Ravenclaw House Table
 

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by Beatrice Castell (xXxPandora)

The Eagles, who won the House Cup for this term, sit under a bright navy and bronze banner representing their house. This table should be filled with some of the merriest students; after all, they had a great, winning term, both in House Points and in Quidditch.

Harvey walked down to the Great Hall for the end of term feast, he couldnt believe it! He was at the end of his fourth year already!! This term had passed by way too quickly.. and it was cause of the work and .. well spending time with Ella too.. but still it could have passed by a little slower at least. He looked over at the claw table and headed over there as he had seen Taylor sat there alone "Hey Taylor" he said to her smiling "How are you?" he asked her next

Taylor smiled at him as he came over, "Wanna join me, bro?" She laughed, "Finally got to get out of bed after being so sick." Tay giggled and smiled, "What about you?"

He smiled and nodded "Yeah sure!" he said sitting down next to her "You were sick? with what?" he asked having not seen her in a while "I have been.. good.. just cant believe fourth year is over really, it went by so fast!" he said to her as he looked around the room.. not knowing how to process that small piece of information.. fourth year was over

Taylor nodded, "Just a cold." She laughed and laid her head on his shoulder, not caring if people misunderstood. "I hate Maxwell." Tay started to cry and look up at Harvey. "He is just a jerkface!" Taylor buried her head in Harvey's shoulder.

He smiled as she laughed "Well I am glad you are better now" he said to her before she leaned her head on his shoulder, thats ok.. thats ok.. Minnie used to do that all the time.. as well as some other girls.. its all good.. he then looked at her as she started to cry before she buried her head in his shoulder.. still friendly.. still friendly.. "Umm.. what did he do?" he asked trying to pay attention to her rather than what she was doing.. but he knew that it was in a friendly way and it would have to stay that way.

Tay looked up at him, "He is saying he had enough of me and that my boyfriend is a fraud!" Taylor cried and buried her face again, clinging to him in a sisterly way. There was no romance between them whatsoever.

He looked at Taylor as she looked at him before she started crying again clinging to him.. it was in a sisterly way.. nothing more.. thats right nothing more. "Oh.. well er.. did he say why your boyfriend was a fraud? And er.. what did he mean when he said he'd had enough of you?" he asked trying to get a clearer picture of what was happening

Tay glanced up at Harvey, "He says he is faking a scottish accent, that he poisoned me and he is a gold digger." Tears were trailing down her cheeks, "We got into a fight about our parents..."

mentions Harvey and Taylor
 

Was it really the end of term already? The year seemed to just fly by..

Ethan found himself at the end of term feast rather early.. mostly for the fact that he was hungry, not that he was in any hurry to leave. He was really torn about leaving. He knew there would be people he'd miss seeing, some more than others, but he was also happy for school to be over and summer to begin.

Making his way over to the Ravenclaw table, he saw very few people there and chose a seat near two people he knew - Harvey and Taylor. "Hey, guys.." the boy greeted them tentatively as he lowered himself on the bench. The girl looked really upset, so he discreetly averted his eyes as he awkwardly sat at the table. Food would be nice right about now..

He looked down at her as she answered his questions "And... er.. did he say how he knew this? " or was Maxwell becoming too protective of Taylor.. he then heard what he wasnt expecting to hear "What do you mean you got into a fight about them?" what did that mean? lots of ideas flew around his head as he tried to figure out what that meant.. he then heard her say hi to Ethan before buring her face again into his shoulder.. ok. Ethan.. this is all friendly.. just dont.. freak out.. ok man? he thought to himself.. since he didnt want a repeat of what had happened before.. he would just tell people it was as friends.. she was very very upset again.. and Ethan was here.. he could tell them.. that Taylor was upset and he was comforting her. Ethan .. just a friend comforting another.. ok?



Just then he heard someone greet them.. he looked round and smiled "Hey Ethan" he was actually surprised to see the boy here.. he should be sat at the puff table! Maybe Harvey would need to teach him a thing or two about hanging out at the puff table.. cause Harvey was a pro at it.. he couldnt remember a single feast whether it was beginning of term or end of term where he DIDNT sit at the puff table.. Ethan you shouldnt be here.. be with Mins at the table.....

Although he was quite down about the idea of leaving, Max was... kind of excited for the feast. He had one last hoorah with the whole school - and his Ravenclaws. In particular, he hoped he was going to get to sit with his yearmates... but he had finally caught on to the tension between Vivi, Vickers, and Louisa. He wouldn't be surprised if the couple sat elsewhere. That was okay, though - he wanted to sit with Vivi for this anyhow. He give his proper mushy spiels and farewells to the other two later.

Entering the Great Hall with a blue box in his hand, Max held it right out in front of him as there was no need to hide it from Vivi. He didn't have a big speech prepared upon presenting it to her; he just wanted to make sure she had it before the Headmistress started her speech and they shared one last feast together.

...And hopefully before Em could get there and see the exchange. He didn't have a guilty conscience over the upcoming gift giving, though he knew Em wouldn't like it if she knew. But his girlfriend's jealousy wasn't going to stop Max from presenting a kind gesture to one of his best friends - girl or not.

Upon nearing Vivi at the Ravenclaw table, a smile played upon Max's lips; he peered down at the napkin resting on the bench next to her. Aw. Had she really saved that spot for him? Or... was the other side for him and the saved napkin seat was for someone more important?

"Is the napkin for me?" He put her on the spot and grinned.

Harvey listened as she answered his questions again "Hmm well.. have you tried to find out if there is any truth in what he is saying.. maybe ask a friend of your boyfriends or something?" he wondered cause that could show her a different view, he was then hearing something he didnt expect to hear "Umm.. I see.. the baby's mom.. doesnt wanna take care of it?" cause usually the mom took care of the babies right.. unless she wanted the father to take it.. and in this case it did seem that way. He wondered how long this must have been going on for that woman to end up with a baby, unless this .. was a fluke and happened.. hmmm..

He nodded as she again answered his questions "Well.. it might.. but if he truly likes you and has nothing to hide then he would go with it.. I mean I would do that for Ella if she wanted me to" cause he didnt want to lose her, he had been close once and it was enough to open his eyes a bit. He listened as she talked about that baby "A potion? like a love potion?" okay.. so this was not a thing going on for some time.. this lady.. slipped him a potion.. man he had to be careful.. he hoped that wouldnt happen to him ever!

For all the seventh year claws and anyone who wants Lily
 

This was the worst day of the year. Or so Lily thought. She had avoided the common room for hours, instead weeping as she sat on her bed in her dorm room. She knew that the feast was going to start somewhat soon, so she had trooped out of the Ravenclaw tower wearing her best uniform. She still continued to sob as she made her way down to the great hall and her face was clearly tear stricken as she made her way down to the Claw's table. Louisa wasn't there yet, which was somewhat of a good thing. But Max and Vivi were there so the third year made her way down towards them.

"Max...." Sob... "I'm gonna miss you on the quidditch p..pitch..." Said the young redhead to the seventh year keeper who she didn't know all that well.

"It...it was nice knowing you, Vivi...." She said to the female claw, before sobbing more. Who knew what was going to happen when Vickers and Louisa made their way down.

Turning away from the seventh years, Lily walked down to an empty part of the table and simply lay her head down as more tears rolled down her face. She needed Louisa here, but also didn't want to let her older claw friend leave. So for now the third year just sat there crying.

She had her chin propped up on her fist as her eyes watched the banner above them, and Vivi almost missed the sweet little voice coming from Lily. Yikes, so many TEARS! The older girl reached out and patted the girl's hand.

"It was nice meeting you, Lily. Good luck next year, and... let's keep winning the cup, yeah? We're counting on you."

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Originally Posted by Grangerfn1 (Post 11272148) Although he was quite down about the idea of leaving, Max was... kind of excited for the feast. He had one last hoorah with the whole school - and his Ravenclaws. In particular, he hoped he was going to get to sit with his yearmates... but he had finally caught on to the tension between Vivi, Vickers, and Louisa. He wouldn't be surprised if the couple sat elsewhere. That was okay, though - he wanted to sit with Vivi for this anyhow. He give his proper mushy spiels and farewells to the other two later. Entering the Great Hall with a blue box in his hand, Max held it right out in front of him as there was no need to hide it from Vivi. He didn't have a big speech prepared upon presenting it to her; he just wanted to make sure she had it before the Headmistress started her speech and they shared one last feast together. ...And hopefully before Em could get there and see the exchange. He didn't have a guilty conscience over the upcoming gift giving, though he knew Em wouldn't like it if she knew. But his girlfriend's jealousy wasn't going to stop Max from presenting a kind gesture to one of his best friends - girl or not. Upon nearing Vivi at the Ravenclaw table, a smile played upon Max's lips; he peered down at the napkin resting on the bench next to her. Aw. Had she really saved that spot for him? Or... was the other side for him and the saved napkin seat was for someone more important? "Is the napkin for me?" He put her on the spot and grinned.

She snatched the napkin up in relief and gestured for Max to sit as soon as she spotted the boy. "Sit, sit... who else would I save a seat for? One of my many and adoring public?" She gestured to the empty seats all around her.

Someone had NOT done their best getting to know the other Claws.

"I'm glad you asked to sit with me, Max. It'll be good to have a friend through all this, and not someone who will use my sleeve as a tissue. Everyone is so emotional, aren't they? Is this normal?"

A bit of lily too
 

He smiled and nodded "Well I do try to be a good boyfriend, and yes if he was a good boyfriend and cared about how you felt.. then yes he would as I would" he said knowing that he had nothing to hide from Ella.. and if this boyfriend of Taylors had nothing to hide either then he too would agree to a serum. He raised his eyebrows at what she said "A forgetting one? Ohh a month? so what did it like wear off after a whole month?" he asked as she said hi to someone named Lily he looked round and he too greeted her "Hi" he smiled at his housemate, though they hadnt hung out much but still it was rude not to say hi

This is it no backing out now...

Vickers heart was pounding. He couldnt seem to figure himself out about this. Was he angry? Frightened? Panicked? All of it? One thing was certain, he needed to talk to Vivi.... and he needed to give her something. Something he worked so hard for that for once, he wasnt caring about what she says and what she thinks. If she doesnt want to talk to him for a while or forever, all the more reason why he should give his gift today.

He spotted her talking to Max and Lily. He would've preferred something more private but hey, with the other option of her bolting he'd take what he can get, flying fists included.

So he plopped himself right.next.to.her, then grabbed her hand and plopped THIS onto her open palm "If you have no kind words to me, at least open that and hear me out..." he whispered to her, seemingly all casual-like, but the look in his eyes says he meant business. No running out on him Genevieve Branxton.

He smiled as she said that he was probably right and chuckled as she laughed "Well I am a claw..so you wouldnt expect anything less" he said as she kissed him on his cheek and hugged him.. which was totally friendly of course.. yeah friendly.. nothing else. "No worries." he said as he heard her laugh some more before he saw her frown before she shook her head "Well its good that their love is true.. it means that your mom got back the man she loves, I am sure your mom would have been very sad to have lost him without a fight cause he couldnt remember who she was" he said trying to see it from her mom's point of view.. cause he would not be upto losing anyone without a fight so that meant her mother too wouldnt let go without one.

He chuckled as she laughed before she ruffled his hair "Hey! I like it the way I had it.. what is it with you girls and ruffling hair?" he chuckled as he remembered how Ella liked his hair.. all messed up and ruffled.. by her of course! He nodded "Yeah.. that was the name you gave me.. Umm no I dont think we did.. maybe next term" he smiled as she realised that maybe they hadnt had a fight..but there was always a few more terms to have it in. He saw her glance down "Well.. your mom sounds like a strong woman to have held on just long enough to make him remember. Be happy that your mom has the man she loves back" even if he had brought a baby with him.. but the main thing was having the person you love by your side.

Everyone basically // WE'RE WITH THE BROOCH BEWARE
 

Louisa left all her feels upstairs - or well she thought she did as she descended the moving stairs, savoring every single detail in this last journey down to her last feast as Hogwarts.... Darnit! She wiped the annoying moist from her eyes and continued to the Great Hall's door. She kept focusing on how her friends walked the same way, probably with the same feelings and yet they survived. They didn't have an EVIL brooch that hosted the four ghosts for quite some time and was probably associated with dark magic but that was over, yeah? Yeah.

With the brooch tucked in a very plain and un-catchy pouch the head girl headed for her house table, the lump in her throat oddly lifting already at the sight of desirable familiar faces. She smiled at everyone, her mind told her to talk to everyone, wish them good luck and ask them to forgive her if she was too bossy or didn't live up to their expectations somehow. But she wasn't sure if the lump in her throat would allow her to say all this.

... she needed Spike. He was good with speeches and reaching out to others WAY more than she was. WHERE was he?

And her eyes found the small thirteen years old crying alone at the table. Instinctively, with the powers of an older sister, Louisa quickened her pace and slid next to Lily. She nudged the girl's arm gently, "Hey, hey! With every fallen tear, a fairy in Neverland cries and forgets to fulfill a wish for someone." What was with Louisa and making up LIES to console kids?! Although this was not a lie... more like a hypothesis. A joke?

"Wait here for me, okay? I need to do one more thing and be right back! Save my spot." She leaned in to give the girl a gentle pat on the head, like Jonathan used to (STILL) do to her, and made her way to return the evil brooch to the headmistress.

When he heard his name, Max turned abruptly, expecting to see the smiling face of a friend, and... frowned down at the young Ravenclaw. She was crying? Over him? He had seen Lily around plenty of times and naturally cared for her as he did for everyone in his houseexcept for Milton, but he had never quite established any kind of relationship with this one. He immediately felt regret over that, though, and pulled little Lily in to give her a nice brotherly hug. "I'll miss you, too, Lily. You keep up the good work, okay? Make us proud. I believe in you," he told her softly, then pulled away and gave her a sad smile before she departed.

Ouch. Were there going to be more like Lily? Max wasn't sure if he was ready for them.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin (Post 11272192) She snatched the napkin up in relief and gestured for Max to sit as soon as she spotted the boy. "Sit, sit... who else would I save a seat for? One of my many and adoring public?" She gestured to the empty seats all around her. Someone had NOT done their best getting to know the other Claws. "I'm glad you asked to sit with me, Max. It'll be good to have a friend through all this, and not someone who will use my sleeve as a tissue. Everyone is so emotional, aren't they? Is this normal?"

Quickly sitting down next to Vivi before someone else made Max want to hug everyone, he set the blue box down on the table and slid it in front of Vivi. "Well, let's be honest - you do have quite a fanbase, I've noticed. Little Nightingale will probably want that other seat next to you." Poor Bee. She was taking Vivi's departure worse than anyone - other than Lex, who had formed some sort of weird attachment to her. Of course, Vivi had been a good role model for the Gryffindor. She was probably the reason Lex straightened up so well after almost being expelled.

"I'm glad, too. I'll try to be strong for you," he remarked playfully - though he meant it, too. He wasn't feeling particularly mournful at the moment, but... those feelings were there. He was just going to ignore them for as long as possible. The gift in front of Vivi was a helpful distraction. "That's for you," he stated the obvious. "It's kind of a... um... mix between a belated birthday present, a graduation present, and a..."

...

Where did Vickers come from?

Max stared over at his yearmate, confused, as Vickers gave Vivi a present, too. He sat there awkwardly, feeling embarrassed, and lowered his head, very clearly giving Vickers permission to get his business out of the way first. As he did so, Max very casually set his hand on the present in front of Vivi and slid it back over to sit in front of him on the table.

Awkward.

She couldn't help it. In spite of her best efforts, in spite of time apart, she still followed Vick with her eyes and gravitated towards him when he sat down so close, like some pathetic flower to someone else's sun. After a moment, Vivi recalled herself and slumped a bit in her seat to hide her reaction, reaching under the table for Max's hand for comfort and to avoid reaching for Vick's.

"I've never had unkind words for you. They were always in your best interest," she responded quietly, her eyes flickering from his steady gaze to the box in her hand. Now, though, Vick? In front of everyone? He had interesting timing... Maybe to keep her from reacting in public.

"I'm listening... But Max was here first." She set Vick's gift on the table between him. "Are you willing to wait?"

She smiled at Max and gave his hand a squeeze before pulling his gift back in front of her. It wasn't punishing Vick, more like making a point of not showing any favoritism. "I've appreciated that strength all term. You really did a marvelous job filling in for Milton and leading us to victory when he couldn't be there. You didn't have to get me a gift, though."

Especially because she hadn't done much in the way of birthday gifts this year. It made her feel guilty to think she was being unappreciative to the friendship Max had shown her this term.

"I better open this, right? I'm keeping you from the girlfriend, and Merlin knows Hufflepuffs get separation anxiety," she teased lightly, although it was a fact that both boys were going to abandon her, and Vivi would still end up eating alone.

Vivi and Max as well..
 

Minerva had made her way over to the claw table, of course she would get there at some point in time. By the looks of it, most of her little group was gathered there, so she needed to go over and at least say hi and sit with Ethan, but as she made her way over her eyes landed on Vickers and Louisa. She had never had a end of term feast bother her before, but she didn't know many seventh years until now. Was it odd that the seventh years weren't even in her house...

Coming up behind them she let emotion take over and hugged Vickers and Louisa... "I..sorry.. should have warned you first." Letting go of them she smiled, "I just wanted to say how great it has been to have you both around and how much you have helped me. I'm going to miss both of you. I hope you can stay in touch." She then looked to Vivi and Max, she didn't know them as well and she was just kind of getting off the rocky road with Vivi, "Good Luck to you two as well. Max it will be weird not seeing you at Quidditch next term. Great season by the way. Vivi.. ummm your a great player as well. Good luck in whatever all of you are doing after Hogwarts." She gave a nervous smile, towards the girl. She had been slammed into and then her teammate helped throw Min off her broom, she felt like she should be keeping watch over her shoulder being this close, but they did apologize to each other, hopefully that was a good start.



After talking with the seventh years Minerva made her way down the table and stopped next to Ethan. Putting her hand on his shoulder she sat down next to him and smiled, "Hey there cutie.. miss me?" She giggled a bit and then looked at the rest of the group, eyeing Harvey and Damon for a moment. Didn't they get in enough trouble over being that close to Taylor and didn't Taylor have enough issues as well to know better then to lay her head on shoulders and hug these two.

"Hey Damon where is Ariana?" Yes, she was making a point to see where her best friend was. Then she smiled, "Damon have you met Ethan yet? Ethan this is Damon. I know you have heard me talk about many of these friends, but you finally get to meet them." She liked that he was meeting her little group, hopefully Ariana will be around so she can finally meet him as well. Then turning on Harvey, Minerva gave him a look.. "I am surprised I beat you to the other table. I assumed I would see you right away at the puff table. Feel like being different for once in four terms?"

Then giving Taylor a smile she wasn't mad at her friend, just not exactly happy with her recent choices. Taylor needed to more girl friends, maybe that would help her stay out of trouble. "Haven't seen you around much Tay, where have you been hiding?" Looking at the entire group Minerva thought of something, "So if I do stay in London this summer you are all going to want to hangout, right? Maybe we could do a picnic or party or something." Yes, last summer was so lame without them she didn't want to do that again if she could help it.

oops so how do i go about this *whistles* || Max, Vivi, Minnie, Louisa
 

So focused was he on getting to the Ravenclaw blond and making sure she doesnt bolt on the mere sight of his shadow that he completely missed what was going on between her and Max. Max was giving her a gift. "Oh..." he stammered flustered. "Right.... well yeah its there...." his gift he meant, the one on her hand. He shifted his gaze to Max "Sorry bud, I didnt see... uhm yeah I'll wait-- no I'll need to drop by at the Gryffindor table, I'll be back yeah?" So that if they need to talk in relative privacy they had it. "Oh Max, my gift to you, its up at the dorms, I'll leave it on your trunk, its not exactly something that would fit in your pockets..." unless he shrinks it of course.

And then he stood, slipping out of the chair then nearly ran headlong at Louisa, who seemed to have that purposeful walk towards... the dias? Although just when he though he avoided a collision something collided against him that nearly had him keeling over. Oh someone was hugging him? "Min? Hey thanks... of course we'll stay in touch. Oh and congratulations with the Quidditch win. That was one heckuva game." Indeed it was, even if it crushed the Ravenclaw spirit for a while there.

And he was off to the Lion's den....

Sorry Vick. <3
 

Max looked back and forth from Vivi to Vickers for a long while, giving Vivi's hand a supportive squeeze under the table throughout their exchange. When Vivi turned her attention back to him and Vickers left, Max raised his eyebrows in surprise, avoided awkward eye contact with him, and cleared his throat nervously. "Okay." So... Vivi probably didn't feel like talking about that, right? He should just pretend like nothing happened?

Probably. But Max gave Vivi's hand another encouraging squeeze before releasing her hand under the table to let her know he was there for her.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga (Post 11272385) SPOILER!!: Vickers, Louisa, Vivi, Max Minerva had made her way over to the claw table, of course she would get there at some point in time. By the looks of it, most of her little group was gathered there, so she needed to go over and at least say hi and sit with Ethan, but as she made her way over her eyes landed on Vickers and Louisa. She had never had a end of term feast bother her before, but she didn't know many seventh years until now. Was it odd that the seventh years weren't even in her house... Coming up behind them she let emotion take over and hugged Vickers and Louisa... "I..sorry.. should have warned you first." Letting go of them she smiled, "I just wanted to say how great it has been to have you both around and how much you have helped me. I'm going to miss both of you. I hope you can stay in touch." She then looked to Vivi and Max, she didn't know them as well and she was just kind of getting off the rocky road with Vivi, "Good Luck to you two as well. Max it will be weird not seeing you at Quidditch next term. Great season by the way. Vivi.. ummm your a great player as well. Good luck in whatever all of you are doing after Hogwarts." She gave a nervous smile, towards the girl. She had been slammed into and then her teammate helped throw Min off her broom, she felt like she should be keeping watch over her shoulder being this close, but they did apologize to each other, hopefully that was a good start.

Turning to Minerva, Max smiled and gave her a polite nod. "Thanks, Minerva. Good luck to you, too." He gave her a half-hearted wave and directed his attention back to Vivi.

...His... girlfriend? "Oh... no. You're not. I'm... staying here with you, if that's okay?" He anxiously glanced over his shoulder to Emmaleigh at the Hufflepuff table. She would be all right. Even though she would probably disagree with him, Max thought they were both better off soaking up their last moments with their housemates, not each other. At least... that's the way he preferred it.

"Err... right. Yeah. As I was saying..." Max looked from Vivi down to the box in front of her. "I didn't get you a gift, exactly. Erm... and it's a... birthday slash graduation slash general friendship present."

Inside the box was a little something he had made toward the end of the term. Originally it was intended for Emmaleigh, but... halfway through making it he decided this gift was actually much more suitable for Vivi. Perfect for her, actually. "Sorry that it's... really cheesy and... I just thought... I wanted you to have it, 'cause I think you're a star - at Quidditch, at being a role model, at being cool, just... at life. I made it at that... seminar thing. It's... a starfruit? You don't have to, y'know, wear it or anything," he shrugged timidly. "I just... wanted you to have it." He offered a bashful, weary grin.

Harvs, Tay, Damon, And Min
 

Ethan took to drumming his fingers on the table as he propped up his head with his other arm. He was feeling really awkward as he had obviously interrupted something between Taylor and Harvey, and he merely smiled in their direction when they returned his greeting. Trying not to intrude on their conversation, the boy's eyes drifted away from them and towards the other side of the table. Oh.. there were the Seventh Years.. He really wanted to make a point to say goodbye to Louisa and Vickers.. though they seemed to be engaged in their own conversation at the time.. definitely later though.

Ethan's eyes then wandered over to the Hufflepuff table. Oh there was Minerva.. He hadn't seen her walk in but he smiled at the sight of her at her table. He wondered if it would be alright to go over to see her, but wasn't sure if he should wait until after the speech and food was served. He wasn't sure about the rules of that sort of thing being his first feast here and all. Besides.. she was surrounded by friends right now, he'd give her some time then see her in a few.

And then his eyes snapped back to Taylor as he heard his name and he looked at the boy he was being introduced to. Damon..? That name sounded vaguely familiar.. "Good to meet you, Damon," he smiled and nodded to the Hufflepuff boy. Oh.. so they were allowed to sit at other tables?

Ethan glanced over at the Hufflepuff table again, thinking that maybe he would go sit with Minnie for a bit, but she was.. gone? Turning as he felt a hand on his shoulder, he grinned at the girl now sitting next to him. "I was just looking for you, actually.." Same wavelength or something. Nodding at her, he glanced to Damon again. "We just met actually." Nice to meet a few of her friends and be able to put names with faces. He vaguely listened to the conversation around him, happy to know that whatever drama he had originally walked into seemed to be faded now. At Minnie's last words he nodded and glanced over to the little group. "Sounds good to me," he said with a casual shrug. They all seemed cool enough.. he wouldn't mind hanging out with some of Min's friends along with her.

That was only incredibly embarrassing, and Vivi gave Max a half smile that said she was well aware of how it looked... and she couldn't explain it away. Whatever it was he thought, it was probably exactly true. She was being an idiot.

"I... erm... we've had a falling out. Sort of." That was woefully inadequate, but at least it opened the door if Max wanted to ask about things. Or not. She didn't mind.

She opened the present instead, and a lopsided grin appeared on her face as she held up the gift obviously made for her in the seminar class. It was very thoughtful... and very pretty, and Vivi put it on immediately. "Ravenclaw star, Quidditch star, you'll make my head go all big and puffed. I can't eat it, right?" Vivi pretended to put the necklace in her mouth before dropping it back down the front of her jumper.

"Thank you, Max. It's very thoughtful of you. My mother always says a homemade gift is invaluable, while a bought gift is worth only the value of the price tag." Which was ironic, because what she had for Max was purchased... but she'd put thought into it. "I actually have something for you, too... but it's not nearly as nice as this. I didn't make it." Her tone was all apologetic.

Harvey is in here too. and timelines are confusing...
 

Lily looked up when her name was called and noticed Tay waving at her. The third year barely picked up her hand to wave back. Right now she just wanted to eat away her misery so she would meet up with her buddy later on. The boy with her Harvey got a tiny wave too. Yeah... Hi to you too.

Vivi was nice. And Lily tried not to sob as much as the seventh year spoke to her. "Yeaaaaaah..." The third year stuttered as she nodded her head. "'Bye Vivi." She said before turning and seeing Vickers walking towards her.

Why did Vickers and Vivi and Louisa and all the others have to be graduating now? The little redhead sprinted up to Vickers and gave him a hug. "I'll...I'll miss you V...Vickers..." She said between sobs. She didn't want him to leave.



The redhead couldn't help but return Max's hug. Sure they hadn't really gotten to know each other but he was still an older claw. So Lily nodded in response to his comments. She would work hard in the coming years for all the seventh years who had left...and for Professor Vindi.



After moving off on her own, Lily just sat and sobbed until she felt a nudge. The third year turned her head so that she could see who had nudged her. Had she not been sobbing for the past few hours, she probably would have been happy to see Louisa, but she just couldn't manage a smile. "The only fairies are wizarding fairies." Said the little claw, moving her head from the table so that she could properly look at her older claw friend. Her mouth only slightly formed a smile as if to try to get Louisa to know that her response was somewhat of a joke.

The third year wanted to be happy with the head girl... who apparently needed to run and go do something. So Lily nodded to her about waiting and saving her seat before watching the older claw walk off, leaving the redhead alone again with her thoughts which led to more sobbing as she waited.

Oh. So... maybe she did want to talk about it? Max nodded in understanding and replied lightly, "I kind of gathered that. Do... you want to talk about it? It's okay if you don't - I mean, I'm... here for you if you do. I'd like to know what's been going on with you guys, but... I'll understand if you don't want to share." Did Vivi ever talk to people about things? Her feelings? She was pretty close with Selina and Kurumi, right? Maybe she had sufficient girl time with them. But... Selina was kind of tough to talk to, wasn't she...? So... maybe Vivi had talked to Kurumi...

...or maybe she hadn't. That concerned Max; he wanted her to be able to talk about things. She could trust him - he wasn't one to gossip. Even if he was, the term was virtually over, and soon there would be no one to tell anyway. But Max would wonder what had been going on with his yearmates, even after they graduated. He wasn't completely clueless and he had drawn his own assumptions, but... he would rather hear it straight from the source.

When Vivi opened the lid, he examined her face uneasily, but his grin matched hers as soon as it formed - and she was even putting it on! She... wasn't just humoring him, was she? She really liked it? "You deserve to have your head be puffed sometimes." His smile softened when she brought the star up to her mouth; his eyes glinted at her with pure admiration. And then it hit him how much he was going to miss Genevieve Branxton.

Her sense of humor, her spunk, her sass, her general brilliant demeanor... she was so unique, intriguing, and... he had never known anyone like her before.

And not knowing when he was going to see her again hurt.

Looking down so she wouldn't catch sight of his moistening eyes, the corners of his mouth turned upward once more as she thanked him. "You're welcome. Your mother is a wise woman." He felt the same way. That's why it was important for him to make something for Vivi, even if it was kind of corny. When she said she had something for him, too, he frowned up at her in confusion. "What? No!" he shook his head. "You didn't have to get me anything, Vivi." It wasn't his birthday. But... it was weird; as fondly as he thought of her, Max didn't really think Vivi retaliated the same fondness - and though he didn't think a present constituted a deeper level of friendship, he was still honored that she thought enough of him to get him anything at all.

moody..so sorry...
 

Sigh.

She was just a bit late for the feast...Elliot Morganzo..late for something...the world must be ending? Right? Well...meh.

She looked reeeeeeaaaally down as she plopped down at the table, not seeing anyone she particularly cared for...she did see Ethan, but he was busy talking to Minnie, and Elliot couldn't deal with her right now. She slipped in at the end of the table...eyeing the Gryffindor table a bit...she would go see him a bit...

When she wasn't feeling so sad.

And it wasn't even that she cared for the seventh years. Sure, she might..if she knew them well...but she didn't. So...yeah. Her sadness was NOT for them. She tapped her fingers on the tables...looking around for tea..or water...anything to keep her busy. Elliot sighed...again...loosening her tie and fixing it on her neck...

Tap tap tap...

She was tapping her fingers on the table still...looking at her lap, just...deep in thought...

Aurora left the Slytherin table very briefly as she saw Elliot enter the Great hall - not looking happy - and ran over to the Ravenclaws...

"Elliot!" she called, dodging past a few younger students to stand next to her. "I found this when I was packing. Thought I'd lost it... it might come in useful." She put a green notebook in front of Elliot. It was full of all the tips and lessons she'd learned in training after the accident. And it actually helped her a lot... maybe Elliot could use it.

"I... um... try looking through it. I... hope my handwriting isn't too terrible." she said with a small shrug. "Erm... Have a... an alright summer..." Well... Aurora wasn't exactly renowned for her eloquence. Them she leaned down and gavr Elliot a quick one armed hug before waving slightly and disappearing back to her own table.

He nodded as she laughed and stuck out her tongue "Well that is true.. ok.. you can.. but not too much!" he said nodding as she giggled and beamed at him "Yeah I guess it is cause then we get the chance to have that snowball fight!" he smiled as she laughed.. before she frowned at him talking about her mom.. he knew that he was not going to succeed in trying to convince her that it was a good thing in a way. He nodded and just smiled not saying anymore cause he didnt want to upset her. He then saw that Damon came over and asked if he could join before she hugged him and Harvey.. it was just a friendly hug! He then saw as she ruffled Damon's hair too before thanking him "Just doing what I do best Taylor" he smiled cause he was good at helping friends out and had never had trouble with girls snuggling him and him comforting them before... but this time it had been different.. but he was glad that it was over, at least he hoped so.



Harvey heard Mins voice and turned around.. and he glanced at Taylor and wondered what Mins would think now.. but her eyeing him told him everything and suddenly.. he wasnt feeling too good anymore.. not cause she was here.. cause he was VERY happy that she was here cause she was his best friend and knew him more than anyone else did.. well apart from Ella.. but him being with Taylor didnt help.. buthe didnt let it show and kept a smile on his face as she talked to Damon and introducing him to Ethan before she turned to him and giving him a look that he was hoping she wouldnt give him. Trust her to say that.. yeah this was the first time he hadnt made it there "W..well I.. I thought you would wanna spend this one feast with Ethan.. it being your first with him.. you know" he smiled a little "And.. I .. I wanted to let Ella hang out with her friends for a while before I came over there... thats all." he shook his head "No.. no I didnt feel like anything.. honest! Just wanted to let you hang out with others.. thats all" he said trying not to show how nervous he was about all of this.. cause he knew one word from Mins.. to Ella.. and it could all fall apart again. But he felt a little at ease as Minnie talked to Taylor with a smile well that was good for him, meaning she wouldnt mention this to Ella.. cause he had lots planned with her and he wanted it to be the best summer for Ella. He then listened as Taylor asked Ethan a question and smiled as Lily waved at him, he kept his ear open for Ethan's answer to Taylor's question

Vivi fiddled with the new necklace and considered how much of the truth to tell. "I got some... well, it seemed like good advice at the time, but I'm not sure now. But I got advice to confess... something to him." She nodded at where Vick had been sitting. "I think I just muddied things up between us, though. It was inappropriate of me."

But on to bigger and better things, right? Vivi shrugged and patted her pockets in search of the gift. It wasn't fancy and wrapped like his had been, but then it was more of a whim and less of an official gift. "I wanted to be sure you had this, considering what happened at the Quidditch Cup party. You might have it already..." But maybe not.

She laid a single card on the table in front of him, one of those Quidditch player cards everyone used to collect when they were little kids and that only serious fans continued to collect into adulthood. His mother's card. "You know what? I think you should take them up on their offer. I don't know if you want advice, but my opinion is that you shouldn't leave anything undone that you'll regret."

Elliot's head snapped towards the voice. Who was disturbing her-

OH.

Auroooora.

Right.

She managed somewhat of a shadow of a smirk and just looked at her like she was crazy...a book..she immediately took it and set it on her lap, running her fingers over the cover...it was a nice shade of green, too. She started flipping through..whoah. LOADS of tips and stuff...she actually looked very appreciative...

"T-thanks, Aurora!" she said, looking up at the redhead with serious eyes...and then Aurora gave Elliot a REALLY awkward hug, which Elliot didn't really return, and the blonde eyed the older snake all the way back to her table...

Yeah.

She felt...special. That was too strong a word, but she definitely felt nice. And no, not like mean-nice. Like...just content now. Like maybe her summer wouldn't be SO awful.

Well, it would, but Elliot was just a bit more optimistic right now...

Minerva smiled as he said he had met Damon, "Well good, I want you to meet my little group. Damon and I have been good friends since the end of my second term. He's a bit of a quiet one, but I think you'll get along well." She giggled and looked over at Damon. Awww he was looking for her, Minerva couldn't help but take his hand after he said that. "Well what can I say we think alike. After forcing you to follow me around at the Quidditch party, I figured it's all I could do was come to your neck of the woods here."

She then smiled as he agreed to hanging out with her friends this summer. Oh that would be wonderful a summer with friends and Ethan. So much better then last summer. "I really hope I get to stay in London, I miss my grandparents, but a summer with you and my friends sounds like a great plan." Now all she needed was news that she could stay in London.



Minerva tried to keep her cool with Taylor, she really did want to help fix their friendship after it got broken a bit with her cuddling logic, but seeing her crying as usual on Harvey and then hugging on Damon just sent something through her that she didn't like. Then there was the cold talking she did towards Min, that wasn't friendly well not very much. "Well I'm sorry you think you have to hide from Ari, but maybe it's best if you two just stay away from each other." and stay away from her boyfriend in the touchy hugging way. Giving her the best smile she could Minerva tried to be nice, "Well maybe you and Maxwell need to talk through it, but I guess you will have fun with Brodie." She then caught the smile she gave Ethan and even though Minerva knew there wasn't ever going to be anything there she couldn't help but glare. She warned Taylor to even try cuddling with him.. She then took a breath, what had gotten into her. She wasn't a jealous person, there was no reason for her to not trust Taylor, was there.



Minerva kept eyeing Harvey, but tired to smile as well. He knew his hair was in danger if he crossed a line. "Well it's not like you don't know any of Ella's friends they are pretty much your friends. You have been half puff since we got sorted Harvs." Minerva laughed remembering all the feast they had sat together at. "Well I'm hoping we will see each other this summer Harvs, hopefully we could all hangout together, Ella, you, Ethan, and I." Yes that would be fun.

Harvey smiled as she laughed and looked at Lily as well.. he wondered what that look was for but it disappeared the moment she talked about a fight "Yeah we will.. I promise we will have a snowball fight" he said smiling cause he knew how fun they were and he couldnt say no to one of those. He smiled "Well I am just glad I can help friends out thats all" he said as he saw her glance at Mins before talking to him again as she apologised "Its ok Taylor.. its over now its all be resolved.. we are just going to move on from that now." he said to her as he rememebered that bad time that he had not too long ago

He looked at her as she kept eyeing him knowing that he was in trouble if he didnt something wrong.. and he knew what would be the first to be punished.. oh boy! that was her favourite spell afterall, and he was ok with it seeing as he was her best friend and just wanted her to have fun even if was at his expense. He nodded "I know.. I know.. but after.. that thing.. I am sure not many of them will like me right now.." he said looking over at the puff table before looking back at Mins and chuckling at what she said, it was true.. he had been half puff which is why Ella had nicknamed him King Ravenpuff last term "Well that does explain why I get on well with puffs and my girlfriend and best friend are puffs. I just cant seem to stay away from you yellow badgers" he chuckled as he knew how true this was, before nodding "Yeah!! that.. that will be great! Sounds like a great idea Mins.. I hope so too!" he said now getting all excited at the fact that he would be able to hang out with all of them over the summer.

He was then surprised as Taylor talked to Mins about smiling and getting a glare or something.. before she talked about Ethan.. oh no!! this was not good! He then listened as she talked to Ethan before standing up and leaving the table something about real friends. But she had just said he was a true friend not long ago.. so she probably didnt mean him.. more others than him.

let's pretend ari showed up SECONDS before taylor left so that this works
 

Skip Skip Skipp.

Ariana Skipped over to the ravie table after richard ticked her off she needed to get away for a moment. She saw Damon was there and she hadn't seem him a lot this past weeks and she missed him like WHOA!

"hey Love." she said giving damon a kiss and sitting next to him "Min. Hai." IGNORES FOR TAYLOR and ohh.. who was this.. she eyed the boy.. a ravenclaw.. OHH was this.. THIS Ethan THE ETHAN that she heard soo much about.. maybe.. he WAS sitting next to Min so she assumed "what's going on over here anything interesting?" of course not.. she wasn't here earlier they we're probably soo bored.

Have no FEAR The party Girl Is here!

Damon's frown changed as Ariana sat next to him. He kissed her back and wrapped his arm around her, "Hello mon amour." Yep, already getting happier, "How're you?"

"how am i? i'm great now." sitting by you and all.. he wrapped his arm around her and she held his hand. heh. "so what's the topic of discussion?" she asked plainly.. cause this was boring. she didn't want to have to take her boyfriend and drag him off to her table cause her table was Fun.. err funny at least with rora & rich being jerks lolol

Minnie, Harvey, Taylor, Damon, Ari
 

Ethan glanced over at Damon as Minerva recounted their friendship and gave him a friendly smile. Sure, he seemed cool enough.. Nothing wrong with quiet, beats rude and obnoxious any day. He turned and gave Minnie a smile and chuckled a little. "Force me..? I was there because of you.." He wasn't so certain that he would have gone had it not been for her.. he didn't know anyone else on team and would probably have felt out of place. He was there to support her victory. "Anyway, I'm glad you came over," he said as he felt her hand in his. It would be nice if food came now too, because his hunger wasn't dying down.

Ethan shot a look to Harvey. Why did he seem so nervous talking to Minnie? He watched him curiously for a moment then grinned as he said he'd want to hang out too. Ethan was down with that.. he thought Harvey was pretty cool, actually.

Glancing over to Taylor as she addressed him, he returned her smile and said, "Oh.. I've been good, thanks. Just busy studying.. glad to see that come to an end." He chuckled a bit, then added., "Sorry you haven't been feeling well tough.." He had caught her saying something to Min about being ill. And then his eyes widened as she laid into Minnie. Glare? Interested? Ethan had no clue what was going on right then and it took him a moment to find his voice. "Um.. right.." he replied, a bit out of sorts as Taylor spoke to him again. Watching her as she stormed off, he turned to Minnie and said, "..what just happened?" She wasn't jealous, was she? Not that he'd ever give Taylor a second glance, he did kinda like that Min was that protective over him..

He gave her hand a gentle squeeze and looked up as another person joined their part of the table. A Slytherin girl.. Damon's girlfriend by the looks of it. "Hello.." he said, giving the girl a friendly smile. "I'm Ethan.." Oh and she was a friend of Minnie's too?

Taylor, Harvs, Ethan, Damon, Ariana
 

Minerva watched Taylor's little outburst and just laughed. She hated that their friendship wasn't great anymore, but she wasn't dealing with her little two year old tantrums anymore. The girl always had something wrong that she was crying about, maybe that was her issue. She needed not to let things bother her so much and just be happy. Then maybe people could handle being around her without thinking she was just being a flirt or trying to take someones boyfriend. Did she really think she was tricking anyone with the real friends comment, her real friends were all sitting here. Well the ones she hadn't ticked off at least.

Sighing Minerva looked at Ethan, "Long story, she has not been getting along well with a few of my friends, because she thinks its appropriate to hug and cuddle with their boyfriends. So Taylor and I haven't been seeing eye to eye. I guess I maybe went a little far, but I just don't trust her." She looked at Ethan and gave a weak smile, "I trust you.. Just not her." Squeezing his hand again she wanted off the Taylor topic and she needed to let her temper settle down.

Minerva then turned her attention back to Harvey, "Well maybe you should keep you distance from that thing and people wouldn't get mad at you as easily." Yes Harvey that was her advice, stay way from the problem and you won't have a fight on your hands. Trying to focus on other things Minerva smiled at the thought of the four of them hanging out. "Yes we are going to plan on hanging out.. That would be great."

Smiling at Damon she was happy that he was being social, she knew she was pushy about it, but she loved her friends and they should all be together, even if one was being a bit of a brat "I'm doing pretty well Damon. So have you talked to Puck about camping?" Yes this though excited her.. Of course it did, she loved hanging out with Puck, he was so much fun. "What big plans do you have for the summer? Some of it better be spent with me if I'm going to be at your girlfriends house." She chuckled and speaking of the devil Ariana walked over and sat down. Giggling to herself seeing the look Ariana was giving Minerva leaned over to Ethan. "Don't to worry you, but your biggest threat for needing approval just walked over." Minerva gave him a little wink and then turned, "Ethan this is my best friend, Ariana Logan. Ariana this is Ethan." Yes, Ari the Ethan you have heard so much, maybe even to much about..

Mmmmmhmmmm. Max heard you loud and clear, Vivi. Or, at least, his prior assumptions matched up with the vagueness of her comments, so Max gave her a few nods as she explained the confession, the... muddling of things between her and Vickers. "I'm sorry it happened that way," he frowned. "I... don't mean to act like I know how you feel or know exactly what you're going through," though he wanted to TRY to help, "but it's okay to feel the way you do. Hear me out. Sometimes..." He paused thoughtfully. "I think sometimes in life we'll all end up facing a trial that doesn't make sense or seems unfair - when we want something and we deserve that something, even, but... we can't have it no matter how seemingly perfect it would be, in our minds, to have that something." Was he making sense? He wasn't sure. Had he even just made a good point? He wasn't sure about that either. But he continued along, not wanting Vivi to cut him off in any sort of protest.

"It's not fair and it's not kind for the world to be that way. You'd think the best people would, by nature, get handed the best things or the best situations... but... unfortunately, sometimes the people who deserve the best get slighted." He gave her a sad, knowing look. "I think you just have to... try not to... dwell... on whatever's going on. It sounds to me like a really bizarre, confusing situation in general. Sometimes there's not a right or wrong way to go about handling something like that. Sometimes, either way, whatever you end up doing, you... end up hurt." Max shifted slightly where he sat and folded his hands in front of him on the table. He searched Vivi's eyes for some level of understanding(rather than anger) from her. "But everything will be okay in the end. I... believe in you and... we're off to bigger and better things soon and you're going to be a hero to the world! Just like your mum."

He was a nervous rambler, and suddenly he acknowledged the fact that his thoughts were all jumbled and he kept spouting random bits of encouragement; his cheeks flushed with embarrassment. Perhaps his rambling would be more meaningful if he offered some backstory, he thought? Max hesitated before adding slowly, "...I've been in your situation. She picked him over me - not Em, my best friend Ellie Stone - and... it didn't seem right or... fair. Why not me, y'know?" His eyes fell over Vivi's features carefully, trying to tread lightly but also show her that he was very strongly sympathizing with her - and that she was not alone. "And though there were some rough patches... and it hurt to see them together..." his voice was very low, "...I thought, wasn't it better to be able to be friends with her than to not have contact with her at all? Wouldn't it be better to hurt and have friendship than hurt and... not have the friendship?"

Max worried that he was a bit too late with this last bit of advice. If Vivi had 'muddled' things and Vickers was needing to demand Vivi's attention... she had probably tried to protect her feelings by pushing them away, hadn't she? "You can do whatever you want and I know you're not me - you can handle yourself just fine - but... I don't want you to end up regretting anything." Okay. He was done. He turned his gaze down to his folded hands in front of him, nervously awaiting a potential lash-out from the girl sitting next to him.

...

When Vivi slid the card in front of him, Max blinked down at it, his expression blank. He breathed slowly, then leaned into the table and peered closer at the card. That was his mother from... ten years ago? A smile spread across his face gradually as he examined her broomstick, her blue robes, the Appleby Arrows' symbol on the robes... and how utterly elated she looked.

"'You shouldn't leave anything undone that you'll regret'," he echoed aloud after a moment, a big grin on his face directed at Vivi. "I like that." He paused. Was that good advice for herself, too? Hmm... he wasn't sure that he wanted to directly point that out. He continued to smile down at the card for a long while, reflecting on everything it meant to him - as the woman in the card's son, as a prospective player for the same team, and... where did Vivi even get the card? Had she just had it lying in a collection of some sort? Whatever the case, he couldn't have been more thankful. "This is the best present..." he struggled to find the words and took Vivi's hand in his for emphasis. "It means a lot to me, this does," he said, poking the card with the pointer finger of his other hand. "Thank you, Vivi. I have been thinking about it a lot..." He glanced down at the card in front of him before looking back up at Vivi and asking, "Would you come to one of my games?" That was a big deciding factor, of course. Heh.

for anyone else too ^.^
 

Her first instinct was to jump and try to untangle whoever was trying to KILL? tackle her but when the girl spoke, Louisa let out a sigh of relief and wrapped her arms around the younger Puff. "It's alright." The older girl forced a chuckle but her smile was genuine. "I'm glad we got to talk and know each other more too. I really like your energy." She pulled away and sniffed once. "I'm going to definitely expect you to tell me about your later adventures! I wouldn't want to miss a thing." Another hug, this time it was slower and more intimate before releasing the girl and heading for the staff table... sniffing.

Lily was still crying? Aww! Louisa did not know how to make people stop shedding tears! She thought sentimental words would only make it worse. She slid on the seat next to the younger 'claw and let her arm snake around her shoulders, "Stop crying, please? For me?" Because SHE was going to start crying TOO. That was exactly the thing Louisa was keeping under control and refusing to let herself be this emotional in front of the whole school.

"I'm going to write, okay? And we still have summer! We'll go out, have ice cream or whatever you want." She offered helpfully. "I bet you write long letters like I do."

Louisa sighed faintly and started looking around, actually acknowledging where she was seated. Vickers was not around yet, was he still at the door? She felt the necklace heavier around her neck. Then there was Max and Vivi somewhere on the opposite side of the table. Then Ethan, her hairstyler hehe, and Harvey. The rude girl that hates candy and Taylor. Others not from the house but Louisa knew their faces without attaching names to them.

She suddenly felt tired. And sleepy. So she sagged on her spot and started to play with the spoon.

He felt Ethan looking at him but he wondered whether Ethan knew about everything that had gone on, and was actually kinda grateful that he asked Minnie and she had explained it to him in short. He then listened to Mins as she talked to him, he did not approve of this but with things still unstable he didnt say anything on that cause he knew that one wrong thing and Minnie would get upset and she might just spill to Ella, and that was the LAST thing he wanted right now. Wasnt almost losing her last time enough? He just nodded "Ok.. I may do.. sometimes. Your point has been noted" he said to her before he smiled and nodded "Well of course its going to be great! You always come up with the great ideas!" he chuckled and just as Harvey looked at Ethan he saw him grin, so the boy wanted to hang out with him too?! Well that will be fun! "Two cool claw boys and their two awesome puff girls hanging out.. what could be more fun than that?!" he chuckled "Not much else I think.. there might not be nothing more fun than that, unless I am hanging out with Ella as I have planned.. in which case sorry.. that becomes more fun" he chuckled as he thought about all the plans they had made together,, camping and adventures and such! He then watched as Ariana came over and talked to Minnie and Ethan, he hadnt seen her in a while but he had to say she seemed very happy.. a complete change from the first day he met her.

short replies cause getting ready for workk
 

Yes Yes I am THE Great Ariana Logan at your serviceee. *snort* Ariana was a bit too excited about summer already. she eyed the boy, EYYEEED him.. should he feel intimated? YES very much so. "Pleasure to finally meet the famous ethan i keep hearing about." a LOT about. Ariana didn't mind hearing about him really and she was happy Min was as happy as she was. "so tell me about yourself a bit ethan." oh yes let the grilling begin! especially since Min was staying with Ariana this summer she wasn't just going to let some guy come over and hang out before she grilled him really..

oh more eyes on ariana. go on watch me all you want... "HELLO!" person whoo's name i dont remember but HI "excited for summer?" yes and DONT get use to this niceness people. the girl is just excited for summer.

"oh that's good.. that you just got here." and then Slight frowwwnnn She completly forgot he was going to be gone like ALLLLL Of June... BOOOOOOO But she'd have min to hang out with and ethan she supposed. maybe she could Take Hudson's offer up and go hang out with her or someone with min hung out with ethan some days. she knew of anyone couples needed their alone time and all.

A bit of Harvs too! ^-^
 

Ameliah finally decided to walk beck to her own table after hanging out so long with Adam. Gosh, she hadn't seen him in ages! She had gotten bored with his persistence that Ronnie be the subject. but she was still excited for them.

As she neared the table, she grinned at a familiar blonde head. "Hey, Taylor!" she exclaimed, hugging the fellow Claw. And Minnie was here too! Gah, how long did I spend with the Snakes? A big grin and hug to Minnie as well before she sat next to her sister. Ameliah also noticed a guy sitting next to her... probably the famous Ethan, but she would wait to introduce herself. Her smile faltered as she noticed Harvey out of the corner of her eye. "Watson," she greeted him cooly before she turned back to the others.

"So Taylor, last day, huh?" There was a hidden sad tone to her voice.

Mick came by to the Ravenclaw table, in a very slow pace. He still didn't think that this was the right thing to do, he didn't mind the idea of trying to get everyone to settle their differences. But everyone, apparently, doesn't want that and it left him with no choice but to tell Elliot that they can't talk to each other anymore. Maybe he wants to prolong this decision, maybe he doesn't want to do it; because when he got close enough to the table, he didn't stop. He just kept on walking, beginning to circle all four tables.

Great! Now I look weird. As he walked around the Great Hall, he tried to think of any medical reason why he can do this another time. Like, on the train ride home or something. Then he questioned why he's even doing this at all and if he could just simply ignore her at all costs, but avoiding her might make things worse. Mick wished that his father or Aunt Ana was with him, then he could ask them what he should do. Wait a minute - they might tell me the same thing, 'do what you think is right'. I don't know what's right.

The second time he came by the Ravenclaw table, he went passed it again. It occured to him that Sophie and Laura might be talking about him, talking about why he's circling the room like a maniac. Feeling really insecure about what people may be saying about him, he turned around and went back to the Ravenclaw table and headed towards Miss Morganzo. "Hi Elliot -" Mick stopped and realized his reason to avoid this conversation was right in front of him. It appears that she's talking to someone. "I'm sorry, I'm obviously interrupting -" and his sentence dropped again. He started to think that if he cops out, nothing will get resolved. "Aahhhhhhhhhh...Why are you mean to Laura and Sophie and nice to me?" It all just spilled out, without any beforehand thinking.

I'm so stupid!

slightly different timelines, I think..
 

Ethan listened carefully as Minerva tried to explain just what was going on with Taylor. Well, that was a bit surprising to him.. He didn't really think Taylor was the type of girl to cause relationship problems for other people, but he supposed he didn't know her all that well either. At any rate, even he knew it was not acceptable for a girl to cuddle another's boyfriend.. besides, didn't she say she had her own boyfriend? Ethan wasn't sure any boy would be too pleased to know that was going on. Too far? "Oh.. I don't think you did anything wrong," he said with a small smile to Minnie (though he hadn't seen the glare). At least not anything that he saw to make the other girl storm off like she did. Stroking the back of her hand with his thumb, he gave her a reassuring smile as she mentioned trust. "You have nothing to worry about." He had no intention of going anywhere.

He vaguely watched the exchange between Minnie and Harvey. She seemed a bit annoyed with him.. Oh. Was he one of the boyfriends that Min just mentioned? Ethan was beginning to think that as he had walked into Taylor hugging on the boy when he had first come over.Maybe that was why he had seemed so nervous.. But as it wasn't really his business and it seemed to be behind them for the time being, Ethan didn't comment, instead chuckled along with Harvey as he discussed their Ravenpuff relationships. "Yeah, I think it'll be fun.." Might be good to get to know his housemate a bit better.. and summer sounded like a good time to do that. "Do you live close by, Harvs?" He figured he probably did.. most who went here seemed to be British, but not all so he wouldn't assume.

The boy turned back to Minerva as she spoke to him again. Biggest threat for needing approval.. No pressure there.. heh. Oh so this was the best friend.. Giving the girl a smile as she spoke, Ethan said, "Good to finally meet you, Ariana.. I've heard a lot about you as well." And she wanted to know about him? Ethan struggled with such a vague question when asked.. where did one begin? "Um.. I'm sure you don't want my whole life story, so I'll just try to give you the condensed version.." he started with a chuckle. "Grew up in Germany, spent the last four years before coming here at Beauxbatons, only child.. um.. oh, and in my spare time I like to ski the Alps, visit the beaches of South France, and experiment with botanical cross-species.." That about summed it up.. though he sorta felt like he was on a job interview. Eh.. it kinda went with the territory though, right? Sort of a best friend's job to check out the guy she's dating. "Anything else you'd like to know?" He wasn't sure if she was looking for something more specific..

And another to join their group? Ethan did not know this girl, even though she was dressed in his house colors. She seemed to know the rest of them though, even if she did not seem to be a friend of Harvey's.. "Hello there.." he greeted the girl with a friendly smile.

As the group talked amongst themselves, Ethan noticed the Head Girl sitting a bit glumly at their table. Giving Minnie a kiss on the cheek, Ethan got up from his seat. "I'll be right back.. I need to say good-bye to Louisa." And Vickers too, but he didn't notice him sitting at their table right then. But he could not let them leave without saying something to them.. and he was afraid if he waited any longer he would miss his chance.

As he walked towards her, the boy noticed Mick and Elliot at the other end of the table. And neither of them looked very happy. He watched for a moment, somewhat concerned, then gave them a little wave before turning back to his Prefect. He wasn't sure what was going on between the two of them, but wasn't sure he should butt in right then either. At the very least, he'd talk to Mick later.. just to make sure he was ok.

"Hey, Louisa.." he started as he stood next to her seat. "I just.." Ok.. words were starting to fail him here, what exactly was he trying to say? Taking a deep breath, the boy started again. "I wanted to tell you what a great Head Girl I thought you were.. You're really smart and were a great leader." Yes, he really looked up to the Seventh Year. "I'm glad you were a Ravenclaw.. and even though this was my first year here, I'm.. I'm going to miss you being here next year." Hopefully that wasn't too awkward.. though the boy felt a little awkward to be all sentimental. Had to be said though.

Louisa, and a little Max & Vivi
 

Spike arrived at the Ravenclaw table looking like he should be headed to the greenhouses rather than the end of term feast. Balanced carefully on one hip was a tray containing a four blue ceramic flowerpots. He'd even gone to the length of putting a bronze ribbon bow around them. Pausing a moment to glance along the Claws present, he gave a wave to Max and Vivi. He wouldn't disturb them just yet, but did need to see them before the end of the feast.

For now though, he headed to the space opposite Louisa. He gave the Head Girl a smile as he placed the tray of pots on the table, though it fell slightly as he noted her expression. She seemed...almost disconnected. Not emotional, like some others in past that he'd known, nor excited to be moving on. Just kinda there. "Want some company?" he asked warmly.

different timeliiiines :3
 

Her gaze was fixated on the spoon drumming gently against the wooden table, a lot was going on in her head and yet nothing was making sense at all. She forced herself not to get to those parts where she'd get emotional and tear up or too frustrated and start throwing... utensils at people. There was the two necklaces that meant almost the same thing wrapped around her neck, and the letter from Joao and then this whole leaving everyone behind business that never occurred to her as a big deal before.

She spotted someone approaching by the corner of her eye and turned her head to the side to see Ethan sliding on the bench next to her. He seemed to have prepared his words carefully by the determined look on his face and Louisa gave him a small smile, "Hi Ethan." She put down the spook and folded her hands, still resting her elbows on the edge of the table as she listened to him.

As if she needed one more reason to go all mushy feely and teary eyes. Without thinking about what she was doing, she engulfed Ethan with a squeezing one-arm-around-the-neck hug. "Merlin, Ethan, my mascara will run." She joked, half-heartedly after pulling away and sniffing. It was a lie too, she wasn't wearing mascara. "That makes me really proud of all of you, guys. I believe we worked together pretty awesomely this term and I got to know very talented students." She bumped his shoulder gently and widened her smile. "I'm not dying though, okay? We'll keep in touch. I demand letters." She looked into his eyes seriously, "If I don't get one every couple weeks I'll send a howler." Another serious joke, hehe.

She was staring straight ahead at the table standing nearest to theirs when Spike claimed the spot opposite her. Louisa quickly averted her eyes away from whoever caught her attention and moved closer to her co-Prefect. "Oh yes, please." She sighed and smiled at him. He was the perfect company right now 1) he wasn't a boyfriend that was hiding something from her 2) he wasn't a dormmate that tried to leave on 'good terms' for inexplicable reasons and 3) he wasn't wearing a brooch which kind of started to become a bad sign to her.

"What a year, huh?" Her head leaned on her hand as her other arm hugged the plate in front of her. "Poltergeists, ghosts, man-eating plants and sleeping on floor. I sure didn't expect it to be this adventurous." She let out a weak chuckle, not really reaching her eyes.

If Max wanted to give Vivi a little perspective, he was speaking her language. In spite of her upbringing, Vivi hadn't always had an easy time of things, what with the kidnapping as a toddler, growing up with a loving but absent mother, and being separated from her twin for schooling. Still, she could see that there was very little she'd ever had to struggle for, and nothing that had ever been denied her, other than the schooling thing. Maybe Max had a point, and this was some cosmic lesson or justice or... maybe everyone had their mountain to climb, and she didn't know how to handle hers because this was her first mountain.

"Maybe," Vivi finally replied quietly. "I wanted to do the right thing, but I guess I don't get the final say in what that is. We're all in this together." She huddled closer to Max and rested her cheek very briefly against his shoulder. He was a comfort, sitting there beside her. "I keep hurting him, though... and now I"m hurting Louisa. Look at her. I did that. I thought distance would help them, but it hurts them too. I don't know how to fix this." She wibbled a bit before steadying herself. She made it sound all very generous, but the distance was for her sake too. Maybe mostly her sake. "How did you get over it?" she whispered.

She dashed her hands across her eyes just in case they were wet and smiled at Max's genuine excitement over his gift. "You're welcome. And you're a big idiot if you think I wouldn't come to every single game. I think the thing I'll hate most about leaving is that my Quidditch days are behind me, unless I can get into some recreational league with old guys reliving their glory days." She propped her chin on her fist and shook her head at him in disbelief. Duh... as if she wouldn't love bragging to the fans in the stands that she knew the fabulous and adorable Keeper.

Minerva let her glaring ease up on Harvey not that Taylor was gone and he understood what the problem was. "I'm just looking out for you, you know. Your one of my closest friends and have been since my first day here. So I just don't want to see screw things up for a stupid reason." She then smiled as Harvey said such nice things about her and Ella. "Well I know two claw boys that are just as great." This summer seemed to have many exciting things to look forward to. "Well hopefully I will know soon if I'm staying in London or if I will be in the States. Then the rest of the plans can unfold."



Minerva couldn't help but glare a bit at Damon as he made Taylor's little episode out to be nothing. "She got mad because I called her out on always having something wrong with her and the need to cry and hug on other people's boyfriends." Yes, Min wasn't afraid to say what really happened. Then she looked at Damon, "Well if I'm around, I'm in.. It will be fun, celebrating your birthday and camping. What do you want for your birthday this year?" Of course she was going to get him something, so why not ask to get what he might want. She ignored the college talk, she was tired of hearing him talk about colleges, she still had a year with her friend, she didn't want to even think about him leaving after next term. No.. she refused to think about it at the moment.

Then Ariana started on Ethan, oh this might be interesting, but Ari better be nice, she knew how much Min liked Ethan. She knew probably a bit to much on how Min felt. So not to bad.. she was being nice, gold star for Ariana. She would have to remember to tell Ethan what happened the first time she met Ariana. That was always an interesting story, but they were best friends now so it didn't matter anymore. She listened as Ethan told about himself and she gave his hand a gentle squeeze reassuring him that he did an awesome job with her friend. "So Ethan if I do end up with an internship I am going to be staying at Ari's house all summer. It is going to be a blast, isn't it Ariana." She couldn't wait to see Rowan's face as she came through the door, but she couldn't wait to spend the summer with her best friend.



Minerva then was getting hugged by someone, oh it was Am, "Hey Am, how are you? Happy term is over?" Minerva saw how she greeted Harvey and rolled her eyes, "Did you ever get an answer from that letter about how things ended..." She didn't say exactly what she was talking about but knew Am would know. "Oh hey, Am this is Ethan, Ethan this is another friend Am." Yes, Min had many friends and hoped she didn't overwhelm Ethan with all of them.

Harvey smiled and gave her a small wave "Hi Ariana" he said as she said hi to him first.. and he nodded "Yup! I am excited for it.. and I am guessing that you are excited too? " he asked her knowing that she would probably spend as much time as she could with Damon.



He then heard someone call out Taylor's name as he looked round he saw it was Ameliah that hugged Taylor.. before hugging Mins as well and sat down next to Taylor. He then looked down as she said his name.. he looked at her and gave her a nod "Ameliah" that was all.. did more need to be said? Nope! he didnt think so, he then looked elsewhere apart from there. This was the first time that he and an ex-girlfriend were like this, usually they were still on friendly terms. He and Mins were best friends, he and Ronnie were still friends. But things had gone down leading to this.



Harvey smiled as Ethan agreed with him that it would be fun, he didnt think of Ethan as being a fun guy but then again he was dating Minnie so that said it all. Meaning that usually girls that loved to have fun usually found a guy that did as well. Plus being both claws it was good for house unity to get to know each other and get on with everyone. He looked at Ethan as he asked Harvey a question, Harvey nodded "Yeah I do.. well.. close by to Kings Cross Station.. not near here.. this is too far from where I live." he said.. cause Scotland was very far from Kings Cross..he often wondered why Kings Cross had been chosen as the station to gather at for the train. "Where do you live?" he asked him as a way of getting to know him now.. since they would probably hang out quite a bit since they all knew Mins, both the boys and Ella.



He noticed that she wasnt glaring as much which he was grateful for, since for some reason her glaring got him all nervous sometimes that he just messed things up more. He nodded "I know Mins, you always have looked out for me." he nodded some more "Yeah.. and you are mine." he knew what that reason was "I will try my hardest not to screw anything up.. I promise" and if he did.. he would Mins every right to yell at him and scream at him too. He tried to look all innocent as she talked about him and Ethan as being great "Well I know you are talking about Ethan there.. who is the other claw boy?" he asked jokingly even though he knew that she was talking about him. He just couldnt wait for the summer to arrive and for them all to hang out "Thats cool.. and yes I agree we will plan more hang outs and things once you know Mins" he said smiling wondering what sort of things she had planned for them to do when they hung out.

>__<
 

Elliot was still flipping through Aurora's book...trying to see if she had any tips on becoming an Occlumency EXPERT in less than a week...

Ugh.

So far she found NOTHING...like that. But she did appreciate it. She lifted her glass to her lips, taking a deep sip of water--since, apparently, the tea was NOWHERE to be found--and lifted her eyes at the sound of approaching human presence.

Meh.

It was Mick! Elliot's managed a small grin as he said her name...but he looked off. She tilted her head to the side curiously...wondering WHY he was acting so weird...she opened her mouth to ASK him so when he dropped THAT bomb..

*BLINK*

Elliot just stared at him for a few seconds...Uh...what? She finally got her voice..."Because I like you... and don't like...them." I mean..isn't that sort of...obvious? Because...when you like someone, you're nice to them. And quite the opposite when you don't..she was staring at him quizzically...because it seemed so obvious...

Metion of Ethan and Minnie
 

"Of course you did," Max nodded sympathetically. "And sometimes there isn't a 'right' thing to do. You just kind of had to... take a leap one way or the other and hope for the best." And it seemed that Vivi had not taken the most beneficial leap in terms of her own happiness. The girl looked miserable regarding the topic at hand - and so did the other two Ravenclaw seventh years, Max had noticed. Even though she had caused much of their current dismay, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Vivi. "I know you thought you were making the right choice. But... if it doesn't feel like the right choice now... I don't think you're completely out of luck. Someone still wants to be your friend," he reminded her, nodding his head over at the unopened gift in front of her. "It looks to me like it might just be a... pride thing now. I can't imagine it could be easy to fix this," he stated honestly and gently added, "but often times... the right thing to do isn't always the easiest thing to do."

How did he get over it? Get... over Ellie? Ha. "Time," Max said quietly, looking down at the table in front of him. Six years worth of it, to be exact. But... she didn't quite need to hear that; it wouldn't have helped the situation much. Luckily, Vivi seemed much more emotionally stable and less... clingy than he was. He had been captivated by the power of love; he didn't know how far Vivi's affections for Vickers had gone, but he had a feeling that she would recover faster than he had.

"Time was the biggest healer. And... the realization that there were other fish in the sea. I think... maybe... there are a number of people we're truly compatible with and we'd be good with in a relationship; the kind of people we're immediately drawn to upon meeting them, personalities click perfectly, and you know you want that person to be a part of the rest of your life." His brows slowly began to furrow as he spoke, questioning his relationship with Em for the first time. "But... most of those people will end up as good friends, but there's ultimately one person that will truly captivate our minds and souls, y'know? And I don't think we know who that person is right away. How do we weed out 'the one' from all the other compatible ones?" He was thinking aloud now; he frowned at Vivi, confused by his own rambling. "Maybe 'time' is the answer there, too. Maybe... time is what heals us when someone is captivated by someone else, but also what shows us who captivates us enough to fall head over heels... who is the one."

Max paused for a long moment and rested his hand on Vivi's in a subtle attempt to console her. He would have rather given her a big hug, but he wasn't sure that she would have liked him to draw attention to the mood of the conversation they were having. Perhaps onlookers would just think they were sad to be graduating, but... Max didn't want Vickers or Louisa to think they were talking about them.

Even though they kind of were.

"So... maybe... graduating right now is a good thing. I do think it would be in your best interest to initiate some sort of... mending of your relationships with them before we get off the express tomorrow?" He raised his eyebrows cautiously, still trying to tread lightly. "That way, you'll at least not feel guilty for cutting off any sort of contact... and there'll be no loose ends... and you'll have the summer to do as you please."

Max observed Vivi for another long moment, allowing his gaze to fall over her fair features before removing his hand from hers and continuing. "The literal distance between you and Vickers could be good for both of you," he suggested softly. "You'll have time to gather your thoughts properly without being confronted with his face every day anymore. You'll find new adventures soon enough, new things that'll consume your mind - like your pursuit of becoming an Auror. You'll meet new people, perhaps some others to add to the 'lifelong friends' list of guys you could see yourself with, but may ultimately realize are more suitable to just be friends with." Another thing that time often revealed. "You don't have to forget about him or stop all contact with him. I know it's easier said than done, but... just... try to let time lead things one way or another. Just..." he shrugged, "take life as it comes."

...A big idiot? He chuckled at her reply and tried to lessen the smile that threatened to spread across his entire face. She would really come to his games? She wanted to support him? His grin softening, Max did twist his body to give her a big hug this time. "Thank you, Vivi. I'm... glad to know both that you support this idea and you'd come cheer me on." He pulled away, pure appreciation and admiration gleaming in his chestnut eyes. "I... think I want to do it." Em's not gonna like it, though, he wanted to add, but... he had no desire to bring his problems to the table today. "I think this card was the push I needed," he said, picking up his mother's card from the table and peering at it once more with a soft smile.

And then he started to chuckle once more. "Y'know what I just realized? We both want to be like our mothers."

When Louisa came back over, Lily allowed herself to lean towards her older claw friend. She really wanted to be happy, but it was hard when she was going to be losing her mentor/friend/older sister. So she tried to dry her eyes when the head girl asked. Every now and again, her eyes would leak a couple of tears, but the third year would wipe them away as soon as they fell.

"Are you gonna go to a university?" She asked, purposely avoiding looking up at the seventh year because she knew if she did more tears would start up. "Because I think you should go to a university..... but one where you can come visit me in Hogsmeade." Even if she had to apparate to get there...

As for the letters, Lily's personal opinion was that there would be a ton of letters all the time. And with the idea of hanging out in the summer, the third year definitely wanted to do that whenever Benjy and her parents would allow it. "Will you take me shopping for next year's supplies over the summer?" Yep, true Ravenclaw at heart always thinking of her next exam or chance to study.

Lily didn't want Louisa to ever leave, but knew that eventually she would need to, so as her older claw friend was looking around at the other people in the great hall, the little redhead slipped out from next to the head girl and scooted out of the great hall quickly so that she could go get something, leaving only her best quill sitting on the bench beside Louisa.

Vivi had never been one of those sighsighsighsoulmaaaaaaates type girls, so what Max was saying made perfect sense to her. It didn't in light of the way he and the Hufflepuff ooey gooeyed on each other, but for Vivi and her world view, it totally worked. She nodded along as he spoke, and when he pulled her into a hug, she snuggled up next to him. "I told him I'd talk to him. I'm more worried about Louisa right now, to be honest. She has all these... half things she thinks she knows but doesn't know and Vick hasn't told her and so..."

She pressed her face to his shoulder before sitting upright again. Enough of this maudlin behavior. She wasn't a sulker, and she wasn't broken, and MERLIN if the worst thing that ever happened in her life was that some boy didn't like her back, then she was the luckiest girl ever. "I have plenty of time and plenty of space, and, Max... I have plenty of will, too. If I want to get over this, then I'm already almost over it." That was how it was with this Branxton girl. Decide it. Do it. In theory, at least.

"Noooow then. Tryouts? I'm coming to tryouts. I have a very boring summer planned until I hear back about YATI. I have an Arrows hat, I think. I mean, granted, it's a beanie from when I was five, but I'll wear the heck of that thing." She patted Max's arm again. She was okay. "Will you keep Louisa company while I talk to Vickers?"

Louisa and Spike, too. :)
 

Hmm. Talking was good progress. Max looked down at the gift in front of Vivi, wondering what in the world Vickers could have given her that wouldn't lead her on or toy with her emotions. Knowing Vickers, he was probably going to end up doing one of those things unintentionally. "That's a tough situation to be in," he remarked on the matter of Louisa. Of course she was going to jump to conclusions, especially if her own boyfriend wasn't communicating any of the real issues to her. "Louisa's tough, though. I... think she'll be okay," he said softly, glancing over at the Head Girl before giving Vivi a small smile of reassurance.

When Vivi pulled away from him, he gave her a timid smile; the smile broadened at her determination. He offered a knowing nod as he agreed, "I believe you, Vivi, and IN you. I know you'll be okay. And if you're ever not or you need someone to confide in, you can always owl me, all right?"

...As much as he appreciated her support, he did NOT want her at any of his trainings or practices early on. What if he ended up not truly making the team? What if he missed too many blocks? What if the team hated him? ...All right, he knew that one wasn't too likely; he knew most of the players already. But... "Err, I guess you can. Don't yell at me from the stands if I mess something up, though." Small grin. Would she REALLY wear a kid-sized beanie for him, too? "Thanks, Vivi. Go ahead. I needed to talk to her anyway," he nodded, rising off the bench and carefully kicking his legs over the side, one after the other. She was brave to go face Vickers head-on, wasn't she? Max probably would have stayed far away in shame. "Good luck, bud. It'll be okay," he rubbed her shoulder encouragingly, offered one last smile, picked up his mother's card, then headed down the length of the table toward Louisa.

When he reached her, he found Spike sitting opposite her. Without inquiring if the seat was saved for anyone, Max smiled at them, made himself comfortable next to Spike on the bench, and let Vivi's gift rest in between them. "Hey guys. How are you doing?" He was asking both of them, but his eyes were locked with Louisa's. You okay, bud?

Ari, Min, Ethan, and Belle
 

...And a little shout out to Ethan as well
 

It was that simple, huh? Mick recieved a simple answer and yet it didn't make things on his end any better. He felt like he was being watched. He looked around nervously, and saw Ethan waving at him. In return, he waved back and mouthed a little 'hey'. Then he eyed the Hufflepuff table and waved at Laura and her friends, trying to appear as calm as possible. Obviously, he wasn't calm. You like me? Like me how? Why me? I mean, I know I'm likeable - YOU LIKE ME?! Isn't Laura and Sophie as likeable as me, I think so - she likes me...

The thought of it made it harder for Mick than it seemed five minutes ago, he couldn't fathom how or why everything became so complicated. Maybe this is meant to be. Who knows...Mick sure wish he did know. "Ellie, you can't like me. I can't like you," he said in a low voice that only she can hear. "We can't be friends or talk to each other a-a-anymore."

Ugh! I'm sorry.

What would his father have told him to do, instead of this? Again, who knows? Michael A. DeLarge was alone on this one, but he reminded himself that this will all pay off. It'll all pay off when he and Laura and everybody else is happy during the summer, without drama. Telling someone that may have turned out to be a decent person that they shouldn't talk anymore didn't feel like a good thing...Maybe it will later on.

"Elliot -" his voice dropped, as he couldn't think of anything else to add. It might be hard for anyone to determine what he was feeling, for his face contained no emotion. "Elliot," he repeated, "I'm really, really sorry."

Harvey, Minerva, Ameliah, Ariana, Damon, Ethan, aaand Taylor. XD I'm boreddd.
 

Ronnie made her way over to the Ravenclaw table, where most of her closest friends were sitting. Jeez, it felt like she didn't have many Lion friends as in the other houses...

Ronnie spotted Harvey and grinned. She ran up to him and squeezed him tightly. "Hiya, Harvs!" she said. It felt like she had only run into her friend like only five times this year... which was reallyy sad. They'd HAVE to hang out more next year!

Ronnie smiled at the sight of Minnie who was at the table as well. She gave her a hug. "Hey, Minnie!" she said. She had barley seen the girl AT ALL this year as well, which was really sad. Seemed like Ronnie hadn't seen a lot of her closest friends this year...she had been pretty busy with lots of homework and studying and all.

Ronnie then saw Ameliah. She smiled widely. "Heyy, Ameliah!" she said, hugging her. She was just hugging EVERYONE today! Which she did pretty much at every end of term feast. Except...she'd make sure not to hug Dylan...since he hated hugs and all. Mehhh. How could someone hate hugs?! He was mad...

Ronnie saw Ariana too. Jeez, the Ravenclaw table sure was popular today...
She smiled at the girl. "Hey, Ariana." she said with a little wave. She didn't really feel like giving the girl a hug...they weren't THAT close and Ronnie was pretty sure Ariana didn't like her anyways...

And Damon was here tooooooooooo! YAY! Ronnie hugged him as well. "Hey, Damon! I haven't seen ya in a long while." she said. 'Twas true, she rarely saw him anymore. *sigh* Maybe they'd hang out more next year.

HEYYY! There was the guy who helped Ronnie when she dropped her bag! What was his name again...? ...Oh yeah! Ethan! Ronnie gave him a little wave. "Hey, Ethan!" she said.

Ronnie then saw Taylor...who didn't look okay. She watched as Taylor suddenly stood up and began to walk off. She cocked her head. "Taylor!" she said, hopping out of her seat and following her. Once she caught up to her, she grabbed the girl lightly by her arm and turned her around. She looked at her, concern on her face. "Hey, you alright?" she asked.

and back to Ravvie table
 

With two gifts delivered-- three counting the one left at the dorms-- Vickers made his way back to the Eagle table. He slowed his pace a bit, which is ironic given how hasty and incessant he was earlier, but as he spied Max standing up he knew Vivi was free...

... here we go, no turning back now. Again.

He deliberated whether to take Max' seat but at the last minute, turned to retake his old one. Yeah the one next to Vivi, the easier to whisper things with... the easier to claw his eyes out with....

He settled into his seat quietly and paused staring at the gift box he had handed her earlier. "Wouldnt you want to open it?" he murmured "Worked all term over it..."

As Belle was talking to Ethan, she noticed a familiar face. Belle eye's widened when she saw Damon. Belle waved enthusiastically at Damon. Belle actually chuckled at his joke. It was Damon after all. "No you are not wearing an invisibility cloak. I have been so caught up in catching up with people before i leave."

When Damon mentioned the camping trip, Belle smacked her forehead. "Oh of course! I just remembered that. I was going to ask you about that. Here i need a quill or pen to write my address on. I also have my owl charlene that i can send her to give you my letters. She is good at delivering letters." It was true, she never failed to deliver a letter once. Well maybe to her friend Dorinda but that is a different story.

short replies cause i'm tired and ariana isnt awake to help me so yeah
 

Good! good! no, she didn't want his life story and all that "No that's good. i'll question you more later." Because really she just wanted to gush over Damon right now. she misssedd him adn she had all summer to grill ethan if min was staying with her. she assumed she'd be seeing a lot of him and all. so yeah.


"It sure is going to be a blast!" really Ariana was way too excited for her girl summer with min. "we'll have to get a camera to take rowans action cause im sure Millie had forgotten to tell him!" she laughed Mil was the most forgetful person ever.


"yeah im just glad to get away from here and all it's danger really." and she knew Min was as well. so a summer cooped up in her room with the o ccasional vissits from their boyfriends was soo needed right now! "Hopefully i'll be spending the summer win min." she smilled to her friend.



"you better keep in touch with me. i dont know what i'm going to do a whole month with out seeing you." she frowned. she was NOT looking forward to that.. ethan coming over and ariana being a 3rd wheel and ugh. not fun. she leannned on him putting her head on his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him as he kissed her nose adn talked about camping and
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did he just say that MORE people we're coming on their camping trip................. she thought it was just them.. now it wwas them, min, ethan & BELLE... Ariana didn't even LIKE belle.. ever since she was rude to her the day the common rooms locked. uggh stupid mean prefect.

But she smiled and acted as if it we're just fine. "i can't wait." though really she COULD cause ugh it was going to be dreadful.. no cuddles and secrets and Secret Cuddles! all because there would be other's MEHHHH



"Oh Hai ronnie!" she beamed at the girl. they didn't talk too much this term but the girl was really helpful to her on her HORRID birthday and she owed her one for that

Her attention was intent on Max as he left, especially considering his parting remarks, and Vivi watched him wander over to sit with Louisa. The Ravenclaw's eyes rested for a moment on Louisa, and a flash of some emotion crossed her face.

And then she felt a warm weight at her side and a familiar voice right in her ear, and Vivi snapped to attention and swiveled slightly, finding a Vickers right there in her personal bubble. Not like that messed with all of her new and proud resolutions to be strong and get over it and move on and shut up about it already.

"The box is pretty. I never could do pretty boxes. It always seemed more important to worry about the gift and then the packaging was slapdash," Vivi murmured, sliding the box back in front of her. She glanced sideways at Vick again and smiled just slightly before tearing into the gift.

Oh. Pretty. Vivi lifted it carefully from the box and turned the glittering object around and around. "Who knew you were such a clever Ravenclaw, Vick? It's very pretty." She'd received lots of very pretty things lately, but they'd seemed special and personal in their own ways. This was the first one that made her feel like maybe the giver was under the false impression that she was the sort of girl who deserved pretty things.

Anyone can snag this, just VM me :)
 

No, Milton was NOT late. He was just... not on time. Duh.

But he totally had a good excuse, right? After being knocked out four times in one semester, nearly eaten by a vicious plant, being set on fire (a little), AND almost getting blown to pieces by your Charms professor... Well, it was kind of exhausting! He could only handle so many near death experiences in one term. Sheesh.

Dragging his feet, Milton yawned and shuffled into the already full and busy great hall. Scowling at the lack of BLUE in the massive room, he slid into a seat at his table and slumped his head into his hand. "Alright, bring on the food," he muttered quietly. He wasn't in the best of moods, if you could imagine. But as long as no one brought up quidditch, plants, ghosts, or fire, he wasn't going to snap.

The box? ”Oh, I thought things should at least look presentable, specially if they’re gifts—I mean for me personally when I give things to others…” he mumbled shrugging. It was his own standard for himself, not something he imposed on others. He watched her open it, unconsciously holding his breath. Going only from his Grandmother’s sense of beautiful things, he had no clue if other girls closer to his age would regard things the same way…

But Vivi picked up the bracelet and said it was very pretty. There was this obvious relief that crossed his face, an almost visible lifting of the weight off his shoulders ”Y-you like it?” he murmured, because he knew it would just suck if she thought it was too hideous for her to wear it, defeats the purpose of what its main function was, which wasn’t just aesthetic "I had help making this, so its not just me, if that’s what you meant by Clever Ravenclaw… ” his Uncle was crucial to this, as with the dreamcatcher necklace. Vickers may be good with spells, but he’s not that good yet

”Its not just a bracelet Viv…” he started, lowering his voice just a tad bit more , as the next words was only meant for her to hear ”… it’s a modified wand, just crafted in a way that it looks like a bracelet. Just wear it and wave your arm or hand in the necessary wand stroke and the spell will work just as it would if it was cast by a regular wand.” Sounds simple enough to remember how to work it doesn’t it? But before she thinks its too good to be true ”Its not meant to be a wand replacement though, since it can only do a few basic things—shield spells and stunning spells, and retrieving spells like Accio. I thought with your intentions as a future Auror if you find yourself in a situation where you don’t have your wand in your hand you’ll at least have this to get it back or escape.” Kinda like a backup wand hidden in plain sight.

Having presented his gift he fell silent. Was that all he has to say to her? Well according to her letter he shouldn’t even be talking to her at all given how she felt bad for him and about him. ”Th-Thanks for hearing me out Vivi…” he finally managed to mumble out. There was more he wanted to say, but he remembers that letter now burned into his memory. Maybe rushing forward earlier wasn’t really a good idea, maybe he should’ve just owled that gift so that she wouldn’t have to see him today, in respect of her wishes ... After all, what kind of friend—or ex-friend-- was he if he couldn’t be considerate with how she felt…

Struggle.

”Vivi…. about that letter.” yeah he just couldn’t help himself …

Ronnie, Belle, and Ariana
 

For anyone!
 

Elise walked into the great hall a whole lot later than she had expected to, but the wrapper on her gift for Kurumummy had torn and she'd had to redo it completely. And realized much later that a 'Reparo' would have worked. But she supposed it was the fact that she hand-made it that counted, right?

Little bag of gifts slung across her shoulder, Elise flopped down at the table. She needed to find Max and Vivi first. They had presents waiting for them. After all, Elise couldn't have them forgetting her, could they?

Forgetting. This term would be a rather hard one to forget, especially with all the things Elise'd achieved in it. She'd done so many things this term that she took pride in. Inclusive of memorizing that runic alphabet. Life should be easier now, right?

Ameliah smirked a little. Good thing Harvey didn't try for any conversation.... She raised an eyebrow at Minnie. "Wh--? Oh, yeah, even for a Claw I'm happy to go home. I've been missing Logan like crazy, naturally." Right now, she just wanted to be ON. THAT. TRAIN. She rolled her eyes as Minnie asked about the letter. "Ugh, yeah. He didn't have any idea if she had anything to do with it or not."

"So, this is the famous Ethan," Am mused as she looked him up and down to get an impression. He seemed all right... for now. "Yup, I'm Ameliah!" She gave him a look as if to say ...and I'll be making sure you're treating Minnie right, or else.

Just then Ronnie came up and hugged her. "Ronnieeeeeee!!!" She immediately grinned. "How have you been!?" Because Adam said some very interesting things about what he thought of Ronnie. And she kind of saw them kiss at the Broomsticks. The look on Am's face clearly showed her eagerness to understand.

Adam walked over to the Claw table since he knew a few people, like a certain special someone named Ronnie. Grinning, he approached her. "Hey, beautuful," he said as he sat down next to her, giving her a quick kiss.

"Hey again, Am!" Adam smiled. "You know, I still haven't been able to understand why you and him aren't speaking." He raised an eyebrow. Really, it's not like they just blew up.

For Ella's big bro ^_^
 

Chewing on her lip nervously, Ella made the short walk over to the Ravenclaw table, gift in hand. She'd been avoiding this since she arrived at the feast but was afraid if she waited any longer, she might miss her chance to speak with him. It was just...after the Championship match, Ella didn't know how to talk to Max. She just felt so incredibly guilty about being so happy about something that had made him so upset. The worst part was she didn't know how to apologize for it, or if she really needed to. Gahhhh. Was she an awful sister or what?

Wibble.

Spotting her Hogwarts big brother, Ella smoothed her robes and looked down at the gift in her hands nervously. Oh Merlin...what if this was a really stupid idea? What if he hated what she'd gotten? What if...she made him more upset than he already was? ...Meep.

The third year walked up behind the older boy and tapped him on the shoulder gently, shifting from one foot to the other while she waited for him to turn around.

"Erm...Max? I..." Oh no. Pull it together, Bishop! "Here." And she thrust the gift into his hands.

"Indeed," Spike said, sliding onto the bench, and fiddling around with the flowerpots he'd placed on the table. "Surely you wanted it to be a memorable one though?" he said, tilting his head thoughtfully. The camping out thing had been fun - with the ceiling in the Great Hall, it was like sleeping out under the stars, without having to battle the English elements - namely rain. "...and y'know, this IS Hogwarts. I mean, adventure is just common place in these halls." Whether it be playing Hide and Seek with the statues of armor, or tickling Sir Bartholomew Henry, or...trying to find an entity with a killer plant who sucked the house ghosts into a brooch. Something like that, anyway.

"It was a good year too, right?" he asked, more gently. He couldn't really tell from her expression. "With the epic Winter Wonderland...and the Kitty Palace...and playing with firecrabs..." Maybe his present to her would her bring a little cheer? He wasn't sure that it was just the leaving bit getting his co-Prefect down. He'd worked with her long enough now too recognise that much.

He was reaching for the pot with Louisa's plant in it, when Max plonked himself down. "Hey Max," Spike said with his usual crooked grin, though noted that the older boy's gaze had settled on the Head Girl. Was Spike missing something here? Did the seventh years have some kind of plot going on? Spike pushed his glasses up his nose, the slightest wrinkle of a frown between his eyes as he glanced between them.

Hmm.

Spike ran his tongue lightly round his lips, before dropping his hand back to the table. "I, er, got you both a little something, nothing much, but..." Was now really a good time? He couldn't tell.

Awkward.

She hadn't meant it to sound critical, the fact that she didn't really wrap gifts herself didn't mean that other people shouldn't. It meant more that she was impressed by him. Always. "Of course I like it, you dummy," Vivi scowled playfully at him as she fitted the bracelet onto her wrist. It was rather more elaborate than anything else she owned, but it would work. One of those statement pieces that people just started to believe you never took off.

And she'd never take it off. Obviously.

"You made me a wand that looks like a bracelet, and not just any bracelet, but a very pretty one?" The chin wibble might have returned. Vivi examined it closely, willing herself not to whip it off and try to see what charms were on it to make it work so. That was one of those surefire ways to make a magical object go berserk or stop being magical. Instead, she rolled it over so that the intricate part lay against the hollow of her wrist, pointed the heart of her palm at him and said, "Peu, peu, peu. Spiderman!" with a small half smile.

No, but seriously... "Thank you for the gift. It's perfect. It's... well, who knows? You might save my life, right?" That was the idea with a gift like this... you didn't need it and then one day you did. She waited for him to leave, although she didn't qualify what had just occurred as 'hearing him out' at all. He hadn't said anything. Was there really even anything to say? She'd essentially cut all ties with him without even asking what he wanted. It was bossy and unfair of her, but she'd done it.

She started to add something sappy like, "I'll think of you every time I wear it," but was thankfully stopped right at, "I'll..." when he finally spoke up again. It was her first instinct to act like she didn't know what letter he meant, especially if it meant they could move on and pretend she'd never been so stupid. But that sort of denied Vick the ability to respond to it, to respond to her. Vivi just tilted her head and shrugged.

"I wasn't sure you wanted to talk about it."

& Vivi and Vickers WE HAZ OUR EYES ON YOU :33
 

See Louisa was bad at this, Lily was still stifling her sobs in and her voice quivered and eyes still were so moist and cute and this girl is supposed to be happy and high on candy. Like that gummy worms hufflepuff girl, or Demon Alice. So Louisa did the only thing she knew, she just kept her arm around Lily's shoulders and tried to lighten the atmosphere some more. "Nah, no universities yet. But guess what? I'm going to look for a job, probably in Diagon Alley so we don't even have to wait until your school weekend!"

Yeah? That was fun and worth a happy face! Yes? No? Okay, maybe not so much. "I sure will try my best, dear." Although there was a tiiiiiiny problem. "However, you need to know that I'll probably be moving out to my own place soon and will try to apply to a good job and then start looking at college applications so.." Wow that sounded so busy. She didn't even think about the energy and time she was going to spend on this independence. Huh.

"Anyways, tell me. How did you like this year? Pretty cool huh?" She forced a smile at the younger redhead and anticipated her answer.



Memorable. Louisa scoff!chuckled at this, "Oh yeah, very memorable. I was more worried I wouldn't get time to sleep in my dorm one last time... which doesn't really matter anymore." She added, a bit bitterly and returned to her spoon playing. Was it so much to ask to have one last perfect night in the dorms? Darn Hogwarts and its complicated students. Hmph.

Oh. Right. Spike still had his happy adventurous thoughts about Hogwarts, well LUCKY KID. Because Louisa was just cranky and got crankier when she saw Vickers walk from the Gryffindor table toward... Vivi. Interesting. She stared at them, her brow furrowing just a bit. "Yeah. It is a very eventful year on all levels I must say." Some of Spike's words were zoned out for a second and by the time she focused back on him he was talking about something to give her.

"Aw Spike you didn't have to!" Louisa's face expressions changed by the warmth feeling from this kind gesture. She let go of the spoon and was about to extend her arm to pat her co-prefect's arm. But Max joined them then and sat down and was doing this annoying thing when he would look into her face and show he knew she was upset and was feeling sorry for her and her eye twitched and... sigh. It was very wrong to be mean to the boy when he was nothing but supportive toward Louisa since the start of this term but she couldn't help but wear that poker face when she answered him. "Tired. And sleepy. I want to go to bed and get this over with." Shrug.

.... "How are you ? We did it, huh?" Because she felt guilty. She wanted to smile at him but her mouth only managed a twitch.

Louisa glanced at the other two Ravenclaws again sitting away from them and wondered if it was very suspicious that they were separated like this. Spike was smart enough to see something was fishy around here and Max apparently already knew something. Probably more than Louisa already knows because technically she knows nothing. Inclining her head at the far away Ravenclaws she asked softly, "Does it look like a friendly talk to you guys?" She was paranoid, trying to interpret body language and not jump to conclusions. No one was talking to her about it and she knew Karma was out to get her because of a certain head boy and red head so yeah, she did have reasons to be worried.

Vivi and Vickers looked very... good shootshootshoot! sitting and talking though. Alone. Peaceful. Though awkward.

But it wasn't really a big deal. It was just that Louisa was told Vivi wanted to stop talking to them but.... maybe they were sorting things out. It didn't always have to involve her. Even if Vivi made her feel that it did involve her. Ugghhhh so frustrating just thinking about this!

The soon-to-be former Head Girl sighed and looked back at Spike, forcing her attention back on him. "It's the perfect time actually. I'm sure it's something impressive. What do you got?" She folded her hands together and feigned a big grin. Yep, distraction please!

Was she...beaming at her? *blink blink* ...umm...so maybe Ariana actually didn't hate her after all. It just felt like it sometimes when they talked. Ah well!

"Enjoy the term?" Ronnie asked as she began to pile her plate with food.
Ahhh, foood <3 That was the only reason that Ronnie loved coming to the feasts, really... heh heh.

Ronnie laughed at what he said. She then shrugged. "Eh, I've been okay I guess." she said. "What about you?"

"I've been pretty good, thanks! What about you?" Ronnie asked, noticing the eager look on Ameliah's face. Hmm... she wondered what that was about...

"You excited to head back home? And see LOOOOGAAAAN?" she asked with a wink and a grin, nudging her friend playfully in the shoulder. "I owled him a few days ago. He really misses you." she said.

As Ronnie sat with her friends, she glanced around the hall at all the students. As she was doing so, she noticed Adam making his way over. She couldn't help but smile widely at the sight of him. Merlin's Beard...he looked so...perfect....*_* Just the way his hair was...and the way his eyes seemed like they were sparkling...and his smile...it was making Ronnie's heart beat really fast.

Ronnie blushed slightly as he called her beautiful. Ugh, she hoped all this blushing would stop soon...it was kind of embarrassing! "Hey, cutie," she replied with a giggle, kissing him back.

Harvey was suddenly shocked by the massive hug he got and wondered who it was at first but once he heard her say hello he knew instantly who it was, who else but the one who was a master of tackling Harvey after hours of practice on her bear Mikey. "Heyya Rons.. how you been?" he asked her since it had been some time before they had hung out. Maybe they could hang out more next year.



Harvey smiled at Ariana and nodded "Yeah I can see why you say that, it has been its usual dangerous place. But that is Hogwarts.. would be pretty boring without a bit of danger.. but yeah I agree we do need a break from it now." yeah and be able to hang out without having to worry about any sort of danger now. Be able to have alot of fun too.. from morning... until night.. no darn curfews and all that.



He was kinda glad she didnt start anything right now, not in front of this many people. He listened as she talked with Minnie... ahh yes,... Logan. Of course she would be missing Logan, well it would be the same with him and Ella.. he would miss her too right? Right....

"I've been pretty good." Ronnie said with a small nod. "It's so weird to think that I only have two years of Hogwarts left....it's all going by so quickly." she said, shaking her head. It was true, this year had pretty much been a blur for her.

"What about you? How have you been? Did you enjoy the term?" she asked, smiling at her friend.

Damon nodded, "I've been great," He tightened his grip around Ariana's waist, "Almost seventeen." Yes, those were his two pluses, having Ariana again and legally being allowed to use magic outside of school.

He smiled as she said that she had been pretty good, which was good cause he didnt want anyone to be anything else but pretty good. He then listened to her and nodded "Yeah I know.. I cant believe I have been here for four years already and I will now be going into my fifth year. It IS going by quickly!" he nodded agreeing with her "You know when I came as a firstie here.. OWLs year seemed so far away and now its not that far away anymore!" he said realising that he was growing up faster than he had planned

He looked at her as she asked him the same question back "I have been good.. been doing the usual classes and homework and stuff" as well as hanging out with Ella every opportunity he got of course! He nodded "Yeah I did enjoy the term" well any term spent hanging out with your girlfriend is going to be very enjoyable "How about you? Did you enjoy the term too?" he asked her back.. cause everyone was supposed to enjoy the term despite the workload.