thrown in (maverick)

She remembered being on the grounds, walking near the Whomping Willow, then falling. The rest was a blur: flashes of a girl screaming in horror, the sound of a man's voice and his long dreads falling into her face, being carried by him, then she was waking up in the hospital wing. It took a while for her to get a grip of her surroundings. A sharp pain in her right arm told of a healing injury. How long had she been out for? No one was around. This was all very confusing and frightening, she began to cry.

"I want my brother..." she said quietly, trying to move. Whatever potions she was on made her body limp and heavy though. She couldn't move.

@Maverick Cartwright

Maverick was down at the quidditch pitch when someone had run up to him, telling him that something had happened to his sister and that she had been taken to the hospital wing. He couldn't get any details out of them aside from to be able to figure out just what sister it was and he had hurried off the pitch as soon as he had heard. Maverick might seem like a bit of a jerk from time to time but he had always cared about his siblings.

He took the quickest route he knew to the hospital wing, taking stairs two at a time as he avoided all of the trick stairs and anything else that might slow him down. He didn't even pay attention to anyone who spoke to him as he passed them. No, he didn't slow his progress until he was in the hospital wing demanding to see his sister. That was when he was told that Layla had been asking for him anyway and he made his way to her bedside. "Layla, what happened?" He asked with true concern in his voice.

@Layla Cartwright

When she heard the hurried footsteps and her brother’s voice, she tried to call out. Her voice failed her, though: it came out like a murmur. She saw him peel back the curtains surrounding her bed and she cried harder, flexing her fingers a little bit as an indication that she wanted his hand.

“I don’t know... it hurts Maverick...”

She fought through the haze in her memory to try and work out what happened.

“I think I fell, then...”

@Maverick Cartwright

“I’m sorry to disturb ye,” Thalia said gently, as she appeared through the curtains as well.

Maverick was sat by his sister. Of course he was. He was just like that, wasn’t he? She tried not to let her heart melt too much though: there was another reason for her being there that took priority.

“I saw when it happened, she got hit by the willow. I got her out of harm’s way, then called out f’help. The groundskeeper was there, so he’d carried her here. I thunk she lost a fair bit of blood, but the healers were quick with her.”

She looked at Layla.

“I’ll leave ye with ye brother. Jist wanted to check on ye.” She smiled reassuringly, but still seemed a little pale herself from witnessing it.

@Maverick Cartwright

There was nothing that was going to keep him from checking on his sister, so he was glad when no one tried to keep him from going to her. It was quite clear to him that his sister was in pain, she was crying when she stretched her hand out to him. He quickly moved over to her side and took her much smaller hand in his own. "I know, kiddo. Did they give you anything for the pain yet?" Surely there was some sort of potion to take his baby sister's pain away, right?

Then someone else walked through the curtain and his gaze snapped up to the Ravenclaw girl as she apologized but he didn't take his hand back from his sister's grasp or get up from the seat he sat in at her bedside. He listened to the explanation that Thalia gave about the incident and nodded. "Thank you for getting her out of harm's way. I don't know why they even allow that tree to keep growing on the grounds when it is so dangerous." Maverick had half a mind to go and burn the thing to the ground himself. Surely it would be better than allowing it to keep walloping on poor unsuspecting kids who ventured a little too close.

The Ravenclaw got ready to leave and he squeezed his sister's hand reassuringly. "Thanks again, I really owe you one." He meant it. As tough as he usually was, his sisters really were his weakness. He would do anything to protect them.

@Thalia Tremlett-Chang @Layla Cartwright

Thalia felt herself blush in delight. Although this wasn't necessarily the situation anyone wanted to be in, it was still nice to be thanked by him. She smiled weakly, dipped her head a little and retreated, leaving Layla to the care of her wonderful brother.

She barely registered who it was that spoke, but at least she could listen to their words somewhat. Layla squeezed her brother's hand. Now that he was there beside her, she didn't feel so awful: it was just like she had fallen over at home, and he was seeing that her little cut got taken care of.

"I think they did give me something," she said quietly, as the girl left. "I can feel it working a bit more now..."

Layla closed her eyes briefly, and a warm feeling fluttered through her chest. She was safe now. She was with Maverick.

"I think someone pushed me..." she said in a tiny voice, as the incident began to come back to her. "Maybe it was by accident? There was this blonde girl... and the other girl, I think that was her who was just here?"

@Maverick Cartwright

Maverick did think it was kind of adorable when Thalia blushed and ducked her head at his thanks as if she hadn't just done him a huge favor by making sure that his baby sister hadn't been hurt any worse than she had been. He owed her for that. But he let her go, he would have to figure out some way to thank her later. For now he wanted to focus on Layla instead. She was injured, after all. He looked at her in concern when she confirmed that they had given her something and that it was finally dulling the pain. He was glad for that. He hated to see her in pain.

When she mentioned someone pushing her, he immediately came to attention. He would absolutely destroy anyone who thought it was okay to push his baby sister into the Willow's path. He listened to what she said. "The girl who was just here pushed you? Or the blond? Do you have any idea who she was?" There was an obvious edge to his voice now. He was not one to let things like this go and he was determined to make whoever it had been pay for causing Layla harm.

@Layla Cartwright