Isobel giggled. She liked this girl, she was funny. Whether or not she meant to be, she was. Isobel held out her hand. "Nice to meet you..." but she didn't know her name. Ummm. And then Damien said it and she continued talking cheerfully. "Beth. I'm Isobel." Damien said that...oh well. "Fourth year."

Isobel smiled guiltily. "It's just a small cold." And...she didn't sneeze, oh cool. ANYWAY..."Maybe." She considered that before shrugging and deciding she didn't care. "Oh well, it's fun." And he never said whether he wanted to come or not.

"Damien that's two of my questions you didn't answer." She put on a stern expression. "Do you want to come down the water slide?" First things first. She wanted to, and she would even if he wouldn't. She wanted to know if he would or not before going.

"Cannonbaaaaall!"

There was a large SPLASH, followed by a grinning Groundskeeper after he had resurfaced. Yeaaaah, he was crashing in and he had absolutely noo shame. Not to mention, the water was nice, too!

Cass raised an eyebrow up at her and rolled her eyes "Please Heather, you under estimate my intelligence." She said with a snort. Then she pulled herself out of the water and sat back down next to the girl, careful not to get any of her still dry clothes wet. Then she snatched Heather's bag from her and eyed her crossly "Quit lying or whatever. Come on, this isn't like you." Honestly, what is it with Heather today? It was the perfect beach day and she was sort of..well, ruining it for her. "What's up?"

Beth wasn't sure if Isobel meant her as well, but either way she didn't really want to go down the slide, due to the fact she swam like a squirrel. A squirrel that was bad at swimming.

Beth turned, and grinned, until the splash came over to where she stood, and lifted her feet, knocking her to the ground. She fell on to her back, hard. Her elbow landed first, resulting in two deep scrapes on each one. Lovely, she thought, wincing from the ground.

Damien smiled at hearing that giggle from Isobel, confident that she wasn't like other girls he'd met before --(not that Damien knew a lot of girls anyway). But it's been seen from time to time that girls aren't always as friendly towards each other ... can often get rather competitive and petty. Clearly Isobel wasn't like that. One of the many reasons Damien enjoyed spending time with her.

Was she scolding him? For what; not answering about the water slide? But he was usually good and getting the topic turned around so as to avoid situations like this. Still. He had to give her an answer. "The water slide?" he repeated. "I think I'll watch from down here, thanks." Usual Damien response so it shouldn't surprise Isobel too much ...


Beth, however, seemed uncomfortable with the conversation between the three of them; not terribly talkative. But maybe she was simply shy. Isobel can have that sort of in-your-face happiness; perhaps not everyone recieves it so well.

Suddenly what looked like the groundskeeper came out of nowhere and launched himself into the lagoon; sending water in quite a large radius away from his landing. After the water cleared, he was clearly visible and clearly having a great time in the lagoon.

Out of the corner of his eye, Damien saw Beth fall backwards to the ground where she must have landed on some random twigs and brush because two decent-sized scrapes formed on her elbows. Turning towards her, Damien offered his hands to help her up. "Steady on," he said, the Irish accent now clearly audible. "You alright?" he asked, hoping she'd take his help and not be even more embarassed than she probably was.

Isobel had an urge to stick her tongue out at Damien, but she didn't because it would be a little weird. "Beth do you want to come down the water slide with me and Penny?" Well, and Penny's friend.

At that moment MisterChadStryker jumped in to the lagoon and...she got splashed. Beth fell over and Isobel looked worried and went to help her, but Damien was already helping her up. "Are you okay?" She asked, worried. Then she sneezed, but she was still worried.

Carter was lucky he was heartbroken. Destiny wanted to give him LOOKS, but she managed to turn her head away before that happened. She gave the person behind her looks instead. "Yes, other things." she said when she finally turned her face back to his. Did he really think she would only need a desk. There was so much more.

Like a chair. But they could deal with that when the time came.

For now, they were going to ride turtles. She watched with wide eyes as Carter's began to grow, and she was pretty sure her turtle would, not only be faster, but bigger as well. She pointed her wand, "Engorgio." Well, she wasn't sure if he was bigger, but he definitely looked faster.

"Are we supposed to have, you know, a thing you sit on?" Whatever they were called. She didn't want to slide off..

Carter really hoped that Destiny meant 'other things' like a chair to go behind her desk. Not like... a written statement that he enjoyed moonlit walks on the beach.

Which he did... but that wasn't the point.

He began his turtle a nudge toward the water. He wanted to ride it while it was swimming. He did mention that right?

"The shells look alright enough... he said giving the turtle's shell a little pat. He hesitantly leaned a little against the shell. "What do you say girl? That alright?" he asked the turtle. Not that she could answer. But at least she couldn't complain.

He then stood up straight with a sudden brilliant idea. "Or we can just cast featherweight charms on each other." he suggested. "Then they'd barely feel us... we wouldn't have to worry about being too heavy."

After this turtle riding, Destiny was going to go straight to her common room to write up all the things she was going to need. She could probably get away with writing down a few things she needed, but didn't need for what she was about to do.

He owed her. At least, she thought he did.

"But they are--" she stopped, mouth hanging open slightly as Carter went to talk, actually TALK to his turtle. Now, Destiny wasn't the smartest person, but she knew animals and she knew that the turtle wasn't going to answer him back.

Shaking her head free of thoughts, he was after all, heartbroken, of course he would act crazy, she began sliding her turtle into the water. "A featherweight charm? I don't care. As long as I don't fall off him." Once the turtle was halfway into the water, she stood up straight and raised her arms above her head.

"Featherweight me!"

"But they are what?" Carter asked looking up from the turtle. His was almost completely in water. He should probably get on it soon.

He pointed his wand at Destiny instantly making her much lighter. "Well... hold on then." he said lifting her up and setting her on the back of her turtle.

Hehe, Featherweight charms were fun.

He rejoined his turtle and quickly turned his wand on himself. Now that the lightness was taken care of...

"Ready for this?" he asked settling himself on the back of his turtle.

"Onward!" he told his turtle as it slowly began wading.

Well this was...nice. It was a refreshing way to not worry about classes and just be able to relax. Although Samira was wearing her outfit meant for swimming, she was not getting in that water. That is, unless someone came along and encouraged her to get in the water.

Which wasn't likely.

Walking over cautiously, the Slytherin slowly dipped a tow into the water. She was slightly weary of being this close to the water. She didn't want anyone to come up from behind her and push her in the water. She would not be happy and that person would most likely be in the hospital wing for a month.

Letting out a small sigh, Samira leaned back and just stood alone, watching the water and people around her.

After the pretext of Cass being cross at her and having her bag snatched away, Heather hung her head low, but her eyes would nervously look at Cass and then at someplace else, afraid of meeting her dagger-filled stares.

"not like me?" she asked, trying bravely to lift her head and show surprise in her face. What did Cass mean by that? She'd always been herself! Heather's not changed an inch! Well...she did grow an inch once more, which made her really happy yesterday upon knowing it. Her robes wasn't usually that short anymore although it still touched the floor, making it hard for her to go running about still. But....she felt a great deal of sadness...that letter...she wrote, but...when, oh when will she get a response?

Cass was right then, that she wasn't herself. it was unlikely of Heather to be sad just like this and she realized she was affecting people around her. She looked at Cass apologetically.

"I'm sorry Cass, i worried you. I didn't know I've been that selfish recently...i probably should stop worrying." she tried to put on a smile although it came out as an obvious forced smile. "After all, Ed's probably too busy..." she blushed and clasped a hand at her mouth. Great. it's always been her habit to spill things all of a sudden without meaning too. Like that one time she accidentally spilled the secret content of Camellia's package to that bartender in the Leaky...what was his name? Oh, it was japanese. hmm...It's something to do with an R.

"eeerrr....." Heather took back her bag from Cass. "Let me have my pack bag, please...uhm...so what do you want to do?" hoping this would avert Cass's attention from her mentioning Ed's name. It would most likely cause Cass to be ticked off upon hearing the name of her most hated enemy roll off of Heather's tongue just like that.

Oops. It appeared that his splash knocked some people down. Errr. Sorry, young people!

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Well this was...nice. It was a refreshing way to not worry about classes and just be able to relax. Although Samira was wearing her outfit meant for swimming, she was not getting in that water. That is, unless someone came along and encouraged her to get in the water.

Which wasn't likely.

Walking over cautiously, the Slytherin slowly dipped a tow into the water. She was slightly weary of being this close to the water. She didn't want anyone to come up from behind her and push her in the water. She would not be happy and that person would most likely be in the hospital wing for a month.

Letting out a small sigh, Samira leaned back and just stood alone, watching the water and people around her.

"Mademoiselle!," he called to young Slytherin. "You should come in. The water is beautiful."

Iris was still sunbathing on the rock she was sat on with Aaron earlier on. She wasn't sure where he'd gone off to, though...

...

...

WHAT ON EARTH?!

Sitting up very quickly, Iris shrieked in shock. She was covered in water!! ... HMPF. Which student decided to cannon ball into the water that close to her?! ... Oh. It wasn't a student. Watching as the groundskeeper resurfaced, Iris simply grumbled to herself and eyed the man, before laying back down.

Well..

There were quite a few ways to answer that question. First, they were going to go into the water, making the turtle's shells all slippery, which would mean they could fall off. Second, did Carter NOT see the shape of their shells? Not really riding material. And last, Destiny didn't have a last. "Nevermind.." she mumbled, doubting that, if she mentioned any of them, he would listen anyway.

Besides, he had already picked her up and placed her onto the turtle. And he was telling her to hold on?

"Hold on to what exactly?" She placed her hands on top of the turtle's head, but as soon as she did that, the turtle, who really needed a name, instinctively went into his shell.. So, holding onto his shell then. Errr, "Ready as I'll ever be." Awkwardly sitting and holding onto a turtle shell..Carter was talking to her right?

Glancing around the lagoon, making sure no one was watching, she turned back around and pat, pat, patted the turtle's shell. "Yes, onward!" she said, causing the turtle to began waddling it's way into the water. A very, very slow waddle. "Can we make them go even a little bit aster?"

"Thanks." She smiled sheepishly, her cheeks going pinker. *Sigh*. She had just met two people her age, and now she had probably struck them as some sort of anxious clumsy eejit. She picked a twig out of her elbow once on her feet, and could feel the heat of her face dry up the water on it pretty fast.


"Yeah. I'm fine thanks." She said quietly, giving Isobel a small smile. "And, er, I'm not really any good at swimming so... so I think I'll just give it a skip, sorry." She said, kind of embarrassed.

"The edge of the shell." Carter said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. There was a nice ridge were the shell ended... and the turtle's head was nowhere near it. It seemed like the perfect place to hold on to.

Carter was busy enjoying his nice lake water raft turtle ride when Destiny spoke up again. "Uhh... I have no idea..." he said racking his brain. "Actually... I'm sure there is. Something has to be moving those rowboats we took first year." he thought out loud.

"You don't happen to be an expert at water spells do you?" he asked turning to look over at Destiny. She looked a little... uhh... uncomfortable. You'd think that she thought riding a turtle was weird! Carter on the other hand was thoroughly enjoying it.

Crazed!Girl turned a corner and entered the place. Her jaw dropped. Snapping it shut, she walked over to a rock and perched herself on it. She was meeting Sebastian, who she wasn't dating but liked. And just because he liked her she was in her red polka dotted bikini. Bonnie dangled her feet, waiting for him. She had got a note from Crab!Cakes saying he needed to talk to her and she replied here. After all, it was gorgoues out and she wanted to swim.

The Ravenclaw squealed when the grounds keeper cannonballed in and splashed her. She took a shaky breath. What if he won't come? What if he's ditching me?

Sebastian rushed over to the lagoon where he was meeting Bonnie at. It was almost the end of the term and he needed to straighten things out between the two of them. Definitely. He looked around amongst the few people who were there for the blonde beauty that he liked.

He finally spotted the girl sitting upon a rock; her back facing him. So of course, true Sebastian Giordano style, he would surprise her. He walked quietly behind her and once he had gotten close enough, he put his hands over her eyes.

"Guess who." He said, with a chuckle.

Bonnie sighed. She'd wait only a couple of minutes more. She giggled when Sebastian put his hands over her eyes. "Uh...Harry Potter?" She giggled some more before gently pulling his hands away. She turned around and beamed. "Sebastian?" She pouted. "But I wanted the Boy-Who-Lived." She scrunched up her nose jumped up and wrapped her arms around him. "SEBSTERS!" Crazed!Girl smiled, pulling away.

"So what's up?"

"Harry Potter? Do I really sound like Harry Potter?" Sebastian asked, a bit disappointed. He wanted to sound like himself, his own self; Sebastian Giordano. Not stinking Harry Potter. He gave a fake pout but a smile appeared on his face as Bonnie hugged him. I've really missed this girl.

"I'm pretty sure it's the sky. Pretty sure...I mean if you look up..." Seb looked up towards the sky then back at Bonnie, "yes, the sky is definitely up there." He teased her; as he always did. He chuckled a bit and then got an idea. He took both of her hands and tried to help her up. "I have something to show you." He gave one of his flashy smiles and nodded in the direction of where he wanted to lead her.

"No." Bonnie said with a blank face. She poked him when he pouted. "Don't be sad. I'm not disappointed." Then she blushed when he smiled. Of course he was just teasing her. She looked away. She was always so un-Ravenclaw-ish around this dude. She looked at him from the corner of her eye. 'Gawd, I missed him.'

"Haha." She rolled her eyes after she looking up. "Good one." She stood up and stumbled slightly, holding his hands to stop herself falling into the water. Bonnie looked at the direction he wanted to go and nodded. "Sure. Okay."

The Gryffindor laughed. "Alright good, I'm no Harry Potter, but I'll be willing to save your life anyday." He winked towards her. He shook his head a bit as his cheesy joke didn't make a great impact upon the Crazed!Girl. Oh well, it's not like he tried hard on that one. He held her hands tightly as she got up from the rock.

"Follow me." He said, letting go of her right hand and holding on to her left. The seventeen-year-old made his way over to the waterfall and noticed that there was an opening back behind it. Ah yes, the secret cave. He had been here a couple days earlier and knew that this would be the perfect place to straighten things out with Bonnie.

Seb looked back at Bonnie to make sure she was alright, he smiled at her, then directed his attention back towards the cave. He lead the way into the cave, amused by all the different colors of the coral, and how it was still really bright in the cave; not dark at all. He walked over to a flat rock upon the ground and took a seat upon it, motioning for Bonnie to do the same.

"I can't believe Hogwarts is almost over." He said, rubbing Bonnie's hand with his thumb as he held it.

She giggled at his flirting. "N'aaaaaaaw." Bonnie patted his. "You're so sweet." Crazed!Girl cooed, a smile tugging at her lips.

"Oooh. Pretty." She reached out and ran her hand through the water of the waterfall. It was lovely and warm. She sighed and smiled, following him again. The place was so perfect it was shoking. Viberent colours. Coral. The waterfall at the enterance. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, taking in the heavy, damp air of the cave. "It's seriously..wow."

She perched herself beside him on the rock and rested her head on his shoulder. It was gorgeous in here. "I know." She sniffed. "Whatcha gonna do after Hogwarts?" She asked. She'd miss him terribly. And chances are that they'd spend some more quality time together like this again were...slim. Very slim.

Sebastian smiled at Bonnie and finally realized what he was soon about to say, whichever way he was going to say it, was the right decision. She seemed to be intrigued by the cave as well and Sebastian had to agree. The cave was amazing and he was pretty happy to be here with the blonde. He sighed as she put her head on his shoulder; thinking about what he was going to do after Hogwarts. "Not sure yet, but I do know one thing..." He trailed off with a cocky smile upon his face. He knew this next part might make her either mad or happy, but he would do it anyways; seeming as he was Sebastian Giordano.

"I know that after Hogwarts; I'll be spending a lot of time with my new girlfriend." The Gryffindor squeezed Bonnie's hand as he kept his eye's focus upon the different colored coral.