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Taylor nodded, confirming that she stayed at the festival until the end, if by ‘end’, Matilda meant the end of that particular day. “I went on the Saturday,” she explained, since her mother’s panel was at 17:00. “I got to watch Ariana Hawthorne perform, and this other band called the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Myth. I really like their music – I can’t believe I haven’t heard of them before!” she exclaimed. It may have been since, after doing some research on them and discovering a bit more information on them, they seemed to typically play in smaller venues and never got (or went for) a big break. However, now that she had been introduced to the band, Taylor only started to dive deeper and deeper into the indie grunge metal genre of music.

Taylor’s jaw practically dropped to the ground when Matilda had revealed that her brother Eden and his girlfriend Calliope had gotten engaged. “Oh, my God. What?! That’s so exciting! How did he propose? What does her ring look like? When’s the wedding? Does Callie need a dress? My mom designs wedding dresses – maybe I can talk to her and get them a discount? Oh my – that is so exciting!” The brunette practically word vomited upon hearing the news. Although they were only a few years older than her and Taylor could not imagine getting engaged at eighteen, she was happy for the couple. They dated for quite a few years if she recalled correctly, so it made sense for them. Sure, Taylor thought a couple of the upper years (and maybe some in her own year as well as the girls) were attractive, she didn’t think she would be a “high school sweetheart” with anyone. As far as she was concerned, she’d have many boyfriends over the course of her life and would break a lot more hearts than that.

Matilda mentioned wanting to talk to Taylor about the Dueling Club, which caused the girl’s heart to skip a beat. Was she right? Was she going to be named as the captain this year? That idea was quickly shut down, but the blonde did ask if Taylor wanted to be the vice captain. “Um, duh! I’d love to!” she exclaimed, accepting the offer enthusiastically. In just a couple of years, once Matilda graduated – if she did, but that was a whole other topic of discussion – Taylor would take over as the club’s captain.

Taylor turned her attention to the other two members as they walked into the room and greeted her and Mattie. “Heya Dominik and Pep! You excited to get to join in on all of the fun this year?” she asked the second year after greeting both students. “Oh, you should have told me you were bringing Kiwi! I could have brought Ivy. I bet they would have gotten along great,” she commented, referring to the bunny she had left in her dormitory. Bunnies were cute and all, but Taylor didn’t bring her to many clubs. She mostly only brought her out of the dorm to take her outside.

Only three days of classes had passed and Taylor was already over it. She loved Hogwarts’ social life with all of the clubs and going out to Hogsmeade, but she wasn’t a fan of studying. Unfortunately for her, seventh year entailed N.E.W.T. exams. Fortunately for her, however, all she needed to do was pass most of them. Being a fashion photographer wasn’t rocket science after all – she didn’t need to pressure herself with getting straight O’s like Echo did. Ugh, Echo. The Slytherin made Taylor’s blood under her skin boil even more this year than last – and UGH! She was still hanging around Syd. Taylor expected their fling or whatever Echo wanted to call it to fall apart over the summer, yet somehow, here they were as if nothing changed. And Syd was such a stoner loser skater boy – he was all wrong for Echo. She would be better off with someone who actually put effort into their looks and noticed the little things, like what perfume complemented her natural odour in a way that made her smell nice or what food to take her out for that didn’t cause her to bloat. With an angsty huff, Taylor pulled the club forms out of her document folder and placed them on the desk next to the quills.