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Melbourne gave Carl a small grin when he said that no one had given him a pumpkin head save for her. “Well, that’s good…I’m the memorable one then” she grinned, “and you know I just had to do it…the spell seemed to funny.” She admitted with a grin.
“Oh awesome! Of course we will!” Mel grinned over to him crinkling her nose a bit as she scrunched her face at the mention of moving photographs. “You don’t have to have the be moving…I just really like adventures” she chuckled. “Oh thank you I’ll tell her you said so…” and when he said to have lots of fun with Tenacius she nodded over to him. “Of course, we always have the weirdest adventures – one time we broke a glass table at his house?” She admitted with a laugh.
“We were playing like we were super heroes,” she admitted with a laugh before nodding at Carl’s question. “Of course I will” she nodded and gave Carl a small nod as he mentioned that it could be hard. She understood, all too well and would always understand and be there for him if he needed support. “We’re the bravest” she smiled over to him and squeezed his hand back as she sat there, his hand was almost grounding really as if it helped her face missing them. “Thank you,” she smiled softly before letting his hand go in order to show him her family. “Alright…easy bit – the guy with the curly hair – he’s Kaiden Yarborough…family but not?” She grinned, “He’s my future brother-in-law and the blonde girl – that is Amelia or…well Mika my sister” she smiled at the pictures. “Alright…the guys are easiest because the other two are my brothers’ Finnlay and Phil they are twins actually….Phil’s the one with the glasses” she added with chuckle.
“The really close of up face – that was a photograph of my sister India?” She admitted with a small smile. “She’s tough as nails and I’m completely convinced that her boyfriends is a dangerous creature…well, a werewolf actually – I never saw him around near the full moon and India had a lot of wolfsbane potion ingredients in the cupboards” she admitted with a small laugh…”if he is I want to ask about it – what its like? That would be kind of cool knowing first hand accounts on werewolfism?” she took a deep breath before continuing on. “You know you should come and meet them sometime they’re more interesting in person…” she laughed “apparently when they were our age Kaiden licked people’s faces…well, Mika’s but still its pretty interesting…oh he’s the reason I think hufflepuffs are good huggers.” She grinned.
Carl grinned back at the memory of the duel.
"Yeah, it was the most memorable duel I've had!" He said. His other duels were decent too, but none of them were as funny as the one he had with Mel.
The Badger smiled as she said the photographs did not have to be moving. Of course, it was the story within them that mattered.
"Right, I will try to capture the funny moments as best as I can." And what? She and Tenacius once broke a glass table?
"That sounds fun! I mean playing like superheros, not breaking the table." He laughed.
As he held her hand, Carl looked at the Gryffindor and felt some of his sadness dissipate. He knew that she would be there for him if he needed support. He nodded with a smile as she let go of his hand. Time to learn more about the family!
Kaiden, Mika, Finnlay and Phil, India and - a werewolf?
"It would definitely be cool to ask him about being a werewolf, if he is one." He did not have any bad feelings about werewolves like some people did, but thought they were somewhat cool. They probably did not like the transformation, though.
"Oh I would love to meet them!" He agreed, but decided to not be pushy about it.
"So, they began dating when they were at Hogwarts?" He asked, referring to Kaiden and Mika. He couldn't imagine licking people's faces, but was glad that the almost brother-in-law made Mel think Hufflepuffs were good huggers. Y'know, maybe it really was true!