Penny nodded her head. "I am good. How about you?" she asked Vannah.

Penny looked at the picture closer. Penny listed to MJ as she tryed to get an incantaion. When MJ said Durmstrang Penny shook her hea. "I don't think so. I went there up till last year and all of my brothers have gone there. And Peter is 32. I would have remembered seeing something like that in pictures." Penny said. Then she thought for a second. "But then I could be wrong." she added with a shrug.

Savannah's face fell, her expression as blank as she felt. Well, that and confused but that part wasn't obvious. Till she spoke, puzzlement thick in her voice. "Did you fall inlove with someone else?" was the first thing the girl could spit out, trying to wrap her mind around what she was just told.

Lima just snorted. She was not surprised about that question. In fact, she would have been surprised if Vannah hadn't asked her that. "Of course I didn't, Vannah. He just thinks I'm in love with Kyler still." She shook her head. It was completely insane!

Kyler? Kylator Greyson?! Savannah had no idea how that could have even come up. The boy was a good childhood friend, he had been Lima's boyfriend a couple years back but it hadn't last long and friendship was stronger than the relationship anyways. "Okay so.. how and why did you guys get on the subject of Kyler in the first place?" She continued with her questions. The kid was in Australia for goodness sake!

Lima sighed and started on the story again. "He saw me hugging Kyler and he took it wrong. He thought that we were acting like we were still together." She rolled her eyes. "But obviously he never told me anything about how he felt. Or that he even SAW it. He was just cold and distant for a few days. Until he finally met Kyler. I had him play my song for me. But I didn't mean it wrong, Vannah. I just wanted to hear it again. And Mads took it as absolute proof that I'm in love with him still. So he dumped me." She finished weakly and waited to hear what her cousin had to say next.

Christine smiled at Diana's obvious embarrassment about admitting that she like this boy named Sam. Something Diana said made Christine curious. You said you're classmates. Is he at Hogwarts?

Hugging Kyler, as in the boy was back? No one ever told her anything, not from the beginning. "Woah, okay hold on. First off I had no idea he was even back" Savannah started, shifting in her seat to get more comfortable, letting Rabid down to roam as he seemed so desperate to do. "Okay.." Watching the badger's slow, cautious movement heading in the direction of the girl's portrait door, she was sure he was going to her dorm and her gaze returned to meet Lima's. "I can understand why he would be uncomfortable with that.. Limabean, I mean try looking at it from his side. BUT-" She paused, holding up a finger to silence any protest that may come. She continued, "He should have trusted you, and he should have confronted you first. Limmy, you shouldn't have had Kyler play that song. Not infront of Maddox, in the least. I think this started off as a misunderstanding and now it's just you two both being silly by not working it out."

Lima raised her brow, surprised. "You didn't know that Kyler was back? He's been here for days, Vannah." She chuckled. It was funny to her, seeing as Vannah and Kyler had been friends since they were in diapers practically.

She listened to what her cousin had to say patiently, even though she was tempted to butt in and state her case some more. When Vannah was done she said, "I can see why he might have seen the hugging as more than it was, but that's not my main problem here. The fact of the matter is that he didn't even think to tell me what was wrong. His own girlfriend." She snorted. "And I know I shouldn't have let him sing that song, but I wanted to hear it. And I didn't think that it would cause all that trouble." She was starting to feel a bit foolish. "I thought that the whole Kyler jealousy had started to clear up a while ago, after I told him in DA that I was over him."

"No! I hadn't. Clearly no one tells me anything," Savannah sighed, rolling her eyes. No no, that wasn't the matter at hand. She would poke the Slytherin later, if she came across him. "Hugging shouldn't be a problem though," Savannah input, tilting her head to the side. It all came back to the same thing, a communication issue. All relationships of any kind whether it be friends; family; romantic; they all required communication, without that there was no trust.. there was nothing.

"Friends hug all the time, that's not the problem that just adds to the problem" She agreed, wholeheartedly. "I know that wasn't your intention, so obviously you wouldn't think it would cause that trouble but next time look at each side of things; How should Maddox feel with Kyler singing to you, when he doesn't personally know Kyler himself and despite him being a friend he is your ex." Savannah pointed out, thoughtfully, hoping Lima wasn't taking it as her taking sides but merely looking at each side.

There was no way she was taking sides, let alone that wasn't necessary she wouldn't do it. Yeah, Lima was family but this wasn't her situation to handle unless somehow it went as far as to break school rules. "Lima, do you really want my over all thoughts on this?" Vannah asked, giving her the option to hear what she had to say or leave it be. She was fine with just being a listening ear.

He nodded. He didn't have those kind of dreams, but they sounded horrible. "Ok. Whenever you want to..or don't, I'll be ready." When she looped her arm through his, he blushed and smiled.

"So....what's a good thing to talk about then?" he asked Aly.

Diana was relieved by Christine's reply....At least she had not laughed at her.She sighed at her question and replied,"No,unfortunately he is not at Hogwarts....I meant that we were classmates,in the Muggle world.He is the best boyfriend one can have.Thank god,my mom and my whole family knows everything about us and they are not angry towards this."Then to clear the confusion,she added,"I told mom and dad.Actually they also know Sam from the age of 9 and they like him.So,they do'nt have a big problem with us.I do miss Sam here.But he knows everything of my coming her and we write regularly."She blushed once again,and hoping that Christine was not bored with her,she waited for Christine to speak......

MJ looked at Penny. "Before girls were allowed there was an experiment trial a few girls were allowed to go into Durmstrang I believe it was only about 50 and only 30 managed to stay and make it through, the odd thing thought is that some of the girls were missing after the trial." she said "I remember this because in Beaux. Before they allowed boys in they also did the same thing, of course none of the boys were missing but there was two major casses during that trial." she looked at her book and began to go through pages looking for the old clips of news and such. When she finally found it she had shivers down her spine. "One body was found, her name was Patricia Manchester, her body was discovered in sea the other three girls that were with her were missing." she told her. "My great etc grandfather was there during the years the trial he said the boys weren't exactly very supportive of the idea, many of them at night would go to their common room and scare them sometimes beat them, and worse." She showed Penny the newspaper and continued to speak"I remember he never really spoke of it, he was still terrified of the headmaster there, and with good reason, he supported all the attacks on the girls. Now they are more tolerable of girls in Durmstrang it's still a little hard for them, but its better, and no one would tell you the past because to be honest not many students care much for the past, and who would exactly tell things like this? It's not really something that pops out in conversation."

"Oh," Lima said, slightly surprised by that minor outburst. "I thought that everyone knew that he was back now." She shrugged her shoulders, honestly not too concerned with why the boy had failed to mention his return to her cousin. "I know that, Vannah... That's why he said he couldn't trust me anymore. And I was trying to explain to him that he was just seeing things differently than they really were. But he didn't buy it." She couldn't believe that all this mess started out with a simple thing like a hug.

"True," she said thoughtfully to the next comment. Vannah had a point there. "Yeah, I was being an idiot there. I admit that. I was just so caught up in having Kyler back, that I forgot how touchy Mads was." She couldn't believe that she could be such an idiot. She was thinking more and more that this whole thing was her fault. If she hadn't been so naive, she would still have Mads.

"Yeah, I want all your thoughts on this," she added, raising her brow. She was a bit surprised at that question; she had figured that Vannah would have done that either way. Though she had to admit that she liked the fact that her cousin asked her that.

Ella stared down at her feet. She thought about her father and wiped a tear from her eye. She sniffled.

Eva entered in the common room with a smile. Eh eh. Life was okay now.
Being the type of girl she was, she sat down next to girl that seemed to had been crying [Ella].
"Hello." she greeted, although she didn't know the girl in question.

Well that's great that he doesn't treat you differently for being a witch. That has to be nice Christine told Diana, wishing that the same was true for her. She wished that her mom would just accept her for who she was, a witch, and reply back to the letters that she sent her. Christine put a small smile on her face and asked Diana So, what does Sam look like? Is her cute?

Diana saw Christine's face dim as she said that Sam treated her sportingly taht she was a witch...She stretched out a hand and putting it on Christine shoulder,she said,"Hey!!What is the matter...Does'nt your family treat you well about that?Do tell me if you have a problem!"Then she smiled at her question and continued,"He's actuall name is Brad....Brad Larsen....Sam is his nickname.I like to call him Brad. Well,he can't be exactly called cute...but yeah he's really good.He's tall,dark and handsome(just as a girl likes)He's really funny at times but he's quiet most of the times.He's selective in making friends and once he makes friends,he's best friends with him/her.And he is awesome at studies.I hope he was here....Well,what do you think about him then?I've told you a lot...And..."She hesitated a bit as she asked,worried if Chritine would mind,and said,"Do you like someone?"

Diana noticed the sadness in Christine's voice when she had responded to her. It's just........ well...... my mom is not very happy about me being a witch, but it's nothing really Christine told her while shaking her head. Saying that her mom was not happy was an understatement. Her mom practically disowned her for coming here, but Christine didn't want to put her problems on anyone else so she moved on. Well Sam, um I mean Barry sounds like a really nice guy, I'm glad that you have someone like that in your life Christine told Diana with an encouraging smile on her face.

When Diana asked her if she like someone, her face turned bright read. Well..... there is this one guy Christine whispered to Diana, moving closer to her, hoping that no one would over hear them. He actually is in our house. His name is Dominic, Dominic Denton. I don't know if you have ever seen him. He is the seeker on our house quidditch team. I met him on the Hogwarts Express. He is not like other guys his age, who are all drooling over some hot chick. I think that all those giggling girls actually annoy him. I don't try to bother him too much because I don't want him to include me in the group of annoying girls. Christine paused for a moment looking around to see if anyone was listening to them. But I don't think he really likes me though she told Diana, chewing on her bottom lip.

Diana felt sorry for Christine as she heard about her mother's behaviour but she kept silent,as she felt that Christine did'nt like to talk about the issue.She smiled back,and said,"I know...Brad's the best guy...Even you would like him if you met him."She smiled to hear her talk about Dominic...She had seen him once or twice.She thought him to be a bit...um....rude but she did'nt want to tell Christine and hurt her feelingsShe said,"Well,that's good that you like someone at least...Do'nt be so unsure about him...Just tell him...."Diana's eyes shone,suddenly with tears as she thought about something and brushing them away quickly,she said,"Look it has happened with me....Do'nt take any risks.I wo'nt like somrething happen to my friend which has already happened to me once.Would you like me to talk to Dominic about your liking?We are not good friends of course but we know each other."She looked at her questioningly as she waited for her answer....

Christine shook her head back and forth quickly and waved her hands to stop the idea that Diana had. No don't say anything to him. The thought of Diana telling Dominic mortified Christine. I'm not ready for him to know Christine told her while still shaking her head. She then noticed that Diana was wiping what looked like a tear from her face. Hey, what happened? Christine asked her, worried.

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"Oh," Lima said, slightly surprised by that minor outburst. "I thought that everyone knew that he was back now." She shrugged her shoulders, honestly not too concerned with why the boy had failed to mention his return to her cousin. "I know that, Vannah... That's why he said he couldn't trust me anymore. And I was trying to explain to him that he was just seeing things differently than they really were. But he didn't buy it." She couldn't believe that all this mess started out with a simple thing like a hug.

"True," she said thoughtfully to the next comment. Vannah had a point there. "Yeah, I was being an idiot there. I admit that. I was just so caught up in having Kyler back, that I forgot how touchy Mads was." She couldn't believe that she could be such an idiot. She was thinking more and more that this whole thing was her fault. If she hadn't been so naive, she would still have Mads.

"Yeah, I want all your thoughts on this," she added, raising her brow. She was a bit surprised at that question; she had figured that Vannah would have done that either way. Though she had to admit that she liked the fact that her cousin asked her that.

Savannah shook her head, rather than saying no and interupting. Not everyone knew Kyler was back. She hadn't till just now! This surprised her slightly, since Kyler had always been a friend but it would be silly to let it bug her.

Lima finished, answering her question if she should go on or not. It was a yes. Savannah could only hope she didn't make the situation worse, or make the girl feel any worse, but she wasn't going to lie; Lima said she wanted to know, and they were family, she would know Savannah was going to be completely honest. "Try not to take anything I'm going to say offensively, you know I love you and this isn't my choice to be made or anything involving me, it's only my opinion" She started, pausing inbetween to let them sink into silence, just for a moment. "I think this whole situation is ridiculous. You two claim you love, or loved eachother, but I don't believe that for even a second; If you loved eachother it shouldn't have ended like that. When someone truly loves another, and they get into a fight, do they get mad and say 'That's it, I'm through. We're breaking up!'? Sure, sometimes.. not often, I don't believe those people really did love eachother though. Not enough, if they're willing to throw their relationship away."

Savannah mused for a second, thinking of what to say from here. She was quick about it, not feeling the need to tell Whigalima to hush if she tried saying something. "If you really care about someone, whether it's a family member to a friend, or in this case a boyfriend you would find a way to work through the problem, or atleast try. Every kind of relationship needs three important things to run smoothly; Trust. Communication. And I'll let you guess the third."

Rising from her seat with Rabid in her arms, Savannah smoothed out her skirt with her free hand and then pushed her messenger bag strap up on her shoulder before wrapping that arm back around the badger. "Basically what I'm trying to say is if you two can't be mature enough to want to mend the slight break in the broomstick instead of chucking it, then how can you honestly say you meant anything to one another or really know what love is if your willing break up over something so petty?" On that note.. "I'll leave you to think about that; I have to write home." Offering one last, small, smile Savannah quietly left the common room with Tiger in tow at her heels.

Lola walked into the common room wearing her favorite snowy outfit; blue jeans, a blue tank top, white snow boots, and a white hoodie. She sat down on a loveseat by the window and grabbed her favorite book. She took off her sweater and laid it on her lap.

Elan walked into the common room after a pleasant stroll through the grounds enjoying the crisp air outside. He was ready for a nice sit by the fire and some hot chocolate to warm up. As he blew warm air into his hands, he looked around and saw a familiar person by the window. He sat down on the opposite side and started tossing bits of paper in her direction.

Lola was reading her book when she felt something hit her on the arm. She looked down and saw a piece of paper. When she looked up elan was sitting across from her with a guilty smile on his face. "You rang?" she said putting her book on the table beside her. "What happened to hi how are you?" she giggled.

He laughed as she looked at him. He stood and walked over to her. "How much fun is that?"