Kennedy's peripheral vision caught sight of a dark haired person and he turned his head in their direction. He grinned and waved, "Hey, Alyssa," he greeted. Then she went on about him playing hide and seek. That sounded much better than hiding from his father and his daughter.

Yeah, he'll just go along with that.

"Oh yeah, hide and seek," he said nodding. "I guess I'm too much of a good hider," he chuckled. Well, he was since he hasn't been found by the people he was avoiding. Kennedy rested his head on the pillar and said, "How've you been? Excited to go back to Hogwarts?"

Alyssa looked around before joining Kennedy behind the pillar. "I'm doing okay I guess. I'm still getting grief from my Mom for changing my hair color and cutting my hair. I guess I was into my rebellious stage or rather my way of coping getting dumped again for the second time by the same guy, but I actually like what I did. It's like I'm a new me now. I'm looking forward to Hogwarts I guess. I'll just have to be good at avoiding a certain someone which I don't think I will have problems doing.

And what about you? Who exactly are you hiding from?" Alyssa grinned at the Slytherin Prefect.

Logan walked to the station so he could say goodbye to some of his friends real quick before his aunt came back. He spotted Cardigan and ran up to her, putting his arms around her. "I had to say goodbye, Cardigan." he said, squeezing her tightly.

Heh, so he wasn't the only one rebelling against parents. That made him feel more like a normal teenager. "Well, it looks nice," he said in respect to her hair. At least it wasn't blue and crazy like the sweet shop shopkeeper's hair. "A new you, that sounds nice. Sometimes it's good to change, you know. It helps you see the world differently," he said. Kennedy sure knew about that.

He tilted his head to the side when she said something about avoiding someone. "Who is it you're avoiding?" he asked with genuine curiosity. A smile then tugged at the end of his lips. So she did noticed that he was, indeed, hiding from someone. "My father," he simply said. Wayne was a serious case of pain in the butt.

She decided that she would like this girl not only because she gave her chocolate well that too but she wasn't mean and she actually spoke to her. One of the key things if you actually WANT to talk to someone. So this girl used the keys so she was at least smart.

Owls? What was that? Was it were you had to buy and owl and feed it? Probably not but then that she would do alright. "What are OWLS?" she asked curiously. So owls were only for fifth years she guessed so she have to it.

"I went to two schools. For my first two years I went to a private school near New York and for my third and fourth I went to another private school in Bad Gastein, Austria." she told the girl. That was pretty much her life.

"He-," Cardigan started to say, wondering who in the world would be hugging her just, randomly and openly. She looked up and saw that it was...Logan... Oh god oh god oh god, please not now, she pleaded in her head. She couldn't afford a trip down memory lane... Too late! He-he..a-and..sh-she..h-he s-s-sai-said..I-I w-was..a-and, "N-n-no! I-i-i n-n-not y-y-yet!" She said, with out realizing it. She was in a, erm, trance. Sweat was beading down her face, pale as pale could be. Shaking, as well. None of that was true. Cardigan knew it, She was stuck in the past. Somehow, she knew deep inside that she was never gonna let go. Not today; not tomorrow...

Logan cocked his head at what she said. "Wait...what? What are you talking about?" he asked, noticing her shaking terribly and sweat beading down her face. And she was very pale. "Cardigan! Are you okay?!" he asked.

"T-too..many..memories..can't..handle..it..," Cardigan said monotonously, putting a hand to her forehead. This. Was. Horrible. Her lower lip began to tremble. How had she just, gone ballistic? Oh riiiiiigggghhhhtttt. Her feelings never stopped for Logan, even though his feelings for her did. Yes yes. That's it. She couldn't bring herself to believe it wasn't anything anymore, even though that was true...

"Memories?" Logan asked, trying to remember if anything happened here between them last ye-

Oh.

He looked at Cardigan, frowning a little. "I uh..." he didn't know what to say. He felt...really bad at the moment. He wished he could say something but he couldn't. He couldn't say anything at all.

"Just..don't..," Cardigan said, looking down at her flats. Where that came from, she didn't know. This got really..awkward.. Why oh why did she have to go all ballistic?! Why oh why did that ever have to happen between them?! Why not just save the trouble and not let it happen? It never was gonna work out anyway. They both knew that, especially Logan..

Logan frowned, and turned his head as Emmy called over to him, telling him he had to leave now. "Cardiagn.." he said, turning to her and putting his hands on her shoulder. "Please. Don't be mad." he said, pausing for a minute and looking at her. "I uh..." he sighed and leaned in, giving her a quick kiss on the lips before running off to Emmy without another word.

Cornelius's eyebrows rose at this unexpected request. She wanted to look at him? He let out a chuckle just at the words themselves, turning to look at the girl with amusement written all over his features. "Egbert and I will catch up, but I don't know how I feel about this whole 'looking at me' thing," he joked, glancing around for a moment before seamlessly going through the barrier with Aspen's hand still clasped in his own.

In the next second they were on the Platform, in the midst of all of the students getting ready to board the train. It was only when they were officially through the barrier that he paused and turned to look at her, his eyes lighting up as he recalled what they had been talking about. "You're free to look at me if you like, but I don't think I grew that much," he decided with a small smile, bringing her a bit closer with a gentle tug of the hand. "I need to start looking at you though; your eyes look way too green. They were never this green." He flashed her a teasing smile.

But Aspen was right; he looked a bit different. Cornelius had grown slightly in height and his skin tone had gotten a shade or two darker to form a light tan, hinting at his many summer days playing Quidditch in the sun. That generally happened during summer though, and he had grown used to it over the past couple of months, so he didn't quite see much of a difference in himself.

Zhenya nodded along with what he was saying. He was right, of course, but she did just want to stay with them longer. She would miss the twins walking and crawling, probably, and by the time she got home next time her brother might have gone off travelling again, along with her uncle.

She laughed a bit when he sneezed again. She was very glad he turned to sneeze rather than sneeze on her. Oh, allergies? Zhenya couldn't catch those. He was safe. "What allergies do you have? I'm allergic to peanuts! I think that's all though," she said.

Zhenya wasn't entirely sure she had seen this boy before at school. "What house are you in?" she asked, curious. He seemed very unlikely to be a Slytherin, like her. And he didn't exactly act like the Hufflepuffs did. He seemed quite smart though, and the fact that he came after her to talk to her made her think she was brave. She wasn't exactly brave enough to talk to someone she had never spoken to before.

And wait... she didn't know his name! They were talking about things, and she didn't know who she was talking to. "I'm Zhenya by the way," she said, with a smile.

Alex walked up the platform looking about for where Ronnie was and maybe Rose if she was here.

Marie smiled to herself. Lily definitely didn't want to talk. That little grin didn't fool her. "You're probably waiting for someone but I thought you could use someone to wait with until they get here." Marie giggled. "Besides with you being a Second Year in Ravenclaw, you're bound to have tons of friends who can't wait to talk to you." She smiled so that Lily knew she wasn't being mean.

"I was never mad! I just haven't really gotten ov-" Cardigan said, trying to explain why she wasn't mad. Cause she wasn't mad. Not the least bit. Hadn't they already discussed that? While continuing to further explain why she wasn't mad, she was stopped short by Logan kissing her.

Oh. My. God.

Cardigan watched him run off, leaving her dumbfounded. That was...wonderful, she thought with a sigh. Now, to tell Ell- OH. MY. NO. If Ella found out about that little, erm, moment, she would be dead before she could even explain about it!! Ella was the kind of person who was valuable as a friend, and dangerous as an enemy. Cardigan could already see a head girl in her friend. Oh no.. Ahh forget it. Let's just not let Ella find out, 'kay? Anyways, looks like she wouldn't be seeing Logan anytime soon. She walked off, finding a place in the station to sit, as far away from her friend as possible, even though he wasn't staying or anything.

If she wasn't so busy giving baby Olivia cuddles as soon as she had her in her arms, Destiny would have swore Carter was feeling sick again. He just handed the baby to her. Without telling her to be careful, or mentioning the diaper thing, or saying anything at all. He just handed her to her. Not that she cared, it was just weird. But, she wasn't going to say anything, she didn't want him to take Olivia off of her after all, and as Anya wrapped her arm around her, Destiny did the same with her free arm and gave her a little squeeze. Oh, look! She had Jeffrey; the cutest Knarl in the whole world. And no, she didn't just think that because she was the one who bought it for her. Okay, she totally did, but that wasn't the point.

And now that she had what she wanted, she finally got around to actually seeing who Carter was with. A boy.. another boy, only he was a little old to be called a boy. And a girl. Who was too old to be called a girl, but it wasn't like she was going to call them that out loud.

"Hello." she greeted each with a grin, although she did throw a quick look in Strudel's direction when Anya mouthed what she mouthed to her. How could someone with a last name like Strudel not like someone? And no, she was not just thinking that because the person he didn't like was Carter. Okay, it totally was, but that wasn't the point. She couldn't get into what her point was, though, once she heard Anya speak. Destiny was pretty sure her face looked some kind of funny, and Saxon's comment made it all the worse. What in the name of Merlin? What was she supposed to say back to that!? "We don't snog!" Err.. "I mean.." she glanced at Carter. He could chime in at anytime. "We do, but it's not for fun." Err.. was her face red? She was sure it was.

"Olivia needs her diaper changed!" She should probably go change that.

WAIT WAIT WAIT! HOLD UP!
What if someone found out about that? Like Ella?! Oh man. Logan would be killed! Logan paused as he ran to Emmy. "Wait." he said. "I er...got to tell her something." he said. Emmy looked at her watch. "Make it quick." she said. Logan nodded, running back to Cardigan. He put a hand on her shoulder and spun her around to face him. "No one will ever hear about that. Promise?" he asked. If anyone found out....especially Ella...he'd never live to see another day.

Alyssa nodded,"Yes a new me, and I'm glad that you agree with me about new beginnings. Who am I avoiding? Aaron. I haven't seen him yet but since he's in the same house as I am, I'm sure that I will eventually bump into him. But for now I'd much rather not see him. " Then she heard what Kennedy said. "Your father? Why are you hiding from your father?" Alyssa curiosity peaked again.

Blink.

Seriously? She didn't know what OWLs were? She was pretty sure it wasn't just a Hogwarts thing. Beauxbatons also had it, expect they took it in sixth year. "Oh, um, well OWLs is a series of examinations for each of the subjects that you took, its like this really huge exams where they see how much you've learn from first year to fifth year." She then rubbed the back of her neck before continuing "It's usually a pretty big deal for students since the grades that you get for the exams decide what subjects you would be allowed to take for sixth year."

"Wow, why do you move a lot?" Cass asked, surely it must be hard, switching from one curriculum to the next. Personally, she wouldn't have been able to deal if she had to switch schools every two years. "Are they wizarding schools?" If they weren't, she would totally get how Leisel wouldn't have known about OWLs and all that.

Sweet. Freakin'. Merlin.

O___O

Why didn't Anya come with a mute button?

"Anya!" he hissed at her. He was then going to apologize for Anya's lack of manners... when things got weird. Did Saxon not know he was snogging dating someone? He thought that was fairly common knowledge. Just like Olivia was fairly common knowledge.

Wait... what? He tilted his head to the side and glanced at Destiny. He wasn't sure whether to correct her or not. Or really what to say at all.

So... instead of speaking at all, he shoved the rest of his poptart into his mouth. There. The awkward silence wouldn't be his fault. His mouth was occupied with strawberry goodness.

Nomnomnom.

Anya just rolled her eyes. Why were they being weird? She didn't even get this weird when it came to kissing. And so Anya decided to focus on Tag. He was much more normal. And currently the only person not making weird or red faces.

"We should share a compartment with Alec and Asher!" she announced. Hopefully Tag hadn't made any other plans. And if he did...

Nevermind. Anya didn't have any good threats.

She'd just stick to hopefully he hadn't made other plans.

She then looked at the older siblings for a second. She'd just ignore Carter's hiss. She was not apologizing for the truth. And it wasn't like she said anything mean.

Was she going to have to do everything? Staring was rude people!

"Destiny likes chocolate. Saxon likes any kind of food. You all have really... um... unique... dance moves." And if that wasn't enough to get a conversation going... then Anya would give up.

And... if there was one thing that Carter could depend on, it was Destiny being insanely cute while blushing Anya and her ability to talk.

Oh. Food. Yes. That was the most safe topic ever. And so, without thinking, Carter blurted out "Destiny likes to steal all the potatoes."

Oh Sweet Merlin. How did he function in public normally?

Oh yeah. Usually he didn't have a little sister yelling about his snogging habits. >__< Destiny mentioned Olivia's diaper, yeah? They... should go take of that.

The little Irish Man just stood there glancing nervously from girlfriend to Carter to Anya to Saxon and Devon. In the name of potatoes this had turn from a casual 'hello' to an awkward. He wanted to break all this awkward tension, but for the first time in his life he was speechless.

Asher? Yeah, I'd like to hang out with you and Alec-because at the moment he didn't really know anyone else besides them and RennieRensemee.

"We try to make our dance moves unique so no one can copy us-and then sue us." He said laughing. Yes. Because they were aware of the whole 'suing' part when they started making up their dance moves.

"Actually-we like all kinds of food. No preference. Anything..Ohh, unless its seafood-then not as much-but everything else is good." Saxon announced. Yes, because if you gave her seafood you would not hear the end of it from her side of the story.

Lilly walked casually along the platform. WAIT. Why did both Cardigan and Logan look like they were going to cry? Goodbye? Logan was leaving? Or Cardigan was, but most likely Logan. "Why are you saying goodbye to each other?" Maybe they weren't, but kissing before Hogwarts so they didn't break the no romance rule? No, that wasn't it, definetely not. "Am I invading your privacy?" In the middle of a giant platform surrounded by anyone who could hear what they were saying.

Distraction? From what? Again, she wasn't going to ask since it was none of her business. Evelyn frowned. She really didn't know what to say but..not saying anything would be weird as well. "Um..sounds like..uh..you have some problems." She found exams a distraction as well..a bad distraction really. Sigh. In a way, she was excited but the nervousness was slowly settling in after all this talking about exams. It was going to be a tough year.

She tried to hide a smile when she noticed how awkward Kurumi looked..and, the girl bowed again. Right. "You don't have to apologize." Evelyn said, shaking her head. It was what she was used to do. Oh? Evelyn looked at the girl curiously. "That's interesting. So, you moved here from Japan?"

"D-Doesn't everyone?" Kurumi asked meekly, trying to avoid the attention from being on her. Evelyn didn't seem like a nosy Hufflepuff, unlike others, so hopefully her blatant dodge of the subject would signal that this just wasn't something the Gryffindor felt like talking about - save with Selina, Lewis, and Jonathan that is.

"Not...exactly," Kurumi replied shaking her head. "I still live in Japan, but father went to Hogwarts and insisted that I attend it instead of a Japanese wizarding school. I commute at the beginning and ending of each term." By airplane, but Kurumi left that bit out. Even though her mother had passed away, meaning that there was no reason for her to continue to do things the nonmagical way, Kurumi still couldn't bring herself to accept her father's offer of side-by-side apparation.