"Thanks, Bart," Toby replied, dragging his eyes away from the broom again to smile over at his teammate. He gave a goofy little grin. "No pulling necessary. Wild Abraxans couldn't keep me away now." Hopefully nothing else would, either. Toby was determined to make the most of the last month or so of being on that team.

Aaaaaaaaaand back to the broom. It was getting a lot of attention, actually, so much so that Toby ended up missing a lot of the nods that were sent his way. It wasn't until he finally looked up again that he noticed how much the group had grown, with some surprise. Blinkblinkblink.

After a long pause, he nodded around at those he knew or recognised from school, even smiled distractedly at those he DIDN'T know. But wait. WAIT. That was DERRY.

Toby paused and stared. And staaaaared. And blinked. And GRINNED. Hi Derry, hiiiiiii! This was awesome, made it a gazillion times better that he'd got to come along. Toby was about to wave at Derry, perhaps say something in greeting, but then there was someone ELSE he'd not been expecting to see.

"KYROH!" Toby exclaimed in nothing short of glee, flinging his arms around the Ravenclaw and squishing him into a hug. The non-lethal kind this time. Boy... he was taller. What. No. Not allowed. Toby was ignoring that. "I wouldn't miss something like this. I didn't know you'd be here. Best surprise ever." He grinned at the younger boy and ruffled his hair, which was even longer than when he'd last seen him. "Look at you, rock star. Missed you, buddy."

Like, it had only been a month or so. But not the point. Still true. And now they got to play QUIDDITCH together? Already a brilliant day.