Grow As We Go

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Nearly a month of DA lessons had passed and Acacia felt more confident than ever. Defence against the Dark arts was never her strong suit and wasn't necessary for being a Healer but her siblings insisted she kept her options open. Through the lessons, Acacia was starting to consider being an Auror more than before. She had not only grown more confident but had also grown closer to many of the students in the group. Ginny and Luna were now very close with the girl and the three of them with Neville would hang out outside of lessons.

She would often spend time with her trio of Slytherin students, but Theo and Blaise were growing insufferable with their position on the Inquisitorial Squad. Suspicions around the existence of the DA were growing and Acacia's closeness to her Gryffindor friend was often a topic of conversation. The four of them were hanging out in the Slytherin commons before Acacia's duty shift.

"Can you do me a favour tonight Acacia?" Blaise asked her sweetly from his spot on the couch next to her.

"If it's what I think it is, no." Acacia sighed.

"We just need you to talk to Ron for us," Theo explained. "The squad is really suspiciously him and his little friends."

"No way am I spying on him for you two and your goonies!" She protested.

"It's the least you could do. You've been blowing us off for those losers." Blaise retorted. Acacia looked to Isadora for help, the two girls feeling mutual about the boys' positions on the squad.

"If you don't do it, they'll make me spy on you." Isadora groaned. "They're worried you're turning into one of them."

"One of them?"

"Yeah, they're turning you into someone you're not." Blaise claimed.

"That's really funny." Acacia replied sarcastically.

"How is that funny? I'm worried about you Casey." Isadora sat up from her position on Theo's lap. Acacia rolled her eyes at her friends and collected her things from the coffee table. "Where are you going?"

"I'm leaving because I don't know where my friends went. I don't recognize any of you." Acacia fumed and left the dim commons, ignoring her friends calling after her.

Acacia didn't remember getting back to the Barrels or getting back to her room. She threw her things to the ground and collapsed onto her bed, tears falling quickly out of her eyes. She laid there in her crumpled mess, completely upset about how things had gone from so great so horrible in a blink of an eye. She heard someone come into the room and even though she shared with two other girls, she just wanted to be alone so she threw a pillow toward the noise. Whoever it was quickly retreated and left the girl alone. It wasn't for long as only a few minutes later, two sets of footfalls entered the room.

"Acacia?" The two voices asked nervously, causing Acacia to look up from her puddle of sadness and see her sisters. Sadly, that only made her cry more.

"Case, what's happened?" Juniper asked, petting the petite girl's hair.

"Everything is just awful." Acacia groaned.

"Don't cry, you'll make me cry." Hazel joked tearily. "Why don't we clean you up and you tell us what's got you so upset."

"Let's do that. You have duty tonight don't you? Can't look like a weepy mess in front of the others." Juniper agreed and the twins hoisted their sister off her bed and toward her desk.

The twins got to work cleaning Acacia up while she told them about her argument with her friends and her frustrations with her two separate friend groups. Her sisters offered their sage advice but she knew she had to figure it out on her own. They had never struggled with having friends, gathering their own friend groups that they held together like glue.