Jay looked up ready to respond with some snide comment about being blind but he noticed it was one of his house mates. and to be honest since getting back to school after his fathes funeral he just wasnt in the mood " Don't worry about it Lex."

"No reason that it shouldn't," Victoire smiled and closed her eyes as he gave her a soft, sweet kiss. It had been a while since they had been able to share such sweet moments together. No matter how good that she felt about being with her boyfriend, she felt a change in the atmosphere. It was as if her gut was telling her that something was coming and she wasn't able to tell if it was either positive or negative. She swept the thought away as she attempted to enjoy the moment. "Babe, I'm tired," She yawned softly, patting her mouth with her hand, "We've both got a long few weeks ahead of us. I think I'd like to head to bed early tonight." She frowned slightly, knowing that she might be letting him down by falling asleep on him.

Matt awned as well, nodding in agreement that perhaps it was time to get some sleep. "Yeah, me too." He said standing up, and extending a hand to her. He knew that they were going to have an extremely long day, what with the upcoming ball, and return trip home. And knowing his mother as well as he did, she'd keep them up until all hours of the night asking them questions about school, and wanting to hear every detail about how they met. Matt had already explained to her the events leading up to their relationship, but still, she'd want to hear the words from his mouth. "Lets go, before I fall asleep on the couch again."

Victoire stood and took his hand, nodding as they walked over to the bed to lay down. The emotional stress of the past few days had wore her out and she knew that much more would be coming her way. Matt's mother seemed like a daunting woman and she needed to be prepared to meet that force of nature. Removing her coat and pulling off her socks, she pulled back the covers and lay on the bed, sleep already threatening to overtake her. "Goodnight, love," She murmured, a soft smile on her face.

Matt followed her silently into the bedroom and crawled in under the covers beside her. He wrapped an arm around her waist and placed a kiss to the back of her neck, snuggling in close. "Good night, darling." He replied. But he didn't sleep right away. His mind wandered off to his earlier conversation with Jay. Was he really ready for what he was about to do? No, probably not. Was he going to go through with it? He still didn't know. I'll just give it to her like a normal christmas gift. And if she takes it in the way I want her to, then so be it. If not, then it's just a promis ring. As lame as they are... He thought, looking over her shoulder at the window across the room. The moon was full tonight, and the storm had finally subsided. Hopefully, it would stay as nice for tomorrow's ball.

Rose laughed. "Interesting...? That would depend on if you mean interesting or exciting. Pretty much anything we translate in Ancient Runes I would consider interesting, but not at all exciting and hardly ever worth repeating... unless you enjoy ancient farming techniques." she said.

Kyle laughed and smiled a little, running his hand through his hair. "Well, I guess that's true. Can't say I spend much time reading school nonsence, but I guess whatever floats your boat." He shrugged and continued their way to the owlery. He hated being such a poor conversationalist, but it wasn't in his nature to be very forward. They reached the door to the owlery and he pulled it open, holding it for her.

Lex looked at Jay curiously. He'd usually have some sort of sarcastic comment already out by now, but he didn't even seem to be there really. "Hey, is everything okay?" she asked, genuinely conserned for the other Slytherin.

Jay shrugged lazily. " Eh... Just tired really. It was exhausting being home." he answered half truthfully he was more out of sorts about if or not Alyss was officially dating Albus Potter but he was not about to share that detail with ANYONE.

Lex could tell that she wasn't going to get more out him, so she decided to change subjects. "Where are you headed to?" she asked him. She didn't really have anything better to do, so she was content with trying to make small talk with Jay.

Jay ached his brow it wasnt common that people even his own house mates made a point to start a real conversation with himout sideof his clique of friends. " No where really just out for a walk, want to join me?" he found him self uncharacteristically asking.

Lex was surprised when Jay asked if she wanted to join him, but she shrugged in agreement. "Sure," she said. "It's not like there's anything else to do around here." She looked around the hall before turning back to Jay. "Anywhere in particular that you'd like to go?"

Jay shrugged " Not really Just out for some fresh air, DOesn't really matter to me where we end up. DId you have somewhere specific in mind you wanted to go?"

Lex thought for a moment before shrugging and asking, "How about heading to the lake? There's usually not that many people out there about this time of night." She honestly didn't care where they ended up going so long as she got away from the issue if her and Matt for awhile.