Hogsmead Village

I smirk at her and try a joke, "Part-time."

I roll my eyes, "But no joke, with your status, I can't simply just become your friend..."

OOC Me: "Oh, Ray, if Crouch can be friends with Liria, who is now MARRIED to a Strayer, you can be friends with someone who is merely friends with them. "

"What if I could clear your name?"

I raise a brow, "Why would my name have to be cleared of anything? I'm proud of who I am, Topher."

"Would your mom be?"

My eye twitches a little, "My mom is DEAD, Topher! I didn't even know her that well with how young I was, so how the hell should I know?!"

"I know she is, but would any mother want her daughter to be a killer?"

"Depends on the mother. The only mother I have now is my grandmother and she's proud of me!"

I just shake my head in shame.

"Well, I don't see any point in talking to you now." I start to walk off.

"Ray... look..."

I stop, not turning back, but listening.

"If I have any regrets in my life, after my dad, it's you."

At those words, I turn back, a look of confusion on my face.

"Ray, I do a lot of stupid things sometimes. But when I failed to free you..." I grimace in the saddest of lows you'd ever find me, "That killed me."

"I spent nights and nights, just laying. Awake. I found myself coming up with all these crazy plans to find you again, but I could never do them because I was on the run."

"But I would've gone through any of them, a thousand times over and a thousand times again."

I just stand there, completely speechless. Is this a trick or is he sincere? I really don't know what to say, so I just stand there, shocked.

"I ain't lyin'... check my heart rate if you don't believe me."

I shake my head, so confused. "How can someone like you care so much for someone like me?"

"Well... guess ya could call it a childhood instinct..." I smirk at her brightly.

I sigh, not really knowing what to say. Deep down, when I REALLY think about it, I do miss Topher's company; He was my only friend back then.

OOC I can't stay, my dad's giving me things to do before I can really stay and RP.

"If you let me, I can help ya out..."

OOC Okay, bye!

I raise a brow, "What do I need help with?"

"Gettin' back to a normal, non death eater lifestyle..."

"Whether ya know it or not, you're doing what the Princes are..."

"For the last time, I'm happy with where I am right now!" I just pretend I didn't hear his last few words.

"Say that all ya want, you know I'm right.."