Lakeside Seating
 

open open hi hi :3
 

Pablo/Chellie
 

"Oh, that's good," Karleigh said with something of a relieved smile when the older girl confirmed that she had not in fact twisted her ankle. She did not really know her, not being in the same year or house or probably not in the same social circle, but Karleigh was friendly and kind to a fault, and she could not just pass someone by if she thought they might be hurt. But luckily that was not the case.

"They do take some getting used to, I think," she agreed with a nod, her eyes following the stilettos as the other girl set them aside momentarily. "I dance ballet in pointe shoes," she added anecdotally. "So I'm fairly used to that sort of thing." But it took a lot of strengthening your ankles, so she understood if someone did not have that practice and experience.

Karleigh was a little surprised at the transfiguration but she slowly smiled at the result. Clever. "Those are pretty." And they did look sturdier, though still elegant and fitting with her outfit. "Something else that helps are comfort charms," she added as a suggestion. She definitely added those to her pointe shoes.

Karleigh would have loved to know that about her, or anyone for that matter, that the other girl knew and partook in some ballet, even if that wasn't her sport of choice. She could probably say it was her passion, so she enjoyed talking about it with anyone, even if they weren't as involved in it as she was. But she also was careful to not bore people, so she didn't usually go on about it unprompted.

"Ohh.. okay," Karleigh nodded in agreement, though she didn't really know that kickboxing was done in bare feet. She would have thought some sort of athletic shoe if she'd given it any thought, which she really hadn't until now. "I bet that's a lot more comfortable," she added with a laugh. "Sometimes I like to practice in bare feet because pointe shoes can be really painful, even after getting used to them." Even after using comfort charms, if she was dancing for hours. But she had worked up to a level of strength and accommodation that lessened the discomfort.

"Nice to meet you!" Karleigh gave Sadie a bright and friendly smile. "My name's Karleigh. I'm in Gryffindor," she added for context, in case she didn't know. "It is really pretty out here." She paused to look around, not sitting down just yet. "The decorations came together really nicely." Not that she was exactly patting herself on the back, but seeing everyone's efforts together like this was kind of impressive.

Shan&Lisa!!
 

Though this area was perhaps meant as a resting point for the avid dancers of Hogwarts, Remy hadn’t done an awful lot of that this evening. There was also the risk of looking like one of those losers sitting in the bleachers waiting for someone to whisk her off her feet, but there seemed to be a fat chance of that, so sitting as a loser it was gonna be. This area was quieter, though, and that’s what she was looking for.

Rather than spending her evening watching everyone have fun, Remy turned her attention to the jellyfish in the lake, and a smile finally graced her lips. She wrapped her arms across her chest and held her upper arms to try and retain the warmth. Sitting idly often did cause a chill even if it wasn’t particularly cold out.

The night had started off terribly but had gone better since the Photo Booth, her interaction with Freddie and Atlas, the dance with Stew, and her run in with her siblings. She spotted Remy with her arms wrapped across her chest and made a bee line for her. Her … one true friend that she wasn’t on the edge with. Remy… She was someone who… was her friend first.

“Galleon for your thoughts?” she asked as she stood next to her friend and carefully leaned to nudge her with her elbow.

The jellyfish were so fascinating to watch that Remy had almost forgotten where she was, as well as briefly forgetting about the chill she was previously feeling. Having a jellyfish as a pet would be pretty special, although she was positive Binx would have a go at making it his dinner, so perhaps not the best idea. The nudge caught her off guard and she jumped a little as she snapped back to reality. Her expression softened at Lisa, though she naturally looked around her to see if anyone in particular was accompanying her.

Lisa seemed to have lots of people around her tonight, Remy had noticed. She noticed everything, but especially when she was alone.

“Oh, hey… just catching my breath after all this dancing, ya know?!” She lied since she hadn’t stepped a foot on the dance floor yet. “What’re you doing over here? Did you manage to get Daniel to dance yet?” Remy smiled a little, unable to imagine Daniel Yoon doing such a thing, but had no doubt of Lisa’s persuasive skills. Her arms that were warming her dropped to her lap after the distraction.

Excuse our insanely late selves :')
 

It was only because he'd been half expecting his currently cracked heart that let Pabu continue to past a smile on his face and flit around the dance asking this girl and that girl if they'd like to take a turn around the floor with him. There had been... a lot of rejections, but a couple of yeses too. Though he was pretty certain the yeses had all been older girls who simply just thought it was impressive the third year was shooting his shot. Or... that's what he was telling himself. It was probably pity.

He'd been gearing himself up to go ask Maya Nam for a dance, despite the fact he KNEW she had come with a date, but actually seeing her on the floor with an age appropriate Gryffindor had quickly had him noping out. Did he think Maya would have agreed? Yes. But... as he'd already tried to tell himself beginning of term, it was time to mOvE oN.

Which would be much easier if he KNEW other girls other than Maya, her sister who he was fairly certain did NOT enjoy his company (which he low key relished), sister in law and Matty. Majority of those were unattainable, for the obvious reasons. So.... time to branch out?

Two drinks in his hand, having intended on taking one to the Slytherin, Pabu roamed around the Lakeside before noticing a lone blonde sitting on one of the deck chairs. He squinted for a moment, before realizing it was Keighley whom he did not know WELL but... enough to know her name, house and that they were in the same year. And she seemed fairly family orientated, since he was pretty sure the older guy she was often with was her brother. Making his way over towards her, Pablo pasted a smile on his face and sat on the chair next to her, offering her the extra water in her his hand. "Need something to drink?"

“I saw one of my best friends and of course! I had to come say hi,” she beamed. She enjoyed spending time with Remy. She just… understood things and things weren’t complicated. Intelligence was equal… Mischief too.

Lisa smiled warmly at Remy when she mentioned that she was catching her breath. “I… he doesn’t dance… I don’t think I could convince him otherwise. Freddie wanted to dance though… I think Daniel knows he wasn’t my first choice….” she explained with a sigh. “It does make me feel bad to say it outloud but it’s the honest truth.” And she shouldn’t feel guilty for how she get right? Hopefully not.

“Would you want to dance with me later?” she asked.

“Aww.” She grinned a wide smile. Lisa always said the loveliest things. Remy often wondered if she should take a leaf out of her book, but honestly she did not know how to act any way other than what she was. “I love your dress, by the way.” That, was most certainly the truth.

WHAT? Daniel Yoon wasn’t her first choice?! Remy’s eyes widened. “You’re lucky to be here with such a dreamboat.” She commented softly. Truthfully, she wasn’t too upset to not be at the dance with Daniel, because she wasn’t even sure if he saw Remy as a friend let alone a date. Still, she could admire him from afar. “Freddie, huh? He seems nice.” Remy gave an impressed wink. Fifth year Gryffindors were quite lovely. Remy had noticed Lisa hanging out with Freddie and Atlas, so she must agree. “Is Freddie who you wanted to be your date, then?” Or maybe someone else… it was important to find out Lisa’s first choice. More importantly, she needed her opinion on Jasper and Serena being here together.

“I’d love that! And I’ll tell everyone that you were my date to the dance.” Remy beamed, her mood massively lifted since Lisa joined her.

w/ Violet
 

"Sounds good," Violet replied, just enjoying the sensation of having Caes hold her hand. It was good to be away from the crowd at the dance. She didn't really want to spoil the mood, but she'd been looking for an opportunity to have a much-needed talk with Caes before the confusion of the end of term, and it looked like this might be it.

"Um, I've been meaning to talk to you about...well, about--what are you planning on doing after school this summer?" Seriously, Violet, that was seriously chickening out. She felt mortified--she wasn't usually this timid, but she was afraid to bring up the big issue, mainly that this was her last year at Hogwarts. She'd already seen one relationship fizzle out over long-distance--though she and Einar had never gotten as close as she felt to Caes. Still, she was a bit afraid to hear what he would say if she asked him if he would write, if he would still want to see her after she was no longer at Hogwarts.

Sitting down, the view was great. It didn't seem like anything would put a stop to it.. "Oh," Well, at least pressing pause here.

There it was, the elephant in the room that they had been avoiding talking over. Though it wasn't from Caes pointedly ignoring it, but rather, it just wasn't an easy situation. Them finally getting together and now faced with Violet graduating, he was uncertain.

"Well," Caes began. "I was going to ask you if you wanted to come to a Quidditch game with me since I did get tickets." Which did at least confirm the term was going to be the only thing ending. "But... the other big thing, were you going to.." He wasn't sure why he was having trouble getting the words out. Clearing his throat, "I'll be in London of course for the summer.. after that, well, depending on where you are, I'd write to you." Though now he wondered about her, was she still interested in him to keep things going from afar? She would likely meet new people and see new things. "What were your plans after...?"

The compliment aimed at her dress made Lisa beam even more. “Thanks,” she said as she lifted the bow a little higher before carefully placing it in front of her.

She chuckled. Yes, Daniel was attractive, intelligent, and a good friend buuuut she wished he would dance with her. “He is! I just wished that he’d dance with me…” she admitted. Maybe looks weren’t the most important thing? At the mention of Freddie, she waved her hands frantically. “I.. uhhh… no. He’s really pretty to look at but he wanted Atlas and I to dance with him… which was fun because it wasn’t weird flippy feelings…. If it had been one on one than yes. I just met Freddie tonight so… I think he’s pretty cool.” She liked his enthusiasm for sure.

“My first choice… already had a date… I found out from his date… so that kind of sucked… especially when you’re ‘friends’ with said person,” she explained and used air quotations at the friends word. “We’re not talking but I’m not going to let that feeling ruin my night.. well trying not too.”

Lisa was SO TOUCHED BY REMY’S COMMENT! So touched that she hugged her. “You’re the best. Ever since Diagon Alley, I knew we’d be the best of friends… I… thank you.” she said as she hugged her. She blinked back the happy tears in her eyes. “You’d be the best date ever too for the record.”

The gentle breeze that was blowing off of the lake and the soft music she could still hear from the dance was perfect. This was indeed an amazing spot to sit and relax for a minutes, clear her head if you will. Not that it was all that necessary to do so since she was one of the most happy-go-lucky girls around at the moment. Really how could anyone be sad at a party as beautiful as this?

Totally zoned out, those jellyfish and glow worms were hypnotizing, okay! Keighley, didn't take much notice to Pablo approaching her until he was sitting down beside her and talking to her. Blinking a few times a slow but very warm smile tugged at her lips. A drink? Well wasn't that nice of him. Why he just so happened to have two waters with him, she really didn't care much to know. "That would be nice, thank you." She answered taking the offered drinking and opening it to take a small sip. "Are you having a good time?" Keigh shifted slightly on the chair to turn more of her attention onto him now as they spoke.

“You’re welcome.” Remy paused, waiting for the compliment to be returned but no such luck. It was okay, she was aware that her dress was a bit on the dull side compared to others. Saying that, it was a pretty good effort for a girl who didn’t often wear dresses. Not since she was at least a second year anyway. Nowadays it was more of a jeans and hoodie vibe whenever she was out of uniform, so it was nice to dress up tonight even though others may disagree.

Remy giggled as Lisa agreed that he wasn't a dancer. “Don’t blame you… he can be a little…” she tapped her chin to find the right word, “… serious at times, can’t he?” Maybe not the perfect word, but she wasn’t that techy with a thesaurus and neither am I.

“Oh. You danced with Atlas, too?” Remy nodded along as she pondered this, also wondering how the heck she had missed that? Anyway, it sounded like she had the wrong idea about Lisa’s views on Freddie. “I’ve not really spoken to him much either”. Despite sharing a house and all. As Lisa continued, it became clear that she was about to get an earful of gossip, and her posture straightened to prepare for it.

It was so OBVIOUS who she was talking about, and to be honest, it had bummed her out as well. Only because said boy was a total dreamboat but she didn’t think Lisa would appreciate her commenting on that. “You guys really aren’t speaking? Wow, that sucks. So are they, like… a thing now?” As in BF/GF, or however they decided to describe it.

Yay, they were hugging. Remy giggled as Lisa expressed her joy at being her friend date. “I DO make the best date, don’t I?” She said as they soon pulled away from each other. “Who needs boy dates when we have each other?!” Honestly, she still wished she had a boy date, lol.

Best news was Keighley was pretty why were Hogwarts girls so pretty? so despite his melancholy it was easy to wiggle out of it and dedicate to conversation with the blonde beside the lake. After having passed over the water, he cracked his open and raised it to his lips to take a quick drink before recapping it and getting more comfortable in his seat. Was he having fun?? Considering the question, the honest answer was not really but... Fake it til you make it.

"Of course! The atmosphere is nice, the food is good and I stumbled upon a pretty girl." he turned his smile towards her, resisting a wink that would have probably been far more cringe than charm. "What about you? You came down with your brother, yeah?"

Quidditch. And he'd gotten two tickets--for her! Being hopelessly unathletic herself, Violet had never much gotten into Quidditch--it brought back too many embarrassing memories of flying mishaps. "I'd love to see a Quidditch game with you, Caes!"

Yes, long distance relationships. Violet was not convinced they could work, but was unwilling to give this particular one up so easily. "Oh, I'll be in London for the summer, too--my family's house is in London, actually." Oh Merlin, would Caes have to meet her family? Violet had hoped to put that off as long as possible, hoping that Caes would have enough time to really like her before she showed him just what he was getting into. But while seeing a boy at school was easy enough, she supposed he would have to at least meet one of her uncles if she saw him during the summer. And Grandfather would probably insist..oh dear....But for the other thing...

"Um, yes, next year. It looks like I'll be studying abroad next year, actually. At the Durkheim Potions Institute." That was her old governess' alma mater, and came highly recommended. In the past, Violet had dreamed of being able to go there, but now she was not feeling very enthused about it. "But I'd love it if you wrote...if you want to. I...I don't want to lose touch with you, Caes. And I'll be back in London for holidays and things--after all, I'm of age now, I can travel by myself." Surely it was possible to keep things up over a distance, for a little while. This wouldn't fizzle out like Einar had--after all, that wasn't at all the same as Caes. And hopefully he wouldn't meet some other fascinating person at Hogwarts after she was gone...

She giggled in agreement. “He can be. We make a good match… smarts and looks I suppose or that’s what I’ve heard.. He’d never look at me like that… besides he’s a good friend. We’re still planning to try to get into the Restricted Section,” she explained, leaning in a little closer to whisper that JUST IN CASE someone overheard. It was their plan. Well Alfie had wanted in too but more recently… It had become a Daniel and Lisa adventure. She glanced down at Remy’s outfit and noticed just how pretty her friend looked. “Speaking of good looking people, did I mention you look stunning? Because you do.” She meant every word of that compliment.

“Well it was a three way dance thing between Atlas, Freddie, and I do not romantic and just fun,” she spoke. She didn’t go further into detail about how she’d been a lousy friend to Atlas over the term while he has been a really good friend. Their interaction at the Mirror had made her start thinking through things differently in her life. She needed to stop pleasing people. “He’s very energetic and nice. He’s also got a pretty nice smile.” She found him refreshing and energizing to be around. Maybe she’d ask him to hang out over the summer?

Remy and Lisa had always exchanged gossip as if it were currency. They were confidants in looks, smarts, and just fabulousness (if you asked Lisa). “Yeah… it’s… weird…” she bit her lip when Remy asked that question and she looked away, shrugging. “Special friends? I… I don’t… don’t think so.” Or at least she hoped not. She wanted her friends to be happy but envy was rude. They looked nice together and it irked her… She sighed. She told herself not to think about it. She reverted her attention back to Remy.

“YOU DO! I can hear all the people quite upset now but they missed the boat to have the best person EVER,” she exclaimed after she released Remy from the hug. Lisa had a boy date who was very nice… Maybe she’d have to convince him to dance but in the meantime- she’d dance with a good friend.

Remy mimicked her giggling to the point where they couldn’t look more like typical teenage girls if they’d tried. Giggling about boys. It was very cute. “Isn’t he just sooooooo cute, though?!” Remy was glad that Lisa had mentioned his looks because it was important to discuss! “Oh, really? That sounds like so much fun. How are you going to manage that, though?!” Maybe she’d get Atlas to sneak into the Restricted Section with her sometime. If she were to get mischievous with anyone, it would probably be him, and they hadn’t gotten much use out of their invisibility cloak recently. Oh THERE was her compliment, and it couldn’t have come a moment sooner! Remy covered her mouth with her hand to make a shocked expression. “Me? Awww, I woke up like this.” She beamed, “thanks, Lisa,” she ended with a genuine thanks.

A three way dance? Did that… make it okay? Remy wasn’t sure as her emotions were conflicting each other, but she nodded with a smile all the same. “Dancing with two boys at the same time. Well done, Lees.” She was careful not to use the word cute this time, because she absolutely could not create the impression that she thought Atlas was cute. Even if he was the dreamiest of dreams. Being so wrapped up in her thoughts, Remy almost completely ignored Lisa as she complimented Freddie the way she did.

“Yeah,” Remy agreed, “I don’t think so either. In my opinion, they just don’t suit each other.” It was just her opinion, sheesh!! If it were to ever happen, surely it would transpire on a night like tonight so they would have to keep a watchful eye on that scenario.

Remy was really lapping up the compliments now. “We should dance right here. The dance couldn’t be far from over, and she wanted to get at least one dance in before it was too late. The blonde held out her hand for Lisa. “May I?” She grinned wide again.