Wisteria couldn't wait to be back in the garden, it was one of her favorite places to be. As she walked in she noticed some new plants and stones... although she's known to be oblivious sometimes these could have been here last year too. She followed the path and saw that Christopher was sitting on the bench. She wanted to surprise him... she creeped up from behind the bench BOO!

"No I don't encourage fighting... I'll talk to the kid later. I do encourage treating women properly. You know what Finn did to her and I hear that he is going around looking to do the same thing to other girls."
*Matty looked up at her with a frown. He didn't care if it was Finn or his bloody uncle. If he saw a man using a woman like that he would make sure that he gave them a hit that would remind them of their past.*

"I had to restore Marie's honor back... If a guy did that to you I would do the same thing without a second thought... Don't tell me it isn't my business when it comes to Marie. I just can't help it..."

'A ball?' Daisy groaned. 'Oh no, not happening. I have sworn to never wear a dress ever again.' Daisy hated the prospect of a ball, why dress up like an idiot to do some stupid kind of dancing where you have to smile and be all ladylike? Seriously. Daisy thought. 'At least you don't have to do your hair and everything.' she said to Mordred, hating the idea of a ball. 'We could start a rebellion and wear jeans,' Daisy laughed.

'So you have cousins at Durmstrang?' Daisy said. She had heard of Durmstrang, but not a lot about it. 'Which counrty do they live in then?'

Christopher checked his watch, again, wondering if Wisteria would ever show up. He thought it seemed likely that she wouldn't. Just when he was about to head back up to the castle, he heard it. "Ahh! Whaa-?" Wisteria had produced a scream made him jump right up, his heart racing. "Gee! Wisteria you scared me about half to death!" He was pretty sure his heartbeat wouldn't slow down anytime soon. That girl must've been part ninja. She was so quiet and sneaky, yet so loud! It was quite a contradiction in its self. A grin crept up onto his face and he inquired, "So besides you going to secret spy training, how was your summer?" He gave her a quick side hug and sat back down. Hopefully it'd been better than his. He really hoped Air was okay.

Wisteria wasn't expecting such a reaction and gasped herself while laughing at the irony. "She put one arm around his waist seeing as her other arm was carrying some books. She took a seat on the bench. You couldn't ask for better weather in a beautiful place like this.

She thought about what Christopher said, "Well I did have to be quiet when I studied werewolves over the summer. I had this sudden interest in werewolves and I went to Vermont to find them. Well cool." She nodded. "How was your Summer?"

Mia tilted her head back, closed her eyes and took a very deep breath before letting it out slowly. "I don't think for one second that Finn goes out of his way to hurt people, girls in particular on purpose." She opened her eyes again and looked at Matthias. "I know you love and care about her just as I do. But what you did was wrong. And two wrongs do not make a right. You should have just been there for Marie by being her friend and lending a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen to."

She knew very well boys like to settle things with their fists and it seems that Matty was no exception and not only that he looked to be as stubborn as she was. "Marie will learn from this and so will Finlay. But they have to do it on their own. You're never gonna learn from your mistakes if there's always gonna be someone else butting in. I'm sure it made you feel good to punch Finn but tell me Matty, how do you think Marie is gonna feel when she finds out?"

*Matty looked over and gave her a raised eyebrow look.*
"About me hitting Finn? Hmm how would the queen of punches feel?"

*Looking back down Matty sighed and put his face back in his hands. He knew Mia was right, hitting Finn wouldn't solve anything but he couldn't help it. He would apologize to Finn later... then he thought on Mia telling him he should have been there for Marie.*
"I want to be with her, to help and comfort her... but I can't be just friends anymore... Mia it's killing me to stay away from her. But it hurts more to be near her and not... She's trying to get over Finn but with me there I would make things worse... with me around she'll never get over him. So I'll wait... as much as it hurts... I'll wait for her."
*As much as he wanted to he would not cry. Crying was for babies and made him look soft. If his training officer saw this he would make him swim in the ice lake for three days with no rest. Thankfully he kept the tears back.Taking a deep sigh he stood up.*
"I know you don't understand... it's okay. I'll apologize to Finn alright."

Okay so Mia knew that Marie liked to punch people but this was totally different and she knew that her friend would not be happy about this, because she cared about both boys.

As Matty went on to speak, Mia listened and she grew more and more exasperated until she could take it no longer and threw her hands up in the air. "Oh my god! Listen to you feeling sorry for yourself. Yeah it is going to be hard for you but if you care enough about her then you will just deal with it."

When he stood up, Mia followed suit, he was not going anywhere until she had finished. "And let me tell you something Matthias Gardner, you are lucky. Okay? You're lucky that you get to see her and talk to her everyday if you want, when you're not too busy hiding away and sulking because you can't have what you want. I get to see Nik, three months out of the year and let me tell you, it's the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life. I love him and I want to be with him all the time but I can't and so I learn to deal with it."

She shoved her finger into his chest about as violent as Mia was ever going to get. "So don't tell me I don't understand."

*Matty looked down in complete shock as this little thing called Mia Gibbins cut him down faster than any sword could. A big part of him wanted to yell back at her and tell her off. How dare she talk to him this way! But the other part knew she was right. She just didn't have to kick the magic out of a guy when he was already down. When she started to shove her finger into his chest he almost fell flat on to his backside. Matty then started to stutter, something he hadn't done in a very long time.*
"I-I-I-I'm- I'm s-s-s-s-so- sorr-r-r-ry..."
*Stumbling backwards he finally did fall and looked up at Mia. It was as if his brain shut off. All he felt were loads of guilt, and pain.*

Okay she wasn't expecting that to happen. Mia looked down at Matty and blinked a couple of times. She hadn't made him fall had she? Her finger wasn't that strong.

Kneeling down beside him, Mia gave him an apologetic look. "I didn't mean to go off like that. All I was trying to say was, be there for her if she needs you because that's what a good friend does. But don't interfere, she needs to make her own decisions, in her own time." She held out her hand to him. "If you two are meant to be then you will be but don't try and force it."

"I wont interfere... but for now... it's to hard to be by... I'll try Mia..."
*Matty nodded then got himself up. He was right in thinking she would give him a telling off that was for sure.*
"I better... go I guess..."

Woah. What did she just say? Did he hear the word werewolves? He listened intently to confirm his mistake, but alas, there was none. Wisteria sincerely had gone to Vermont to find werewolves! That was bloody amazing!

"Nevermind my summer, it was awful. I missed it here so much. Tell me about werewolves and visiting the States!" He spoke very eagerly, excited to hear about her adventures. She'd gone to the States, which in itself was awesome, but werewolves too!? Wisteria was amazing.

Wisteria was over flown with joy, "The States were amazing and Vermont, in-particular, is quite a sight." She didn't know where to begin, "The travel was pretty good, sometimes it can be annoying when you're the only witch around, but besides that it was pretty cool." She was starring at the ceiling trying to remember everything.

"My favorite part, before I get to the werewolves, was I actually found one who was also a mix of a husky... I took her and kept her as my pup. She a bit wild, manageable, though." She rummaged through her pack searching out a picture to show. She was her joy and comfort, such a wonderful pup. She kept searching, she kept way too many things in her bag..."Anyways, The werewolves were quite interesting. I followed a pack and it must have been mating season cuz most of them were pregnant. I got to see some of them born."

She stopped for a second... "wait, your summer? What happened?"

ooc: I actually had a dog that was part wolf part husky, from Vermont. I had her for 16 years, unfortunately she was put down 3 years ago. I'll post you an actual pic if you'd like to see her.

"Well, that is if the school decides to have one this term." he replied.

"Yes, I have cousins from Durmstrang. Julian, James and Franco. Dominic might attend Durmstrang next year though." he said feeling a bit jealous. All of his cousins were together in one school and he was the one who was left out.

"We all live in Kent. My cousins would travel two days ahead before the start of their term. But every summer I get to see them."Mordred wondered where the summer went. He thought it passed by way too fast.

"Have you seen the ship on the lake? It's already open for exploration."

Adrianna sighed and walked out into the Student Garden. She remembered as if it was yesterday the conversation that she held here just last school year. But thankfully, she wouldn't have any awkwardness talking to her partner-in-crime. She had a surprise for him, this time.

"Well, for once, at least it's good news" she said to herself as she got out a book.

LA-DI-DA-DI-DA

Justin strolled happily into the garden, a smile upon his features and happiness in his heart. His life had been turned upside down and turned for the better. He was happy for once. And it had been a long time since he was last happy with his life. Before, his life sucked so badly. Things had changed so much over the summer. He was now a sixth year student at Hogwarts. And he had an amazing girlfriend. A great home life. And a fantastic father. One of whom he didn't have the year before. That was how things had changed. He had things he never used to have.

Seeing Adrianna sat on her own, Justin walked over to her cheerfully. Not able to resist it, Justin sneaked behind Adrianna and covered her eyes with his hands. "Guess who?" he asked. She was certain to guess it was him. But never mind.

Ad giggled and smiled. "Hm...lemme guess...Justin?" she asked, pulling his hands away and tipping her head back to see him behind her. [b]"How are you today?" she asked, smiling at the brunette.

Justin smiled and nodded, putting his arms on her shoulders and sitting behind her. He pulled her back gently so that she was leant against him. "Well, I'm oddly happy. I seem excited for some strange reason and I'm pretty much just as crazy as usual. What's different?" he replied. What was different? He'd been that way for weeks. Months even. So what was really different? Not much.

"And how are you?" he returned the question.

Ad smiled and kissed his cheek softly. "Well, that's good that you're happy. I'm happy when you're happy" she said sweetly.

"I'm good. Great, actually. I've got good news" she said, bringing [i]both[/b] knees to her chest as she leaned against Justin.

Justin smiled even more. "So what's the good news?" he asked eagerly.

Ad smiled wide and she rolled up the leg of her trousers on both legs. "Which one WAS injured? Supposedly injured beyond even magical repair?" she said. Both her legs looked exactly alike, besides faint scars on her right.

Justin's eyes widened. O no. This wasn't good. He couldn't tell them apart therefor he couldn't remember which was "injured beyond repair". Oops! He pointed to the right leg hoping it was correct. "That one. But its healed. I thought it was injured beyond repair so they said. How?" he replied. How was it possible?

Ad nodded. "Yeah, the right one. It was. I literally just woke up one morning and it was like this. I'm telling the truth. It's so creepy! But hey, I'm happy" she said, smiling at him.

Justin smiled. "Someone has to have done it" he replied. It had to be.

Ad shrugged, snuggling up close to Justin. "Yeah. I've got a friend somewhere" she said softly.