"Just because there are no numbers involved, doesn't mean your not counting." She wiggled her toes as the other shoe was removed, eyes lingering on both feet before returning to Sabel with a grin. Giggling, her feet squirmed away from his picking fingers. "There's no lint in my feet." Arya poked him in the stomach with her big toe. "I bet you have toe lint."

"oooh!brilliant!" she smiled." so I get to bring a date." she winked giving a subtle hint.
"I know." Scarlett sighed heavily."I'm really sorry I haven't been around.I mean you could have needed me when that stuff with your father happened." she chewed her lip.
"at lease you had your fiancé there." she gave her bestie a small smile.
"a princess!just like you." she giggled scrunching her noes.
"well after you are married,I'm wearing my dress everywhere!" she laughed at the thought shaking her head.
"I think pink.you'll be so beautiful." Scarlett said imagining the wedding.Tay was a real life princess.

Tay grinned mischeviously- "Why, of course you can bring a date!" she said- "And anyways, how are things on the romantic scene for you?" she asked her bestie, giggling.
"Oh, don't worry- I should have called you, I just got so caught up in everything!" she admitted to Scar, feeling bad that they hadn't talked in so long, but she was just glad they were together again now! Yay!
"Oh thank you!" she said, hugging Scar. "It's going to be so fun- just got to get through school and stuff first- eughh." she laughed.

Sucking in his breath to try and get his stomach away from her probing feet did little to be successful, so instead he reached down and gently grabbed that foot. His hands instantly set into massaging as he gave a slight shrug and a wide grin. "I'm a man, we are allowed to have toe lint. Plus, keeps our feet warm when it gets cold." No sense in buying shoes with extra lining when one could make their own with a bit of walking.

Scarlett blushed a deep red under her tanned skin and giggled.
"Things are good...really good." Scarlett pulled out her BB and showed Tay a picture of her and a guy a little older than her with large blue eyes,pale skin and straight brown hair.Scarlett smiled at the photo.it was just after his show so they looked a little tired.
"his name is Kevin an he's a Muggle.but it's not as weird as I thought it would be.you know." Scarlett admitted.
Scarlett smiled."let's never loose contact again." she nodded curtly.
Scarlett hugged back her bestie.
"yeah,how are you finding this year?I haven't been paying attention." he admitted bitting her lip.

"Aww!" Tay giggled- "Well, when you meet Draven... he really- like, he's not like the guys i've dated before. He's super, super hot- but he's all- y'know metal music and stuff. And he's in a band. And he wrote a song for me!" she giggled, biting her lip as she thought about him.
"I'm going to have to meet this Kevin sometime then!" Tay said excitedly to Scar- "Maybe we can double date some time?" she laughed- before she sneakily typed out a message on Scar's BB to this Kevin dude. 'Hey, this is Taylor- Scar's bestie. Hurt her- and I will hurt you! But apart from that, I can't wait to meet youu! xoxo' She laughed as she sent it and passed the phone back to Scar.
"We won't!" Tay said honestly, hugging Scar back and smiling- "Eughh, I haven't been able to focus on classes yet. My mind is elsewhere!" she laughed.

Scarlett smiled dreamily.maybe her parents break up was for the best.
"wow,just like you the." she winked cheekily at Tay."Kevin is in a...." Scarlett thought of the words."in a pop punk bad?i think." she laughed.he had said it so many times but it never went in she was to busy staring at him.
"oh yeah,sure!it's weird going out with him.like I can't tell him my biggest secret of who I really am." she sighed a little helplessly and shrugged. "maybe one day."
"a double date would be so cool!" Scarlett grinned."I've never been on one before.do you think Draven and Kevin will get on?you know since they both like music and stuff?" Scarlett imagined them all together and loved it!
Scarlett watched as Tay typed something on her phone curiously,she wasn't worried she knew it would be sweet.but if anyone hurt Tay so help them!Scarlett thought.
"oh well,not long until were out of here and in the big,bad wizarding world!" Scarlett said a little scared at the thought.but hey,it would be an adventure.

Tay smiled and pulled out her own BB, typing out messages to a couple of piccies, and flicking through her photos- "Here's a picture!" she said, showing her a cute one of Draven kissing her cheek. Tay sighed, she loved his whole long hair look, and his eyes...- he really was so amazing, she clutched her phone to her heart and giggled.
"I think you should tell him... it would prove if he really liked you or not" Tay told Scar honestly with a reassuring smile.
"Yeah, i'm sure they'll get on fine! It'll be so fun!" she giggled- smiling to herself.
"I know... i'm going to move out to Ashbourne, the village Draven's from- we're getting our own house too!" she told Scar excitedly. "It's getting built for us! I can't wait!" she sighed happily.
She fiddled with her engagement ring and watched it sparkle in the sun- "His dad made this! How amazing is that?! And they've already made my wedding ring. It's beautiful!" she told Scarlett. She pulled out her sketchbook, which she remembered she'd bought with her. She flicked though it until she came to the bridesmaids dress design she'd been working on, it was a long, flowing dress, with a cute strapless top. "What do you think? I know they won't actually have to be made for a long time, but I like to be prepared!" she giggled.

Roxana walekd slowly down the Pathways. She couldn't think about anything else except the beginning term, the new classes and the new friends she made up by now. But on the other hand she just wanted to talk to someone, get her head a bit clean. Clean of her thoughts.

Scarlett looked at the photo and felt her phone buzz.
"yous are so cute!oh my gosh!" Scarlett looked at Tay "I think yous are soulmates,especially since yous are both the most beautiful people I know." Scarlett pretended to scowl at Tay but giggled.
Scarlett started to bite her nails.a nervous habit she picked up.
"really?do you think so?!" she said stopping biting.she had played with the thought.but what if he thought she was crazy.
"what if he thinks I'm nuts?and I loose the person I love-" Scarlett stopped dead.
"oh!" she giggled "maybe I just found my answer." she blushed.
Scarlett looked at Tay's beautiful ring.it suited her perfectly.
"your moving?!how far away?" Scarlett pouted.she would miss Tay terribly!
"maybe I can get a house next yours!" she laughed.
"I think you've got a winner for a fiancé you lucky thing." Scarlett winked.
"you can't never be too prepared." she smiled sweetly and looked at her text.it was a confused Kevin being really cute.she sighed.
"...I think I will tell him.but I'll have to do it face to face and this term will take to long!" Scarlett said sadly.
Looks like no work was getting done this year after all.

"Aww, thank you!" Tay smiled, putting her phone away and smiling at Scar. "Oh, it's not too far away- but it's truly beautiful out there- and when we have kids, that's where I want them to be raised." she told Scar honestly, pushing back her curls and sighing.
"And i'm an Aunty now- did I tell you that? Hollie and Emma are my nieces" Tay laughed, smiling again at the thought of those beautiful baby girls.
"So... how did you meet this Kevin?" she asked Scar curiously, shifting on her seat- "Ooh I forgot!" she tucked her hair behind her ear to show Scar her knew piercing at the top of her ear, and then pulled up her school shirt slightly to show her the belly button piercing. "And when I leave school, i'm getting Draven tattooed here" she said, pointing at her hip and laughing.

Scarlett crossed her legs and smoothed out her skirt.
"you seem to have everything planned out." she smiled softly at her bestie.
"oh wow!auntie tay!" she winked.
"how are your family?is your dad..." She avoided Tay's eye contact.she didn't know how she felt or anything.
"is your dad keeping the baby?" she gave a nervous laugh but she was her bestie.
Scarlett smiled."we actually met at Kings Cross.I droped all my stuff and he wasbthe only one to help and we just started to talk.he's really sweet.sometimes I wish he was a wizard so we can go here together." she shrugged.
"he always says I'm diffrent." she said smiling and looking out the window.
She shook herself in time to see Tays new percings.
"wow!did it hurt?" she said looking at her ear more closley.
"I want my tongue peirced." Scarlett giggled."my dad always hated it,but since he's not here...."she laughed.

"Everyone's fine- yeah, he is..." Tay said, smiling at Scar- and anyway, she kinda liked Jen, she was really genuinely lovely to her."Yeah, they are kinda married now... it all happened really quickly... too quickly for my liking but oh, well..." she sighed- thinking about Jen's brother- euggh, he fancied Tay way too much for her liking. Draven detested him. Especially after... nah, she didn't like to think about all that.
"Aww... that's so cute!" she giggled, smiling at Scar- she wanted to meet this Kevin! He was probably lovely, she couldn't imagine Scar with a bad boy.
"Yeah, the belly one hurt more though- a lot more, you can't breathe in or anything- in case it gets done too tightly, way scary!" she laughed, smiling at her bestie. "Yeah, my Dad doesn't like either of these- he got so mad when I got the belly button one done- i kinda got my big bro to take me to get it done" she laughed.

"wow,married huh?that's crazy!I think my dad loves livin in France because I haven't seen him in months.but I don't care anymore.I have my mum and you and Kevin.so I'm sorted."
"he's really cool,I just hope he takes me as a witch well." she said crossing her fingers tightly.it would break her if he left her,he helped her get through everything.who would have thought everything would change so fast?Tay and Draven getting married!next babies.
"oh sounds exciting!maybe I should get a percing,I only have my ears done." Scarlett touched her cute,large heart earings Kevin had got her in a shop when they went out.
"your brother sounds cool!did he get anything?" she giggled.

Tay nodded as she listened to Scar, it was sad about her Dad, but she remembered who angry she'd been about her parent's, but she supposed Scar's situation had been a lot worse! - "Oh no, my brother?! Ha, he's really not the piercing type" she laughed- "You'll see! His girlfriend, well finace, Kayla is lovely- and they have Hollie. Who is so, so cute! And then my sister Kristen, and her husband James have Emma. Ooh!" she said, pulling out her phone again to show Scar more pictures from the various weddings where she'd been bridesmaids. She loved Kris's the best- she had looked so tanned and cute, her hair plaited to the side messily and the shortblue dress was stunning.
"Aww, cute earings by the way!" she giggled, sighing happily. "I can't wait for you to meet Draven- we'll have to find him soon!" she said, smiling at Scar.
"I think we should get... friendship necklaces- you know... those Tiffany ones. I should so buy us them!" she said thoughtfully- smiling at Scar again.

Draven started coming down the path and say Tay talking with another girl. He looked the other girl in the face and than put his finger to his lips as too surprise Taylor. When he got up behind Tay he wrapped his arms around her,

"Boo!" he said feeling her jump a little bit before kissing her on the cheek.

He looked at the other girl,

"Hi there! How are you? Im Draven!" he said to her.

Scarlett rambled on about her family.she winces a little.
"sorry,I hate rambiling about my father and his new family.it's just sometimes it spills out." she shrugged.
Scarlett laughed "I wouldn't have thought he would be.but it was nice of him.I wish I had siblings so try could take me!" she laughed and then remembered...she did.ugh,she frowned.
Scarlett watched as Tay flipped through photos of babies,weddings all of smiling beautiful people and Tay as a bridesmaid.Scarlett "ooh'd" and "ahh'd" at them smiling widley and them.
"thoes look great!" she said smiling happily.
"oh thanks,Kevin got me them in a shop called Top...something?shop!I'm getting good at this!"she smiled proudly at herself.
"oh yeah!where is mr loverboy?I'll have to grill him and give him the best friend talk.but I'm sure he's wonderful."
Scarlett nodded.she had never had a friendship necklace or anything!
"yeah!that sounds great." she smiled. "it'll be so cute."

"Topshop? Oh, I love that place!" Tay gushed- smiling at Scar. "I know, I'll have to order them..." she said, she soon felt a familiar prescence though- and when he Boo-ed her she jumped, laughing as he kissed her cheek.

"This is Scarlett, my bestie!" Tay said to Draven, smiling at both of them. "She's awesome." she laughed- "We met in DA, like, right at the start of Hogwarts. Besties since!" she said, realising she hadn't really talked to Draven much about Scar- or many of her friends- they'd just been caught up in thier own bubble in summer really! "And she's going to be a bridesmaid for us!"

Scarlett noticed the guy from Tay's photos sneaking up on her.she smiled inside and sighed heavily.Stupid Kevin not being a wizard she pouted.
"hey,I'm Scarlett Black." she smiled brightly and watched him and Tay interact.they were perfect.
Scarlett smiled and nodded.
"yip besties,just talking about getting friendship stuff." Scarlett winked at Tay.

He smiled at Scarlett,

"Its very nice to meet you Scarlett and thank you for being there for Tay at the wedding. Its always great to have best friends for sure".

Although the thought of Sven started to peep into his mind he shrugged off the thought. It would of been nice for Sven to have been his best man but that just wasnt possible. He hadnt even begun to figure out who his best man was going to be yet.

"Well, as you can tell Scarlett im a first year and dont know much about here but this lovely girl in front of you has been the best thing to happen to me all summer. So how do you like it here?" he asked her.


"Scarlett Black?" he asked.

He looked at her for a minute.

"As in relation to Sirius Black?" he said smiling recalling the history of the Black family from the stories his parents use to tell him.

Tay smiled- aww, they seemed to like each other so far! That was good! "Don't say you're a first year- well, technically he is- but then he's our age so he's second year." she laughed, people would think she was engaged to a younger man, and that wasn't really her thing. She giggled to herself as she held onto Draven's hand and kissed his cheek.

She then heard what Draven said next- Sirius Black? Who on earth was that? Maybe that was just her being naive, probably.

Scarlett smiled and nodded proudly.
"yup,the one and only!on my fathers side of the family.If I didn't keep my hair in check you probably be able to see the relation between us from miles away." she laughed a little.
"Tay's brilliant." she smiled at Tay happily.
"I can't believe it was so long ago we met.it actually feels like yesterday!" she said shaking her head.

Draven looked at Tay, she was right.

"Yea, i am a second year but its my first time coming to the school. I dont want to mislead people but im kind of like a late bloomer or transfer essentially" he said laughing at his mistake.

His eyes lit up with excitement,

"Wow! It is quite the pleasure and honor to meet a family member of the Black family. I will have to try and get some stories out of you as im sure you have some great ones" he said smiling.

"Yea, Tay is wonderful. I love her so much".

He couldnt help gushing about her, they were so perfect for each other.

"Im slowly but surely meeting people. Granted, most of them are Tay's friends but its a start right?" he said with a laugh.

Tay smiled and hugged Scar- "Aww, thank you! And yeah- it really does!" she said- "Remember how I used to be like?" she laughed- Scar must have seen quite a transformation in Tay.

She smiled at Draven again- glad that him and Scar already had something to chat about, holding onto his hand again and leaning on his shoulder. "Scar's got a boyfriend- Kevin. We're going to have a double date sometime!" Tay laughed, grinning at Draven enthusiastically.

"Ah, very cool. I look forward to meeting him. Ought to be a great time for sure" he said enthusiastically.