Lex didn't know what to expect when she gave him the go ahead for them to talk. There were a million endings to this one scene and you know what? Half those endings would probably hurt. If this was anything like the train, voices would rise...or not. She wasn't prepared to sit through that again. He'd shout but if he did it'd be at himself because she'd walk away, quickly.

Lex looked over at him when he called her name. It was like one of those things. Something she hadn't heard in a while but she wouldn't get her hopes up...yet. For now she would just listen.

I...was a real idiot.

"Yes. Yes you were." She confirmed. This was an apology and it was obvious he was being sincere but that didn't mean she wasn't going to have a say. She paused for an oddly long time before continuing. "...And...I shouldn't have tried playing it off..." She would admit that much. Not everyone could make themselves forget, she might have been asking too much of him?

"I wouldn't have brought it up at all if I'd known it would have made you hate me." Really. Nothing was worth having them fight like this. Nothing.

As Kace was talking to Adi, he noticed Dylan made it to the bonfire too! SWEET! He might as well go say hi right? "Hey Dylan!" he called out while he was still roasting his marshmallow. "Come over here and make a smore with me dude!"

I mean he knew how to make a mean marshmallow. It had to be perfectly golden brown. He loved the gooeyness in the center. Whoops now he had to make his smore. He needed graham crackers and chocolate. He got those supplies and the marshmallow just made it onto the crackers without falling off the stick.

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Lex didn't know what to expect when she gave him the go ahead for them to talk. There were a million endings to this one scene and you know what? Half those endings would probably hurt. If this was anything like the train, voices would rise...or not. She wasn't prepared to sit through that again. He'd shout but if he did it'd be at himself because she'd walk away, quickly.

Lex looked over at him when he called her name. It was like one of those things. Something she hadn't heard in a while but she wouldn't get her hopes up...yet. For now she would just listen.

I...was a real idiot.

"Yes. Yes you were." She confirmed. This was an apology and it was obvious he was being sincere but that didn't mean she wasn't going to have a say. She paused for an oddly long time before continuing. "...And...I shouldn't have tried playing it off..." She would admit that much. Not everyone could make themselves forget, she might have been asking too much of him?

"I wouldn't have brought it up at all if I'd known it would have made you hate me." Really. Nothing was worth having them fight like this. Nothing.

She...didn't need to say that. Aidan wouldn't say anything about it, because he thoroughly agreed that she shouldn't have acted that way. That, he remembered, was part of the reason he was so mad at her. That she dumped all she did on him and then tried to pretend neither of them were aware of it.

......Now she was just wrong. "I don't hate you," he said softly, calmly, eyes back on hers. "I'm sorry I made you think that..." He could see how she came to that conclusion...but it was so far from the truth. He was angry. He was upset. But he could never hate her. "You're my bestfriend. I....I miss you," he cleared his throat, trying to play that off cool.

But he did miss her. Loads. So much, it hurt.

As he snuggled his dragon stuffed animal, he heard someone call out to him and he looked up and saw Kace. Grinning, he waved and then made his way over, noticing the kid from Scribbilus (Adi, as Dylan has heard everyone call him) sitting on the other side of Kace.

Oh.

"Just ignore him, Dylan." he told himself in his head as he took a seat next to Kace. He was totally in the mood for a s'more though, those things were amaaaziiiing! After grabbing a stick, a marshmallow, chocolate (and an extra piece to eat) and graham crackers, he returned and poked his marshmallow on his stick. He then held it over the fire and glanced at Kace. "So, how have you been lately?" he asked.

She was pleasantly surprized when he didn't add his bit like she'd added hers when he admitted to being an idiot. No real need to bring up that day again if they were apologizing and looking to get pass this. It was actually something she appreciated him not bringing up. She could do without the image of the luggage compartment popping up.

Her eyebrows raised a bit. Despite what she'd been left to think for a little over a month...he didn't hate her...Hearing that, a small smile began tugging at the corners of her lips. As he continued the smile got wider and wider until it almost resembled a grin. He MISSED her. There was a time when she thought she was the only one doing the missing but he just said it. He missed her too! "That makes two of us." Because no matter how hard she tried, she could only distract herself for so long before she had to admit it.

"We're...we're gonna try making everything go back to normal, right?" That was another thing she had to be sure about. Yeah, they were apologizing and it felt GOOD being able to talk to him again but it wouldn't mean much if things were suddenly different and she could no longer do the things she used to--like asking him to pack her something...or grabbing him and hauling him off to the next big thing.

She'd missed being able to do that more than she would admit.

Adelaide pulled the smore back towards herself. She was actually glad she didn't have to make another one because it just looked too good to wait. She took a bite of it and it melted in her mouth. "Mmmmm. You sure? They're delicious..." Yes her mouth was still full and that was completely rude. Not to mention that Cassia had said she'd eaten already. But smores counted as dessert right? Adelaide nodded and swallowed before speaking again. "A bit. The fire helps though." She'd always loved bonfires. And not just because of smores.

"From what I've seen of it it's pretty great. Then again, this is the first stop I've made." What. She saw the fire and immediately thought smores. Not to mention she'd been craving sweets for days now. She looked over at the stuffed animal that Cassia was holding. "You made that? Is that what all of those people are doing over there?" She motioned to the station where everyone seemed to be crowded around, leaving with stuffed animals of sorts. She was going to have to take advantage of that.

She noticed Cassia's eyes wander over to another girl that had joined the fire. Adelaide was going to ask if she wanted to invite her to join them,but then the expression on the other snakette's face changed. She quirked an eyebrow before taking another bite of her yummy smore.

Adelaide's eyes lit up at the question and she made sure to swallow her mouthful before talking this time. "I think it's amazing! And that I have definitely been missing out these past four years." But she had no control over not being here.

He turned back to her as she replied to him. Good. At least he won't feel too awkward. Only at her explanation that Angeal realised the rats were coloured. "Angeal. Angeal Phantom," he said simply, lightly shaking her hand. "How is it possible?" asked the first year, looking at the rats. "I mean... How were they coloured?" Was it a charm or did she literally dyed their fur?

Kace noticed Dylan was a pro at making s'mores. He nodded and approved at what he was doing. "You seem to know how to make s'mores quite well." he mentioned. Then he heard Dylan talking to him. "Oh i have been well actually!" he said truthfully. "I am loving this prefect event because i am a huge pajama fan." he said lying down on the ground being all comfortable after he ate all his s'more. "Did you go to any lessons yet?" he asked curiously.

The s'more did look delicious but she didn't feel like it still, probably because she was one to eat when she was in a great mood. Which lately she hadn't been in. It might not be noticeable for someone she newly met. Since her bad mood standards were different that other people's. She just wasn't grinning and beaming all the time. Or talking to strangers. Adelaide was no stranger of course. House and dorm mate. "I'm good," She nodded at her. "Yes, I should have brought a jacket I guess," She said glancing at the stack of blankets that were tucked away from the fire. She supposed those were for sitting on the ground, would it be ok if she grabbed one and wrapped it around herself.

Oh, so Adelaide had only been by the bonfire so far. Make sense to stop by for snack first. "Yes, there are lots of options not just Hippogriffs," She told with a nod. Cassia didn't remember all of them, she's only seen elephant and unicorn and never checked further upon finding hippogriffs. "It's fun," She said smiling. It also was probably fun because Blue was there for her. Company mattered.

Every now and then, the blond stole a glance at the two fourth-years who were whispering. Could they speak a little bit up? She wanted to know what was happening and whether a Cassia-interfere was required. Though, no yelling which was good. And she might have missed the red-headeds raised eyebrow.

Cassia's smile grew slightly bigger seeing that the fellow snake was liking Hogwarts so far. That was really great. "That's brilliant," she said smiling. And it really was. "I'm glad you think so, what's your favorite thing about it?" She knew new people who disagreed about liking Howgwarts. "Where did you go to school before you came here?" Unless she was home-schooled? Though, Cassia's opinion on these wasn't the best. But not all people were the same. She wasn't judgmental. She hoped it didn't sound like an interrogation. She wanted to get to know Adelaide, since they're sharing a dorm and all, why not become friends, yeah?

Adelaide continued to munch on her smore, only a bite or two left, depending on how big her bites were. "Suit yourself." She took another bite before motioning over to where the blankets were. "If you're really cold, why don't you just grab one?" Sure they were there for sitting on, but they were probably there to keep yourself warm too. Didn't need the students getting any chills and ruining the fun.

Adelaide finished up her smore, licking the sticky marshmallow of of her fingers. She looked over at the bag, debating on whether or not she should have another one. "I will have to check it out because you are never too old for stuffed animals." Nope. Not to mention then she'd have something to cuddle with at night when Oreo didn't feel like sharing a bed with her.

She decided to start making another smore and turned around with a new marshmallow to catch Cassia glancing over at the other girl and her friend. Obviously there was something going on that Addi didn't know about, but she wasn't going to pry or pester. It wasn't her business. She put the marshmallow into the flames, waiting for it to burn.

Adelaide was glad to see that her dorm mate seemed happy at her happiness. If that even made any sense. Her favorite thing? Jeez. How was she supposed to pick. "Umm...so far I'm loving flying and just exploring." There were always a lot of new places to discover. She wondered if anyone ever found all of the little nooks and crannies that Hogwarts had to offer. Adelaide didn't mind all of the questions, she was just trying to figure out the best way to answer the last question. "I - uh - was homeschooled. My parents hired a magic tutor for me, since both of them were muggles and had no way of teaching me."

It wasn't long before more students arrived at the bonfire and Nick just simply sat there. Watching the fire and occasionally listening to the students talking about everything and nothing. It was nice though, just relaxing by the fire and doing nothing for an evening. Nick approved of this Prefect event. But first he wanted to roast some marshmallows so he got up from his seat and walked to the snack table.

Using his ridiculous shirt as a bowl, the Groundskeeper put the marshmallows in and walked back to his seat. Picking up a stick , he pinched the marshmallow through and held the stick above the fire. If anyone wanted to talk to him he was okay with it. If not, he would just enjoy the bonfire and his marshmallows.....did the fire just changed color?!

He smiled at her and gave a small smile, "Hey... Yeah it's been fun, and I actually have something for you." Brodie scooted a little closer to her and handed her the small stuffed unicorn "I hope you like it." The stuffed hippogriff wasn't as cute and he wanted to do one of the magical animals... He really did hope she liked it. He sat the paper and quill down and looked at her, "But what about you? Have you been having fun tonight?" Actually it seemed hard not to have a good time, even if you were a loner like him... So he did hope she was having fun... Or if not then he hoped the unicorn would help.

Adelaide was somewhat distracted from Cassia when the Groundskeeper, at least that's who she thought the man was, came up and grabbed a shirt full of marshmallows. She blinked slightly, mainly because of his shirt and the ridiculous amount of marshmallows he'd taken.

"Glad to see someone else likes roasted marshmallows as much as I do." She felt kind of ridiculous for pointing this out to the older man, but he had just been sitting by himself. Plus, Adelaide was always one for getting to know the staff and such. She continued to roast hers, hoping it would catch fire soon.

The fire was doing a good job of warming her up but it kinda only warmed her hands and her front while she felt a shudder run down her spine. Maybe she really should have grabbed a blanket. Then Adelaide mentioned it and Cassia nodded as she rose to her feet and went to grab one. Once she had one she sat back and wrapped the blanket around her shoulders feeling warmth already. "Much better," She said crooking a smile.

Now she didn't have to extend her arms to be closer to the fire, she'd just let her body absorb the heat that radiated. She snuggled with her stuffed Hippogriff and nodded excitedly at the red-headed. "Exactly! You should totally try it, it really is fun," She confirmed. She liked that Adelaide shared her point of view on the toys thing.

Some would call it silly and childish. Pffft.

When Cassia heard the word flying she wasn't surprised at all. Quidditch was everyone's obsession here, even though she didn't play, she went to each and every game to cheer for her house team and friends. "I saw you were trying out as well?" Was this because Derry tried to bribe them into doing so? Well, it worked with Cat and now Adelaide. "Almost all my friends play Quidditch." She told the girl conversationally. And it indeed was true that sometimes Cassia felt like an outsider. Not that her friends ever made her feel so.

Oh, she was home-schooled. Good thing Cassia hadn't given her opinion on this matter. But then again, Adelaide seemed very nice and cool unlike the other home-schooled girl, Cassia had encountered. Clearly being home-schooled wasn't what gave that girl the attitude. "That's nice, though I bet it's nicer here, being with people your age and all," Surely there must be perks to being home-schooled but Cassia wouldn't know. Though she was curious.


Following Adelaide's gaze, Cassia spotted the new groundskeeper. Mr.Cantwell as she recalled his name from when the headmistress introduce him. And he seemed to like marshmallow, yeah? The blond pulled on the edges of the blanket bringing it closer to herself and not letting cold air get into it and smiled at the man. "Hello, sir," Did he not like being called sir?

Adi lay flat on his stomach on the blanket, enjoying the roaring bonfire. With him was his newly stuffed Hippogriff. "And I'll put you here, Mr. Hippogriff, so everyone can see what a handsome creature you are,'' he said as he set the stuffed toy at the edge of the blanket so that it stood right beside him. He still hadn't thought of a name for it as yet but he was in no hurry.

And then the firstie heard a familiar voice! "Kace!'' he said. Even before looking up, he knew who it was. "I'm loving it! My Hippogriff and I would be delighted if you could join us. We've got fooooood!'' He pointed at the little stack of assorted food next to him. Of course he had not been intending to eat it all! he was hoping for a friend to share with.
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Adi pointedly ignored the Scribbulus kid who had joined them. He wasn't about to ruin anything for Kace just because he hated that boy.

Out of the darkness from beyond, something small and black could be seen heading in the general direction of the bonfire. As it drew closer, one could scarcely make out a set of bulging white eyes perched at the very top of it. Closer still and one could see that it was a young boy wearing a head-to-toe pajama modeled after a creature. A semi-unidentifiable black seal-like creature that looked liked someone had made it, but someone without the knowledge of just how sewing works.

Cutty stepped up to the bonfire snatched a s'more from the nearby table and took a seat on one of the fallen logs liking the fire and searching for faces in it.

Kace turned around and noticed Adi was calling him out. Kace smiled at him and joined him. "I will be delighted to join and i will bring Mr. Chilly Willy here." he said motioning towards his penguin friend. Oh and he had food!? SWEET!!! He loved the food here. Kace already made a s'more though and he was also talking to Dylan. "Do you mind if my friend Dylan joins us?" he asked politely.

Kace then sat down and decided to eat some of the snacks Adi had with him. Oh boy he was sure he was gonna have a sugar high tonight but he didn't care the slightest bit. "This bonfire is soo cool right?" he asked Adi excitedly with his foot twitching from the sugar.

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She was pleasantly surprized when he didn't add his bit like she'd added hers when he admitted to being an idiot. No real need to bring up that day again if they were apologizing and looking to get pass this. It was actually something she appreciated him not bringing up. She could do without the image of the luggage compartment popping up.

Her eyebrows raised a bit. Despite what she'd been left to think for a little over a month...he didn't hate her...Hearing that, a small smile began tugging at the corners of her lips. As he continued the smile got wider and wider until it almost resembled a grin. He MISSED her. There was a time when she thought she was the only one doing the missing but he just said it. He missed her too! "That makes two of us." Because no matter how hard she tried, she could only distract herself for so long before she had to admit it.

"We're...we're gonna try making everything go back to normal, right?" That was another thing she had to be sure about. Yeah, they were apologizing and it felt GOOD being able to talk to him again but it wouldn't mean much if things were suddenly different and she could no longer do the things she used to--like asking him to pack her something...or grabbing him and hauling him off to the next big thing.

She'd missed being able to do that more than she would admit.

Wait. That made two of them? She missed him, too? He thought...she'd have been so upset at him for what he did to her, that she was glad they hadn't interacted. But...she missed him. That was relieving. Aidan chuckled lightly. "We're both idiots." For not seeing each other when they were BOTH missing each other. "But I'm the bigger one, of course." Because he set off the whole not-seeing-each-other thing. And humiliated her. And hurt her.

What a rubbish friend he was.

His eyes slid over her face. "Yes. We ARE going to be normal. No different from before." Anything less than they used to be would be horrible. Their relationship was so good before. The best. Bestfriends. And he wanted everything they were back.

But...Dora said they had to talk about it. As much as Aidan just wanted to leave it behind, acknowledge it but continue on, they had to talk. Said Dora and Aidan would be fine with not listening to her, but he was afraid she'd hex him again. "So..." he cleared his throat again, "...youlikeme." His face pinkened a little, unseen by the firelight. Which was what he was looking at. The fire, not Lex. To save them both embarrassment.

Of course Eliza came to the bonfire part of the party, being such a fan of warmth, coziness, and snacks. She grabbed a stick and some s'more parts and went to work, turning the marshmallow slowly until it looked just right. It was a skill she'd learned over countless summers with her family. The thought of them made her a bit sad, but she knew she'd see them soon for Christmas, so she brushed the thought away.

Once her treat was completed, she sat on a log and took a gooey bite. Everyone seemed to be having a good time and she was glad. Though...she wasn't sure who to talk to just yet, so she took another bite and chewed slowly, trying not to get any chocolate or marshmallow on the corners of her mouth.

But then she saw eyes coming towards them. Big white eyes with nothing but blackness around them. Whaaaaatisthat?! she thought, her own eyes growing larger. As it came into focus, it appeared to be a young student, dressed all in black. She let out a sigh of relief and gave him a small smile to hide her embarrassment at being startled.

Laughing at being called an idiot was hardly something she did but this time there was nothing else to do. He was right. They were both being idiots in one way or another and in the spirit of making up she didn't go nodding at him stating he was a bigger idiot. Sometimes she questioned that. Who'd been worse. Technically, if she hadn't sent that letter, he'd have never humiliated her and they'd have never stopped talking. "Let's...just agree not to be this stupid again."

This was one mistake she never planned to make again. Consider all lessons learned.

Her face lit up noticeably by now. Normal was the only thing she was hoping for at this point. Nothing forced, no caution walks or anything of the sort just them being best buds like they'd always been. They'd had too many good times together to throw it all away for a more uptight relationship. Those were no fun and she put hardly any effort in those.

Lex was perfectly content now and would have even been fine with sitting in a comfortable silence but then he was clearing his throat...Lex raised a curious eyebrow at him, noting his gaze that was fixed on the fire again. She...had a bad feeling about where this conversation was suddenly going. His statement had her eyes darting to the fire as well. Thank merlin this was all under the cover of night because she could steadily feel her face getting warmer around the cheeks, eventually spreading to her ears. Did they have to talk about this? It was something she'd rather NOT have been reminded about BUT denying it had only made it worse last time. He wanted to talk about it FOR SOME INCREDIBLY ODD REASON THAT SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND so...

"....Ido." Most of her focus was on trying to prevent her face from gaining any more colour. No need to make it noticeable. "butit'snotonpurpose. Itriednotto."

Cutty flipped the hood off of his...seal pajamas and grabbed a roasting stick. He placed a hand on the marshmallow part of it and determined it was not nearly gooey enough for his liking. He made what I would personally call a rash decision to skewer the smore and get pieces of graham cracker everywhere. Slowly and carefully he twisted and twirled the roasting stick into the fire.

He noticed the girl nearby shoot him a small smile. People were certainly friendly at this school. And anyway, that's why he came. To mingle. To schmoooze. To build his business base up. "Hullo." He said to the girl. "Having a good time, are you?"

She took another nibble of her s'more just as the boy spoke. Ducking her head and nodding while holding up her hand with her pointer finger in the air to show she needed to finish chewing before speaking, Eliza rushed to finish her bite. All of this caused her to get a piece of graham cracker stuck in her throat momentarily, forcing her to cough a delicate yet somewhat frantic cough a few times. The hint of tears in her eyes from the crumby throat glistened in the firelight as she finally was able to reply properly. "Ahem," and another small cough escaped. "Pardon me!" Brilliant, Eliza. So graceful, she thought snidely to herself. "I am having a good time, thanks. Aside from being too incompetent to eat properly though." She let out a small smirk and rolled her eyes at herself.

She eyed her s'more scornfully as if it had done that to her on purpose. She should know better by this point than to trust sweet treats at Hogwarts. She looked back over to the boy and gave out a small crooked smile. "And you? Are you having a good time...errrr..." Shoot what is his name? "....new..." No house colors...no name tag...agh! "...seal...boy?" Her brows arched in a comical angle, letting him know she felt like a total goon right now and she shrugged her shoulders exaggeratedly a few times to show it was completely okay to laugh at her.

She was really on her way to winning a lot of awards for her social abilities this year. Mhm.

SO.

Beezus had went back to the castle to grab a shawl because it was obviously getting a little cold and she didn't have anyone to cuddle with, and her guitar, Mavis, which was given by someone she was supposed to be cuddling with. Now she was here, nearing the large bonfire which was currently burning BLUE, a little darker hue than those flames in the legendary Goblet of Fire. And then she plopped on a log, setting Mavis against her leg before clearing her throat.

Aheeem. Aheeem.

"Excuse me everyone, if I can have your attention for a moment please." She said in a louder than normal voice and smiling that classic Beezus smile. Afterwards, she went on. "In behalf of your Pajama Leaders," aka Student Leaders, psshh. "I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to every single one of you who came to join us this evening. That includes our Professors. And we sincerely hope that you all are having a nifty good time tonight." Ugh. She really hated herself sometimes. Now she was feeling all emotional that it was her last year at the school and all. UGGGHH. So, she ended up biting her lip....her fingers moving of their own accord and playing up chords of a certain song.

"I'll....disrupt your moments for a while with one song." Beezus mumbled, chuckling a bit as her index, middle and ring finger found their places to set the C chord. She began to sing.....

"So let's sing na, na na na na, heeeey ya.....
Come on let's sing na, na na na na, heeeey ya...

This is our song, that's all that matters
'Cause we all belong right here together
There's nothing better than singing along

This is our party
And this our song......"

Chord shift! From G to A...then back to C. Those were easy enough chords so she wasn't having problem with the progression. She had a good mentor, after all.

"And grab your guitar, sit by fire....
'Cause we all need a song
When we're weary and tiiiired

We'll stay here.......together....and sing it out loud...."

... Heh. This was one dream come true.

Cutty's brows raised when Eliza began to make the little chokey noises, he reached into his pajamas and gripped the end of his wand tight, but his mind went blank as to whether or not he knew or even could remember any anti-choke charms.

But then, just like that the girl turned out to be alright. Cutty laughed unapologetically when the girl referred to herself as incompetent. Cutty couldn't even imagine anyone in Slytherin even having the remotest thought that they themselves were anything like incompetent and for that reason it loaned the comment a certain degree of unexpectedness thus rendering it funny to him. Then he witnessed her shoot an accusatory look at her s'more with her somewhat watery eyes, and at this point Cutty was rolling. He found this girl very, very weird, but it made for amusement.

The seal boy gave a small nod in reply to him having a good time here. He may not have been when he first walked in, but he definitely was now. "My name's Cutty." He said catching his breath. "What's yers?" He asked her over his now burning marshmallow and the acoustics of an older Ravenclaw girl.

Ohohoh! Kace had a Penguin! Cool! Adi loved penguins. "Put him next to my hippogriff! They can be friends!'' Heh. He sounded crazy. It was probably the sugar talking but who cared? They were having FUN! And foooooood! Adi, now flat on his back and staring up at the sky waved vaguely. "It's fine. As long as he doesn't hog all the food to himself.''

Suddenly, the first year felt something collide with his foot! "Oi! Who's kicking me?'' he asked, raisng his head and glaring at Dylan. Kace would not do that soooooo the only other person here and would do that was his House mate.

Oh wait! Was that someone singing? And playing the guitar?! Adi zoned in on the guitar, completely ignoring the fact the girl had a beautiful voice. He always wanted learn to play one.