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emjay 
Ethan raised an eyebrow. He hoped she wasn't getting sick, hopefully it was just from all that talking, like she said. "I think you do really well at that," he said, nodding. He wasn't sure he could remember all those names and keep the commentary interesting. "Definitely keeps things entertaining." Grin. Not that Quidditch wasn't entertaining enough.. but this added an extra touch. And nothing too embarrassing this time. Though he did chuckle lightly and look away as he remember her falling on top of him. That was slightly awkward. Ethan looked back at Minnie and smiled as he took a sip of his espresso. "No, it's perfect." The elves did do a nice job with his espressos.. when he could find them to get him one.
Ethan walked slowly down the path with Minerva at his side, not really paying any attention to anyone else that may be out... just enjoying her company. Shrugging lightly, he said, "I'm kinda tired of the snow actually.. we don't get quite so much where I'm from.. do you?" It had been how many months of the cold, white stuff now? Spring needed to get here, like tomorrow. He smiled up at the sky before turning to her. "It's nice that the sun's shining though." Smile widening into a grin at her comment, the boy said, "Well, it definitely suits you.. and I appreciate the sentiment." Yes, he liked his color on her, whether he played on the team or not. "Oh, do you know Taylor? She's a nice girl.. we study together sometimes." And he still did not know who this Ariana person was.. but if she was a friend of Minerva's, he figured she had to be alright.
Minerva smiled at him as they walked,
"Thanks, it's really fun actually. I didn't know if I could do it or not. Since I didn't get to try out, I thought this might be the next best thing." She then shrugged and blushed a bit,
"It's just an added bonus when I know some back information, like if two are dating or something." She laughed a little at this, she didn't do it to be mean or gossip, it was just for the entertainment really. Well until it came to Rich, now that was just to get under his skin and hopefully make girls aware to stay away from him. She then jumped a little in front of him and smiled,
"Hey.. I at least left you out of it this time, even though I was thinking what I said last time." She was glad his drink was good, she wouldn't want to screw up on something like that.
She looked at the snow,
"Depends on which state I was living in. Some we got a ton, others we got none. I like it though, plus I like my winter hats, so it's a win/win situation for now." Her smile grew as he said he liked her hair, he was hoping he would. It would be blonde again soon, but maybe she would leave the blue for awhile, since he enjoyed it.
"Thanks, I could always make yours match for the next quidditch match Ravenclaw is in." She was good at the spell and liked doing it not just on herself.
"Oh yeah, Taylor and I are pretty good friends actually.There is a group of us that use to hangout a lot until well you know how breakups go and things. It use to be Maxwell, Ariana, Taylor, Damon, and myself, but once Maxwell and I ended and Taylor and Damon ended it just got awkward all the way around." She shrugged a bit thinking about it, they hadn't hung out as a group all term. It was sad, but what could you do.
As they continued to walk Minerva tried to figure out how to bring something up and finally she just took a breath and went for it.
"Hey Ethan..I need to explain something to you." Yes, she really felt the need to explain herself.
"The other weekend at Hogsmeade, at the three broomsticks. Well not that I didn't like it or anything, but usually I'm not that well forward I guess." She felt her cheeks blushing.
"I had went in and was excited to see Maxwell and Ariana together and wanted to hangout with them, but Elliot was there. Well to make a long story short, I was trying to be nice to her and I guess she just can't do the same. You were brought up and our date, and well she kind of... trailing off she looked away from him, well this was more embarrassing then she thought.
"Anyway, Elliot asked how much I paid you to go on a date with me. I guess she doesn't believe you would actually ask me on a date. It just made me mad and well I just wanted to show her that we did like each other. Probably not the most mature thing to do, but I wasn't really thinking clearly after she said that." She hoped he wouldn't think she was a horrible person or anything after saying all this. She would have liked to kiss him either way, but it just happened so quickly and so randomly that she was feeling weird about it.