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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia "Mia" Adair
Slytherin Sixth Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Leigh Upstead
Hufflepuff Fifth Year  x11
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Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy  “Yeah, If she was really excited about it, I guess it would have to be real. Or that she thinks its really anyways.” She still wasn't convinced that there really was a secret passage, but she was willing believe there might be one. “Yeah, good point. Someone could get hurt if they tried to break it and its charmed.” or well, even if it did break it could hurt. She didn't even know where this thing was supposed to lead, but she shrugged. “The only secret passage I want to find is one that connects our common rooms.”
“Does that mean you're mom was a Hufflepuff?” she asked excitedly. “She must be awesome.” Because all puffs were, and well, she was his mom so she had to be right? And they really had the best location, even if they had to crawl through a barrel to get to the common room. “I can't even imagine having to walk up all those stairs every night. It took me years to get up to divination without being totally winded.”
Emmaleigh bit her lip when Max laughed at her words. She wasn't being funny. Though, when he began to speak, she smiled. “Any time.” she said nodding. Taking another bite of her food, she thought about what he had said. The idea of sending an owl through the castle sounded kinda ridiculous, though she had never needed anyone whose common room was eight floors away. Though, she did have to go all the way up to the seventh floor just to get to the owlery. But it would definitely be easier for Halt to track Max down if she needed him. ”I will.”
Handing Max his butterbeer, Em took another sip of her own drink, and then another bite of food. “I'm glad you think so.” she said, squeezing the boy's hand. ”And, you don't have to keep thanking me, I'm glad I could help.”
At Max's question, Emmaleigh shrugged. “I still don't really know. I mean, I'd really love to breed crups. So I guess I'm leaning more towards magizoology that way I know more about what I'm doing. I just can't imagine not working with animals, you know. But well, I'm still not sure I want to give up on Rune studies.” She looked over at Max, ”what about you, have you narrowed down what you want to study? The one that connects our common rooms. His eyebrows shot up at that. That... made him feel weird. It was probably a good kind of weird, but there was a strange bubbly feeling in the pit of his stomach that confused him. He didn't know what to say in reply, though, so he was glad that the subject changed. (Though he probably would have been excited to find a secret passageway to visit Em in her common room, too.)
"Yeah, she is." Max smiled. "She thought for sure I was going to end up there, too. I almost did, in fact. But... I asked to be put in Ravenclaw." His eyebrows creased as he spoke, recalling the day of their sorting. "Silly me, right? All of our separation and stair problems would be solved if I had pleaded differently several years ago," he teased. And he left it at that. "Well, yeah. She's... pretty cool." Everyone usually thought so, but not because she was a Hufflepuff. That's another thing Max liked about Em - she didn't think of him differently because his mother was slightly famous. She just thought of him and his mother as normal people.
That was the coolest.
When Emmaleigh agreed to come to him any time of day when she needed him, Max smiled and replied softly, "Good." And he squeezed her hand for reassurance that he would always be there.
"But I do have to thank you," he insisted. "Just like... just like you said you have to be allowed to apologize, I have to be allowed to thank you relentlessly. In order to keep our healthy relationship going strong, I think... it's important for me to never take you or anything you do for me for granted. I'll never take you for granted, so... I... need to make sure you know how much everything you do means to me." He looked up at her seriously, his eyes glistening with adoration for the girl before him. "Communication is... something I need to work on, so I'm going to make sure I communicate feelings and stuff as much as I can."
Max downed his butterbeer while Em discussed her ideas about after-Hogwarts plans. He found himself smiling. "So... University is a guarantee in your future? Mine, too." He set the empty butterbeer container on the floor next to him, looking down at it as he continued. "I can see you doing either - or both. I'm sure there are things you could do with runes while you're a crup breeder, right?" He laughed, then his expression turned blank as he added, "And surely your husband would help." Blank... because he didn't want to imply that he would help, just in case she was like Ellie and freaked out over the immediate idea of marriage. But... he would help, if they lasted that long. Max would love to breed crups.
"Would you... want to go to the campus in Scotland, or are you interested in traveling abroad?" Max didn't really have a preference, but his decision would be heavily influenced by Emmaleigh's choice. "Erm... well. I still really like the idea of becoming a professor of some sort. So probably... Primary and Secondary Wizarding Education? Or Astronomy... or Literature Studies... or... um... I dunno. I've thought about Magizoology, too. And... Quidditch, even. I'm not sure if I'd be good enough for the bigs, though." Sure, it was in his blood, but... "So... long story short I don't really have a clue."
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