Kenny McCormick and 7 years of train rides. (South Park in Hogwarts.)

O.W.L.S.

I can't even explain how much death is calling me tonight.
~Eko.
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I finally give the last test to the professor, taking my bag from next to me.

"Thank you," Kyle says.

He gives the test back too, smiling at the professor.

"Go on," the professor says.

I drag Kyle outside.

"Kenny and Stan have a test left," I say.

He nods and sits by the black lake.

"Are you scared of what's going to happen?" Kyle asks.

I sit next to him.

"Yeah. I am," I say.

Both of us stare ahead.

"A part of me is scared of so many things. I imagine death already. When is it gonna get me? What do I do? Do I have time to say goodbye?" I ask.

He nods.

"And then... what if nobody is there when I die? What if I die alone with nobody that remembers me?" I ask.

"I'll remember you," Kyle says.

"What if we fall out?" I ask.

"How would we do that, Wends? We're really close, y'know, for me. It's actually never been easy for me to make friends. I'll hang onto you," Kyle says.

I laugh.

"I could never make friends either. I've always been told I should shut up. 'You aren't able to understand this' or 'You don't know anything about this'. It was always annoying. All girls i knew went through this phase where they are a stereotype, most of them because complete sluts. I don't like the idea of them being objects, that's not right," I say.

"A woman isn't an object, just like anyone else, a woman is a human," Kyle says.

"Yeah. I'm sure I shouldn't be so shaken by their choices, I do think I'm being nosy but at the same time...," I say.

"You're not. You're looking out for these people. If I were you, I'd do the same," Kyle says.

"Now.... now it all just feels so small. I'm going to have to get a job and have a family if I want to... I don't know what it's about all this but now everything I worried about when I was younger feels like something childish," I say.

"It means you've grown up. But Wendy, just remember you've thought about important things back then... as important as whatever you think about now," Kyle says.

I nod.

"I do. It's just... my mum is dead, people are dying left and right, a war is coming... I don't know what else I could worry about," I say.

He nods along.

"Things will change because of this... of course they will. But please," Kyle says.