Lua was holding onto Leo's arm as they walked down the entrance hall to the ball, her eyes were drawn to the decorations and the beautiful castle. It was so nice to be back in these halls again, so much memories. So much memories. She sighed with a smile on her lips as she glanced at people they passed. Most of which she didn't recognize, where were her friends? Right at that moment she caught a glimspe of ... "Fran?" she called out.



"Oh My goodness FRAN!" Lua squealed letting go of Leo's arm to pounce her good old friend. "Where have you beeeeeeen?" she squealed smashing her into a hug. She had to admit, it was nice to see Fran in a nice dress, she was wondering whether she'd come in as a bounty hunter. Scary thought.

"Busy hmm.With what ?" Okay, that sounded nosey. Was noseyness immature ? shrug. "Im gonna be like your age soon, then you'll be older, then by the time im the age you are when im your age now you'll be like old." Woah, mouthful or what. Lima was only like 20 right ? shrug. "Everyone carried on leaving after you left, like Reese and Ashton and everyone else. I think they all missed you so much they left."

Gold's lips turned up, into a truly pretty smile. Of course. "You were always silly with the compliments," she said, placing a gloved hand on his forearm. Yes, she had worn gloves. She had a feeling she was going to be dancing with a lot of people, tonight.

She looked up at him, into his chocolate-brown eyes. "What have you been up to, Len?" She was looking forward to hear whatever he had to tell her. She knew they had a lot in common. Like a love for arts, and the need to take risks and stand out, and appreciate beauty.

The list hadn't even begun yet.

She snorted. "My son?" Silly Shana. What else would she be busy with now? Babies were tome consuming even though they made everything worth it. But now she was confused. "What?" She furrowed her brows and wondered if her husband at least would understand that. Because it flew right over Lima's head. "Aww, I hate everyone missing me." Though she knew that Reese had Graduated last Term. Reese... She needed to see her tonight.

Shana giggled as Lima snorted, snorting was funny. "You have a son ?" did Lima ever mention that ? Maybe. She wasn't really sure but if she had then Shana had forgotten that. "When im 20- whatever you are then you'll be older, then when im that older age you'll be like old." that made enough sense right ? Shana hated missing Lima too.IDEA. "You, Reese, Tammy and Ashton should come back then everything would be okay again. And we have to stop Torin from leaving, and the world will be in order again."

Oh god. Someone here knows me!? Are you serious right now. Francesca turned around hoping to merlin that it wasn't someone she had made an enemy of in school. She tended to have a lot of those from Salem but it wasn't like she ever really saw them. Suddenly she was pounced by a girl that she was definitely familiar with. "Oh my gosh Lua!?" Grinning, Fran embraced her old friend and looked at the man she was with then back to Lua. "Oh god don't tell me you've already settled down! I didn't expect you to so quickly! We need to catch up." When Lua asked where Fran had been, she gave her a smile. "It's a long story. After I had to leave Hogwarts, I went back to school in Salem, started growing my hair out and burned my combat boots. I ended up with a sort of...following of guy friends there and ended up dating a couple of them. I'm now working for the American ministry as a Quidditch official. Nothing terribly exciting I'm afraid since our season's on break right now which is the only reason I was able to make it here. Now tell me what you've been up to! I want to know everything."

As the trio stepped into the hall, Serena's gaze traveled around slowly, in hopes of seeing someone that she knew. At the moment, no one really caught her eye, but suddenly Lua pulled away from them to grab hold of another woman nearby.

At the sound of the woman's name, Serena smile. Fran. My goodness, she had changed. "Hello Fran." She greeted with a smile.

Gold frowned up at him. "You were always incredibly vain, Len." She stepped away from him, to survey him for good, this time. She hadn't seen him in a while, and it was nice to see Len, again. Especially when he looked this good. Not that he ever didn't.

"I hope the pun wasn't intended." She frowned slightly again, certain that there was more he could tell her. She knew Len. He had the same love for adventure that she did. For class and elegance and getting muddy, once in a while. For a lot of contradictions that were simply exhilarating and delightful, and really, really close to her heart.

She placed her hand on his, not really able to refuse after he had asked that politely. Oh, and he was an excellent dancer. She couldn't ignore that, either. She could dance with people who couldn't dance, but she would much rather dance with someone who could, you know?

"Maybe."

Her lips quirked into a smile.

Good Lord. Gold barely had time to resist, he was that quick. The floor was gone before she knew it; and it took Gold a second to properly realize that Len had lifted her, right off the floor.

Fully aware that he would not let put her down, Gold utilized the short timespan in which he would cover the distance between their current spot and the dance floor, to place both hands on his shoulders, one on each, and make faces at him and whisper stuff to annoy him.

"You're such a show-off, Len Deverex." But that couldn't negate the fact that he had managed to surprise her, and even lift her off her feet. Well, payback time would come, later on.

Though how to get the better of someone like Len, that was the question. Oh, she knew everything that annoyed him down to a T, but she also knew that he wouldn't let anything get to him, tonight. Gold pondered over this little difficulty, as she was carried away.

"YES!" she grinned squishing her friend some more before releasing her for air but still holding her within arms length and quirked a brow. "Fran! How can you say it's nothing exciting? You have a wonderful job! If that isn't then you're better off than me. I'm a house-mum slash necromancer" she giggled rolling her eyes at Fran. Really? "Yeah we settled down early" she giggled on, "neither did we to be honest. And we have one son, he's ten years old and his name is Christopher" she grinned proudly at the mention of her son. Such a good boy.

"Now what makes me curious Fran, is that why burn the boots? They were a signature of yours!" she smiled gently and warmly at her friend.

Fallon giggled at Satine and made sure to turn around so that she could see the back. "Iris did an amazing job if I do say so myself." She smiled, glad to be with her girlfriends at the moment.

Fallon chuckled. "Of course you did Satine." She couldn't help but grin back at Satine. "Well, one of them is just a friend, seeing as he has a girlfriend already, but the other is really nice. And if I see anymore, I'll send them right to you."



Fallon grinned back at Iris. Her dress was really amazing. She looked down at her equally amazing poofy dress and smiled again before looking back to her two friends.

Fallon thought about Iris's dare for a moment. "All right. I'll make sure I run into at least one guy with this massive dress." She hoped the guy she ran into would be a good sport about it.

Then, Iris called out to someone. Ah, so this is Jimbo. Fallon looked him over and really understood why he was crazy. She did have to admit that his suit of polka dots was awesome. "I see that." She said giggling a little over the fact that he liked polka dots.

Fran looked over at the other woman with Lua and gave a grin. "Hey Serena! How's life?" She then directed her attention back to Lua.
"You have a son!? Oh my gosh you're married and you have a son give me a second to imagine you as a mother!" Fran thought a second about that. The Lua she knew would have been a good mother. She was almost the voice of reason in their little trio. Fran of course being the one wanting to do things spontaneously. The other member of their trio she preferred not to talk about since she had not seen or heard from him since she had left Hogwarts. "Do you have pictures of your son? Christopher is such an adorable name." When Lua asked Fran why she burned the boots, a bit of a somber look came across her face. The reason she had burned the boots was a bit of a complicated one. "Well I burned them because every time I looked at them, I thought of Hogwarts and how much I desperately wanted to go back so I got sick of seeing them. I burned them because I knew my family would never let me come back here. I switched them out for heels and surprisingly people were still afraid of me! Then again I was Head Girl at Salem." This would be because Fran used to step on people's toes with sharp heels.

Lua grinned at Serena then excitedly back at Fran, oh boy she changed. In a good way.

"I wish you told me, I would have arranged to meet you Fran. Leo and I were in New York for sometime" she squeezed her friend's hand, "however, Fran you in heals is a much more powerful Fran than the one i know" she giggled on, "I bet you keep everyone in line". It's been years since she last saw Fran, and her departure left a clear spot in Lua's life and to see her again was purely phenomenal.

At the mention of her son she sighed, "Don't imaging that, it won't work" Lua mused, Unfortunately i didn't carry a picture with me, but he's a smaller version of Leo. Black hair, blue eyes, tanned skin" she mused pointing toward Leo, "Italians have the stronger genes" she chuckled proudly at her boys. "You must come visit us tomorrow for Lunch! and meet him for yourself" Lua firmly posed her invitation with a huge grin, Fran would not object! And now that she caught Fran again, she would not let go of her.

"Yes, his name is River," she explained. She had forgotten that Shana wouldn't have known about him because she was in school now. It was a shame. But at least Reese and a few other people knew. whoo. hehe.

"I don't know half of these people." She giggled again. "Who is Torin?"

River ? Awesome name. Very watery. "Imagine if he was like obsessed with water or something. Is his middle name like lake or something or ocean ?" River Ocean Darcy. Woah, that'd just be epic. "I wanna meet him now. Can i meet himm ?"

"There older than me." she nodded firmly. "Torin's the huffie prefect, he's really nice but sometimes he's like evil. I live with him and Tammy."

"You guys were in New York!? I wish I knew! I would've visited you guys but I lost touch with EVERYONE when I left Hogwarts. I'm a bit ashamed that I did but I can't change the past now can I?" Fran gave her old friend a shrug and squeezed her hand. It was great to have Lua back around. It was almost like she had never left in the first place. Fran never had the best luck with female friends even now so to have at least one around was a good thing for her.

She gave her friend a mischievous grin as she thought of her Head Girl days. "Oh you know I kept everyone in line. Imagine me parading around the halls in a pair of five inch heels and my Head Girl badge with the reputation I had there! It was about five times as worse as the one I gained in the two years I had here. People scattered after they saw me!" Fran couldn't help it that she seemed menacing even in heels. Right now she of course looked intimidating but she was a bit more approachable now than she was in school.

"Aw come on let me imagine you as a housewife! It's the most adorable thing in my mind actually. You taking care of your boy at home waiting on your husband to come home." Fran gave her friend a teasing grin then raised her brow. "You are so lucky that I'm off for vacation right now. I would LOVE to have lunch with you guys! Maybe your husband can set me up with one of his friends." She gave her a wink then looked at the man on her arm. He seemed interesting. She wanted to know a bit more about him but the time for that would come eventually. She just had to wait, which she wasn't very good at. She also wondered if the third member of their trio was lurking around. That would be a very interesting meeting if he was.

For Zell & Jen
 

"Of course Max is still here," Tagren said jovially. "Max is going to be here until he dies. Probably on the pitch, wheelchair-bound, with the whistle in his mouth and his arms raised calling a foul."

Eyebrows raised, Tag gave his old Herbology professor a wide grin, and shook his hand heartily. A slight flush crept up his neck at the man's comment. Oh dear. He probably remembered every stupid thing Tag had ever done in class. . . "I can't believe you put up with me. I never would have made it through Herbology OWLs without you! And sometimes I even have to use it." He put his hands in his pockets, still slightly embarrassed.

"Mhmm" she intertwined her arm with her friend's, "we were for a long while" Lua answered her question and started leading her down the hall. "I know what you mean, I pretty much lost contact with everyone except my sisters. It was scary at first. But i had Leo, he helped me through a lot of it" she chatted on. Lua was never a chatter, but living with Italians for so long tend to make you pick the habit up. "It's okay now that I got a hold of you i'll never let you disappear from my life" she mused on, "so that makes both of us to be out of touch with Nick huh".

Lua giggled on at the image Fran scaring all the students away, "sometimes fear is necessary" she admitted, "like I said Fran you are absolutely perfect to take on a position as a Head Girl. Now i just need to meet some of your students and hear their stories, and of course, you've got loads of stories to tell me! And i want to hear them all" she giggled on. Oh Boy fran in heals could make you write a book!

"Oh Boo" Lua booed playfully at Fran, "imagine all you like, but it's nothing special and it's exactly as it sounds" she giggled some more. "I'd set you up with one of his friends myself, only because the whole bunch of them needs Fran in heals, their soo.." she trailed off catching herself. Talking about Leo and his business, was a huge no no...

Aaron entered the ballroom. Wow, he thought. the place looked great. he was hoping to find his friends here. He looked around and they were no where to be found, so he made his way through.

Everyone looked great. Former students where there and they looked like their relatives in the school. He laughed at some of the comparisons. Aaron finally made his way over to an area where all his friends were. Aaron sighed. Happy to have found them.

"Hello, ladies," Aaron said approached his friends. "You all look great." Aaron looked down at his suit. It was not as fancy.

Fran's face contorted into a scowl when Lua mentioned the third member of their former trio, Nik. That was one area she preferred not to talk about with people. Since she was a Quidditch official, she often heard stories of Nik's attitude on and off the field and every time she heard one, her eyes would roll in the back of her head. "Yes. That would make both of us. I have not seen or heard from Nikolai Vannacutt since I left Hogwarts. I've heard about him at work obviously but I've never worked a match he's played in since I have yet to work my first international Quidditch match. Hopefully I'll get my first one next season though!"

She quickly changed the subject after Lua kept rambling on. Nik wasn't something Fran wanted to talk about in detail. "You really want to hear those old stories? I'll have to share them with you soon then. I mean my favorite one was where these two fourth years were snogging in the halls after hours and I just happened to catch them when I was making rounds. As soon as the girl saw me, she got nervous and bit the boy's lip so hard he had to go to the infirmary because he was bleeding so much. That one's my favorite because I caused someone to get injured without doing it myself ya know?" Fran gave a smirk then wondered about Leo a bit more. "Oh do they really need my heels? Well I'll just have to meet them and keep them in line now won't I?" She stuck her tongue out for a moment then smiled. It was good to be back at Hogwarts around all of these people from a time she held dear.

I ain't quoting all of you D: TOO MANY!
 

One minute Leo was outside with his wife and the next he was standing in the dance hall, with no clue about what he should do. His wife had rushed towards one of her friends, leaving him a few steps behind. He decided he'd joke with her later about leaving him alone. Smiling about that thought, he took a few steps towards his wife and wrapped his hand around her waist.

"Yo," he said, smiling at her friend. "I'm the lovely husband, Leo. You must be Fran. You're the one who Lu brags to me about. My ear just fell in your conversation and I couldn't help hearing you need me to hook you up with someone." And oh did he have a lot of guys who would like Fran. But since she was one of Lua's dearest friends, he thought of picking out the best of the best for her.

The husband finally speaks. Now Fran could get to know Leo a bit. She extended her hand and nodded to him. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well. Now exactly what has Lua told you about me? I hope it's all good things!" Fran had her moments where her decisions were questionable but she usually made up for it by her other actions. He was attractive but not exactly Francesca's type. He fit perfectly with Lua in her opinion. They were cute together definitely and their son had to be the most adorable thing on the planet. "If you've got a friend who could keep up with me then by all means set me up with them! I have difficulty finding men who can deal with the fact that I know more about Quidditch than they do since I'm an official."

Hahaha. Totally a lot of posts XD