"Awww shame!" said Ness feeling bad for Penny, she'd hate to miss the opportunity t go to Egypt. She'd deffinately be irritated. "Well Im also going home, to South Africa, but I'll be back here a few weeks before school starts." Ness couldn't wait to get back home, to be back in South Africa. She really did miss it. She missed almost everything, but the thing she missed most was her muggle best friend. Trying not to think about it, she smiled and focused back to Penny. "Maybe, when I get back we could do something?" said Ness. Trying to be hopefull that Penny would want to do anything with her.

Rebecca skipped around the Great Hall to the Hufflepuff table in her pretty blue dress. She was upset that it was the End of the Term Feast that she was going to. "Ah well," she thought. "Gotta go home sometime..." She looked around the table and saw many people that she had grown to know and many whom she didn't know yet. So she sat down where there was room and greeted the people she was sitting next to. "Hello," she said, to no one in particular. "Nice day, isn't it?"

Penny smiled at Ness, "Yeah, that'd great", maybe this summer wouldn't be a complete wipeout altogether.

Looking at Ness, she thought she saw a little sadness there, but wasn't sure why...

Uhm, chick you look a little sad - you're going to miss this place too?"

" Penny ,remember me?" William asked her. " I know we met somehere during the term ,but my memory must be going bad alreay" William told Penny. " So what are your plans for the summer?" William asked Penny.

"Said it wrong, but I'm sorry for your loss." Siobian giggled, "Ghostist apparatus" She smiled kindly, "Try again." She said.

Marie knew how Matty felt but it always made her feel so good hearing him say it out loud. "I love you too and will do anything to protect you..." even from my father.

She was just about to tell him some of the other things she had told her parents about him when...

O__O

Finn Happened...

Turning her attention from Matty to Finn, Marie just sat there staring at the 'Claw table as she listened to what Finn was saying.

Really?

So now she had actually heard it for herself instead of from others. Finn really did regret dating her last summer. Okay, so those aren't the words he used but still, she knew what he meant.

What the hell happened to him saying he didn't care what Jim thought about him dating her? He obviously only meant that when he thought Jim wasn't going to give a damn. She had been right to break up with him on the train. He had been pushing her away even if he wouldn't admit it. He just pretty much admitted it right now.

She knew this shouldn't affect her at all because she was very happy and in love with Matty but it did. She may be the only one that could hear Finn's hidden meaning behind his little speech but still, she heard it loud and clear. 'Marie Salazar, you are the reason Jim won't talk to me anymore.'

Penny heard someone behind her..looking around she saw William..

"Hey William, of course i remember you", smiling at him...

"No plans really, stay at home mostly - although myself and Ness have just been talking about meeting up over the holidays", smiling now at Ness.

"What about you William, anything exciting planned?" she asked him..

" Thanks for remember me" William told Penny. " A lot of boys and girls have forgot meeting me already this term" William said to Penny. " Sounds like yo uand Ness will have a fun time" William smiled. " I do not have a busy summer at all, just my cousin's wedding, going to Africa with my girlfreind Witsy and her parents plus Witsy will be coming over to our Villa forthe summer" Willaim explained to Penny. " You will be coming back to Hogwarts nest term, right?" William asked Penny.

Was it weird if her smile wanted him to smile slightly bigger? He didn't, but that's what it made him feel like. It wasn't weird right? Nor was it out of the ordinary for her to look even prettier than before with a grin? Didn't smiling and laughing make everyone attractive anyways? That musta been what was going on. Yup.

Nodding slightly, as he read her answer, Ani smiled slightly. "Your spending the holidays with your mum right?" Of course, he really didn't expect she'd be going anywhere else but there, but it didn't hurt for confirmation.

"Yeah, I think am. I'll miss Hogwarts and the people a little bit...but I mean, we'll be back next year. And it'll be good to spend some time with my Da."

No, no, Neptune...what if he HAD? Treyen wouldn't ask anymore about it, though, because he senses the tone and clearly the girl wasn't going to answer him. Also, she was sliiiiightly right. It didn't apply. Ravenclaw girls were part of the equation, but nothing else was. So, completely different situation. Got it.

A good boy? Right. He shrugged, and managed another small smile. It actually meant very little coming from her at this precise moment. Mostly because 'good' was not near how he felt.

Either way, he kept on listening and...Legend, eh? Legend was L-E-G-E-N-D, and Treyen should probably follow that advice, no? "Thanks, Neptune," he said, the small smile just got a little bigger.



Oh, dear Gilderoy! YES, Kurumi, you did something wrong. And he made a mistake thanks to you. But, it's not like he could voice that out for everyone to hear, no?

No.

And then she mentioned the Trophy Room....shush! She was going to let everyone know...wait, no, she only said she hadn't seen him ever since. GOOD. Yes, exactly, she was a very good girl for pretending nothing ever happened between then. However, Treyen neither nodded nor shook his head, he was going to mention that she should get back again...but then she apologized for interrupting...that earned her a nod, and he just watched her go.

Things were certainly different between these two.



Seriously, Neptune, we love you. He would've ended up saying something he'd regret to Mia if the Ravenclaw hadn't intervened. So, thanks Neptune, again. And he was even MORE glad that Mia didn't bring the subject up, he truly was. Which is he responded to her smile with a shrug.



Talk to her. That was all he wanted to do for the past two weeks, but will she believe anything he had to say? Because Ellie probably wouldn't. She'd already had issues with believing him before this happened, and now she even had an excuse for not trusting him ever again.

So, yeah, that was rather inconvenient. Him. Talking.

"Maybe," that was all. That's all Treyen said. Before the whole deal with the scarf began.



You know what? Treyen got up. "I'm not really hungry, Arya, so...I think I'll go," which meant...please, be in charge and take care of the Hufflepuffs while he was out of sight? Yes, that's what it meant.

Then he turned to Neptune, "Thank you, really, and...," what else could he say to someone he wasn't going to see at Hogwarts anymore??? "I promise I'll write often," he said, adding a wink and his regular smile. The smile was slightly diminished as his eyes went to Mia, since the smile was for Neptune and Neptune only. She was the one graduating, after all.

And with that, he started to walk away from the Hufflepuff table. Off to the Common Room, of course.

Penny smiled, his enthusiasium was catching..."Actually it sounds like you going to be very busy....Wow Africa should be amazing - Ness here, is from South Africa", Penny looked at Ness, to confirm.....

If truth be told, Penny was a little jealous..

Ness smiled at Penny, when she agreed with her. Ness was a little surprised when Penny told her she looked sad. Was it that obvious thought Ness. "Yeah Im really going to miss it here, but we'll be back before we know it right?" she asked trying to reasure herself more then Penny. Nessie then noticed a familiar voice, she turned around and noticed it was William. The boy she had met, when she was with Zara. She really did miss Zara she hand't seen her in too long. She would deffinately have to write to Zara and maybe even try and visit her over the holidays.

Ness listened as Penny and William started talking to eachother. She was rather tired and exhausted, the only reason why she was staying awake, was because it was the last night at Hogwarts. She still had to say goodbye to quiet a few people. Ness continued listening, thinking about the moment she would get home the next day.

Not really focusing to hard, it took Nessie a little while to realise that Penny was waiting for a confirmation from her. Smiling Ness nodded her head. "Its great there, where abouts are you going in Africa?" asked Ness out of interest.

" Yes, I am going to be busy" William told Penny. " I really did not want to brag about it because a lot of students do not do much in the summer" William said to Penny. " I have never been to Africa, but it sounds amazing" William explained to Penny.

" Hi again" Willaim smiled. " You and Zara are also friends, right?" William asked Ness. " You are from South Africa, that place must be really exciting" William said to Ness. " You look really tired" William told Ness. " You can sleep on the trian" William reminded Ness. I am not sure where in Africa" Willaim explained to Ness.

*Turning and seeing Finn Matty rolled his eyes at the attention seeker. Then he heard what he said. Matty growled and his arm around Marie had gotten tighter. He knew how this made Marie look and how she would take it. Grinding his teeth Matty badly wanted to hit Finn in the face, just like he had at the start of term. Why not? Why not end the term the way it started? But he knew why and looked over at Marie.*
"Want me to take care of him?"

Bella Smile and she hold up her wand to do the spell again. She close her eyes and think and then she said the spell "Ghostist apparatus" The light came out of her wand and then open her eyes. "OH I did it!"

Ohhh. Yeah. She hadn't told him about Marcus yet, had she? Nope. Oh well, she wasn't bringing the man up now; there wasn't any point to it. She was spending the holidays with her mum, not necessarily Marcus. He would be there without her actually intending to spend any time with him. "Yep," she replied with a nod. "And Aunt Grace," she added as an after thought. Couldn't forget Aunt Grace, really. She often came around and stuff.

"Yeah." They would be back next year. And the next. But then after that...no more Hogwarts. Vashti really didn't like thinking about it. It would be so weird to never come to Hogwarts again. And... "Can you believe we're going to be sixth years?" Even that felt kinda strange. It sometimes felt like only yesterday she and her parents had found out she was a witch.

Marie felt Matty's arm tighten around her and it wasn't hard for her to hear him growl. It was that growl in fact that brought her out of the daze she was in. Looking back over at Matty she forced a smile. "No... he's not worth it. Besides, I don't want anything to ruin our summer together." She had a feeling that if he went over there he would end up punching Finn. Then his uncle would find out and that would be the end of their summer together. She would much rather have a summer with Matty than watch Finn get his nose broke... again.

*Matty knew that she was right, but it still didn't change the fact that he wanted to teach Finn a lesson. Taking a deep breath Matty tried to calm down. Looking back over to Marie he whispered.*
"Would you like to leave?"

Anakin kept his eyes trained on her, he was used to having to do that. Hopefully she was used to continually being stared at. Aunt Grace? "Is that your Mum's sister?" Of course, it could easily be her Dad's. But he wasn't really sure. He didn't ask that much about her family, did he? Merlin, he was a terrible friend.

Nodding slightly, at her agreement, he glanced at the staff table one last time, before turning back to her. Just in enough time to catch her next sentence. 6th years next year. Only 2 years left of school, and then they were technically adults in the wizarding world. And had to start job searching and such. It was actually all a little scary. "Not really, no. Feels like I only just came here last year. I can't imagine how surreal it is for you." She'd be in public schooling a lot longer than he had.

"Nice job!" Siobian's smile grew, "It's hard for first years to learn that spell! He's handsome, you're father." Siobian said, "But what I was saying about my mom, I haven't seen her since my first year here." She looked down, "Her and Dad's divorce was really messy and when Dad got custidy he told my mother she wasn't allowed to see me anymore." She wiped a tear that was forming in her eye, "He's held true to his word, I haven't seen her since."

Either she'd already told him about Aunt Grace...or he was a good guesser. Probably the latter. Even if she'd mentioned Aunt Grace to him before, it wasn't like she always went into detail about whose sister she was or anything. It probably wouldn't matter whether she was her mum's sister or her dad's; she'd still be totally weird and crazy. "Yep," she answered, nodding.

Thankfully he'd looked back at her in time to see what she was saying; even now, sometimes she still forgot he couldn't hear. One would think she'd know and remember by this point, but he just acted so normal - well normal for him anyway - that it wasn't really in the front of her mind. It just wasn't something she really focused on when she was around him. And- Feels like I only just came here last year. Heh, really now? "But you did just come here last year," she said, smirking a little. Last year was fourth year, and that was when he'd first come - unless he'd been lying then and was actually at Hogwarts the entire time she was. He would have to be really good at hiding though because otherwise she was sure she would've noticed him long before fourth year.

What was Arya doing? What was SHE doing???

Looking up at the 'Claw after making CERTAIN that none of the wool was left in her mouth, she frowned at the napkin and it's holder. "Don't wave your scarf in my face. EVER." And... stop ewwwing.

"... I didn't spit." Clarifies.

... He was never hungry, and Arya always worried over his little appetite. Was still worrying right this moment. But she wouldn't say anything on account of how sulky he was. She also wouldn't follow him 'cause it was obvious her friend needed some alone time.

And the Hufflepuffs couldn't be left alone, now could they? But she would check on him when they boarded the train. mmhmm

The Huffie female prefect watched her best friend sulk away, nibbling on her bottom lip.

" Hi, I have never seen you anywhere at HogWarts" William told the girl. " I bet you studied a lot this term" William said to the girl. " My name is William Montcenaggio, but please call me William Starr" he introduced himself to the girl.

"No, I'll be alright. I have you here with me. I'm not going to let him be the reason I'm not at the feast. I did that at the beginning of term, I'm not doing it again." She was not going to let Finn be the reason she left the feast.

"Thanks for caring." Leaning over she gave Matty a kiss. "I love you."

"No problem, and I love you too, always."
*Getting himself a cup of tea Matty tried to think of something to get their minds off of what Finn had just done.*
"So what else did you tell your parents about me?"
*His aunt, uncle, even his little cousins knew everything about Marie. Well almost everything. His cousin Michael kept asking when Marie would come for a visit again. Matty had a feeling it would be when his aunt was in a good mood.*