Resting her head on Adi was nice. While they were at Hogwarts she could't so much as ruffle his hair without a comment from professors saying that it wasn't allowed. They were a bunch of stiffs if you asked her. What was so bad about hair ruffling? AJ clung to Adi just a bit tighter. She was going to remember this feeling for when she was back at home and wouldn't have Adi in the flesh. Then Adi was handing something over to her. "Oh, cool. I'll have that cell phone in no time." It was safe to say that she had her dad wrapped around her little finger.

Benny's invitation caught her attention. Oh, that would be great. Of course AJ would want to see Benny over the summer, but her main focus was on being able to see Adi. "I'd love to. Do you have any plans on what kind of party you are going to have? Will there be a pinata there?" AJ LOVED pinatas. If not, then she would make sure to bring one for him. EEP. This was exciting.

"It was,'' Adi confirmed in response to Benny's single word reply. "You don't have to feel bad about what happened. It wasn't your fault. Besides, you were funny while others were just mean. If you asked me, you were one of the lucky ones.'' So the bestie had nothing to worry about.

"No...I'm sure its gotten brighter over the last few weeks.'' Adi was reminded of the days during his first and second years when he used to wear a cap pulled low over his eyes for the same reason but after a while things had gotten better... and now it was back and a million times worse. If he remembered correctly, he had even had a headache on the journey back to King's Cross last year too.

The Hufflepuff felt AJ holding on to him a little tighter and looked down at her, knowing what she was thinking. He squeezed her hand, noting she still wore the band he had slipped on her hand. "You're not going to take this off, are you?'' he asked. "Good. I'll look forward to that call.''

Adi cautiously looked back at Benny upon hearing him speak again, squinting in the process. An invite to hang out with the bestie and the girls! That meant he could see AJ earlier than planned. But mainly, he'd get to celebrate Benny's birthday. Awesome! "I'm up for that,'' he replied, bobbing his head enthusiastically but stopping abruptly. One word: Headache. He could feel a mild one coming along. "Just let me know the details as soon as you can.'' He laughed when AJ asked about a pinata. He didn't blame her. There would have to be loads of candy.
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Half blood just like him! Jordy and Adi had something in common. So cool! "I'm half blood too. But it's the opposite way around for me. My mom's a witch, she was a Gryffindor. She mainly stays at home now but dad works at a bank.'' Which was sort of boring in Adi's opinion but hey, it suited his dad just fine.

"I love it! I'm a member of this awesome club since I was a kid so I've been playing for a while.'' Adi didn't mention he also played for his primary school's team. "So, what sport do you like, Jordy? Besides Quidditch.'' The words were hardly out of his mouth when he heard the compartment door slide open. Dylan! "Hey, Dylan,'' Adi greeted his fellow Puffer. "I'm sure Jordy wouldn't mind."

"I'm pretty good, how about you?" Dylan asked Jordan with a smile as he shook his friend's hand before grabbing his luggage and dragging it into the compartment. He slid the door shut behind him and stuffed his things up and away and took a seat, allowing Ginger to get comfortable in his lap. He shrugged at Jordan's question. "Y'know, I kinda am and I'm kinda not. I love Hogwarts but I do miss family and not having any homework." he told him with a laugh. The Hufflepuff then looked out the window, watching as the scenery flashed by. He loved the train rides because it was so fun to look out the window; it was always so beautiful outside.

He turned his attention back to his friends. "What about you, Adi? Jordan? Excited to go back home?" he asked.

Besides Quidditch Jordan didn't really play too many sports, at least popular Europe sports. "I'm actually really into Basketball. I've played with my dad since I was five and played around some of Europe on a team that travels." Hopefully Adi knew what he was talking about considering that Basketball was not one of the more common sports talked about among Hogwarts students. In fact, Basketball in Europe wasn't that big compared to Basketball in the United States.

Jordan focused his attention from his basketball magazine to Dylan upon him conversing. "I'm excited and ready to be home for the summer. I love Hogwarts, but I love home just the same!" Jordan couldn't wait to go home and just relax and sleep.

"You guys got any big plans for Summer Break?" Jordan asked looking to Adi and Dylan.

Noel SIGHED yet again, before shaking his head - "I honestly don't know how to explain" he admitted, because he himself was confused. It sort of annoyed him really - because he wanted to enjoy the fact that he had just kissed someone for the very first time, and not contemplate over the technicalities of the future. But no, Maddison Cooper had other things in mind.

"Can we just .. drop it?" he asked quietly, taking his eyes away from her. "Because I really don't have an answer that will satisfy you .."

It sucked that his mood was sinking - he had hoped that this feeling would last longer, but the more Maddie questioned him, the more he thought and the more he thought, the more it sucked.

This wasn't like Clara at all. She couldn't seem to focus or distract herself the way she usually could. The sheet of paper in front of her was blurry and her hands were shaking ... so much so that her sketch was full of wavy lines. It looked like a child had drawn it. She also couldn't apply the right amount of pressure; where there was supposed to be block colour it was patchy and where there was supposed to be careful detail there were careless mistakes.

She just couldn't do it.

Clara shoved the sketchpad out of her lap, just as another student entered the compartment and sat down. She was just about to tell them to leave her alone when she realised who it was. "Gabe..." she said, swallowing the rest of her words and pointlessly trying to compose herself. It was too late for that, though. He'd seen too much. Besides ... Gabe knew her too well for her to successfully hide her emotions from him.

Maddie simply nodded her head, deciding not to push the issue any further. She had a million other questions to ask, she ALWAYS did, but this time she just left them unanswered. She left them unanswered even IF it was torture not firing them off, one after another. And where exactly DID this leave them? Because Maddie hadn't built up her first kiss in her head much at all so whatever Noel was currently feeling, she certainly couldn't relate to and not being able to ask questions meant she'd have to stay confused about the boy's feelings for a long while, it seemed.

Leaning back against the seat, Maddie rested her hands in her lap and drummed her fingers on her legs. She didn't really have much else to say so she'd continue to mull things over in silence, not the least bit uncomfortable.