Maggie was pleased to see her friend and she eyed up what she had in her hand curiously before realising it was a half-eaten lump of cheese from one of the farm stalls. "I'll pass on the cheese thank you, but you can still have a bite." She held out the stick for Charley to take for a moment.
"I'm supposed to be in school but my cousin thought I needed a little break... it's horrible there Charley." she said with a slightly forlorn look on her face. "It's nothing but witches and wizards and then me stuck in the middle having no idea how to cope." She let out a long sigh before grabbing her friend for a hug. Their miscreant games had made Charley feel like a proper friend who understood her better than anyone, but right now the little eleven-year-old girl could have hugged a cactus if she thought it would hug her back.
After letting go and retrieving her sweet treat she looked at Charley with a that's better grin on her face. "Have you done any of the games yet? There is a children's sack race about to start, and after that a three-legged race?" She looked excited to do something a bit silly and muggle-like. Sometimes it was kind of good to be invisible at school as no one seemed to have noticed her here today. She had been signed out legitimately, but she didn't need some bully to spoil her recuperation day before she returned to that bastille on the hill.
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