She always knows
Pov. Pandora
Pandora was walking down to the great hall for breakfast. She had always loved breakfast. In her opinion it was the most important meal of the day. But she sadly had other things in her mind right now.
Pandora was worried to say the least. The whole situation that regulus was in. It was so fucked up! Pandora wished that she could help him but the problem was that he wasn’t talking to her. He was not really talking to anyone in fact. He never really said a lot and he always acted like he hated everyone but that wasn’t true, she could see that. The small smile that appeared on his face when he was mocking Barty. Or the way he always looked interested when she was talking about things that people usually didn’t give a crap about. She appreciated him, really she did. And she wanted to help him but how do you help somebody who doesn’t want help? It seemed just impossible.
And Pandora also didn’t want to ask somebody for help herself because she knew that regulus would not be happy if she told his secret. That wasn’t even her intention. Pandora was told a lot of secrets. People trusted her and she never told a soul. But this was just different.
Pandora hadn’t even noticed that she reached the hall. She made her way too the Slytherin table. She didn’t really have any friends in her own house. She had a few because everyone just kind of liked her but no one ever wanted to get to know her. And honestly she preferred her other friends.
„Hey guys!“ she said as she squeezed herself between Dorcas and Evan.
„Where do you take that energy from?“ Evan asked her. He looked like he got about three hours of sleep. But that wasn’t really new for him.
„Where do you take that joy to live from?“ regulus mumbled.
„Good morning, panda.“ Dorcas weakly smiled at her. She wasn’t a morning person either. But she was still kind because she always was and Pandora adored her for that.
Barty didn’t answer. He didn’t even look up. He hated mornings more than everything else.
But that was fine, she didn’t have to talk. She had enough things to worry about on her own.
But she was going to talk to regulus later. Because she needed to check in on him somehow. And even if he didn’t tell her if he was doing okay she would know. She always knows.