He stood up quickly when she confirmed. He reached into his bag pulling out his invisibility cloak, "Keep an eye on Grim for me." He said, and before she could respond slipped the cloak over him and went out the door, homeward bound... He had to talk to Puck about this.

"But...." She sighed. It was useless now that he was gone. Tay stood up and scooped up Grim. Talking to the cat, "Well i guess it is just you and me now, Grim." Taylor picked up her guitar and left.

Liesel was having a pretty fun time looking around. It wasn't actually fun she just put in the word fun because it was cool and positive and she needed to be more positive. It seemed more awesome. She took out a sour gummy worm out of her pocket and started biting it. It was relly sour but yum she needed more.

As she took another sour worm out of her pocket there was a first year ravenclaw she presumed. She was saying something about how tall she was. She merely chuckled at her compliment. It was quite funny actually, the girl had humor.

"Sure, I''l start skipping!" she exclaimed. Now onto her height. "I didn't actually take tall!juice. I'm 15." she told the girl.

Corin never remembered the walk up the pathway to be quite so enjoyable, he remembered it to have been an arduous task. Well everything was an arduous task back when he was studying at Hogwarts. The difference a new ticker makes combined with radical new therapy. He feels like he could have a go with these kids again.

But stepping into the Entrance Hall got him to pause for a moment. More memories of his days in these hallowed halls came flooding through. As he passed the Great Hall he couldnt help but peek in a bit and steal a glance at the Ravenclaw table and the old spot where he shared meals with his friends. He carved his initials under that table on his last feast. Was it still there?

He shook his head to bring himself back into focus. Tate owled him to check on something.... mysterious. And even when he was kinda itching to check the Ravenclaw towers or the library to make sure his nephew was indeed paying attention to his studies the Mysteries Head made his way purposely towards the stairs that led to the Headmaster's office. After all it wasnt everyday that a Hogwarts Headmaster would seek the expertise from the Department of Mysteries.

Minerva walked into the entrance hall. She was still feeling a bit dazed from her run in with the willow. Her short sleeve shirt did not hide the bump and bruises on her arms. She wasn't sure if she was going to go into the hall to eat or just head up to her common room. She looked around the entrance hall she had been in here many times, but she had never really looked around and noticed things.

Tay saw her.... best friend.... friend.... She had no clue what the heck they were... it was confusing to her. "Hey Minerva." She waved then noticed the bruises and bumps. "What happened to you?!?" Her eyes grew big and worried.

Minerva smiled when she saw Taylor. She was over everything that was going on and was just ready for things to turn normal again. She had made some start of peace towards Damon and now it was time to do that with Taylor. "Hey Taylor" Then her smile faded as she noticed her arms, she knew they were noticeable, but she was hoping that they wouldn't be the first eye catching thing to be seen. Maybe if she turned her hair green or red it would take the notice off of them. "Don't lecture me when I tell you, okay?" She knew they had a conversation before about her little game. "I was having a hard time earlier trying to get my brain to shut off and decided the best way to do that was to get involved in my chicken game, but got distracted by some other people that had come into view and the tree got the best of me." She tried to laugh it off as nothing, but she still felt a little sore from it happening.

Tay only sighed and shook her head, "Yeah i dont blame you... it sounds tempting though i already had a talk with Maxwell and i think we have cleared up a few things and a few bad feelings..." Yeah there was no way that Taylor was going to tell Minnie that Maxwell and her kissed one last time...

Minerva smiled at her, [B]"Well I'm glad you two got to talk and work some things out. Maybe this group isn't going to be completely broken apart." she looked hopeful at her. Did she want to talk about it or was it just to inform Min wondered. "So... it went well then if you cleared things up? Do you think you will be able to be friends?" Minerva hoped she wasn't pushing, but she would have asked any friend the same question and if they were going to be great friends again she thought it right to ask.

Tay nodded and laughed, "Yeah i think perhaps we will be... or at least we would be nice to each other." She smiled, "I mean we have to see each other over the summer because of our parents and we seemed to not be angry after talking.... so yeah i think it is a good possiblity." Taylor nodded, "Or i misread his emotions while we talked." She chuckled and gave a half smile. "What about you and Damon? Oh and Henry wants to kn ow if you would like to stay at the estate over break... for the christmas party and so you dont have to go to your cousin's or stay here."

Minerva smiled happy she was talking to her about Maxwell. She also felt herself a little more interested in the way he acted. "Well it should be able to read him if you look at his eyes, right?" Maybe it wasn't as easy as she thought it was. "Oh I bet you weren't misreading him. He has come to terms with what has happened and just wants you to be happy. It's really what we both want. I mean of course I want you to be happy, but I was meaning he wants you to be happy and I want Damon to be happy." She started thinking about her next questions. "Well, I am hoping it's getting better. We talked in the common room so I'm hoping he realizes that I am fine and that I just want to try to fix the friendship we once had. I know our group probably will never be the same, because Maxwell and Damon can't be near each other, but fixing parts of the group is a start." She gave an hopeful smile. She was feeling happy and hopeful today, but she didn't know why exactly. "Oh well that was nice of him. I will think about it. I'm not really sure what I'm doing yet to be honest. It will be the first Christmas without my family, so I was thinking about just being alone here, but then I know Leelee is trying to get me there. So I will let you know if that's ok."

Tay tried to stop the smile from coming onto her face. Yes... she had been staring into his eyes as they spoke, "It is the easiest when they change but they didnt change though you can see the emotion he is feeling without them changing if you know him well enough. I saw some hurt in them but i think it went away after the talk..." and the kiss... Taylor kept the blush from her cheeks. "Yeah... I hope Damon is okay... I havent seen him much after that day..." The day of the break up... "Okay." Taylor nodded and smiled at her friend, "Yeah you can tell me when you figure it out or you can just pop in if you decide last minute you want to come." She laughed.

"Well I'm glad your both doing better. I hated seeing him hurt and I don't like seeing you hurt either." She was a bit surprised about not seeing Damon. She knew Damon mentioned it, but figured by now they would be back to their old selves. "Why haven't you seen much of him? I am kind of worried about him. The last time I saw him he just seemed so upset. Over everything. I told him not to worry about us, that I would be his friend, I just needed time. I really liked him, but I know it's better this way." It was the first time she said liked instead of like. Did that mean she was really getting over him. Part of her hoped it was the truth, because she was tired of feeling sad every time she thought of it.

Tay nodded, "Yeah i hate being hurt and seeing him hurt, knowing that i caused it." She sighed, "I just been avoiding you three for the past week though i did go to Puck's house the weekend of the break up." Taylor laughed and smiled, "It felt kinda of great, getting away from here if only for 2 days." She tucked her hair behind her ears. "Yeah... I dont know if he is still upset or not..."

Eh.

Ronnie felt way too tired to open both of those giant oak doors. That run had really tuckered her out.

After a while of standing outside in front of them, she finally pushed through them, jumping a little as they shut behind her. Ah, that wasn't so hard! She sighed and trudged over to the stairs, sitting at the bottom of them. She wished she had brought her water bottle, she was thiiiirsty!

Minerva smiled "Well Taylor in the end I still think you did the right thing. If you were not fully committed then you had to break up. Who knows you might end up together again one of these days. If not then maybe you can at least be great friends." Minerva then had a million questions that she wanted to ask about Damon, but didn't want to push to far. They were just getting their friendship back in order. "Can I ask why you have been avoiding Damon? I thought you two were connected at the hip or something."she laughed a bit jokingly. "Taylor I am sorry about everything I said to you. I was hurt by everything going on and well I was making assumptions. I really don't mind if you do have feelings for Damon, but I shouldn't have pushed the issue the way I did." Honestly she thought they might be kind of cute together over the summer so why couldn't she feel that way again when thinking about the possibility of them being together. She knew it would hurt the first time she saw them together, but after awhile she wouldn't mind. "Did he go with you to Pucks? I'm just asking, because I was hoping he did to maybe smooth things over with Puck and Sage if possible. I know it's been a bit crazy after he got that letter about his mom." She wasn't sure whether or not to ask, but Damon and her would be friends again and she was very worried about him.

Tay sighed and nodded, "Yeah i did the right thing." She laughed and smiled, "He actually brought up the 'who knows, we might date each other again in the future' thing." Taylor bit her lip, "Because i was mad at him. I thought the whole thing with you was a stupid mistake that hurt you and was a jerk move...." Tay sighed, "No we arent connected at the hip. We dont nor did hang out that much." She frowned. "I might have feelings for him but i have no clue and it doesnt matter anyways since i dont want to date anyone and neither does he." Tay nodded, "Yeah he was the one who slipped me out of this horrid place."

Minerva listened as she talked about Maxwell, but something felt off. She wasn't sure what it was, when she said about him saying exactly what she said it made her feel weird. What was that lately she shook it off. "Well see, at least he is thinking positively. I think we all act a bit mean when we are upset and say things we don't really want to say." She knew that all to well she had done it to so many people lately. She had been snapping at Harvey as much as she had been lecturing Taylor. She then gave a weak smile when she heard the reason for her avoidance to Damon "Please don't let what happened between us ruin your friendship, like I said he did the right thing. He doesn't love me, he loves you. So it was better this way. He wasn't a jerk at all." Then the truth finally came out, Min knew this truth all along, but didn't show it as she spoke "Well I think you both need to just take some time and figure out what you want. If you both feel the same way about each other, I don't know Taylor maybe in the future you can try it see what happens." She hoped she wasn't lecturing again, she just wanted to give friendly advice to her friend and to make sure Taylor knew she was fine with her dating Damon she would not be upset at all.

Tay nodded, "Yeah at least he is thinking positively." She sighed, "Yeah, aint that the truth." Taylor grimamced, "Yeah okay." Tay shook her head, "I dont want to date him...." Taylor was worried that it would be another Maxwell thing.... being forced to see each other after breaking up....

Minerva was happy they were getting back to their old friendship. She wanted them to be best friends again and hated not having her around. "Well Taylor you can only do what your heart tells you. Unfortunately our hearts tell us who we love. I don't feel we chose, if we did I would probably still be with Damon right now. But his heart told him he loved someone else not me." she looked down maybe she wasn't fully over it yet, but she was getting there. "I just want you to do what will make you happy that's all." She really did want her friends to be happy all of them.

Tay nodded, "If we got to chose then i would be in Maxwell's arms, kissing him and loving it...." She sighed, "But we dont so both of us are single now..." Taylor laughed, "Life is crazy..."

Minerva thought for a bit, "Yeah life it a little crazy." She thought about being in Taylor's shoes she was pretty, had two very different boys who really liked her and seemed to really want to be with her. On one hand she had Maxwell who was cute, charming, adventures, and funny. The she had Damon cute, amazing green eyes, musical, sweet, and poetic. That would be a hard decision to make. "Well maybe one day you will be again, who knows how our lives will turn out." she giggled a bit. "So Taylor how are your tryouts going, good I hope? I was exhausted after our last one."

Tay shrugged, "Who knows." She half smiled and chuckled. Then to the tryouts, "Oh i think i did horrible..." Taylor sighed, "Way worse than last year...." TAy grimaced, "Yeah i had so many tryouts in one day..."

"I feel like last terms tryouts were spread out more. This year we had them back to back to back it seemed like. I was glad they ended quickly, but it was just so exhausting." She thought for a moment "Taylor you probably did brilliant, I can't see you being back at much. You are probably just being to hard on yourself." She had been to one of their tryouts watching Harvey like she always did and Taylor seemed to being doing well.

Tay nodded, "Yeah it seems to be more crunched..." Taylor sighed then blushed at the brilliant part. She shook her head, "I dont that i was brilliant." Tay grimaced.