Alyssa jumped when she heard Aaron's name being mentioned. She didn't even know how to talk with him now, especially what had happened yesterday. 'Has he changed his mind. Did he just say it because I made him angry and he just said it so that I would stop pushing him.' Alyssa just wanted to crawl up into a ball and not be noticed.

Just then Justin noticed Alyssa sitting in a chair in the corner so he got up and went over to talk to her. It had been a long time since they had a chance to talk alone.

" Hey, Alyssa. How've you been? Sorry I missed practice today. I lost track of time while studying this book I got from the library. It's a pretty good read. " he said as his held up the big wandlore book he had checked out.

"Uh hi! Justin. That's okay. We're getting used to having only a few of us out there. So you found an interesting book huh? Wandlore? Yeah I read it myself. It's amazing what you find out about wands."Alyssa was trying to make small talk while looking over to see what Aaron was doing.

Well, to be fair I'd destroyed Everett's guitar so I was more thinking about that and less about the emotional side to things Amy protested, knowing it was a rubbbbissssh excuse, but still, she was going to go with it, because in the back of her mind she knew that she shouldn't of done it and she knew that it was foolish but she hadn't thought, as usual.

Its nice Amy nodded slowly, admittedly, she wasn't so much into Doctor Who, but it was still nice to ole Katie to buy that for Sammy. The bright green light startled her and she jumped back. And in typical Amy style, fell over backwards

That was the worst excuse ever. And Amy'd used like five times already. If anything Sammy should've traumatized by the amount of yelling, but she was too cool for that. "Well, I don't know how we're gonna do this. Unless you apologized first with something along the lines of "sorry I broke your guitar but I'm an idiot and I'm now going out with Jack so yeah bye" then run for your life and just avoid eye contact him for the rest of forever." she blabbered, in Sammy's eyes it was the worst plan ... like .... ever. Even worse than Everett and Amy's ... well, not as bad as Amy's.

Being the brilliant friend Sammy was to Amy, she laughed when she fell over. It was in the job description of being a best friend was it not? "You alright?" she asked once she was done with her laughing.

Amy could only shrug, so shrug she did, about six times, it was rubbish and just made her look like an idiot, but she continued to shrug none the less, looking increasingly like a village idiot or a robot stuck on shrug mode. I could do that Amy nodded foolishly. I could do that she repeated, suddenly liking the mad plan of Sammys. But when she looked at the blonde she twigged something, you didn't mean it as a real plan did you?

Amy was lying on the floor, laughing a lot, a hell of a lot, despite the fact that it had hurt, she couldn't stop. Uh, sort of she giggled

Ronnie felt the compelling need to absorb in Hogwarts. Almost like she wouldn't be coming back the next year. Something just made her feel as if she wasn't going to make it. Since her father's death, she couldn't help feeling this way so often.

She tried to shake it off, she tried so hard to put on a brave face, but nothing seemed to work for insides really. She sat down in the common and marvaled at it. Almost like she was seeing it for the first time really. she wished she had a camera to take a picture. Her mother after had never seen the inside of the hufflepuff common room. Her mother was Ravenclaw, all though for how often she used her magic now most people who probally mistake her for a muggle.

Aaron was pulled back to reality by Justin, who had said something. Aaron wasn't sure what Justin had said, he was too focussed on his packet of crisps to notice a lot else.

So he just flashed him a big grin. 'Ello there Justin! Fancy seeing you here!' He frowned at his words. Fancy seeing you here? Meh. It sounded nice. 'Want some..?' He held the nearly empty packet of crisps out.

Bela sprinted into the common room. "Someone, anyone, we need help. One of the Second Year girls has fallen unconscious!! Please help!!"

" I know. I was surprised how much there is to learn about wands and how they're made and what goes into each." Justin smiled. " Ya know, I'm really glad you decided to stay. Whether you know it or not, We all care about you and you are very important to all of us. So, if you ever need to talk with someone you can always talk to me." he said as he rubbed her shoulder .

Alyssa was glad that Aaron had stopped eating his chips and was turning towards both Justin and her. But then she almost gasped out loud when he totally ignored her and offered the bag to Justin.

"Uh thanks Justin. I really appreciate you saying that. Thanks alot." Alyssa felt Justin rubbing her shoulders. She looked over to see whether Aaron was going to say anything.

" Sure, thanks." Justin said as he took a small handful of the crisps and ate them. " Say, Aaron , do ya think you did well on exams so far? " he said as he tried to continue to make small talk hoping Aaron would strike up a conversation with Alyssa.
" Don't mention it. That is , after all, what friends are for." justin smiled. then he whispered " Why don't you go talk to him ? "

"Wha...what? Talk to whom?"Alyssa asked Justin. Alyssa looked around, still trying to ignore the fact that Aaron was happier eating his Chips than talking to her.

" You know who. I see the way you look at him. Maybe he's waiting for you to approach him. Just don't be pushy. Flirt alittle. Just don't be obvious... Be aloof. " he suggested in a whisper. He didn't want to bring attention to their conversation. " Besides, I saw him pleading with you at the front gate that night. He was sincere. I saw it in his eyes. "

Alyssa immediately looked up when she heard a familiar voice calling for help. "Bella what's wrong? A 2nd year? Oh Merlin please don't let it be Nessie." Alyssa sprang up from the chair and quickly ran up the stairs to their room, calling back to Justin,"Justin, I'll talk to you later okay. Right now see whether you can find Kita or a prefect."

Alyssa prayed that Nessie was alright.

" Right then. I'll see who I can find. " said Justin as he sprang into action and ran from the commonroom.

"If that was my real plan you should've whacked me over the head" Sammy said patting Amy on the in a little bit of a "yes, you're crazy but that's okay" sort of way. Which was just the sort of thing she did because she's amazing and such. But this also meant she had to come up with a proper problem-solving-plan. And she had no ideas whatsoever. Brilliant. "I still think beating Everett with a stick 'til he apologizes is a good idea, but now it only works for me because you tried to get revenge or whatever" she muttered.

Sammy just tried not too laugh, trying to keep her face in the poker position. It wasn't working. "Want some help up?" she asked, laughing as well a little.

I would never do that! Amy cried, in faux outrage, I'm a nice person, you just take any excuse to be violent! She nodded, but grinning, so as to show she was joking. Slowly, Amy pulled herself up off the ground, so I can't beat him? She asked, pouting, but do I have to talk to him? She whined, blinking my a maniac and trying to look like a puppy

Nah, I'm okay now She grinned, standing up straight

Now Sammy was in a faux outrage. Any excuse to be violent? That was simply not true. "That's not true, I just think he deserves a good old beating" she said poking her tongue out. Just thinking about it made her wonder where she was going to get a decent stick from ... for "protection". "You can't beat him up" she said with a nod "but you don't necessarily have to talk to him, you could write him a letter or something but eventually you gonna talk to him" It wasn't even a case of 'you might have to talk to him' SHE WAS GOING TO TALK TO HIM.

And that's not violent? Amy said shaking her head, I think you've confused the difference between violence and peace Sammy Amy said, lightly patting the blonde on the head, and keeping away none the less, just in case she bit her. It had been known to happen, Amy wasn't just paranoid. I'm not going to write a letter Amy said, cocking an eyebrow, its not the Edwardian century Sammy!

"But I have reason to be violent." Sammy protested. "SO it's not just mindless violence, it's .... um ... it's ... " she had to pause for a moment to think of the word that refused to be remembered at the moment, it was times like these she wished she was an elephant. "it's revenge, sort of, or reasoned violence" she said remembering the word. Well then what was she going to do? Send him a text reading 'lol soz bout killing ur guitar. ur a lozer lol'? "Well you're pretty much refusing to talk to him so if you have any better ideas I'd simply love to hear them" she snapped. She didn't like people making fun of her ideas, especially when they hadn't come up with any decent ones of their own.

Amy just stared at Sammy, shaking her head in her your-not-impressing-anyone teacher face. Yeh. She was good at that face, she was proud of that face. And the single eyebrow raise. They were both good things. Yup. Revenge is mindless, its not reasoned Amy said patronisingly, shaking her head. God, she looked like the sort of person you gave a swift slap, all godly and stuff. I'm not refusing! Amy squirmed, I just...I like my face, I think its a nice colour, and it looks good on my neck

Minnie rushed into the common room trying to catch her breath. She sat down and tried to calm her shaking hands. This anxiety to be anywhere else other then the common room was something she had never had before and she didn't like it. She missed the strong her and the person who loved to be out doors. Now she just sat around in the common room and was scared to do anything. She took out a book and began to read.

Justin watched as Minnie nearly threw herself on the couch, " Hey, Min? How are you doing? Ya look like you're running from something. What gives? " he said as he sat down beside her.

Oh crap Minnie thought. She did not want her friends to see her like this. Shew as stronger then this. "I don't know Justin. I have just been really freaked out since everything happened. I don't even like to be away from this area. I don't know why I have let it get to me so bad. I am just afraid that I'm going to run into him and he is going to start running his mouth again." She shuddered at the though of his voice.