She was struggling to get a better grip on the item she'd picked up from the dock to board the boat with, not because it was just heavy but just awkward for small arms, but finally righted it. Just in time to look up and see Sia's wave (which was returned) and also catch her nearly falling of the boat. An event that earned a small gasp from the rising fourth year, as she turned then too to see what had caught her excitement and had to fight hard to not raise an eyebrow when spotting Mackenzie. Well... that was interesting, wasn't it? Or perhaps she was just drawing conclusions. Instead, she focused on returning his wave then and finger salute as he moved pass to get on the boat. "Ahoy, Mackenzie! Bring any of your adorable reptile friends today?" She was mainly kidding, but there was a hint of genuine curiosity. Could one really blame her for asking when she was sooo excited to get to meet Ruby (the snake, not the boat) and see Morpheus again?

Attention turned back towards her brother again as well as he continued down the dock. She would have told him to grab some of the items on the dock too, except it occurred to her at that moment she'd left him with the cooler Papa had prepared. It also then occurred to her looking at him, that with her having stolen his shirt they were essentially matching currently. She blinked a bit looking at him, before then looking down at herself. "I probably shouldn't raid your closet should I?" If only just for this reason. "Are you going to board now or wait for Logan?"

Which speaking of... Hearing the loud crack from behind, she turned to see if it was Papa leaving only to be greeted with the sight of Hady saying goodbye to her son (who she was trying very hard not to stare at considering the unfortunate fact he looked good). Vera sent Hady a wave before quickly turning back towards the boat and hoisting up what she had in her arms again. "I'm going to get on board. See you on deck!" She had zero idea if any of this lingo she was using was actually right but... she was trying. Clearly she needed to study as much as Sia did. As she was clamoring on though, she did hear Logan's question and started the day strong with an eye roll, which while he could not see she was imaging he would just intrinsically know her response as she called back over her shoulder. "Spending too much time in the Prefect's bathroom again, Loogie?" With her brother there too, it was suddenly much harder to continue the civility of their belated birthday adventure. Something she would probably definitely not consider later.

Once onboard, she ditched the equipment in her arms as soon as she could and skipped her way over towards Sia, skirting carefully around Mackenzie as she did so, in order to give her friend a quick squeeze. "I know it's only been days but I've missed you!" It would be nice getting back to Hogwarts and sharing their dorm again. And maybe it was time to start convincing Sia now that if they went to uni they should dorm together there too. "I am SO excited we're getting to do this!" And while she knew she was the OG first mate, she'd graced Sterling with the title verbally as a thank you for doing this for them. That... and because out of all of them she assumed he would be the one actually operating the boat. "Is everyone else excited too!?"