THAT was not a real smile, Arya. Ellie had enough experiences with Arya's smiles to know that this one looked SO incredibly different. And the Ravenclaw had no idea how to change that. She didn't know Arya that well to know what to do...or say...and...

Treyen. Treyen better be helping her, because this not bubbly Arya was really a horrible thing.

"You will too, then?" Because if it was 'good' Ellie'd be around, it probably meant Arya would too, right?

Her attention went back to Messer and her smile grew. Arya couldn't ruin that. Because she WAS going to have an amazing summer and she couldn't wait for tomorrow to come. "I will, thanks." She gripped Treyen's hand with her own. They were going to have an amazing summer, weren't they?

"Depends who you're babysitting," she shrugged. She always enjoyed babysitting Aidan. And she would be more than willing to babysit Bishop's baby when he or she came into the world. "And what you do with the kid." There were countless fun things to do with little ones.

"Puck's idea is we are cousins still. Just because we aren't related by blood, we are by the marriage." He sighed.

Harvey felt something lick him and looked to see it was Sabre purring away.. he then put a paw on his cheek and he couldnt help but smile at the little cat.. Harvey petted him.. the last time he saw this cat he was here at this table with Ame.. and now it was just him.. no Ame. "You are a cute little guy arent you.." he said smiling as he continued to pet him before he pulled out a note and handed it to Mins.. who read it and said it was odd.. "Whats odd?" he asked but he didnt need to as Mins handed him the note to read.. well at least he was allowed to read this one.. "Well they want you to break the news.. since they havent talked about it.. neither of them knows that they know.." he said almost confusing himself as usual.. "Yes it is a big thing to hide" mm.. yup she was right about that one.

Harvey then looked at her as she said he was getting ahead of himself before she laughed at her own joke and poked him with her elbow.. causing Harvey to chuckle and turn a little red "I think I will be fine thank you very much" he chuckled "Maybe I am getting ahead of myself .. but I am sure they will be allowed to hang out with you.. if not.... well we will think about that if it seems they wont be allowed.. we just have to put in a good point so that they will be allowed to hang out with us" he smiled a little as he thought about what Minnie had just said.. what if she was right?.. then it would be just him and Minnie.. but he hoped that all 4 would be able to hang out.

It was a good thing Treyen was good with these situations, because all Nessie felt like shouting was 'Awkward Turtle!'. She knew better then to do so, which was why she kept her mouth shut and instead just gave him a small nod. Better to leave that topic out right? She thought so.

As Trey eyed Ness with he's serious face, the red head couldn't help but turn serious too. He was beginning to scare her with all he's seriousness, but she knew he only meant well.

Trouble? The only proper trouble she'd have to deal with, would be coming up with good pranks and schemes. The rest would be no trouble at all, or not to her at least. She was sneaky like a fox and barely got caught, also not many people would suspect someone that looked so innocent and goody two shoe-ish. "I'll be alright, I promise." Now that was a promise she had to keep for her own good, nevermind he's.

Thats where he crossed the line. Did he really have to mention the whole hair pulling thing again? It happened last year, not even this year. Hadn't he forgotten about it like she hoped most people would. Her lips turned into a small frown. "Your not supposed to remember that." she looked at the floor ashamed as she remembered what had happened on the pitch that night. "I don't have bad sportsmanship..I ..I just lost my temper." Surely he had a temper too. Why couldn't he or anyone just understand?

She wanted to change the topic IMMEDIATELY! She honestly didn't feel like loosing her temper with him too.

"So erm, What you doing after you go?" she asked.After having talked to Treyen for quite some time, Renesmee spotted yet another familiar face. Her first reaction was to smile at the face, but then she realised she must have looked weird and she stopped especially when she noticed he wasn't doing the same. It was Lewis, the pygmy puff boy, he wasn't too bad looking either. Anyway, the badger felt she owed him some sort of goodbye even though they weren't close friends yet.

She walked over to him and began smiling just a tiny bit again. He was turning a fork around in he's hand like it was some toy. Strange boy he was. Trying not to giggle she faced him. "Um..you alright Lewis?" she asked and couldn't help but snort a little as she loooked at the fork again. "I erm came to say goodbye." At that she bit her lip and then began twirling her bright red hair between her fingers.Naww! Alec was so cute, with how he shouted her name back and everything. For a few moments Ness thought of her little brother at home whilst she looked at Alec. One day, she hopped that her little Ethan would be exactly like this boy and no different. He was just such a charming, handsome and very polite kiddo. She just loved him to bits.

After a few moments of pinching he's rosey cheeks, Nessie moved her hands away from his face and grinned a little widder. "Did I pinch them nicely this time?" she asked and couldn't contain herself from a giggling a tiny bit.

Good! The boy seemed well and organised. Another perfect trait he had, at this rate she doubted he had any flaws at all. Ooooh! She had caught him! Had he said footie pjamas? Nawww! How adorable he must have looked in those, but by the way he had changed the topic so quickly she doubted he wanted to talk about he's pjamas.

Summer...for once it didn't sound like a happy exciting word. "I..erm, I'm sort of grounded." she bit her lip hoping the little kid wouldn't think of her badly. "Though I do plan on seeing or well sneaking to see my best friend, How about you?" she asked, almost sure he'd have something to do with Anya.
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There he was! The one person Ness was looking for. It was Oakey of course. She had barely seen the kid the whole term and it felt like they had grown apart. She missed him she really did, he was her first friend here and now she barely saw him. The badger was disgusted with herself, how could she have been such a terrible friend? Now was her time to make up for it though.

She walked over to where he was and wore a smile on her face. "Hey!" she said and then pulled him into one of their usual hugs.

"Oh, well maybe he will come around." Minerva felt bad for Damon. Then a thought came to her head. "Damon, not to be a pain, but do you think she is worth all this trouble?" she didn't know Taylor well, what she did know she liked and hoped they'd become better friends, but if she was dating someone and it would cause trouble in the family wouldn't it just be easier to find someone else.

Minerva smiled "Yeah hopefully they will understand. Eddie is not a bad guy. He just has a awkward line of work that's all. Plus well." she looked at Harvey. "I think he is head over heals for Kyle. He didn't come out and say it, but I just got the feeling before the argument between him and Vin. I think it might have been part of the reason they got into it."

"I think she is." He sighed, "I've never told anyone this... Besides Puck, but she's the only person who can actually get close to me anymore without me freaking out." He shrugged, "I've never had anyone do that before. Not even Mom; and I already told you Puck couldn't."

Minerva looked at him sad and reached her hand up and then took it back down. She wanted to comfort him, but wasn't sure how to without touching him. "I see. Well then hopefully you will get to talk to her and tell her how you feel, but Damon are you ready to hear what she has to say. What if..." she didn't know how to finish it. She didn't want to upset him.

Harvey nodded as she spoke to him .. he was speechless he didnt know what to say.. "I see.. I didnt know that Edward liked Kyle in that way.. I mean the head over heels type of like." he babbled.. "I wonder what will happen now.. he likes Kyle and Kyle is with Vinnie. I wonder if he talked to anyone about how he feels" he wondered out loud.. first time round Harvey had been outright and honest with Minnie.. with Ronnie and Minnie again he was not so open.. why had Harvey himself changed like that? that he was unsure of telling Ronnie or Minnie that he had liked them.. even with Ame.. it took some time before he admitted it. Anyway he would think about that later.. he wondered if what Minnie was saying was true.

"What if she says no?" He smirked, "I've thought about that, then I'm going to be the good friend I've always been and still be there for her, and try even harder to move on."

Minerva thought "I don't know. I know they went to school together and were very close then, but now I don't know." she wondered about that and thought about the things they talked about. "We talked about how my friendships could change, but never about Kyle. so I'm not sure."



"Well you know we are all still young. She is only 13 it's not like she is going to find her soul mate that quick." Minerva smiled to reassure him. "If soul mates are even a real thing." Minerva looked down. "I don't know why I'm giving such bad advice to you or stumbling around with this. I'm not usually this awkward."

Ella listened to Ameliah and frowned, wondering what it meant to 'Pull a Minerva.' It didn't sound nice, whatever she meant. Brushing that off, she continued to frown about the whole aunt situation. She honestly didn't know what to say to comfort the girl, especially since they didn't really know eachother. "I'm sorry she's so-mean. I'm sure you and your friends will be safe." At least Ella hoped so.

Raised eyebrows, that's what Ella did when Ameliah explained what Minnie thought about Ameliah. Why did she think that? She wouldn't just assume such a thing, would she? But Ameliah didn't seem mean so...Shrug. This stuff was way beyond Ella's maturity level.

Ella watched as Minnie called Ameliah over and hoped they would work out whatever differences they had.



Ella smiled when Alec seemed a bit too interested in the pillow fight the girls had. Was he doing some recon work? Trying to find out who was the best? Two could play that game. "Oh uhh, we're all pretty good I guess. What about from the boys? Who would you say is the best?" Not that Ella needed that information or anything. Nope. Just asking. The first year laughed when Alec said the boys wouldn't go easy on the girls. Smirk. "That's nice of you guys, I'm sure you're much stronger than us." Yup. Playing the delicate card early. A wide smile appeared when Alec agreed to the terms of the pillow war. "Brilliant." And she stuck out her own hand, shaking Alec's firmly. It was a plan now. No backing out. And it would be epic.

How did she find her first year? Hm. "AMAZING. It was just...everything about this place is awesome, you know?" Even scary Professor Scabior was awesome in a scary kind of way. "I really liked CoMC and DADA the best...and flying. Well flying was just so cool." And Ella would be practicing a lot over the summer to get ready for next term. "And I've made a lot of great friends, even with some older kids. They aren't mean like the older kids in my old school." Nope. They actually listened and were helpful! "What about you? Did you like your first year?"

Ella nodded, smiling. "Yup, I'm a muggle born. Can't say I didn't freak out my folks when I started sending plates and things flying around the kitchen." Yup. They had pretty much lost it. "And you? Are you a muggle born as well?" She asked curiously. The first year nodded again at the mention of superman. "Yeah, he's kind of a mystery, my gramps. I didn't really know him but I like to think he was special in some way. And superman is definitely special." And awesome of course. "Don't be jealous, I'm sure it's a silly thing to hope for but you never know." Right? I mean Ella never knew Hogwarts was real but it is! She laughed at the idea of her having superpowers. "Oh yeah! I can eat an extraordinary amount of candy and I am a great pillow fighter." Wink. Yup, those were her special powers.



Ella smiled, happy to see that Messer was also getting into the whole pillow fighting spirit. Perhaps he was one to watch out for during the battle, she'd have to warn the girls.

"Yeah, you're right. They can be rather annoying sometimes." But not all the time, that was the good part. Sometimes family was great as well. "Oh yeah, I didn't think of that. I wonder if my owl, Jasper, would like ice cream. I'll have to test that out." Though why wouldn't he? Ice cream is awesome! She gave a sigh of relief when Messer said they had ice cream where he lived. Of course they did! What a silly question she'd asked. "Good. I just didn't want you to be without ice cream for the summer. It just isn't...right." Summer without ice cream was like Hogwarts without Quidditch. "Oh, that's nice. I have a younger brother who recently turned one. He cries quite a lot."



Ella laughed, nodding. "I guess you're right, I'll have to keep that in mind if I ever meet one." A real one, that is. Hopefully she never would. "Maybe. I'll just keep my hugs to myself though." Just in case. "So are you super excited for summer?" Ella asked, bouncing a bit. "It's going to be a lot of fun to visit everyone!"

Damon smiled, "I honestly haven't seen you as awkward; and you're advice isn't bad, we're just kids, I'm not thinking if anything happens between us it'll be together for life."

Harvey just looked at Minnie "You talked about how your friendships would change?" he questioned "What do you mean change? How?" he wondered.. why would her friendships change?.. he hoped that Edward wasnt talking about the Amigos.. cause then Edward would be wrong.. he couldnt speak for Ame or Justin.. but his friendship with Mins would most probably not change.. that was why he wanted to know what Edward meant by that.

Minerva felt her face get a little red. "Well I'm glad you think so Damon." she smiled "I'm very surprised your not the most popular person here. You are super nice, but I guess being popular would mean to many people." she winked at him and giggled a bit.

"Harvey give me a break. You can't see the problem here? Edward was working with Kyle and Ame's mother. Well so I think, I'm not sure exactly what was going on. That's what Kyle made us believe last summer, but I don't know anymore. Anyway, Kyle does not like Edward and you know it. She thinks he is a horrible person and is out to hurt Ame. So there is no way Ame will be allowed to be around me with Edward. Kyle will think I'm working with him or something."

Damon looked at her, "I'm just being polite..." He shrugged, "Something Mom made sure I always was. I'm not that nice though... You'd know that if you listened to some of mine and Maxwell's conversations." He laughed.

"Yeah but there is a reason your not very nice to him. You like his girl, it's hard to be nice to someone when that happens." she giggled. "You are a nice person though and I know you will get the right girl at some point whether it be Tay or someone else."

Harvey was hoping not to hear that.. now that she had said it.. he could not hold onto that hope that they could still hang out.. cause it was out there.. "Ok you will get it. Yeah you are right.. she will.. I was hoping that we could somehow show her that you are not working with him. But maybe that will be harder to do than say it out loud.. I guess this is going to be another tough summer.. just when I was hoping that it would be a nice relaxing drama-free summer.. but then again.. drama follows us everywhere.. right?" he chuckled as he said this.. 2 drama filled years.. no guarantee that there will be no more drama-filled years. Well again time will tell what happens

Minerva looked at him "Well it will be even harder if I do go on some work trips with him. They are not with Ame's mom, but Kyle still won't believe it." she knew that was a new can of worms she was opening. He would want to know more about these trips and she would have to tell him, wouldn't she?

Ah yes the trips.. he had been having so much fun at this feast that he had forgotten those MAY be happening.. "Work trips? I thought these trips were just for fun.. to get to know each other as a family would." he said as he looked at her.. so these trips were not for fun but for work?.. what sort of work trips .. he wondered.. he hoped they were not dangerous trips. "What sort of work does Edward do now?" he asked curiously.. that would tell him what sort of trop Minnie would be going on with Edward.

"Yeah, but that's not the only bad blood between us. He didn't like me since before I liked Taylor." Damon shrugged, "Though I honestly have no idea why."

Belle was wondering how next year was going to turn out. She was going to enter her 5th year and wondered what was in store. She wondered if there were any fourth years to talk to.

Minerva looked at him closely. She knew she couldn't get out of telling him about the trips now. "Yeah work trips." Then the next question of course she knew what was coming. "Edward is still in the tracking business. He is hired to locate people for others. He has a few assignments and one that might take him to the states. That is the one that I might be able to help with since I know some of the areas he needs to go and if I don't I'm at least American which can help him with trends and things. It is more for fun for me, I am just going for the ride more or less. Maybe learn some of the family business as well."

"I wonder why he didn't like you before. You are so likable. I don't get it." she could only think of one reason anyone would not like Damon and if that was the case then they were not very nice and not worth being friends with anyway.

She looked at him as she spoke about Edward. Ah so he was still doing that tracking business.. one that had them in hide-out for most of the summer.. "Yeah you know all of that like the back of your hand.. so yeah your knowledge will help him in the States. Learn the family business? Oh right.. so you wont be helping track much.. mostly guiding him on his travelling as he tracks people.." he smiled a little.. well that was not bad.. not too dangerous.. just guiding him around the states having lived there all her life.. mostly safe.. "So thats what you want to do .. join the family business?.. I am just asking.. and at the moment it seems that you may be going into the family business.." he said smiling.. his family didnt have a business for him to join.. so he would have to find work elsewhere when he leaves school. Ah he still had a long way to go until then.

Minerva knew he wouldn't like her answers. "Well I would learn some of his secrets. So no I wouldn't be doing the tracking per say, but I would be learning somethings about it.." Then he asked if she wanted to do it "Harvs I'm 13 I don't know what I want to do, but it wouldn't hurt to maybe learn some things. Plus I don't think his work is that dangerous. He is helping with a few missing people jobs. They have either run away or been kidnapped and he is helping to find them."

Harvey listened to Minnie.. this was the sort of information he was after.. he just wanted to know that she would be safe with Edward. "Yeah when you put it that way.. I have to admit it doesnt sound as dangerous as I first thought it would be.. well I guess it would be fun to learn some of the stuff that Edward does.. things that you wouldnt learn in school.. soon you could become a tracker as well.. tracking us down and stuff" he chuckled a little "Well when you do know if you are going or not.. in your excitement of the trip dont forget to let your ol' buddy Harvs know that you are going on the trip." he said to her.. he just wanted to know when she would be going on her trip.. he would have to refrain himself from sending her owls too.. cause that COULD give away their position.. a snowy owl flying in full view.. and he didnt want that. So it would be better if he knew everything about this trip.