Damon looked at her, "What? This is all my fault now isn't it?" He kept his pain covered, "Like I said it would've been better if you had never been down there that day. You'd be happy with Maxwell, never would've known me except as your new uncle's son who had ended up killing himself over the depression of losing his mother..." Damon jerked his head back, when would he learn to shut his big mouth???

Tay got up and looked at him, "Damon cant you see that i love you? You are..... were my best friend and i miss you." She sighed, "I didnt mean to hurt you but how would it look if i just dumped my boyfriend for you? Hmmmm?" Taylor was crying now, "I miss you. If you cant see how much this is killing me to not be close to you, to not dance with you, to not be in your arms, to not talk to you then I dont know how else i can show you." Her knuckled were a little bruised but she didnt care, and didnt think of hiding it from him. "I.... miss you....." Taylor fell onto her knees, crying.

Damon looked at her, he'd never seen her like this. In this much pain... It killed him, but he couldn't get close, he had to keep his distance, "I know you miss me... and I miss you, but we can't... I need to go back to how I was, alone, in solitude... I can't do this anymore... and it's not because of you and Maxwell. This is all purely me... I'm better off on my own."

NAG, NAG, NAAAAAAAG. Why did girls have to be so annoying? Theodore glanced at it very quickly and it was not PRETTY, at all. It was a very odd looking tree.

He liked his mainstream muggle trees.

He opened his eyes wiiiiiiide and stared in her face. "Eyes open, see!" YEAHHHHH.

"How can it possibly help you?" Theodore stared at her, confused. It was a tree. Yeah, it could move and it got angry, but what use could it be to anyone?

Theo couldn't fathom this.

"I just wanna... shuffle back a bit." And without waiting for her approval, Theo ran backwards for at least 10 yards. That would suffice.

Tay looked at him, "How the heck is this so much better?" She wiped her tears and frowned. "If you miss me, then you are very good at hiding it. Taylor riped the drawing she was working on in two, It was a sketch of him

Damon looked at her, "Did you hear anything I said after that? We can't be close. It causes arguements between everyone. Suspitions flare, and we just..." He shook from being so upset, "We just can't..." He said looking down at the picture.

"Yeah, you'd probably be terrible," Jonathan played. He could learn anything from anyone... But music, was low on his list...

...Like Quidditch. Jonathan twitched his nose. She was being mean to him. And acting like it's not on purpose. When she lied back Jonathan turned on his elbow. "Well! You just like being 'buddy buddy' with captains don't you??" Jonathan used his free hand to exaggerate what he's saying. "First, Aaron, now Kimalia..." Jonathan pondered for a moment. "Yeah, you're right. I'd probably beat him at... hmph. Anything really." Because Jonathan was OBVIOUSLY the superior person. He looked down at Aurora.

Ronnie skipped down to the Whomping Willow, her messenger bag hanging on her shoulder. A kitten's head peeped out of the bag, it's furry gray head moving all around, examining the Whomping Willow.

Once she found a good spot that was a ways away from the willow, Ronnie plopped down onto the ground, letting the kitten out of the bag. "There you go Oliver! How was the ride?" she asked him, chuckling. The kitten meowed and stretched before curling up in a ball on the grass and falling asleep. Ronnie grinned and took out her sketchbook and a quill, and began drawing a picture of the willow.

Tay frowned, "I dont care... I miss you and that is all i know." One last tear fell. "I'm just a dumb blonde anyways....." Taylor muttered.

Aurora raised an eyebrow, "I guess you'll just have to deal with me being better than you at something." she said, a smirk playing on her lips. She knew he was trying to tease her but there was something about being back here at the Willow that made their friendship seem impenetrable.

"Well actually Kimalia was my best friend before she became captain. It's not my fault if my friends just happen to usually be people with power or... An interest in sport." That was true actually - almost all of her friends loved or played Quidditch or - in the case of Iris and Kennedy - had some sort of badge. That made her think for a second - maybe she was some sort of... badge-magnet... Because Sierra had been taking an interest in her life at the feast... And that had struck Aurora as very strange... "Well, I guess we'll never find out." she sighed, grinning cheekily up at Jonathan.

It had been two years since he had been near the whomping willow. He remembered coming here in his first year and Lola had teased him about his plush duck.

The plush duck in question was currently held in the boys hand as he wandered around the place . Keeping a good distance from the whomping willow. As he walked, Daichi's chocolate brown eyes caught the attention of a cute little kitten laying on the grass. The person next to it had to be the kitty's master right? A few more steps on the grass and the Slytherin stood behind the girl , looking over her shoulders to see that she was sketching something. As he cocked his head to the right, he could see that it was the start of the Whomping Willow that was waving around in front of them. "Oh! you're good" he commented, probably startling the girl.

"You are not..." Damon sighed, "Taylor, you're one of the smartest people I know."

Tay shook her head, "No, not according to Puck....." She sighed, "I am a dumb blonde Damon. Just look at me!" Taylor gestured. "I cant see an amazing guy in front of me.... until a kiss and i reject him, hurting him......" Tay sighed.

Ronnie was just touching up the base of the tree when she heard a voice speak from behind her. She jumped a little, slightly startled, but not TOO startled. She looked behind her and smiled up at the boy who had spoken to her. She had seen him around Hogwarts but hadn't really spoken to him.

"You really think so? Thank you!" she said with a smile. "I'm Ronnie, by the way." she said. "What's your name?" she asked.

Damon shook his head, "That's because you already have the perfect boyfriend." He sighed, "As little as I like to admit it. Maxwell's got the perfect house, he's got friends, he's normal compared to me..." Damon looked down, he shouldn't be talking to her.

Tay shook her head, "No.... DAmon, I dont." She sighed, "Maxwell might be a good boyfriend but he is far from being perfect. He sometimes makes me feel like crap." Taylor grimaced. Why did i say that????

Oh. Had he startled her? oopsie!

He had not meant to startle the girl so he smiled apologetically down at her as she looked up. His eyes then went to the sketch and took note of the base of the tree. "yes it's pretty good" he said honestly as he moved to stand beside her and sat down on the grass. Might as well get comfortable right?

"Nice to meet you Ronnie" he bowed his head as this was his way of greeting and placed his plush duck on his lap. "My name is Daichi" he said as he looked at the Whomping Willow. "You're in my year right? I've seen you in classes before"

Damon looked at her, Did she just say... He didn't know what to say to that. He was so surprised.

She saw the surpise in his face, "What are you so surpise about?" Tay sighed.

Ronnie smiled. "Thanks!" she said, watching as he sat next to her. Oliver hopped up from his spot and bounded over to the boy, and hopped onto his lap. Ronnie chuckled, hoping he didn't mind Oliver sitting on his lap.

She smiled at him. "Nice to meet you too, Daichi!" she said. She nodded. "Yeah I think so." she said. "Fourth year, right?" she asked just to check.

Maxwell laughed a little. "Okay!" He said happy she wasn't mad at him. "Well, the tree was planted for my great-grandfather, there's a bit of a trick to not getting hit." He said with a devilish grin.

Damon sighed and shook his head, "I just never have thought you saw anything wrong with him." He looked down.

This was a weird tree. I mean tree's didn't move around and act silly. So maybe that's why its unique. Because it moves. No. But she did like the name of the tree the Whomping Willow that sounded COOL! But only because her dog was named Willow and she was COOL! She explored around the tree which sounded really dumb because it was dumb but she didn't go anywhere near the branches she didn't want to get hit by one of those monstrous branches because it would hurt a lot and she did not want to get hit. It would be scary too.

Going away far from the tree she sat down with her legs tucked with her arms. She wanted someone to talk to but not someone she had already met because they were boring people. But any other Snake or maybe a Claw as she was nearly sorted into Ravenclaw. She didn't know how she got sorted into Slytherin she wasn't cunning or ambitious, was she? But Slytherin's were awesome and so was she!

Tay shook her head, "I have seen wrong with him recently..." Taylor sighed, "But i have flaws as well."

Damon raised an eyebrow, "Like him breaking my nose? Though I did deserve that..." He shrugged.