"Really It's my first time too" Jordan said to Monica with a smile. "I was supposed to come last year, but my father got very ill and I wasn't able to make it" She said still smiling.

OCC: Sorry this will be my last post for about a week, we're going on vacation and I won't have access to a computer.

"Hey Lic! I feel like I havent seen you in forever!" Sam said, hugging the older girl tightly. "How have you been?"

"Oh!" Danny said as Kayla asked where he lived. "I live somewhere close to London, but not exactly the city of London." he said, hoping he hadnt confused her. He remembered Benny saying those exact words, and was happy that he had said them right, just like his older brother.

Benny let out a chuckle. "So what school do you go to Tance?" he asked looking at the boy. He adjusted the blue baseball cap on his head as he looked at him curiously.

"Oh you would've had to do more than hold me back." Benny said. He couldnt believe an older man would hit a kid. It was a sign of respect to never hit anybody that was younger than you. Well that was what his mother had always taught him.

"Well Im glad you are going to be ok Dust." he said, giving him a pat on the back. He didnt know what he'd do without Dusty. He always brought more fun where ever he was.

Danny turned back to the boy with an accent. He didnt know why, but he had a feeling that this boy was going to make his life a lot easier. He seemed like he was good friend to be with when times went wrong. He felt his cheeks warm, as he smiled back at the boy.

Sam chuckled at Valencia as she said Liam was rambunctious. She was really glad to see the older gryffindor so happy. She knew how much Ve had worried about Axel over the past month, and was just as happy as her to know that he was back, safe and sound. "Im glad to hear that he is alright."

Benny turned back to Ve and gave her a wink.

Sam couldnt help but laugh as Savannah grew a little worried. "No Vannah. I dont think that at all. If anything, you are becoming more like Emmylyne." she said. Savannah really was becoming more mature and adult like, even though she was just turning fourteen.

"Dont worry Van, you're the best." Sam said giving her cousin a reassuring smile.

Mackayla nodded slowly at what Kaitlynnh and Kaitlynnh's older sister said. "Yeah, I think that's one of the only bad things about us going to Muggle school. If it wasn't for this whole not-knowing-when-we're-going-to-get-our-powers thing, it would be fine. My accident was kinda the same to yours. Or, it was caused by the same reason. We were at the playground after lunch, and this girl said something really mean to me. She's wasn't to fond of lizzards, so, yeah..." She was pretty sure they could fill in the blanks.

Looking to Danny, she nodded understandably. "Oh! So it's kind of like Aston is to Birmingham?" she asked. "That's where I'm from. Birmingham, though. Not Aston," Kayla added.

Alicia giggled. "I know!" she said to Sammy. "It has been a really long time, hasn't it?" she asked. "I've been okay. Really excited about this summer, seeing as I practically cut myself off from the world last term." Her voice had a somewhat annoyed edge to it. Stupid studying.

Occ. Ok confused! Has Grandma's house happened yet? Isnt that suppose to happen after the older kids go back to school? I dont think Monica has met Danny yet

Danny looked at the girl with reddish hair that waved at him and gave her a shy smile.

"Oh yeah. I remembered you were always studying. I thought you were going to explode at one point." Sam chuckled. She knew Alicia liked to do well in school and she studied a lot. She could only imagine next year; it being her OWL year.

"I guess you can say that." Danny said.He didnt really know where Aston was, but it sounded about right. "Do you like it in Birmingham?"

ooc: Sorry, I'm confused on the timeline too.

Monica scooted back on the Sofa to make room for anyone else who wanted to join them. She got up and walked over to where Wyatt and Alex were, hoping that she'd be included in the conversation. "Hi Alex." She said to her future brother in law, as she hugged Wyatt from behind.

OCC: Hey everyone! Sorry for being gone for so long.. I've had stuff to do in real life and interent issues.. Now i'm back. I hope that Teresa and Massie can get to know each other a little, Nikki?

Teresa yawned and sat up on the sofa. She must have doused off for awhile. Blinking she looked around the living room taking in the chatter and people around her. Massie wasn't in the room Teri noted..That was weird. She strighted up and walked out in the hall where she saw Massie talking to an older girl. Teri called out smiling"Hey, Massie! How are you?" while walking forwards.

Izzie smiled at the younger girl saying "Thanks for the help, Massie." She put down her stuff and walked in the direction of the livingroom where she heard at least one familier voice. At the sight of Alex and Wyatt her face lit up in a bright smile. Izzie rushed over to hug Alex saying "Hello my favorite cousins.. How are you two doing?" She turned and gave Wyatt a big hug too wondering how he felt after being in St Munogs for so long. Izzie also wondered how he felt about her and her brothers being in his and Alex's lifes again.

Sam gave Savannah a smile before turning back to Alicia. "You have to put the book down sometimes. Dont over due your studies." she said. She cared for Lic and wanted her to have fun with her time at Hogwarts. Not just studying all the time.

"Listen to Vannah. And you should so try out for quidditch again. Next year that is." she chuckled. She couldnt really do it at the moment. She loved watching her friends play quidditch. Maybe next year she would try out also. But she was still unsure.

Danny looked over at Katie. "You already showed signs of magic?" he asked her. He hadnt yet. Does that mean he wasnt going to be like Benny or Sammy or any of his cousins? Was he already suppose to be doing magic?

"When do you star showing magic?" he asked her quietly. He was a little worried he had missed his chance. If he doesnt do magic then he wouldnt be able to go to Hogwarts like Sam. Would he have to go to public school all his life?

"You know I got your back Dust." Benny chuckled. He nodded as he said Valencia wanted him to get checked out before they left. "That was pretty smart of her. What if you had a concussion and didnt know about it? And dont say that cant happend cause it can. It wouldnt be a serious one, but you could get some really bad headaches." he said.

He remembered once when he was ten, he had gotten hit in the face with a soccer ball. His head was pounding for days, before his dad had taken him to a muggle hospital. Sammy had one mean kick when she was younger. It was more powerful now that she was older.

"Yeah you can tell." Sam chuckled. She had never seen Ve so happy. The only time she looked a little agitated was when she looked over at Dusty. She would be mad too, if somebody had doen that to her brother, then had hit her little brother. Sam was very protective of her family and her friends.

Alicia giggled and Sammy's comment. "Yep, that's me. Study to no end. People would sware I was a Ravenclaw. That'd certinly make most of the people on my dad's side of the family happy though. Nearly all of them were Ravies," she said with a shrug.

Looking to Vanna, she shook her head. "I don't think so. But if I do, I give you, Sammy, Alexis, and anyone else who can get me out of the common room - er, I guess that would mostly mean Sam, Lex, and Vee - permission to kidnap me like you and Lexi planned to do when I was in my third year," the fifteen year old said with a grin. "Hmmm." She shrugged at Savannah's question. "I dunno yet. I'd like to, but I'm not sure."

"I wooon't," she added to Sam. "Promise."

Mackayla nodded vigorously. "I love it in Birmingham. It's really nice. I've lived there my whole life so I guess I'm used it," she said to Danny.

At Katie's comment, she nodded again. "I know! That would make everything a lot better. It's no fun not knowing if you're temper's going to get the best of you, and then Muggles see what happend, and, yeah. Not fun," she finished.

"It changes for different people. My older brother is nine, and he hasn't shown any signs of magic yet. But my mummy was Muggle-born, and she said that she started having signs of magic really early. Of course, grandmum and grandpa thought there was something wrong with her, until Aunt Lyndsey, Alicia's mum, started showing signs of magic too. Then they got their letters to Beuxbatons," Kay said to Danny.

Massie gave Izzie a small smile. "No problem," she said, then Teresa came into view. "Hi Teri!" The ten year old remembered the girl from last summer. "I'm good. I can't wait to finally start at Beuxbatons this coming term. That's where you go, right? But anyways, how are you?" she asked her friend.

Teri smiled at Massie saying "No, i'm not going to Beauxbatons at the moment, but i will start my first year there this coming term as you are doing. Maybe we will end up in the same house..wouldn't that be cool?"News seemed to be travelling fast around here. Thinking about her past weird year she said "I'm doing fine, considering all that has happened. I never knew i had a bigbrother until this Christmas. It was very akward to just start loving someone who you never knew exsisted."Teri paused and said"I don't want to trouble you with my weird year.. So how are you doing?"

Teri join in Massie's grin and asked"How much do you know about Beauxbatons?" Dreamily she added "Oh.. it would be nice if you could learn how to ride a horse.. They say that Beauxbatons have horse stables. Do you know anything about that?" She nodded in agreement to Massie's logical comment. Having a new person in the family took some getting used to and it was only natural that she wasn't comfortable with it just yet. Teri scratched her head a bit absentmindly smiling at Massie"I can't wait to start school either. Have you started buying your supplies already?" At the mention of the homework load she looked at Massie a bit wide-eyed "Do you really think we will get so much homework that we would wish that it was the summer holidays again?"

Savannah giggled, smiling amusedly that she was agreed with. Then, something popped into her mind. "Ohh! Saaammy, Your joining quidditch next term too, right?" She asked.

A small smile played at Kaitlynnh's lips, baby blue eyes softly on her cousin. It was obvious, atleast to her, that he seemed just abit worried about that. "I've only shown magic trait's once. And it was because I was really angry." She explained, shrugging her shoulders lightly. "No worries Danny, give it time..Julian hasn't shown any magic either, nor Lissy or Lydia."

"Thankyou," Katie added, glancing to Jae briefly as her uncrossed arm's hand found a curl and started twirling it, out of habit.

Wrinkling her nose abit, Savannah shook her head. "Your much more suited for Gryffindor, Liccie." Her mother had been a Ravenclaw at that..She could relate on relatives being happy if she had been one too. Or, her mother atleast.

"Ha, permission? We would have done it anyways, Me and Lexi have already been planning. And I will most definitely be involved, they've just got to remove you from your common room firstly." The fourteen year old admitted, smiling widely. There was no hint of that being a joke, because.. no one really should put it past her, or their friends. Honestly. There was a huuuuuge chance of it happening, though with Mr. Cruze around there was also no way she was mentioning this.

"Not very much," Massie admitted. "My older sister went there for her first year, and my older cousin goes there now, but I don't know that much about it. Just that the school is very pretty - according to Callie - and their a little strict on the rules - so says Alicia. I didn't hear anything about horse stables, but that would be great if they did!" The ten year old's light blue eyes brightened at the thought. She shook her head. "Nope, I'm going to wait a few more weeks, but I cannot wait to get my wand!" she squealed excited. She shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe, but maybe not..."

Alicia sighed. "I know. I really like being a Gryffindor. I don't think I'd know Lexi nearly as well as I do if I hadn't been one, seeing as I met her in the common room," she said.

Giggling at Vanan's comment, she grinned. "Well, that's nice to know. I knew you two wouldn't let me down," she joked.