His eyes returned to Lexi at her words, all thoughts fading into the background. A small smile returned to his lips and he gave her shoulders another squeeze. "You didn't. I'm fine." Sort of. But he didn't really want to think of how he wasn't fine. Another squeeze and shoulder rub to let her know it was okay. Or was as okay as it could be.

If he had been drinking anything, he probably would have choked on Josh's mention of marriage. He could feel his face flush a little while a firm shake of his head backed a small smile. "No. I won't....marriage that is...alive, definitely." He should probably just stop right there. "Thanks man." He didn't know the boy that well, but a housemate was a housemate and well, Josh was hard to miss sometimes. "You too. Keep your shoes on; you're almost there."

Fee made her way to the Gryffindor table.She missed Rubies so much :\\
Where had that girl gone? Seriously Hogwarts wasnt the same without her lion.Maybe she should write her an owl? Sitting down on the gryffindor table looked rather sas the blonde bit into an apple.Cheeeer up food.Cheeer me up.

Hugo was annoyed by this feast. He just wanted to get to London, get to New York, get to Scotland then get back to London to go back to school again. He was tired. And bored, because he didn't know any Ravenclaws except one that he barely saw and one he never actually spoke to. So he decided to wander around, stumbling upon Fee sitting at the Gryffindor table. "Hey there," he said taking a seat next to her. "I was bored, I hope you don't mind me sitting here," Hugo said.

" Thanks for the congrats" Rex told Heather. " Good, glad you enjoyed HogWarts " Rex said to Heather." I will miss you" re3x smiled.
" Ithink you are very nice, too" Rex told Elyon." I plan to have fun but work hard so I never lose the dance studio" Rex said to Elyon. " Well, you can visit Rene and I at our place" Rex smiled. "Where are you going?" Rex asked Elyon.

"Excuse me, do I not look familiar to you?" Rex asked Fee teasing her." Forgor your best male freind forever already" Rex laughed. " I guess I should not be graduating" Rex told Fee." I am only sitting almost next to you" Rex said to Fee.

Then he heard Patroculus talking about some party because Gryffindor won the cup. " I guess the party is just for the top five students?" Rex asked Patroculus. " If it was not for me, you guys would not even had a chance against Slytherin" Rex mentioned to Patroculus. " I was only 10 points behind fifth place and last year we won the cup, too" Rex explained to Patroculus. " unfortunately all the students were tougher than me in Gryffindor than last term when I finished in second" Rex sighed." Just for yours and anyones info in Gryffindor, I would have been in the top five of any other house" Rex just shook his head.

"I don't know. I tend to be shy...And it's Mexico, I don't speak Spanish.."He laughed.

He was eating a piece of chicken when she had said she was losing a little brother. The words she said made him choke on the food, as he slapped himself in the back. A annoying brother at the very least

"A little brother? But, I annoy you so much..."HE said slowly, forgetting to eat during this time.

Well, now that she had the attention of two older lions, Kurumi was pretty sure that Heather would be able to fix Mr. Panda...if everything went according to plan that is. However, during her short time at Hogwarts Kurumi had come to realize that assuming things about anything was a dangerous thing and nothing ever seemed to turn out like it should. She was still convinced that the Charms professor's adorably kitty that had accompanied them into the Forbidden Forest via her robes was really an animagus.

Her eyes traveled to her shoulder where Josh's hand was still resting. He could keep it there as long as he wanted really. She didn't mind, even if his playful squeezes were a bit strong a times.

Shaking her head to get that daydream out of her head, she looked at both Josh and Sophie. "Um, well, Heather," she said gesturing to her second year friend with the tiny dancing panda on her hand. "Has a stuffed panda named Mr. Panda that her parents enchanted to move around and....um...sort of keep an eye on her while she is away from home." No Josh, not a real panda. "She was practicing some spells and....he shrunk." See the tiny panda? "He usually comes up to about my waist."

Selina ran into the great hall, her red hair flying about her and making a mess of things. She had been so distracted with finals and packing that when the common room was empty she had completely lost track of what was going on about her. No doubt they were already halfway through the feast.

Finally taking a seat near Adam and Kurumi she said, "What did I miss?"

pretend Kurumi isn't nearby..
 

Adam stared at his fork a while before answering his "sister". He swallowed whatever he had been chewing and looked up with dark, sullen eyes.

"Not much...How are you...?"

"Exhausted," Selina admitted. "No really, I'm so tired. Finals knocked me off my feet. I was just so into the fact that I was going to be ready for these finals that when they came around I was so over worked."

"I actually almost missed the feast."

Oh well now that is a problem Adam didn't speak Spanish..... "Oh, Well that is a problem." Caroline hadn't ate much of anything really. Did she really just tell him that she thought of him as a little brother. It wwas the truth. One that she fought with and got very annoyed with.

She nodded. "That's exactly why I said that!" She smiled. "You did get the invitation. I didn't know if you could come but I wanted to let you know that if you could you should."

"Well, you're here now, aren't you."Adam said ruffling her hair. He knew she hated that, because she thought her hair to be big and tangled, but he honestly didn't care. This would be the last meal he'd ever share with her.
"That's why I don't even show..."He added shrugging his shoulders nonchalatanly.




"But... Kurumi,..."He said painfully, "Got me a little book of Spanish Sayins..So I believe I'll make it through-barely."

"Oh well, thank you."Adam smiled. He had gained himself to sisters this year, one younger, the other, the annoying twit older sister."I'll do my best to figure a way to sneak out of the house."He said smirking, imagining himself going on solo missions figuring a way out and back to England.

Selina taking a bite of her chicken responded, "I'm in! Mission escape would be my honor. Besides we know that I'm shifty enough to help out... besides if anything was to go wrong... I would know about it before hand."

Adam was a bit confused by her response, but he didn't think much of it.

"Where are you escaping to?"He asked intrigued. "I'm not gonna fully lose my little sister to some Mission Impossible type of thing...Someone needs to take care of you..."Adam added rather sternly.

He wouldn't let anymore people get hurt because of him. The least he could do was stick around them, at least if they got hurt he knew it wouldn't be his fault.

Halle took a deep breath, sniffled a bit, and wiped her eyes on her sleeve. "You can do it, I know you can! Do it for me and Rex, who I still don't know. Plus, you'll still have Emily." Halle said. She reached for Nika's hand and gave it a squeeze. "I'll see you over summer break. We'll have a lot of fun!" Halle was then tackled from behind. She teuned around to see Emily. The tears started again. She hugged Nika and Emily. "I'm gonna miss you two so much! Atleast we have the summer right?" Halle asked. She gave her biggest smile. She tried to hide her sadness by smiling. SOmething she always did.

"Group Hug!" Patroclus called out, taking his lead from Sabel, who due to his age, was the real leader of Gryffindor, and was someone that Patroclus was going to miss, he was just such a nice guy, how could anyone not miss him!
With that in mind he grabbed his goblet and raised, "To Sabel!"

Ahh, sweet self-less Kurumi! "Umm I think you will find there are several things we need to thank you for little one!" He tapped her nose lovingly with his finger, "First of all for all the amazing baked cookies you have supplied this term, your points which I would have to say probably won us the cup, but most importantly for your presence, the school would be a less-happy place without you Kurumi!"

"Too true!" Patroclus laughed, as he cheers his goblet again, up against Josh's this time, "Ohhh Joshy Joshy Joshy, you have been a handful this year haven't you!" he laughed, "However I wouldn't want it any other way!" Everyone had to have one wild friend, and for Patroclus that was Josh, and he was grateful that everything was working out for Mr Carter now........classes in the future would now be less disrupted, Pfftt as if!


PPPP? What the? The quizical look on the Prefect's face would hopefully be enough for Josh to find the need to explain that one!

However the bright smile that had been on his lips, for a moment faulted, but not being one to ignore his own advice, he summoned all his happiness and out of his smile.

It was not only the Seventh years leaving this year; as always there were students moving, and one of those was Tori; "I am really going to miss you!" He smiled, albeit weakily!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw....I luffles you two
 

At least for that moment, all the stress and sadness that Kurumi had been feeling in the past 24 hours and gone out the window and was somewhere lurking at the bottom of the Black Lake – perhaps even playing with the giant squid.

She felt her eyes tear up as Patroclus spoke, and a few did trickle down her face when Simon chimed in as well.

Growing up, she had always strove to be the best academically in her classes. It was the only way she had to prove to the others that she had value. It was the only way for her to show herself that she wasn’t worthless. Yet, despite all her efforts, those around her had always called her a “freak” or a “half-breed” based solely on her heritage. More specifically, that her father wasn’t Japanese.

When she received her letter from Hogwarts, her mother had refused to look at her for days. Even when she did, Kurumi knew she wasn’t really looking at her, but through her.

Now, here she was with her housemates who not only were willing to call her their friend, but that were recognizing her for who she was and not what she wasn’t.

Kurumi no longer could contain the joy that course through her body and she felt like a light bulb whose wattage was more than its capacity and would soon explode in a flash of bright light.

Perhaps with the largest smile on her face that she had ever had, she flung her small arms around whatever part of the boys that she could get a hold on and cried tears of joy.

For the first time ever, she felt comfortable with who she was.

"No, you escape. I've decided that when you need some time away from your parents during the summer you can escape to my house. Just have to figure out exactly how this is going to occur. Yeah, lots of plotting must occur." Selina said.

"I'll escape to you.."Adam smirked.

He thought after a while, Kurumi wouldn't want Adam to escape to her house, it just wouldn't be correct for either of them. "Floo Powder. Hugo said I could find a Wizarding Community and use the floo powder...I mean, Kurumi is Half British/Japanese, so there must be wizards all over the world."He explained.

"You plot I do."

Summer was going to be difficult for him? Mia was perplexed for a moment when it dawned on her, what he was referring to. "You not going to see Evelyn, over the summer?" That would be hard. Especially since they just got back together. What are perfect opportunity to get things back on track properly. "Well you just hang in there. Think about what I have to go through. I only get to see Nik during the holidays." She could not wait until she graduated from Hogwarts.

Mia blinked a couple of times at all the compliments that Josh was throwing her way. Of course she had come over here so that the boy could pay up on the favor she had done for him but...well...after that speech, she didn't think it appropriate now.

"Oh...well...I..." She felt a blush spread across her cheeks. "Wow Josh, you really do now how to flatter a girl. No wonder Evelyn loves you." Of course her own boyfriend said very sweet things to her as well. "I'm glad that everything worked out for you. Just don't screw it up okay?" Mia did not want an angry Evelyn at her doorstep. She was pretty that, that particular snake could be more dangerous then Marie.

"Yeah, there are Wizards all over the World. That's what my Mom does at the Ministry- International Cooperation. Just switched jobs when she left the Australian Ministry. And we should get Kurumi in on this! Hey Kurumi!" Selina said yelling toward the other part of the table, weird, "Come here!"

Kurumi heard Selina call her name. Oh! She hadn’t given Selina a fortune cookie yet – not that Selina needed any help with fortune telling.

Grabbing the box, she weaved her way through the crowd of red and gold until she arrived at where Selina was sitting. “Good evening, Selina,” she chirped not taking the time to look around at who else was present. “What….” she trailed off now noticing Adam sitting beside the first-almost-second-year. The color went from her face and the tips of her hair began turning the sickly bluish gray color it had in the common room when…when Adam had made his decision. "I-I-I-I-I-I'm sorry...I s-s-s-shouldn't be here right n-now..."

Adam knew the moment Selina had called Kurumi, well things weren't going to be pleasant. He wanted to tell her no, but shushing Selina might seem odd to her, so he endured whatever he had to.

He made a weird look when he saw the love of his life standing there, holding a box, her hair turning that same sick color it had when they had broken up just a few nights ago.

Would Kurumi really walk away?

Swallowing hard Adam wiggled his feet beneath him and looked annoyed at Selina...

"Wait no...Kurumi..."Adam said desperately.Just because he was here didn't mean she had to leave, he could leave..

Selina was so happy to have them all near each other. She could not think of that many times that the three of them had been together. It was either Selina and Adam or Selina and Kurumi. Now that the feast was upon them Selina was glad to see them together. Sometimes seeing a happy couple after large amounts of stress was lucrative.

Then it all happened so fast. Adam and Kurumi grew so silent and awkward. Things were at a stand still and yet there they both were. Kurumi's hair was the most striking color it had ever been- Selina was not used to the gray... something was wrong.

Softly Selina whispered, "Um, guys? Is everything okay?"

Adam went rigid. It had to be the most uncomfortablest, awkward time in his life.

Here he sat, little sister excited to see that the couple had survived after all the fights they had about Mexico- but it was all a lie.Neither of them were happy with the way things had to end, but it would've ended up much worse if nothing had been done during the school year.

"Selina...Not now. Don't budge in...Ok?"Adam said in a annoyed soft whisper.