Roma Carlson had a BIG secret ... a nine month secret to be precise. Big jumpers and fake illnesses might have been enough if it weren't for one thing: her highly conservative Father had just become Defence against the Dark Arts teacher and planned...
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"No, no!" She rose from her seat, finally understanding how the Roman Emperors must have felt in front of their loyal subjects. Hannah's eyes widened so Antonia decided to tone her power down with a smile. This was hard though with everything else racing through her mind though.
"Antonia, I'm so - "
"Don't be sorry," She took a step forward, "Todd Solomons ... what did he to do to you?" Her eyes narrowed slightly, "Was it really bad?"
Hannah's expression rapidly shifted from apologetic fear to one of confusion, her eyes narrowing to match Antonia's. She gave a sniff, wiping her eyes with the back of her sleeves, "I mean ... I guess that depends on your definition of bad."
"A general one. If you told us all here would everyone, omitting the psychopaths and those with weirdly selective morals, gasp in shock and assure you he was the scum of wizardkind?" Antonia specified.
Despite her very clear definition, Hannah remained confused before uncertainly shrugging. It had been less than a minute yet Antonia was rapidly growing tired of this encounter, the prospect of continuing becoming rapidly appealing. To demonstrate this, she gave a vaguely frustrated sigh before turning on her heel back to her chair.
"He cheated on me then claimed we were never really going out!" Hannah blurted out.
In an instant, Antonia had whirled around again, her lips slightly parted as she realised tears had sprung to Hannah's significantly enlarged eyes. For a moment, silence hung in the air; this was more drama than every MAH meeting since the coup ... Antonia would not be surprised if someone produced popcorn to watch. Then Hannah clearly tired of being stared at and mumbled an excuse before grabbing her things and dashing out. As she passed, Antonia just managed to grab ahold of the girl's sleeve but was shrugged off and Hannah left without another word.
"... I can talk to her, Antonia," One of the girls said a few moments after her departure, "She's usually really good, it's just been hard and Todd is such an arse..."
The other girl, a Fourth year called Elise, got up to go but sat back down in a heartbeat as Antonia blocked the corridor.
"You're not in trouble or anything," Antonia assured her calmly, "I know you all think I'm a tyrant - "
"We don't," Someone else called out, "We just know you love work and Roma more than anything else and can sometimes ... show it ... no offence."
"Aw, that's so kind of you to say," Compliments aside, Antonia was still on a roll, "But on this occasion, work can wait," This earnt a collective gasp from the room, "Yeah, yeah settle down ... Right now, I need you to tell me what Todd Solomons did to Hannah."
