Mel wasn’t entirely unaware of how her greeting had…well, distracted Kirk. That was all too plainly evident from the way he had turned to look at her before returning his attention to the screens he and Dana were adamantly watching. Sure, sure he was more than welcome to return the favor later…still, Mel hadn’t come over to the commentators area to have him return favors to her. She had come because she wanted to, she liked being near him…and really, it seemed like it would be more fun to watch the dangerous competition with someone she honestly cared for and well…felt comfortable and safe with…someone that honestly felt like home even if he didn’t know that yet…there was still time for that.

Turning her attention to the screen she glanced back over to Kirk and Dana in turn. Wide, her eyes were wide…I need to talk to Dora about this, Melbourne thought her eyebrows still knitting together. ”d-do you guys want some water? I brought water,” she explained as she shifted the tray of treats and drinks closer to both of the commentators.

Mel sat there for a moment, biting down on the edge of her lip before giving Dana a kind smile. Really if she weren’t in the middle of commentating Melbourne would have offered the older American girl a hug…she kind of seemed to need the support – heck, Mel wanted to hug the competitors right now…that, and she also wanted to find Carl and tell him that she was glad he hadn’t made it this far…Mel wouldn’t have known what she would have done had he gotten hurt…he was, he was her Targaryn buddy…her hand inflexibly reached up for the little necklace she had worn nearly ever day since summer…since that day…there was no way she would have wanted him to fight a Runespoor, there was no way she wanted any of her friends or any of these students to do it either.

Pulling a piece of her pretzel apart she pushed the piece of yeasty bread into her mouth and bit down on it while scanning the crowd with her concerned eyes. Her face, everything about her relaxed when she saw Noelle waving to her and immediately waved back – her usual chipper grin falling back into its place. She needed to give that girl a hug later and see how she was doing…also she needed to nab Livvybear too! Where on earth was Olivia Holden? It was when she was looking for Olivia when she spotted Althea and the concern returned to her eyes. She wanted nothing more than to offer Althea the biggest hug ever. She probably needed it more than most of these people her brother, Levi was there being shown on the large magic’d screens.

Please be safe Levi Melbourne thought the words at the Gryffindor competitor before glancing over to Brent’s screen…seriously…he seemed to be quite good at Runes…could she ask him for advice because the alternative was to talk to Sammy and she…Sammy still wasn’t really wanting to talk to her.

No...she wasn't going to get emotional over that today - today, she was just going to focus on listening to Kirk and Dana's commenting...they were doing great - really...and Mel already was convincing herself that it would be a great idea to just casually lean her head on Kirk's shoulder...maybe later when everyone was safe?