Amadeus noticed that Braeden, the biggest goof out of the duo, had stopped dancing and had taken to other activities. What had he gotten up to? Amadeus stopped his crazy dance moves and sauntered over to the radio. "Weenie," He muttered provocatively, "You can dance like an idiot, so I can too. But you can't handle slow songs? How do you ever expect to snag a lady if you don't know the art of slow dancing?" He chuckled, taunting the Gryffindor to bits. Although, it was a bit hypocritical of Amadeus to say such a thing. It wasn't like he had many female friends at all, but it was out of choice rather than anything else. Kipling thought too highly of himself to degrade himself to dating many of the sparkly, made-up peasant girls that roamed the halls of the castle.

Caroline walked from the slytherin girl dorm to the kitchen. She had taken her books back to her room, she took her time in the dorm. She even changed her clothes while she was there. Her straight blonde hair was now curly. Walking up the corridor where Zander was waiting for her leaned agaisnt the wall. She flashed him a big smile "Fancy meeting you here."She said teasing and mocking him like what he'd had said earlier. "So shall we go in?"

Zander greeted her with a smile " ooooh you look different " She certainly looked alot happier. He was glad to move, he felt kind of odd just leaned up against the wall " yeah sure, i didnt know we could just ... go in " he said as he eyed the entrance to the kitchen , lingering a little so that Caroline would go in first.

Braeden's jaw dropped as Deus accused him of being a weenie, before a hearty chuckle escaped his smiling lips. That was probably… the funniest insult. Ever. And, of course, only Amadeus Kipling would think of calling him that, of all things, when others settled for 'doof' or 'dork'. "What, are you proposing to teach me, Deusy?" asked Braeden with another of his mock girlish tones before laughing once more. "I'm working on all my other skills so that when I do find a nice girl she'll be too distracted by all my positive attributes and skills to notice my two left feet," he said with one of those dorky smiles of his, obviously amused by the idea. He honestly hoped he'd never have to slow dance with a girl, though. That would be… disastrous.

"Anyway, I don't know about you, but all that dancing made me hungry," said the boy as he returned to the table against the wall and plopped down on his seat, quickly getting back to work on the lasagna he'd found himself forced to leave behind when the catchy tunes took control over him. Man. He really missed muggle music.

Caroline blushed. She didn't know if she should thank him or not "mmmm.....thanks! She listen as he stated that he didn't know that he could go on in. She nodded "Oh yes. you can just walk right in" she laughed and smiled happyily. She walked into the ktichen. She sat down that the table "You ok?"She asked he seem different. She looked around for a house elf. They all seem buzy at the moment "you want anything?

Zander noticed her blushing .. was this another one of those random things that girls did that made no sense? . He followed her into the kitchens and noticed a fair number of house elfs, and tables. Asif these guys didnt have enough to do, they have to serve us whenever we want ?! ... wait, thats not a very Slytherin thing to thing...

" Yeah I'm fine, why wouldn't i be ?" he said with a slight smile " i just didnt know we could just walk in here " He sat down opposite her " no , no I'm fine ... need to watch my weight " he joked as he patted his belly

Caroline shrugged "I don't know" She smiled at the boy. As he sat across from her. She laughed. He didn't need to lose weight. A little house came up to her and asked what she wanted. She told the elf that she would like a grilled cheese and french onion soup. She turned back to Zander "Hogwarts you find things so different here"

Amadeus raised a thoughtful eyebrow at his lion-maned buddy. "I would. Maybe we could take dance lessons," He chuckled, remembering his days as a youngster when his mother signed him up for waltzing lessons. He was able to employ his skills when he had escorted a debutante to her debut years ago, but he had not utilized his fancy dancing in quite a while. It was a pity that Hogwarts was not holding a ball this year. As Brae returned to his seat, Amadeus remained by the radio. "Have your meal. I'm in the mood for different music."

Kneeling down on a single knee by the radio, he leaned forward curiously and began to fiddle with the dials on the radio. He had learned how to use one well enough from his time in the muggle studies classroom and began to tune the dial and change stations until he hit something that sounded rather familiar. Something that would bring nostalgic feelings to both of the boys. It was an Italian song that they heard while on the island of Ferdinandea. "What do you think?" He smirked.

He screwed up his face at Caroline " French ... Onion ... Soup ?! euuruggghh " he would definitely be leaving that to her, no chance of him seeing if shed like to share. He nodded as she mentioned that Hogwarts was different " yeah your right, at my old schools you couldn't just walk into the kitchens at will " he glanced around at the house elfs busy at work.

Braeden's dark eyebrows rose with surprise as Deus very simply informed him that he was in the mood for different music. Different music, huh? Well, well, well. Deus was turning out to be quite the little dancer; Braeden had no idea the Ravenclaw boy was so fond of music and dancing and all that jazz. He had always seemed too distracted by books and a fancy shmancy lifestyle. The Gryffindor boy shrugged his shoulders, unable to comprehend why Deus - or anyone, for that matter - would leave delicious pasta on a table to cool and dry up instead of enjoying it. But oh well, that was his friend's decision and he wasn't going to nag him about it. He had his own lasagna to finish.

But it was then, a few moments later, that new music began to fill the air. At first, Braeden thought nothing of it. Just another nice tune to listen to while eating. But then he began to pay more attention and noticed there was something familiar about the melody and the language of the song. It was Italian. He'd heard this before! As Deus turned to him with a smirk, Braeden remembered exactly where he'd last heard the song - Ferdinandea. It was the group's last night in the island and all they had left after the volcano destroyed everything was an old radio that Vince kept messing around with.

"I think you're trying to ruin my dinner and make me cry," replied Braeden to Deus's question, and whether he was being serious or just teasing was hard to tell. It was no secret to Deus that Brae could be a crybaby if he felt sentimental enough. "Roderigo and Riley should be here…" muttered the boy thoughtfully. It seemed that after spending that amazing summer together, they all just sort of separated once they returned to Hogwarts. The only two that became closer rather than distant had been him and Deus.

Caroline smiled at the boy. "You don't know what you are missing!!She told him. She seem so amazed by the fact that at his other school they could not just walk into the kitchens. wow that suck. She loves coming down here and cooking. Or coming down here to grab some food if She didn't eat at meal time for what ever reason. "Reallly? that must suck, what if you didn't eat at meal time? I think I'm going to make so cupcakes after I eat, wanna help?

He playfully waggled a finger in her direction " ah but i doooo know what im missing !" he said with a slight smirk " I've had the misfortune of trying it once before " Once again he made a screwed up face, French Onion soup was nasty !

Zander would occasionally throw the soup suspicious looks asif it was going to jump up and attack him or something. " Well if you didnt eat at meal time you could go down the kitchens but you couldn't just stroll in , you had to ask one of the professors " he said with a slight nod . Ooooooh cupcakes yum ! " yeah ill help , not sure how much help ill be though " Zander wasn't exactly a dab hand in the kitchen.

A smirk was prominent on the blonde's lips when Braeden recognized the tune. Amadeus returned to his seat across the table from his friend and grabbed his glass of water. "Oh, don't be like that," He simpered before taking a refreshing sip of his drink and setting it back onto the table. "This was meant to be a bit of fun after that rough row we had at the lake." He grabbed his fork and scooped up a few noodles, chewing contemplatively before realizing that the morose Gryffindor was causing Amadeus to lament the loss of their other friends.

"But you're right," He began once more as his friend remained silent. "I haven't seen those two around for a while." Deus bit his lower lip, a bit crestfallen. "But," He began quickly, knowing it would do no good to add even more negativity to the atmosphere. "We still have Vince, eh? He actually answers my owls so I don't have to send them forty-seven times." The Ravenclaw chortled, raising his glass of butterbeer cheekily to Braeden before bringing it to his lips. If only their Italian friend had been at Hogwarts, he would have been able to lighten the mood even more and would have occupied the time by translating the words from the Italian music for the two boys.

Ok, ok Caroline completely understood, there was just some food that she wouldn't even look at. She laughed at the screwed up face he made over the soup. She listed to what he said about eating at the other schools. Which made her even happier be at Hogwarts. She smile. "I'm sure you'll do fine, I'll even let you lick the spoon." She giggled.

Zander leaned back in his chair as she finished off her soup. When she said that she would let him lick the spoon he laughed slightly " oh well thats really excited me now " he teased.

OOC - Gah im getting writers block now

Caroline finished her soup and pushed the bowl away from her. She finished off the rest of the glass of water. She laughed when Zander said the he was really excited now because he got the lick the spoon. She flashed him one of her sweet smiles. She flipped her hair off of her shoulder. "So do you want to start on those cupcakes now?" She asked, lucky she knew what she was doing and how to make cupcakes.

She stood up and asked the house elves where the mixing bowl, pans and the indegrents were. She motioned her Zander to come with her because the little elves were running around grabbing everything that she needed. She hands where already full. When they had everything thing that they needed she led Zander over to a empty place on the counter "Do you have any clue about making cupcakes? she asked with a smirk.

Alright so he was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of his depth now. Two days ago he would never have imagined hed be stood in the school kitchens making cupcakes ...... with a girl ! . Zander had trouble even staying on his feet , as soon as he got up from the table it was like the house elfs sign to zoom around and be busy, luckily Caroline knew what she was doing ( atleast Zander hoped so ! )

When she asked him about making cupcakes he noticed her smirk " pffft " he stood up a little straighter " of course i ... " no pretending he knew how too wouldn't be a good idea, it would be apparent soon enough that he didnt " errr .. don't " he concluded. " this isn't going to end up in a food fight is it ? " he asked tentatively as he watched her, she continued to smirk

Caroline could see right though that lie. She giggled. "You have no clue, do you?" She flashed him another smile. As he mentioned something about this turning into a food fighr. Pff She'd win just like the snowball fight. She laughed though at the thought of them starting a food fight in the kitchens. Poor house elves that would be a huge mess for them to clean up. She giggled and teased.

"Ok, then let's get started, shall we? She grinned. She took the mixing bowl that the elves had given her. She took the flour and sugar and poured them into measuring cups. She dumped both flour and sugar into the bowl. "Here crack an egg" She noticed that he was standing off a little bit but she grabbed his arm and pulled him over closer.

She put the egg in his hand "Here" She smiled up at him. They were standing close together. She couldn't help but to notice his handsome features. She blushed. "break it on the side of the bowl, and dont get any shells in it" She teased

Caroline was full of smiles, far from the person he bumped into this morning, it seemed as if another day was going to be spent with her, not that this was at all a bad thing. " you can teach me the art of cupcake making ! " he said with a smile , clapping his hands together. " hmm we would make a mess but look at them ... " he leaned in a little closer and whispered slightly " look how fast and efficient they are, i bet they'd clean it up in no time ! " his eyes flickered over hers for a second, with a playful grin on his face, before he retracted slightly " but i wouldn't want to embarrass you with a beat down " he winked.

Ok soo .. cupcakes .. hmm ... eggs .. woah ..... the next think he knew yank ! she nearly had his arm out of its socket when she pulled him over " i want to be able to use this arm after this cookery lesson ! " and there it was again , she was blushing .... odd.

" don't get any shells in the bowl ? oh damn i was going to mix all the shells in " he said with an extremely strong tone of sarcasm to his voice. Zander succesfully to his ( and he was sure Carolines ) surprise broke the egg and managed not to get any shell in the bowl " See , im a natural " he glanced across at her, Zander realised they were pretty close ... suddenly his face felt a bit warm, it was his turn to blush.

Braeden, who was looking a little down at the moment from the memory of Ferdinandea and their other friends that seemed to have fallen off the edge of the earth since the term started, couldn't help but laugh when Deus mentioned that he didn't need to send Vince forty-seven owls to get a reply. "Ha-ha, very funny, Kipling," said the Gryffindor boy with sarcasm, though he was clearly amused as he copied his best friend's style of talking, calling him by his last name rather than his first. "You're right, though. He's graduating from that magic school in Italy this term too, isn't he?" asked the boy curiously. He'd been able to remember just how well Vince and Deus had gotten along during their time at the island - they were both the same age, had similar interests, and came from very, very wealthy backgrounds, leaving them heirs to bank accounts Braeden would only ever see in his dreams.

Caroline grinned sheepishly at him he thinks that he could embarrass her with a beat down, please. She pushed him playfully. "Whatever!" She rooled her eyes. She giggled as he joked about mixing the shells in with the batter.She watched as he broke the egg succesfully, to her surprise.

She clapped after he was done. "Natural, you are." She looked up at him and gave him a grin. She looked into his eyes for a moment. She started rocking back and forwards on the ball of her feet nervously.

Caroline grinned at him again and turned back to the counter. She added the rest of the ingedents. "want to stir? She asked handing him the spoon.

Zander would have to be on his guard , what starts as a playful push turns into thrown bits of food !! gah ! . He was still pretty pleased with his handy work with the egg, that was like .... the first egg he had evveerrrr broken.

He mocked puffing out his check in a proud way when she too said he was a natural " well , i do tryy ... " he said struggling to hold back laughter, he glanced across at her, she seemed a little nervous... maybe she expected him to somehow blow the kitchen up ?? in all honesty it wouldn't surprise Zander if he did that.

" ooo stirring " for a change he wasn't actually been sarcastic, he was enjoying this very simple food related tasks " so ... i see we've got Ancient Runes soon ... potentially the most boring subject known to man " hey maybe he could sit next to her in that too ! ... then again if he sat next to her in all the subjects he was rubbish at ... well he would certainly be seeing alot of Caroline ! " what comes after stirring ?" he asked as he glanced across at her, they were still pretty close.

Amadeus shrugged. "I suppose he is. I mean," He quickly chewed up the remained of his vegetables before continuing, "I hope he graduates. You never know if he'll become too distracted before the end of the term and have to retake year seven, or however their system of schooling generally operates." Maybe Vince could join Braeden and Amadeus on their trip after the current term to whatever place held their fancy. Maybe they could go to France, Germany, Africa, Iceland even? The possibilities were endless if one was to combine the fortunes of all of the males involved in the summer excursion. As the pair continued to eat their supper, a house elf, the female who had brought them drinks, nervously tiptoed up to them and looked rather nervous. Patting the corners of his mouth with a napkin, the blonde spoke a single word. "Yes?" The simple question sent the anxious elf into a babbling frenzy concerning whether the sirs would be privy to desserts.

Taking a look at his plate and glancing at Brae, Amadeus asked. "Do you want anything? I ordered the dinner, so I suppose it would be proper to allow Lady Stonem to order the last course." It was quite rough for the Ravenclaw to hide a smirk, his cheek muscles pained with the exertion to keep still.

Braeden nodded his head absentmindedly as Deus answered his earlier question, finishing up his lasagna as he listened to his best friend speak. Yeah, the school system was probably different in Italy… The Gryffindor boy let out a content sigh and leaned back on his seat, letting his hands rest on his full belly. YUM. That lasagna was goooood. He could live off that stuff!

It was then that a little house-elf arrived, asking if they wanted any dessert. Braeden's face seemed to lit up. He was full, it was true, but… The pasta had been salty and a little spicy, he was in the mood for something sweet to make up for it. The boy was just about to open his mouth and make his request when Amadeus spoke, teasing him and calling him 'Lady Stonem'. Braeden, who had his mouth open, closed it shut and gave his friend a look. A moment later, he was crossing his legs in a very lady-like fashion and resting both hands on his knee.

"Thank you, Deusy, you're always such a gentleman," said the boy in a gentle voice, his tones girlish. The little house-elf that stood there waiting for their orders seemed a little puzzled and even disturbed by the boys' behaviour, so Braeden cleared his throat and returned to his lazy pose. "I'd like a banana split, please," he requested of the little elf. "What about you, Deusy, what will you be having?" he asked his friend, turning to him with an amused smirk.

Amadeus let the smirk arrive on his lips, not struggling to hold back exuberant laughter. "Brae, really. Tone it down. We don't want people to start gossiping," He whispered across the table seriously, although ultimately the Ravenclaw was failing miserably. Managing to grasp hold of a sane facial expression, he turned to the house elf to answer her inquiry. "A cannoli for me, please. It would round out the Italian dinner quite nicely." And with that, she scurried back off to prepare their last course.

When they were left alone, Amadeus turned back to his friend and gave him a rather odd look. "Really, Brae, your antics are amusing, but do you want rumors to be spread about us? It's bad enough when they hate us because of your good humor and my intelligence and good looks." He crossed his arms over his chest tightly and sat in a regal position, awaiting an answer.