The Hourglasses
 

Maxieluff <3
 

With a slight adjustment of her fedora, Raven headed towards the hourglasses and kept her left arm leaning against her chest; after having to get a cast put on at a muggle hospital, she felt rather amused seeing as she was used to having a wand run along her arm to just heal it instead of waiting for six weeks to have the bones heal itself. Once she got a glimpse of the current totals of beads in the glasses, she smirked slightly seeing as Slytherin was on top by a whole fourteen points.

Raven!

Forget why Gold was here, she had caught sight of Raven! The sixth year grinned, dropped her handbag in delight, and ran up to her friend - only to pause. Was that a cast, on Raven's left arm? Good gracious, what was wrong! Gold's green eyes flickered.

"Raven." She picked up her bag, then straightened up. "What's wrong?" She made no effort to keep in the anxiety in her voice, back. She had wanted to hug the other girl, but that could wait, now.

For a moment or two.

Raven paused slightly when she heard a familiar voice, it immediately made her feel a lot better considering she was still a little shaken up from what she had just gone through back in Ireland. But she wasn't about to talk about that yet because there wasn't a easy way to just mention that.

"Oh..this? It was a bit of an accident from a football match with my old school, I spent some time in Ireland just dealing with my father's passing." She said, trying to avert her hazel eyes to hide what she really was feeling now since she didn't want Gold worrying about her.

Right.

Raven's gaze said it all - of course, Gold couldn't know any details, but it was enough to know her friend was not being entirely truthful. For a moment, she was really hurt, and then she remembered that Raven had been dealing with a lot lately, and was about to reach out, to place a hand on Raven's shoulder, when the Slytherin mentioned something that made Gold freeze - her father had passed away.

"Raven --" She had no idea what to say and, next thing she knew, she was hugging Raven very, very tightly. "I'm so, so sorry."

Words failed her, then. Utterly.

Raven tried hard to stop the tears from coming but it was a useless effort, she just couldn't hold back her emotions anymore and felt a few warm tears roll down her cheeks; having to go back to Ireland strictly for something that was that incredibly sad wasn't what she wanted but unfortunately there was nothing that she could have actually done to stop it from occuring anyways.

When Gold had hugged her, Raven felt a little better; she wasn't exactly surprised that her friend had really nothing to say because what could be truly said? She hugged her friend back with one arm, trying not to move the other a lot because of the cast. "Thanks.. this just had come at a major surprise to me seeing as the last time I had saw my father, he looked fine." It was a rather feeble attempt for her to somehow continue this conversation.

Gold continued to cling to Raven, though she made sure she did not do it too tight, or hurt Raven's hurt arm, in the process. Which Raven still had to explain. Gold wasn't going to ask for an explanation right now, though. Because some topics are better left unsaid, at certain points in time. Instead, she reached out to wipe Raven's tears away. "You're a strong person," she said gently. "You need to be even stronger now, Raven. I know life's tough, but we can't let it tear us apart."

She took a deep breath, then quietly pulled away. "You need to go to the Hospital Wing," she said, not happily. She could probably heal that arm herself, but Gold knew she was no qualified healer, and she didn't want to take a risk, here - this was one of her best friends, that they were dealing with. She simply couldn't. "Right away," she added, firmly. "Someone needs to look at that arm, and heal it magically."

Raven listened to what Gold had to say and nodded slightly, her friend was absolutely right; even though she wanted to just fall apart and think that the world is bad, she couldn't let this bring her down. "I know Gold, I'm going to try to work through this as best as I possibly can." She said, giving a very weak smile on her lips; it was going to be a challenge but she knew that deep down she could get past this in time.

"Yes Prefect Laksh." She rolled her hazel eyes ever so slightly then grinned deviously; it seemed like the sadness had immediately disappeared and had been replaced with the usual devious, Slytherin attitude that Raven was infamous for. "You know, you really should work on your whole Prefect thing; if you want Gryffindors to stay in line.. you've got to scare them like Professor Truebridge did to us."

A smile resolutely made its way to Gold's face, when Raven cheered up. She was so happy, she totally hugged Raven, again. Carefully, of course. Because she knew she would want to not eat dinner for forever and a day, if she ended up being the cause of further hurt for Raven.

"I don't think terror works on Gryffindors," she joked. "Lions, remember?" She was just glad Raven was back to her devious self. Gold didn't know if it would last, of course - Raven had definitely been though a lot, and Gold knew it would be hard for her, to stay cheerful - but there was no doubt in her mind that she liked Raven happy.

Raven giggled slightly when Gold mentioned that she didn't think that terror could work on Gryffindors, she immediately had an idea to prove that but it had to wait till around Halloween. "Ah yes Lions are brave, well I can't say that about all who wear the Red and Gold." she said with a devious smirk then took her fedora off and took another brief glance at the hourglasses, she had to make sure that Slytherin was the only house who had the most beads seeing as she had plans to definitely ensure that.

She felt an oncoming wave of sadness approach but shook it off and remained happy for the time being, it was definitely a lot of work to stop herself from wanting to cry again however she was going to deal with it the best way possible which was duelling of course.

Gold grinned. "You can, though," she said, still not fully letting go of Raven. "I mean, it doesn't always have to be the in-your-face type of courage. Sometimes, it's hidden, and sometimes, it's waiting for the right moment to show itself.... and sometimes, its just plain sneaky. Very Slytherin-ish, even." She gave Raven a light smile, as she said that.

Then something in Raven's gaze changed, and Gold reached out a hand, to pat Raven on the shoulder. "You aren't going to show that arm to a healer, then?" She asked gently.

Raven raised her eyebrow slightly. "Slytherin-ish? I don't know about that one, I'd leave the sneaky behaviour to the house who does it best, the ones who inhabit the dungeons and wear the Green and Silver." she smirked after saying that since she had made her house sound very mysterious when everyone knew about the Slytherins.

She sighed a little bit when Gold had asked about her arm again, well after seeing a muggle doctor she wasn't sure that it needed to be fixed by a healer. "No actually, I've got a cast on it and the doctor said it takes 6 weeks for it to heal properly so the next 2 months will be lovely."

Gold laughed. "I don't think we can restrict adjectives," she said. "But I do believe Slytherins are meant to be cunning, in general. Not always in a bad way, though. It's silly to stereotype -- and, of course, we all know Gryffindor has had its fair share of sneaks." In her opinion, you couldn't beat Peter Pettigrew, not in terms of treachery.

Stupid man.

Gold frowned, when Raven told her about the arm. "But a healer will be able to make it heal much more quickly," she offered. "Still, if that's the way you want it --" She didn't want to argue. She wanted Raven to have some peace. God knew the girl needed it.

Raven nodded slightly in agreement. "True although some people still tend to go back to the old stereotypes of the houses which can irritate me at times, if the stereotypes still rang true; we wouldn't be friends only enemies who are trying to just spite each other at every turn." she said then shuddered ever so slightly, just that thought made her cringe because it was impossible to imagine if things were actually like that at Hogwarts.

When she noticed that Gold had stopped talking about her arm, she felt like there was something else to be said there but wasn't about to ask exactly what that was. "If I would have waited to see a healer about my arm, it would have been too late and the bones wouldn't have a chance to heal."

Gold nodded. "Spoken like a true Hogwartsian!" She said. She personally found the old stereotypes something to laugh at - they couldn't possibly be taken seriously. Not when she had a stock of Slytherin friends. Not to mention, pals in the remaining, two houses.

"I hope it gets fine, soon." Gold bit on to her lower lip, as she looked at Raven's arm. Then, to cheer up her friend, she said, "So, how's Daniel?" Because she knew the two had gotten back together and, hopefully, the subject would make Raven think of the more joyful things in life. Make her feel better, somewhat, Gold hoped.

Raven brushed the dark blue hair from her eyes so she could actually see, it was getting rather annoying already. "Whoever still believes in the old stereotypes really just needs some education on how things work now, Slytherin is still power; just not extreme as it used to be and I like it that way for sure." She knew her mother still believed in old Slytherin and pureblood superiority which irritated her to no end seeing as she didn't exactly get it.

"Daniel? Oh um.. I actually haven't seen him in a long time. Been too busy with drama back home that I've not had the time to visit with my boyfriend. Although, some of that drama is going on here and it involves me flirting with other guys just for fun." A slight devious grin appeared on her lips as she remembered what had happened earlier in the summer, she definitely was good at having boys interested in her.

Gold frowned. She had thought Kathlon had been smooth in the sail. Looked like that wasn't happening, not exactly. Then Raven said she was flirting with other boys - the usual, hehe - and Gold had to smile. She wasn't exactly an angel, but when she was with a guy, she stuck to him, in the sense that she didn't actually think about others.

But Raven was fun.

"... and who are these lucky guys?" she teased.

Hehe.

Once Gold asked who the guys were, Raven grinned again; of course she wasn't an angel and that's why people loved her, also it was because she was totally awesome but the ego was talking now and not her. "Oh mainly new Slytherin boys.. figure they need to know their way around Hogwarts and who better to show them than a deviously charming 7th year Slytherin." It was honestly like fishing, she could catch boys hook, line and sinker just for pure amusement.

Gold lifted an eyebrow. "You have a cast on your arm, but you're still being quite the Slytherin!" She said. She was joking, of course. She knew Raven - the girl was quite the charmer, but she was also, underneath it all, a sweet person. Not if you got on her wrong side, of course. But Gold was glad for the friendship - it meant a lot to her.

"So. These new ... Slytherins. How are you and they, shaping up?" She gave Raven a mischievous, little grin.

Raven giggled slightly then moved her left arm a little bit so that it wouldn't become awkward while she was talking. "Well some of them are not exactly worthy of my time if you get what I'm saying, but there is a couple that have certainly intrigued me.. like this Canadian transfer his name is Santi; kinda cute he is and I know he's already interested in me, then there's Jasper..who well sorta already kissed me." She blushed an very so slight crimson after finishing what she was saying because she remembered that day like it was yesterday.

Santi? "You. Are. Joking!" Gold said. Sure, the guy was cute, but Gold also found him to be intelligent, a thinker and quick on his feet, and she hadn't thought he would fall for someone, at the drop of a hat! But she still had to see both sides of the picture, so Gold decided she would not judge. She could do that later, when she knew things better.

Or maybe not even then. It wasn't her business, to be honest.

"Jasper? No idea who he is." She shrugged, a bit. "Tell me?"

Raven chuckled slightly at Gold's reaction when she mentioned Santi. "I'm not joking though, we were talking at the Start of Term Feast and he kept inching himself closer to me, I knew what he was trying to do so I just kinda sat there and mentally smirked. Honestly it's like give me a challenge." She said then grinned a little bit. It was rather amusing to her how someone who only had known her for about five minutes was already intrigued by her.

"Jasper, he's a 5th year Slytherin; bit of a heartbreaker like myself and we actually met in the Leaky Cauldron and of course I start flirting with him and he does the same, then it just was like a well played game of chess. Each move I was careful then we actually hung out at my house in Sydney, Australia where I was having a party; about a few hours into the party he kissed me and it was like.. yeah." She felt the blush grow slightly stronger on her cheeks as she continued to discuss that event.

Gold shrugged. "What can I say?" she said. "You have the looks, Slytherin." Hehe. "But be careful. You don't want to mess with too many hearts." It felt awful to be hurt. Gold could relate to that.

She tilted her head a tiny bit, when Raven spoke up again. That was quite interesting. "I say he's too young for you," she said, sticking her tongue out at Raven. She was only joking, though. "ANDDD why are you blushing? You're not in love with him or something, are you?"

Raven grinned deviously. "I know I do, Gryffindor." Hah! "I won't, besides my heart only belongs to one person and I'm not foolish enough to lead people on and destroy my relationship in the process because I'd definitely be hurt." That was the last thing that she wanted was to hurt Daniel when she did love him.

"He's 15 for merlin sakes, it's not like he's a 3rd year or something." she said, then rolled her eyes slightly at Gold. She could tell that her friend was kidding and didn't want to take this seriously. "Of course I'm not! What do you think I am mad? Honestly it's just cause he's a good kisser."

"Is that a new nickname?" Gold asked, mirthfully. "Because it's very creative and non-creative, at the same time." Hehehe. Her eyes softened, as Raven continued to speak. "I'm glad you think that way -- and I'm glad you have the guy you love, too."

She laughed, when Raven defended herself. "Fine, fine, I believe you," she said. "I landed into a relationship, while you were away. I mean --" It was her turn to blush, and that was almost a first for Gold. "It's sort of a relationship. I can't tell you if he's a good kisser or not, yet, but he's definitely really, really sweet and amazing."

And hers.

"Maybe it is." Raven chuckled a little bit. "I know it is, but if you go around calling people by their house name; I don't think they'll get that you're trying to talk to them." It was true though. "Trust me if I didn't love Daniel, I would have been gone late last term but thinking about that now; I could never imagine myself being that heartless."

Once Gold began talking, Raven's attention was completely on what she was saying because it was definitely interesting. "Really? So do tell, who's the lucky guy who's managed to get my bestest friend in the world?" She smiled slightly as she noticed her friend blushing then began to wonder if it was anyone she knew.

"You're my Slytherin, though," Gold said. "You're special." Raven was, by far, her favourite Slytherin. Marie was one, too; but, at the end of the day, Raven was Raven, and Gold loved her to bits and pieces. "I hope you and Daniel have a perfectly splendid life. Together." She gave Raven's hand a light squeeze, as she said that.

Raven's unhurt hand, that is.

Lucky guy? Gold resisted the temptation to blush again. She had outgrown the silly blushes ages ago, honestly! What was happening to her? "Chris Potter," she said softly. "You know him, right?"

Awwwww. "You're my Gryffindor, Gold." Raven said with a slight grin. "What makes you say that?" Heh. Cue cheesy moment in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. "I hope so too, I mean to be completely honest here; I've sorta pictured what it would be like to be married to Daniel. I know completely out of my usual character here but I just can't help but wonder."

Chris Potter?!? Wow. "Of course I know him, we've met before, he is really nice. So, you've managed to get yourself the Head Boy." She paused for a second before deciding what to do next. "I bow down before your skills, anyone who can manage to end up with either the Head Boy or Head Girl is definitely doing something right here." Jealous much.

Sweet! "You're softening around the edges," Gold teased. "Don't let the Slytherin-ness vanish!" She didn't think Raven would, though. She was a Slytherin, through and through, that much had always been obvious. She wasn't the wannabe kind, either.

The Gryffindor laughed, when Raven spoke again. "I've managed to get a Prefect, before," she grinned. Even though she and Mr. T had always been more like good friends. "But," her tones turned more serious. "It's honestly not my fault my relationships don't last. I hope this one will. I really like Chris. Guys don't get much sweeter than him."

Softening around the edges? "I am not softening around the edges, Gryffindor!" Raven said then rolled her eyes. "It's not possible for me to let the Slytherin-ness vanish, I was born as a Snake and always will be seriously." It was true seriously, there was no way possible that she couldn't be a Slytherin.

The Slytherin smiled slightly as Gold continued. "Aww well, I hope things will be as good between you and Chris as it is with me and Daniel." She really meant it too, if he came back and hurt her then there was going to be hell to pay and it would not be pretty.

"Female snake," Gold corrected. Of course, a female snake is a snake, too, but Gold felt like teasing Raven, right now. She had a feeling it kept Raven from having to think of stuff she ought not to think of - what had happened, when the Slytherin had been away, that is.

"I hope so, too," she said, gently. "He.... smells of soap and lemon and nice stuff." Okay, now that had been random. But Gold was pretty sure she had fallen for the guy. She was going to hold back just a little, though. Love had hurt her too much, in the past. "I'm ... glad I've been able to move on," she said quietly. "Dylan hurt me too much."

"Of course you would have to correct me." Raven stuck her tongue out at the Prefect then rolled her eyes sarcastically for good measure. A snake is a snake is a snake. But at least Gold had made her forget about the stuff she was discussing earlier and that made her feel a lot better.

He smells of soap and lemon and nice stuff Haha! Ahh that was incredibly amusing. "Well don't think about Dylan, he's a jerk honestly and I'm very happy to see that you can move on and be with Chris, seriously I'm incredibly happy for you!" It was true, Raven was absolutely ectastic for her best friend to be with someone who was really nice.

Daniel was panting as he approached Raven and Gold.

The moment he heard that Raven had returned from his father's funeral he had looked everywhere fro her.

He then saw her with Gold near the hourglasses in the ground floor. He caught his breathe and approached them.

"Hello, there." he said at them both. "How are you?" turning to Raven.

Well look who finally showed up. "I've been better and I've missed you a lot." Raven said then smiled and kissed Daniel on the cheek, it definitely had been a long time since she saw her boyfriend but that didn't matter since he was here now. Maybe Gold was right, the Slytherin was softening though she couldn't exactly help it.

He smiled when Raven gave him a kiss on the cheeks. He then hugged her and sighed.

"How are you feeling? I mean, how are you holding up the... you know" he said with a bit of hesitation to mention about the death of her father.

Why did he have to bring that up now? "I'm feeling alright actually, thanks to Gold distracting me with interesting things and some that are actually quite amusing." Raven felt a little bit better after Daniel had hugged her but she definitely wanted to go back to talking to her best friend at some point seeing as there was more to say.

"That is good to hear." he exclaimed and he then turned to Gold, "Take care of her, ok?"

"Well, I should be going, now. I need to meet up with Professor Marcus about the Muggles Studies Club." he said holding Raven's hand and kissing it.

Aww of course he would have to go. "Alright then hun, I'll see you around I suppose." Raven said with a slight tone of annoyance. It was difficult enough to deal with things the way they were now but when she couldn't see Daniel a lot since they were both busy, it did not help the situation whatsoever. Cue pout.

Gold frowned, slightly. "Dylan wasn't a jerk," she said, quietly. Ugh! She hadn't meant to say that! She needed to stop trying to defend him. He had gone. Left Hogwarts, without even bothering to let her know. That ought to have been enough, for her.

She was about to say something else, when Daniel appeared. "Hey," she said, in response to his polite greeting. She stood back, as he and Raven talked a bit. In fact, she needed to let them be alone. There was no need for her, to listen to what could very well have been a private conversation, had she not been there. "Raven," she nudged the girl, very slightly. "I guess I'll catch you around, later. You too, Daniel -" This, she said while looking at the older Gryffindor. "Have a nice time, you two."

She reached up to give Raven a hug and then, giving the two of them a warm smile, turned around and headed off to her common room. Maybe she could read a bit, before she took a nap.

Trixie cmae all the way down from the girls bathroom. She was both furious and a little confused as to what Olivia had just told her. There was no way that could be true?? Aiden wasn't fake dating Vanessa just so that he could make Ella jealous? Or was he? Trixie burst into tears again and slid down the wall by the hourglass, her head in her hands.

To Lottie
 

Aiden meandered through the school. He had been looking around for some place called the Room of Requirement that he had heard about, but he hadn't quite found it yet. So, for the present, he found himself amongst the four hourglasses.

And.. Trixie?

Eh. Tears, too? Aiden took a breath, figuring that he'd have to confront her soon enough, and walked over to the girl. "Hey, Trixie.."

Trixie looked up with a sudden jump. "Who's that?!" she said hurridly but after wiping away her blurry eyes she saw who it really was. "Oh it's you" she said sadly and then looked down at her hands. "Come to break my heart again?" she asked not even looking at him. Stupid Stupid Stupid!! Ergh what was she thinking? She'd have to tell him what Plvia said sometime wouldn't she? "Thought you'd be off with Ella somewhere" she said bluntly.

Sigh. Aiden couldn't say that he wasn't expecting this, though. He walked over to the Slytherin. "Trixie, I'm sorry, okay? But I really thought that we were just flirting that day in the courtyard. Honestly. I thought you just flirted like that with all guys, seeing as you had been doing the same with Patrick on the train." He made sure to keep his tone calm. And what the heck did she mean by her next comment? Maybe her eyes were too blurry to tell which guy he was..? "I'm Aiden, not Patrick."

Trixie scowled a bit through her tears. "What do you mean flirt with Patrick on the train?? I wasn't" she retaliated. "I dropped a suitcase on his foot did I not? And I thought he was dating Vanessa...." she trailed off. Never flirt with a taken man right? She looked away from him and down to her feet for a few seconds and then looked back up as he told her he was Aiden and not Patrick. "Yes I know that, I'm not dumb Aiden" she stated angrily. "I spoke to Olivia earlier" she gulped. "Obviously you prefer Ella to me. Everyone does don't they? Because Trixie is too stupid, too much work yes?" she asked. Well that was how she felt seeing as that's what Olivia had said.

"Yea, Trix. You definitely were flirting. I thought it was you and Patrick who were dating," Aiden said. Really. He had been there. It was no use denying it. He rolled his eyes as she spoke next. "What does it matter if you spoke to Olivia?" How exactly did her speaking with Olivia suddenly mean that he liked Ella? The only person he had told was Vanessa, and he had the inclination that, since he firmly told her not to say anything, she wouldn't let anything slip. She better not.

Trixie looked at him confused. "I know it's all a lie Aiden. Olivia told me. She said you were only doing it to make Ella jealous" she told him almost in tears again. She was an emotional wreck. She did like Patrick but it was Aiden she liked more anyway. "Is it true?? Were you fake dating Vanessa so that you could have Ella?" she asked, knowing he would probably say yes.

"What??" Aiden gaped slightly. No. Someone was getting their facts wrong in this whole gossip grapevine. "That's not true." Ugh. He wondered whether it was Olivia or Vanessa who said this. Probably Olivia, with her odd sporadic loss of memory. "I was not having a fake relationship with Vanessa to make Ella jealous. Ella may like whomever she chooses!" He shook his head. "Vanessa wanted to make Patrick jealous, and, regrettably, I agreed to it."

Trixie looked up into his eyes eventually to see whether he was telling the truth. She knew she could believe him over Olivia. He sounded sincere, Olivia just got things wrong a lot. "Do you promise?" she asked him wanting a truthfull answer. "So you don't want to get anyone jealous then?" she asked. Although she desperately wanted him to say her she knew he wouldn't. She wiped away a couple of tears that were still present in her eyes trying to make herself look the slightest bit acceptable.

"Yes, I promise." Aiden was actually rather annoyed about whomever had said that. But, whatever. It wasn't true. "And no, I never sought to make anyone jealous, at least not intentionally." He took a large breath. At least that was all sorted out.

Trixie nodded. "Okay I believe you" she said truthfully. Something about Aiden made him easy to believe. Or maybe that was just Trixie. She wiped the rest of the tears away from her face and managed a weak smile, although she was slightly dissapointed by him not wanting to make anyone jealous. "That's good then" she managed another smile again. "Although I'm angry at Vanessa for using you like that" she said. It wasn't very fair to use him to make Patrick jealous. Even though he probably agreed to it.

Aiden nodded. And on another brighter note, it appeared that Trixie was near the end of her tears. When she brought up her being mad at Vanessa, he shook his head. "Don't be mad at her. I agreed to it." He took a glance over at the hourglasses. Hmmh. Looked like Gryffindor wasn't doing so well. He turned back to Trixie. "Plus, I think she just wanted a solution to it all so badly that she just did whatever came to mind." It's not like any of them were faultless. Hah. On the contrary.

Trixie still continued to frown. "But she still used you. It's not like you had a choice right?" she asked. It's hard to say no to someone like Vanessa. "And it hasn't exactly worked has it? The last I heard Patrick had kissed Ella or something" she frowned again. "So she can't actually have Patrick" she sighed. She followed his eyeline over to the hourglasses and smiled slightly. "Not doing so well are ya?" she asked giggling slightly. "Looks like us Snakes are gonna beat you gryffie's this term" she teased him.

"Well, no. I could have said 'no.' I should have said 'no.'" But he didn't. And Aiden didn't have any timeturner to change that. "Yeah, yeah. I heard about Ella and Patrick's kiss," he told her, dismissing it with a wave of the hand. He didn't want to talk about them anymore. He was grateful when she took to the subject of house points. "Looks that way, huh?" He didn't mind too much if they lost. Not that he would want to lose any points for his house, of course. But, frankly, he'd prefer winning the quidditch cup over the house cup.

Trixie nodded. "Guess she's hard to resist yes?" she asked a little bit of bitterness reflected in her tone. "Unlike me" she added on sadly. She raised an eyebrow as he dismissed the subject of Ella and Patrick's kiss. What? Was he jealous or something? But by the fact he didn't seem to happy she continued no further. She nodded and grinned a little evilly. "your going down Chevalier. Quidditch cup included" she added playfully.

Hard to resist? Whatever that meant. "I just wanted to help her out." Aiden sighed as she tacked on that last bit. "Trixie, of course you're hard to resist. I couldn't imagine being at Hogwarts and not being friends with you." He walked over closer to the hourglasses, and flicked the one with the red grains of sand. Nothing changed. Not that he expected anything to. He smirked as she said how his house was 'going down,' and he turned to look at her. "Trixie, I do believe Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup last term. Reigning champs, right here."

Trixie smiled and blushed as he told her that he couldn't imagine Hogwarts without her friendship. "Thank you Aiden. I couldn't imagine Hogwarts without you either" she grinned sweetly and stood up from where she was sat. Trixie rolled her eyes. "You may have been lucky last time but us Slytherins are so gonna win! I mean look at all the new Slytherins this year. And we have Oliver as captain" she grinned evilly.

"Yeah, there is an unusually large amount of Slytherins.." Aiden agreed. Hmm. Maybe something in the water. "But that doesn't mean you'll win the Quidditch Cup. And, I don't know who Oliver is, so.." He shrugged. Time would tell.

Kate went to the see the house points.
"Just 69?...Gryffindor is 69 and Hufflepuf is 177? What is happening????!!!! Not that I dislike Huffy, but....why? WHY?!"
"I MUST work harder...." Kate took a look at the hourglasses one more time "unbelievable..." And left the room.

Annie was nervous. By the morning, she recieved an owl from her dad, announcing her baby sister's arrival anytime during the day. That moment, she wanted to be there, with her and forget all about school, but that ought to be impossible. She had a life, she had lessons to attend, she had Drew there.

Hopefully, he would calm her down. Because at that moment, if you tried to scare Anna, she might just tackle you out of thin air.

Of course Drew wasn't paying any attention to were he was going and why was this? What else could it be but he has his nose inside of a book. He made his way to the hourglass he knew it would probably be nice and quite. Hehe! Perrrrfect place to read. The libary was getting boring....

But as he was not watching he bumped into somebody! Ohhhh noes!!!!

"I'm soooo sorry." He said quickly before seeing who it actaully was. It was Annie! He shut his book with a snap! "Heyyyyy. I didn't hurt you did I?" He asked quickly puting one hand on her waist the other holding his book.

Walking from one corner to another, Annie also wasn't noticing where she was walking or whoever was coming through the Hourglasses room. She was so nervous, excited. She watned to meet her newborn sister.

And then, from nowhere, someone bumped into her. She instantly jumped, ready to say anything insulting, but first...she had to see those eyes. She smiled wide as Drew got hold of her waist as he shut his book. "Don't worry...I guess we are both...distracted..." She said, giving him a tight hug though immediately letting go. "Did I hurt you, though?" She asked.

"Guess what...?" She asked, teasingly as she smiled wide.

Drew saw that wide smile and in seconds he had one to match. "Yeahhhh. I guess we were." He said still smiling as Annie hugged him tight. He did the same until she let go. "No you didn't." He promised.

To Annie's teasing tone of voice Drew raised an eyebrow and gave her a half smile. "Hmmmm what?" He asked in his normal soft tone.

"Okay, prepare drums...because this might be like the happiest day of my life...well, after getting to be your girlfriend, of course...but maybe I'm going to nervous, being all trembling, feeling all excited, and about to hit anyone that crosses my path...because that's what happens when..." Annie stopped, she needed to take a deep breath. She was babbling, mumbling, her voice was even squeaky.

"...when after two hours, all you want to do is be with your mom because she just gave birth to your baby sister..." She almost fainted.

Geez.

Drew listened quietly as Annie went on and on about stuff he didn't understand. Until finallly she said that her mother had had her baby sister. Awww! "Annie that's great!" He said smiling wide as he wrapped his arms around her tight to hug her.

Annie jumped, quite high as Drew was hugging her. "See, I'm all freaked out. I feel like this close to faint. I want to be with my mom, but I have classes, Hogwarts..." Ugh, it made it so much difficult to choose. She didn't want to lose a day inside that castle. She knew she was going to have to wait until Christmas break to meet Paloma.

"And her name is Paloma, like a dove..." She told Drew, to that point of crying, feeling like if she was a mom, herself.

Drew laughed as Annie jumped when he hugged her. Awwww Drew felt bad that Annie couldn't be home right now with her family and her sister. "You will see her during Christmas break, and maybe you can go back before that. Like on a weekend or something." He suggested.

"That's a very pretty name." He said pulling out of the hug. He took her hand as he gave her a small smile.

Annie smiled. Drew was really trying to calm those nerves of hers. She wasn't ready to be calm yet, though. It was too much happiness to hold in one day. "Thanks, but I think I'll stick to the idea of being with mom for the whole Christmas break, and help her with Paloma...and enjoying the part of being the older sister...it sounds weird..." She blinked a few times.

"Yes, it is...mom and I chose it...dad is too weird to pick out names.." She giggled. "Did you know she wanted to name her own daughter Pancrasia?" She shivered at just the memory of her father trying to give her youngest daughter such weird name.

Now, let's fix up updates. "So, what are you reading, Mr. Sparks...?" She asked, taking the book off his hand, though still holding Drew's. Out of the excitement, she tiptoed a bit and kissed his cheek.

Drew just smiled back to Annie she seemed soooo happy about her new sister. Hehe! She was sooo cute when she was this happy. "I understand what you are saying and that makes total sense." He said to her.

"What am I reading?" He asked back in a form of a question as Annie took the book out of his hands and kissed him on the cheek. "That would be Shakespeare."

"Shakespeare?" Annie asked, taking a look at the book once again. "I guess I should have figured you were one of those romantic Shakespeareans...around here..." She said, flipping through the pages. "What's your favourite Shakespeare piece of art?" Of course, for Annie...it was Romeo and Juliet, and sometimes Hamlet, but it seemed so dramatic and traumatic for her life.

So, Annie was kind of speechless now. Maybe it was the whole deal of now being the eldest a family, and being an example for a little girl, to take care of her...

"And, how is your family?" She asked him. It had been a long time since she heard about them, well...since the little kitty accident.

Emily !
 

Olivia felt hyponotized by the hourglasses, she didn't know why but they were just so pretty. Stare. All serious thoughts were erased from Olivia's head all she could think about was the pretty hourglasses standing before her.

La la laaaaaaa.

Ella sauntered throughout the Hogwarts Castle as she did on many occasions. Ooh the hourglasses. A grin surfaced on her face when she saw that Slytherin currently had the most house points. That's how it should be, mhm. Looking to the side casually, Ella noticed a familiar face of someone she hadn't spoken to in ages. "Olivia?" She said to the pink haired girl. "What're you doing here? You look a little dazed." Ella chuckled at her friend's expression. Maybe the sight of the hourglasses were quite awesome to her.

"Huh ?"Olivia said, in a dreamy sort of voice. She then quckly shook her head, pink hair falling in her face. "Ohh uhh...sorry ."She said, still a bit dazed. Curse pretty shiny hourglasses ! hehe."What's up ?"She said, now looking at Ella. It seemed like it had been a good while sense she had spoken to Ella."What's up with the whole Trixie getting hurt by Patrick thing ?"Olivia said, now remembering the conversation she had with Aiden.

Ella laughed lightly at Olivia's obvious zone out moment. "I was just wandering around everywhere." She said with a nod. "I swear, everytime I go walking around, I find somewhere new." She grinned. That was one of the few things that she loved about Hogwarts. So many places to explore. As she brought up the whole Patrick stupifying Trixie incident, her expression hardened. "I haven't really asked him why he did it. But he said to me that he has a history of violence or something." Crap. She had to stop mentioning Patrick's words to other people. For all she knew, he would hate her for blabbing to too many others.

"Seen much of Vanessa lately?" Ella said casually, but curiously all the same. She knew that Olivia was good friends with Vanessa, so it was the best way to find out any information that she needed to know. "Has she still got feelings for Patrick? And please don't lie if you do know." She pleaded. Truthfully, this was all that was playing on Ella's mind lately. Whether Patrick was just using her to make Vanessa jealous or something.

Olivia laughed along with Ella though she wasn't sure exactly why she was laughing. Eh..oh well."I was just exploring. I found these pretty hourglasses..."she said while pointing to the hourglasses, not looknig at them for fear she might make that funny face again. She then looked at the hourglasses as Ella spoke of Patrick.

O_______________O

And then she was staring again. Olivia shook her head as she heard Ella mention Vanessa's name."No..I only talked to her a fe days ago ..she seemed upset by something."she said with a shrug of her shoulders. She was being totally honest, Vanessa wouldn't tell her what was wrong.

"Yeah they are pretty cool." Ella said, referring to the hourglasses standing in front of them. Only because the ones that were the fullest was the Slythie hourglass. Teehee. She tapped her foot on the ground and sighed heavily as Olivia didn't say anything back to what she said about Patrick.

"Right." Ella said simply with a sigh. That was disappointing. "She was probably upset because me and Patrick decided to make it official between us." She explained. But.. She still wasn't certain on that choice. Yes, she liked him a lot, but something was missing and there was certainly a lot of doubt. "Bit stupid really. She needs to get over it."

Olivia nodded, now out of her trance. She looked at Ella as she tapped her foot on the ground impatiently. Did Olivia say something wrong...? Eh.."What ?" Olivia asked, not sounding rude at all. She just sounded confused. Olivia then remembered something...Ella went to Beauxbatons. tehehe. This was going to be fun."You went to Beauxbatons last year, correct ? Aiden just otld me that he dated a girl that went to Beauxbatons...a bit shocking really."Olivia said with a nod of her head. Tehehe. She felt all evil and stuff.

Olivia shrugged her shoulders, unsure of what to say."Like I said before..I don't know. All I now is that whatever it was she was REALLY upset about it, she looked awful, Ella. I kind of felt bad for her."Lies. She did feel bad for her. She then rasied an eyebrow,"You made if offical ? Since when ?"

Ella snapped her head back towards Olivia, unsure about why she was feeling so irritable. "Nothing." She said simply and sternly. As she mentioned Aiden dating someone from Beauxbatons, Ella tilted her head to the side. "Really? Who?" Why did he fail to mention this in any previous conversations that they had had.

Pfft. "Why do you feel bad for her? To be honest, she brought it all on herself. Maybe if she hadn't done that stupid fake relationship, then things would have worked out better for her." Like maybe Patrick would have chosen her instead. Ughh, bad thought to think of. "Only a few days ago. It was just after he stupified Trixie. Can't believe I agreed to it actually." She sighed once again.

"Okay then...?"Olivia said, slightly confused at Ella's snappyness. She didn't do anything wrong, pft....Ella was probably in a mad mood because Patrick was flirting with someone or something. Yeah, that had to be the reason."WElllllll....."Olivia said. Long pause."He dated her, they aren't still together but do you remember Savannah Conrad ? The little princess or the school ?"she said with a smirk."That is Aiden's ex girlfriend."she said. She knew Ella was going to give Aiden hell for this if Ella was treated as awful as everyone else.

Olivia let out a sigh,"Because Ella, she is my friend. You need to remember that. I know you hate her but that doesn't mean that I have to hate her."Olivia said, simply. Her brown eyes looked at the hourglassesss again except this time she wasn't in a trance."Oh..why can't you believe you agreed to him ?"she asked. She thought Ella liked Patrick...?

Ella rolled her eyes. Agh, why was she being so moody with Olivia? It's not like she was doing anything wrong. Well, apart from being a blabber mouth all the time, which she had not forgotton. Whoa, wait. Savannah Conrad? "What? Are you serious?" She said sternly. What was Aiden thinking. "Thank Merlin she doesn't go to this school." She said with a sigh of relief.

"Oh whatever." Ella said in a frustrated tone. "Uhh.. because he hexed my cousin." She said in a sort of 'duhhh' voice. Okay, for serious now, Olivia was bugging Ella. Now.. how to solve this? "So... found a guy yet?" She said after taking a deep breathe.

Olivia nodded,"Yep. He said it himeself, I am just surprised. I never expected Aiden to like that type of girl."Olivia said, with a sigh. Obviously Aiden didn't have very good taste in girls if he dated that thing. She was bitter about Savannah, she not only was a mean girl but also had everything Olivia wanted. She was pretty, popular and dated Aiden. Blehhhh....

"Ohhhhh...."Olivia said, nodding her head. Now this made sense now. "Uhm..no."Olivia said, rather flately. No one interested her right now and if there was a boy that did Olivia wasn't going to tell Ella. Olivia knew it would not end good if Ella knew any personal details.

"Maybe you should have. I would have thought you knew me a bit better than that." Drew said with a smile. "Hmmm I personaly like Shakespeare's poems. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate." " Drew said saying some of the poem from memory.

"My family is good. Jenna is actually moving out soon and I'm sad about that." He said with a small shrug.

Could this be more lovely, more romantic?

Nah. Drew was overflying every possibility of a perfect boyfriend. "Wow..." Annie whispered, feeling that little tingle in the palm of her hand and that wicked smile in result of her weird mood and the perfectly memorized poem.

Jenna, moving out? "Why is she moving out?" Wait, that was a weird question, but yes...Drew's sister was obviously older and probably wanted to have a life outside the family of her own. "I'm sorry. But hey, it's her way to face the world...she'll be fine..." She sat down, though still holding Drew's hand in a cheerful, kindful way.

Drew just smiled to Annie's wow. "Well I am kind of a nerd soooo." He said with a small laugh.

Drew watched as Annie sat down and he soon did the same. He sat close to her their sides touching as he too held her hand. "Yessss I know it's her time to leave. But she's my big sister and I am going to miss her. I mean who else is going to take care of Matt when he starts picking on me?" He said with a small smile as he made a joke out of it.

"You're my nerd boyfriend...and I just love it." Annie smiled, wide. "Keep being like this, and I might just get stuck to you..." She said, letting out a giggle, though kind of talking seriously. Annie was so happy to be with Drew, and during these moments, she felt the urge to be with him, to share her happy moment.

Annie thought a bit about Drew's answer, then laughed. "Maybe it's your time to defend yourself from Matt. Jenna has always been there, so she defends you in times of those weird picking on you moments...but anyways, she's always going to be there for you. Just give her time to get in line with her new life and then she will come back, to defend her little brother..." She said, giving Drew a small squeeze in her hand.

"Soooo you like me being allllll nerdy?" Drew asked smiling to Annie. "Stuck to me? Gosh but what happens if I don't want you stuck to me?" He asked raising an eyebrow as he teased Annie.

"Hmmm I guess you are right. It's time for me to protect myself from big old scary Matt." He said laughing slightly. "Yes I know Jenna will come back. But it will still be odd not having her around all the time." He said but had no choice but to smile as Annie squeezed his hand.

"Yes...I like you in every way..." Annie said, immediately raising an eyebrow as she sensed Drew was teasing her. "Well, I will just stick to the idea of seeing you almost everyday, though knowing I can't be stuck to you...'cause it's already impossible due to all this work we are doing, studying...and such short time..." She rolled her eyes. Her fifth year, was going absolutely rushing.

And Annie didn't like that...because that meant Drew would be graduating a year before her.

Annie nodded. "Besides, you only get to see Matt...for a summer..." She commented, giving her boyfriend a wink and making such statement true.

"Now do you? Well I guess that's a good thing because I like you in every way." Drew said smiling wide. "That's true we do have a lot of work. You being in your OWL year." Meaning Annie was a fifth year and Drew was a sixth year. Sighhhh.

Drew didn't want to leave Annie first! That wasn't going to be any fun what so every!!!

"That is true." He said returning the wink with a small chuckle.

"You know, I hate the part of your being a year older. You're leaving Hogwarts...and it will be such a long year without you..." Annie said, now frowning. "Not even writing to each other will solve the deal that I'll miss you..." With a sigh, Annie let go of Drew's hand and hugged him.

She gave a small shake to Drew's hand and thought for a moment. "Besides, you must have something...to tease him...it's always great to have reserve..." Evil smile or not, Annie meant it.

Ella nodded too. "Yeah. I mean.. he is too nice to have anything to do with her." She sighed. Ohh, she would be having stern words with that Aiden later on. That, PLUS she needed to think of revenge for the horrible battle trick he did on herself and Trixie.

"Oh whatever." Ella rolled her eyes at Olivia's denial. She HAD to of met at least one guy within the last few days. "It seems that everybody is moving on from this huge drama thing." With Trixie and her new 'boyfriend'. The only person who hadn't made any progress was Vanessa really. Hehe.

Olivia nodded along with Ella, Savannah Conrad was a nightmare. An absolute nightmare. Olivia wondered if Ella got the same treatment by Savannah that she had gotten? Oliva figured it would be a bit too rude to ask though, but then again..Ella was always rude to everyone else so she could handle at bit of rudeness from someone else."Was she mean to you in school ?"Olivia asked, looking at Ella. It came out a lot nicer than expected.

Olivia let out a sigh,"Look, I'm telling the truth. To be honest I am still having trouble getting over Aiden !"Olivia said and then her eyes grew. Ella didn't know and she wasn't supposed to know. Oh no...this wasn't good. Wince.

Awwww Annie! She wasn't suppose to get sad about this before he was even a seventh year! To her frown Drew could stop himself from placing his hand on her cheek. "I'm not to fond of the idea of leaving before you either." He whipsered softly. As Annie hugged him Drew mimiced her sigh and wrapped his arms around her as well. "I know it will be hard but it's only for a year. I know writting won't be the same but at least it's something." He said quietly as he rested his head on top of Annie's.

"Hmmm yes I suppose I could always just pick on him, but there's the small fact that he is bigger and stronger than I am." He said but smiled as he saw Annie's evil smile. "That smile suits you." He joked.

"At least something..." Annie repeated after Drew. She couldn't help but blush at his touch, though. "If only I could go ahead one year...or you to fail one year...but that's a stupid idea, so...yes..." Annie, leave that idea alone. It is impossible.

Bigger or stronger..."He can't do that much damage to you, unless he has already commited some bloody damage worse than Copito did...or something else.." Which Annie doubted. Matt would have been grounded for life for hitting his younger brother, right?

Taking a long breath, Annie smiled. "Hey, ignoring...is like the best weapon...at least to me when I deal with Enrique, or Emiliano...or one of my older cousins...it's odd...but it's easy when you know they tease you for their own fun, which ends up being your own..." Annie said, laughing at Drew's comment about her evil grin. "Really?" She asked, raising her eyebrow a couple of times.

"Hmmm I don't honestly think I'm going to fail a year and I don't think you can skip your OWL year." Drew said still quietly. "But writting will just have to do and we can see each other on Christmas break." He promised.

"Well we've had our fair share of fist fight when we were younger and my dad was still around." He told Annie.

"Ahhh yes ignoring is probably the best thing to do to Matt mostly because he looooves attention." He said smiling wide. "Hmmmm yeah I think it makes you look even cuter." He said in a soft tone of voice.

Agh, why did she have to ask that? Ella could tell that Olivia felt awkward asking that question, and Ella was going to feel awkward answering it. Siiiigh, there was no dodging it available. "Yes she was mean to me at school. Lots of people were. But then again, Savannah Conrad was mean to everybody." She made Ella look like a kitty cat. Well... maybe.

Pause.

"I didn't know you liked Aiden.." Ella said with her eyes narrowed. So after all that quizzing in their previous conversations, Olivia still didn't give in. "Thanks for telling me that Olivia. Shows what a wonderful friend you are." She said sarcastically. She still hadn't mentioned her feelings about Olivia crushing on Aiden. To be honest, she hated the thought.

Awkward.........

Olivia let out a tiny sigh and looked at the hourglasses,she had nnot even told Ella that Savannah was coming here and that Olivia was leaving. Why was she leaving ? Because of Savannah Conrad coming to Hogwarts."Also..."she said with another sigh,"This is my last day at Hogwarts."She said while biting her lip.

Oh no."Oh..well I do...?"Eh, being honest wouldn't hurt about now. Olivia then shrugged again,"I was scared what nyou bwould say ! anyway, it doesn't matter because I am leaving..."she said with a roll of her eyes.

Last day? Huh? "Why is it your last day?" Ella asked immediately, ignoring what they were previously talking about. That was a bit of an abrupt thing to say. Now Ella felt kind of bad for being so mean to Olivia.

"Oh come on, i'm not that pathetic. I wouldn't of cared if you liked Aiden or not." Ella huffed. O'course she was a little bit wary of it, but she was with Patrick now. Patrick. Patrick. Patrick. She nodded. "Yeah I guess so. Does Aiden like you back then?" She said calmly. This was the killer question.

Olivia wasn't impressed."Savannah is coming back , I can't go to this school while she is here. She is on her way back to get Aiden back or something..."Olivia said, flipping her hair out of her eyes."Anyway... I need to start packing my bags soon.."She said, with a sigh. Was she going to miss Ella ? Just a little bit. Not a lot though, just a little bit.

Olivia blinked. Ella...wasn't...mad ? Well....this was weird. Then again, Ella was dating Patrick so she really shouldn't like Aiden."Er...no."Olivia said, being honest."He likes some other girl..."

"What!" Ella said quickly. She was coming HERE. WHHYYY?! One of the reasons that Ella was so happy about leaving Beauxbatons was the fact that she was leaving those people behind. Argh. "She's going to have to watch out. I'm not going to be a little door mat like I was in Beauxbatons." She said firmly. Anyone could tell you that Ella wasn't a push over anymore.

"Who? Who does Aiden like?" Ella said quickly again. All this information was making her brain hurt. Gah, Olivia was such a gossiper. But that was a good thing sometimes. Especially times like this.

Olivia winced as she Ella speak, clearly Ella felt the same way Olivia felt."Yeah, a friend from Beauxbatons told me she was coming here...apperantly she is on her way now."Olivia said, biting her lip. The though of Savannah being on her way scared Olivia a lot . She didn't want that girl to get control like she had at Beauxbatons.

Olivia shrugged her shoulders as she heard Ella speak."No idea. He wouldn't tell me."Olivia said, totally honest.

"N-Now?" Ella said with her eyes wide. Wait.. "That's not why you're leaving is it?" She tilted her head to the side. In all seriousness, the thought made Ella want to leave school too, but she was just going to have to be brave and sort her out.

Argghh. "Oh. Fine, I guess i'll have to get it out of him." She said with a nod. Oh wait, she did ask Aiden who he liked and he straight out said he didn't like anybody. Why was this school full of liers! :mad: