Headache

[Godric Emerindyl]

The Golden Hall had been quiet of late. That in itself should have been enough to let somebody know that someone was not right at Koalingo Academy. The dining hall was usually a place for friends to meet eat and greet and if nothing else; the dining hall was a place to make noise. But lately, and definitely not this morning.

Godric walked quietly towards the Emerindyl table, which all the school knew was at the far side of the hall next to the great glass doors which led out the side of the Golded dining hall to the terrace which overlooked the pools and gardens of Koalingo Academy. Godric assumed a lot of the silence in these weeks were due to the midyear exams, which effected everyone.

Godric had only recently finished with his last exam, and no sooner had his classes started again that he found himself neck deep in exams. This was what people spoke about when they warned all the younger students of the Academy about how seriously they should be treating the seventh year.

Godric had other things on his mind of course. He didn’t know how to react to the strange feelings he felt at the sight of a certain member of his grade. Moreover he didn’t know how to react to the fact that these feelings were not directed towards Elouise.

Sitting down at the Emerindyl table Godric looked about quietly. A glass of juice appeared in front of him, but no food. Godric found he couldn’t eat lately. His headaches had continued to get worse in the month of exams, and their improvement seemed unlikely.

[Elouise Sullivan]

Elouise walked into the Golden hall with that normal sullen expression on her lips. It was normal these days for her to be wearing such an expression and she didn’t feel it was altogether necessary to remove it just yet. For one thing a girl had to be sometimes obvious about how she was feeling to get any attention from anyone, and today Elouise felt like a little bit of attention. Things didn’t look to be improving when she saw who was already sitting at the Emerindyl table though.

“Good morning Godric,” she greeted him without a smile as she came to rest on the opposite side of the table. This was not so that she could make any particular statement but more that she had just ended up on the other side. The table was wide enough though that it could almost appear that the two were not sitting together. And she thought that was safest, last time she had an encounter with Godric she’d ended up crying.

“I’ve finished all of my exams,” she told him politely emphasising that she planned to stay here and talk with him by summouning a bowl of yogurt upon the table in front of her. She picked up the small silve spoon with her trembling fingers. The spoon itself was cold but the trembling was owed to how she felt about this meeting. Last thing she knew Godric and her were still a couple and were still planning a life together, though she had considered more and more the way that he dismissed her of late, and things didn’t sit right for her.

“Ancient Runes was difficult, but then you said it would be,” she was determined to start at east one conversation with him that would not end in her tears, and the end of exams was a good thing to start on; everyone could agree that the Koalingo exams were difficult, and about everyone but the Ameraid students would be happy that they were now over, “How’d you find yours? Seventh year exams are probably a lot harder then sixth year,”

[Godric Emerindyl]

’What is she going on about, not today, please give me a break,’ he thought to himself as he listened to the tinkling voice of his other half. He didn’t normally have an issue with her voice, but hsi headache was so that the pitch of it made him wince with every syllable. He feigned interest and drank deeply from his juice, knowing that it would seem a little ridiculous in Elouise’s eyes if he was to get up and walk away from her when he had just sat down ’Five more minutes’ he told himself in his mind as he continued to attempt to block out her words.

This had some wisdom in it, though ultimately he knew it to be something of a mistake, the more she said, the more he did not hear, and the more he could not be sure she did not expect an answer to. His eyes turned roofward towards the banners of the individual houses which were flickering in the breeze that came in through the open glass doors to the right of the hall. His mind wandered for a day in the sunshine, though he knew it would not happen, what peace was there to find in being told off for slacking in his school work, especially when his parents were who they were.

He grimaced when she stopped, noting the expression on her face was slightly melancholy and thinking that his reaction in expression would be enough. After this he sighed deeply and nodded, not entirely sure what he was nodding at before he drank the last contents of his glass and replaced it on the table again, with the intention of leaving. Unfortunately his glass filled again. Confused he looked up to see a familiar pair of green eyes sitting at the teachers table. Unfortunately it seemed someone else thought he owed Elouise a little more than a grunt a nod and a melancholy grimace.