"Oh definitely!" She said with a nod, Chelsea was so lucky she wasn't here last term. Merlin, that was quite a year filled with missing teachers and crazy ones that were rarely around, talked liked vikings and lugged around a chainsaw while stealing cats.

The blonde then wound her scarf tighter around her neck as she shivered slightly from the cold wind that had swept by. She gathered her long hair around her face, in attempt to warm her up then stood up. She had been outside way to long. She smiled at Chelsea and asked "It's getting a bit too cold out here for my taste. Wanna head back down to the common room?" The green fire was looking pretty tempting right now. She just hoped no one was sitting on her seat.

"Glad to know I don't have to worry about you biting me," she laughed. Merlin, the way they were talking it made it sound like his animagus form was a snake. That would be rather amusing and a form that she hadn't heard of before. She would rather his form be a cat though, that way she could snuggle him.

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Where did that thought come from? She pinched her arm to bring herself back to the present and not somewhere thinking about Jonathan's kitty form.

"Don't change because I said something," she said shaking her head. "You should change because you want to. As long as you are comfortable with yourself, I can't really ask for anything else."

She laughed at his reaction. Honestly, it didn't make much sense that he fancied potions so much but hated Herbology. The two subjects were like peanut butter and jelly. Although, Kurumi didn't really fancy peanut butter, so she supposed that that could be applied to Potions. "It's not my favorite subject. I prefer Care of Magical Creatures and Arithmancy." And she was currently going into magical creature withdrawal since the class had been postponed. Last term she had only had one lesson as well. Not something she was very pleased about.

Kurumi followed Jonathan's gaze, which she assumed was to look at her shoeless foot. Probably should head back inside soon to make sure she didn't get sick...but that meant Jonathan was going to carry her in, right? Her cheeks flushed just a bit. "I-I guess we should go inside soon..." she whispered, clinging just a bit closer to him. For warmth of course... "We could...get something to eat perhaps." Truth be told, she wasn't entirely ready to say good bye to him just yet. "But, I wouldn't want to impose...if you have plans with someone else..."

Awkward. Definitely awkward.

Jonathan looked quite confused when she pinched herself. WHY??? Was she trying it out what it feels like to get bitten? What was that all about? Jonathan wanted to ask but then again, it might be Kurumi's own agenda. So Jonathan didn't bother at all. Or it could be a secret she doesn't want to tell him perhaps?

Care of Magical Creatures and Arithmancy. "You sure like the hard subjects" Jonathan said as he leaned back. Well, to Jonathan the two subjects are definitely hard. Or maybe, Jonathan was not the outdoorsy kind of guy. Arithmancy is just a minor set back. He gets confused with numbers, a lot. Although, he can understand the lecture. Thankfully. "You're smart so that's not much of a surprise." he added a smile.

Jonathan startled as Kurumi wanted to go inside now. "of course." he nodded. Then he looked at her shoeless foot. "You know I haven't forgotten that promise" he smiled. A promise is a promise right. He stood up and fixed his hair and well, stretched his arms. "Are you hungry?" because if she wanted to eat, he could just tell her so. Jonathan would love to escort her to the great hall.

She patted her head again "I don't have any other plans Kurumi." was she scared being carried? Because it's either that or Jonathan gives her his shoes. She can definitely return them anytime. In fact, if she won't it would be okay as well. He reached out a hand for her. "Ready?" he smiled. Jonathan can't believes he is doing this.

"Difficulty is in the eye of the beholder," she said with a smile. Wait, that expression wasn't exactly correct, was it? Oh well, it still seemed to fit this situation, so Kurumi would just go with the flow. "I find Potions to ve very difficult..." She blushed a bit when he complimented her. Smart? She would call herself book smart perhaps, but not smart in other fields. There were more important things than being able to memorize facts from a book. "I just study hard."

Her body went rigid for a moment, but Jonathan's arm around her stabilized her before she could fall over or anything. "I thought you would," she chirped, her cheeks flushing a bit more. "I am a little hungry. We have been out here for a while now and it is just about dinner time..." Was he implying that he wasn't hungry? She really was imposing on him then, wasn't she? He said she wasn't, but you couldn't always tell with Jonathan sometimes. He was too kind...almost Hufflepuff kind.

She shivered for a moment when Jonathan stood up and all the warmth that had been between them left and a frown temporarily formed on her face. Her eyes trailed to his hand when he offered it and she bowed her head before taking it. "I-I-I guess." Hopefully they wouldn't fall over in this whole carrying process.

Difficulty is in the eye of the beholder? Has Jonathan ever heard of that one before or is it something she had probably read somewhere? Isn't it suppose to be 'beauty'? But oh well. It does make sense too. Jonathan found herbology and Arithmancy hard while Kurumi found Potions difficult. So it depends upon the person anyway. Different tastes and styles. "I guess your right." he said but it's still bizarre how she finds Potions rather difficult. Jonathan just finds her smart. "it's not that difficult once you get the hang of it" yeah, he should take his advice as well. He should learn to like Herbology and Arithmancy too. Better yet, get used to them, like he suggested.

"I'm not that hungry but sure, I could eat a slice of something. I haven't eaten anything yet" he smiled. Well, if she wanted his company then Jonathan would like to join her for dinner. It has been rather a slow day. Jonathan enjoyed it a lot. He didn't even noticed the time.

Sooooo, it was up to this. This is Jonathan's first time to carry someone. So he hopes he won't fail the first time because it would be very embarrassing if he did. Well first things first, Jonathan bent down and tapped his shoulders, signalling Kurumi for a piggyback ride, unless she wants to be carried like a princess instead. But this one was safer. "I don't normally do this so I hope you won't laugh at me if i screw up" he closed his eyes and started to smiled to himself.

Lots of things weren't difficult once you got used to them. There were still things that Kurumi found difficult and probably always would. Talking to students and taking compliments were among those things. She simply nodded in agreement to what Jonathan had said. No more was really needed on the subject, right?

Her smile brightened a bit. "I do like spending time with you," she kind-of-sort-of mumbled. She was only speaking the truth, and ridiculously innocently. "You never know, doing all the heavy lifting you are about to do might help you build up an appetite." Yep, she was still feeling awkward about him carrying her. The only people to have ever done so were her brothers and her father. She was allowed to feel shy about the situation.

"I-I-I won't," she said timidly as she reached forward and wrapped her arms around his neck gently. Her hands clasped around each other and she pressed herself against his back. "O-O-Okay..."

Jonathan buttoned up his trench coat, so that there will be no hassle in carrying Kurumi. It is after all his first time carrying a girl. "Same here" he said casually. Jonathan always have fun everytime he spends it with Kurumi even though all they do is sit around and probably talk about stuffs. Different kind of stuffs. It amazes him that he doesn't get bored one bit of it. "Don't worry. I'll be fine" he ran his hand through her cheeks, forcing himself not to pinch her.

As soon as Jonathan felt Kurumi, he slowly stood up. He can actually do this. Well, he should be or his uncles would be very disappointed. He started walking. "Hold on tight" he whispered. See?! She's not heavy. All this time she has been freaking out about it.

Oh, great, now why did I do that? Max shrugged her off, still feeling stone cold, I can't do this, Mom and Dad will kill me if they find out about this! Max shook his head, looking down at her now he felt like an idiot, "I'm a dead boy..." He shook head, "I... I have to go!" He turned and started running.
I'm dead! I'm dead, I'm dead I'm dead, I'M DEAD... I'M DEAD!!! Mother and Father will be so angry with me when they find out!... If they ever find out... Huh, who said they have to know, they won't know, I won't let them know, and this'll never happen again.

"MAX!!!" She yelled after him. As he kept running her heart sunk, I can't believe him... She blinked away tears, but it wasn't enough, her body started shaking and she collapsed soon in tears. Why Max? Why... She couldn't stop crying, she knew she would probably make a scene but she didn't care. Why?

Shania still looked puzzled as she saw her brother ran pass her until she heard Lori yelling after him, "What did the nitwit do?" She said picking Lori up off the ground. I don't really care for this stupid first year but Max has done something it might get him out of this school.

"He... He..." Lori couldn't say it. She forced herself to stop after almost ten minutes of crying, "He just ran, he kissed me and then ran..." She shook her head.

"HE DID WHAT???" Shania broke out in laughter, "OH THIS IS TO GOOD! She smile wickedly "Mom an Dad will love to hear about this!

"Huh?" Lori looked up at her, "Surely you aren't just worried about getting him into trouble?"

Kimber had to laugh. At least the man was being honest. Had even a day gone by where he hadn't teased her? "I'm glad you still find such pleasure in mocking me," she replied, settling back against him.

She turned her head at his compliment and gave him a blushing smile. "I'm sure my dance partner is responsible for my gracefulness," she whispered. "But I will do my best to help."

Chad nudged her again and winked. "That is all I ask, Madame." He sat up a little more and folded his hands together neatly in his lap. "So, what shall we do to celebrate your freedom from the library?"

EEEEEEEEEP. She had stepped on something.

And it moved.

Startled, the girl jumped back, and off of the boy's hand. But wait. Why was he on the floor? Sure, she hadn't be paying attention, but it was not her fault. This was Hogwarts. They had PLENTY of beds up stairs to sleep on, plenty of benches and corridors, but there was only one gazebo. It's floor was not for sleeping on. Was this kid new or something? Granted, she was new this year, but she knew the rules now. At least the unspoken ones.

Well, well. Someone was snippy. She raised her hands up in surrender and took a few steps back. "Sorry," she mumbled simply.

Jasper chuckled and nodded. "I guess it is." he said.

"Quidditch is very fun." Jasper smiled. He dabbled in writing but he wasn't going to tell her that. She would have to find that out on her own.

Jasper put on a smile. "I have a black owl named Shadow and I just got a puppy during the summer but I wasn't able to take her with me."

"What's your favorite thing to write about?" he asked her.

Kimber scratched Mischa behind the ears and looked out across the grounds. "I know it sounds crazy... being that I just got better and all, but I want to play in the snow," she said softly. "It looked so inviting from my window and I've longed to come out here."

She wanted to play in the snow? Bonus!

"Well then, what are we sitting here for?" Chad bounced to his feet and held out a hand for her to take. "Let us go play in the snow...but I am warning you, though. I will not take it easy on you in the event of a snowball fight," he grinned. "Or maybe we could just build a snowman?"

Ronnie trudged through the snow to the gazebo, smiling. She loved the winter time, it was always so nice. A blanket and been laid over Hogwarts and the grounds, making it look amazing. "Wicked!" she said to herself. She then got into the gazebo and looked out onto the amazing view. She sighed and smiled. Hogwarts was truly amazing.

Happy that he hadn't laughed at her suggestion, Kimber put Mischa down and took Chad's hand. "If we have a snowball fight, do you promise not to throw me in the lake again?" she asked, with a naughty, little smile.

"And risk you getting sick again? Or worse, hypothermia?" He seemed appalled at her statement. "I think not." Chad looked down at the eager little puppy at his feet. "You ready to go play, hm? Go, Mischa. Go!" He chuckled as the puppy took off into the snow before turning back to Kimber. "Shall we?"

Kimber tried to hide her amusement in Chad's concern by looking down quickly and examining her boots. But soon, a giggle escaped that she couldn't hold back. "No, you're right," she agreed, nodding her head to be led away. "And I guess a snowman is probably best. I would hate for you to worry. I remember how careless I can be when standing too near to the water." Heh she still wasn't going to take the blame for the last time.

She smiled. So far, this date was going well. The wind had gotten a little chilly though. She tucked her hands farther into her pockets, and pulled out a pair of mittens. "I know," she replied. "quittich is my life back at home." She thought. "I would say, I really like fantasy stories. writing about adventure, and anything you want to make up in your head suits me well." "How about you?" She asked. "Do you like to write?"

Jasper took off the jacket he was wearing and put it around Skyler. It was getting a bit colder. It had to be the wind. He could feel it as soon as he took off.

Jasper smiled. "To me Quidditch is my hobby." he told her. "But I do love playing it."

Jasper nodded. "I dabble but I'm really not that good at it." he told her.