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[puff_madison]

Who: Madison Capper.
What: Staring off into space.
Where: Front steps.
When: Towards the end of lunchtime, before class.
This Post Is: Open

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[turpin_tyne]

Lisa had bundled herself up just enough to be able to go outside for about five minutes without being forced to run back inside for warmth. Peeking outside the castle door before she bounded out, as she had learned to do after bowling into a few second-years last winter and hurting both knees, she noticed Madison looking dreadfully bored. Or maybe she was upset. Perhaps both?

Lisa really didn't fancy disturbing her, but it was tremendously difficult for her to leave someone who was stewing or wallowing alone to do just that. A good ten minutes of it was fine, but a lot of girls her age had learned to do it for a good few days at a time.

Stepping just outside the castle door, she shivered a little at the cold. Looking at the brunette near her, she cleared her throat a little, as if the weather was bothering it. "Hi there, Madison," her voice sounded cheery, but hopefully not too much happiness was injected in it to warrant an eye-roll or a frustrated sigh from Miss Capper. "Cold, huh?"

[puff_madison]

Madison turned to look at Lisa over the collar of her cloak. "Yeah," she agreed, her voice sounding rather flat. She was just glad that she didn't sound rude.

Rubbing one gloved hand with the other, Madison shifted a bit, unsure of what to say. She'd been moping for quite some time, and couldn't really go over the issue any more, but for some reason, she still tortured herself. And now here was Lisa, who had no idea of what had happened, and she thought that she wanted to keep it that way. It was too humiliating to share. Lisa was nice, but she couldn't be sure. She'd thought Michael was nice too.

Giving Lisa the best polite smile she could muster, Madison tried to think up a reason that she would be sitting outside alone while her friends were having fun in the warm interior of the castle. When she couldn't think of one, Madison shrugged her shoulders slightly. "Yeah, it is," she repeated, adjusting her scarf.

[turpin_tyne]

Lisa was always out of the proverbial loop when it came to many of the goings-on around Hogwarts. Even at home, she always felt like she was the last to know. She never liked to pry, as she was always careful about hurting people's feelings and stepping on toes. But she could certainly tell something was wrong with Madison.

"Don't really like the cold myself," Lisa said idly, brushing at the tips of her hair nervously. She often did that. "Um...are you okay, Madison?" She asked openly, hoping that she wasn't being too forward. "I mean, you don't have to answer if you don't want. I can leave. You don't have to say anything..." she trailed off, biting the edge of her lip to shut herself up and give the girl some time to respond before she rambled herself to death.

[puff_madison]

Madison looked back up at Lisa. Lisa was nice. She seemed trustworthy.

But Madison wanted to be alone.

No, she didn't.

She didn't even know. She didn't want to be alone. She'd been outside for awhile. She'd been moping for a while. Madison knew this. At the same time, she just felt like wallowing. It wasn't healthy to pine over someone who was obviously a bastard. Unfortunately, that was what she was doing. And she was making other people feel not so great in the process. Mayzie and Roland were spending time worrying over her. Now, so was Lisa. She should just get over it, admit that she had been stupid and gotten trapped in Michael Corner's web.

Madison knew that she wouldn't, though. Not right away. Still, Lisa seemed like a good person to start with.

"You don't have to leave," Madison said. "I guess I'm not okay."

Suddenly feeling even more inconsiderate, Madison added, "We can go inside, if you want. It is really cold. I just don't feel like being crowded in the Great Hall."