Ella couldn’t but help but smile at Oakey. The boy just seemed so… extremely happy about everything. It was kinda great, actually. She giggled a little as he burst into laughter, confused because what she said really hadn’t been that funny. WAIT. He was going to treat her to an ice cream? Genuine!Beam! How could she not be happy about that? ”I’m going to make sure you don’t forget that, y’know.” Nope, he was not going to be able to back out of that offer any time soon.

Violet seemed awfully excited to see her which made Ella’s heart feel all happy, if that was even possible. She really enjoyed the older puff’s company and so she was happy the girl seemed to feel the same. ”Um yeah…I think summer should be great. I erm…really missed my family.” Not that she didn’t have another type of family right her at Hogwarts. ”How about you? Have any big plans for the summer?” Like more fabulous tea parties, perhaps? Mini!Grin.

Pao! Ella smiled as the little keeper came into the Great Hall. She’d really grown fond of the little guy, appreciating his attitude and his love of food. That was definitely something they had in common. ”Hey Pao, ready for summer?” She asked, giving the boy a small smile.

Summer seemed to be the main topic of conversation at the Hufflepuff table and Ella smiled at Belle, ready to share her plans with the older girl. ”I’ll be mostly hanging with family and hopefully seeing some friends.” Yup, that was her kind of summer, right there. ”How about you? Doing anything fun?”

Ella felt incredibly overwhelmed by her hug with Emmaleigh. As much as she hadn’t known the older girl for a long time, she felt quite close to her. She rubbed her back reassuringly, the way her Gran sometimes did to her when she was upset. ”I know you don’t…” Ella said softly, not really knowing what else to say to comfort the older red head. ”I don’t want you to go either, y’know.” Not that this would make her feel any better but still, it was the truth. ”This isn’t goodbye though, Em. This is just…see you later. Besides, you’re about to s-start…a whole new adventure.” And Emmaleigh was going to do great things, Ella was sure of that.

Hulk. Oh no…oh no no no. She was all sad and wibbly and meep! Ella couldn’t help but get a little wibbly herself at the sight of the girl. Queen Alice was her partner in crime and she didn’t want her to be sad. ”Hulk? Are you alright?” She had to ask, even though she already knew the answer. ”Would you like me to try and insult you or something?” Ella knew this always cheered her friend up. If that fell through, she was fully prepared to give her royal bestie a Dino!hug.

Sophie was making Ella feel better every time the brunette opened her mouth. It was just hard to be sad when she was around. The blonde smiled a little at her comment, nodding her head. They’d totally be seeing each other, Ella was going to make sure of that. ”Great! Gran will be really excited about it!” Ella’s Gran took great interest in her friends, wanting to get to know them all better. ”She is, actually. This time she’ll be doing Antony and Cleopatra…We can go if you’d like.” Always better sitting through plays with her friends, that was for sure.

Ella could see Bliss was trying to hold it together just as much as she was. This was why the older puff gave the younger one a genuine BEAM when Bliss approached her. ”Hi.” She said softly, trying to control her emotions. ”I’m…alright, you? It’s just…hard but…but it’ll be okay.” And Ella had Bliss’s back if the girl needed her. If anything, they could cry together.

The soon to be fourth year was glad that Laura seemed ready for summer and another sleepover. It was definitely something to look forward to. ”That’s good to hear. I’m really looking forward to it!” Cause sleepovers with her best friends were the best.

Ella let out a small sigh of relief when Nessie said she was feeling much better. That was really good to hear! The blonde had been quite worried about her Captain and her captain’s brain when she’d heard what had happened. ”Thank Merlin.” She said, giving the older puff a smile. ”I’m doing…alright. I guess I’m ready to head home for the summer. You excited for the break?”

Minnie was right, time did seem to go by faster each term. ”I think that might be because each term you get a bit more busy with all the work and stuff.” That kind of made it easier to not realize how quickly the months were passing. Oh…she was heading to the states? Ella chewed on her lip, thinking her Mom was somewhere in the states…She snapped out of that quickly enough, excited about the possibility of seeing Minnie at some point. ”I hope we do hang out. We can go for ice cream or something…I still have to meet that boyfriend of yours properly.” Make sure he was a nice guy and all.

Wow! How many people were there around here? Terry grinned and waved at practically all of them. "Hi guys. You probably don't know me but hi anyway!" he chuckled. His smile turned slightly when lots of crying sad people came along. He really didn't like it when people cried, it made him sad as well.

The first person that had piped up to speak to Terry was Alec and the boy smiled at the other. Despite Terry being amongst the sea of yellow, he didn't feel particularly uncomfortable with being there, most of these people were his friends and they didn't think any different about the colour robes that he was wearing. All houses were cool and there was no changing that!

"Hi Alec" the Slytherin grinned at his fellow second year. The pair had spoken on a few occasions and they were certainly able to hold a conversation but due to Terry's absence through the past few months, hiding in the common room and only coming out when he needed to, they hadn't exactly spoken enough to be considered good friends. The boy was going to change that next term though, he'd be sure to make more of an effort to socialise with all his fellow year mates.

Excited was a bit of an understatement, Terry was really looking forward to going home and seeing his family, not to forget all of the animals he had to leave behind. "Sure I am! I've missed my home" he chuckled. "But I'll miss everyone else as well. We've all got to meet up in Diagon Alley in the summer" So they didn't miss each other too much and forget what their faces looked like.

Another Hufflepuff joined the group, although that wasn't really surprising seeing as it was the Hufflepuff table after all. He smiled and waved over at her as she made the effort to wave at him.

"Hi Ella" he chuckled brightly before his stomach made a loud grumbling noise. Well this sucked, why couldn't they have their food already? "I'm so hungry" he spoke kind of out aloud but he wouldn't mind if someone replied to his response.

Bliss didn't fail to make Terry smile and laugh a lot of the time. She was usually so bright and acted on occasion, quite silly. He snorted as he sat down by her side and pinned her arms lightly to her side. "Yep! Much better like that" he teased her and then poked his tongue straight out like she had done to him as a response. "You're gonna give someone a black eye one of these days" he laughed and then mocked her flailing arms cackling. "Only joking!" Because Terry loved his best friend really.

As he got cosy between the two girls that he felt he had definitely got closer to from being at Hogwarts, he glanced down at the table at all the other people that had congregated. It was like a giant 2nd year meeting with a few other random people that Terry didn't know yet. "Huh?" Terry replied as he became distracted by all the noise in the Hall. "Oh yeah. It's a really good job that I actually want to sit here then isn't it!" It was a little more active than the Slytherin table but he was sure that he would head back to his fellow snakes later on.

"Course I am! I can't wait to see my mum again, or Amadeus!" His mothers Phoenix that was. He loved Hogwarts but he couldn't wait to get back to sleeping in his own bed and not having to wake up at silly times in the morning to go to lessons "What about you?" he asked politely back. "I bet you're going to miss me loads aren't you?" he joked. But he would miss her, she made school fun!

Right. Could he have the food now? Before this place turned into a massive bawling face!

And then Ella was there. Yay! But... she wanted to talk about summer. "Um, yes and no?" Was that allowed? He'd better explain himself. "Obviously I don't like homework and stuff, but I'll miss my friends. And Quidditch!" But then again... "I'm just worried my parents won't let me come back next year, that's all." So like, what if this was the last time he got to see Ellasaurus? That'd be sad.

SPOILER!!: Laura!

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Laura was really looking forwards to spending time away from the castle, this year had been a really strange one for her and she needed time to process what had happened this term, a lot of things had changed and she had no idea if things would ever be the same again, but she wasn't going to let that get her down. "That is awesome!" Laura loved having sleepovers they were cool. "OMG that is just so awesome, I'll bring the sweets and you bring the games." Laura giggled and nudge her friend. "I'm not sure yet, probably hang out with my friends." Laura hadn't seen her muggle friends for ages.

As Belle heard her friends plans, Belle nodded and said, "Yeah i am going to hang out with my muggle friends and work on the farm in kansas with my grandparents. It should be fun and i will work on a tan." Belle giggled and remembered how tan she was when she came here for the summer and now she was sort of pale. "My parents are planning a trip for all of us this summer, i do not know where i am going this year. I know i went on a cruise this past winter and that was fun." Belle said reminiscing the good times.
As Laura mentioned the games and sleepover, Belle was so excited. "We need to send letters to each other to keep in touch, we will need our address." Belle said trying to find something to write on in the great hall.

Then Belle asked Laura, "What year are you going into next year Laura? You excited?"

SPOILER!!: Nessie! :3

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Then someone else was speaking to her. Moving her attention from Bliss, Ness turned to face her prefect, Belle. Real sweet girl she was, even right from the beginning. Ness had remembered meeting her at the beggining of the year and had only good things to say about the prefect since."Hey, Belle." She gave the older Puff a smile.

How was she doing? Pout. Besides for her head she was perfectly fine health wise and she could trully say she was happy. "I'm doing great." she summed it up. "How about you? Any plans for the summer?" The summer which was so soon, and there was so much do to.thing to figure out, but then if Vindy wasn't going to be around next term would they even have announcers? Frowning Minerva didn't want to think about this at the moment.

"Hey Nessie." Belle politely told the captain. When she asked what she was doing for the summer, Belle did not know. Her mom liked to always keep surprises under wrapped. "I actually do not know what i am doing this summer, I know i am going to be working on the farm in Kansas with my grandparents. That is about what i know so far. How was it being captain this year? Was it exciting?" Belle hoped she could see Nessie next year. "Do you have any plans for the summer?" Belle asked her curiously.

SPOILER!!: Minnie! :3

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She hoped she didn't upset Belle saying about seventh year, "Don't be nervous, you will be great as a seventh year. Plus we will have loads of fun." Ah yes, OWLS Minerva felt her stomach turn a little bit at these words. Yes she would surely need to head to a library a little this summer just to start studying, not to soon right.. Plus she felt helping Ethan study this term gave her a little bit of a head start as well. So Belle hadn't heard anything about the internship, well Minerva hoped they would hear and all be together for the summer. "Yes keeping in touch is a must. If we both are back in the States maybe we can find away to meet up. You come to Tennessee or i could go to you." Just a thought to throw out there. She wasn't sure if her grandparents could afford to send her anywhere, but everyone was welcome to her grandparents house, she knew they wouldn't mind.

Belle was glad that Minnie would be there to help her enjoy her seventh year. "Oh i know we will have loads of fun, we always do." Belle winked at her. Especially when Belle met a lot of new friends because of Minnie, the badger meet up was really fun. Belle would never forget that.

When Minnie mentioned meeting up and seeing each other in the states, Belle's eyes widened and she loved that. "Well we are close, i am in Kansas and your are in Tennessee. It should work out and my owl won't have to travel that far distance." Belle giggled at the idea. "I really want you to see my farm i work on every summer and the animals i have bonded with." Belle was excited to show someone why she was passionate about creatures and why care of magical creatures was her favorite class.

SPOILER!!: Ella! :3

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Summer seemed to be the main topic of conversation at the Hufflepuff table and Ella smiled at Belle, ready to share her plans with the older girl. ”I’ll be mostly hanging with family and hopefully seeing some friends.” Yup, that was her kind of summer, right there. ”How about you? Doing anything fun?”

When Ella was talking to her other puffs, she heard her name being called. As she was doing talking to Minnie, Belle said, "Well like i told Minnie i am working on my farm back home and making some muggle money and also helping my grandparent's house. I will bond with the animals more than my friends. But you are welcome to come visit! We need to keep in touch!" That was a must. Belle and Ella have been friends for a while. It was the least they could do.

Jory looked around as he heard a familiar voice calling his name. "Sophie! Hi!'' he said sort of ecstatically mostly due to the fact that they were now in first place. "How are ya?'' Then he grinned. "See? Your potion didn't kill me or anything.'' He was, of course, referring to the Potions homework where he had actually drunk the potion even though it was made correctly. The Puff grinned even wider. "You and Oakey, huh? Congrats!'' Oakey had guts to do what he did at the Quidditch match and he found the situation at that time more funny than shocking. Seeing the two of them together made him miss his girlfriend, Ari.

Jory looked for the source of the greeting. "Hiya Minerva,'' he said returning her smile. "Er...'' he began. "Maybe I am,'' he replied sheepishly. "So, how are you?'' He looked in the direction of the Hourglasses. "I suppose,'' he said modestly. "But you, you were just on fire this term,'' he praised Minerva. "Keep some of that energy for next term, we want to win again, right?''

"Actually, I haven't got anything planned as yet.'' The badger would have a lot of catching up with his Muggle friends and family when he got back. But that was the usual thing. "What about you? Visiting any particular place this year?''

"I think your right, I just can't believe you and Alec are fourth years already. I feel like you just got here. I feel like I just got here." Minerva giggled, "So where is Harvey hiding, I have never seen a feast that he isn't sitting at this table." Minerva saw something that seemed to upset Ella and was about to ask, but she then seemed like nothing was wrong, maybe it was just low sugar or something from now food yet. She wondered when the food would appear. ""Well I would love for you to meet Ethan, so yes ice cream or something sounds perfect. I know Harvey has gotten to know Ethan, so I want you to as well. He's great Ella." She smiled at the thought, yes this summer could be so much fun.



Minerva smiled, "We do have fun and I think we need to another puff party next term, maybe at the beginning so the new firsties can meet everyone right off the bat and this time we can actually finish it without being kicked out." Yes, she was still annoyed by that part. They never got to build the blanket fort. "Coming to visit sounds great. I love animals, that sounds like a blast Belle. We will have to plan something that's for sure."



Minerva smiled at Jory, he always seemed so quiet. She would have to change that if she could. No one stayed quiet long when they were hanging out with her. She made sure that everyone was having fun, if she could. "I'm doing well, mixed feelings about term being over. I'm so ready for a break, and with all the sad things that happened, but I don't want to leave either." Leaving her friends and routines was not something she was looking forward to. "Jory you did fantastic this term, don't sell yourself short." She blushed a bit, "I don't feel like I did anything different from any other term. I guess just lucky this term." Oh he had nothing planned, well frown that wasn't good, "It's actually up in the air at the moment, I had applied for an internship, so if i get that I will stay in London and hangout with everyone, but if I don't I'll head back to the States to be with my grandparents."

Awar's smile faltered as she remembered it was Belle's last year. She didn't know if she wanted next year to come already. Her new found friends were leaving soon. Meh. Sadness. "Er, summer? Uhh...I dunno. My brother won't be home as often now that he got a job at the Ministry. So, I'm not sure what I'll be doing." Seriously. None of the neighborhood kids liked her for being weird. "What about you?"



Awar's cheeks turned red. It was always hard to explain how she got a name like that. "Heh, heh. Yeah...I get that a lot. Don't know what my father was thinking!" She scratched the back of her head. "I'm from Oxford, England and you can call me Awar." She smiled, "I'm super excited now I'm familiar with everything, it'll feel twice as homey."



Awar smiled warmly to reassure Minnie and then converted into a gigantic grin. "I have a gut feeling it will be!"

Damon walked up to his table and sat down. End of another term... Joy, not really. He hated the idea of running around without any of his friends there with him.

Oakey released Sophie's hand when she showed some sign of awkwardness to it. "S-sorry!" Oakey said as he turned back around in his seat. "You'd talk to your Mom? Is she a lot more understanding then he is?"
She was confused with Wizarding Money? Oakey gave her an odd look. "Really I thought it was simple. 17 sickles in a galleon, 493 knuts in a galleon, and 29 knuts a sickle." Why was that so hard to figure out? "Anyways, I can't wait to hear back from them. I hope you get your internship to Minerva."
Oakey let himself calm down some, he was a little to joyful. He looked over to the Staff Table, No Ancient Runes Professor, No Astronomy Professor, and Hadley looked so lonely sitting by her lonesome with no one between her. Not to mention Vindictus who was leaving. He frowned but fixed it back to a smile when Ella said she'd hold him to his promise. "I can't forget about Ice Cream around you. It's practically impossible to do so."

SPOILER!!: Minnie! :3

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva smiled, "We do have fun and I think we need to another puff party next term, maybe at the beginning so the new firsties can meet everyone right off the bat and this time we can actually finish it without being kicked out." Yes, she was still annoyed by that part. They never got to build the blanket fort. "Coming to visit sounds great. I love animals, that sounds like a blast Belle. We will have to plan something that's for sure."

Belle thought Minnie's idea of another hufflepuff party for the firsties would be an excellent idea. "Yeah i wish i had that in my first year that is for sure. I was so nervous and shy to meet new friends but now i am so comfortable that i found you and other people i met through you." Belle really had to thank Minnie for that. She would have never met Ethan or Damon because of her. "Of course we will plan for something, this summer i plan to go outside a lot and enjoy soaking up the sun. You can even enjoy my grandma's home cooking. It is delicious. But i will miss the hogwarts food the elves prepare that is for sure." Belle looked down at the food. She should eat....

SPOILER!!: Awar! :3

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Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black

Awar's smile faltered as she remembered it was Belle's last year. She didn't know if she wanted next year to come already. Her new found friends were leaving soon. Meh. Sadness. "Er, summer? Uhh...I dunno. My brother won't be home as often now that he got a job at the Ministry. So, I'm not sure what I'll be doing." Seriously. None of the neighborhood kids liked her for being weird. "What about you?"

When Belle heard her plans for the summer, "Well Awarlesta if you want we can hang out this summer! I do not want you to be lonely. Not on my watch." she smiled and hugged her. When she mentioned the ministry, Belle wanted to tell Awar this, "Oh speaking of the ministry, i actually applied to have a summer internship in diagon alley. I hope i get it. I picked the owl post to interact with the creatures."

When Awar asked her what she was doing this summer, Belle told her, "Well i am basically helping my grandma and grandpa on the farm. I will be outside mostly the whole summer if i can help it. Also we will keep in touch and i will be sending owls to everyone including you." she poked her softly on the nose.

SPOILER!!: Damon! :3

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Originally Posted by PuppySara

Damon walked up to his table and sat down. End of another term... Joy, not really. He hated the idea of running around without any of his friends there with him.

As Belle was done talking with Awarlesta, Belle noticed a familiar face. She wanted to surprise attack him. As she creeped up slowly behind him, she went to hug him from behind , "Hey you! I have missed you, how have you been?" Belle asked her best friend. She remembered she met him through Minnie. Well planned a set up actually. It was quite awkward at first but she got to meet a true friend in the process.

WIBBLE. OHAIIII SOPHIE.

Alice smiled faintly at the Hufflepuff. "Yeah, we haven't talk much lately." Sniff. More connections lost. OVER SUMMER. Evil summer It was BREAK'S fault. Hmph."NO. I'm not. But I'll be better soon." HOPEFULLY. If, you know, at least ONE of her friends consented to being stuffed in her suitcase. Or something along the lines of that. "How are YOU?"

SNIFF.

HER BLISSY BEAR!

Alice smiled more prominently as she noticed her friend coming over. "'ELLO, CHEESE." Yes, the lioness was BEAMing slightly when she looked at Bliss. Because it was just impossible not to smile when someone called you cracker— especially someone as happy as Bliss. "NO. Summer is BAD. Because I can't pack you and Alec and Blue and Ella and Melanie and Jake and Anya and Penelope and EVERYONE in my trunk. And I need to keep you all." BECAUSE SHE LIKED THEM. They were cool, yo.

And then there were more friends.

Oh, yay, they were all in one place now, so it would be easier to tie them up and stuff them in her trunk now. "ELLASAURUS. HI." She BEAMed faintly at her friend. Giggle. Did Ella just offer to insult her? SNORT. "N'awww, Ells, that's okay, but thanks." Her partner in crime always knew exactly what she needed. "How's.. how's the Feast going for you?" HMM? 'Cause she had so totally seen her talking to Alec. And she could so totally read those eyes. Because Alice's Hulk Eyes missed NOTHING.

.. AND A NESSIEPOO. She was here too.

Alice slipped over to the Captain. Because she could. And maybe she could stuff Nessie in her trunk, along with the other friends she was going to keep over the summer? Because that would totally work. "Nessiepoo. Hi." Sniffle. "YES. A hug would be nice." She open her arms and wrapped her arms around the Puffer's waist. Wibble. And Ness reminded her so much of Kurumi.. who as leaving..

HICCUP.

Carigan let her eyes wander the sea of people until she heard a familiar voice talk to her. "Hey Sophie! I... I'm not exactly excited for summer to be honest... I'm excited to see my parents and my house and the lake..."

Just then some boy turned to her and spoke. Did she know him? He talked as if he knew OF her but didn't know her. "Hi there, I'm Carigan." She said and stuck out her hand to him. "Uhm... summer? Yeah I guess it will be good."

Someone else now? Who could it be! She turned to look and it was Ella! "Hey there! Haven't seen you in forever!"

As soon as Emmaleigh had said Violet would be sitting there for graduation, she felt her heart skip a beat and she gasped placing her hand over her chest. Goodness, that was too much to bare in mind! "Goodness, that sounds so strange to think about..." She began fanning herself a little bit trying to calm herself down before she would go onto one of her rants where her words would just become a jumbled mess making Violet very frazzled in the end.

When Emmaleigh had gone on to tell Violet that the years have gone by so fast Violet had to think about that for a second again. She nodded in agreement trying not to panic,"OH Merlin, you are absolutely right!" But thankfully before Violet could go into her frenzy, Emmaleigh had graciously taken Violet's offer for a handshake and she once again had calmed down.

"This term, I felt like was quite the new experience for me", she started,"I had finally tried out for the Quidditch team..which was something that I thought I was never going to do..Got ON the team and even though I hadn't gotten the chance to play one of the games, it was so exhilarating just getting the chance to play on the Pitch.." Whoa...had those words really just come out of her mouth? It was so out of character for her...almost like Selina had told Violet to say that....strange..But in a good sort of way..

"How was your last term Emmaleigh?" Violet cutely tilted her head.



Violet paused and then raised an eyebrow out of curiosity as to why Ella didn't seem that excited about the summer. She suddenly had become a little concerned about the younger girl, but she didn't want to immediately assume that something was wrong and butt into Ella's business. She then asked lightly,"Do...you not like the summer?"

Then Ella had turned Violet's previous question towards her and she smiled brightly and nodded. "Yes! I DO!" She clapped a little eagerly and then said,"For my 17th birthday which is coming up very soon, I'm going to be throwing a big extravaganza!" Violet tried not to go into too much detail about her big celebration this summer, for it was going to be a surprise! And Violet was still NOWHERE near finished writing up her many invitations she was supposed to be sending out for this big party, WHICH of course Ella was invited!

Along with many other of Violet's favorites... *wink wink*

"And I have a couple of other things coming up this summer as well..." she paused and then burst out,"INCLUDING ANOTHER WONDERFUL TEA PARTY FOR YOU AND I!!" Violet squealed eagerly!



After her squealing fest Violet had spotted a very familiar redhead walk into the Great Hall and Violet's eyes lit up with excitement. She eagerly began seeking the girl out, who had somehow disappeared into the crowd of many students.

But thankfully it hadn't taken much time at all until she had found her dear Quidditch Captain. And Violet smiled towards Miss Renesmee Dixon and said,"Hello Nessie, how are you feeling? I heard what happened at the match.." She looked at her Captain and said concerned,"Are you alright?" Violet began to immediately search the girl for any visible injuries she could find..not realizing how awkward that must have made poor Nessie feel...along with the people who could and were possibly noticing this random action being done by the blonde.

So... Ells.

Alec didn't know how to act around the girl because... well... one minute everything was okay and then... things changed. And he didn't really mind. There was just that small matter of how you're meant to act around... well... yeah. He was sure there was a book around it somewhere. Yeah... a book explaining why girls were so confusing. And how you're meant to act around them. Yeah... that would be very... useful.

But back to Ells. "I... yeah? You sure?" he asked, smiling a little at her, "Erm... yeah... I'm great!" Why? Because summer was practically here! And summer meant lots of ice cream and sweets and... well... that's what the two had in common, yeah? Apart from being Hufflepuffs and Quidditch enthusiasts and... they were both born in September?

... They really did have a lot in common.

And speaking of summer... "I... yeah? That sounds awesome!" he said, nodding his head, "And... erm... I bet they're excited to see you as well, Ells." And... then she gave him a look. One that he didn't... really understand but with the way she was looking at him, it seemed as if the look... meant something. Alec was completely at sea, though. He did, however, hope it meant that she wanted to hang out with him. It would mean quite a lot to the fourteen year old if she did.



Oh... wait, he should... say the same thing to Oakey, right? Because Oakey was the one who actually told everyone who came to see the match that he really liked Sophie. Dude had a lot of courage. "Erm... Oakey?" That's his way of showing how serious he was about this. He was calling Oakey... well... Oakey. "Congrats about... well... Sophs. That was really brave of you, mate." Really. Alec wouldn't have the courage to do that. It took him quite a bit of time to realise that... well...

... So ice cream was nice, yeah.

"Yeah? That's awesome!" He was glad someone else was ready for the summer. Or... excited for it? Yeah.

...

WHAT. "Erm... I... for the special and... erm... delicious," ... Not... really. "health drinks?" ... But... the dude was laughing, making Alec nervously let out a chuckle. Oakey was probably going to be remembered for those health drinks of his.



Alec smiled at the pat. That... was awesome, yeah! Especially since he didn't really know Awar that well before they had met in the Great Hall back in... March? Oh... wait... hadn't he met her back when they got kicked out of the common room? And... it was just outside the common room that they met?

Oh! And she had a great year, yeah? That was awesome! "That's awesome!" he said, grinning, "Erm... anytime! And... what's been your favourite part?" He was guessing it wasn't the fact that they had gotten kicked out of the common room or the fact that there was a man-eating plant roaming around the castle. But at least the girl had a pretty great year. That's... all that mattered.

As for him? "Yeah, mine was awesome!" Confusing. Weird. And... well... more confusing. But at least they had won the Quidditch Cup and the House Cup and... well... he was the Top Seeker! That was an AWESOME feeling! "Erm... so are you excited about the summer holidays?"



Okay, so he, Alec Blake Summers, had a PLAN for next term. Nodnod. And it was going to involve getting to know Violet a little bit more and making sure that she had the best term EVER at Hogwarts. Nodnod. And this... would need some careful planning. But it would work... right?

YEAH. Of course! GRIN.

"Yeah? That's awesome!" he said, grinning widely, "Erm... I... are you looking forward to your birthday?" Because... he did remember her mentioning something about her birthday. Yeah... he wished he had a summer birthday as well. But... September was still an awesome month to be born in! Yeah! GRIN.

Him? Excited about his summer? "Yeah!" he said, trying his hardest not to bounce in his seat, "I get to see Dad again and... well... ice cream! I hope summer will be awesome!" ICE CREAM ICE CREAM ICE CREAM!



And then came his favourite first year.

Alec grinned widely at the mere sight of the boy. Over the past year, Alec had grown to become accustomed to having this boy around. And hopefully, they'd get to hang out even more in the future. Alec had a funny feeling he'd need someone to do his Arithmancy homework with. And the little Keeper dude was really good at Arithmancy!

... Although... hadn't he shouted something along the lines of 'Aunt Hadley' back at the party? GRIN.

The Hufflepuff shuffled along the bench a little until he was sitting right near the first year. "Pao!" 'Cause he wasn't going to let awesome Keeper dude sit on his own. "Thirteen blocked shots! Congrats! Erm... I'm proud of you." Because... well... he hadn't gotten a chance to say it to him earlier, had he?

Oh! And another small thing... "Erm... so are you excited about the summer?"



Belle was an easily excitable person too! Yeah! Alec liked people like that. They were awesome and... well... usually really happy! Which was also awesome! And that's why Alec decided to bounce up and down with the girl, a BIG WIDE GRIN spread across his face. This was AWESOME. Being happy and... proud. Yeah.

And that's what Belle was, right? Proud! AWESOME. "Thanks Belle!" Their Lady Prefect was proud of them! How awesome was that? "And... I'm proud of you for... well... the points!" They had gotten so many this term! And won the cup! Which was awesome! ... Wait... Belle wanted to play next term? "Belle! That's awesome! Yeah... yeah, Nessie would like it if you tried out for the team!" GRIN GRIN GRIN!

Oh... NEWTs... those sounded really, really hard. Just like the OWLs. "Erm... I... good luck for your NEWTs! I'm sure you'll do brilliantly!" he said, smiling at her, "Internships? Erm... like a job? Or... erm... experience?" That's what Dad called them, right? ... Jobs sounded scary as well. "I'm going into my fourth year!" ... He... was growing up! Yeah! "Erm... well... I'm spending most of the summer with Dad and just meeting up with friends and... yeah!" Hopefully, he could see Belle sometime over the summer. That would be awesome. "What are your plans for the summer?"



And another guy sat down somewhere close to him.

Alec tilted his head to the side and blinked at the guy. He was sure he had met the guy before. Some time. Probably. ... In the Badger Meetup Extravaganza? Or... was it before that? In his first year? Maybe? He had a funny feeling it was then. But... even whether they had met before or not, he was pretty sure he had seen the guy around, especially in the Hufflepuf Common Room.

No, but more importantly... what was his name? James? ... No... Jake? No... Joseph? ... No! Come on, Summers! He had a name that wasn't too common but... some people did have that name. A bit like his name, Alec. Blake was a lot more popular than Alec. And Summers... well... yeah.

But the guy's name... "JORY!" ... Erm... Awkward. He was not meant to sound so excited about that. "Hey... Jory!" GRIN. "Erm... excited for the summer?"



Alec smiled back at Em, glad that she was smiling. Because... people tended to smile when they were happy, right? Even if it was by a bit? And... hopefully, it meant that he, Alec, had helped to make her feel a little bit better. If that was true then... awesome! If not then... well... here's hoping that the house elves would send up ice cream for dessert today.

"Anytime Em!" he said. And that pat? That made him feel extra proud and special because... well... it meant that she was proud of him, right? And he liked it when people were proud of him. Yeah! ... Keep them proud? "Erm... I can try!" That meant more practice and... well... he'd have to get better at catching the Snitches. "Thanks Em! I'm... glad you think so!" GRIN GRIN GRIN.

Oh... so she was, yeah? "That's awesome!" he said, smiling at her, "Erm... well... not the part about it being short..." Because short holidays weren't cool. Nope. Oh Max! That older Keeper guy! "I... erm... you two make a nice couple, you know," ... Was that a normal thing to say? "Yeah! Summer means... ice cream! And I get to see Dad again so... yeah! It'll be awesome!"



The sight of another blonde haired girl caught Alec's attention and he looked up and over...

... and then GRINNED.

"Hulk!" he said, watching as she sat down near them. The girl looked... well... not like her usual self. Did she need to Hulk Smash something? You know, to make her feel better. Although... Alec would feel sorry for whatever she decided to Hulk Smash. Because... well... it was bound to hurt, yeah?

But... he should ask her about her... well... feelings? ... He still didn't like that word. "Hulk? Erm... everything okay?"



Sophs had to be one of the happiest people in the Great Hall right now. Well... she certainly looked it. Yeah. And that was awesome, really. People should be happy! Even if... it was a sad event. Yeah.

But back to Sophs who... was praising him? Alec grinned WIDELY at that. "Thanks Sophs! Erm... good job earning points this year!" Because she had earned LOTS right? Way more than Alec himself! "I... I guess you could say that I am... Thanks!" He couldn't wait to show the award to his Dad! He had a feeling that the guy might be proud!

And... his housemate? Alec couldn't help but grin slightly as she giggled. Yeah... he knew how that felt at times. After all, it was how he felt whenever he talked to her be- erm... so Sophs was talking... "Anytime!" he said, grinning at her, "Erm... so are you excited about the summer?"



Bliss was another cheerful person in the Great Hall, it seemed. That was good, yeah? People should really be happy as much as they could be. Yeah... even if everything was really sad right now because of people... leaving. ... People shouldn't leave. Unless they had to. But... well... no.

And then Bliss... seemed sad. Or down. Or... well... nervous? Because Alec did that sometimes when he was nervous. You know, when he wasn't ruffling his hair. That was his main nervous habit. But... back to Bliss. ... Oh. At the mention of the Seventh Years, Alec's eyes wandered over to Em and then Max and then some of the other Seventh Years. "Yeah... yeah, it's really sad that they're leaving," he said, looking back at Bliss and letting a smile cross his face, "But... erm... hey! They'll have something better to look forward to, yeah?"

Oh... so she was excited about her summer, yeah? "That's awesome! Erm... have you got any plans for the summer?" Hopefully, the two would get to meet over the summer at some point. That would be great, yeah. "Erm... well, I'm great! And really excited about the summer! It'll be awesome!" GRIN GRIN GRIN.



Alec smiled back at Laura, glad that she was okay. Because... well... it couldn't be easy seeing what was going on with Sophie and Oakey, right? Yeah, he knew exactly how that felt. Even if he didn't really know exactly how Laura was feeling as of this very moment. But... at least she wasn't alone?

And, well, Laura had this mysterious older boy around her. And there was that one time where she had mentioned some guy name Mick. Was this him? ... Wait, Mick was a REAL GUY?! ... Alec had to inform that West dude about this now. Maybe... later. Probably.

But back to Laura. "That's awesome, Laura!" he said, smiling, "Erm... yeah, I'm great!" SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER! "So... erm... are you excited for the summer?" The summer was an exciting time! YEAH!



Alec GRINNED WIDELY when Ness greeted him. As far as he knew, only she used that nickname for him and... well... that was awesome! And what was more awesome was seeing the older girl out and about after that injury. That... was not cool. But it was cool to see her again so... yeah.

"Hey Captain LochNessie!" ... He... had said that already, hadn't he? That was... weird, Summers. But... she was feeling good, yeah? So... that had meant that she had recovered well, yeah? "That's awesome!" he said, still grinning at her, "Erm... well... I'm great! It's almost summer!" ... She probably knew that though, yeah?

Alec knew that when it came to talking to the older Puffer, some form of cheek pinching would come about. But was he going to complain about it? Not in a million years! Ness's cheek pinches were awesome! And... well... it meant that she was proud of the outcome of the Championship match, right? "I... yeah! Yeah, you can if you want to!" he said, grinning some more just to make sure that his cheeks were big and puffy and... well... just the way Ness's cheek pinching fingers liked them.



Him... a fourth year... that was a really weird thought, actually. And probably one that nearly freaked him out. Because... well... it seemed like yesterday that he was walking through the doors of the Great Hall as a first year who was ready to get sorted into a house. And now... he was almost halfway through his time at Hogwarts.

NOT. COOL.

But... back to Minnie. He shook his head and grinned a little. "Erm... well... I wish I was a firstie again. That would be pretty cool!" he said, nodding and grinning widely now, "And... I can't believe you're going to be a fifth year!" She was going to be taking those OWLs yeah? So... he had to make sure that his present to her for her next birthday was extra awesome. ... Eventful? That... was a pretty good description of the term, actually. Especially when it came to that wretched plant. "Yeah... yeah, you're right," he said, smiling, "Yeah! I think... we made Hadley proud this term!" And he was glad about that. Really.

As for him... "Yeah, my term was awesome!" Especially when it came to Quidditch but there was definitely other awesome things about this past term as well. Like... well... he had gotten closer to Minnie this past term, hadn't he? That was awesome! "I could never forget you, Minnie!" GRIN!



As Alec looked around at the group of people, he realised that it was getting quite big. But not the type of big where there were too many people around. But... a comfortable kind of big. Like in those movies where you have a lot of people over for Christmas dinner and everyone ate and laughed and got along well. That was pretty awesome, actually. And... well... it brought everyone together like it had now.

And Terry? Dude seemed to be really excited about his summer! Or... well... that's what it seemed like to Alec. But whether he was excited or not, hearing Terry talk about it made him smile. "Yeah? That's awesome!" Because... well... people should be excited about the summer! It was the SUMMER, after all! Ice cream galore! "I bet they've missed you as well!" Nodnod.

... Oh? "Yeah... it's sad to be separated from everyone for so long..." Even if it was only a couple of months before they'd see everyone again. ... OH! Awesome dude had an AWESOME plan! "That's an awesome plan! And... yeah! We should! Everyone in Diagon Alley hanging out together!" And getting ice cream. That was important too.



Oh... so... she hadn't met him either? That was pretty good. Because it meant that he'd meet someone new and make a new friend, yeah? Yeah. And that was always awesome, no matter what. Nodnod.

Carigan? "Hey! It's nice to meet you, Carigan," he said, shaking her hand and grinning at the girl, "Erm... I'm Alec. Alec Summers!" His surname wasn't really needed in the introduction but he actually liked his surname so... yeah. He tended to add it in.

"Yeah? Erm... I hope yours will be awesome!" Because people deserved awesome holidays! Nodnod. "Erm... so have you had a great term, Carigan?" He didn't really know her but he hadn't seen her around much so... he was hoping she had!

Its the end of the terms already? Wasn't it just like yesterday he's here for the opening feast and now he's entering the Great Hall for the End of The Term Feast. Time does fly!

When Messer entered the Great Hall, he was greated by Hufflepuff house color. Its good to finally won the House Cup back. Hadley must be really happy. He's not surprise to see most of his friends already sitting and chatting away in the Hufflepuff table even Alice was there. The third-soon-to-be-fourth-year slowly walked towards his house table."Hello everyone."he greeted them with a cheeky grin.

But then something caught his eyes. His best friend, she's looking sad? "Hey, Alice. What's with the gloomy face?" Messer never seen Alice like that except maybe when her 'sister' graduated from Hogwarts last year or was that two years ago? "Don't worry I'm here so you don't need to be so gloomy anymore." GRINS.

Again with the hugging of random people... Don't they remember that unless he knows who it is he's going to jump. Which he did and practically flipped the person until he saw it was Belle, "Sorry, nerves are getting the better of me again." He sighed, "I'm fine though, yourself?"

Another year at Hogwarts has come and gone. Nate couldn't believe that he had already finished his third year. Once again for the third year in a row Hufflepuff has won the house cup. They also had reclaimed there Quidditch cup back from Ravenclaw. Which was a good thing. He was happy that his cousin was here when Hufflepuff won both the house cup and the Qudditch cup.

So as he walked into the Great Hall with a smile on his face he immediately walked over to the Hufflepuff house table, and sat Nextel to all of his Hufflepuff friends, Oakey, Ella, Sophie, Laura, and the others. If he were to continue on naming his friends it would go on forever!! So as he sat down he said "Hey guys!" while he waved.

Laura smiled at Ella. "I'm glad, it's awesome having you and Sophie over, your my best friends and you will aways be my best friends even when I am an ancient thirty year old woman." Laura would always hope that they could stay friends, the day she had meant them had been awesome and they were like family to her now and so she was hoping they would always be bestie's with her.



Laura hadn't meant that Mick had to end his friendship with Elliot, though it would be good to see Elliot get hurt, but well she really didn't mind who Mick talked to, yes she hated Elliot but she loved Mick and she would accept anyone that Mick was friends with even if she hated them.

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Before she could say anything he had kissed her on the lips and had told her, he was going over to the Ravenclaw Table to tell her they couldn't be friends, this was really strange. "ELLA!!!" Laura shouted. "Bliss!!" Laura was really in a panic now. "Sophie!! Can I speak to you three now, I need some help." Laura was still blushing and in a bit of shock that Mick had kissed her in front of everyone, but she was happy that she knew he liked her, just like she liked him.




Laura looked at Bella and smiled. "That is so cool, I'm hoping to work on a tan too by going to the beach in the summer." Laura thought that it would be soo cool to have a tan and she thought it would make her look more grown up. "Yeah we do need to keep writting to each other, I will miss you loads." Laura hugged her friends. "And I'll be going into my fourth year, next term." Laura smiled, she was growing up but then the smiled left her face. "Your going into your seventh year which isn't fair." Laura sighed, it would be hard like it was this term with Arabella.



Laura looked at the Alec and smiled. "I am soooooo looking forwards to this summer." Laura giggled. "I've going to relax and enjoy it, I'm going to go swimming and hopefully I will be able to spend loads of time with my muggle friends, I haven't been able to spend time with them since last summer, they keep thinking I'm away at a school for music students." Laura giggled. "I always have to act like I've done something new and learned something new." Laura smiled at Alec. "What about you, what you doing?"

“Yeah,” Em nodded at Violet “It’s even weirder think about leaving.” Think about how this was her last feast here in the Great Hall, the last night she would spend in the warm and inviting Hufflepuff common room. The red head balled the hand resting on her lap into a fist, trying to keep her emotions at bay. “I think the time passes that way because we’re older, or have more work to keep us busy or something.” Though, even with the way she had skimped on her studies this year, time still flew. Maybe it also had something to do with being happy and having fun? “Quidditch,” Emmaleigh said with a frown before forcing her self to smile once more. “I’m glad you had a good time. You’re gonna try out next year too I hope? That Quidditch pitch sure does hold a lot of memories, even for those of us who don’t can’t fly. Some good memories, some bad, but memories none the less.” Such as her flying adventures with Max, or the fwooper incident, or the anxiety of a match. “My term? It was pretty great, magical even, considering.” Em used her head to gesture to the end of the staff table with the two vacant seats. “It was such a crazy year though. I never thought I’d sleep in the Great Hall for months, or that anyone would actually, you know… I mean, I know it’s happened before but Hogwarts usually seems so safe.”

As Minerva talked, Em just kinda half smiled. “I don’t know about that. It didn’t seem to miss me too much when I was gone last year.” In fact, she still wasn’t sure if anyone had missed her when she was gone. And if they didn’t miss her then, why would they miss her now. Shrugging, Em said, “and I doubt anything I do will be great. I’m just not…” not great at anything.

Em smiled at the third year boy. “Just keep doing what you’re doing Alec, you’re fast as lightning out there. And keep an eye on that Aidan kid because he seems kinda feisty.” And from what she had seen, he was one to really watch out for, especially after a few more years of practice. “And of course I think so, Hufflepuff wouldn’t have been able to earn the Quidditch Cup without you.” The red head laughed a little at the boy’s excitement over her summer. It seemed like he was probably more excited over it, and over her having a good time than she was. “Well, to be honest, I’m not really sure if it is going to be short. Things have gotten kinda confusing in the last week, so I don’t really know.” She was fairly certain she knew what Max’s answer was going to be no, but, she wasn’t certain since they really hadn’t had a chance to talk about stuff. Or she had been avoiding it or something. Emmaleigh couldn’t help but blush when Alec commented on her and Max. “Thanks.” She said not knowing what else to say. “Don’t you get enough ice cream here? And I bet you’ve missed your dad a whole lot yeah? I know I’ve always missed my parents.” Though it was weird, this year, she didn’t miss them as much she usually did. Maybe it was part of growing up, or maybe it had to do with the way she had been so isolated last year at New Bern, or something.

Emmaleigh had to keep her eyes squeezed shut while she hugged her Baby Badger. She was not going to cry on her, even it the things she was saying made it really hard not to. She really wished she had had the opportunity to get to know the girl better, but being gone for most of Ella’s time at the school probably didn’t help that much. Pulling back from the girl, Em sniffed, and gave her a wibbly smile. “See you later,” she said with a nod. “I promise to send you loads of gummy worms while I’m on my adventure. That way you can help anyone else in need of a friend.” The seventh year still wasn’t sure if she would have made it through that quidditch match if the baby badger hadn’t found her. “you’ve gotta promise me you’ll stay safe. I don’t wanna hear about you getting hurt out on that Quidditch pitch, and don’t…” she trailed off, unable to finish her statement, and glanced up at the staff table. Sure, she had taken Headmaster Tate’s words to heart, but she never thought it would get this tough here at Hogwarts. “I’m gonna miss you a lot.” Em said pulling the girl in to another tight hug before finally releasing her.

Turning from little Ella when she felt someone sit on the other side of her, Em forced herself to smile and nod at Lexa’s question. “Yeah, I’m fine.” She said hoarsely, but the little cub’s next comment made her lip wibble a bit, and she pulled her into a hug, resting her chin on the younger girl’s head. “I’m not leaving because I want to, I’m leaving because It’s my time, I have to.” She released the girl from their hug, but kept her arm around her. “And there’s no reason for you to feel that sad about a bunch of seventh years leaving.” She gestured to the tables in front of them. “There’s still all these people to get to know.” Em just couldn’t see how loosing a hand full of seventh years could make her so sad when those leaving weren’t just leaving their beloved castle, but all the friends they had made there. “Plus, there’s going to be a whole gaggle of first years coming in next year, and they’re gonna need someone to tell them the proper way to greet any headmistress of headmaster of Hogwarts is to call them the Hogs Head.”

This. DUDE. Was in SERIOUS. TROUBLE.

Alec folded his arms across the table and just watched the guy intently. This roommate of his had a LOT of explaining to do. Like, well, why had he disappeared? Because the last time Alec had seen him around or talked to him was back when they had that talk in their dorm at the beginning of the year. The one where Alec had found out that Messy was in a secret relationship with his pillow which sadly enough, wasn't actually pink and fluffy.

Erm... yeah. He wasn't going to mention his plans. And there was no way that anyone was finding out that him and Messy had a heart-to-heart conversation about... girls.

But back to Messy. "DUDE!" Because... well... that had to explain everything, yeah? YEAH. Shaking his head, Alec just went on to ask, "You okay there, mate?" And yes, he was still going to ask that familiar question about where he had been all this time. And if he still wanted to receive his birthday present from Alec.



And here was another guy who had been absent for most of the year. Really, what was up with these two soon to be fourth years?

...

HE was a soon to be fourth year. That was SO AWESOME. And scary. But mostly awesome.

But... back to Nate. "Hey Nate!" he said, grinning at the guy, "You okay, mate?" Alec didn't really know why but he wasn't too mad at Nate for being so absent this past term. Dude had a good enough reason, right? Yeah. And maybe the two would be able to meet up over the summer at some point so it was all okay.



It was really good to see Laura happy. Yeah. And Alec kind of regretted the fact that the two hadn't spent a lot of time in one another's company. Because... well... Laura actually was pretty awesome, even though some people didn't seem to like her too much. And he didn't really understand why, actually.

But she was looking forward to the summer, yeah? "That's really awesome!" he said, grinning widely, "I... erm... do they ask you to play something for them on a musical instrument, then?" Did Laura know how to play something on a musical instrument? Alec... didn't really know. "But that's a good cover story, Laura," Nodnod. He didn't really know what his cover story was, actually.

... Him? "It's not as... packed as yours, that's for sure," he said, "But I'm just spending some time with Dad and then... meeting friends in Diagon Alley and other places... and... I guess that's it, really." So in short, his summer wouldn't be adventurous but... still awesome.



This had to be one of the best pieces of advice anyone had ever given to him. Sure, he was usually told that he should be faster and be able to spot the Snitch better and practice harder but... the fact that Em had just told him to continue doing what he was doing meant that... well... he was doing something right, yeah? It was probably this that made Alec reach over and hug the girl for the first time ever. "Thanks Em. Really," he said, smiling. And... yes, he was going to make sure to remember her words all the time.

Oh... Aidan. Yeah. His main competition, yeah? "Yeah... he's really good!" Especially for a first year. ... Holy Superman, that was... well... scary. Yeah. ... But then Em was complimenting him again, making Alec grin some more. "I... thanks Em!" GRIN GRIN GRIN! "And... well... we wouldn't have won the House Cup without you so... thanks for that!" Because... every point counts, right? Nodnod.

... Confusing? That didn't sound very good. "Oh... well... I hope it becomes... unconfusing soon!" Because unconfusing was a word. Yep. "And I hope you get a long holiday!" Because... after the NEWTs, which sounded REALLY scary, he was sure that she deserved it. Nodnod. "Anytime!" he said, grinning, "Yeah! Hogwarts is really good when it comes to ice cream!" And that was very important. Yeah! "Yeah... I have. I mean, Hogwarts is awesome but... family's family, right?" Although, they were one big family here as well. At Hogwarts. And that was awesome too! "I bet they've missed you too. And... erm... I bet they'll be really proud of you!"

Ella smiled to herself as Terry's stomach grumbled rather loudly, feeling his pain. She was quite hungry as well but that was nothing unusual for the third year...Ella Bishop was always hungry. "Hopefully food will be here soon, yeah?" She said seriously before giving the boy a small smile. "Honestly I wouldn't mind if we skipped straight to dessert." She could totally use some ice cream right now. Mhm.


Ella raised an eyebrow at Pao's answer, wondering what he meant by that. She understood his mixed feelings as she felt the same though it was kind of strange given how everyone else seemed so excited for the break. The fourteen year old cracked a small smile as he went on to explain himself. "Yeah...I know what you mean. Not playing Quidditch all summer is so hard but...it almost makes coming back and getting to play that much sweeter." Did that make any sense? Ella hoped so. It was like when she got her tonsils out a long time ago and couldn't have pizza for a really long time...then one day she could have it again and it tasted ten times better than she remembered it. Wait!....Why wouldn't his parents let him come back? O__O "What do you mean, Pao?" She asked, concerned. "You have to come back...you're part of the family now, yeah?"


A farm?! This peeked Ella's interest right away, her being a lover of animals and everything. "I didn't know you had a farm, Belle!" She said excitedly, forgetting the sadness she'd been feeling earlier. "I...could come visit? That would be...just amazing!" Cause that meant Ella would get to hang out with Belle and play with the ickle farm animals and just...Aw! "I'd love to do that!" Seriously! This could really happen, yeah?


"Yeah I...can't believe we're going to be fourth years either." It was strange really, how fast it seemed like the years had gone by. She still remembered her first trip to Hogwarts so vividly...How was she already going into her fourth year? MEEP.

At the mention of Harvey's name, Ella couldn't help but grin. Harvey. Heh. "I don't know, actually...I mean we walked in together but I think he knew I wanted to kind of process a bit before saying some goodbyes, y'know?" It was nice of him too, giving her the space to kind of deal with everything going on in her head. "I'm sure he'll be along shortly." She smiled at the thought of hanging out with Minnie and Ethan, feeling quite excited about getting to know the mystery boy better. "I'm sure he is great...and I'm excited to hang out with him..erm both of you."



Was Oakey trying to cheer Ella up or something because really, the boy was doing a great job at it! The third year BEAMED at her housemate, thinking what he said about ice cream was probably one of the nicest things she'd ever heard. ...Yup, Ella got really serious when it came to ice cream. "I... that's incredibly nice, Oakey." BEAM. "I'm more than happy to be associated with ice cream." Because what was better than ice cream? Seriously?!



Aw. Poor Hulk. Even her beam didn't seem as Hulk-ish today. Ella couldn't really blame her though, goodbyes were always the worst of the worst. "You sure? Cause I've...been practicing a bit in the mirror." Blush. Only Ella would practice insults in the mirror. "Anytime...I've got your back, Hulk." That's how their partnership worked, yeah?

...And then Hulk was looking at her strangely and Ella gave her the same look right back, wondering what she was thinking in that Hulky head of hers. "The feast is fine...a bit sad actually, why?" BROWS. "How's it going for you?"



Ella smiled at Carigan, nodding her head. "I know! It's been ages. How are things? Erm...are you excited for summer?" And more importantly, would Carigan be meeting up with them for another sleepover this summer? The last one they'd had had been quite fun and they were due for a pillow fight...and some boy talk...and other girly things.



Blink. Did Ella not like summer? Hmm...that was a tough question. "I do...and I don't." Shrug. Did that make any sense? "I love seeing my family cause I miss them like crazy...but I miss all my friends. It isn't the same not seeing them every day." Cause her friends were her family too, yeah?

17?! Wow. Violet was practically an adult! Ella smiled at the older girl, amused by her excitement. "That sounds really brilliant, Violet!" BEAM. "I bet you're going to have a really excellent party." Cause excellent people threw excellent parties, right? Seemed legit. O__O And another tea party? Ella SQUEAKED before pulling the older girl into a hug again. "I...that's awesome, Violet!" BEAM! "I'm really glad I'll get to see you over the summer." Cause Violet was truly one of the nicest people Ella had ever met.



So...was this getting kind of awkward or was it just Ella? Hmm...actually, it could be just Ella. She tended to be quite awkward like...all of the time. This though, the talking with Alec thing, why was it so different from talking to say Hulk, or Uncle Messy? It never used to be this bad, did it? Strange. The whole thing was at such a new level of puzzling that Ella didn't even know how to explain it to anyone so she could sort it out. She'd definitely need to have a talk with Soph about things this summer, that was for sure.

"I'm sure...I mean I'm a bit sad." And she shrugged, knowing that this was kind of obvious. "I just don't like saying goodbye to people I love, y'know?" But who did like saying goodbye to people they cared about? Not many people Ella knew of. "I just don't want to be forgotten... is that really silly?" Cause saying it out loud felt kind of silly to her... She smiled back at him when he said he was great, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "Good...I'm really glad." Nod. Alec was one of those people who really deserved to be happy.

"Yeah I...it is awesome." The blonde replied, smiling a little. "I um...well I hope they are. I...I'm sure your Dad is really excited to see you. I bet he'll be real proud of your seeker award." And she poked the boy gently in the shoulder, a small smile on her face. That was quite the accomplishment, yeah? And the look she gave? It clearly didn't work so Ella bit her lip before just...stating what she'd wanted to say before. "So erm... I'll probably be in Diagon Alley a lot getting ice cream and erm...if you happened to be there maybe we could get ice cream together?" Blink.



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"UNCLE MESSY!" The blonde badger was up out of her seat and hugging her favorite badger uncle before the boy even had a chance to respond because HELLOOOOOO! He'd been gone for ages! "You kind of disappeared, y'know..." She said, letting the boy go and eyeing him curiously. "We missed you." Yeah, yeah, yeah. They totally had. The gang just wasn't the same without Pinky.



Ella smiled when Nate said hello to everyone, returning his wave with one of her own. She hadn't spoken to the boy much all term but he seemed in good spirits which was nice. "Hey Nate." She said cheerfully. "Ready for summer?"



BEAM. Ella was being quite nice and Ella gave her a side hug, giggling at what she said. "Of course we'll be friends forever...old and in our rocking chairs trying to throw pillows at each other." Heh. She really liked the sound of that. "But Laura...thirty isn't ancient!" You weren't ancient until you were at least 60...everyone knew that!


Ella returned Emmaleighs wibbly smile with one of her own. Her green eyes were quickly filling with tears and she used her sleeve to wipe them away, not wanting to make Em even more sad. "Mhm...see you later." Nod!Wibble. "I...you'd do that, Emmaleigh?" The fact that the older girl would send her anything made Ella feel incredibly special and she gave the red head a sad smile. "I'd really like that...I mean please write cause I want to know how you are." And what kind of great things she was doing because really, Emmaleigh was going to make such an incredible mark on the world. Ella could totally tell. "I'll do my best to stay safe, don't worry." She reassured the older girl, nodding her head. "We're badgers! We have each other's backs out there." And that was a promise. She couldn't hold it in any longer as Emmaleigh finished with how she was going to miss Ella. It was too much and the third year squeezed her tightly, tears finally falling. "I-I'm gonna m-miss you too, Em...s-so much."

Nate looked at Alec and said "Yeh I'm fine. Just been busy with some stuff over the last few months. Thinking about what I'm going to do over the summer because all of my family except me is going to Norway, Spain, Ireland, and Brazil over the summer. So I had to think what I was going to do over the summer being that I'll be the only one in a huge house. Trust me when I say it's huge I mean it's HUGE! Other then that and my arm from the train crash I've been fine really."

Then he directed his glance towards Ella one of his other soon-to-be fourth year friends. "Yes and no. I'm ready for the summer like I will be expecting it to show up shortly, but I don't know what I'm going to do over the summer. Does that make any sense to you Ella?" To be honest now that he thought of it that sounded a lot mor confusing then he thought it would be. Oh well. Try, try, and try again that's all you can really say to that.

So there she was, trying to be strong about the whole thing when the girl went and pulled her into a hug. Merlin. She could feel her eyes clouding up again. Now she was wishing she'd stayed at her table because this was the exact thing she was trying to avoid. Before she came down to the Great Hall she promised herself that she was done crying. Oddly enough, though, she didn't feel any relief when the hug ended, in fact it just left her feeling worse. She didn't let go of her even after she rested her head on hers. While she listened to what sounded like nothing more than another excuse she tried to keep herself together but that resolve weakened when the girl suggested there were other people she could get to know.

POUT.

"And what if I don't want to meet any body else?" She protested. Yeah, now she was being difficult and stubborn because it kept her together better than being cooperative ever could. "I don't want you guys to leave...but I guess you guys have to...that doesn't make it any less hard to accept" She knew how selfish she sounded at the moment but she didn't CARE. Since the moment she got here she hadn't had anything go her way and she was starting to get fed up. The 7th years were leaving and she didn't have any say in it. And as if things weren't bad enough before, Em had to go and remind her about that. That name brought back so many memories for the 11 year old and before she knew it her eyes were filling with tears. She wiped them away as best as she could. "I...I...of course I'll tell them--" Her voice broke, forcing to stop for a minute. This was hard.

MINI!WIBBLE.

Memories of the accident ran through her head, as did guilt. Nessie wouldn't want you to feel guilty, she told herself harshly. There was already even sadness around the Great Hall, no need to cause more, eh? Nope. Exactly. Bliss smiled weakly up at Ness.

She was glad that Ness didn't deny anything, because it was true. At least to Bliss, she couldn't imagine anyone better. Pao had been great standing in, but Ness would always seem motherly sisterly to her. "Yeah. We are a great team," she said looking across the room at the other team members, before looking back at Nessie, "We all complete each other," she finished and smiled widely up at her captain. She saw that Ness was getting teary eyed and that only made Bliss the same, though she kept her smile.

CLIIIIING. Bliss refused to let go of Ness for a good minute and even when she released her, it was reluctantly. The almost-third-year had grown up so much this year, in some ways and had gained a lot of friends. It was just...sad seeing them all sad and stuff. It made her want to have a big 'ole massive group hug! Bliss wondered what would happen if she yelled 'GROUP HUG," now, whether she'd get detention for when she got back to school, or whether she'd make some memories.

Eh. TEENY!FROWN. Okay Bliss, she completely forgiven you now. The least you can do is promise her that, she scolded herself mentally. OK. "I...okay, Ness. I promise," she mumbled and nodded. Now time for her pretty smile; because someone needed cheer the world up and why not let that person by her? She was Bliss after all. Geddit? MEGA BEAM.



Bliss was glad that Minnie seemed to accept that she was no longer hurt. After all, she was better, and even if she wasn't, she get better eventually. "Thank you! I'm glad you think so," she sighed happily and giggled. "Of course you are," Bliss agreed. She worried about her friends all the time, so she had no place criticizing Minnie. Back to Quidditch. "I AM!" Bliss said enthusiastically, squealing before carrying on, "I love Quidditch, and my team, too much to not try out!" BEAM. She couldn't wait for another term of Quidditch, that is, if she made the team this time around.

"Really? That's cool!" She said warmly and nodded. "I'll probably be spending my summer at home, with family. And Tag's visiting for a little bit," she told Minnie and beamed. She actually wait to see her family again. She'd missed them SO much. She also couldn't wait for Tag to stay at her house, her parents even said that he could sleep in the guest room for as long as wanted, this made her laugh because it sounded like they thought he may be there a while. HA. "I'll also be around Diagon Alley a lot," she explained. It was a great place to meet new people, and also a great place to meet with friends.



Bliss' smiled spread from being a teeny little thing, to a full blown MEGA BEAM, as she saw Ella come over and beam at her. It made her happy when others seemed happy. "Hey," she replied again and sniffed delicately, smiling once again. "Yeah? That's good," she said and bit her lip, "I know what you mean, I'm going to miss everyone that's leaving for good, like Kurumi," she said, blinking back tears.

WOW, Bliss was a roller-coaster of emotions today. She kept going from super happy to utterly sad in a matter of seconds and it was only because she was affected by everyone else's moods and they changed so often. "I'm alright...I think," she confirmed finally and nodded. She knew that if she needed anyone, Ella was there. Plus, she was there for Ella too!



Bliss screwed her face up as her best friend pinned her arms to her side. Like she was going to keep failing them anyway. She'd seen the error of her ways and now knew that she could hurt someone and she obviously didn't want to do that. NU-HUH. "Glad you think so," she answered semi-sarcastically and laughed. Her Terry was so funneh. "Maybe you of these days," she said in a creepy tone, "you'd better watched your back."

SCARY!FACE

MEGA BEAM.



BEAM!BEAM!BEAM

They were Cheese and Crackers. Obviously. Alice was such a happy person, that it made Bliss happier and that must be why they got on so well. "HAI." She said and beamed back. Happy + Happy = Equals Happier. Right? Bliss thought randomly to herself. "Oh. Well I could come with you willingly. Your suitcase might be a little cramped." She said and nodded. Though if she went with Alice, then she wouldn't see her family and Tag wouldn't be able to stay with her. BAD TIMES. So no, she couldn't go with her Cracker.

D:



Bliss' emotions seemed to be settling on happy now, especially since she started talking to Cracker and Alec. In fact, all of the people she was talking to were awesome and made her HAPPY. Even now, the mellow atmosphere wasn't effecting her. HMMM. She wasn't going to complain about that. But still, people leaving wasn't the nicest thing to think about.

Thanks, Alec. The mellow feelings were back and she let all the memories of each and every one of them that she knew. Kurumi, healing her when she broke her wrist, which was also when she met Elise. Her Lissy. Then there was Vivi, she remember her Muggle Studies project that she did with her. Lastly, Arabella, her first friend at Hogwarts. "It is. I guess you're right," Bliss said and smiled weakly at Alec.

OH. Happy topic! "Yes, I do!" She said and beamed. "Tag staying at mine for a tiny bit during the holiday and other than that, I'm staying at home with my family," she said happily. This summer was going to be AMAZING! "Yes, it will," she agreed, "I'll be around Diagon Alley a lot too, what about you?" She asked hopefully. She'd love to meet up with him. And get piggybacks. Yeah. That's right.



WHATWASTHAT? Bliss heard someone call her name and she spun around on her seat. Oh. It was Laura. Getting up, she wandered over to her cousin with a curious expression on her face. "Hey, Laura. Something wrong?" She asked and frowned slightly. Why else would Laura call her so desperately? OH. She was BLUSHING.

HMMMM.

Look like he's not the only person who came late.

"Hey, Nate." he greeted his other roommate. "Ready for summer?" Because he's not really looking forward to it and Messer was pretty sure he's the only one who's not looking forward to go home.



Eeer. Okay. What's wrong with his roommate? He's watching him like hawk and that's creep him out."Is there something on my face or my hair?" He hope not. But seriously dude stop watching me!

"Yes?" That 'Dude' greeting was for him, no? Ohh. Here its Alec's famous question. Seriously this dude need a new greeting next term. "I'm fine. What about you? You okay?" Because his roommate was looking like someone stole his ice cream the last time Messer talked to him.

"I heard you got a Seeker award. Congrats." He really deserved it. Although Messer feel bad that he's not there when Alec received the award.

Yes, Messer heard the very loud voice calling for him but before he got a chance to say hello back to the owner of the voice, he's embraced by Ella. "Hello to you too, Ella." he hugged her back.

Disappeared? At least they didn't think he's dead or something. "I'm sorry about that. But I'm here now." GRINS. "And I'm not planning to disappear again anytime soon." Yes, well he'll try not too at least. "I missed you guys too." Like A LOT. "Anything exciting happen to you this term that you want to share with your Uncle Messer?" Because he kinda missed a lot of interesting things this term.