Court giggled. "My point exactly. But Bradin had to be an idiot and try it" she replied. Teehee.

"It would have to be impossible though", she laughed to Courtney. "Any other weird or funny things you remember?", she asked.

"Depends how much grip your sneakers have on them" said Court. Well it did. She sat back in deep thought. Hmm. "He once used his wand backwards. The spell backfired. He was croaking rather than talking for about 2 hours whilst trying to work out how to reverse the spell. He was trying to make Justin croak" said Cour trying to refrain herself from bursting into laughter.

"It does", she said to Court smiling. Courtney had just told Ginny something really funny. "He never told me that. That is seriously...", she repiled to Court trying not to let her laughter out. It was just too funny.

Court burst into laughter. It was just too hard not to laugh. It was so hilarious. "Well they always say its the lads that do the daft things. He proved it big time" said Court through the laughter.

Hearing someone enter the manor, Courtney walked into the hallway ready to investigate. Upon investigation, she came across someone she knew better than anyone in the manor already. Mainly because they wouldn't have a clue who had just walked in. O wells. But if either of them came up with any wise cracks, that would be the end of any friendships. Maybe?

Smiling at Clara, Court walked up to her. "Hey. You seem nervous" she said. Everyone seemed to be astounded by the new arrival. She'd just walked in but hey, Court had told her to just walk in. She didn't need to knock. Not necessarily anyway.

Clara smiled for a little while. Staring to Courtney who looked wonderful.
She take all her courage and says "uhmm, hi, I,
I'm quite nervous actually.I'm Clara Sampson, in case you forgot. you look wonderful by the way ."She smiled, then looking at her feet, her smiled disappered.

Courtney put her hand on Clara's shoulder, comforting her and trying to stop her from being nervous. Maybe it would help. But then maybe it wouldn't. "I would never forget. Trust me, that's physically impossible" she replied. Well it was the truth. And Clara had no reason to be nervous. Did she? Well she was in a room with complete strangers. So that was reason enough to be nervous. Right? "Thanks. You too" she said not so quietly. She was never able to keep quiet.

"Remember my cousin, Bradin?" she asked. Of course, he wasn't there. He'd never be there physically but he always would be in her mind. She hoped Clara remembered him. But she probably didn't. She didn't even know the truth about him. Where he really was.

Clara freezed when she heard the name Bradin. It sounds familiar. She forced herself to remember but it just giving her headaches. So she replied, "Well thank you, i guess were both wonderful tonight, and Bradin, ? i think i heard that name before but i really cant remember this time, sorry." Oh my, she really is sorry. She wanted to remember but it just wont slipped through her mind. She gave Court an apologizing looks then look around the room with amazement.

Court shrugged. "It's ok, I don't really wanna go into that. So it's probably for the best that you don't remember?" she replied. She was gutted that she didn't remember but o well. It was for the best. Too much had happened since Hogwarts.

" Something happened right ? Awh, but i wont ask anyway ! She said.
"So may I ask who's in here already ? I'm planning to get acquainted."
She paused. "You know, make new friends and....others ? " She added. She forced a smile. She expected to meet new ones not just her old schoolmates she used to avoid/hate. She hope there is.

Court nodded. "Yes, something did happen and it was never a good thing. Especially for his girlfriend, and ex girlfriend. His ex girlfriend is in the other room" she explained. But at least she had her friends to help her get through it all.

"Well there's Nikki, if you remember her, she's my younger cousin and the one female that can attract the right attention, not that Ginny or Enya attracted the wrong attention. Neither did Violet for that. Anyway, there's also Ginny and Enya, of course. And a few other random people" explained Courtney. Too many to remember and name. It'd take way too long to explain. Plus, quite a few of the people there were friends of friends.

Ginny didn't find it exactly funny. She was more worried a bit. How could Bradin make Justin croak? "I guess they do. Girls don't really", she told Court smiling.

Court looked at Ginny and immediately stopped laughing. She could see Ginny didn't find it particularly funny. Neither did she really but it was one of the best ways of remembering Bradin. "Guess so" she said. Now what could they talk about? This seemed to be rather awkward for them both.

There was just awkward silence between the both of them. Something Court found funny that Ginny didn't find particularly funny. Ginny looked at Court not knowing what to say. "That was an interesting conversation", she said blankly to her.

Court sat back and took in the awkward silence. How awkward had she made this situation? "So are there any memories you wanna share with me?" she asked hoping they could stop the awkard silence from taking over even more.

She really wasn't sure of what memories of Hogwarts she could really remember. All the ones were great with Bradin... besides one of them. "I just loved when Bradin was always there for me and I haven't been here for him and now he's gone", she explained slowly. It wasn't exactly a memory, more like a thought.

Court half-smiled. "He was there for anyone who needed help, advice or just a shoulder to cry on. That's what made him special. Always a kind, giving and charitable person. Literally. But you couldn't do anything to stop it from happening. None of us could. You were there when he wanted you. He never asked for anyone or anything then........it was the moment of truth and he knew it was his time" she explained. Maybe she shouldn't have said that last part. It was wrong. But she knew that was what was running through Bradin's mind.

"That's why I miss him so much. He was so young when he, you know. It's just so sad", she said almost crying. Then she looked up at Court. She knew Bradin as well as she did. She really wanted to ask one particular question and she was about to say it. "What do you think he would be like if he was still here with us right now?", she asked her. Ginny wanted to know what Court would of thought of. She was curious. Would have Bradin still have been the same or completely different?

"I know how you feel. We all do. I mean, its affected almost everyone he knows. Except the person that did it. But even ther killer's son feels for us. Mainly because he's related but that's beside the point" said Court. Better shut up. She'd just said stuff that she was going to regret twice over. In the long run of course. But then Ginny asked one particular question. What would he be like if he was still here?" she thought. "It's difficult but I think he'd still be the sweet person we all knew and love. But he';d also have a lot more ambition and quite a bit of attitude. I mean, he had a slight temper. Everyone knew it. But it took a lot to flare it up" she explained. Hopefully that wasn't insulting.

Every person that loved him and that were so good of friends with him. Nikki and Justin would of been as sad as Ginny. "It's hard. Every day, I feel like I can see him. He's just there when I sit down. He's like a spirit/ghost", she said to Court weirdly. "You know, every word you have said about him as so true. You two would of had a lot in common", she repiled.

Court half-smiled at Ginny. "He's watching over you. It's like he's your guardian angel" she replied. He probably was her guardian angel now. "I guess it's just because I know him very well"

"I guess he is. I just hope he's doing what we're saying", she said randomly to Court half-smiling. "You know him really well, like he was a brother to you, basically", she repiled.

"O believe me, he will be" replied Courtney. She just knew he would be doing what they said he would be. "He was one of the only proper family memebers that treated me like a person"