"oh come on stop being so petty taylor. Just because your some.." she didnt finish the rest of that sentence. Not here anyway, not at hogwarts. she cleared her throat and said something diffrent "you can be so childish sometimes." she said to her

Taylor gave her a look, "Pardon me if I dont want someone who doesnt like me to laid their arm around my shoulder."

Ariana snarled at tay "oh your so childish taylor, i thought we put all of that behind us."

Taylor sighed, "Fine..." She glanced down. Trying to be nice, she asked, "So how was your day?"

Ariana smiled "it was very short seeing as i have no classes today and i slept till noon cause i was up studing till 4 am."

Taylor gave a half smile, "Fun." Tay ran her fingers through her blonde curls, not sure what to say next.

"so what have you been up too lately?" she asked her evil cousin

Tay glanced at her nails, "Homework, studying, and playing as beater in our winning match against Slytherin." She chuckled. "Though getting hit by a bludger aint any fun."

she snarled a bit "yeah our team is a lot of newbies this term." though the thought of her getting hit with a bluger did bring her to chuckle a bit

Taylor shrugged, "I thought your team did a fantastic job though. I mean they almost run until our seeker started getting better at the last second. The beaters have a great arm too." Tay chuckled and rubbed her side, thinking about it. "They got Harvey as well."

Laura was walking around the grounds when she decided it was time to see the Whomping Willow, she walked upto it and then saw a First Year. "Hi I'm Laura, what's your name?" Laura really hoped that the girl didn't mind talking to her, seriously she was bored and it was better than messing about with the Whomping Willow, which she was going to do. "What you doing?" Laura asked as she looked at the Whomping Willow wonder if she should touch it or not.

For Edric's SECOND favorite lady :p
 

Ella skipped down to the whomping willow with her copy of Tuck Everlasting and found a good spot in the grass to relax. Plopping down, the second year lay on to her belly and looked around with a smile. The weather was definitely getting warmer, making her feel like a much happier little human...well despite the whole Harvey business. Ehh. Flipping open to the page with her bookmark, the blonde began to read.

Whomping Willow.

Evelyn's least favorite place in the grounds but that was only place that wasn't filled with people. Gosh. There were students EVERYWHERE. She couldn't really blame them since it was spring and people wanted to enjoy the warm sunshine but still. It was a little annoying.

With a small sigh, she walked across the grass, adjusting the strap of her bag over her shoulder.. when she noticed someone familiar lying on a patch of grass nearby.

"Ella!"

"For, through the twilight sounds of crickets and sighing trees, a faint, surprising wisp of music came floating to them and all three turned toward it, toward the wood."

Ella smiled as she read, closing her eyes for a moment to imagine the music that might have been coming through the trees. She imagined it was something soft and sweet and could hear it in her mind as she opened her eyes again.
...

The second year stopped reading when she heard someone calling her name, and turned to look and see who was approaching. Oh! It was Evelyn Edric's future wife! Ella like Eve. She was nice and she was friends with Edric and she was a Hufflepuff. ALL good things to be as far as Ella was concerned. "Hey Eve!" She called out cheerfully in response before putting her bookmark back in her book and sitting up.

Evelyn smiled at the girl, although she was feeling slightly uncomfortable. Seeing Ella made her remember the previous conversation they'd had and considering everything that had happened since, she wasn't sure if she was ready to talk about what happened yet.. because she knew for sure Ella would bring up Edric again.

"How are you?" Evelyn asked, slowed down until she stood next to where Ella was now sitting.

Ella smiled up at Eve and shrugged. "I'm okay, I guess. How are you?" She asked, patting the ground next to her. "Want to sit with me?" Not that she had to. The invitation was there though, if she wanted to sit and chat. The second year wouldn't mind the company. "I've been trying to read out here but my mind won't shut off for long enough to get into the story." She added with a frown. "Does that ever happen to you? ...You know, the thinking too much thing?" Ella was just curious, considering it was a regular thing for her. "I wish my mind had like...an off button or something." That would be helpful. And she was rambling again. Poor Eve would never want to join her now.

"I'm..." Evelyn had no idea. She was freaking out a little because she was turning EIGHTEEN in a few days, confused about a lot of things, sad because she was leaving Hogwarts in a few months and happy because her preparation for NEWT's was going well. So. "..I guess I'm alright." Evelyn said, with a light shrug.

Did she want to sit with her? Um, okay. Evelyn gave a small smile before she sat down next to the girl. Hm? Did Evelyn think too much? She nodded and smiled again. "I uh.. I overanalyze things, you know?" She wasn't a person to let something go.. she just had to keep thinking about it until she figured it out. If that even made sense. "What are you reading?" Maybe it was so boring that Ella couldn't get into the story.. it happened.

Ella watched Eve curiously while she apparently tried to figure out how she was. The second year wasn't a psychologist of anything, but she could tell that meant the older girl was going through some stuff. "You sure you're okay, Evelyn?" She asked a little hesitantly. She didn't want to pry, she just hated people being sad or upset.

The second year was pleased when Eve decided to sit with her. It was nice to have a friend around, especially since she'd been spending a lot of time hiding out in the common room lately. Huh? Evelyn over analyzed things? That meant she thought too much, yeah? "I sure do know. I erm...do that a lot too." It was awful really. She wished she could just...not. As for Eve's question. "I'm reading Tuck Everlasting. It is my..." Ugh. Her mom. She didn't want to even say the word out loud...mom. She was still very mad at the woman. "My er..mom's favorite book when she was a kid." She then picked the book off the ground and handed it to the older badger so she could check it out.

"Um..yeah." Evelyn gave a bright smile although it didn't reach her eyes. Although, she really wanted to talk about what she was going through.. "People go through stuff, right?" Just a few more days before she turned eighteen and she was still confused about what she wanted to do once she graduated.. it was quite sad, really.

Tuck Everlasting? Okay. Evelyn raised an eyebrow when she noticed the slight hesitation in the girl's voice when she said it was her mother's favorite book as a kid. "Is everything alright?" She wasn't being nosy.. just concerned.

Evelyn placed her bag on the ground before she had a look at the book the girl just handed over. She turned it over and read the synopsis on the back.. um. She frowned and looked up at Ella again. "It.. uh.. seems like an interesting novel. How are you liking it so far?"

Ella felt like Evelyn wasn't saying something. It was just a feeling but she seemed kinda...well the second year wasn't sure, really. Was she sad or something? Frown. Ella didn't want Eve to be sad. But then she was asking something...People go through stuff...Well yeah, of course. "I think everyone does, it's actually kinda horrible but I guess crummy things happen so we can like...learn stuff about...stuff?" Okay, she clearly wasn't helping Evelyn with her explanation so..."If you want to talk about it, I'm a good listener." Or so she'd been told once or twice.

Eve's next question brought a small smile to Ella's face, though she wasn't exactly sure if what she was about to say was classified as funny or not. "Just going through stuff..." Heh. See? And it was kinda funny, seeing as they' just mentioned such things. "My mom...well she isn't around anymore. She um...left. So yeah...I don't like to erm...think about her." Though the second year was no longer bursting into tears every time she talked about her so...good sign?

Ella noticed Evelyn's frown and wondered why she was doing that. "It's...good. I guess it's kinda sad too. I don't know. I guess I thought if I read it I might understand my mom better or something...is that dumb?"

Ella was a good listener.. right. Evelyn hesitated for a moment, not even sure what to say. There were loads of things she was worried about and the girl didn't have to sit for hours and listen to whatever problems the Prefect was going though. "Um. It's just.. I guess I'm a little worried about NEWT's and my future and a little sad that I'm leaving soon.. and I'm turning eighteen in a few days and.." And, yeah. Evelyn looked away from the girl before she continued, ".. something that happened the other day."

Evelyn's face showed surprise when Ella mentioned the fact that her mother left her. What!? Why? Gosh, that was horrible. She kind of knew what Ella was going through though. Her mother hadn't left but she'd pretty much stopped caring about her.. which was the same thing. "I'm so sorry to hear that, Ella." She leaned forward and hugged the girl.

Dumb? "Not at all." Evelyn said, shaking her head. "I suppose it's your way of deal with what's happened."

Penelope was still eyeing the big tree when she heard someone suddenly speak next to her and introduce herself? Random, but okay. "Penelope," she replied. At least the girl wasn't one of those hand-shaker people when they introduced themselves. As for what she was doing? "Wondering if I can get close enough to make the tree move without it hitting me." Why else would anyone come near the tree, anyway?

Oh wow. Evelyn did have a lot going on! Ella wasn't expecting that the girl was going through so much...stuff. She listened carefully though, trying to think of good encouraging things to say to the older badger. "You're smart, Eve! You shouldn't be so worried. I guess just do your best and that'll be good enough...as for your future. Well, what do you love to do?" People should find out what they love to do and try and do that for the job. Like Ella, for instance, would be a professional gummy worm taste tester if she could! Frown. The Evelyn leaving thing was quite sad, she totally understood her being down about that. "You know, Edric told me I don't have to feel sad when he leaves next term cause he'll keep in touch so...so maybe you don't have to feel sad because people will keep in touch with you?" She offered with a small smile. And wait-what?! "Your birthday is coming up! Wow! Eighteen. That's...that's exciting! Are you going to do anything fun?" If not, Ella had an idea of what she could do! The last thing Evelyn mentioned got the second year extremely curious. Something happened? What kind of something? Hmmm... "Was it...something bad?"

The hug...was unexpected. But Ella leaned forward and squeezed the older girl tightly before letting go. "Thanks. I...well I guess she wanted to go what was it...follow her dreams or whatever." Shrug. "I've got dad and gran though, so I don't need her..." Though she didn't sound too sure about that.

The second year was really glad Evelyn didn't think she was dumb. "Yeah...I guess it is." She said with a small smile, eyeing the book before turning her attention back to her house prefect.

Laura looked at Penelope and smiled. "Well I've tried that before but it didn't work out well enough." Laura giggled. "We could try now if you want." Seriously that would be so cool and Laura really wanted to have some fun she was bored at the minute with nothing to do and her friends weren't around so they couldn't cheer her up or help her have some fun.