Victor rolled his eyes, "not really." He muttered quietly, "you must no that I really am serious though? I mean I'm not making a joke or anything." He pointed out to her and began to talk to her again as he liked to get straight to the point. "Have you ever thought that I might think something different to what you think?"

Sapphire sighed a bit as she put down the glass of pumpkin juice and she looked up at Victor, " Yes I know you are being serious Victor, you appreciate How I feel about you.. I got that.." She hesitated for a second, as she heard his next statement and she blinked a bit. She had always thought that maybe he might have liked her.. but that statement proved right there.. that he didn't.
She bit her lower lip, and sighed a bit rubbing at her head, as a headache had suddenly formed, due to the fact she was trying hard to hold back tears.

Victor groaned and leaned against a bench closing his eyes, "that's not what I meant." He said noticing the way she looked, "I wasn't really prepared for this. And it's not easy for me to say, forgetting any sense of pride I might have though..." He said with a sigh his eyes still closed, "your beautiful, smart, funny... But the worst part." He said looking at her intently now, "you actually worry me Sapphire." He said with a slight grimace, he did not usually act like this and hated being unsure of himself. "Anyone could probably tell by the way you look at me how you feel, Bella knows for instance." He said with a sigh, "but I feel reassured when you tell me how you feel." He said and it was his turn to look away but he just gazed up at the ceiling absentmindedly.

Sapphire looked up at Victor as he spoke, she was trying to understand what he was attempting to say to her. " You really think I'm beautiful?" She asked him softly as she watched him intently her gaze on his. " I worry you? Why do I worry you?" She asked softly, " I have told you how I feel Victor, and I'm sure that other people can guess, I see no need to hide the way I feel about you.. unless.." She paused.. " Unless you want me too. If you want to continue how we have been, friends who flirt.. I will slip back into that role for you.." She said watching him as he looked up.. She sighed.. She wanted to walk away. This was not was not easy for her.

"Of course I think your beautiful, that's the easy part." He said with a smile and took both of her hands gently pulling her a bit closer she she wouldn't turn away. "You worry me because your the only person I've ever considered not liking me, or that I'm not good enough." He said not completely sure himself, he just knew Sapphire made him feel different. "I would never want you to pretend like you haven't said anything." He said looking into her eyes, "your more then a pretty girl that likes me for my looks." He said and he really did mean it, he knew every other girl liked him for that, his popularity and his money.

Sapphire looked up at Victor as he took her hands and pulled her toward him. "Of course you are good enough Victor." She said looking up at him trying to smile reassuringly. She looked at him carefully as he spoke and she nodded. " Of course I like you for yourself, and not for your looks. I mean you are incredibly handsome, but you are funny, intelligent, and very fun to be around. You are sweet and kind, and I know there is a serious side to you.." She said softly.

"I know that Sapphire. That's why your so amazing, it's just nice to hear in your voice." He said with a smile and dropping all pretenses he wrapped his arms around her back and closed the distance between them and his lips met hers and he pulled her closer to him.

Sapphire's eyes went wide as Victor pulled her closer and she thought that she had reached heaven when his lips met hers.. She pulled back after briefly responding. She blinked up at him, her eyes wide as she tried to regain her breathing, for it had stopped. "Wow.." She said just looking up at him. Her heart was pounding in her chest, and she was trembling all over. " Wow.." was all she could get out.

Victor smirked and had a huge smile on his face, he couldn't help being cocky even at a time like this. Just having an effect that made her only be able to say wow was really cool. Victor held Sapphire close to him as she trembled but he doubted very much that she was cold.

Sapphire carefully held onto Victor, she was still trembling, and her knees were rather weak. She just tried to concentrate on breathing in and out, it wasn't as easy as it sounded at the current moment. He kissed me!!! Maybe he likes me.. a little bit? She thought to herself as pulled back from him slightly. " So.. maybe you like me.. a bit?" She asked with a soft smile.

"And usually a kiss like that does the trick." He said with a fake exasperated sigh, "maybe with other girls Sapphire but... I wouldn't kiss you for no reason." He said with a charming smile, "I mean I really don't see any other way of showing you that I do like you." He teased her with a tone as if he was talking to himself.

Sapphire grinned slightly up at Victor, " You forget, I've seen you kiss other girls, and you didn't like them.." She said as she raised an eyebrow at him. "Thanks Victor.. that means alot to me." She said as she snuggled into his arms again. " You know, I'm kinda glad that there is barely anyone here at Hogwarts, otherwise.. I would have never found out that you liked me. You would have been off flirting.. and I would have been.. studying.." She said smiling a bit.

"No problem, and that's not necessarily true." He said with a smile on his face as he remembered the train ride. "I would've got you to tell me even if I was flirting and you were studying. I would have made sure this happened."

Sapphire quirked an eyebrow up at Victor as he spoke. "Really?" She asked as she looked up him slightly doubtfully. "How would you have made sure this would happen?" She asked him. They had been friends for a long while now, and Sapphire, well she had always liked him as more than a friend. But she had watched him get girl after girl, and just stayed his friend. Perhaps that was why she never had another boyfriend, and she studied so much. She needed something to take her mind off of Victor..

"Too many girls that don't matter to me can get boring after a while, one girl who likes me the way you do is better then any girl I've been with in my life." He said aware of how many females that was, nothing could beat Sapphire though. "Once I decide to do something I don't give up easily." He said with a grin, "if everyone else was here I would've pulled you away from studying." He said as if this was the simplest plan in the world. "My ego knew how much you liked me I just needed to know for sure." He explained smiling all the while and he kissed her on the lips lightly and after he pulled away he grinned. "I wanted more to my life then pretty girls."

Sapphire blushed slightly as she heard Victor's words, "Pulled me away from studying huh? That would have been quite a chore.." She teased him softly as she laughingly pushed at his chest. " Actually, it wouldn't have been, you would have just needed to call my name, and I would come running to you." She grinned as he kissed her. " Well, I am glad that I bring worth to your life.. and you lucked out, cause I am not pretty, I am beautiful!!" She said smiling.

"Of course you would've came running to me, you probably wouldn't expect me to have kissed you but I know you'd always do anything for me." He said with a smirk his big ego kicking in, "and I'll do anything for you." He said with a smile his cockiness vanishing from his voice as he said the last part.

Tristan shook his head. "I do my studies when it's prudent. Don't pay much attention past that. What about you? What have you thought about doing?" He honestly hadn't ever thought about being in the school without supervision. He had to laugh at the idea of him being a bookworm. He kept up with his studies but that was the extent of it.


Patience smiled at Torin. He was polite and honest. He was cute too. She couldn't deny that. Odd how she hadn't really paid that much attention to guys until now. Glancing around, she studied the other guys present and they didn't appeal to her as much. Even more strange.

Shrugging she looked around and watched the elves hustle to and fro. It was puzzling that they were here and couldn't tell them why no one else was. She heard Torin ask one of the elves if she could help them and she smirked. "Actually if you could just point me to where the ingrediants are I can fix what we want." She gave him a sassy smile.

"What? None of your girlfriends cook?" She laughed on the outside but on the inside she was secretly jealous of the nameless, faceless females.

Hanz leaned forward the remaining distance between them all the while holding her gaze locked with his eyes and kissed her lips softly he pulled his head before returning again to her lips, he put his hand on her back with his other hand on her waist pulling her closer.

"I am starving!" Deedee complained, "Where are these house elves." She said looking around for them. She opened a cupboard under the nearest shelf rummaged around and found a box, she put it on the table beside her and bella and opened it to find some wrapped cookies. "Look what I found." She said to Bella unnecisarily as she took a cookie, unwrapped it and started eating.

Nicole kissed him back without thinking about it for a second, she put one hand in his brown hair and the other around his neck. Everything apart from Hanz completely disappeared from her mind. It was really amazing how big an effect he still had on her. She liked that though, a warm feeling shot through her body just thinking about him.

Hanz was glad she was kissing him back, he pulled his head back. "I missed you." He whispered before kissing her lips firmly again.

"Me too, a lot." She managed to say quickly before Hanz kissed her again, now this was the reason she hated the summer. Nicole's family were fun... SHe just couldn't stand being away from him for so long, he made her feel a way no one else could. Even before they started dating they had been best friends and he always made her feel good.

"Ick... oatmeal." She said as she noticed what DeeDee had put into her mouth. "Besides the food, should we ask the house elves what's going on?"

Serena smiled and sighed with relief, Good. And really all I want to do is play Quidditch and catch some sun. She went to a cupboard and took out some type of pasta. Want some? she asked as she turned back.

Tristan smiled and nodded. "Please." Her ideas were pretty good. Playing Quidditch all day did sound mighty inticing. Catching sun was nothing important, but a plus to her so he would say okay. "Do you want some help?" He rubbed the back of his head ruefully. He wasn't much of a cook, but he would offer anyway to be polite.