[/B][/B] Ema nodded. "Ditto!" And seeing a boy come over to Shaylee and start with homework, Emalyn got up. "Ooh...that reminds me of mine. See you later." she smiled and waved goodbye to Shaylee before making the rest of her way down the path. She had been sitting for a while...it was nice to stretch her legs. Annddd after actually talking to someone she didn't feel so inclined to punch a tree...or at least shake her fist at it. But she still did not look at the trees because...well, she didn't want to give them the satisfaction of her not being grumpy with them anymore.

I really should not take the giganticiveness of trees personally... she thought.

He shrugged off her comment and held his arms out to her. "Hug?" Okay, so maybe she hated men right now. He was still trying to help her feel better. And who didn't need a hug from a friend every once in a while?

Keeley closed her eyes, leaning on one of the blasted trees. She clenched the tapping chesspiece in her hand, almost crushing it. Her dad had left, too. A silent tear streamed down her cheek, as she reminisced. She had never been told the whole story, just bits and pieces she had to put together. Her mother, a beautiful German witch (also a metamorphagus) had fallen in love with a muggle man. On the eve of their wedding, he told her what she was, and he left her, calling her a freak and a monster. Another tear. She had been left alone, pregnant with Keeley, and had died giving birth to her. Why did she have to be on the path now? She hated the memory.

Rhea nodded and got up settling into a hug. She clung to Torin and sobbed quietly. She felt like her whole life was falling apart and she could do little to stop or even slow the process. Maybe all she did really need right now was a hug from a friend.
"Thank you," she said pulling back from the hug. Her eyelids felt heavy and she was almost positive that they were red and swollen.
"I'm sorry for almost killing you and I'm sorry about your face.."

He smiled as she came into the hug. Good. She needed it. He patted her on the back comfortingly. "No need to thank me. Do you want to talk about it?" He watched her as she pulled away from him and pulled out a tissue for her. "Here you go. No worries."

Jason took out his pieces.Jason calls out " PierTotum Locomotor" Then Jason's pieces start disco dancing. " Now we have to choose a winner and we have good chess piece dancers" Jason explained to Keely. " Then I know there is an essay we have to do" he told her.

Rhea nodded. Maybe talking was better than blasting things and people to bits. Strangely now she couldn't look at him because she was so embarrassed. but oh well.
"My mom wrote to me saying my dad left. I didn't even know that they were having problems." She wiped her eyes again with the tissue that he gave her as more tears began to roll down her cheeks.
"My mom thinks that there might be someone else. if that's true I'll never be able to forgive him.." she stopped as she began choking up on her words.

Hrm... who was the better dancer? "I don't know who's is better. What do you think?" and ugh. An essay. Eh, if Ravenclaw wanted points, then she'd have to pitch in.

He listened to her and wasn't really sure what he could tell her that would make her feel better. He wasn't good at this kind of thing. As seen when he tried to comfort Tammy about her mum and sister. "I'm realy sorry, Rhea. I wish I could make things better for you. But your father still loves you even if it seems like he doesn't."

Rhea scoffed. If he loved her so much why was he abandoning her for some woman? She shook her head.
"No Torin. Leaving me is not loving me. Love is sticking it out with someone even when it's hard. Love is being there and my dad is doing none of that. He doesn't love my sister and I and he doesn't love my mom. I just can't believe he would do this to us." She felt herself tear up again but this time managed to hold them at bay.
"I don't even know why I'm crying over the git."

He sighed and took a moment to think of what he could tell her that would help when she was so set in her ways abut this. "I know you are hurt and upset... are you sure it's another woman?" Hopefully she wouldn't start blasting trees again at this question.

Rhea sighed and turned her back to him. She honestly didn't know what to think at the moment. All she had to go with was what her mother had written her.
" I don't know Torin. I honestly just have no idea what's going on right now. My life is spiraling out of control and I have no idea how I'm going to go about taking the reigns. She turned around to face him again and her eyes reflected the pain she was suffering.

"So I think you have learned a lesson from it: Don't kissed people when you sensed that they're in love with you." Cedric chuckled slightly. That statement was rather lame though it does make a sense.

Happily, Torin wasn't mad at him 'cause he really didn't meant to irate him. "Umm. Can I ask a something?" asked Cedric. "I'm just wondering what had happened between you and that new girl, Brody that torn you apart."

"Everything will work out, Rhea, It always does. Trust me. I've been having a hard Term too. But I'll always listen to you if you want to talk about it more." Or they could talk about something else if she would rather. He didn't really mind either way.

"Well, I didn't, Cedric. If I did I wouldn't have kissed her." Now he should have seen the signs that she was in love with him, but there wasn't really much that he could do about it right now.

And of course he had to ask about this. Apparently the news about this hadn't been as widespread as he had thought it would be. "I dunno, Ced. Things were great and then she dumped me. And now she hates me because she heard that I was the one that found the first body." He sighed.

" Well , we both win" Jason told Keely. " Thanks for helping me and I am glad I helped you with thee homework" Jason said to Keeley.

Rhea shrugged. Talking would help her to get it all out but she much preferred blasting. Maybe she should try to forget about it...to forget about him. Maybe she didn't have to go home. She could run away and live on her own, but then she would be abandoning her mum just like he had. She wouldn't be like him.

"I don't want to really think about it too much. It's depressing me." She said with a sad sigh after.
"I just wish everything would go back to how it was before." She forced a smile and looked at him.
"Hows Tammy doing?"

Brody giggled as she walked along the pathway, holding Xander's hand. Tehhe this was fun. Although Sylvia probably wouldn't be happy if she saw them. But it they were only being frienly!

"Ermm. Anything?" Brody giggled, with a smile. She'd sing him anything he liked. Well unless it would make her look silly. She wqas not going to look silly, not that she could look silly. "I wanna be a singer when Im older." She told him with grin.

"Yay! And it was no problem. Thanks for helping me with mine." Keeley replied. She still had to do that essay, but she'd do it another time. She straightened her hair out and turned it blonde, just for no reason. Hm.. what should she do now?

Shaylee smiled at Ema and said, Yeah see you around! She was a nice girl. It was good to make some new friends everynow and then.