called her beautiful. As Haden lowered his body carefully on hers, she felt something peculiar. Something...hard. She blushed when she realized what it was. She broke the kiss, giggling so hard. "Is that a gun in your pocket? Or are you just happy to see me?" She giggled, but knowing it had to be said. She stopped giggling and wrapped her arms back around his neck, passion filling the air. She played with her pants, slowly sliding them down her legs, that's when they were interrupted.

Daniel finally reached the door. He slung the door open, ready for the worst. Then he saw River's half naked body underneath Hadens almost half naked body. Daniel stood, wide eyed. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry guys. I got an alert her heart rate picked up, I thought something was wrong. I'll leave you be now! Sorry!" He said quickly, nervously, closing the door almost as quickly as it opened.

River screamed when Daniel threw the door open, but them went quiet when she realized who it was. She started to giggle from his nervousness. "Its okay Daniel!" She yelled as he closed the door. She looked back up to Haden, giggling again.

He had broken their kiss and stared at Daniel, blush filling his face, and a embarrest smile joing it. He looked down at River when he closed the door, and let out a breathy laugh. "A gun?" He asked, not understanding her at all.
But before she could answer, he kissed her again, and rolled off of her carefully to sit on the edge of the bed, and curse as tried to get the zipper on his pants down, but no matter how much he tried, it just wouldn't go down.
He cursed softly again, and wiggled out of them, a hard action. "Alright." he said grinning at her as the black denim fell to the floor, and he crawled back to her, taking up his former postition.
"Where were we again?" He asked, his voice a few octives lower than it was before, and his British accent a little bit stronger as mischief sparkled in his eyes.

((Oh! oh, I have an idea! Have her ask him if he's has sex before, and then get mad when he says yes! Pretty pretty please!))

"Haden. I think the moment is dead. And its not right. We've been going out for maybe a week. And obviously if Daniel thinks something can go wrong, just when a heart rate increases, I just think we should wait, okay? I'm real sorry for stringing you along like that. But, I've never had sex before. And, just from looking at you, I'm pretty sure you have, am I correct?" She asked him, pretty much already knowing the answer. River stood, puller her pants back up, and shirt back on. "Once I'm outta here, maybe." She said, kissing him softly on the cheek.

Closing his eyes, he sighed. "Yeah, that's alright." He said rolling off of her to the other side on the bed. "From looking at me? Do I look like I've had sex before? I mean, I have, but..." He trailed off when she stood and got dressed, trying to calm himself down.
Cursing on the inside, he bit his lip and shifted himself on the bed, pulling on the quilt again. "You're different, River."

"What? Different? Different how? Did I do something wrong by not wanting to have sex with you right now in a hospital room, after almost dying?" She said, anger rising in her voice. She new why she seemed different. Daniel had her on medication. But anger fogged her mind before she had a chance to tell Haden.
"Don't be pissed off at me because I won't have sex with you. And I have a right to act a little different. I almost died for Merlins sake." She said, crossing her arms, smoke almost fuming from her ears.

Haden rose and eyebrow, and grinned. "Yes." He said simply as he made his way to the end of the bed, and rose up on his knees until he was level with her face. "That's exactly why, but it's not bad, love." He said softly as he watched her face.
He admired that she wouldn't go so far with him in such a short time of their relationship. Yeah, he was bummed, and wished their encounter would have continues, maybe just the tiniest bit, but he wasn't going to push her. "Calm down. I'm not mad at you, love, I'm grand."

River snapped out of her anger infused state when he said he wasn't mad at her.
"Oh Haden, I'm sorry for snapping at you so quickly. I'm on some medication Daniel prescribed for me, he said all my other crazies would lower, but my mood swings could increase. Looks like they did...just a little." She said, giggling. Eyes getting heavy, she said, "Haden, I'm tired. Could I go to sleep now?" She said, yawning.

Daniel looked down at his clock, "Three hours. Time to go." He said to himself. Daniel opened the door slowly, and said, "Is it all clear? 'Cuz Haden, you've gotta go, visiting time is over, mate. Come one." He said, again closing the door behind him.

Haden was brisktly rushed out of the room, but not before he gave Daniel a dirty look, dressed, and kissed River, like the night before, but with more passion this time. "I'll be back." He had whispered in her ear, before Daniel shut the door, severing the connection of their locked eyes.
"I hope you didn't get any queer ideas when you saw me shirtless." He joked, nudging Daniel in the side. "Besides, I know a guy. He's queer too, and I bet you'd have a gey time!" He smiled, laughing at his joke, hoping Daniel wouldn't take him seriously as they walked down the hall, and away from River's room.

Daniel laughed in unison with Haden, loving having a friend to joke with.
"Well, I'm not so sure I want to start up any, queerness with anybody right now. I just got out of a pretty serious relationship. But, I'd love to meet him. Maybe we can just be friends. Or maybe he just won't be able to keep his hands off this amazing rock hard....butt." He said, laughing. They reached the elevator, and he pushed the down button for Haden.
"Its good to see you Haden, but you gotta go. I'll be here with River if you need anything, and I'll come get you if anything changes with her. Okay? Goodbye mate." He said, walking back towards Rivers room, waving at Haden behind him.

Rolling his eyes and repressing a laugh, he nodded. "Sure, you're butt. His name's Micheal, I think. He's friends with Abi, and she's always liked him a lot." He smiled, and stepped into the elevator, wondering why a place like this needing something so Muggle-ish.
"Watch over her for me. Bye!" He said as the doors closed and he went down the shaft, his head getting slightly fuzzled and dizzy, being unused to the motion of being in an elavator.

River stood from her bed. "Daniel, I'm fine! I can walk, I'm eating fine. Stop worrying over me! Who alerted you I was walking?! And why are you trying to stop me? I'm fine, as you can see. Please? Let me leave?" He pleaded, holding her hands together and giving him puppy dog eyes.

Daniel folded his arms when he saw her dressed and ready to leave. He had told her she wasn't ready, but she obviously didn't agree. He wasn't going to give into her, then she shot the eyes. He couldn't say no now, he was just to nice. "Ugh! Fine, but if anything seems wrong, and you don't come see me, I'll kill you. And remember to take your pills, once a day. Okay... go." He said, opening the door for her, watching her giggle and exit the room.

((We're going to say that upper posts were from before River's suicide, and so, that would be... A few months ago.
Daniel has left.))

Lily peeked into the room, her towel wrapped around her slender waist. her long black hair, dry now, fell in front of her face and she brushed it away a bit irritably.

James had gotten done checking Lily in and he walked up to her newly assigned room, watching her peek in from behind her.
From the main lobby to this floor he'd been thinking about things, and trying to calm his nerves. His parents didn't even know he was engaged yet... How would he tell them about this and not expect them to not have a fit? How was he going to expect himself to be calm?
He loved Lily. God, he loved her. And he... He was okay with thinking of a little girl who looked just like her, with the sage green eyes and beautiful features... He was really okay with that, he realized.
But that didn't make him any less scared.

He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, leaning his head down and kissing her neck softly. "You're signed in. Someone might be up to see us soon." He said.

Lily jumped a little in surprise when she heard his warm and comforting voice in her ear. she had been lost in her thoughts, and hadnt heard him approach.