Ella looked up to see Minnie walking towards the table and smiled at her friend. “Hi Minnie. I know, it’s kind of strange how quickly this came.” The third year really hadn’t been prepared for it, the end of term, but somehow it came anyway…just like it always did. As for her summer plans, Ella shrugged. “Nothing really. Probably just spending time with family and hanging with friends, you?” Surely she’d see the older girl at some point, yeah? That is if she wasn’t doing any traveling or anything.

Carigan! Ella hadn’t seen the girl in ages and her green eyes studied her housemate curiously before giving the girl a smile. Where had she been all this time, anyway? She’d been okay, yeah? And surely the plant hadn’t gotten her, that was a relief! It was good to have her back… from where ever it was she’d disappeared to. “Hi Carigan! I missed you. Ready for summer?”

The small blonde smiled genuinely when Oakey came and sat down next to Sophie. She really was happy that they were happy. “Hi Oakey, hope yours is too. I better see you this summer…well both of you.” Cause Oakey and Soph were kind of a package deal now, yeah?

Ella felt a bit bad that Laura had decided not to sit with them. She understood, though. Things with Oakey and Laura weren’t exactly great and now that Sophie and Oakey were together, she could see how Laura might need some time to process. She did smile at her friend, though. Ella was there if she was needed. Laura knew that, yeah? “Laura, ready for summer? We’ll be getting together again, right?” A sleepover had been discussed and Ells was totally going to hold her friend to that.

See? This is why Sophie is Ella’s person. The blonde didn’t even need to say anything and Sophie knew exactly what she was feeling. It was the same as Ella knowing that Soph was trying to reign in her excitement her sake. “I’m really okay, no worries.” She reassured her friend, giving her a faint smile. She wasn’t dying or anything so yeah, that wasn’t a lie. ”I love your optimism.” Giggle. Sophie could be cheerful about anything and it always made Ella smile. ”Of course we’re hanging out. Gran wants us to go to tea…if you’re interested!” Mini!beam.

That voice. Ella knew it anywhere and only one person called her Elly Bean! “Hiiii Violet!” She said cheerfully, giving her older friend the best beam she could manage. Oh and hugs? Ella could always go for those. She squeezed the older badger back tightly before letting go. Mhm. Violet hugs were really great!

Belle! Ella smiled and waved at the older girl, turning a bit to face her. “Hi Belle! It’s good to see you!” Cause Ells had been busy with Quidditch stuff recently and really hadn’t had much of a chance to hang with her friend, something she was a bit sad about. ”Oh I’m…okay. I hope you are too!” And how nice was it that Ella had people who cared enough about her to check on her? She was quite lucky. ”Thanks! I’m…well we all played our best and it…worked out.” BEAM. And Ella was really glad she could make someone feel proud.

No…no crying! Ella gave Bliss a faint smile before looking away because MEEP. If she didn’t look away she was going to start crying too and she was not going to let that happen! She was meant to be staying strong so…yeah. Oh and Alex dude was here, the one that had been so brilliant during the championship match. ” Hi Alex, thanks! Awesome playing during the match.” Oh and Nessie! NESSIE! Ella sat up a little straighter and waved at the red head, offering her a smile. Hi Nessie! I…are you feeling better?” And she’d missed her at the match. Blue and Terry got smiles and waves as well. It was good being around friends, it really was.

Ella wondered how often she and Alec had asked each other if they were okay this term. They seemed to do that quite a bit, yeah? Though it was kind of nice, knowing someone who cared enough to ask how you were. She gave him a small smile, nodding her head. ”I’m okay…um are you?” Because he’d seemed a bit…quiet lately. It puzzled her really, the way things were between them now. It just felt…different. Not exactly a bad different, though. As long as they were still friends she could deal. Her smile grew as he talked about summer. The boy seemed really excited which was nice to see. Ella shrugged when he asked about hers. I um…I am, I guess. I’m really excited to see my family. And I um…hope to see all my friends at some point or another.” And she gave him a look that she hoped said That means you, Alec Hair Whipper Summers.



Emmaleigh. Mini!Wibble. Ella mustered a small smile for the older girl and got up to go sit by her for a minute. She knew the red head must have been feeling a whole bunch of crazy emotions right now and sadness was most definitely one of them. Merlin, Ella was super sad and she wasn’t even going anywhere! Wrapping her arms around the older puff, Ella spoke very quietly into her hair. “You okay, Emmaleigh?”