A happy, yet appropriately muted shriek from Cela who immediately launched herself at Becca for a hug. "I loooooooooove your dress, you look so good!" But weregoat. Weregoat. Oooooh! She remembered! "Well sometimes even weregoats get hungry, Becca!" Cela said with a little giggle. Her former dormmate! For Seven whole years! Becca was HERE. DID COPE SEE? DID PLYMOUTH SEE? DID THEY SEE IT WAS BECCA? It had been too long!

"Sit with us?!" Half invitation, half order, Cela scooched closer to Copernicus, which was somehow possible, so that Becca could comfortably fit if she chose to.



"Ooooh he's a cute one! Good job, Genevieve!" Not quite so gorgeous as her own husband, but up there. Celandine approved which obviously was important to the younger woman right? Well Cela would act like it.


And look at Copernicus with all his manners. Cel giggled slightly and wrinkled her nose at Becca as if to say 'yes, he hasn't changed one bit', which was mostly true. "You're a wicked liar, Copernicus Kettleburn! Fancy calling your wife a goat!" She said, teasing and not one bit serious As for his Plymouth comment she shrugged one shoulder. "Well it isn't as if we don't all see each other anyway, we can't monopolize them all night." Teehee. But she DID intend to look at pictures. Picture time was her favourite. Wasn't it Cope's? She dropped another little kiss on his cheek and kept a good hold on his hand.


"Oh Chloe and Callum are, but Charlotte, don't let that one fool you." She said to Fia and pointed at their eldest child in the picture, who was only a few more years from Hogwarts age. Handful, that one, but it was obvious Cela adored her. Attention went to the belly though, wistful looks from her. Cela DID miss being pregnant, she was that weird sort who had enjoyed every moment of it.

Oooh and Miles thought he was funny.

"I don't! You know perfectly well." Not that she was bossy... much, but she had a knack for inspiring people to do what she wanted, or to step up for her and with her. That was why she and Miles had made a good team, he did what he was supposed to. Teeheee. Fia's influence, probably.

"Six!" she repeated. "Oh they grow up so quick!" So they would probably be the year above her own Chloe? How lovely! And all in RAVENCLAW together, right? All their babies? Together? And not just in the fantasy world of Celandine's imagination?

"Yes that's right! Its going to be so exciting to see her off! Of course, she won't be alone. She has a cousin here already." PAUSEPAUSEPAUSE. "And HE is in Ravenclaw!" Which Cela had thought was absolutely the best given Mikey and Zahra before him had ended up in Gryffindor, though they'd graduate before Charlotte began. Not that Cela didn't love a whole LOT of Gryffindors, it was just she so desperately wanted to share all the lovely Ravenclaw experiences she had had herself.



Um yes Cela WOULD want to see pictures from Evee, of COURSE it didn't matter that it hadn't been all that long since she'd seen her, the former Slytherin did have a new little girl to squee over, and Cela was obviously the perfect audience for that. Picture time!



Cela would, as usual with Plymouth, just ignore the fact that close quarters between him and Copernicus were usually awkward. She'd been doing it for the last ten years and change now after all. "Oh I bet you could. Just sweet talk Bunz." Like, that was easy enough right? Plymouth was even closer to her than the pink ladies were! Obviously he could get permission to pop by and see Zahra and OH MAYBE SHE COULD GO SEE HOW DMITRIY WAS DOING? Was he alright for snacks and treats? Had Keiran sent him enough galleons to spend in Hogsmeade? Did he have a good winter sweater? Family mission to the towers!

But first, pictures! Ooooh!

"Can I get a copy of this one, Plymmy?" She ooh'd and aah'd over it, legitimately charmed. "Copey look, aren't they the CUTEST niece and nephew we have?" To be fair, Cela thought exactly that about every single one of the children in her extended family, but she was genuine about it. "And Pensacola looks so happy." She added to Plymouth, smiling at him, eyes shining. "And so do you." Which was something she was very happy about that was for sure.

Oh-hoa, she was even taking a seat across from him. Adding one more fine lady to his surroundings, yes. No complaints here.

He noticed the exhale. Or was that a giant sigh? Paulie couldn't tell. He flashed a smile when she mentioned the cafe. "Wow, yeah. It HAS been a while. Gosh, where's the time goin'?" Another thing he didn't know. It was going away. AWAY somewhere.

"But yeah, I'm all right, thanks. Funny bein' back here an' all." Those were the days! Hogwarts Glory Daze. Siiiiigh.

But nah, he liked the present just fine, too. Different chapters, eh?



OH GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY!

Was that...? "CHOCO KING!" Paulie called, on his feet and cupping his hands around his mouth. It's not like they were THAT far from him. But you know. Just to make sure they heard him.

He flashed a big grin their way. "Gosh, don't be stangers. Scoot down, ya goobers." There WERE people outside of their little coupley love fest.

Still grinning, he began to lower his bottom onto the bench, but he paused suddenly. His eyes got caught over at the Gryffindor table. In the lilac dress, and.. wow.

"Feels weird to be back, doesn't it?"

Weird was certainly one way of describing it. Another was: peculiar, nerve-wracking, an event that came with a lot of nostalgia.... the list went on and on but nothing could describe how weird it felt to be wearing this dress and these pair of heels. Semi-formal, the invite said, and semi-formal meant a dress of some sort or smart trousers and certainly no trainers.

MER-LIN. If she made it through the evening feeling comfortable, it was going to be a bloody miracle.

And there were people here. Large crowds and loud small talks. At the Ravenclaw table in particular. Maria shot a nervous glance over at Jared. Were they meant to talk to them? How many of them did they know?! It had been well over ten years since they last graduated and Merlin knew, she hardly recognised many people here apart from a few of her former dormmates. So the more important question here was: how many people did Jared know?

Speaking of the man, she tugged him along the Ravenclaw table, finding comfort in holding his hand. "Pity we can't go and see those mermaids you adore so much," she said, shooting him a teasing smile as she sat down. Merlin knew he probably liked them more than he liked her.

And since they were back at Hogwarts, the teasing was only going to get worse. Your loss, Cattermole.

Jared had his signature half-smirk on as he approached the Ravenclaw table with Maria. He knew she wasn't the biggest fan of that type of clothing and couldn't help but be amused. "You look stunning, though." It didn't matter if it felt weird. Actually, it didn't feel weird for him at all, but he was aware that was probably one of the many things he was different from most people. So, was feeling weird and special good for you, Maria? Hah. He still had it. Plenty more where that came from.

As he was being tugged by his girlfriend along their former table, he started spotting people he knew. Merlin, he felt nostalgic now. His own people deserved smiles from him. His own people, not those freaks from the Gryffindor table. In fact, he had even spotted the biggest freaks he had ever known. They were right there at the lion table, he could see them.

The 31 year-old was glad he didn't have any obligation to talk to them. But right, back to his own former housemates. "Celandine, Miles." They both got a head nod as greeting. "Becca." Wow, they looked so different yet he could still tell they were his classmates. Some things never changed.

Jared fully smirked when Maria commented on the mermaids. "You never know how this night might end, darling." He teased back, winking at Maria. Was he being serious, though? Who knew. Jared was definitely up for visiting his 'old friends' at the lake later that night. Who would stop him? The Headmistress? Chyeah, right.

They'd hardly been here for long and then Jared Cattermole happened.

And she was blushing.

ASDFGHJKL JARED WHY. Maria was smiling to herself and wanted to flail as if she was one of those giggly girly types she despised so much. "Is this your way of getting me to blush and completely melt at your words? Because it's working." Just so he knew. "Thank you, handsome. You don't look bad yourself." Wink.

And then he was greeting people and she turned to look over at them.... and then at the tags in front of them. Merlin, people had really changed over the past ten or so years, hadn't they? Appearance wise, at least. Who knew whether that all too familiar Ravenclaw angst had gone or not. The former Ravenclaw smiled but said nothing. Not yet.

You never know how the night might end? This man. Seriously. She was trying not to be amused but he had to go and be himself which just made it a lot harder. "Are you telling me you're going to need some alone time with those lovers of yours?" Now it was her turn to smirk. "I bet they've missed seeing you trying to interact with them in your own unique way." She kind of wanted to see this for herself, actually.

Oh, Spike! Vashti hadn't realized until now how long it had been since she'd seen him. It seemed like ages, didn't it? She beamed at him and Addy. Vashti didn't know his wife very well, but she was glad to see her as well. "I'm doing quite well! Glad to be here and seeing everyone. How about you?" The question was for both him and Addy too, if they both wanted to answer.

She laughed too, pleased that Louisa found it funny. The next thing she said though, it wasn't technically funny, but Vashti smiled at the memory anyway. "Yeah, I remember that. Though it wasn't all bad after I graduated, considering you got to be prefect and Head Girl after me." She'd been really proud of Louisa too, and she'd known her friend would be excellent at it. Oh Merlin, but now she was mentioning her kids coming here and it made her feel so old. "You won't be young forever with or without marriage and kids," she pointed out, "but thanks for implying I'm old because of that." She tried to keep a straight face but failed as a grin appeared again since she was only teasing. The smile did disappear a little though at the mention of Dallin and Ellie. "They're not coming?" That was disappointing. She'd wanted to see them too.

Vashti didn't see it as merely a formality in this case, since she genuinely did want to know how Ellie was doing. Treyen too. It had been quite awhile since she'd last seen them face-to-face after all.

Considering all the things in her life that kept her busy, she didn't keep up with Quidditch as much as she would have liked to, so she wasn't sure about the 'back' at Quidditch part - had Ellie quit for awhile? - but she smiled. "That's good to hear. Still with Portree?" Quidditch players sometimes changed teams, right?

"I'm doing well. Salem's a pretty cool place, so I'm enjoying it."



Vashti noticed Max standing by the doors once their were a few calls in his direction. She'd wait until he actually came over before she spoke though.

It was also then that she noticed Becca as well. Merlin, it'd been so long since she'd seen her too. Vashti smiled, though the woman might not have seen considering she was already heading for another part of the table. That was okay. Perhaps she'd get the chance to talk later on.

She smiled and nodded her agreement. It was strange, considering the last time they were here they were only seventeen or eighteen. So very young. "The question of the day," she laughed lightly, grinning. Probably the most common question that would be asked through this whole event. "Well, I went to uni for awhile for Arithmancy, and a couple years ago got a job as a professor for it at Salem. So I live over in the States now with my husband and kids." But fortunately she was still able to come back for a day for this. "What about you?" Even if it was supposed to be just a polite question you asked at a reunion, Vashti was genuinely curious. Everyone had graduated to do so many different things, so it was interesting to find out the various careers and other things they had chosen to pursue.

Even though a reunion was often generally for, well, reuniting one with their school friends, it certainly didn't have to be limited to only those she knew, right? So when someone she didn't really know sat down at the Ravenclaw table, Vashti decided she wanted to talk to her too.

"Hello," she greeted her with a smile. "Feels a bit strange to be back here at this table, doesn't it?"

Now would you look at all the Ravenclaws there? Elise was honestly starting to feel a little overwhelmed. It was hardly a secret that where there were Ravenclaws, drama tended to tag along. For now, though, it seemed relatively calm. Good.

Back to the many eagles there, though. It was starting to give this blonde a headache because she was a little busy trying to remember everyone. There was Vashti and Louisa and all, who she actually remembered, but then again there were people she didn't and it was getting a little difficult to figure out whether or not she went to school with them. Why was age so difficult to figure out among Wizarding people anyway? Really inconvenient.

Were they all even Ravenclaws? Wasn't that Belle girl a Hufflepuff? Now her brain really was working overtime. She'd just stand there, maybe. Yeah. Until she found someone she was relatively close to and wasn't Ellie because she was pretty sure Ellie hasn't gotten over that stray bludger yet to talk to. Or you know, she'd just say a simple hello to a random stranger and pretend she knew them. The second option sounded good.

"Hi."

They didn't have to know that she was having a headache trying to figure out who they were, nope. Elise was all smiles.

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Oh-hoa, she was even taking a seat across from him. Adding one more fine lady to his surroundings, yes. No complaints here.

He noticed the exhale. Or was that a giant sigh? Paulie couldn't tell. He flashed a smile when she mentioned the cafe. "Wow, yeah. It HAS been a while. Gosh, where's the time goin'?" Another thing he didn't know. It was going away. AWAY somewhere.

"But yeah, I'm all right, thanks. Funny bein' back here an' all." Those were the days! Hogwarts Glory Daze. Siiiiigh.

But nah, he liked the present just fine, too. Different chapters, eh?

Belle smiled and had no idea where the time was going. It seemed to passing faster and faster. "You know Paulie I have no idea. It seems time is not stopping for either of us." She smiled when she heard Paulie was doing well. "It is funny being back here, I thought I would never see you again. I thought you would be a one time deal or something." she grinned playfully. It seemed he was a ladies man by all the ladies talking to him. I guess she got roped in by his charm.

"Tell me what has been going on in your life? Anything interesting happen?" she asked to keep the conversation going. She was curious what everyone was doing after Hogwarts.

Hah. He saw that. The blushing and smiling. Smirk.

Oh, well, yes. It was indeed, Maria. And his smirk was his answer to her question. "You don't need to compliment me just because I said that." He snorted, giving a half-smile and short nod to some other people at the Ravenclaw table as they walked past them.

Truth be told, Jared appreciated Maria's quietness. It made her even more polite and mysterious to others, and he liked that. It also meant he wasn't one of those blabbing women who gossiped whenever they had the chance. He winked at her and gestured for her to sit down before him. The gentleman he was.

And she never ceased to make him chuckle. "I just might. I've known them longer than I know any of you." Trying??? "My dear, I don't try, I do interact with them." Surely she remembered all the books he's gotten from her very own shop. He had learned Mermish and could communicate with the creatures perfectly well, thank you.

But of course she was just joking. Maria knew better. Wink.

Louisa could see why making friends in the business was important and a good idea. She nodded and turned back to look at India. "I can't find him anywhere here, I'm not sure he could make it but I'll definitely mention you to him. He's a very talented potioneer." They could benefit from each other and maybe start a business together if Jonathan wasn't keen on teaching.

... hmm? Heh. Louisa shrugged with a light chuckle. "It's funny and odd at the same time. But also, happy? I'm not sure what I'm supposed to say, it's good to see the majority of our friends are happy." She laughed, but she meant it. "My plans do not include babies any time soon, though, and that makes me happy." And as it turned out, neither did India's plans.

Louisa scooted away a bit to let Mr. Crammypants to IMPOSE on her and Ellie and sit right in the middle, ugh, there were plenty of room aaaaall the way on the other side of the table.

Anyway, yeah, can't be flatmates with her bestest friend him. "Not to mention Paulie is a terrible flatmate. He doesn't clean and dry the bathroom after he showers." She offered Ellie helpfully, with a little bitter tone. Traitor. Wait, not only traitor but... Louisa looked at him a crazy-wide-eyed look. "Yes. Thank you for the support." Ahem. "I know it's not easy to find something like that, which's why I need someone to split the expenses with." So it wasn't that impossible. "Did I mention I'm a real employee at the IWC office now?" Her face brightened instantly at the mention of her new job, like she'd always been for the past few weeks.

... wait, was that Milton over there? Louisa waved at him with her fingers. "Hiya Cap'n." Though he wasn't a captain anymore... maybe? She had no idea what went down in the Quidditch world and who stayed and who didn't. She did remember Milton's interest in pursuing the academic life, bless him.


Aw, yes, Vashti was right. Technically Louisa inherited the badges from Vashti up until she became Head Girl. "That's the school's way of telling us we were truly sister, I think." She kept her smile at her older friend... up until she mentioned growing old and kids. "I think you're my most hopeful friend." She winked at her and chuckled dismissively. Dallin and Vashti's kids were enough to bring out and satisfy whatever little motherly feelings she was growing with age, thank you very much friends. "You're welcome." Louisa added with a cheeky grin, and looked back at the double door of the hall in case someone she knew walked in. Nope. "Nah, not as far as I know." She confirmed with a sad look, looking back at Vashti.

The old Ravenclaw, Annabelle walked over with elegance from the Food and Drink table to her old table at Hogwarts. The metamorphmagus was happy to be back at her old table. She was happy to be back at Hogwarts in general! This place hasn't changed one bit, and she loved it! Everything looked the same, which was good. It really brought back good memories of her time spent here at the school for witchcraft and wizardry.

Looking at the table she saw place cards. Hmm, this is...rather fancy. She thought to herself. This would help Annabelle so much with her former classmates names. Which was good because she barely remembered her old friend, Whitney's, name. Which was terrible considering the fact that they were extremely close. Even though the two of them weren't in the same house as each other. With that big thing, they still were really close. She made a mental note to invite the former Slytherin to her wedding she was about to have in the Spring.

Finding her place card, the Eagle sat down on the bench while fixing the creases on her dress. Hopefully she'd have some more people to talk to tonight. It would get boring just talking to one friend. Though they were like sisters. It still could get pretty old really fast.

"Not a coincidence, Foster. You sat here uninvited. You seek out the pretty in the room and try to make it your own." She pulled some less than attractive faces at him to punctuate her statement, which was meant in fun, before turning her attention back to the crowd still gathering at the tables.

"You're here alone? Just trying to keep your options open?"

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....Must they talk about wedding things? It sort of made sense for Vivi to be curious about these things and follow up on them, since she was planning it, but....she'd never pinned Vivi as that kind of girl, really. That was why she liked her so much. "He said I could wear pajamas," Ellie nodded.

But seriously, yes, he talked to her about it.

Also seriously, he did say that.

OH! He was here now! He could tell her! Yes, Max, come over, give your girlfriend a kiss, and tell her about the pajama wedding.

Vivi's stomach did this weird twisting thing at Ellie's words. Pajamas? In her wedding? She was actually pretty relaxed about the dress code, even hoping that her bridesmaids would choose dresses of their own to match their preferences, but pajamas would make her mother cry. They might even make Vivi cry.

She smiled a little tightly and looked for Max again. "Did he say that? How funny. Do you have special wedding pajamas, or were you just going to wear your regular ones?"

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"You look stunning." Louisa admitted loudly, with another laugh. She did, Vivi was the stunning one of the two even without being overdressed. But yes, after a second thought, maybe Vivi's mom's position required her to be all neat and fancy. Also, she could be rehearsing for the wedding dress. Who knows, Louisa wouldn't.

Oh? She knew a nice affordable place? "That sounds pretty good. I will check this one out along with the rest options I have, thank you." She was so helpful, bless her. Louisa looked at her, somewhat sheepishly, when Vivi went on being supportive and just completely sweet and nice about things. Ugh. This was why it was hard being her friend, Louisa didn't know how to be vocal about this! Was this where people hugged? Should she? But Vivi's dress had sparkly things. "Thank you, really, I know you understand that. You did a pretty darn job yourself with your life." Better job than Louisa because her success was in all the aspects in her life not just her career, but shhhhh, no one was thinking that. Nope.

The wedding part was so exciting, though! Max and Vivi. Wow. Who would've thought. Louisa laughed, "It sounds intense, good that your mom's helping. The wedding dress! Ha! I hear that's the tricky pary? To decide on one?" Again, she wouldn't know.

"Thank you," Vivi wasn't sure how to take honest compliments from Louisa, and she awkwardly stroked her skirt before once again looking at the dark-haired woman. "You look beautiful too. Success looks good on you. I'll owl you the contact info about the flats. Selina still lives there, so she might be able to vouch for you. If you're interested."

Who wouldn't be? The Tremaine was a gorgeous place to live.

"It's all intense, this wedding planning. Let's not talk about it, because it's boring to everyone. Even me. I want to hear more about the job. Do you love it?"

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"Ooooh he's a cute one! Good job, Genevieve!" Not quite so gorgeous as her own husband, but up there. Celandine approved which obviously was important to the younger woman right? Well Cela would act like it.

Y'know who was a little scary? Celandine Kettleburn. She was TOO excited about Max, and his Ravenclawness, and Vivi wondered if rubbing elbows with the woman would send her hormones into overdrive. If Vivi turned up pregnant as a result of Celandine's effusive mama bearing, she was going to write a VERY ANGRY LETTER.

"Yes, he's lovely. Sweet and silly and loves me to bits. I'm very lucky." She knew she was the lucky one. No need to point it out.


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Cope immediately reached for his beard again at Evee's comment, although he stayed his hand before actually tugging it. The tugging made Cela crazy. Crazier. He did grin at the former Slytherin, though, and moved down the bench so there was room for everyone to fit in.

"We won't keep you long. It's been nice to catch people as they wander by, but I have no doubt Cela will want to wander herself pretty soon." And it went without saying that he would go where Cela went. "How's Miami?"

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What? Plymouth was just here to see people. Like.... Anna Greingoth and Toby Avalon and maybe even Daphne. Plymouth hadn't stayed in touch with her at all, but often wondered if she ended up happy. In other words, he had no idea what the fundraisers were for.

But he felt obligated to sit down, so he.... at least mimed sitting down? Did Evolette want to sit here? "I wonder if they'd let us go see Zahra..." the one thing that Plymouth and Cope had in common that they could communicate about without starting fires.

Could they see Zahra? Sure, right? Why not? Cope shrugged a shoulder and glanced at the doors, as if they might have suddenly been locked when he wasn't paying attention. It would be easy enough to wander out the doors, and head up the stairs instead of down. Up, all the way to the towers... and then what? How did they get Zahra out of her common room without being the creepy adult men lurking around the common room?

"Yeah, we should just tell them the Minister sent us. Or send a Patronus and have her meet us half way? She'd get a kick out of it." She'd be thrilled, probably, if no one else got a message and permission to be out of bounds. Zahra enjoyed being the Minister's kid most of all of them.

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And look at Copernicus with all his manners. Cel giggled slightly and wrinkled her nose at Becca as if to say 'yes, he hasn't changed one bit', which was mostly true. "You're a wicked liar, Copernicus Kettleburn! Fancy calling your wife a goat!" She said, teasing and not one bit serious As for his Plymouth comment she shrugged one shoulder. "Well it isn't as if we don't all see each other anyway, we can't monopolize them all night." Teehee. But she DID intend to look at pictures. Picture time was her favourite. Wasn't it Cope's? She dropped another little kiss on his cheek and kept a good hold on his hand.

"I would never call you a goat, my love. Never ever." He gave her hand a comforting squeeze, just for good measure. She wasn't a goat. She was his shiny, his love, his... Celandine, but she was not a goat.

Obediently, Cope leaned over to look at the pictures being passed around. Cute. All kids were cute. His were the cutest, but that was to be expected. "Plymouth has the right idea. You have them in sets, and then you have to do it less often. Imagine how fast we would have been done procreating if we'd had all three of them at the same time. You should really have thought of that, Cel." He flipped through the pictures before giving his brother a nod. "I think they're the cutest niece and nephew we've got, Cel. For sure. But don't tell Brie or Ells, because I'd like to keep my ears."

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OH GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY!

Was that...? "CHOCO KING!" Paulie called, on his feet and cupping his hands around his mouth. It's not like they were THAT far from him. But you know. Just to make sure they heard him.

He flashed a big grin their way. "Gosh, don't be stangers. Scoot down, ya goobers." There WERE people outside of their little coupley love fest.

"We've been spotted," Milton whispered into Taryn's ear as she heard the call from Paulie down the table.

But he had to face the truth. Milton secretly did love Paulie Foster. "PAULIEEEE!" he called back, arms wide open as he walked down the side of the table to meet him. He pulled him into a MAN HUG and gave him a firm PAT PAT on the back. "Long time, mate. What have you been up to? You're lookin' good!" And it looked like he hadn't changed a bit. He saw him checking someone out.

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... wait, was that Milton over there? Louisa waved at him with her fingers. "Hiya Cap'n." Though he wasn't a captain anymore... maybe? She had no idea what went down in the Quidditch world and who stayed and who didn't. She did remember Milton's interest in pursuing the academic life, bless him.

Milton was distracted again by wave from a familiar face. One he hadn't talked to in quite some time. He grinned when he approached her, pleased by the title she called him by. "Haven't heard that one in a while," he said. Surprisingly, Milton found himself in a better mood now that he was meeting the nicer people he had known at Hogwarts.

"I thought I spotted a beautiful brunette when I came in." Which was kind of a joke in his head, since Louisa had dyed her hair, like, five times during Hogwarts.

That was the worst excuse Ellie'd probably ever heard. And she said so. "That's ridiculous. Don't they have parents? What do they do with them when they work?" Or did Ellie stay at home? She didn't know and she didn't care. "Or they could just...like...leave them." Just tuck the little fun-suckers in their beds and sneak out. Merlin.

Treyen. See, she knew she was going to be asked about him. He was the more friendly and interesting one. It would be like 'Oh it's Ellie, but where's Treyen?' If the man would just come....

"He's holding some kind of grudge, I think, that's more important to him than seeing all you all," she told them with a bitterness in her voice. She wanted him here too, you know.

And, oh yeah, that boy Paulie lived with. How could she forget that party they hosted? There goes that plan. "Right." And she was defeated. For now. "I'll keep thinking for you."


"Yeah," she answered, "I don't think I'd go with any other team. Maybe Arrows......they're a little over-rated, though," Ellie added. It was partially in jest, as her best friend played for them, and her husband's father. But also, that was exactly why she didn't want to play with them in the first place. She knew too many of them, current or former.

Salem. That's where Vashti's been. "Why're you there?" For work? Anakin's work? Granted, Ellie was probably told this before, but it was Treyen who remembered this kind of stuff. A perfect reason for him to have been here.

Oh! "Are there special wedding pajamas? Because I'd check those out first. But I was planning on just wearing my own," she grinned. She was joking, okay, Vivi? "And I sleep in my street clothes, so..." So she could possibly turn up to the wedding just as she was now.

But she wasn't going to, okay. She was going to find some sort of outfit. But not a dress or a tux.

Unless they made her.

And then she'd consider it.

Evolette gave Plymouth's arm a pat and she also gave him a look that communicated that they wouldn't stay for long, no. She always thought that Copernicus was a nice guy, so she would have felt bad if they had just breezed away without taking a moment to stop and visit. And of course, Cela would track them down anywhere they went because she had friend radar, and Evolette liked her too.

Though, she could give him a moment away, if he wanted. She decided to put the opportunity out there. "Plymmy, would you be a dear and get me a drink?" She smiled and batted her eyelashes.

If he wanted to have a breather for a moment, you know.

After giving Plymouth his excuse to excuse himself, Evolette nodded to Cope, "We mostly moved from Miami, still have the house and all, I couldn't ever part with it. Henry wants to send the boys to Hogwarts for socializing reasons, so.. I suppose we'll be taking up permanent residence in England." Or Scotland, to be close to his parents. She wasn't quite sure.

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"Well, I thought maybe you saw her." Taryn raised an eyebrow and did her very best not to snap at Milton. This pregnancy thing was doing a number on her hormones and sometimes she was sure she hated him. But she knew she didn't, so she was trying her best to be her normal self.

Sometimes it was harder than others.



Crap.

Merlin's beard.

Other expletives.

They had indeed been spotted. She'd sort of hoped that she could at least disappear before Paulie found them, but then again, she supposed he wasn't such an awful guy, just annoying. And obviously, she was a little low on the special brand of patience one needed to deal with Foster. However, she did offer him a smile, not one to be rude. "Hello, Paulie."