Oops! Oh no… 

bettybraithwaite:

Oh, thank-you. I’m so clumsy sometimes.

You’re welcome, Betty. At least it was clumsiness and not your bag splitting. I’ve had that happen, it was awful. Oh — here are the last of your things. 

Can you stop that tapping, please? 

smokescreenabberly:

Especially considering this is how it all started. 

You’re awfully distracting. 

Owl Post | Gladys 

hammeredhayden:

I don’t know, but those prefects do complain a lot about the work they have to do. It means that you were a bit of a goody two shoes and if I had gone up to you acting like you had done something wrong, you would have absolutely gone bonkers. Might have been good for a laugh. 

No, I’m pretty sure the fact that people did all sorts of stuff to me growing up only made me stronger and made me learn how to fight for myself really.  Besides, some people deserve it. 

Cheers,

—Hayden

You’d get a good laugh out of pretending like I had done something wrong, when I really hadn’t?! That’s not nice at all. You know, there isn’t anything bad about trying to live by the rules and just get by with good grades and a clean record. You’re mean. 

Yes, I’m sure it taught you to fight and to stand up for yourself. But maybe there are other ways of doing so, without fists and wands. 

Always,
Gladys

Can you stop that tapping, please? 

smokescreenabberly:

Yes, sounds about right. Oh, and you don’t like tapping. 

Right, of course! How could I have forgotten that one!? 

Owl Post | Gladys 

hammeredhayden:

Because he said he was feeling rather tired of his prefect duties and I offered to take it off his hands for a bit. He accepted and let me have it. That was a great fucking day. I don’t know. Didn’t seem like a lot of work. Mostly threatened some people. Tried to take some points from the Slytherins, but I’m not sure it worked so well. No, but it would have been fun to kind of scare you a little. 

Yes, but I don’t like her. That should be reason enough. I used to get punched all the time because blokes didn’t like me!

Cheers,

—Hayden

Oh. Well that makes sense, I suppose. At least you had fun and it doesn’t sound like you caused too much trouble. Maybe it didn’t seem like much work since it was only the one day. I imagine otherwise it could get a bit tiring. It would have been fun to scare me? What on earth does that mean!? 

That’s not how life works. You can’t just punch people you don’t like. And the fact that you had people doing that to you all the while growing up, you’d think it would make you want to be kinder, to not put other people through that. 

Always,
Gladys

Owl Post | Gladys 

hammeredhayden:

Yeah, all right, sure. Brush your teeth while seeing the prefect’s bathroom, fair enough. No. I did not pretend to be a Prefect. I was a prefect. Just for the day. But all the same, he let me have it and with it, I gained all his powers. Isn’t that brilliant? Shame I didn’t know you at the time. 

Well, she is a bitch. I can’t imagine she would have been all that nice about it at all. She’s not particularly nice ever. Why can’t I punch her? Mary did…

Sure it was.

Cheers,

—Hayden

That’s very odd. Why did Ted feel so inclined to give you his badge for the day? I’m sure it was a fun day for you, though. Except isn’t that a lot of responsibility, being Prefect? Hm. I’m not sure I’d like it, having to give people detention and keep everyone in line. Seems difficult. Why is it a shame you didn’t know me when you were pretending to be a Prefect? So you could’ve given me detention, too? 

She’s nice sometimes. I’ve always gotten along with her well enough. You can’t punch her because that’s not the way the world works! You can’t go around punching people because they’re mean! She was only doing her job.

Always,
Gladys

Oops! Oh no… 

bettybraithwaite:

Here — let me help you. 

Can you stop that tapping, please? 

smokescreenabberly:

No, I’m not judging you. Maybe a tad, but sometimes it can’t be helped and it doesn’t really change my opinion of you, so really. 

Well what is your opinion of me? That I’m some mad sixth year? 

Owl Post | Gladys 

hammeredhayden:

Teeth brushing party? Sounds subdued, to say the least. But if that’s what you and her do for fun, you crazy birds go for it. Still, I’d like to hear about it. Shame I never got to know that it was there. I mean, I know Ted. He was a prefect. HE GAVE ME HIS BADGE FOR A DAY AND HE NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT THAT. DAMMIT. 

Hang on— Amelia is the one that gave you the detention? AMELIA BONES? SHE’S THE LITTLE, ROTTEN FUCKER WHO GAVE YOU A DETENTION? YOU SHOULD HAVE PUNCHED HER. No, you know what, I’ll punch her next time I see her. 

Yes, well, it took you six years to visit the kitchens. I still win. 

Cheers,

—Hayden

Well it would kill two birds with one stone. Good hygiene practices and I could see the Prefect’s bathroom! Well, fine. If or when it happens, I’ll be sure you let you know all about the place. Wait, you borrowed Ted’s badge for a day? Is that even allowed? What — did you just pretend to be a Prefect or something?!

Yes, didn’t I say? Maybe I forgot to mention it. She was the one who found me on my way back to the dorm. She wasn’t even very nice about it. Actually, she was kind of rude. But it’s alright. She was doing her job and everything ended up okay. Hayden, you’re not punching anyone.

Six years. Right. It was … Delayed gratification. 

Always,
Gladys

Can you stop that tapping, please? 

smokescreenabberly:

Yeah, you did come off as a little bit bonkers there. Nothing wrong with being a bit mad, though, yeah? 

Perhaps. So long as you think so and you’re not judging me too much, I guess we’re fine.