Minerva bite her lip as he stood so close. Her mind going a mile a minute in a few different directions. “umm.. wait.. what about before?” She had completely forgotten what they were talking about, all she knew was he was standing very close and was staring into her eyes. She then felt her cheeks turn and she smiled as he turned back to dinner. Taking a deep breath she tried to focus on what was being said again, oh right making her nervous, she chuckled a bit. [b] “I would say you can still do that at times.” She watched as he continued to cook seriously he could have at least kissed her cheek not teased her like that, she gave a small pout, but than smiled at her own pouting.



So he wasn’t all focused either, “By the looks of it, I still can make you forget things as well… Good to know.” She half wondered if they were together five years from now could they still do this to each other. She hoped so, because she didn’t want him to ever get bored with her. Looking up as he spoke she had to think about what he was saying, she had let her mind wonder too much out of the conversation. Lesson? Oh cooking, right.. “Sure anytime you want to cook I am more than willing to play teacher.” She loved cooking, so it wasn’t something that was hard for her to do. Plus cooking together was always fun. “I don’t care to really learn the charms, I mean I guess I could, but the way I cook is the way mom taught me. Learning something different is like losing her again, I’ve lost enough of her.” She wondered if that even made sense.



Taking a deep breath and putting a happy face on she knew it was only a matter of time before this stuff was going to start coming up all the time and she couldn’t act sad about it.. NO that wasn’t nice nor was it fair to him. It was his future and she had to just deal with the fact he wasn’t going to be there next term. “Well maybe tonight once we are done here you should get it finished and send it while it’s fresh in your brain. I don’t want you missing the deadline.” No that wouldn’t be good. “Plus it will be exciting, a new adventure and you will be studying all your fun plants you love so much.” See positive stuff. She could be positive and supportive even if it felt like she was going to just die next term without him around.

The dinner still had a bit of time to cook, so for now Ethan focused on the pretty girl in front of him while he waited and he chuckled at her words. "I think I said those same words once before.. two years ago, to be exact? About how you're cute when you're nervous.." He grinned a bit wider. "I still do that to you? Really? Well, I guess it's nice to know I haven't lost my charm." She certainly didn't act as nervous around him as she once did when they first started dating, but he liked that he still had some effect on her.. and that she had an effect on him as well. He chuckled a bit and glanced over at his instructions before looking at her again. "You often make me lose my focus.. especially when my focus is, more times than not, you.. just don't let me burn dinner, okay?"

He smiled as he let his fingers wander over to her hand and glide over it, then he looked up. "You're a great teacher, you know.. knowledgeable and patient, plus I like working really close with you," he said with a wink. And that just made it more fun.. it wasn't like work or anything.. he enjoyed it. He shrugged a bit and nodded as she dismissed the cooking charms. "Well, honestly, either way would be fine with me.. and if it helps you feel close to your mother, let's just stick with the Muggle way." He gave her a reassuring smile. He didn't know any different when it came to cooking, having never learned either way so this was just fine if she was teaching him.. and it wasn't that hard. Though he wondered if it would be even more like potions if he used charms..

Ethan looked away a bit, thinking over his Uni application. A lot of thoughts were going through his head about it, but he knew it should be an exciting time.. though it did not always feel like it. He looked back at her, hearing her words, and forced a smile. "Yes, that's probably a good idea," he nodded. "I really should get it done tonight.. or I might forget or something." He always did have so much on his mind that this would be possible. As she continued, his smile became a little more natural and broad. "Yeah.. you're right.. I think it will be an amazing experience.. I'm just.. a little apprehensive, I guess." He had to admit that a very big part of him was excited but he also had a lot of conflicting emotions which he knew wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

Oh yes that’s what they were talking about.. Her focus was always gone when he was around. Those green eyes on her like some sort of hypnotic spell that she couldn’t get away from. not that she wanted to “Well I wouldn’t say you still make me the crazy nervous that you did when I had a crush on you and if memory serves me correctly you weren’t sure if myself or perhaps another girl, was it a ravenclaw was more worth your time.” She chuckled a bit, knowing he was not hers then so it was completely fine and she had won his heart in the end. “It’s a different type of nervous now. A wants everything perfect for you nervous. My heart skips and butterflies flutter in my stomach type.” she smiled at him did that even make sense. “You still distract me from classes though. She remembered how horrible she messed up in classes when he was around her. Maybe she wasn’t that distracted anymore, but he was able to take her focus still pretty easily.

Then his hand was on hers and she had almost forgotten the food cooking. Looking down at his hand she had to force herself to focus on his words. “hmm? Oh yes.. well you aren’t a slow learner, but since you gave me private lessons in skiing of course I should do the same.” Plus she liked doing things together. She liked when they seemed to be in their own little bubble, not noticing what was going on around them. Now to get back to the hand on hers, because that was super nice, no.. alright she looked into his green eyes smiling. “Thank you for understanding that part about me. You never have even showed on your face if you felt my muggle likes were odd.” She shortly wondered if her mother cooked at all in school or if she took up the love of cooking once she became part of the muggle world. “Plus as long as your getting fed proper food and not just quick not so healthy things, does it really matter.” She did worry about him being alone at uni. Not that Ethan ever acted spoiled, because he was far from someone like that, but she knew he had a house elf growing up and then she had fallen into a spoiling him role here, not that she minded at all she loved it honestly, but he wouldn’t have either at Uni next term.


She looked at him a little concerned. Was that nerves.. doubts.. fears.. what was going on. She knew him long enough to read him pretty well. “Are you getting nervous about it? You know you’re going to do fantastic there. I just know it. You’re going to be a brilliant herbologist.” Her faith in him always showed. ” Why apprehensive? We could talk about it if you need to.” because she was always there if he needed it. She felt all grown up and the seventeen year old felt a mix of emotion with that, because she knew this time next term she would have to be forcing herself to do the very same things, eh but that would mean he wouldn’t even be here to lean on, and she was in a great mood, not changing it by those thoughts.

OH.. wait.. “Ethan.. the dinner… you might want to check it.” See he was such a distraction, how much time had passed , she forgot to remind him.

Mika was glad that this ice cream thing was going to go down. She was nervous yeah because not many people knew about this – maybe just Kaiden, herself, possibly a few claw-girls who had collected up the balled up diary pages. And now she needed to tell someone who knew things about everything and talk to them.

Because things were weird.

So she had practically jumped at the chance for ice cream with Ella. Taking a bag full of gummy worms, gummy things and other candy toppings she had collected over holidays she practically ran into the portrait before she had remembered to tickle the pear to enter the kitchens.

When she did enter she was a little nervous as she fished out bowls, spoons, and other ice cream necessities like chocolate sauce, whipped cream. And all things sugar related. Seriously she needed to tell her things but she needed sugar and loads of it. Because ’Hey I think I broke your chaser’ was never going to be an easy thing to say.

Since she was still trying to limit her visits to the Great Hall while they were required to pay money, Penelope came down to the kitchen, hungry and needing something to eat. But what should she get? She didn't really want to cook anything - at least nothing that would take a REALLY long time - but she wanted more than just a bunch of sandwiches or some fruit or whatever. Those were easy and fast, but she'd had quite a few of those lately, so she'd like something different. So...what could she get?

Decisions, decisions...

Caterina had decided that the best place to evaluate her haul would be the kitchen. She really hoped that everything had survived the post from Italy but she was fairly certain that Aunt Lily would have taken extra precautions to be sure of it. She'd even sent an old owl who was super careful with packages.

As she placed the package on one of the tables, she noticed that she wasn't alone. Though, she didn't know who exactly, she was here with. She smiled at the girl anyway, "Hi there. I'm pretty sure there's some cookies in here, do you want one?" Because offering food to strangers was something she tended to do and if this girl was in the kitchen, she was probably hungry too.

Cat set to opening, while waiting for a response. She was waaay too curious to see what was inside.

Ice cream and girl talk with Mika? Yes please.

Ella entered the kitchen with a smile on her face and a definite pep in her step. Most likely because she'd be eating ice cream soon and that meant instant happiness. She scanned the kitchen briefly before her green eyes settled on a very busy Mika and she grinned even more. LOOK at all that sundae stuff! Badger Bishop approved, okay?

"Hey there," She greeted as she made her way over. "This looks awesome, y'know. I can't wait for ice cream." And there was just the small matter of what Mika had wanted to talk about but they could do that while they worked, yeah? Ella was an excellent multitasker.

"So...what's up, buttercup?" Spill.

Penelope was so intent on figuring out what she wanted to eat that she didn't even notice when there was someone else in the kitchen until they spoke. Oh hey, when had she gotten here? Was she here when Penelope had entered or did she just come in? Not that it mattered because the girl was offering her a cookie from a package she had.

"Definitely," she replied with a smile, moving over to the table the girl was at. "You get lots of food packages?" She certainly didn't blame her since the food wasn't as good here as it used to be. At least not when it was made by an overworked and lonely little house elf. Poor Toddles. It was hard to be mad about the food when you thought about him.

Ethan chuckled a bit and looked down at their hands on the counter as Minerva made him remember how she used to act around him before they really dated, when she first made her feelings for him apparent. He could remember the electricity he had felt between them.. but then he looked up suddenly as she continued. He watched her carefully then gave her a small smile. “I’m sure I made the right choice..” he started, having forgotten those conflicting feelings he had once had. “Though if memory serves me correctly.. I wasn’t the only boy you had a little crush on,” he added with a knowing wink. And that also contributed to his conflicting feelings at the time, not sure if she was serious about her feelings towards him. But, he had to admit, it all worked out quite well.. he couldn’t be happier.

His smile broadened as she continued, talking about how her nerves were still there but in a different way. "You're really amazing, you know that? I have those same sorts of feelings for you too.." Like he was always concerned for her well-being and just wanted her to be happy sorts of things.. which was why he had her on his mind as of late.. and she definitely made his heart skip often. He laughed a little as she talked about him distracting her in class.. yes, he remembered one particular Charms class that he seemed to be quite good at distracting her. And he was sure he knew that spell.. It seemed something else had been taking her focus in classes as of late, but he didn't want to bring that up now. He was enjoying this moment too much for it to be clouded with worry.. so he simply kept the same smile on his face as he gazed at her.

Still looking at her, a slow grin appeared on his face at her words. "I do enjoy your private lessons.. and I hope you enjoyed mine. Did you have a good time skiing over break?" He hoped so.. she seemed to pick it up pretty easily and he wasn't surprised, really. He knew she loved her winter sports. He smiled a bit as she looked into his eyes and he looked back into hers. "Well, of course.. I mean, I try to understand it anyway.." He hadn't grown up with Muggle things so much of it was a bit foreign to him. But it was interesting, not to mention.. "It's a part of you.. I want to know everything about you and I just.. love all of you." He smiled a bit, hoping she understood what he was trying to say and that it wasn't coming out all sappy. He chuckled a bit as she continued. "No, it doesn't matter. As long as I get to eat.. plus I really appreciate your personal lessons." She knew how to make good food.. and if he could learn to cook half as good as she did, he would be all set.

His smile faltered a bit as she turned her concerned gaze on him. He should have known that she would be able to read him well. "It's not a big deal, really," he started with a shrug. "I guess I am a little nervous.. just something of a change, you know?" He smiled at her.. she was such a great girlfriend, so supportive of him. "You really think so? I really want to be.. I guess I'm just afraid that it will be harder there.. like on a completely different level." Maybe he was just being silly, but he guessed he was afraid of failure. This would be a big change.

He got lost in his thoughts a little, his eyes focusing on his fingers as they glided along her hand and he looked up suddenly as she spoke. "Oh!" He jumped up from his seat and ran over to the oven. He opened the door and, using the pot holder, pulled out the tray. Please don't let it be burned..

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Ice cream and girl talk with Mika? Yes please.

Ella entered the kitchen with a smile on her face and a definite pep in her step. Most likely because she'd be eating ice cream soon and that meant instant happiness. She scanned the kitchen briefly before her green eyes settled on a very busy Mika and she grinned even more. LOOK at all that sundae stuff! Badger Bishop approved, okay?

"Hey there," She greeted as she made her way over. "This looks awesome, y'know. I can't wait for ice cream." And there was just the small matter of what Mika had wanted to talk about but they could do that while they worked, yeah? Ella was an excellent multitasker.

"So...what's up, buttercup?" Spill.

Mika bit her lip when she heard the door opened and smiled to Ella. Mika was glad to hear Ella’s praise about the ice cream things looking awesome. Well they were awesome weren’t they and girl talk deserved good ice cream.

“Hey,” she smiled over to Ella, sure it wasn’t as bubbly of a smile as she would have given back in her naïve-stage (the weeks before holidays). ”Aw thanks, yeah I collected things to make the ice cream even more awesome” she smiled as she picked up a gummy worm and chomped into it.

”What kind of ice cream?” she asked Ella with a quick smile. And then asking what was up – she bit her lip and thought about delving right into it. ”I think I broke your chaser – I’m sorry…I, well, Kaiden kind of came over to my house for a few days before heading back to school at the end of holidays and well…he kissed me” she bit her lip. And glanced down at the empty bowl in front of her.

”I think I broke him though – he got all…hurt looking and well, I don’t think the things I said helped him at all.” she bit her lip and glanced over to Ella, her lip wibbling as she did so. ”I told him about the Mo thing…me possibly liking – I think I said liked, or like I’m not sure but now he knows and we haven’t really talked since all that much” Mika sighed and bit her lip. "So...you want chocolate, vanilla, or...and um, I did try and kiss him but he pushed passed me and I think he was crying" she muttered the last bit and just sighed.

"Actually, this is the first one." Cat lifted the lid off of a tin full of cookies and held it out to the girl, "Can't go wrong with chocolate chip, right?" She wiggled it, the smell was amaaaaziinnnggg. "Take one, or more. There's plenty."

She went back to inspecting the box. "Aha." She lifted out a perfectly preserved dish of lasagne. "I wrote home and asked if they would send some good food. This one is for my friend, actually. Sort of a birthday present of sorts." She was going to have to get this to West ASAP.. it was super tempting.

Ella watched Mika curiously as the blonde greeted her, noting that her smile didn't quite reach her eyes. This meant something was wrong, yeah? She figured she'd find out what it was when Mika was ready to spill and so she focused on other important things instead. Gummy worm important things. MMM! "I completely approve of this spread." GRIN. Not that her approval was needed or anything.

"I'm partial to Oreo but anything will do." Because ice cream was delicious, no matter the flavor and she could eat just about any-

...RAVENCLAWSAYWHATABOUTHERCHASER?

The blonde furrowed her brow immediately and listened as Mika recounted what happened between her and Kaiden over break. Her green eyes widened slightly at the mention of a kiss, surprised Kaiden had actually gone that far. She knew he had feelings for Mika but she hadn't expected him to just kiss her like that. She supposed that was as good a way as any to let someone know you liked them...or their lips, at least but still...

When the Ravenclaw had finished, Ella took a minute to sort out what she wanted to say. Feelings between friends were complicated, especially when they weren't reciprocated and she tried to remember what Rora had told her about Theo when things had happened. Mostly she had been told to be honest because it was better in the long run.

"So..." She started after a while. "Kaiden kissed you, then you told him you do, or might, have feelings for Mo, and then you tried to kiss Kaiden back?" That last bit was the part Ella didn't quite understand. She didn't understand it so much that she casually stress-ate a gummy worm while she tried to work it out in her head.

"I know you're confused, Mika, but you need to make a choice." Frown. "Because if you told Kaiden you might like Mo and then kissed him, well you're sort of sending mixed signals, yeah?" And mixed signals were enough to drive anyone to tears.

Oh, first one? Well, it was still cool. And chocolate chip was definitely good. It was one of Penelope's favorite kinds of cookies. "Awesome, thanks," she replied with a grin as she took a couple cookies from the tin. She took a bite of one. "Mmm." Delicious. Whoever made these was definitely a good baker. Just like Kurumi.

She finished off her first cookie as she watched the girl pull out something else. Lasagna? Ohhh, that looked really good too. "Looks like a good birthday present." But then, nearly any food was a good birthday present in her opinion. "Which friend is it for?" Maybe Penelope knew them too?

"You're welcome." Cat smiled before placing the lasagne on the table and digging into the box some more. There was still more food in there, believe it or not. Never ask a Moretti for food if you don't want to be sent a WHOLE LOT OF FOOD. Cat sooo didn't mind though. She could share it all with her friends and it would be awesome. She was just glad it was all in one piece.

Caterina agreed on that. The lasagne did look like a good present, she was sure it was going to go over fabulously. "It's for West." She paused before adding, "Odessa." She was pretty used to everyone knowing West, but surely there was still at least ONE student in the school who didn't? Maybe? Who knew.

..."You know him?" Probably.

Mixed signals – yeah she had given those of course…but she hadn’t meant to and she felt bad. She sighed and nodded as she scooped and dropped Oreo ice cream into both of the bowls. She also knew that she well…she felt bad.

“I get that I do, I as confused, heck I’m always confused with boys” she admitted sheepishly and bit her lip. ”Well the thing is I told him that last term I didn’t tell him about my feelings because they weren’t sorted out at all” which was the truth. She was much more comfortable telling Ella about them than Kaiden.

If he had asked she would have said something about really liking strawberries and being sad she couldn’t eat them on account of them sometimes making it impossible for her to breathe. ”And I don’t mean to give mixed signals – but I guess…I’m all mixed signals right now…I mean, I feel right horrid about it and everything” she admitted. ”that and especially since he was so nice after everything even helped me find a healing potion cause not ten minutes later I broke my ankle…but that’s besides the point” she bit her lip.

”Yeah I guess you are right…then I probably should talk to both of them separately and find out about things – because…I have a feeling Kaiden might have been, well…a bit upset about the fact that you know Mo’s a housemate and all.” and that meant they spent time together, right…that didn’t happen as much as people would think.

"oh...but after all of that I apologized for the stuff before hand and well, things were weird." she muttered, "pad...he stuck a pad to my face because I knocked a cupboard door into it" she made a disgusted face as she finished adding hot fudge sauce to her ice cream and the whipped cream. There it was looking like a regular sundae now. "and...I just...i didn't mean to break him I promise" she nodded as she took her spoon and just took a bit of the super cold ice cream.

YUMMY...and cold, so cold.

Minerva was grinning from ear to ear, there was nothing taking the smile off her face lately and Ethan’s words just kept it goofy and huge. He had that way about him to always make her smile. Today even more than usual. “I’m glad you think you made the right choice. Sometimes I wonder if you think differently.” She chuckled a bit knowing she wasn’t the easiest person at times and all the drama she had helped cause last term, but they made it through. Hearing his words again she blushed deeply, oh yeah right.. “Let’s not remind me of my moment of dumbness.” She laughed, really Oakey.. How on earth did she ever have a crush on him? They were back to being friends.. she thought, but still how did she ever like him for a moment.. crazy! “I.. think I’ll just play the forget card, don’t know what on earth you’re talking about.” She smiled and started laughing again.

A small blush crossed her face, “Well Ethan McCarthy are you trying to gain brownie points? It’s working if you are.” She leaned kissing his cheek again. How she adored him and loved their little moments like this. She kicked her foot a bit feeling a bit fidgety, she needed to move a bit and jumped up from the chair, “Drinks! Why don’t I get those.” She smiled widely at him before heading to the fridge. “What do you want?” Pulling a pumpkin juice out for herself. Hmmm ice cream sounded great at the moment and she moved her hand up to the freezer, no.. no dinner was almost ready. She turned and waited for him to answer what he wanted.

She nodded and smiled, “I loved your private lesson. I think I did pretty well too.” She thought about Christmas break. If you got rid of being sick for four days the rest was wonderful. “I loved skiing. We will have to do it again. I need to get better.” She always wanted to get better at things, so going again would help that. She smiled sweetly at him, she really did appreciate his understanding of her family and everything that had gone on. “I think you know everything about me now, don’t you?” Honestly he had heard and even seen part of the worst that could be. So what else was there to learn. She tried to figure out if she felt she knew everything about him as well. She thought she dd at least.

She was worried about this for so many reasons. She wasn’t wanting him to leave, leave her, but she worried he would like it, that he would do everything he could. She didn’t want to be the reason he held back. It was all just so confusing and so hard to think about. “Change can be hard, but I know you’re going to have a great time. You are going to have so many new experience, meet so many new people.” Eeep that’s something she was super worried about, not that she didn’t want him to meet new people, but what.. what if.. oh she really needed that ice cream right now.. She fidgeted a bit trying to not freak out. Nice time.. nice time. How many months left.. stop Min. She was able to regain her smile with his questioning of himself and she grabbed his hand squeezing. “I don’t think Ethan, I know. You are going to be fantastic. It will be a different level, but you will be too.” She always had faith in him, she knew he was going to do great things.

She watched as he hurried to get the food out. She tried to not laugh, she would never laugh at him, but the fact that they both said their distracted with the other made him forgetting the oven that much better. “Is it alright?” She cringed hoping it would be. She didn’t want him to be upset that she distracted and forgot herself.

Ella Bishop wasn't drooling, okay? Sure she wanted to drool because the oreo ice cream looked delicious and her fingers were twitching in anticipation but she was NOT drooling. Nope. JUST SAYING. Ahem.

"Yeah, boys will do that to your brain." Confusing creatures, boys were. Luckily Ella had her boyfriend figured out...mostly. He still had the ability to make her brain go all fuzzy, though. She figured boys had that ability in spades. "Makes sense. I remember our talk in the tree house." Y'know, about feels and stuff. You know what would make this conversation easier, by the way? Ice cream. The blonde was eyeing it hard.

Mixed up feels were the worst thing ever. Ella knew this from experience. She was still worried about Kaiden's feelings in all of this, though. Him being badger family and all that jazz. "I know you didn't mean to but it's st-" BLINK. Mika!clawsayWHAT? "You broke your ankle after all of this?" Talk about bad luck. Merlin's beard.

"I'm sure he was upset." She knew he was, actually. That wasn't something she'd be discussing, though. The blonde made her way over to her bowl of Oreo ice cream and BEAMED at it, starting to add all kinds of delicious toppings. Not that it needed anything. The ice cream was clearly delicious on its own. "And yeah, I think you need to figure out what it is that you want before you do any more kissing...though I guess kissing could help you decide? I don't know. That could complicate things more too." GAH! This was a hard situation, y'know.

BLINK.

"He put one on your face?" Well that was...weird. Shudder. Ella shook her head and started in on her sundae, nomming excitedly. "I fink fings wib work oubt in theb end" She got out in between bites, patting Mika on the arm with her spoonless hand. "Just talk to the boys"

Eliza flounced her way down the stairs, made a well-practiced entrance into the kitchen, rummaged around the place for a minutes until she'd found what she'd been looking for, and flopped herself happily onto the countertop with a big 'ol bowl of ice cream. The banana slices and peanut butter globs were just wonderful bonuses with a metaphorical cherry on top - because a physical cherry on top would taste weird with that.

She sat upright and cheery as she put a few delicious bites into her mouth, swinging her crossed legs back and forth over the ledge all the while.

Nerida had finally made her way down to the kitchen, she had been trying to force any one of her friends down to the kitchen but no, no one wanted to join her for some ice cream. Too cold for ice cream? Only if you were outside..Right? Yeap it made sense inside you needed ice cream and outside well if you wanted some outside that was fine too.

She made her way into the kitchen and pulled out the ice cream gave herself a good amount of ice cream, added on the carmel and sprinkles and just a few spoonfuls of melted peanut butter and aw the perfect bowl of ice cream. She took a bite before looking around, anybody here that she knew?

Yes, Eliza right? She had worked on a potions assignment with her...Hopefully it was her anyways...

Walking over she pointed to the counter and asked "Mind if I sit with you? Eliza right?"
She sat upright and cheery as she put a few delicious bites into her mouth, swinging her crossed legs back and forth over the ledge all the while.

Another big bite of ice cream went into the thirteen year old's mouth as she watched her past potion's partner enter the kitchen. It seemed that she was getting into the ice cream tonight as well. The more the merrier! she thought and smiled at the girl as she approached.

"Hiya! No, I don't mind at all! Please do, Nerida!" she greeted cheerily. Yes, she remembered her name, because it was so pretty. And because they'd been partners and she was now doing her best not to recall everything about that experience - because remembering the smell of that awful noxious potion was just too much right now, or ever. Plus it would throw off her sugar high and sugar highs mustn't be disturbed.

She watched as the girl sat next to her with her own bowl of ice cream and noted its contents. "Ooo, good idea with the caramel! I bet that tastes really great with the peanut butter! Oooo and it's melted! Why didn't I think of that?" She looked down at her own bowl, but you know...she was still really happy with it and went right on eating it. Next time though...next time. She looked back to Nerida and said, "Well I guess that just means I'll have to come back for another bowl like yours next time!" She slid a few more spoonfuls down the hatch, but not so fast that she didn't get to really savor the moment, because that was the best part about ice cream. It was about the flavors and the textures of the toppings - not about filling your belly too fast. It was the journey, not the destination, right?

Still swinging her legs and doing other generalized bouncing, jiving, and tapping with her energetic body, she opened up the chatter. "So Nerida, what's your faaaavorite thing from this year? Like, for me, I really liked seeing the unicorn in Ancient Runes. How awesome! Oh and I've really been loving the kitchen this year you know? I didn't use it toooo much before but now I can't get enough!" She took another chilly bite of her ice cream and held some peanut butter in her mouth for a bit before swallowing.

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Ella Bishop wasn't drooling, okay? Sure she wanted to drool because the oreo ice cream looked delicious and her fingers were twitching in anticipation but she was NOT drooling. Nope. JUST SAYING. Ahem.

"Yeah, boys will do that to your brain." Confusing creatures, boys were. Luckily Ella had her boyfriend figured out...mostly. He still had the ability to make her brain go all fuzzy, though. She figured boys had that ability in spades. "Makes sense. I remember our talk in the tree house." Y'know, about feels and stuff. You know what would make this conversation easier, by the way? Ice cream. The blonde was eyeing it hard.

Mixed up feels were the worst thing ever. Ella knew this from experience. She was still worried about Kaiden's feelings in all of this, though. Him being badger family and all that jazz. "I know you didn't mean to but it's st-" BLINK. Mika!clawsayWHAT? "You broke your ankle after all of this?" Talk about bad luck. Merlin's beard.

"I'm sure he was upset." She knew he was, actually. That wasn't something she'd be discussing, though. The blonde made her way over to her bowl of Oreo ice cream and BEAMED at it, starting to add all kinds of delicious toppings. Not that it needed anything. The ice cream was clearly delicious on its own. "And yeah, I think you need to figure out what it is that you want before you do any more kissing...though I guess kissing could help you decide? I don't know. That could complicate things more too." GAH! This was a hard situation, y'know.

BLINK.

"He put one on your face?" Well that was...weird. Shudder. Ella shook her head and started in on her sundae, nomming excitedly. "I fink fings wib work oubt in theb end" She got out in between bites, patting Mika on the arm with her spoonless hand. "Just talk to the boys"

Mika nodded and listened to what Ella had to say. Since well, she had good advice right. And then she just blinked. Kissing them both? Wouldn't that be disastrous? She'd probably loose Kaiden as a friend if she kissed him, and then ran off and kissed Mo.

The whole idea, made her eyes pop a little bigger in her head. "Oh, No no no, I can't do that I won't kiss them both, never...nope" she blushed. "Ella, I need to admit something - after I told him that" she muttered, played with the spoon of ice cream and stared into the melting globs of joy.

"I realized, that, well, I liked him" she admitted. "That - that was why it was so hard for me to see him be sad...because I didn't know how to tell him - I did send him a letter a weird one to meet me at the Tree house" she blushed, took a bite of her ice cream. "be vusn't snow" swallow.

Eyes closing for the slight brain freeze. "he doesn't know its from me" she admitted sheepishly. He shouldn't she hadn't told him it was from her. "W-will you try and convince him to go see who sent the letter if he is suspicious...its a good, thing," she admitted blushing.

Success, Nerida was always bad with names at times so it was cool that she remembered the Ravenclaw's name. After getting the okay she got onto the counter. She remembered Eliza pretty well due to the disgusting potions assignment they did together. She stopped herself if she continued to think about it she would gag.

Carmel? Ooohh yeah. "Right, I hadn't even thought of it, until I remembered my friend doing it over the summer. The peanut butter adds just the right amount of flavor it compliments the carmel!" She took another bite, savoring the flavor...Aw she loved ice cream! "Next time you do, you should totally come and get me. No one ever wants to get off their lazy bums and come with me when I want some ice cream." She took another bite of her ice cream getting this time only the carmel and no peanut butter.

Her favorite part? Oh how to choose, the classes were all so good!"I loved the unicorn too! I don't think I have ever seen a unicorn that close! It was amazing!!! I have really been loving helping out around the castle, I hate to see it so..." well Eliza knew about that stuff. "I have lost my cat a lot this year so I am not really liking that. You ever see a blue cat around any where, it is mine!" She stuffed another bite of her ice cream before continuing. "It seems that this year is just full of fun things! I LOVED the Professor vs. Students quidditch match!! Did you?"

Penelope smiled again before continuing on her cookies and watching the girl set the lasagna to the side and continue to look through her box. Must have a lot of food in there, it looked like. But that was good. What would be the point in being sent only a little food, especially with the castle's food in the state in was? A lot of food would have to be sent. Like the package Kurumi had sent her earlier in the term. Merlin, that was brilliant. All of it was pretty much gone by now unfortunately...but it was good while it lasted.

She finished off her last cookie as the girl mentioned who the lasagna was for. And somehow, Penelope wasn't really surprised. "Yeah, I know West," she replied with a nod. "Most people seem to." Though, granted, many of those mostly just knew of him and didn't necessarily know him. There was a difference, yeah?

Eliza took another bite of her ice cream and pointed her now clean spoon at Nerida's bowl. "Well tell your friend that they're a genius! Seriously, let them know. Because sometimes people go on for ages not knowing how many good ideas they've had because they thought were just okay ideas, but she...or he, really needs to know. Brilliant combo!" She took another big scoop of her own ice cream and closed her eyes to show how delicious it was. "Mmm mmm mmm!" She was enjoying this treat so thoroughly that she almost missed what Nerida had said next. "What? Oh! Yes, I'll come get you for sure!! It IS always better to eat with a friend. Eating alone is kind of sad actually, isn't it? Like we're these pack animals really and if we eat alone it's going against our nature or something. That's how I feel right now anyway. Eat with the pack. Unless it's especially awesome and there isn't enough and then maybe you'd go all alpha dog on people and want to eat it all for yourself..." she thought out loud, "but there's definitely enough ice cream for everyone, so that's not even a problem!" Nom nom nom.

Eliza's eyes widened in excitement as Nerida talked about the unicorn. "I know, me either!!! It was so big and beautiful...but scared, but still - it was so pretty to see!" Hearing the clink of her spoon against the bowl, she realized she was getting dangerously low on her snack. Her eyes flicked back and forth between the bowl and the freezer, not wanting to interrupt the conversation by refilling her bowl - she kept still. For now. "Yeah yunno, me too! At first I was like, meh, but the more I did it the better I felt about it. Now I just see dirty things here and there and whisk them away. I mean, why not right? See it, fix it, get it done," she said with a big nod for emphasis on being an efficient and helpful human being. "Plus that's just too much for poor Toddles to take care of alone. Right Toddles?" she said out into the kitchen as if Toddles was there. She didn't know, maybe house elves had super hearing or they got a little ringing in their ears when someone said their names.

Suddenly, worry and determination covered the thirteen year old's face. WHAT? Lost?! That would simply not do. "You lost your cat?! Poor kitty! And blue? What's its name? I'll help you look! This is important!" Because with the state of the castle and the goblins and random forest animals lurking about, who knew what could happen to a cute little kitty. Plus, that would give them an excuse to look about the castle and then come back for more ice cream another time. Cats could not be left to their own devices. Everyone knew that. Because cats would plot something amazingly devious or they would get themselves into trouble, and both of those required human supervision - to keep them safe.

But before they went anywhere, she just had to say one more thing. "Um, yes! That match was so cool! I hope they do another one soon!! Who knew so many professors were good at quidditch! Not cause I don't think adults can play cause they obviously can, but to have that many all in one place that are good at it? And to watch them chase after students and students smack bludgers at them - I mean I didn't want anyone to get hurt, but it was still so funny and exciting to watch!" She nearly dropped her bowl when she tried to use her hands to talk like she so often did, but remembered at the last second that she was holding precious cargo.

She wondered now...did Nerida want to find her cat? Or eat more ice cream? Cause both were fun and important and good things to do.

Bounding into the kitchen she was hungry.. REALLY HUNGRY, but what did she want to eat. She had no clue. Opening the fridge nothing looked good to her. NOTHING. This was good, nor fun. She always knew what to make. Usually she was making it for Ethan or lately Kaiden, but still she shouldn't struggle this much on something to eat. What was she even in the mood for.

Looking around in the cabinets she tried to figure it out, Oh there was cookies, hmm that sounded good, but she wanted something different. She tired to stand figuring it out when her eyes landed on it. The ice cream machine!!! Yes!! That's what she wanted to eat. She wanted to get wasted on ice cream!! Yeah, because that was a total thing, plus it was ice cream so it was great!

Pulling a bowl out Minerva put a huge thing of Chocolate in and then went to the cookies and crumbled them over top. PERFECT. She sat down and began to eat looking at the ice cream machine. Hmmm she thought all of the sudden, that machine could be a Golden Ratio. Yes it really good and what a perfect ratio it would be.

Not stopping her eating, she leaned into her bag pulling out the parchment. Well how was this going to work she needed the same hand to hold the spoon and write. Well hopefully Hadley can read her witting with the wrong hand. She set the parchment on the table and messily watched herself write down that the ice cream machine would be a golden ratio with her wrong hand. Now that was done she would go back to the ice cream.