take me to wonderland.

[Avery Moretti]

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Well, Avery was a teensy bit more cheery. Even though Jackson was still missing in action, at least Holden and her seemed to be making a little headway in their friendship. For some reason or another, he hadn't spoken to her in a long time. He was all distant and stuff. This upset her, of course. So she didn't know how to act around him. Then suddenly, in History of Magic the other day, he hugged her tightly and said he missed her and loved her.

Naturally, she was a bit shocked, but she wasn't about to question why he was speaking to her now. Though maybe the subject would come around today. If she never asked, the question would always just gnaw at her in the back of her mind. She'd wonder what she did wrong. All she could do was confront him with it. Yup. So, she'd owled him and asked him if they could do something. He agreed, of course, so she tried to think of what they could do.

So far, she had no ideas. And when she had no ideas, she decided to let something else decide. The Room of Requirement! Glad that her lack of ideas gave her an idea, she skipped on down to the hallway that had the Room of Requirement hidden somewhere along it. In a pair of black skinny jeans and a neon blue t-shirt with a cloud and a rainbow coming out of it, she walked back and forth in the hallway, her bold red flats tapping lightly on the floor.

Over and over again, she thought in her head, 'I need a room where Holden and I can have fun and hang out.' Finally, after she'd repeated that what seemed like a hundred times, a doorway appeared. Stepping into the room, Avery's mouth dropped. Her imagination had created something amazing. There was a rollerskating rink, like something from the 80s. There was some sort of playground structure thing, as well as a comfy couch and music system. They could do plenty around here for awhile!

Grinning, she plopped onto the couch, looking around still. Hopefully Holden would show up soon. All he'd have to think is, 'I need to find Avery.' And ta da! He'd be inside. So, only time would tell when he would arrive.

[Holden J. Caulfield]

Holden skipped [literally] down the hallway. He was singing 'Is it Progression if Cannibals Use Forks' by Chiodos. Holden always wondered if this band was actually good or was it some looser band like Fall Out Boy. Then this girl was wearing a Chiodos shirt and he was like 'Well fine! I'll listen to them'. So he went into the Muggle Electronics Room and dowloaded the music illegally. Holden was such a bad boy. =]

Why hadn't Holden talked to Avery? Well it was a simple thing. Avery wasn't talking to him so he thought he did something wrong. So he didn't talk. But he really missed her and he knew that all his friends and him were growning distant. They needed to hang out more. But would Avery still talk to him even though he practically broke up with her best girl friend named Jessica Morelisia?

Holden sighed. Now where is Avery? He saw from the corner of his eye a door begin to appear in the wall. Of course Avery would pick the d-mn Room of Requirement. Gosh. Some place he wouldn't have bothered to look nor for her to write down. Thanks Avery I love you too so much. Not. =]

The door to the Room of Requirement opened and Holden walked in. He spotted his best girl friend. "Hey Avs," he smiled. Holden walked up to her and gave her a tight hug. "Boy, you guys are so short." Holden had grown a lot and by a lot he went from five foot eight to six foot in two months. Growth spirt. Gosh.

"I broke up with Jess. I couldn't take it anymore," he said clearly sorry for breaking up with her. But there wasn't much he could have done to save the relationship if Jessica wasn't willing to help.

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[Avery Moretti]

Avery was still seated on the couch admiring what the Room of Requirement had created for her and Holden to spend some time in. Then, the door opened and she set her eyes on it, a smile spreading across her lips when Holden stepped inside. Jumping up from the couch, she hugged him back tightly and said, "Hullo, Holdiekins." She'd missed him loads, and was super glad that they seemed to be on good terms again.

Pulling out of the hug, she pouted a bit and then smiled. It was true. Holden was like six feet tall while she was just five foot three. "Well, it's not my fault you had a huge growth spurt or something. Besides, short girls are cute." She stuck her tongue out at him, proud of her short, skinnyness. It made her all tiny and vulnerable looking, so Jackson and Holden were like her bodyguards or something. xD Plus, no one would expect someone so small to have such an attitude if they were being rude to her. It caught them off guard. :]

Then, he said something that she wasn't exactly expecting him to say so suddenly. He broke up with Jessica. Well, her and Jackson kind of saw it coming. Jessica had a habit of leaving the school quite frequently, and she knew Holden wouldn't be able to handle her gone. When Haley disappeared, he broke up with her. She knew if Jessica disappeared, he'd probably break up with her as well. Jessica wasn't even back at the school yet to find out she didn't have a boyfriend anymore. Would she be heart broken?

Avery had mixed feelings. Holden was her best boy friend. Jessica was her best girl friend. She didn't want them to break up because then they'd all be awkward around each other. Unless Holden and Jessica were okay with all of this. Holden sure seemed to be, yet he was also kind of a master of hiding emotions. Except the time he had his breakdown. Would Jessica be okay? Yes, Avery was very mixed up. She'd always said about Jessica, 'Break her heart and I'll break your face.' Well, she couldn't break Holden's face. She loved them both equally.

So she couldn't be mad at Holden. And if either of them were upset, she'd just have to comfort them both without insulting the other in the process. It would be difficult and possibly risky, but she'd do it because she was their best friend. And that's what best friends do.

After all that thinking on Avery's part, she looked up at Holden. Way up at him, since he was so gosh darn tall. Bright blue eyes made contact with his and she said, "Are you okay with it? The break up and all?"