Don't be sorry. But...Well, actually, Ellie didn't know that she was sorry. That was just what you were supposed to say, right? 'Sorry for your loss' or whatever. She did know that she felt bad for Ronnie, though. I mean...if Ellie'd lost her dad...she'd probably....she had no idea what she'd do.

Realizing she was actually frowning at the thought, the fifth year bit her lip instead. Mhm. 'Twas a good cover, she thought.

That was good, though. Ellie wouldn't say it out loud, but it was good that her dad was better off, rather than suffering through an illness.

And then Ronnie asked THE question. The dreaded Quidditch question. And Ellie, being the word-twister that she was, was able to answer exactly what was asked. And only that. "My team's doing excellent." Team was the keyword here, obviously. Because Ellie was an epic failure herself. But her team WAS excellent. They really were. She couldn't be more proud of them.

Josephina felt almost if she was back home watching one of them Muggle Soap Operas, the way Evelyn had refused the proposal. But then ... she ... oh... she just wanted to give Evelyn a big hug. Not ready to get married, was just about the most mature thing she had heard in a LONG time, it seemed.

How could she bust them for being out of bed now? They were both so ... distraught ... overwhelmed with emotions. Oh heck, she might have even had tears in her eyes.

Half a mind to just go back to the castle and let them work out their problems on their own, forget she ever saw them, on last whim she changed her mind. And knocked softly on the wood of the gazebo to signify her presence.

"Mister Carter.... Miss Flores...." She spoke softly, sternly.

She should have turned around and pretended she never saw any of this. What was she supposed to say now?

Awwkkwaaardd.

"You've made a very responsible decision, Miss Flores." Despite neither of them being terribly responsible in arranging this meetup well after curfew. But at least they didn't have many student onlookers, which she guessed was what they wanted.

Arya was going to be forever worried about their friends taking this career paths that always led to...being on the edge of danger. That's why Treyen was considerate enough to take 'acting' so Arya wouldn't have to worry about him.

Riiiight.

"Well, at least we know he's alright." That's what counted. And he could always ask around if he was soooo interested about finding out what the former Captain was up to.

She was kidding, right? She didn't even have to ask. He'll do more than just walk with her, "I'll escort you." He said, suddenly getting up and offering his arm for her to take.

" You had to agree with me being crazy, thanks a lot" Willaim teased Chelsea." I was just pretending England and Italy were close and said we are practically neighbors" Willaim told Chelsea

"Sorry couldn't resist" she laughed. "Sorry, blonde moment...I thought that didn't happen anymore.. I changed my hair color back" she told him laughing a little.

While he could feel her touch on his hand, the idea of letting her free, letting her go, was getting more and more diffciult for him as every single moment passed. But he knew he had to be resistant. He was, indeed, resistant to pain. Any kind, dimension and amount of it .However...he had to accept the fact that he was weaker when it came to emotional pain. Still, since he loved her with all his heart, all his concerns were to make her happy. And if she would not be happy with him. So be it. He had to accept it no matter how painful it was to him.

As she spoke, he just listened to her in his deep silence. Just looking at her with a small smile. She loved him. Yes, he believed it. But apparently it was not the kind of love he had for her. It was not enough...to accept to marry him. And Josh knew he had to face facts. She did not have to love him, at all. It was not really love if he forced her in it anyway, was it?

''I understand.'' he murmured a moment after she was done with her words. He did not mean to lie to her but he did not know what he could say or how he could explain what he felt and thought. So he said that even though there was a lot that he did not understand.

He failed to see a reason why she would not marry him if she said she loved him. If she did not want to marry, then...he did not want to think about it anymore.

''Look. You have to leave now...okay? Just...''

...leave.

But it was too late. It was too late when he recognised Professor Hadley's voice before he could even land his eyes on her. Gah. They were caught. See? Now the head girl was going to suffer the detention dungeon because of him.

''I told you.'' he whispered to Evelyn before turning to look at Hadley who, surprisingly, did not look angry or in any other mood to send them to the detention dungeon.

''Professor Hadley.'' the Gryffindor boy said, maybe as a greeting. The situation was awkward and...what she said next totally offended him. He was already in a bad mood so knowing a professor, one of his favourites, thought not marrying him was a responsible decision offended him.

What was next? Was she going to give the Slytherin girl an award for getting rid of him?

Did he really understand?

Searching his face, her head shook from side to side just the slightest. He didn't look like he understand what she was saying. What she really meant. Perhaps he did though, and it just wasn't acceptable to him. Her heart sunk even more at the thought. She didn't want to lose him, but she didn't want to be...

He was still telling her to leave.

The shaky breathes appeared again, but before she could speak, another voice not their own had reached her ears. Quickly looking to the owner, a wave of defeat washed over her as she recognized Professor Hadley. Josh's 'I told you' didn't help either. How long had she been standing there!? Taking a small step away from the Gryffindor boy, her movements were frozen once Hadley spoken up again. Evelyn had not been expecting to hear that from the professor; especially one that caught two students out of bed.

Blinking in surprise, confusion, hurt, and whatever emotion that decided to squeeze their way into the mix, the Slytherin girl fiddled with her necklace turning her gaze to elsewhere...anywhere but the professor. There may have been a slight nod in there somewhere, if only to greet Hadley instead of as an answer to what she said. Words were gone. She just wanted to go back to her dormitory.

Alas though, she had to wait. Wait for whatever punishment they were going to receive or to at obtain permission to be excused.

"Yes it is" he said looking up at the sky. "Hurt? Heaven? No it did not hurt when I fell from heaven as you were there to save me from any pain. I dont think I am from heaven but if you say so, ok!" he said laughing and putting his arm around her.

" No problem at all" Willaim told Chelsea. " Do not worry about the so-called " blonde moment" William said to Chelsea. " You are smart and that is all there is to it" Willaim explained to Chelsea.

Ryan sat down on the seat doing his streches.He looked around the grounds,not many people out.This was the first time jogging for Ryan.He had done it at home but not at Hogwarts so he didn't know where to run.He got up and decided to start so he started off with a slow jog around the Grounds.And then a fast sprint back up to the castle.

"Thanks" she smiled. "I think everyone has those moments where they get confused over something so simple" she explained. It happened to her quite a lot.

Ronnie chuckled. "Oh how nice. Makes me sound very...heroic!" she said grinning. She felt her cheeks get hot (she was probably blushing again) as he put his arm around her.

"Oh you dont know how heroic you are!" he said remembering how he almost became a wreck but did not tell anyone his problem, he then kissed her on the head and pulled her closer. He then pinched his leg, without anyone seeing, just to make sure that this was true.

Arya was always going to worry.

Period.

"Always to know," She agreed with a smile. Still talking about Sabel? Maybe. But she meant it for both boys. Arya didn't wish ill on anyone except that one time with Chicken Girl and hated bad news.

An escort was soo much better than just walking with her. Arya's smile widened as she rose to and looped her arm through his. "Your so sweet." Truth.

Yes, exactly.

The smile he was wearing remained in place, and he straightened himself when Arya's arm was around his. They probably looked a little bit odd, but...whatever. The boy still froze when he heard the word 'sweet'. That was one word that was strange to hear. So, he mentioned nothing and simply smiled before he started to lead her towards the Castle.

Great Hall first, we know.

" You are welcome" William told Chelsea." I certainly agree with you about the confusing moments" William said to Chelsea. " Is Ryan doing ok?" William asked Chelsea. " He seems pre-occupine these days and not with you" William explained to Chelsea.

When he mentioned Ryan her smile quickly faded. "I haven't seen him much, and when I do we don't talk much" she admitted. It made her a little sad but maybe he was still upset about his mother. "I think hes still upset about his mother though, which I completely understand" she explained to William. Hopefully William knew, but if not hopefully Ryan wouldn't get mad at her for telling him.

Ronnie looked at her frowning. She wasn't sure what that meant. Why was she frowning. Ronnie wished that she could read her mind and know what was going on. She sighed and shifted her weight around a little but. She wasn't sure why she couldn't sit still.

"I'm glad to hear you teams doing good." Ronnie said wondering if there as a hidden meaning behind her statement of team. But Ronnie hadn't been to a quidditch match all term so she had no idea how her own team was doing, let alone Ravenclaw. She looked up at Ellie and smiled.

"Thanks for talking to me." She said still thinking it was nice to finally be able to talk about her dad and not be able to cry about it. "How's school going for you then?" Ronnie added.

It was funny, actually, how on her day off of Quidditch, she was talking about it. Or maybe it wasn't funny at all. The girl had no life outside of Quidditch anyway, there wasn't really much more for her to talk about.

Mhm, the Ravenclaw team was good. Ellie was not. That was all.

"'Course." Though Ronnie had been the one to strike up a conversation.

School. Worst subject ever. "School's school," she said shrugging, "I'm thinking of starting to study for OWLs soon." Granted, she'd been thinking about studying for a while now, but hadn't gotten there yet. Quidditch had come before that. She wasn't too keen on studying anyway. And, no, she would not be studying on the day she wasn't supposed to play Quidditch. What torture that would be.

OWLs did worry her, though. But...her mindset was back on a 'whatever happens, happens' philosophy. If just for today. If she passes seven exams, then her mom would be the happiest person in the world, if she didn't, then her mom would be disappointed. Didn't really affect Ellie much either way. She would be following the Quidditch career path, right?

"How's school for you?"

Ruby waited and waited for his response, hoping for something along the lines of, 'I'd do anything..' But of course, that did NOT happen because the stupid lion boy had turned smart on her. For a millisecond anyway.

The lioness took the bag of ice he conjured for her, stared at it for half a minute and then...WHACK!! She hit Brae square in the face with it.
"Why thank you, love," She said with gritted teeth. And then she proceeded to stomp away and scheme some more. WHY DID SHE HAVE TO GO AROUND GIVING BRAINS TO PEOPLE?!!! GRR.

" Oh, I feel bad for you" Willaim told Chelsea. " Ryan is such a nice boy and that does not sound like him at all" Willaim said to Chelsea. " Hw probably is worried about her, but you both could talk about it as you would probably help him get through it" William expalined to Chelsea. "Do you want me to talk to him for you?' Willaim asked Chelsea." I like to see you happy" Willaim smiled.

"I know, it isn't like him at all" she agreed with William. She really cared about Ryan and hoped he would be ok. "I've tried comforting him, but I really don't know how. I've never had a family member die before" she explained. It was a bit hard to comfort someone not knowing what their feeling. "Please, will you talk to him for me? It might help" she asked.

Braeden looked pretty pleased with himself as Ruby took the bag of ice he'd handed her. HA! He'd managed to get out of the situation without doing any crazy dares! He. Was. A genius.
One point for Stonem.

And then Ruby hit Brae with the bag, right on the face.
-384758 points for Stonem now.

"OW!" With his nose now feeling like it had just been hit with a hammer, Braeden had to, ironically enough, take the ice bag Ruby had just hit him with and place it on the bridge of his nose to numb the pain away. What had THAT been about?!

Of course, Ruby had figured out his plan. "Bubs!"
But the girl was already stomping away. Brae watched her go and winced. His nosseeeeeee! How could she do this to him?! ;_______;

Ronnie beamed. "I guess I am real heroic, the way you put it." she said. Ronnie felt herself being pulled closer, and she smiled and sighed. "So. . . if you ever need someone to talk to about. . . William and Minnie, I'm here for you." she said.

" Yes, I am truly sorry for what is happening to you" William said to Chelsea." I bet you just might be able to help him" Willaim said to Chelsea. " I will talk to him for you" Willaim smiled.

" I appreciate you being here to talk to me and help me out" Willaim explained to Ronnie.