"Yea, my parents are very caring and want whats best for me. And its a great opportunity for the family as well so its nothing but a benefit for us and the bloodline. I think you would make a great Auror although im sure you would be great at anything you do. You have a heart of gold and a lot of desire to succeed. I think that is one of the things that attracts me to you".

Draven put his arm around her again and gave her a hug. He started the day thinking it was going to be a rough road to meet new friends and feel comfortable around people he didnt know. Yet, here he was hugging a beautiful girl in a bookstore. He giggled to himself in disbelief and how things have unfolded today. He had a great feeling about his first year at Hogwarts and hoped that feeling would never go away. This was all new to him and he was excited for the future. He looked over at Taylor and asked

"So you want to grab a bite to eat? Ill buy!".

Although Draven didnt come from a wealthy family they did have money from the minerals and gold mined out of the mines back at his village.

"I'm sure they do, you should be grateful for your parents, they sound really nice! - oh, thank you! You're way too nice to me!" Taylor laughed and smiled at him warmly. It was nice to have someone... someone showing her this affection after everything that had happened- but she didn't want to rush into anything though- it wouldn't be fair on her or... Alex... But she really liked Draven, even though he so wasn't normally her type, maybe she could... change him slightly? Hehe. No, she couldn't do that- that wouldn't be fair- she wanted to get to know him some more- he was quite interesting too, she liked it when people had a story to tell.

"Oh, yeah... yeah of course, are you sure? I may be a girl, but it doesn't mean I won't pay my way." she replied, giggling slightly- she always felt bad when people bought stuff for her- and it was food, which she was going to struggle with- maybe she'd just stick with a drink. "I mean, i'm not that hungry, but I could sure use a drink! Oh, just let me buy this book first though. I actually want to read this." she said quietly, picking up the biography from earlier, and reading the blurb as she went over to pay. She soon returned and smiled at Draven- "Got it." she said cheerily, putting the paid for book in to her bag and stuffing her purse away.

His shop was getting rather full of students now, and Daniel realised he couldn't fight it anymore. He had to go out to the crowds and... see what he could do to help.

Yeah...

Positioning himself at the ends of all the rows, Daniel leant against his counter and folded his arms, ready for if anyone needed assistance.

"Nah, dont sweat it babygirl. I may not come from the wealthiest of families but we make due and my father always tought me to be a gentleman. So go ahead and buy your book and lets go get something to drink".

Draven got up and gathered his things and waited for Taylor. He really liked this girl and hoped it could blossom into something further the more they got to know each other.

"Actually no I wasn't here last year. I was here two years ago. But Hogwarts is awesome. Just be careful what you say and do. The teachers are very strict and some of the students are quite mean" explained Justin. He hoped that didn't dent her excitement.

Elnesiel walked into the bookstore and looked around at all the different books. She was not planning to buy any, and had already gotten all her schoolbooks from a different store, but she wanted to look at them. After a few minutes, she left the store again.

Faith walked into the bookstore, she glanced around at the amazing amounts of books settled upon the shelves. With wonder and curiosity, Faith brushed her finger against the rugged old spines of the books and chuckled to herself how silly she must look getting all excited over books. Through the buzzing sounds of conversations going on around the room, Faith noticed one voice in paticular that stood out like she has heard it before in a dream of hers. With a fierce turn to find the source of the sound, the voice faded, and being small Faith couldn't see over the top of the lanky fourth years standing infront of her. With disapointment, Faith preceded to look around for the books she needed for starting her first year at Hogwarts.

Sebastian walked into the Third Hand Bookstore, walking over to the shelves. He loved how he was surrounded in books, it was like the perfect paradise, but yet secretive and mysterious. He couldn't let anyone know that he liked to read or else his cover would be blown and he would be known that he liked books. And that's something he could not risk his reputation for.

Not. At. All.

...Melrose looked at the two books in each of her two hands. She had a puzzled look on her flawless face. She didn't know what one to pick. She needed and said to her mum that she was going to get her a great book but she didn't know which on to get her. Melrose walked on and kept thinking harder. Well until she ran into somebody...

Sebastian was reading the back of one of the books and then suddenly, someone had run into him. He raised an eyebrow at the girl and luckily he didn't know her. Okay, umm yeah, think of something, Sebastian! He quickly smiled, his famous Italian cheeky grin, and hoped something would come out of his mouth. Wow, this girl was pretty as well, tons of pretty girls around. "Are you alright?" He asked, his Italian accent slipping through.

Melrose got up. She rolled her eyes but she knew he wouldn't noticed. Not another Italian guy. She sighed. She was alright and that was good. She grabbed the two books off of the ground. She still didn't know which one to pick for her mother. Frown. Then she looked up at the boy. "Yes I am." Melrose said in her beautiful French accent. Sigh.

Salina smiled, she loved books and everything to do with them. She was a first year and wanted to get a few books on Astronomy. Just for side reading. She was a good student, always. Straight muggle 'A's. She spotted a young man down one of the aisles, arranging books. She assumed he was the shopkeeper and called him over.

"Hi! I was just wondering, do you have any books on Astronomy? I've always loved the subject, but we never had enough money to buy a nice thick one." she smiled, she was a half-Veela and not ashamed of it.

Daniel had indeed been arranging books, checking his stock and making sure there was nothing untoward in his shop. He heard someone approach and glanced around at a girl before looking back to his shelf.

"Yeah, we have loads. Our Education shelves are a little way down the shop; you'll see a sign, and then we have them in alphabetical order, so Astronomy won't be too hard to find," he turned to her again and smiled. "We have loads."

They had loads from every subject, because Daniel was ace at buying large quantities of books for the shop.

Sebastian tilted his head to the side. This girl seemed different and he didn't know why. Woah, woah, woah, wait! He definitley knew who this was. Yep, definitley.

"Are you the Melrose who is Anakin's cousin?" He asked. If it wasn't then...he was just going to look really stupid.

However if it was, well, that would mean that this girl wasn't interested in flirting with guys. Just like Anakin...but with girls. Haha. Anyways, he would try at least.

"The name's Sebastian. Sebastian Giordano. Yours?" He asked holding out his hand for her to shake.

[COLOR="Violet] "Salina was overjoyed! Finally, a nice thick book on Astronomy.

"Thank you!" she said. "Terima kasih, Nandri, Shugren, Arigato! Thanks!" she called in Malay, Tamil, Arabic and Japanese as she skipped down the aisle happily. She's not showing off, just genuinely happy.

When she found the shelf she was looking for, she almost squealed, it was everything she ever wanted. Books on the Beginning of Earth, The Sun, and All sorts of other things. After a while of searching the shelves, Salina found a tome titled: "The Universe, Anything and Everything about It, Q&A edition." Salina flipped it over and checked the price. 3 Sickles. Not bad. She's getting this. She got her other Astronomy Book, Hillary Stargazer's Guide to the Galaxy.

She then started looking for her other school books, piling them high in her hands. After getting all her books, she was going to go to the counter, but she bumped into someone, her books falling spectacularly all around her and herself falling ceremoniously onto her backside. She let that lone silent tear escape her eyes and proceeded to pick up her books.

Melrose looked at him. "No, I'm not." she said perfectly with a straight face. She just wanted to see his reaction. Most Italian people that she knew did have any humor at all but out of her whole family only her, Beck and Anakin had most of the humor.

This guy was pretty cute. Would she flirt with him. Well hell yeah. She's French and most of her guy friends would flirst with any girl at anytime. She was the same way just with guys and by what she's heard about her brother at Hogwarts, is he was quite the flirt. That was good because she got that gene just like with the tallness.

She had to brake it to him. "I'm just kidding. I am Anakin's cousin." she told him. "Just to let you know Anakin is pretty damn cool...well once you get to know him." Mel told him.

Well Sebastian was the name. She might have seen him on Twitter. Oh Melrose and Twitter. She loves it but really need to Tweet some more and make some friends on there. "I'm Melrose Salvatore. My friends call me Mel but you're not my friends...yet." Mel said. "And my previous boyfriends called me Mellie and my family calls me Mellie to but you're not either of them."

Sebastian crossed his arms. He didn't believe this girl, she seemed too...he didn't know. Just something about her bothered him for some reason, but he couldn't put his finger on it. "Oh okay, must be someone else." He stated, returning his gaze back to the books. He took out the list that Francesa and Isabella had put together for him, and he started to walk down the aisle, looking for one of the books.

Then Melrose's voice was heard again and he turned, with a grin placed upon his face. "I knew it." He said shaking his head. Then she started to talk about how cool Anakin was and he just started to laugh. "I know actually, we've been best friends since when we were younger. Babies, really." He nodded.

Oh goodness, this girl was fiesty or had some kind of attitude. He wasn't her friend or her boyfriend and he knew that. "Okay, I'll just call you Melrose then." He chuckled. It wasn't that hard to call her by her first name without a nickname. "I happen to be not fond of nicknames anyways." He said, knowing it was sort of a lie, seeming as he called his little sisters, Anakin and Bonnie nicknames. Haha.

Melrose smirked. Nope I'm not someone else. She let out a little giggle. "So what kind of books are you looking for?" she asked him. "Anything in particular?" Mel asked looking at him. She had to make sure he was a ninja or something. Giggle.

"Fooled ya." she said sticking out her tounge. She laughed. She moved her blonde hair back slightly. what was she to say to this new person. Well he was kinda cute. No focus Melrose. You can't fall for any guy at Hogwarts. Now you can flirt every once in a blue moon but dating any guy here. Nope. Wrong. Bad. No, no. That just won't work at all. "Really you know him?" she asked him. "Hmm. He never told me about you. You figure he would. We're really close."

Sebastian turned and raised an eyebrow. "Oh my sisters gave me a list of books that they wanted me to get for them, seeming as they are all magical books and they can't get it anywhere else, I have to go get them." He shrugged and began looking again. He shook his head. "No, none in particular, just books about witches, goblins, etc." He stated.

He just shook his head in amusement at the girl. Melrose did remind him of Anakin, but much prettier, a girl and he could flirt with her. Haha, but right now he was trying to focus on what books his sister...and maybe him would be interested in. He merely nodded as she asked if he knew Anakin. "He probably hasn't told you about me seeming as I've known him since I was a baby but around the age of 4 I had to move, and then I moved back by Anakin and then I moved once again when I was...12 I think. So I've been coming and going." He stated. It didn't bother him that Anakin didn't mention himself to Melrose. "If it makes it any better, I haven't heard about you either except for earlier today when I hung out with him." He said, simply.

Melrose smiled. "So I can tell you must like reading." she said rather loudly. Hehe. He did seem like the reading type but he also seemed like the selfish type of guy that would cheat on his girlfriend but he might not be like that. If he wasn't then they would be great friends. Smirk.

So Anakin hasn't told him about me. What a shame. He could've told him some pretty amazing stories...NOT. But she could tell him about some embarssing moments about Anakin but she loved her cousin far to much to do anything like that to him. Besides they were close and she wasn't going to ruin that closeness. Does that make things better...NOPE. "I'm sorry but that doesn't make it any better. Seeing as him and I are very, very close that he would tell you about him." Melrose said, twirling her long curly blonde hair.

Sebastian looked over at Melrose and shook his head. "Truthfully I hate reading, but for my sisters I can read for them, but that's about it." He lied, but no one could tell that he was lying he was skilled at being an actor. Hah. He watched as the girl smirked and he shrugged it off. What could this girl possibly be thinking?

"Okay? Well believe what you would like." He stated and sighed. This girl was getting on his nerves and he hated being mean to girls but seriously, she was just getting annoying. Time to switch up the subject, because why argue about if he had gotten mentioned or if she had gotten mentioned by Anakin? It didn't matter to him. "So what year will you be in when you go to Hogwarts?" He asked politely as possible.

Hmmm. She'll choose to believe him...well for now. She hated being lied to. But whatever. It didn't matter. She'll make him admit it sometime soon to her. It's not like she would tell anybody. "Well even if you're lying to me, I wouldn't tell anyone that you like to read...but you don't have to tell me. I
m fine with it..." sorta fine with it. Just brush it off Mel.

"I will believe what I want..." she stopped. Okay he was getting on her nerves. Goddarn Italian guys. They're all the same. Well at least the ones she met. Bunch of arrogant idiots sometimes. Well not all the time but sometimes. GOD!! "I'll be in my fifth year." Melrose told him. "What year will you be in?" Mel asked.

"Umm, okay. Well I don't like reading, that's the truth." Sebastian stated, crouching down to see a witch book but it didn't look all that interesting for Isabella to read so he stood back up.

Then he stopped in his tracks and turned towards Melrose. "Did I do something to you to make me so mad at me? Because all what I said was that I was friends with Anakin since we were babies and then you went off telling me that you are really, really close with him and that's cool. I don't really mind if he hasn't told you about me, or if he has told me about you, it doesn't matter. I just don't know why you're getting so mad." He said shaking his head at the girl. He didn't even understand how this girl could get so mad over nothing.

Sebastian nodded as she said she would be in her 5th Year. "I'll be in my 6th Year." He said, simply.

Melrose looked at him. She wasn't going to say anything else about the whole reading ordeal. Nope. Not one bit.

Mel shook her head. "No not yet and I'm not even that mad. It's just something else that has got me mad and I'm sorry to take it out on you." she frowned. She didn't mean to but she did and she was sorry for making him thinking that she was mad at him. She frowned.

"Oh okay, I guess that makes sense, but that's alright. From time to time I do the same and I regret it." Sebastian said about to put a reasurring hand on the girl's shoulder and then put it back to the original position by his side. Yeah, he barely knew the girl and he wasn't going to do something like that already. Then again why is he even giving himself that excuse if he had snogged about ten girls today that he just met? Hah.