Originally Posted by jujune29th

Originally Posted by hpfan18

As Belle was heading towards the feast, Belle felt kind of sad but it was bittersweet. She had an amazing 6th year being a prefect. She could not believe term went by so fast. She felt like just yesterday she was starting lessons and getting used to the feel of starting school. Now it was done and she was at the start of term feast?
Now Belle had to think of her seventh year. What will she do after hogwarts? Belle did not know yet. She did not want to think out it. But she had the internship to look forward to. As Belle was lost in her thoughts, she saw all her friends sitting at the table.


As Belle saw Alec, Belle wanted to say goodbye to him before he left this year. As Belle made her way towards Alec, Belle tapped him and said, "Hey you! How was your year?" as she hugged him tightly. She was going to miss this little boy. Well he was not little anymore, he was growing up into an adult.




As Belle was making her way toward the food, she was quite hungry but she was nervous that next year will be her last year eating here. She is going to miss her younger friends that is for sure. Then Belle saw her first friend she made. She saw Ella. Belle gasped and went to go say hi to her! But Belle saw she was busy with other people but she wanted to say something.

As Belle made her way towards Ella, Belle cleared her throat so she would not be rude, Belle smiled and said, "Hey Ella! I just wanted to check up on you and see how were things and by the way congrats on the quidditch cup win! I am very proud of you." Belle could not help it but show pride for her little puffs.



As Belle was talking to Ella, Belle saw Awar she met this year. She was so sweet. Belle could not help it but talk to her. "Hey Awar! How was your first year? I bet it went by fast huh?"



Then Belle spotted Laura! One of her best friends. Belle remembered she tried to get her out of trouble once. She could not believe how long ago that was. As Belle was done talking to Awar, Belle turned to Laura and tapped her and hugged her. "Hey Laura! How are you? We sure had fun at the lake huh? I am going to miss you this summer."

Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva turned as she heard someone talk in her direction. "Hey Awar, how are you doing?" She sat quietly as Awar congratulated Alec on his awesome keeper skills. Proud fake sister moment right here.."He is just awesome isn't he." Yes he was a great seeker it was so fun to watch him. "So Awar how has your term been? Glad that it is coming to an end?" She hadnt' seen Awar in awhile and hoped that she had a good term. Every puff deserved some fun they worked so hard to catch up in points, it was an exciting ending watching the hour glasses.



Minerva turned her attention on the group that had been sitting as she came in when she saw Oakey walk in. Smiling she waved, "Hey Oakey.. What's going on?" She chuckled as he sat down next to Sophie, they were just so cute. "I'm so glad you two got together.. So cute"

Oh yes she agreed with Sophie, "Seeing friends would be great. It all depends on it I stay in London or if I have to go back to my grandparents. I'm just waiting to hear if I might have gotten the internship or not, but either way I'm ready for some fun."

Min looked up as Bliss, Alex, and Nessie came and sat down near them. "Hey guys, how is everyone this evening?" Minerva turned to Bliss first, "How are you feeling? Is your wrist doing well, how about your head?" Yes it had been a few days since the match, but she could still worry and still wonder. "So promise me you at least write this summer. I want to keep in touch with everyone."

Then she focused on Alex, "Hi Alex, ready for term to be over?" She didn't know Alex that well, but loved getting to know more people, so getting to know him would be something she would try to do for the evening.

Then looking over at Nessie, "Hey Nessie, how are you feeling? I hope better." She had heard that was why she wasn't at the match, she just hoped it wasn't anything serious. "You did a fantastic job at captain this year by the way. I had a blast announcing our team and even better getting to play with them." Now she had an entire summer to figure out if she wanted to try out next term for the team or announce. That was going to be a very hard thing to figure out, but then if Vindy wasn't going to be around next term would they even have announcers? Frowning Minerva didn't want to think about this at the moment.




Minerva then noticed the seventh year puff sitting down. She didn't know Em very well, but she knew of her. She was Max's girlfriend and they were super cute together, but she got the feeling the girl really didn't like Min that well. Not sure if she should say anything or not, Minerva took a deep breath, "Hello Em, are you alright? I bet you have fabulous plans for the summer." Yes, talk about summer maybe that could cheer her up, Minerva tried to avoid seventh year, not coming back, and what are you doing after Hogwarts comments.



Minerva smiled as Belle came and sat down. "Hey I was wondering where you were." Minerva laughed a bit, "So you ready to be a big bad seventh year?" She couldn't believe they were all going to be another term older. It just didn't seem possible, even Minerva couldn't believe she was going to be a fifth year. "Have you heard anything about the internship yet? You applied didn't you?" Minerva had wondered if anyone had heard yet to try and figure out who might be in London and who wouldn't be.



Minerva then saw Mick and Laura sitting near each other and smiled, "Hey love birds, what's going on? You two are being quiet over here.. Laura no songs? Mick could sing with you he's pretty good at it from what I remember." She laughed joking with them. "So what's your big plans this summer. Maybe we can actually have that double date since we didn't get a chance before term ended." She chuckled, but felt bad at the same time, "I feel like part of that is my fault. Classes and homework kind of took over my life and I didn't do much else." She was proud of all the work she had accomplished this term, but she knew that her socializing lacked a bit from it.

Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Loneliness sucks.

Really. This was the End of Term feast and even if he had wanted to be alone these past couple of days, he didn't really like the idea of being all alone now. Nope. Especially not with the way he'd felt pretty alone for parts of this past school year. Yeah... he didn't like that at all.

But... summer. He'd get to see his Dad again! That was always AWESOME. And... he had a LOT to catch that man up on. Like the fact that he'd helped to win the Quidditch Cup again. And that Top Seeker award? That would be worth mentioning as well. OH! And he'd have to tell his Dad ALL about Pao because... well... you have to mention your friends right? Yeah.

And speaking of friends... "Sophs!" Boy was he glad to see her! ... They... hadn't really hung out much over the past year, had they? No. That had to be changed at some point. And her question about the term? Had it been nice? "Yeah! It was awesome!" You know, apart from a man eating plant being set loose and that weird... ghost thing... But it had been a good term. "Erm... I... I heard about you and Oakster so... congrats!" GRIN.



And then came another one of his friends.

And Alec just grinned at the mere sight of the girl. Even if the girl had been a cause of all sorts of confusing and weird feelings this past year. Ones he didn't really understand too much but... well... as long as it didn't hurt anyone, right? ... Yeah, he needed to have a proper guy conversation about all of this stuff sometime soon. He was too confused.

But the girl? Alec tilted his head to the side. She seemed... sad. That wasn't good. But at least she greeted him with the nickname that only she seemed to refer to him by. That... made him feel slightly better. Even if he did not like seeing the girl anything close to sad. "Ells?" he asked, "Erm... I... you okay?"

Oh! Her question! "Yeah!" GRIN. "Summer is going to be awesome!" And... well... hopefully, they'd get the chance to hang out over the summer. You know, if Ells wanted to. "Erm... are you ready for summer?" Or ready for their fourth year at Hogwarts? ... Fourth year... he was almost one of the cool, older guys he'd looked up to when he was a first year. Now he needed to work on the 'cool' bit.



A greeting made Alec turn his head upwards and away from the blonde haired girl sitting across from him. And then a huge grin spread across his young face. "Minnie!" he said, reaching over to give the older girl a hug. No matter what, he was always happy to see his older sister. Unless... she was sad. But then he'd go to get ice cream for her and try and make her feel better and then... it was all okay!

ICE CREAM! GRIN GRIN GRIN.

"Yeah... the feast did come around pretty quickly," he said, looking over at the wall on the other side of the Hall. It was weird, actually, how fast this year had gone by. It seemed as if yesterday, he was just wandering through the doors of the Great Hall after his very first Portkey encounter and now... "Have you had an awesome year, Min?"

The girl... was looking... somewhere. Alec followed her gaze and found himself looking towards the Staff Table. Oh. Empty seats. That... wasn't good. And even if Flying Man was scary and... well... a little weird, Alec didn't like the fact that he was leaving. Couldn't he... stay? Forever? ... No? Because... well... Quidditch wouldn't be the same, would it? Just like it wasn't same without Keefer, even if he was liking the new little Keeper they had this year. Holy Superman, Pao was FAST.

At Minnie's question, Alec turned his head back to the older girl and let out a chuckle. "Yeah! I'll write all the time!" Although, he had a funny feeling his Dad would grow suspicious as to why he was spending so much time in his room writing letters. But... his Dad did like Minnie so it was okay. "Erm... I'm just hanging out with Dad and... well... friends! And you?"



Alec's eyes wandered back to the doors of the Great Hall, wandering if more people were going to make their way to the feast. Because... well... it was still fairly empty. People did want to come to the feast, right? There was FOOD here! And... it was a bit sad, yeah but... food? A chance to say goodbye? Yeah.

Alec's eyes landed on one girl in particular who... was making her way towards the Puff table. He was sure he had seen this girl around before. Maybe the Hufflepuff common room? Yeah, probably. Although, he was pretty sure that he hadn't talked to her before. Not properly, anyways, because if he had, he'd know her, right? Yeah...

"Erm... hey!" he said, smiling at the girl, "You excited for the summer?" Summer was AWESOME. And it made up most of his surname. But it was still AWESOME.



Ruffle, ruffle, ruffle...

Alec's face split into a grin as someone ruffled his hair. He liked that. Hair ruffles. It meant that someone liked his hair, yeah? And he liked that because... well... he prized on how his hair looked. Yeah. Messy could call it weird and girly but... it wasn't. Hair was important. Yep.

And the hair ruffler? Alec turned his head to look at the girl who had just come up and greeted him and Minnie. "Awar! Hey!" GRIN. ... And... she was congratulating him? For Quidditch? Alec grinned some more, feeling a sense of pride and joy filling up inside of him. "Thanks Awar! Erm... I didn't expect the award," Mainly because he had played one less game than Aidan. "But... thanks!" GRIN GRIN GRIN.

... Oh! Right! The girl had just finished her first ever year at Hogwarts right? "So... erm... how was your first year here?" he asked, resting his elbows on the table and smiling a little. He kind of wished he could go back to his first year and do things over again. Or, well, his second year. Because his first year was AWESOME.



There were... a lot of girls here, weren't there? Where were all the Hufflepuff guys? ... Apart from himself. Because... well... he liked girls, really he did, but... Hufflepuff seemed to have a lot of them. And that made him slightly nervous for some reason. Wait, Hogwarts had a lot of girls, didn't it? Yeah. This... confused him slightly.

Wait... OAKSTER!

Alec grinned at the Beater, slightly glad that there was a male presence here. Although... he had a funny feeling he'd want to spend time with his, Oakey's, favourite girl. "Hey!" No health drinks? Awesome! "Erm... yours too, mate! You excited for the summer?"

Summer! GRIN GRIN GRIN.



FROWN.

No one should be sitting alone... Never ever ever. Especially not at an end of term feast. There was plenty of time over the summer for people to be alone... right? No. He still wanted to meet up with his friends over the summer, whether he talked to them a lot or not.

Except... now she was joined by some older guy Alec had never met before. That... wasn't going to stop him though. Older guy was probably awesome, anyways. And it was probably a good thing Laura had someone to talk to... yeah? Yeah. But... "Erm... Laura?" he called, waving at her, "You okay?" The popular question about the summer will be asked later. Nodnod.



Violet had to be one of the most easily excitable people he knew. Or... well... he kind of knew. The two hadn't really talked that much, had they? That was something he'd have to make a note to change next term. Because... it would be Violet's last year at Hogwarts, right?

... Oh. That was sad.

Alec shook his head and then grinned widely as the girl greeted Ells first and then... turned to him. And... and... she was giving him a hug? CUE MAJOR WIDE GRIN FACE. ... Because hugs were awesome. And according to Ells, he gave nice hugs. Or... well... that's what she had said one time, right? And that's why he was given that super awesome superpower!

But Violet. "Hey Violet!" he said, hugging the older girl back, "You ready for the summer?" GRIN GRIN GRIN.



A small tap on his shoulder made Alec turn his head... and GRIN at the older girl standing near him. Belle! Their awesome Lady Prefect! Who... he had grown to become quite close to over the past year. Which was awesome, of course! Because the girl was really awesome and she gave great hugs!

... And... speaking of hugs, Alec reached over and hugged her. Because... that's how they tended to greet each other, didn't they? Yeah. And hugs were AWESOME! "Belle! Hey!" he said, grinning widely at the girl. She... wasn't leaving anytime soon, yeah? Right? He hoped not! That... well... that would be really sad if she did.

Shaking his head, Alec focused his attention back on the Prefect. His year? He... didn't really know how to answer that, actually. "It was... pretty awesome, yeah!" You know, apart from confused feelings and... other things. "Erm...well... we won the Quidditch Cup! Which is awesome!" And he was Top Seeker! GRIN GRIN GRIN. "And... yeah! It's been an awesome year. How was yours?"



It was probably weird but now that Alec was looking around the Hall... he was starting to realise just how packed it was becoming. Which... was good, yeah. He was still pretty surprised he had come down to the feast so early, actually. But... people were here now so all of that loneliness he had experienced for a brief moment before didn't really matter now.

...

And then came another blonde haired girl he knew very well.

Alec grinned as Bliss wandered up to the group and greeted everyone in general. But... she... wasn't sad, right? Frown. He didn't like it when people were sad. Especially awesome people. And... people he knew. And people in general. ... Had he already thought that?

"Hey Bliss!" he said, smiling at the girl, "Erm... you okay? Excited for the summer?"



Another dude!

Alec grinned at Alex, glad that the awesome Chaser dude had decided to join them. Because... well... there were a lot of girls here. And an even balance was usually... good. Yeah. Except... there were still quite a few girls here.

... And cue hair ruffle.

And now Alex was congratulatig them on doing a good job and... Alec looked down, slightly ashamed. He had over a 100 points this term, which was better than last term but... he wasn't really an overly perfectionist about things like classes and homework. He just liked to get things done and not worry about the number of points he had received. And the fact that he got fifteen points just for catching Snitches... well... he wasn't going to complain. Points were points.

But... he was going to pay more attention next term, yeah? YEAH.

But back to Alex. "Erm... hey!" GRIN. Why? Because he was talking to a cool, older dude! Like... like Treyen and Keefer. "Erm... thanks! Great job to you too!" He had earned LOTS of points this term, right? Nodnod. "Erm... so... are you excited about the summer, Alex?"



The greeting of yet another Hufflepuff made Alec grin EXTRA SUPER WIDELY. Why?

... Well...

"Captain Loch Nessie!" ... Was that too much excitement? "Erm... I... how are you feeling?" He hoped she was feeling okay after what had happened after Quidditch Practice. That was... sad. And unfortunate. And... he had a funny feeling that Bliss was, well, blaming herself for it. Just a bit. Even... if it was just an accident. Yeah.

OH! And... well... Nessie knew what happened, right? Down at the pitch? She had been told, yeah? GRIN GRIN GRIN. ... And... what made him grin even more was that she had her pygmy puff with her as well. Yeah... he had missed this older sister of his.



Alec watched as someone else joined the growing group of Hufflepuffs at the yellow table. Another awesome dude! Who wasn't a Hufflepuff. And that was just as awesome! Because... well... it meant that people from the other houses liked them and wanted to talk to them, right? Yeah.

"Hey Terry!" This was another person he had wished he had gotten closer to over the past year. Because apart from knowing that Terry was smart, Alec didn't really know much about the guy. Oh! And he was a Slytherin! And he was Bliss's best friend so... well... yeah. But... they didn't know each other properly. Not really. And that was SAD.

"Erm... so... are you excited for the holidays?" he asked, smiling at the guy. And... he would have said whether it was okay with him if the guy sat at their table but Terry had already sat down. Which made Alec grin more. The more the merrier, right?



Then they were joined by another person who didn't usually sit at their table. And Alec grinned. This was AWESOME.

... And the girl seemed really... happy about... something. Alec had a funny feeling he knew what it was about but... he just couldn't... remember...

...

OH THAT'S RIGHT. "Bluetiful!" GRIN. "Erm... congrats on your award!" He knew the girl was really scary with her bat. Although... this was something he'd keep to himself. "Erm... I... are you excited about the summer?" Because summer meant ICE CREAM. And nice weather. And and and... seeing family and friends. AWESOME.

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And then... everything became super sad. Mainly because of the sight of one person looking sad.

Alec blinked several times as he looked at the older girl who seemed to be particularly interested in the table before... greeting everyone. It must be sad, right? To grow so attached to a place and all the people there. To become so familiar with even the dustiest corners of a place as time passed and then... to leave. Never to come back again. That was really sad.

The fourteen year old felt kind of sorry for the older girl, even if he didn't really know her properly. And he kind of regretted that as well. "Hey Em!" he said, smiling a little at the seventh year, "Erm... I... you'll be missed." Nodnod.

...

Talk about something happier, Summers! "Erm... so... are you excited about the summer?" ... He was not good at this.