"who, Presley?"Cleo said as she ran back over. "course she does you moron from boron!"

As Chloe wandered through the grounds and came across the whomping willow she wondered if perhaps she could find some more abscure things on the list that hopefully were were already dead, ick. As she explored the area she found a a dead rat that thankfully had not been infested yet. Chloe winced as she icked up the specimin and and put in a slightly bigger reinforced bag and then labeled it. Chloe then put in her bag with the other specimins. Chloe was starting to get creeped and was sure she could find the rest of specimins in the greenhouse. Well perhaps not the unicorn bloods, but Chloe was pretty certain she would not find that on Hogwarts grounds. Perhaps the forbidden forrest but for good reason students were not allowed to go there.

" I am ok, thanks" Wiliam told Thea. " I appreciate yo uasking me" William said to Thea. " Rose and I are at least freinds again" Willaim explained to Thea. " How are your classes going?" William asked Thea.

" Yes Presley" Willaim smiled. " Yes likes me as a friend " William told Cleo. "Calling me names will not hurt me" William said to Cleo.

'She's only joking! Now, about Presley... Are you trying to hurt her?' ROse frowned. She had hung back from the wedding and refused to let William hurt her like he had her... 'You also promised me you didn't like Katelyn and didn't kiss her!' Rose frowned more intensly

" I am not hurting Presley" Willaim told Rose. " She likes me as a freind " Willaim said to Rose."Well, we did break up and it had nothing to do with Katelynn" Willaim explained to Rose.

Mikey smiled and awaited Thea's clearly well though out answer. "That's good then" Mikey looked down then back up again. "Yep. My cousin's. One of them works in the Ministry. But he acts like a teenager most the time. Despite the fact he has a son" he smiled. Yep, Cal was very much like a teenager.
Mikey smiled again at Thea. "I love dance. It's everything I live for pretty much" he giggled. Maybe not everything he lived for but it was something he loved a lot. Then he looked up at Thea. Yay, the two of them seemed to have more in common than Mikey ever would've though. And he was told snake's and lion's weren't meant to get along. What a load of rubbish that was.

Thea smiled at the look on Mikey's face when he spoke about his cousins. 'Seems like your really close!' She nodded. 'A lot of my family work for the Ministry! My mam's a Healer.' Thea grinned, her grey eyes proud. 'I have literally no idea what dad does though! He's away a lot of the time..' Thea trailed off. It didn't really make her sad which suprised some people.. it made her a bit mad sometimes. Pfft. Whatever. Shaking the thought off, she turned to Mikey again. 'One of my older brothers can dance too.' Leo was good, he had taught Thea too. 'I've learnt off him really!' Thea smiled

'How are your lessons doing, then?' Thea asked. 'Are you managing to keep up with all the homework?' Thea mentally rolled her eyes. She was coping.. just. She was actually dreading sixth/seventh year...

Mikey smiled and nodded. "Yeah we are" he replied truthfully. He wouldn't be where he was without Cal. Sort of. If it was possible for an ex student to get him to Hogwarts. "My Uncle's wife's a healer" he replied. Yeah, he could've made it really confusing but then he would've confused himself. Never a good thing when Mikey Grainger's around. "O right" he replied not really knowing what else to say. Then his face lit up. "What style is your brother into?" he asked curiously.

Mikey shrugged. "Ok, I guess. I'm a bit confused what with starting so late in the year" he replied. Homework? He was barely keeping up with it. "I've got a few pieces outstanding but so far I'm ok with it all" he replied. Yeah, when he got further into his time at Hogwarts, he'd hopefully find it easier to keep up. Maybe.

Folding her hands in her lap, Thea smiled again. 'Oh that's cool.' Thea fancied herself as a Healer, or maybe in the Wizengamot? Heheh. That was a long way off yet! Thea frowned a little. 'Well.. he dances mostly to RnB music.. you know sort of hip-hop and stuff.' Thea laughed. 'He looks like somebody out of one of the Step Up films!' She grinned again. 'He's fourteen, so he's been doing it a bit longer than me. He's into rugby too, do you play sport?' She asked, smiling. Thea didn't. Shudder. She'd stick to the horsies. Heheh. 'I could show you him one time, if you like.' She shrugged. 'He's not scary, even though he's quite big!' She giggled. 'He acts like he's a firstie.' She smiled. 'But seriously.. you can take any of my brothers, any time you like!' Thea tried to keep her face serious.. but failed.

Mikey listened to EVERYTHING Thea had to say. "So my sort of style then. Those films portray dance in a way that no one has ever done" he replied. He smiled. "I don't really play any sports. Not even Quidditch" he replied truthfully. Sport was not his thing. "Hmm. He sounds like my type of guy" he admitted.

Scratching her chin, Thea nodded. 'Well look out for him. He's called Leo-Alix Eden.' She grinned. 'Don't really know what was wrong with my parents when she named us..' Thea rolled her eyes.. again. 'Yeah I can't really fly.. I once landed in a tree actually.'Thea raised her eyebrows remembering. Grinnn.

Gwen shook his hand, more or less because she really thought they could be friends. ‘Frienemies- that’s the right thing to say’, she replied, but then stopped. ‘Wait…I DO NOT enjoy giving you trouble’, she answered with a cold tone. Or do I? Well, if I do, that’s just ‘cause you are annoying!, she wanted to snap back, but didn’t.

" Well, I actually prefer ro be friends with you now" William told Gwen. " I really liked my time at the lake with you" Willaim said to Gwen." No, you are right, you do not like giving me trouble" William agreed with Gwen.

The whomping willow. The giant killer-monster tree with a grudge against all students not named Remus Lupin. Maybe I'll just have to change my name, Presley thought warily, eyeing the tree. Normally, she loved trees they were great for climbing, and fabolous for sitting in to think, but not this one. Presley still hadn't forgotten it's swing at her early this year. She saw William, talking to a couple of people all at one time. And all people she knew at that.
"Hey, Will," she skipped over to him. If worse came to worst, he would make a good shield. "What's up?"
OOC: I couldn't find where you replied to me, and it was ages ago, so I've started new.

" Hi, how are you?" Wiliam asked Presley. " Have you heard Rsoe hurt herself at the lake?" William asked Presley. "Alex and I took her to the Healers" William told Presley. " I tried to be a real good friend plus I do not to see anyone hurt, but she told me to leave" Willaim explained to Presley. " Would you please go to the Healers and see how Rose is doing for me and everyone?" William asked Presley.

Rose had told him to go away? Well, Pres could see that. She shrugged. "I'd heard she was hurt, but I didn't want to crowd healer morreti. I figured I'd run down and see her later today, but if you want an update, I can go now." She danced away from the tree, and back up toward the castle.

"Well, I did not mean right away" William called out to Presley. " I guess, you are not going later to see her" William said to Presley. " Guess I will see you when you get back" Wiliam said to Presley. William all alone again. He needs to make friends with boys just like his father told him.

Wandering down the grounds, TJ found herself near the whomping willow, for some reason, she kept winding up there as of late. She'd felt like she was in a daze the first few weeks, but after talking with Matt she'd started feeling more like herself. Having been working hard on getting to her classes on time again, and as well as doing the homework she should have been doing.

She'd not forgotten what day it was, but kept telling herself it was just another day. Even though deep down she knew it wasn't, she wouldn't let that bother her. Nor was the fact she'd had the necklace that he'd given her around her neck for the last month, that her fingers were fingering the chain of as she walked.

Ivan walked down to the grounds kicking rocks here and there as he came across them. His friends had helped him a lot and for the most part he was doing better but...not completely and he couldn't figure out why. It wasn't Lexi still...maybe he was still depressed over his mum. Neptune and James had been a great distraction though even though Neptune had almost killed him.

Not paying any attention to where he was going he turned and walked toward the Willow with a sigh. Yeah he wasn't oblivious as to what day it was and maybe that was what depressed him. It had last year as well. He was lost in thought and hadn't watched where he was going when he felt something hit him in his stomach and send him flying a few feet.

Rolling onto his side he held his stomach and groaned, "Stupid branch!" Well really stupid him but he'd never admit that.

Watching as something flew past her, her eyebrow went up, it was definitely a person. Hurrying over, she reached her hand down, to help whoever it was before realizing who it was even. Hearing him groan and speak, TJ gasped softly, pulling her hand back.

Biting her lip, she squatted down next to him as he lay there on his side. "Ivan...are you alright?" she asked softly, barely above a whisper. Darn it, even in the month and a half, she'd barely been able to speak to him, though this was the first time she'd actually had a chance. "Ivan?" she asked a little louder, but not by much.

Ivan sat up and held his side with a wince. He knew who was beside him and wasn't sure if his brilliant idea to get some air had been so brilliant now. "Yeah I'm fine. I'm fine." He pushed himself up and stretched his side out lifting his shirt to find a huge bruise already forming. "That's going to hurt in the morning...."

Sighing he dropped his shirt and turned to face TJ fully for the first time in a few weeks. The first thing he noticed was she still wore his necklace. He stared at it for a moment, swallowing, before bringing his eyes up to hers. "Hi, TJ."

Watching as he sat up and lifted his shirt a little, TJ turned her head so she wouldn't see. Lowering her eyelashes, nibbled her lip. Well, he said he was fine, so she should just go...right?

Turning her head back just as he looked into her eyes she looked into his. Swallowing she sat back on her heels, debating if she should just take her leave. "Hi, Ivan." she said softly. "I erm...just wanted to make sure you were alright."

Looking off down the grounds, she dipped her head, unable to keep her eyes on his without the longing to be in his arms again, and for him to tell her it'd be alright still, to show. "I uhh...maybe I should go, now that your, uhhh gonna be fine."

RUN, RUN, RUN!

Lexi was running with the book tucked under her arm and still looking over her shoulder. Good! She was not being followed. Anymore. If she had been in the first place as she was pretty sure she had been.

Yeah. And since she was running and looking over her shoulder at the same time Lexi did not notice that Ivan was standing right in front of her until... she turned around and SHRIEKED!

"BLOODY HELL! WATCH OUT... I CAN'T STOP!" she shouted as she began to flail a bit.

Ivan looked at TJ and seeing her look away rubbed the back of his neck. What should he say? He didn't know he hadn't exactly expected to see her today.

"No...wait TJ..." he said starting to reach for her hand when he heard someone yelling. Turning his head he saw Lexi running toward him and his eyes widened. Why the hell was she running? Moving his hand he braced himself for her impact and to catch her not wanting her to get hit by the willow branches like he had. Here comes another bruise....

Lifting her eyes to his, questions forming in her eyes, as she looked into his. When suddenly she heard running footsteps drawing near, and then a shout, looking up at the same time Ivan did, her eyes widened.

Moving quickly, she hoped to get out of the way of the girl who was running and about to run into them. Who....why?