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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo  He....wasn't even going to pretend he was surprised by that little admission. No girlfriend, and it was no wonder with the way he went around slapping beards on them. Spoke VOLUMES. Blaise shook his head just once, displaying his disagreement. "She wasn't trying to sneak in." It wasn't like the door had been locked and he'd been right there--as had Justin. They both knew she was there so...not sneaking. Nope.
He sipped his hot chocolate, feeling like he'd done a good job of clearing Clara's name. In the grander scheme, it didn't matter, given he wasn't sure Professor Newton even bothered to know who his girlfriend was but just covering all bases. In general the Gryffindor found Professors preferring NOT to know whether for their own sanity or some point of another. Myers....Myers might have been the exception for this. The man seemed to have a penchant for drama and gossip as proven during that meeting with him and Rooney over a year ago.
"Thing is, I know it's meant for sleeping and that the Common Room is for mingling but have you been to the Common Room lately? Very loud and depending on the time of the day, also crowded. We're a group of rough housers, Professor. It can get pretty rowdy in there--and before you suggest the library, it's filled with Ravenclaws." Do with that what you will. Chloe Newman was all the reason for Blaise disliking the lot. "I'm not saying you gotta go putting up blocking wards, I'm just saying maybe we could compromise? Like...instead of a beard...I dunno....something that won't leave me staring for all the wrong reasons." Seemed fair, didn't it? Art realised that perhaps she wasn't trying to SNEAK in. "Well even if she wasn't trying to... to s-sneak in, she is still not allowed in the boy's dormitories. They are gender specific, and they will remain closed from the opposite gender."
He had been into the common room of course. "The study area is charmed with a silence charm to block the noise from the other areas. You can have some quiet socialising there. Or... the spare office on the sixth floor, or... the room of requirement. There are plenty of quiet areas around Hogwarts, Mr Bellaire."
Art was not even going to mention Mr Bellaire's concerns for the beard of his girlfriend. No, that was something he didn't feel comfortable touching on. Quote:
Originally Posted by Callie Confused, Hadley's hand shot up to her upper lip, and felt the wetness on it. "Oh," Hads laughed. She wiped the mustache away with the sleeve of her robes. Perhaps not the proper lady way of handling the situation, but Hadley wasn't a proper lady, so who cared? It was effective.
She accepted the photo and watched the scene play out. "Aww!" She felt herself melt watching it. She was almost too cute. "She's so precious," Hads said, handing the photo back. "I want kids some day." In the future, of course. After she was done with school.
At the question of how she was handling her family situation, Hads gave Professor Newton a half-hearted, lopsided smile and shrugged. "Well enough, I guess. It's a bit weird." Her face lit up again as the topic returned to California. Hadley let out a content little, Uh. "It was wonderful. Felt so good to be back on a board, and surfing. You have no idea. I missed it so much." Hadley had to pause and actually think about it. "I have no clue what he's studying, honestly. I don't think he knows yet."
Hadley's face lit up yet again as Newton shared his idea. "Oh, yes. YES! That sounds like a fantastic idea." It was simultaneously going to be challenging and would undoubtably teach her so much. Plus, it was a puzzle. Her Ravenclaw mind always seemed to crave puzzles. She even asked the Ravenclaw knocker to give her harder riddles. Which... "It's like a riddle, only in potion form." Art joined in with a soft chuckle as Miss Denaker realised she had a moustache. He'd had many chocolate-staches, even now he still got them. They were a sign of a good hot chocolate, he thought.
He put the photo back where it was, and felt himself simultaneously beam at the little girl with a proud Papa smile, and miss her so terribly. "She really is," he said, completely biased. Well Great Scott, this was going in a direction he didn't fancy discussing. "Er... well yes children are the... the... the... most precious gift." And he had been blessed with three at once. As busy as that was, he wouldn't have changed it for all the Potion equipment in the world.
Art nodded, and although he couldn't completely understand what she was going through, he had had previous times of pain and difficulty with his family. They were a precious thing, and when things went wrong it was very awful. Miss Denaker seemed more interested in speaking of California, and Art joined in. "Ahh you surf? No, I don't have any idea," he said with a chuckle. "I've never tried surfing." He didn't have the best balance, but it looked fun.
Art grinned at her enthusiasm for the idea. He would have to think of something not TOO difficult, but something that would still challenge her. "I'll have a think about it and brew it. What days are your best time for some lessons?" he asked. He chuckled and said "It is! Well this will be good fun then." Though perhaps fun wasn't the right word...
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