Originally Posted by hjhm

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Kurumi shook her head. "I am not going to help you cheat on your OWLs, besides, you are perfectly capable of taking them yourself," she encouraged patting him on the shoulder. Besides, weren't there enchantments placed all around the area to ensure that students couldn't cheat with such things like polyjuice and disillusionment charms on notes? She wasn't exactly eager to find out.

However, her thoughts about OWLs were shut down immediately when Jonathan continued to explain what he had heard. Her eyes widened after each word, her heart pounding in her chest as though someone were using it as a taiko drum, her hair began to turn white from shock. Sierra did WHAT?!

No, she wouldn't have, would she?

Kurumi picked her brain for the memories of when her and the she-snake were getting ready to take their potions. Sierra had asked Kurumi what her plans were, and she had chosen to go with a sort of under the radar approach to the assignment - which hadn't turned out too well for her. Kurumi had then asked Sierra, and in return all she had gotten was a frightening smile and confirmation that Sierra had a plan.

Looking as though she were gasping for air, Kurumi's hands flew to Jonathan's shoulders. "You're SURE it was Treyen?! Who did you hear talking about this?!" Kurumi was in a panic now. She would NEVER do such a thing to Treyen, especially knowing that he had such strong feelings for someone that wasn't him. It had taken all her courage to admit that she liked him, and it had taken all of her pride to swallow the fact that he just didn't like her that way.

"I need to find him..." she flailed, nearly tripping over her own feet. "Only...he refuses to speak to me now...and I thought..." Well, she thought he hated her because of what she had said. Now she knew it was because of what polyjuiced her had done...

Kurumi's eyes began to water. There was no way she would be able to fix this. She was sure that she had just lost someone very precious to her. Would he really believe that it hadn't been her?

Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu

Sigh.

"I'm sure you could get along perfectly fine without me." Honestly. He had that other girl to snog, too. That was more than Ellie had.

...Ugh. Treyen just confused her more and more. She wanted to believe that. It would be so nice to know. But she'd lost faith in him, unfortunately, and she didn't want to be some gullible girl who'll believe whatever the guy she liked said because she wanted to believe it. So she couldn't allow herself to. She just had to keep telling herself not to believe it. Save herself from the disappointment she still felt from weeks back.

Oh, she didn't have to apologize? Fine. It hadn't really made her feel better, anyway. Whatever.

It was worlds easier to keep her eyes off of him than it was to take them away from him, and Ellie looked instead at the seat across from her.

WHAT?

She didn't even get the chance to ask why in Merlin's name he'd ever do such a horrendous thing. Treyen kept talking. And then she broke. That part of her that really wanted to believe he was telling the truth won over. He was giving his last Snitch ever to her and and and he wanted her. Plus all the other stuff he said today and weeks ago. So she broke, tilting her head down so that her hair would cover her face, and raising a hand to her eyes for good measure.

She was really angry at herself for letting this happen, too, which didn't help. Sure, she thought she might break today...she was pretty sure of it, actually, but in the comfort of her own house, her own bed, where no one was around but family. And instead she was crying in front of the person who caused it.

Meh.

Originally Posted by princess of*hp*

Theodore sat down, defeated, as his girlfriend had outwitted him once again. He wasn't the type of boy to take offense when a girl did something better than him; rather, he admired dear Alfiana even more for taking such initiative. He still felt like the luckiest boy in the world for having fallen for a girl as intelligent, strong-willed, and as beautiful as she. If not for her, he'd probably still be a lost, Americanized transfer student. With her fingers tugging at his own, he was putty in her hands and would do whatever she wished, even if she had wanted him to sit down on a seat made of snapping lobster claws that wanted to have his pants for dinner.

"Oh, that sounds... great, Emm! Really." Theodore was glad to see that she was doing better and wasn't putting on a show of joviality, or so it seemed. Where on earth was Brae? Or Ruby, even? If they were together off in some solitary compartment, Theodore felt the urge to punch them both. Well, maybe not Ruby because who knew what limb she would tear off and Theo didn't hit girls or anyone, really, even in quidditch, but Braeden for sure. His girlfriend was here, so why was Ruby suddenly the center of his attention? For once, Theodore felt like he had more bawls than his favorite Gryffindork did. If something was really changing in the dynamic of Brama and Braeby, Theodore felt like the mature thing to do for the trio would be to talk it out and if worst came to worst, for Brae and Emma to split up. That was better than the silly games that they were playing for the moment. The worst part of it was that summer was just around the corner: would they all want to pass two whole months in emotional distress because of the childishness?

"Plans? Erm..." He scratched his chin, side-eyeing Alfie and resisting the urge to wink as a smirk came onto his face. "Well, besides us hanging out," He playfully elbowed the small 'claw in her side, their fingers still intertwined, "I... I don't know. I'll definitely try to make it to your shindig, Emm. I wouldn't miss it for the world. And... maybe you could help me brush up on quidditch?" He laughed lightly, but on the inside thoughts began to swirl around as if caught in an emotional tornado. Alfie and he had promised to see each other, but the logistics seemed a bit tricky and risky. What if, on his broomstick, he was caught in a summer storm on the way to see her and was struck by lightning? Not as if it would keep him away, but it would put a damper on their festivities along with a number of other obstacles in their possible traveling paths.

Theo involuntary gulped with minor worry. He had been wanting to do something for a while but hadn't mustered up the courage to do so. He hadn't ever done it in his life and was waiting for the right moment, and now was the last moment that he and Alfie had before they lost each other on Platform 9 and 3/4 when finding their respective families. Would it have been a lie to say he had practiced in his mirror with his pillow? Maybe, maybe not. Either way, something had to be done. And the nervous adrenaline pumping through his veins told him that the time was right. There was no time to check his breath, his hair, or his shoelaces. "Hey," He addressed them both, his voice surprisingly cool and controlled, "I think I want to take a trip to the food trolley before it gets too crowded. I don't have enough pockets to bring everything back, so... would one of you...?" Squeezing Alfie's hand, she was the obvious choice for the mission. It would have been quite awkward if Emma had agreed to go, considering what was on the boy's plan for the jaunt to the trolley. Emma would keep company with Bree and Jay; with her camera in hand, she looked like she would have fun with the two animals. And if Brae miraculously showed up, Ruby-free or not, even better.

Originally Posted by emmafan123

After his owner left, little Jay the bluebird quickly flew over to Emma, hovering before her eyes and swirling around in obvious excitement as though to say, 'Hi. Hello. Yes. I'm a bluebird. You seem nice. Wanna be friends? Okay we're friends. What do you wanna do? Do you have birdseed?' all at once. Though he was sure to remain feet above the cat he wasn't too fond of.

Alfie still had a soft smile playing on her gentle expression, her large blue eyes gazing absentmindedly around them as the train started to actually leave the station. Curiously, she had just turned her head to glance in the other direction when she found none other than Theodore Dumble's eyes on her! Narrowing her large blue eyes playfully as though evaluating him, the curious girl couldn't help but flash him the warmest of her endeared smiles, unsure if he had really been looking at her or simply at something behind her. Before she could ask, he already brought up the topic of food once more and she snapped back to reality as they were on the move once more.

Though Theo seemed to be growing more and more anxious, the little blonde Ravvie at his side seemed to be just the opposite, her demeanor gentle and somehow carefree as she was obviously happy to be on a sort of field trip with the boy leading the way. It was only as she started to feel his hand grow a little more sweaty that she began to notice something was up, listening as he asked if she remembered muggle candy being on the trolley. "I'm actually not sure," she murmured softly, her large blue eyes shamelessly staring at the boy as they made their way towards the back of the train, a soft smile playing on her features. "Are you alright, Theo?" Alfie asked in her naturally soft voice, a warm smile on her obviously happy expression, though it had now turned rather curious.

Playfully hopping in front of the boy and beginning to walk backwards, still facing him, she enveloped both of his hands with the warmest of smiles. "You seem a little tense or something," she observed, her long light blonde locks flowing around her as she slowly walked backwards, her large blue eyes cast shamelessly on the boy before her. Quickly following this statement, she leaned up and easily placed a gentle kiss to his cheek, playfully even. It was obvious that Alfie was in a rather good mood.

Originally Posted by Lockhartian

WHAT?!

Yeah, he was right. This was certainly it. The end. And he couldn't do anything about it, could he? He was actually fooling himself into believing that she might be able to forgive him one day. She certainly wasn't going to.

Treyen didn't comment. What she said made total sense. He could be fine without her, while the last couple of weeks had been a complete disaster, he'd been fine. He was perfectly aware that he was better with her. However, he wasn't so sure about the other way around. But since she was the one saying it, then he supposed she'll be better without him. For starters, this wouldn't have happened if he hadn't asked her out in the first place.

And then she looked away. He didn't...BUT HE SHOULD HAVE.

Tears. Treyen just couldn't handle tears. Of any kind. His eyes widened, in panic, what was he supposed to do NOW? Gravity decided for him, or maybe his heart had sunk to a new low, because he was now sitting on the floor of the compartment. There was nothing he could do to stop her from crying, right? Mainly because he didn't know what had caused it in the first place. Yes, he'd caused it, he just didn't know exactly WHAT had caused her tears to start falling.

"I don't know what to do," he said, mostly to himself, as he leaned his back against the door. "I'm sorry," for not knowing what to do or say to make her feel better. That's all he wanted to do now, all he's wanted, actually.

No, wait. He ignored the water in his eyes and kneeled in front of her. "No, I'm not sorry, you need to believe me, because all I've said is the truth," and he was certainly not sorry for speaking the truth, despite all the trouble it might bring.

"And I stand with what I said, I want you, just you, not any other girl." She had to believe him, right? Because he was here, in this compartment, not another one.