Beater bat? Oh that was an interesting thought for sure. Of course, she would hope that he never did anything out of line that would result in her need to use a beater bat on his head. Then again, if he did being Quidditch Captain was wildly convenient because she had access to the beater bats. On the other hand they would still be friends and the last thing she wanted was to beat him up with a beater bat. WAIT, why was she even thinking about beating him up with a bat. There was no need to even think thoughts like, they were fine right now. Actually they were more than fine. In fact there were some days when Selina would even consider that she indeed... well... she cared deeply about him... yeah.

Then she she smiled at his comment about the bats, "You are right about that... so you are going to have to be sure to never let anything like that happen Mr. Gert." Her eyes widened a little at the implications of what she had said to him. She wasn't implying that they were always together and that they never broke up. I mean, she meant that... well... she didn't know what she meant but she did not mean that. Oh Merlin, she had messed up. She stumbled over her words and fumbled out, "I mean.. well you know... I'm not saying... you know what I mean... its just... oh bloody hell."

Well she had gone and done it. Due to some words that she had not even meant to say, the entire mood of their time together had been ruined. Oh Merlin, how had she managed to do that. She was a full on dolt, it was beyond her how she had even let the words say what they had and now she was all messed up. Bloody hell... she was now blushing very hardly. She grabbed a pillow from the other end of the couch and plastered her face into the pillow to hide her face.

"Aye...that would be the plan,"Gideon remarked being the clueless guy and not picing up the full meaning of the spoken words at first. In truth, he had to admit that if he was asked that he hadn't registered the chance ackwardness that could develop from her words until Selina herself had and stuttered her future words as she struggled to make up for it. And even then Gideon had to think back to what had set it off and it took him a moment or two, a light bulb going off over his head when it did with a look of realization painting across his face.

Never...a simple enough word.

But in any sort of relationship it had some extra meanings no doubt. Most of which refered to the longevity of the couple in the dating sense. Would they work out or would they fail in the end and would the term never actually apply to them? Gideon himself was pretty sure that if anything were to happen to them it would be his fault. He was the one who closed himself off when things went wrong and if he didn't he could go in the exact opposite direction and be quite dark. Either way it wouldn't turn out well and he also had the added drama of Elektra and her feelings for him added tied to him and added into the mix.

Gideon looked over to Selina after a while, managing to catch a glimpse of her reddened face that matched her hair befores she buried herself into a pillow to obviously hide her embarishment. His own face might have held a reddened tinge but no where near as much as his companion. The boy bit his cheek trying to think of what to do to try and rectify the tension that certainly filled the room or at the very least the area in front of the fireplace now. Surely one of them was going to have to make the first move and no doubt it had been the less stubborn one at the moment.

"Selina..." he simply called softly , shifting slightly so he was closer to her. Reaching up he slowly tried to pull the pillow away.

He was NOT a pleased kitty. For various reasons. Obviously. Walnut was a very complicated cat you see with dreams and ambitions for the future and all that.

As he MARCHED into the common room looking for his throne to perch on, the feline pondered sneaking out and trying to find his way into the common room belonging to that girl in blue. What had she smelled like again? Not that it mattered. She was going to smell like PEE soon. The only thing stopping him was that Headmaster and his sheers. The man had shaved the cat the last time he had sneaked out, and Walnut did not fancy his dignity being tarnished again. He WAS a Gryffindor after all. King of them in fact and EVERYONE should remember that.

Where was he? Oh yes. MARCHING.

Walnut found his throne, and his ears went down and eyes narrowed. WHY was there someone sitting in HIS spot. Hadn't this guy learned this...this...*sniff* MUSTARD BOY. Tail twitching, Walnut hunkered down and prepared to mark him. That ought to teach him to sit in HIS seat.

The blushing fourth year kept her head buried in her pillow so Gideon or anyone else in the Common Room would not see how red her face currently was. Even though she could not see her own face, the heat of her cheeks clued her into the severity of her own blush. She wanted to bury her face so deep into the pillow that her reddened cheeks would never see the light of day again. The pair of them had been having a perfectly normal conversation and then Selina had to be the one to go and mess up their conversation. As much as Gideon was going on and on about how he shouldn't mess up there relationship, when it seemed that the person who needed to worry the most about messing things up was Selina herself. Gideon was not going to be the one to ruin them... it would be Selina. Typical of Selina, she always made things awkward when things were fine.

Then she heard Gideon speak to her softly and move closer to her position on the couch that she had just caccooned herself into. When he said her name her eyes lifted off the pillow just enough so she could meet his gaze. "Yeah?" she whispered into her pillow, not wanting to escape the comfort that the pillow protection gave her. Her face slowly started to pick up from the pillow when she caught sight of Walnut who had just sauntered into the room like the Prince he thought he was. That bloody cat was always "marking" his territory at the most inopportune moments.

...Speaking of which... what was Walnut doing? Selina's eyes widened as she tried to shoo Kurumi's cat away from her boyfriend's feet. Her hands released the pillow and she threw it behind her head so she could avert all of her attention to the cat that was preparing to pee on her boyfriend, "Oi, Walnut! Get off, shoo... you bloody cat!" But it was too late... he had already lifted up his leg and peed on Gideon...

Picking up the pillow that she had used to hide her face in Selina rose it in defense against the cat and told him to get out of the Common Room, "Or else I'm going to tell your Mum what a bad kitty you've been... and no treats for you!"

He had been way too focused on the embarished, hiding redhead to notice any feline entering the common room, least of all Kurumi's mischievious familiar. Awareness and attention might have been better paid to Walnut if he had especially with how suspecius the cat had been lately. Gideon watched and waited for a reaction to him calling Selina's name and he smiled as she seemed willing to show her face even a little and even temporarily. However the smile and relaxed feeling was short lived as he felt his foot getting just above the cuff of his shoe.

What in Merlin's beard?

The silent question to himself was quickly enough answered by Selina who had switched her attention on him to the munchkin cat he hadn't seen. His gaze following his girlfriend's to spot the cat in question finishing his business on him."What the...WALNUT!" he exclaimed jumping up hoping his movement might help shoo the feline away. "Ooooo and to think I keep Corvin from bugging ye." The bird having been quite amused with the felines around the common room and dorms and the fifth year had managed to finally get him not to tease them. Making a face, Gideon tried to think of what could be done, finally tentatively taking his shoe and sock off to at least get the urine away.

Barefoot was certainly more acceptable.

Shoo? SHOO? Pffft. Go shoo yourself.

This human was no cat whisperer, that was to be sure. Then again, Walnut really only answered to one human and one human only and she was not here at the moment so...no, this feline was not going to shoo until his throne was given back to him.

Plopping his royal behind on the floor, the cat STARED at the couple with expecting eyes. Then the other silly human was saying something about his bloody bird. Bring it on. Walnut was hoping for a chicken dinner and licked his furry lips at the thought. Yum yum chicken.

He then eyed the shoe. The wet one. So, yeah. Move? Or else the other one was getting peed on too.

Leave it to Walnut to interrupt a perfectly good conversation. It was not like she needed any more awful things to happen when she and Gideon were already in an awkward spot. Then it clicked in her head. That brilliant little cat had, even if he had not intended to, which she was certain that he did not intend to, distracted her and Gideon away from her awkward comment. He was the perfect pompous distraction for her blunder and she could kiss the cat right now if it wouldn't be so awkward. Then again she always was sort of angry at the cat for PEEING on Gideon!

The girl's eyes bore into the devilish eyes of Walnut. She was going to send him off to Tate if he peed on either of them again. It was just a disgusting habit and no princes, much less kings, ever urinated on their subjects. Wasn't that how Kurumi always referred to him? The Prince or something. Not that she cared... the cat was being gross.

Finally she rolled her eyes at the cat and picked Gideon up from his seat, barefoot and all, and moved them over to the smaller couch just opposite of the one they were sitting at. Once she pulled Gideon down to sit with her she looked at Walnut and bellowed, "There, you bloody cat. Are you happy?"

Alex smiled and slide her wand back into her boot. Yes I said her boot but thats just Alex. "Well that is a good question." why was she sitting by herself? "I don't really care now that I've got your company." she laughed.

"Yes it is isn't it." the third year added loooking out of the window.

Jezzabelle walked into the common room huffing and puffing. Maybe all this Hogwarts food was putting her out of shape. She crashed on a vacant looking couch and tried to breath deeply enough to calm her pounding heart. However, her homework was completed. All she needed now was for Kurumi to walk in through that portrait door so she could talk to her about this serious like matter.

Gideon watched as Walnut seemed quite proud of himself as he sat on the floor staring up at them. And then licking his lips when he mentioned Corvin which clicked in head as possibly meaning only one thing. "Nae...don't even think on that. Less the shave is the least of yer worries," he threatened. Like being used as a potion's tester for his next experiment or even simple brewing if he was desperate enough to think of something to punish the feline for something. Though only if he was really bad. His aunt would likely be furious if he ever mistreated a cat for a minor crime.

So yer safe to a point there yee little furball...

And to think he didn't bother Walnut at all...at least if he could help it or was aware of what might bother the cat. Which apparently he had done in some way today unless he was meerly in a really bad move and chose him as a random victim seeing as Josh was no longer around. Well whatever it was he now had a wet shoe christened by the cat and not sure what to do to make it better.

In the midst of trying to make any further decision besides taking it off, Gideon found himself being pulled further away from the couch by Selina's sudden grip on his arm. He half-walked half hopped in the direction of the other piece of furniture as he was lead seeing as he had one foot bare and the other was still in his sneaker and socks. Plopping down with Selina, he decided to take the other shoe off making him complete and tentatively setting both sets on the floor. "Be nice and don't try again," he mused hoping the feline wouldn't attack him again and remembering his bag was still over where he had been sitting, he slipped his wand out. "Accio bag," he cast summoning it to his side as well, thankful to see it wasn't harmed.

Yes. The King was VERY pleased to be back on his throne and to have Mustard Boy over on the other one. Now he had plenty of space to stretch out and be all the kitty that he was.

Don't try it again? Don't sit in HIS seat and he wouldn't be tempted to. Problem solved.

Professor Vindictus was acting a little...odd at the staff table about some orb, and it had been weighing heavily on the Gryffindor's mind as she headed to the library and then eventually back to the common room.

Upon entering, Kurumi first set her final arrangement down on one of the tables near the fireplace and turning it so that the face of it was in a more obvious direction for everyone to see it. She checked to make sure that it had enough water before noticing Jezz and was about to wave to her when...

....

Why did it smell like...THAT. Kurumi THOUGHT that she had taught Walnut to NOT do that to people, but apparently not. LOOMING over the feline now, she glared at him. "Walnut...what did you do?"

Jezz looked up and saw Kurumi walk in and finally placed down her last vase. She smiled and then that was when the smell had hit her. It smelled like...what was that? She watched as the older lion went after a cat that she called Walnut. Well, better know than never, "Hey Kurumi. Who's cat?" Who knew, maybe the cat belonged to someone Kurumi knew that Jezz ad never met.

Alex sat by a window and sang quietly to herself. It was the best source of music she had because she had been told electronics dont work and of course her Ipod ect was electronic, but she was happily humming and singing away to herself

OOC: anyonex

"Bloody cat," Selina muttered under her breath. She swore that Walnut was just asking for it. He made Kurumi really happy and all, but to be honest the cat would make a really good pelt... and Selina was not joking about that either. Winters at Hogwarts were cold and Walnut was being a bad kitty. He might just disappear; Merlin knew she had access to the beater bats at all times.

No.

Kurumi would kill her if she killed her cat. The girl had some kind of Filch complex when it came to her cat she swore. That was why Walnut was such a bad kitty, he was spoiled rotten. If he had to work for his treats he would not be nearly as bad. Then again, he had a soft spot in the girl's heart. Selina could not blame her, apparently pets like dogs and cats had a special bond with their owners. Selina had an owl and a pygmy puff that slept all day. Emotional attachment was there, but not to the extent that Kurumi and Walnut were. Actually, it was kind of weird. But 'tis a cat person's way of life.

When Gideon summoned the bag, Selina moved over to let him deposit them into the bag. Those shoes were pretty much ruined, which was a shame because there was no where on campus that he could buy a replacement pair. Hopefully he had another pair to replace them with, "Hey... erm.... you do have more than just one pair of shoes right?"

On further inspection of the spoiled shoe, Gideon realized it was a lost cause. His gaze passed to Walnut with a sigh as the cat settled into the spot he had so recently vacated as if it was his throne. Maybe that was the reason after all. He narrowed his eyes at the feline for a moment softening as said cat's human appeared, the 5th year looking up at Kurumi. Carrying an arrangement of flowers which she deposited on a nearby table. That reminds me...transfiguration assignment needs to get done soon, he mused to himself already pretty sure what would happen to flowers when he was done as his eye caughta certain redhead before turning back to her best friend.

"Oh just trying to assert himself as the dominant male here," he mused not coming right out and saying what happened seeing as it appeared his yearmate probably already knew by the look on her face. Then Jezz stepped up asking about Walnut and the indentity of the cat's owner. "That would be Kurumi's misbehaving kitty," Gideon commented with a shake of the head. though inwardly agreeing with Selina as she muttered, close enough to vaguely hear what was said.

"Aye...luckly I do," he answered glacing at the ruined shoes once more. The older boy half-tempted to just throw them into the fire, stopped when he realized it would probably make things toxic and smelly.

Jezz just shook her head. "What a disappointment. You would think a cat raised by Kurumi would be better than that." She looked at Gideon's shoes. What a shame. Well at least Ella knew better than that. "Why did Walnut destroy your shoes though?" It wasn't very lady like to see the word pee and the word urinate sounded odd coming out of her mouth...at least she thought it would sound weird.

Everything suddenly turned into chaos very fast. Her private conversation with Gideon, although had at the end turned a little awkward, had gone from an intimate affair to what seemed like the entire common's business. It seemed that being in Gryffindor came with a few things she would have to learn to deal with now that she and Gideon barely had time to see one another and that was little to no privacy. She blamed the cat. He just had to pee on Gideon... he had some sort of complex. The cat needed therapy.

But the Common Room became more crowded when Kurumi came in and exclaimed about Walnut's urination patterns. Then Jezz, the sweet little first year who used to stumble through all of her sentences, suddenly was very interested in what had happened to Gideon. It was not Selina's fault but she suddenly felt very crowded and was at a loss of what to say because everyone else was talking at the same time.

She slunk back into the smaller couch that the pair of them were now sitting on, but had a hard time getting comfortable. Gideon was bigger than she was and this couch was more of a one person thing than a two person thing. So she stood up from her seat and looked at Jezz, "The kitty has sharing issues and didn't like the fact that Gideon and I were sitting in his usual spot... so he peed on Gideon. Ruddy cat."

Then she turned her head to Kurumi and said, "And you! Get your cat to wear diapers or something. He has to stop peeing on people."

Logan walked into the common room, his bag slung over his shoulder. He scanned the room for an empty chair, and spotted one right away. He walked up to it and sunk into it, and removed his bag gingerly from his shoulder. He then opened it and smiled down at Captain America, who was sleeping at the bottom, on top of his comic books. Logan carefully picked him up, and looked at Captain America as he slowly opened his little eyes. "Hey there sleepy head." Logan said chuckling. The puff replied with a soft squeak. Logan chuckled.

Logan placed Cap in his lap, and took out a Captain America comic from his bag. "I love comics. I think you would too." Logan said to the puff who began looking at the comic book curiously. "Want me to read some to you?" Logan asked. The puff squeaked loudly. "I take that as a yes." Logan said, giggling a little as he opened the book and began reading.

After a while of reading, Logan closed the book. "Ah, I think it's a good time to stop." he said. He then looked at his bag and then at Cap. "I think you need a better..more comfy spot in there." Logan said, looking around. "Stay here." he said, rushing up to the dorm and then returning quickly, sighing with relief that Cap was still there.

Logan began sewing an extra pouch at inside the side of his bag, large enough for Captain America to fit into. Once he was done, he smiled at his work. "Let's see if you can fit in there.." Logan said as he scooped up Cap gently, and placed him in the pocket. "Perfect." Logan said with a satisfied smile. He then looked at his watch and then at Cap. "I think it's time for bed...it's getting pretty late." he said with a yawn, picking up his bag and heading up to the dorm to sleep.

Tayla noticed the girl sitting by the window and singing quietly to herself. Times like these she wished her laptop would work so she could listen to her favourite singers in the Muggle world. Thinking that what the girl was singing sounded familiar, she came up and decided to introduce herself. "Hello," Tayla smiled. "I'm Tayla. I was just wondering...what song is that you're humming?"

Alex had just came in after she ran around the grounds to entertain herself. The third year looked around and saw a little Pygmey Puff sitting by its self. IT WAS SO CUTE! She ran over and sat down infront of it "N'awwwwwwwww." the red head said as Logan apeared. "Hey is this cutie yours." Alex asked ruffling the cute puff's hair.

Alex had been huming quietly when a girl approached her and introduced herself. "Hey! I'm Alex." she replied smiling, then Tayla asked what song she had been singing. "Oh it was Lego House by Ed Sheeran. Man I love that guy." Alex said with a laugh.

Logan walked into the common room after a good nap in the dorm and sat on the couch, sighing and staring at the fire. His headache had finally disappeared and he was feeling better. That rest was a very good idea. He smiled and leaned back, sinking into the couch.

Maxwell came threw the portrait hole playing a song his Pan Flute and quite enjoying the sound of his own playing, he took a seat by the fire as he finished the last few notes and noticed Logan there. 'Should i apologize and be civil for Taylor's sake... I don't want to and i it would be a fake apology that i don't even mean. No i'm not doing it. Instead he simply sat there.

As Logan sat, he heard the portrait hole open and he heard a tune coming from his. He slowly turned his head to see Maxwell walk in and sit down. He scooted over next to him. "Hey...it's er, Maxwell, right?" he asked.

Maxwell watched, as Logan scooted closer to him. 'Please don't speak to me.' He thought to himself. 'Crap!' "Yes, Hello Logan." Maxwell said in a not polite but not exactly rude manner. "I guess we haven't officially met." 'And i already know i don't like you.' He thought to himself.

"No, we haven't." Logan said, shaking his head smiling slightly. He looked down at the ground and then back up at Maxwell. "I guess this calls for a 'proper introduction' or something." he said smiling shyly and sticking his hand out. "Hello, I'm Logan." he said.