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Felixir 
By this point Toby had squeezed into the space on at the Ravenclaw table, happy to be sat alongside Soph and across from Mo and with a whole BUNCH of prospective new Ravenclaw friends. He'd never actually sat at this table before, had only ever ventured over to the Slytherin table once to ask Derry for homework help. It was weird how sitting at a different table gave you a whole different perspective on th-
A particular string of words met Toby's ears and he whipped his head around to look at Sophie, and then at Mo, his usual smile gone from his features. Had he just heard...?
Quidditch.............. cancelled? But... why?
Toby sat, blue eyes wide and the confusion and dismay evident on his face as he attempted to make sense of this. He was vaguely aware of Sophie's hand in his . Suddenly, Tobias snapped his head up to look at the staff table, squinting to try and find the person he was looking for even though she clearly wasn't there. Ignoring the bad feeling he was now getting from all these adults hanging around and now her absence, Toby's eyes raked the staff table again. But no.
"Where's Professor Tyner?" he finally said, the urgency making itself known in his voice. "I can't see her. Truebride never said she was leaving last term." Toby would remember THAT kind of information.
Ugh, it was like punch after punch to the gut, each time one of his kiddos found out. Mo grimaced as Toby took in the news, and then he leaned forward conspiratorially. Both Soph and Toby were in on this particular conspiracy. "I dunno where she is, but we can go look for her. But we'll... find time to keep you in shape for U-17, and get me ready for professional tryouts. And get Soph ready to try out for U-17, if she wants. Ok?"
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grangerfan8 It was possible Dora was already missing all the physical affections she'd been receiving over summer, and was attempting to find some comfort in sitting with Mo. Which worked, but still wasn't the same. Still, her attempts at comforting him was genuine, and if she could read his thoughts she'd tell him how right he was.
"Now, that you'll have to prove with more than just words." She gave him a nudge. "I think we should do our gift exchange earlier this year."
"Let's do the exchange... tonight," Mo grinned at Dora and squeezed her again. Maybe not tonight, though, since they needed to have some sort of excitement for the little sprogs. "Tomorrow at the latest. You're going to
love your gift."
Or probably not. Doras were very hard to shop for, and Mo knew that MOSTLY she just appreciated the effort from him. And the feeling was mutual. He leaned lightly against Dora for a moment before letting her go. "I miss Ace."
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Yourenodaisy And look, there she was. Wasn't she pretty? Oh, and look, Friend Huxley ….. and Moses. Great. He was not gonna sit nearer to him than he had to. Not after earlier. So, nearing the girls, he squeezed between them, and gave his girlfriend a little nudge. “Hi.” he said to them both, and resisting the urge to hide his badge.
Ah, Kaiden. Super awkward thingy. Mo nodded at the other seventh year, just a polite acknowledgement of a peer person. It was no secret Kaiden hadn't ever really been much of a fan of him, but he'd put up with Mo's fit on the train with reasonable aplomb. "Congrats on the badge, mate. You're dead lucky Alec graduated or you'd be stuck in the same boat as West and I."
That was an apology. Couldn't he tell?
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Colley "Hello." She greeted generally, passing smiles to Nigel and Sophie and Dora and Toby and pretty much everyone in the general area. Where was Blue? She was going to need to save some cannoli for her. "Cannoli?" Since she'd made sure to bring them for now specifically and all.
After she'd made known that she had treats and more than enough, she turned her attention to Mo and offered him an extra smile, he still had that sad puppy look and it made her sad too, and also: "Did you see your sister is here?" Had Vivi told him she would be here? Was she staying the whole term? Did he KNOW? "She said there's no safe place to snog." Which.... seemed to infer that she was going to BE HERE.
Girlfriend was here. Mo's end of the table was particularly crowded, but he still budged over to let her slid in between himself and Nigel. And cannoli, so yes. Cats made things so much better. He put an arm around her and stuffed a whole cannoli in his mouth. "D'youhearboutQuidditch?" He swallowed and tried again. "Quidditch?"
She knew. She did. "Vivi. She's... an Auror, so I guess we need bodyguards or something. Ignore her, 'cause I always do and I've made it to 17."
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feeheeheeny "We shouldn't have to." Pause. "You shouldn't have to. It's your last term." In case he forgot. Then, in a regretful, soft voice, she added somberly, "B'we were gonna win the Quidditch Cup for you. We were. We were moving up in the standings, and this was gonna be it." No offense, Tobes. Sophie looked around at the rest of the team nearby for additional support, though she knew they had felt the forthcoming victory, too.
Locking her gaze onto the young woman in question, the third year smiled. "That's Max's girlfriend?" She scrutinized her for a long moment, observing her mannerisms and general demeanor before adding, impressed, "Huh. He wasn't kidding, was he? She is beautiful." Like, freakishly so. "So how in the world did my nerd of a cousin win her heart?" It was more of a statement of astonishment than a question, laced with a bit of teasing, for she already knew Max had pursued Vivi for a long while. Still. Sophie was a bit baffled that a girl like Mo's sister had chosen her cousin.
"...She looks kinda sassy."
"Let's just assume we
would have won and call it a done thing. RAVENCLAW CHAMPIONS OF EVERYTHING." Mo shook both fists in the air in celebration of their Cup. 'Cause it was going to be theirs this term, and now... now he'd never win a Cup. Oh, well.
He watched Vivi too, although she wasn't particularly interesting, so he soon turned his attention back to Sophie. "Look, here's something true that you need to know about the world. Your cousin is a famous Quidditch player and not bad looking, and girls throw themselves at him. Vivi's more than just sassy... so maybe they make sense in some way I don't get at all, but don't act surprised that Max can get a girlfriend worth having. He could date anyone." But Mo was loyal to a fault, and he wasn't sure that Max could do better than a Branxton.
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lemon "Your co-Prefect said you only liked to be called Miss Dora," Dima responded earnestly, a confused expression crossing his face as he wriggled into the empty spot beside her. Was the other guy LYING? Were Prefects even allowed to lie? That was mean. And probably illegal too.
Shame on you, co-Prefect.
Pause. "Why not? The floor's pretty clean! And you can see stuff without people noticing you, so it's good for watching! And I didn't want to bother you if you didn't want to be bothered, and I could go back real quick if you sent me away 'cause I was already halfway there." See? It was a GOOD thing. "But I won't crawl when you're around if you don't want me to. So we can still be friends!"
Hey, there was a kid on the floor. "Hey. Hey, kid... person. You. Come up here and have a cannoli. You can sit by Dora and be her new best friend, 'cause her old best friend graduated and she's in the market for one." Dora got a look that was pure sass, but Mo did scoot them all down the bench to make room for the crawler.
"What are you called?"