Oakey let off a laugh as Em reminisced on their comical encounter. "You're among friends then." He joked. He stood and helped the girl up from the floor. He looked at the girls owl and was glad it was caged, he may let Charmer out for a bit, let his cat stretch some. "Mauve!" said aloud as he had just realized why the Owl's name was what it was. "I get it" He sat in silence for a while starring at the purple owl until he realized what he had forgotten to ask. "Oh umm...I'm Oakey by the way." He reached his hand out to shake the new nameless clumsy girls.


It wasn't to long that he knew she'd show up. Which was good, he wanted her here so that he could tell her about the girl he spent all Summer Vacation with that wasn't her.
The peck on the check didn't help him any, as it just brought him right back to Felicity kissing his check at the end of July. "Hiya Fe...Laura" Oakey quickly corrected himself again as he shook the images of the beautiful blonde from his mind. "It was interesting. How about yours"

Maxwell took a seat with his cat, Tiberius in an empty compartment. He was petting his purring cat. He knew that He and Ariana weren't going to last much longer now that Justin and Ronnie weren't together...he hated this, girl issues, every term it was the same. Only now he also didn't have his mother to turn to, but he was determined to make this year better.

"You've already got that," Or so, Delphinia figured. She didn't tell just anyone, everything. Which is what she did with Nathan. She also didn't let other people touch her - to take her hand, or anything else. Nor did she introduce just anyone to the remaining members of her family. Nils, and Artemis. Soon, maybe, she would get around to introducing him to the DeVilles.. but for now.. back to the present. "But even that can be case-by-case if you push it," By the look she gave him, and the tone of her light voice, Delphi was clearly teasing.

Delphi ignored his look. Completely brushed it off, because she was not being silly or childish. She wasn't! She simply had no desire to start picturing this little scene in her head, no matter how close she was to Nathan. That was something she had managed to avoid thus far.

"Oh." Ravenclaw. That meant, chances were, Delphi had seen her around before. She really hadn't meant for him to start telling her about the girl - Delphi didn't really want to know about her, who she was or anything. There was no curiosity there, whatsoever. But she wasn't going to stop him, either. "She likes you." Delphinia repeated, when he had finished. Neither happy nor bothered by her own words. It was as if she were talking about a book, or the weather. "But the question is.. do you feel anything?" Back. Feel anything back, toward the kiss or toward the girl. No, Delphi wasn't sure why she was asking. It wasn't something she had intended on. It just came out, and it was a little late to take it back.

Mentioning the house elves possibly helping them with the chocolate had definitely made Patrick intrigued since he was curious if they would have done that, they certainly were talented with the number of meals they were capable of cooking. He hadn't wanted to make them do more work since Hogwarts was a big school and they had done enough already. It made him wonder if he should have helped out. "If they made coffee for us, it would probably be some good coffee. Better than the muggle stuff, which could make a really good chocolate." He wasn't about to focus on that when there were plenty of other things that could have been dealt with more immediately rather than having to wait. Quickly taking another piece of chocolate before the top tray had disappeared, he moved the plastic piece that had protected the next layer of chocolate and ended up taking another few truffles before eating them all at once; that was a major rush of sugar and he could feel himself start to get a little hyper which just made him want to run around in circles. Sure that would have been a waste of a sugar rush but he definitely hadn't wanted to sit still. "Oh I can get that to you immediately when we get to Hogwarts, I've got another bag that I could give you for now and just set more chocolate into it than I had originally promised you." There wasn't a point in keeping everything that he had had to himself and if it meant that it was going to be gone faster than it was intended to then oh well.

As soon as he felt something poking at him, he looked down to notice his friend's cat nudging him; what was up with that? Definitely odd. He wasn't going to question it since the notice of another guy who looked about his age standing outside the compartment with candy, he wasn't so interested in the candy as finding out who the kid was and if there was any relation to the healer. "I've got more than enough, it's better than what you could buy on the train. Except for chocolate frogs." He was still going to try to figure out how to make them but later on.

Nathan couldn't help but laugh at her response.So he wasn't allowed to use the 'best friend' card for everything. Nope. It was back to normal then. Back to feeling light and good.

But of course not.

Nathan didn't quite realize that.

Her statement threw him off guard. Delphie thought, Addy liked him? But .. "You think so?" he asked, puzzled - eyes on the ceiling. Addy liked him? .. She did blush around him a lot. No doubt ..

And then came the mega question. Nathan hadn't even come out of the shock of 'Addy liking him' bit, when Delphie threw in something else for him to be puzzled with. How did he feel? "I don't know .." he said, his catch phrase for confusing situations. "It .. had started out awkwardly .. and then .. well kissing is nice," he said, rambling a bit - staring at the ceiling like he was talking to it. " .. but before I could think of anything, I was being hit by a bagel. Her father came," he informed Delphi. "The main thing though .. you really think she likes me?"

Jake smiled, mostly to himself, and pulled his trunk into the compartment. He took a seat between Penelope and Anya, turning slightly toward Anya and opening his mouth to ask her the question -

...Then James walked in.

Jake sighed and leaned back against the bench, leaning his head against the wall. He gave James a small wave and a forced smile. It wasn't that he didn't like him, but he just... didn't like him. Sorta. Kinda.

Then they were all settled, and Jake was pretty sure he could ask Anya. But then Alice sat on him.

"Hey, Ali," he said, unable to keep himself from smiling. He couldn't help it. The girl was adorable. She might've reminded him of his sister. Maybe.

"Are we all set?" He asked the compartment in general. He didn't want any interruptions when he asked Anya to be his girlfriend. This was important. and he didn't want to have to deal with dramatic silences or distractions.

Laura was wondering who this Fe was but she had something important to say to him. "Oakey I..eh I..eh." Laura sighed. "I sort of..." Laura didn't know how this would go down. "I... Well this guy kissed me but I didn't stop him." Laura could feel the tears coming down her face. "I am sorry Oakey." Laura had betrayed his trust. "I really am sorry." Laura looked at Oakey hoping he would say something.

Well. This was awkward.

Only Anya actually answered his question. James did not know how he felt about that. He looked at Alice and smiled. "I'm fine, Alice" he lied. He wasn't okay. Family problems the last few days of summer had really depressed him. He sighed and ran a hand through his curly hair.

He looked up at Penelope, who was stroking her cat. It was a pretty cat. "You're cat's really pretty, Penelope" he smiled, trying to force on a conversation so his voice didn't get hoarse from disuse.

And......did James not like him? It didn't seem like it.

*sigh* Oh well.

SPOILER!!: Manda

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Originally Posted by Mandana

Mentioning the house elves possibly helping them with the chocolate had definitely made Patrick intrigued since he was curious if they would have done that, they certainly were talented with the number of meals they were capable of cooking. He hadn't wanted to make them do more work since Hogwarts was a big school and they had done enough already. It made him wonder if he should have helped out. "If they made coffee for us, it would probably be some good coffee. Better than the muggle stuff, which could make a really good chocolate." He wasn't about to focus on that when there were plenty of other things that could have been dealt with more immediately rather than having to wait. Quickly taking another piece of chocolate before the top tray had disappeared, he moved the plastic piece that had protected the next layer of chocolate and ended up taking another few truffles before eating them all at once; that was a major rush of sugar and he could feel himself start to get a little hyper which just made him want to run around in circles. Sure that would have been a waste of a sugar rush but he definitely hadn't wanted to sit still. "Oh I can get that to you immediately when we get to Hogwarts, I've got another bag that I could give you for now and just set more chocolate into it than I had originally promised you." There wasn't a point in keeping everything that he had had to himself and if it meant that it was going to be gone faster than it was intended to then oh well.

As soon as he felt something poking at him, he looked down to notice his friend's cat nudging him; what was up with that? Definitely odd. He wasn't going to question it since the notice of another guy who looked about his age standing outside the compartment with candy, he wasn't so interested in the candy as finding out who the kid was and if there was any relation to the healer. "I've got more than enough, it's better than what you could buy on the train. Except for chocolate frogs." He was still going to try to figure out how to make them but later on.

All Mika had heard when she was walking down the hall was that someone was planning on making chocolate frogs better. Whoever thought they needed to be worked on - well, they were right. She'd been smacked, slapped, and hit by one two many as she tried to devour the little devils that they just didn't seem fun anymore.

Stepping into the compartment boldly without even asking wether or not it was even aloud. She just smiled and walked over to the blond boy who was super duper AMAZINGLY pretty, shoved her hand out to him and boldly half-spoke half yelled her name to him.

"Hi! I'm Amelia but you can call me Mika" she smiled. Sure she'd seen this chocolate guy at the train station but she hadn't known he was a WIZARD! EEP.

She was jumping for joy - but only on the inside of course.

Ariana sat in her compartment confused as to why no one had asked to sit with her, everywhere else in the middle of the train was full she wondered even more why Max or Justin hadnt come to find her yet.

Delphi nodded, if only lightly. Yes, she did. Delphi herself may not be one of those googly-eyed, Witch Weekly magazine reading, lip-gloss wearing, hair-flipper girls who gushed over just about any boy they came in contact with, but she was still a girl and she still knew girl things, too.

He didn't know. In some sense, that said it all, and it said nothing at the same time. Delphinia knew what 'I don't know' meant when Nathan used it. But it wasn't enough right now to sort her own confusion - Yes, hers had returned, too. Only in a different way, if that were possible. And he was staring at the ceiling, as he spoke, causing something to stir in Delphi - the urge to get up and pounce on him returned, despite the change in the air - which was.. almost tense, but not quite. This time, she reacted to it. Slowly getting up from her seat and creeping toward him, Delphi jumped on his legs and simply perched there.

Though her action was entirely playful, but the smile had long since vanished from her face. She had caught every word, and was going over how to respond in her head. In the end, she decided fewer words would be better, and really responding would be avoided. "He.. hit you with a bagel." Never mind that. Delphi's voice lowered considerably, looking at Nathan in all seriousness. "Yeah.. I do." She sort of leaned back a bit, giving him room. Her hands pressed into the seat behind her ankles to hold herself from falling on his feet.

Maxwell stood from where he was sitting and went to find Ariana, his cat following behind him. He found her sitting alone, feeling shocked that Justin wasn't there with her. 'Is this what life is now? Me being with girls who like other guys?' He thought to himself. He walked in without knocking and sat with her. "Ariana...I need to talk to you."

Ariana was now laying across one side of the compartment "what is it love?
"

Maxwell let Tiberius onto his lap. "I need you to answer a question and be completely honest, even if you think i won't like the answer, okay? no lies." He asked hoping she'd be honest.

"shoot." she said as she was tossing cookie pieces into the air and catching them in her mouth as she laid down

Maxwell took a deep breath. "Do you still have feelings for Justin?" He asked knowing the answer. But he had to hear it from her lips. Assuming was no good.

"no." she snapped at him "that lieing babbling jerk deserves everything wrong he gets." she said instinctively not knowing she really did miss him

Faye was scared. She was tiny, under weight and terrified to be on the Hogwarts Express. This was her first year. She had older siblings that started at Hogwarts before her to give her advice and what to do, or where to go, or who to avoid.

She was so nervous, she had been shaking all day, hoping that she wouldn't ever have to actually board the train. When the time finally came she sat in a compartment by herself and tried to curl up into a ball so small that no one would notice her. At least, she hoped. She had such a sweaky little voice that no one would probably hear her anyway.

She tucked her fly away hair behind her ear again, so had a habit of playing with it to begin with and kept and ever watchful eye on the door, seeing if anyone was going to come in.

Looking back at the girl's bird she had to ask. "So, why is your bird purple?" Because, that was a little odd. She had never seen a owl that wasn't brownish, blackish, greyish or whitei-sh. The redhead was just getting ready to introduce herself when another girl wandered in. Two birds, one stone right? "I'm Emmaleigh."she said smiling at the girl. And then it got awkward with new girl. Kisses and drama? no thanks.

Why were people being so quiet?

...would have been what Anya thought if she were capable of thought at the moment. Which, she wasn't. All she was capable of was using all her will power not to reach over and just grab Jake's hand. Maybe she should have just agreed to be with him when he asked yesterday? Did she really have to be asked in person?

But now that Alice did mention it.... She got to thinking. She glanced around the compartment. Maybe everyone was just... sleepy? She wasn't though. She fiddled with the bracelet on her wrist for a second. She was pretty wide awake.

And impatient.

"I've got gummy bears..." she said fiddling with the bag at her feet. She tossed a few unopened bag to the center of the room. Happy hunger games.

Heh. She probably should have slept more last night. She was being weird.

All set? "Completely." Anya said a little too quickly to Jake.

Maxwell sighed. "I thought, we agreed not to lie to each other.." He said clearly annoyed. "Ariana, we both know you do..Just because you don't want to have feelings for him doesn't mean you don't!"

"Ariella? That's a pretty name." Ella said with a smile, looking from the girl to her owl and back again. "Ari it is. You can call me Ells if you'd like. Everyone does." Well except for the professors. They usually called her Ms. Bishop or something. The third year then grinned as the younger girl accepted the gummy worms. "I love them too, the green ones are my favorite!" Mhm. Cause they were super delicious. "So are you a first year then?" The blonde asked, removing a couple gummy worms from her bag to eat. "I was really excited my first year...I can't believe now I'm going back for my third." It was kinda crazy how quickly time went by.

Tiffany took the seat next to Juliet as she has instructed as she realized that the girl considered her as a chocolate lover in return of calling her as meat eater. She smirked a bit. "That's me,"she replied in a cheerful tone. "Kinda love that name." she finished, followed by a few chuckles. That's true, it's not too bad to be called as chocolate lover because that's what she is. Maybe someday she could introduce herself to others as, chocolate lover, Tiffany Pevensie then. Haha.

THe lioness glanced over the little girl sitting across them. Hmm, Cassia. She looks so adorable, maybe because of her young age but after all she is that kind of child who makes people want to take her back home. "Nice to meet you too Cassia,"she beamed. Are you a transfer too? Why would the girl ask this question? Does Tiffany look like she is a transfer? "No. I'm a fourth year, Gryffindor."she gave a small nod as she put her arms around Juliet's shoulder. "Same as this beauty, who is a planned-to-be Slytherin."what she meant was them being in the same year, not the same house. She placed toffee on her knees as she began to brush her soft fur. "Why do you think that I'm a transfer though?"she asked curiously. She just wanted to know.

Blink. Tiffany knew that Juliet was a transfer, that means she was new to school which meant the same but there was one question stirring up her mind. "So do you have to take that boat ride to school like how the firsties do?"she asked, turning to Juliet. "Since you're new."

Penelope didn't pay much further attention to anyone else until she heard Alice mention "your cat". And since she seemed to be the only one with a cat in this compartment, it was obviously directed at her. Spot noticed this too and purred her approval. "Thanks," Penelope answered, only glancing up when she heard Alice's pet Frank. Spot noticed the toad too, and her eyes were now focused solely on him, flicking her tail playfully.

Penelope then ignored the "are you all okay?" question, keeping an eye on Spot to make sure she didn't try to attack Frank or anything. But since the toad had seemed to have decided to take a nap, the cat lost interest and simply curled up in her owner's lap once more. That was when it seemed Alice was addressing Penelope once more. "Her name," she corrected. "But yeah. Spot."

A second question went ignored by Penelope, this time from Jake, and she turned her attention to James when he also commented that he thought her cat was pretty. "Thanks," she said, and this time she even managed the faintest of smiles, if briefly. Because apparently, if two people thought that something related to her was pretty, it somehow made her feel a tiny bit better. Not much, but a little.

It probably wouldn't last though. Because those gummy bears were ignored as well.

Logan was so absorbed in the chocolate truffles that it took him a moment to realize that he was being talked to.

Oh. Right.

He offered the boy and girl a smile and nodded his head before stepping inside. "Thank you. I'm Logan." Since they were going to be sitting together for at least some of the train ride, it made sense to introduce himself to them.

Taking a seat across from the girl, he started to look around a little. "So have you guys been going to Hogwarts for a while? Or are you new? He couldn't help but notice that the girl was pretty; it seemed that everyone that was going to Hogwarts was attractive.

His thoughts were interrupted by a strange girl who walked right up to the other boy and introduced herself to him. Okay then, that was odd. Logan shook his head and then turned to look out the window.