Cadence giggled and pushed him a little, but then hugged him again before digging in her bag. She walked over to the nearest suit of armor and laughed at her reflection. She hadn't looked at herself before she left the bathroom. After brushing her hair and reapplying some of the minimal make-up she wore, she walked back over to Nate. "Better?" she asked, smiling up at him.

"Mucho." he said kissing her hand. He slipped his left into her right and walked to the Common Room.

Thalia sat against the wall in the second floor corridor with a quill fervently writing on the parchment in front of her. This was bad. She had forgot to do DADA homework. She paused and looked up the back down. Why did the teacher always give them essay type papers. It had to be at least 6 to 7 inches. Ugh! A half inch to go. She got down to the last sentence and finished. Phew! All done. She rolled the parchment back up and put it in her bag. She then exchanged it for her new green notebook.

Suddenly a bottle of ink in her bag exploded and ink poured everywhere. Some even splatted in her face. "This is not my day," she muttered. She tried to wipe it off her face but smeared it more. Then it was also all over the ground.

Aidan ran his hand through his hair as he walked down the winding corridors of the second floor and he turned the corner to see a girl sitting against the wall, covered in ink. He arched an eyebrow as he walked towards her and he pulled out his wand. "Taking an ink bath? In public?" he teased, smirking slightly. "Normally when I take part in one, I'm not in the middle of a corridor. Or dressed." He smiled. "Want some help?"

"Ha ha very funny," she replied to his sarcasm. This was not a laughing matter. She had to go to DADA in about ten minutes and everyone was going to laugh their heads off when they saw her ink covered face and clothes. Like she really needed that much embarrassment. She was thankful this boy offered himself to help. "I would be grateful if you did. You'd save me from the humiliation I'm going to receive." From Parker to would be her guess.

Aidan smirked as she retorted to his sarcasm and he nodded. "It's a pleasure to help..." he said, flicking his wrist and muttering Reparo under his breath and fixing the broken bottle of ink. He waved his wand and the ink gently seeped out of the girl's clothing and off the floor and into the bottle again, cleaning it entirely off the floor. Within a few moments, the halls looked like it never saw ink before. "...especially helping a pretty girl." He grinned and he pulled out a handkerchief. He pointed his wand at it and muttered a spell into it. "Here." He held it out to her. "It'll clean your face up." He smirked again.

Alexa camea round the corner at full tilt. SHe didn't even care if Lorcan or Sabel.. or anyone for that matter was trying to catch up to her. Her main goal was to get to her hiding place as fast as she could. Run RUn RUn little Alexa, run run run!

Good gracious Merlin the girl was fast!

For once Sabel was glad he had long legs. It granted him just enough speed to catch which corner the second year darted around. He just hoped to Lady Luck that he wouldn't slip on rounding one of those corners.

Lorcan saw Lexi disappear and he stormed along the corridor away from her. She was confusing him, blowing hot and cold on him.

"Girls!" he said to himself "They're all nutters!"

Arya ran into the corridor and stoped. She forgot where she was! How was she gonna find her hinding place if she didn't know where she was. Oh well, she fiqured if she ran then it wouldn't take as long to find the floor she needed to be on. Asn with that she speed down the nearest hallway to find her hiding spot.

Thalia appreciated the help she got from the older boy it seemed. He fixed her ink bottle and got the rest of the ink off her clothes. She accepted the handkerchief and wiped her face with it and the ink seemed to magically disappear as well. "Thanks," she smiled, for the handkerchief and pretty girl comment. She stood up to her full height and it was nothing compared to the boy in front of her. Well what more was she asking? She was only 5'4''. "Do you want this back?" she asked, holding out the handkerchief.

Aidan smiled in reply to her thanks and he watched her as she cleaned herself up. She stood and he noted silently was much smaller than he expected. He shook his head at her words and he tapped the handkerchief with his wand, cleaning it of all ink. "Keep it," he told her. "I've got another one." He pocketed his wand and he picked up her bag and books, tucking the newly restored inkwell back into her bag. "I believe these are yours." He handed her bag back and he held out her books. "Want some help with your things?"

"Thanks...again," she grinned and watched as he put her ink bottle back in the bag. She took the bag from his hand and put it back over her shoulder. "I'm fine. I'm stronger than I look," Thalia added, taking the books from him as well. "I'm Thalia Munroe by the way. Fourth year, Slytherin," she told him. "Who are you?" the girl asked. She didn't see him around much it seemed. But he was nice enough.

Ahh, serenity.

This was the thought going through Gabriella's mind as she made her way down the second floor corridor. It'd been a fairly nice day today, so she'd spent a small amount of time (whatever could be spared) down at the lake. The Hospital Wing had, for once, been completely cleared out, so she'd taken the moment to get a little bit of fresh air. She stopped to peer out a nearby window, admiring how lovely the grounds were beginning to look. Spring was so...uplifting.

"You're welcome," Aidan said, smiling. He heard her words and he laughed slightly. "Never said you couldn't do it, I'm just offering to be helpful." He nodded as the girl now became Thalia. "Nice to meet you Thalia. I have to admit you're one of the nicest Slytherins I've met so far. I'm Aidan Ganel, sixth year Ravenclaw." He grinned.

"Yeah well I'm very capable of managing by myself," she snapped somewhat at him. "No offense," Thalia added. She wasn't trying to be rude but she didn't really like it when people tried to help her. Especially in these situations. "Nice to meet you too Aidan," she smiled. Wow he was 16. She was 15 now. Just still considered a 4th year. "I'm not nice all the time. I have a mouth that never seems to stay shut for more than 10 minutes," she admitted. She talked way to much. Also she had a tendency to hurt people. Accidentally. Nah not really. "Are you smart like all the Ravenclaws are supposed to be?" she questioned with a sly expression.

Aidan heard her words and he arched his eyebrow at her quietly as she snapped at him a bit. "No offense taken," he said. He nodded as she said it was nice to meet him. He shrugged slightly as she told him that she was only nice sometimes. "Well, of the Slytherins I know, few actually will acknowledge the existance of other creatures other than Slytherins." He smirked at her as she spoke. "Sometimes. Not all the time. I have a tendency to be more troublesome than smart." He grinned.

"I'm not that cruel. I sadly know people like that and are friends with one." Parker just with rude to people. First introductions were never an easy thing with him. He was a meanie. "I have a tendency to run into troublesome people," she smiled. "Then we'll get along just fine," Thalia added with a nod. "Where are you from?" came her next question. She raised an eyebrow as she spoke it.

Aidan heard her words and he said, "I'm sorry. Glad you're not cruel though. That would put a real damper on our relationship." He grinned as she spoke. "Glad to have run into you, then." He laughed and nodded and replied to her words, "I'm from Glascow. I was born in Dublin, but I've lived in Scotland since I was little. Yourself?"

"Yeah it would," she mused. "I have a rebellious attitude toward the idiots who act snobbish toward me," Thalia added with a shrug. Just like she had with Parker. Stupid kid. He screwed up her life enough already and now she still had to bring him up in conversations. "Same here. You saved me from embarrassment I would have never lived down," she emphasized. People in Gryffindor weren't all that nice either. "You're Irish then?" she asked, putting the two and two together. He lived there didn't he?

"I'm from the coast of France. I'm a transfer actually. I went to the horrible school of Beaxbatons." She just had to make that point clear to everyone really. "What about your family? Are you a pureblood, half blood, muggle born?" she added. Not that she was prejudice or anything.

Aidan listened to her quietly as she spoke, and he nodded. "I know the feeling," he said, smirking. "Glad to have helped. Let me know if you need any more saving." He smirked and shrugged. "Somewhat, I was born there and I guess you can say I have citizenship there. Technically, though, I'm Scottish. My dad's Scottish-German, my mum's Welsh-English." He nodded as she explained she was French. "French heh? I like that." He grinned. "Where in France? I'm sorry Beauxbatons was a terrible place, but I'm sure you'll find Hogwarts a more interesting place." He ran his hand through his hair as she asked him about his background. "I'm Muggleborn. You?"

"Glad we're on the same terms with something," she figured with a grin. At least she wasn't the only one who had to put up with these idiots. This school was sure filled with some strange folks. Way strange. "I will," Thalia nodded. This wasn't the last situation she was going to run into. "Interesting. I can tell by your accent," she told him. Most times she could tell where someone was from with the accent.

She blushed. Most boys found her being French amusing for some odd reason. "Pays De La Loire," Thal explained to his question of where. "I speak full French even though my dad's British. My mum's French. I'm half veela you see," she told him. Thanks to mummy being veela. She really hated being half veela. "Yeah I have 3 brothers who go here. I had to be sent to Beaxbatons though thanks to my parents. More of my mother." Her mum was also a model. That just had to top off the craziness in her life.

"I'm a pureblood," she admitted. "But I have nothing against muggleborns. I promise." She would marry a muggle even. After living with muggles then she figured they weren't as bad as everyone expressed them to be.

Aidan nodded. "Always nice to have someone on your side," he said. He nodded as she spoke. "Yeah, I've got one of those mixed accents." He never really thought about it, but his accent was not the most common among the average Brit. He saw her blush and he smiled as she told him where in France she was from. "Pays De La Loire. Nice area. I haven't been there since I was a kid, but I remember being truly impressed with its beauty." He looked at her interestingly and listened to her as she spoke about being half-veela. "Veela? Very nice. It explains a lot." He grinned. It took him a moment to return to the conversation. "I've got two brothers myself. Neither one seem to be wizards, though. Sorry you got forced into Beauxbatons, but I'm sure you'll get a great education here at Hogwarts." He nodded as she told him she was pureblood and he smiled when she said she didn't mind muggleborns. "I'm glad to hear you don't mind us." He looked at her quietly.

"Yes, very much so," she agreed with a little nod. She had a lot of people on her side. Especially those Slytherin boys who couldn't seem to get enough of her for some strange reason. They were so annoying. "My accent is mainly French. That's all I spoke at Beaxbatons practically and mum used to only talk to me in French." It was irritating that her mother was so strict on her learning the ways of her life so much. Thalia didn't want to be like her mum. "It is really beautiful. In the summer for sure. The sea breeze is my favorite part. Our property goes on forever it seems," she told him with a shrug. She longed for home and it's forest in her backyard.

She grinned her perfect smile and looked down at her feet, blushing again. She really didn't think herself as beautiful as she probably was. Every time she looked in the mirror she saw the girl that had always been there. "I have five brothers. I'm second to youngest. No sisters," she explained. "Were your brothers jealous then?" she asked him. She would have been if she had ended up a squib. "Beaxbatons was just full or girls who were stuck ups and prisses. I was always the girl who rebelled. Having 5 brothers taught me a thing or two," Thalia explained with a small smile. They taught her how to hit and defend herself. Or other boy things. "I lived with muggles for two years. They didn't bother me at all. Muggleborns never stole magic like some of the stupid pureblood people think they did."

Aidan looked at her as she spoke and he nodded. "I like your accent," he said. "It's 70% French, and the rest is British." He smiled and listened to her as she spoke about her home. "It sounds like an incredible place, France in the summer must be spectacular. We live in a small apartment in the city, we don't get any sea breeze. And our property ends within four walls and a couple dozen meters." He grinned slightly and watched her blush and as she did, Aidan noticed a curl fall over her cheek. "My brothers were somewhat jealous, they didn't know what to expect, but they accepted it after about...four years." He grinned. "They were, to say the least, peeved, but when they realized they couldn't change it, they accepted it and have been relatively good about it." He smirked. "Five brothers? Geez, you had it worse than I did," he said teasingly, reaching over gently and carefully brushing her hair back and tucking it behind her ear. He nodded. "Muggles are decent, at least as decent as people can be. Wizards and muggles are the same in regards towards being human; some are bad, some are good. The only real difference is one can perform magic, the other can't."