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Luna Laufghudd 
After some difficulty (and a few chosen swear words), Miranda managed to break a piece of the chicken free. Licking her lips, she drew the meat towards her and was just about to take a delicious bite when she heard her name being called. Turning around to see where it came from, she saw it was Jakers.
She paused, her hand midway to her mouth... But then he smiled and complimented her, which made her blush and look down for a second before looking at him again. "Thanks..." A nod, and then she could sort of sense how he felt...or maybe it was just her. This meant no Kaika this year...nor Dominic for that matter. All she could hope for was that they'd be proud of the new...''leaders''.
Seeeeee? Now she knew Jake was definitely happy for her, neither of them had to worry, right? Or maybe Jake was the only person worried about worrying.
Heck, it was only recently that he started thinking about other peoples'
feeeeeelings. "I'll buh-be seeing yuhh-yuh-you at ttttryouts," he said, smiling and turning away, leaving Miranda to get on with her conversation in peace. It felt weeeeird being a fourth year. Halfway through this year he'd have made it halfway through his Hogwarts career.
And what could he do magic-wise?
He could do squat.
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SnitCHchASER Ema turned her attention on Jake. Wait, woah! Adopted? Ema really needed to know this kid, she didn't even know he was allowed to get adopted. Well, not allowed, but...she didn't know he could. She didn't remember him talking about life back home. Hmmm...
"THAT'S GREAT, JAKE!" she beamed, jumping up and awkwardly hugging him from across the table. Huh, those tables were wider than they appeared...pfft! So she just ended up...kind of...patting him on the back a bit whilst leaning toward him awkwardly. Her face began to burn up. She should have just settled for a high-five. "Errr - what are they like?" she asked curiously.
Emalyn laughed. "No, there's nothing wrong with you," she said when she noticed he was checking his appearance. "You just look...older, maybe. Or...something." Hmm...this was weird. Ema always saw Jake as the 'young little seeker' but something about him this year didn't quite give her that impression. In fact, he was slightly attractive. Jake? Attractive? Naw. Impossible. "Just different. In a good way." she shrugged.
"Happy Birthday, then!" she exclaimed. "How old did you turn?" Jake was in his fourth year, right? That would mean fourteen...unless he turned fifteen like she did after the deadline, but would Hogwarts except someone whose birthday was a day before September 1st? "It musta been a great day with your new family. Are they wizarding?" Ema imagined in her head Jake getting adopted and moving to a new home with a new family...and then them finding out he had a whole chest full of spellbooks and a wand, etc.
Ema looked back up. "My summer?" she asked. Huh, she hadn't been asked this yet. She looked down at her plate, biting her cheek, thinking. How was her summer? "I guess it was okay." she nodded, turning her gaze back on Jake. "A leeeeetle on the down side, but good. Missed everyone here of course."
Holy cows wearing stillettos on a rainy day, this girl had a set of lungs on her. Jake went wide-eyed as she leaned over the table towards him, but only for a second, since he understood people a little more now. That meant hug. The smile helped him on that count.
When Ema blushed, Jake didn't react at all... it was better to not react. He smiled widely, looking very pleased for himself.
"Shhhe wuh-was mmmy foster mmmother for ab-about a yyyyear. Real nnnnice," he explained, though he couldn't explain it properly yet. He got so much attention, attention he'd always craved. In his opinion it was doing him the world of good. Even when he got into troubled the situation was dealt with properly. He didn't get away with anything but he in no way felt resentful when he was, for instance, grounded so he couldn't watch the world cup.
Well, not much... after a while.
Different in a good way, huh?
"Good is good," Jake nodded approvingly. At least he didn't appear to be a troll or anything. That would be quite icky. Errr... unpleasant.
Ahhhhh, his birthday. That was such a good day... Jake got what he wanted INCLUUUUDIIING that absolutely GORGEOUS guitar he'd seen... but he'd had to leave it at home. Siiiiigh.
"I wwwas fuhh-fourtteen," he explained, using his finger to trace the outer rim of his empty goblet.
"And yyyeah... it wwwwas awesome. S'all wwwizardding buhh-back hhhome... but when sh-she fostered mmme it was through Muhh-muggle au-auth-autho... ritt... ees."
Stupid word.
"I'm ssstartin' to rrread ppproperly an' ev-everything."
And apparently stuttering more and more. Didn't that one Healer say that would abate soon? Ahhh well.
Mmmmm, Ema looked a tad unsure when answering Jake's question, so Jake decided not to push it. He didn't know whether it was linked to that friend she had to see or not, but either way, yes... Jake didn't want to push that at all. Sooooo... he moved on. Nodding agaiiiin, Jake tilted his head.
"Ttttrying out th-this yyear?"
Yes, Quidditch again.