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Wait...what? Why was everyone suddenly assuming she was leaving? First Ellie, and now Nolan! Nolan must have overheard what Ellie said. That had to be it! "Oh, well, I do wish both you and Ginger well. You'll have to owl me from time to time and let me know how things are coming along," she told him. "What about me? I'm going to Hawaii this summer," she answered, guessing that he may have been asking about what she was doing as soon as term was over. "Lil and I are going."
Lexi just laughed at the little at the fact that Ellie had just called Nolan evil. Nolan looked like the single most non-evil person in the whole world, but she guessed the nickname was due to the fact that the Divination professor was leaving after this term. Lexi had lost a few professors in her time at Hogwarts, so she honestly knew the feeling. "Sure thing, Ellie," she said, calling a student by their first name for the...well, first time. She followed the girl's gaze back to Nolan, as she waited to hear the ex-professor's reply.
She LAUGHED. Not funny, Carlton. It's the truth.
Ellie. There. That was much better. But then again, even 'Miss Stone' could be categorized as 'much better'. Better than 'Eliana', which made her shudder. Not that she didn't like it, but her mom just used it in a not-so-nice tone too often. And much, much better than using her middle name. Thank Merlin the teachers didn't know that.
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Cassirin Tate heaved to his seat and held up his hands for silence. "Students... as our term once again draws to a close, I would like to congratulate you on yet another term in which no one died. I think we must have some sort of record, don't you? That being said, we must again throw our congratulations to the Triwizard Champion, Mr. Duncan Fletcher, who represented our school with dignity, honor, and courage. A hearty congratulations to him, and to all those privileged to represent their schools this term. Thank you to the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang visitors. We look forward to future tournaments at your schools."
Ellie listened to Tate...
"Another term in which no one died?" she repeated. She gave her conversing teachers a scared-ish look.
"You know. I really hate to think of what happened before. Guess I came at a luck time." Yeah. Totally.
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Miss Lissy Lou "My fiancée," Nolan explained. That was partly the reason he was leaving...to spend more time with her. Maybe, in retrospect, leaving a secure job for his relationship was not the SMARTEST idea, but he'd worry about that later. Oh yes. He'd be worrying about THAT later.
"I do wish I could stay but, it simply can't be helped," he explained again with a frown. It was either give up his whole life and stay here...or give up Hogwarts and salvage a bit of his life in the long run.
UGGH. Seriously, his Inner Eye couldn't have told him ANY of this? So much for hoping this job would bring out his inner powers. Bleghhhh.
"Ohhhh. I misunderstood," Nolan said with a little chuckle. "Hawaii? That sounds great! Ginger and I are looking into going there for our honeymoon," he told her. He wasn't so sure though, didn't EVERYONE go there for their honeymoon? He wanted to go somewhere NOT totally crowded by newlywed couples. He wanted to special and one of the only ones there. Hehe.
Fiancee?!
"Ooooo." Ellie coo'd. She was SMILING now.
"Reyn and Ginger sitting in a tree..." Hah.
"Congrats Reyn." He's getting married! Totally makes up for her abandoning her. Kinda. It woulda been cool if he could be married AND stick with her. But...it's an acceptable excuse.
"Ooooh Hawaii would be awesome for your honeymoon." Ellie Stone. Wedding Planner. Or...Honeymoon Planner?
"Not that I've ever been there...Or had a honeymoon...But it LOOKS like a good place. And you can drink stuff outta coconuts." That always looked like fun.
"And wear pretty flowers around your neck." Heh.