There was snow... and ice and muck and such that was causing Lexi not to be able to stop, but she could hopefully fall with some grace. Maybe.

Nope. There was no hope for her to fall gracefully... what had she been thinking?

Suddenly she slammed into Ivan and took him down with her as her book flew out of her grasp and flew toward TJ's face. "SAVE THE BOOK!!!" she yelled before the air was knocked out of her.

Groaning slightly she let out a string of curse words that would make a sailor blush and then she felt the hot liquid running out of her nose... and onto Ivan's robes... Oops. She did fall on top of him and slam her face HARD into his bony chest.

Ivan wrapped his arms around Lexi as she slammed into him causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the ground. Closing his eyes he groaned and released Lexi to rub the back of his head. That was not good.

"What the hell are you doing Lexi?" he asked pulling his hand away to see if he was bleeding. Thankfully no and he looked at TJ to make sure she was alright. "And why save the book?"

He looked down and saw the blood on his robes that didn't belong to him. "NOooo not another set," he groaned dropping his head back onto the ground. "You can get off of me any time thanks," he said sarcastically.

Save the what? Throwing her hands up just in time, she caught it, just inches from her face. Oh...that book landing on the ground as she lost her balance finally after catching the book. Shaking her head, she sat there with the book in her hands still looking over at the other two. "Yeah...good question." she murmured, looking down at the book in her hands.

Hearing Ivan's next words, she saw Lexi was bleeding. Somehow things always ended up with Lexi, now TJ really wanted to go, and quickly too. Putting the book on the ground next to them, she stopped as she heard the sarcasm in his voice.

Lexi pushed herself up... with the side of Ivan's face and blew her nose a bit. Heh. Which of course sent blood blowing out everywhere as she did. But instead of moving right away she sat with her bum RIGHT on Ivan's tummy and bounced once or twice.

"You are so bloody RUDE! Your stupid chest broke my nose and you get sarcastic with me? That's rich!" she said in a lispy funny sounding voice. Yeah. Broken nose = funny speech. "And I want my book in one piece... it's MINE and I love it. And I take pretty good care of my things!" she said in a higher pitch than usual as her eyes scanned for the...

"WHY WOULD YOU PUT MY BOOK IN THE SNOW?! YOU COW!" Lexi shouted as she crawled to it and SNATCHED it up. "And clearly I was RUNNING. Away from the castle. I di'n't mean to run into you, obviously... I was looking behind me," she explained as her eyes scanned the book in question. If there was one bit of water damage she would hex that troll right into the willow and laugh with glee.

Ewwwwwwwwww. Really? Did she have to do that? Ivan made a face as he looked down at his robes and groaned in pain as she started bouncing on him. "Stop! STOP!" He said wincing. "Bloody tree got me there...." She needed to get off of him.

"I'M rude?! You're the one who ran into me and got blood on my robes," he said watching TJ get up and look like she was about to leave.

Hearing Lexi yell at her though he frowned and snatched the book from her. "Don't talk to her that way. I don't call Sal names so don't you dare call her names. Now get off and I'll give you the book back." Head injury and side injury...what a fun day today was. He flipped threw the pages well within her reach and knowing she'd take it back but he really wanted to know what was so special about a potions textbook.

Making a face at the girl, as she blew her nose. Fighting the urge to gag as blood splattered everywhere, she shook her head. What was wrong with this girl. Now she was bouncing on his stomach? And what the heck was up with the book thing?

Her eyes narrowing as the girl called her a cow, she shook her head again. Now was an even better reason to leave. She was going to be the mature one of the three of them and actually walk away from this. Turning away, she stopped and turned back her eyes falling on Ivan as he spoke. Did he just...

...stand up for her? It shouldn't surprise her, really. But for some reason, she'd thought she'd never see him talk to Lexi in that way. Watching as he flipped through a few pages, "Yeah...what is so special about that book?" she asked boldly.

"RIGHT! Like I meant to break my face on your stupid chest! You're absurd sometimes... MOST of the time. AB-SURD!" she said in her high pitched shouty voice. Yeah. He made her SHOUTY.

She ripped a piece of her robes off and shoved it up her nostrils trying to stop the bloodflow... her eyes already felt puffy and bruised and such. "OH! Who are you trying to LIE to, Ivan Piotr Vorpatril?! You have said terrible things about Salander, I am SURE of that!"

...

"Get off of what? My hands and knees in the snow. What are you--- HEY!!!!!! GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF OF MY BOOK!" she shouted as she yanked it out of his reach but not before he got to the pages she did NOT want anyone seeing.

NARROWING HER EYES at him she pointed a finger at him and then turned her attention to TJ. "Nunyo. That's what! It's MINE. And nunyo business you busybody!" Lexi said heatedly. Then turning her GLARE back on LORD Vorpatril she poked her index finger at his chest and said, "You say one word and I will be sure my hand slips over your morning juice. You understand me?" HMMM? DO YOU?!

Yeah...he was the absurd one here.... She was the one shouting. He watched as she tore her robes. Good thing it was her robes and not his.Ugh really...she used his middle name. "Actually. Aside from calling him stupid and a bloody idiot, no I haven't." Nothing like troll at least.

"OF ME!" he said wincing as he felt pain in his side. Looked like another trip to the hospital wing was in order. He watched as she yanked the book out of his hands and frowned again as she started yelling at TJ once more. "I'm sure she doesn't appreciate you sitting on me," he said cooly though technically they weren't together anymore. He glanced toward TJ and then back at Lexi as she started poking his chest.

Yeah he had seen what she was brewing and it wasn't cool at all. Hearing her threaten him he raised an eyebrow with a smirk before saying in perfect Russian, "Жаль, что я не говорю по английски."

ooc: Foreign language approved by Droo. "I'm sorry I don't speak English."

Ok, that was quite enough for her. She was tired of finding those two together so often, and whatever the quarrel was really between them, she didn't want to be there when it was done again. Rolling her eyes as Lexi said it was none of her business, "Didn't really want to know anyway." she muttered.

"You know what." she said to the both, "Don't matter to me, I think. You're gonna do what you want anyway." After having said the words, she realized how angry she really had been from what had happened over a month previously.

Flushing, she felt the sting of those darn tears all over again, turning quickly she left them where they were without another word.

"And I just called her a cow and a busybody... I think we're even you noob," she muttered as she came to rest on her bum a little ways away from Ivan, her book gripped to her chest. "And what the hell are you on about? I haven't been sitting on you for a while now. Did you addle your brains or somefink?" ODD BOY.

Oh really?! Like Lexi had EVER cared what other people liked... and besides she wasn't sitting on him. He was DELUSIONAL. "Oh. Right. Yeah. Speak Russian at me. You know what? Try me and see what happens to you, Vorpatril. I am only going to warn you once."

"Then why you making a fuss about it?" she muttered as she tried to quell her anger at seeing that eyeroll. She would smack those eyes right out of TJ's head if she kept it up.

...

"Wha' are you even on about? I ran into him while I was running, bloodied my face, and called you a cow... that is about par for the course innit?" She turned to look at Ivan and pointed toward the troll girl. "What the hell is up with her? I reckon you ought to go after her. And I will replace THOSE robes since my blood is all over them," she said in a softer tone. No need for ANYONE to know she had a heart. NO ONE.

Ivan pursed his lips as Lexi spoke and ignored her. Wait she...he sat up and looked over at her rubbing the back of his head. "I...um...." Hmm. Maybe he was going to see about his head as well.

"You've got nothing, Denver." He said with a smirk as he looked down at his robes with a look of distaste. Another set of robes bites the dust courtesy of Lexi. Sigh.

Ivan looked up as TJ spoke at him and his eyes widened slightly at her words to him. Yeah...he deserved that. "I...kind of broke up with her last month while I was going through some issues between mum and you. Apparently she didn't take it too well," he said watching TJ as she walked away. Sighing he looked down at the snow and shook his head. "It won't matter. I don't think she believed me and my reasons. This was the first time I'd seen her in a little over a month." Why did she say she didn't care what he did? She was still wearing his necklace! She had to care!!!! Right?

He fell back onto the snow with a sigh and stared up at the sky. This day officially sucked. "Yeah, alright," he said without really caring if she replaced them or not right now.

She had hoped in her heart that he'd have stopped her, even with a simple word of just saying her name. Taking a deep breath after having reached the top of the hill near the castle, she turned back to look down at Lexi and Ivan. Seeing him just sitting there talking to Lexi now, the tears blurred her vision. She wished she'd just stayed well enough away from him, as soon as she'd realized it had been him, she should have left. No that would have been heartless, after she'd found out he was ok, she should have left.

How could she be so stupid? She'd told him to go to her and tell her he loved her. She was so sure he had, and now they were together, maybe having a disagreement, but together all the same. Making her way past the castle, she wiped her eyes on her sleeve.

Wierdo. That's what he was... and she was very aware of that.

Right. "If you're silly enough to try me, then by all means go right ahead," she said with a quirked eyebrow. She would make sure he fell HARD if he blabbed about what she was doing. "And it's not for what you think it is... I dun need something like that. I need quite the opposite sometimes," she said with a snort, "I am curious to know what it would smell like though." No need to throw Tuney under the bus here.

Now Lexi's smug look sort of melted off of her face... "Oh Ivan. I am so sorry to hear that. How are you dealing with your mum?" Look... there's an elephant. And it's pink. Ket's avoid talking about it, m'kay. "I am not sure anyone takes a breakup well, either, Ivan. I mean... have you been avoiding her?" Like you had me for an entire year? HMMMMM.

Lexi looked off toward her as she looked back... AWKWARD. Lexi sighed and shrugged her shoulders. Terrible- that's how she felt.

Her attention back on Ivan she sighed at him. "Come on, get out of the snow and let's go to the castle. Hospital wing? Or we could be brave and say to hell with it. I think there is a spell to put my nose back in order. We could look it up," she said as she heaved herself up out of the snow.

Riiiiiiight. He wasn't afraid of her though was very curious as to why she was brewing love potion. "If you don't need it then why are you brewing it? And I wonder if Sal knows..." he said with a teasing smirk.

"Oh I'm fine now," he said keeping his eyes up at the sky. "Well for the most part. Neptune's been keeping me busy." And he'd welcomed her little antics. "I asked for time so I could work out my own problems. Even told her I cared about her. I didn't break up with her because I didn't care about her any more. I thought she knew that...." Obviously he was wrong. "And no I haven't been avoiding her I just haven't seen her around. Neptune's been dragging me all over the castle. I rather think it's her that's been avoiding me...." Hmm now there was an interesting turn of events.

He finally dropped his eyes to look at Lexi and shook his head as he sat up again. "Alright, no hospital wing though. I'm fine. And it's Episkey. I used to fix Miles' nose, toes, fingers a lot." Course he usually caused them and was trying to stay out of trouble but that was another question entirely.

Ronnie Weasley walked slowly up to the Whomping Willow, her rat Scabbers in her pocket of her robes. She was really curious about the Whomping Willow, she had heard many things about it from her family of course, since her great great grandfather (Ron Weasley) had been pulled underground in some tunnel near it. The tunnel led up to the Shrieking Shack, which she wondered was still there That's where she was going. To the tunnel to try to get to the Shrieking Shack, unless it was in pieces. Now if she could only find it.........
She looked around but didn't have a single clue where it could be. She sighed and sat down in some grass, a little too close to the Whomping Willow. That was a bad idea. She forgot that the branches could really injure her. She pulled out Scabbers and stroked his gray fur. Suddenly, from behind, a branch swung right at her and knocked her face flat on the ground. She screamed. Before she could stand up, another branch came right in front of her and knocked her about five feet before hitting the ground hard again. She gasped for air, she was bleeding on her forehead. She began to cry. Before she could run off for the Hospital Wing, another branch came and hit her leg so hard, it broke. She was stuck there on the ground, getting beat up by the Whomping Willow. "Help! HELP!" she gasped.

"Oh shut it, Ivan. No he doesn't know and I am not the only one brewing it. It is a team effort and we are doing it for research purposes only... unless you keep it up." She gave him a death glare and scooped up a bit of snow and flung it at him.

HMPH. Her best friend was too busy with IVAN and LEGEND to spend time with her. POUTS FOR LIFE! "Well glad you are getting your mind off of things at least," she said with a nod.

"Well I think she is more than a bit threatened by me... and you. Which is absurd really. Considering I am with Salander and you are working through your issues, right?" RIGHT?! She was flattered that Ivan still cared for her, but it had been tricky lately and she really just wanted her friend back. "Well speaking as an ex that was avoided for about a year... perhaps you ought to try harder with her if you still care. I know that it hurt me that you didn't want anything to do with me." Not that she would EVER admit that again.

"Well I am rubbish at healing magic... would you mind?"

"Wait...who else is helping you? And what research?" Now he was really curious. How were they going to research? Test it on someone? Who? Should he watch his drinks now?

Sighing Ivan gave a nod, "Yeah...I am." Why would she be threatened.... He looked toward the castle and then back at Lexi. "I never said I didn't care in fact I told her several times I did I just needed time." Wait what did she say? Well he couldn't exactly apologize for avoiding her then. He had practically wanted to throttle Sal every time he saw them together. "I'll talk to her later, alright?" if she'd talk to him.

He pulled out his wand and pointed it at her face, "Hold still.... Episkey." He watched as her nose fixed itself and smiled kind of proud of himself. "Good as new."

Lexi waved her hand dismissively and shook her head. "Someone recruited me to help, actually. And it's not important who." Really. She ought not to have let HIM find out SHE was doing it even. "Oh really, Ivan! Why would I test it on someone? I told you we are simply going to SNIFF it. I wasn't joking about that. Curiosity has gotten the better of us. We are curious to know what it would smell like to us is all," she said with a nod. It was a pretty interesting idea if she did say so herself.

"Ivan Vorpatril... get real. Girls dun believe when someone SAYS something like they. We need to be SHOWN that you boys care. Words aren't enough sometimes. Do you really care about her?" she said as she got up and dusted snow off of her bum. "Because if you do you better show her. I think I have an uncanny ability for screwing up you all's meetings... and she is not going to like me EVER because she thinks I am getting in the way." She was a girl, after all. She GOT these things.

Wait... she wasn't ready...

"OWWWWW! Bloody hell, Vorpatril! That hurt! And look it's bleeding again." GRUMBLES and cursing under the breath, man. At least her nose wouldn't be crooked or anything.

Ronnie was still getting beat by the Whomping Willow. She was bleeding terribly. "HELP! SOMEBODY HE-" another blow rolled her on her side. She couldn't breathe anymore, it had hit her too hard. Slowly, everything began to go dark and she was knocked out. . . . . .

Isobel walked over to the Whomping Willow with the soccer ball in her hands. The one MisterChadStryker had given to her at the beginning of the year. She set it on the ground and started dribbling it back and forth to herself. That was when she heard someone call for help. There was a moment when she felt like a super hero. Do not fear fellow Hogwartian, I am here to help. She tried not to giggle as she looked around for who was calling. Then she saw a girl under the Whomping Willow. Geez! Isobel ran over to the girl and saw that she was unconscious. She grabbed her arms and dragged her out from under the tree, because there was no way she would be able to carry her.

Finally she got far enough away from the tree that it would not be able to hit either of them. Isobel was proud to have gotten out of there with only few scratches. She looked down at the girl and saw that she was still unconscious. Well, Isobel couldn't drag her all the way to the Hospital wing; that would hurt on the stairs. She tried to think of ways to make someone conscious again. Suddenly she got an idea. Isobel took out her wand. "Aguamenti," she said, pointing her wand at the girl's face. But her wand was a little ways away, so she didn't completely spray water on her face. That's what people did in movies, they poured water on someone to wake them up. It should work.

Ronnie felt something splash on her face. She sputtered and slowly opened her eyes. She looked up and saw a fourth year looking down onto her face. "W-where am I?" she asked, in a scratchy voice. "I-I don't feel too good....." she said. She began to move and suddenly pain seared real fast in her leg. She moaned and lay back on the ground.

Isobel was concerned. "Are you okay?" She asked. Okay, stupid question. Of course she wasn't okay, she had blood all over and she had just been mugged by the Whomping Willow. "Can you walk? I can't drag you all the way to the Hospital Wing."

"I-I'm fine I think.......my leg is killing me though....." she said groaning. "I believe...I can try to walk if you...s-support me...she said.

"Okay," Isobel said, taking a deep breath. "I can do that." She helped the girl up and helped her stand by putting her arm around her wait. "But your arm around my shoulder," she said. They should be able to get to the Hospital Wing that way, as long as the girl didn't put too much pressure on her bad leg.

"Thank you so mu-much..." Ronnie said feeling quite dizzy. As the girl helped Ronnie up, Ronnie felt a giant shot of pain sear up her leg. She winced and heard the girl ask her to put her arm around her shoulder. Ronnie put her arm arund the girls shoulder and they began to walk towards the hospital wing. "I-I'm sorry I had to put you through all this trouble..." Ronnie said.