Melbourne looked around again and grinned when she realized Azura was there quickly waving at her. Ooooooooooh Mel hadn’t met the Slytherin boy but she had seen him around the school. “Noelle! Hi!” She grinned at the Gryffindor girl and bounced closer to her before turning to look at Ethan again.

“Hi Ethan!” Mel beamed at him. “I’m Melbourne Johanson…people call me Mel? Are you are recent graduate then? How old are you?” She asked excitedly bouncing from question to question. Oooooooh look it was another Burton!

“Hi! I’m Melbourne I’m in Ava’s house” she nodded at Lisabel and smiled at the older woman. Ava’s mom looked so nice…that was so cool! “Thank you!” She smiled and began to walk into the house when she saw Ava and waved at her. “Hi Ava!” She pointed toward her own ears and hinted at her own piercing seeeeeee they were nice and pretty and gosh so brilliant.

Mel looked over at the red-haired girl and grinned at the girl. “Hi Lux! That’s a cool name…I’m Melbourne Johanson” she smiled before staring at Lux a bit. “I think I’ve seen you before…with my sister Mika?” She asked and tipped her head “or no! no I read about you in her diary! You’re her friend that’s also allergic to strawberries!” Mel was practically bouncing happily as she spoke to her. Looking around she saw Mason and grinned.

“MASON HI!” she squealed and happily grinned at her. “You look amazing Mason,” she smiled happily before spotting Rachel and waving some more. OOOOOOH AND CHARLOTTE WAS HERE? ALL of the cool people were there!

So. Many. People.

Noelle wasn't shy but around this many people, she wS beginning to get that way. She wished Sabbie were here to keep her company. She had mentioned the party to him, so maybe he would crash it? One could only hope. In the meantime, she would stick close to the people she knew.

Blushing was something Noelle only did on occasion, but here she was doing it now. She gave a wave to the woman that opened the door and heard a lot of hellos and heys. She tucked her hair behind her ear shyly. Walking in, Noelle took a look around and stayed close to Phillip. He'd keep her company right?

First things first, put the twins gift down. She headed over to the gift table and dropped off their gifts before turning. She lost sight of Phillip in the crowd. Skimming her eyes, she saw another familiar face Mel and Mason. Noelle headed over there. "Hey! Mel right?" She asked with a smile and then another look around the room.

Boy, this party had a lot of people in it!

Hope had followed Noelle. She knew she was going to a party, but Hope had been so bored. She figured shed crash the party. No one would even know she was there! She'd blend in. Walking through the soor, she saw alot of people, but no Noelle. She wished Sabbie and José could be here. They'd really liven up this party. A smile spread across her face as she sent a birdie to Sabbie telling her to come crash the party with her.

After about five minutes of weaving through people. Hope spotted Noelle around a couple of peopke. She smiled and made her way over. Sneaking up on her cousin.

As she got closer, she called out Noelle's name. Waving to her.

Okay but WHY weren't more people talking to her? Why? WHY? Just because it wasn't her party! GOSH! Charlotte might have gone and done something loud and attention grabbing but then the people who the party was actually FOR noticed her and she was mollified. She beamed happily.

"Ooooh! Hi Teddy! I got YOU something TOO you know, even though AVA was the one who invited me." Mhmm! And where had he even BEEN? She barely saw him around! Did he want his present nowwww?

"You are SO lucky to have a summer birthday, that way SO many people can come! But who are all these OLD people, Ava?" Like seriously? So many old people! "Happy Birthday! I got you a present!" Of course!

About an hour prior, a paper bird had fluttered in to Sabbath’s room and alighted on his hand revealing a message. He recognised the handwriting immediately, it was from Hope, Nell’s cousin. He skimmed the message...

“Get your butt to Ava’s party, the address is... blah blah blah... Noelle is rocking up alone... blah blah blah... I’m going to gatecrash it, you should too... blah blah blah.... Phillip’s going to be there...”

Annnd, that was it, the mere mention of Noelle alone with that toad Phillip, was enough to force him into action. He’d just have take Hope’s advice and get his butt to Ava’s party - invite or not.


He made quick work of getting ready, and within the hour he’d arrived. Slipping in a side door, he started mingling. He sipped his newly acquired drink and passed through the crowd keeping an eye out for a familiar face. Noelle had mentioned last week that she was coming to the party, so he knew she’d be here somewhere.

He looked back over his shoulder - Had he just heard Hope’s voice in the crowd, calling Noelle?

The first person Olly saw at the party was Ethan. He smiled at the older boy even though he didn't know him super well. Mostly just because he was also a Slytherin. Well, had been a Slytherin. Also because Ellery knew him really well for some reason. "Hi," he greeted with a smile. "Ellery's good."

Then there was that younger Slytherin Mason, and Hady as well. Olly smiled at them as well. Where were his friends? Most importantly, where was Ava? Oh, there she was. Olly grinned and hugged her. "Happy birthday Ava! You're a teenager now!" And her brother, of course, because it was his birthday too. "Hey Teddy. Happy birthday." He seemed cool, and he was Ava's brother, why didn't they hang out more?

And hey, there were more cool people. Noelle, for one. Olly went to stand in the little group where she was. "Hi guys," he said with a grin. Phillip was there too. There were so many people and it was very distracting for Olly. He wanted to say hi to everyone. And what was he supposed to do with the gift he was still holding? Was there a table for those? He wandered away a little bit, distracted by his search. But he kept seeing people he knew and that was even more distracting because he wanted to say hi to everyone.

"Hi Charlotte!" Oh she was by Ava, which worked out perfectly for him. "Do you want this now Ava? Or should I put it down somewhere?"

SO MANY PEOPLE

It was all just a jumble of human bodies. How did two kids have so many adult friends?? It was kind awesome and kinda weird at the same time. It was mostly weird for Mason, since she wasn't the tallest person ever, she had the joy or staring into people's midsections. . . so that was fun -_____-

Mason beamed at Rachie-Ru as she spotted her through the ocean of torsos. She gave Hady a grin as well, the older Snake looked great as always. And ummm, had she done something to Azy? The girl had just waved at her and then she attempted to disappear. . . what?

Mason shook her head a little. She wasn't here to worry, she was here to party! She gave an ecstatic squeal when she heard Mel. She gave the girl a hug before scoffing slightly at her compliment, "Oh stop!" she gave a dramatic sigh and gestured down at Mel's legs, "Gaaa, I wish that I had legs like that!" Like seriously. But her Gryffindor friend did look amazing and super #goals.

And there was Noelle as well! She hadn't seen the older girl since their little training session, so she was a little excited to see her as well. "Noelle! I'm so glad to see you!" She vaguely remembered that exactly a year ago she had first met the girl and her cousin. . . who also seemed to be here! "You too Hope! I haven't seen you in forever!" It seemed that the Summers were hiding from her.

Was there anybody else that she had missed? Mmm, she hoped not. . .

"Right, of course, you're a brave Gryffindor then?" Lisabel smiled. "My twins are the only non-Slytherins in the house, if you believe it. Anyway... lovely to meet you Melbourne. The drinks are over in the corner there so please help yourself."


Teddy's eyes grew wide. He would need to perform a facial massage tonight. His face was getting quite the workout. But the gift that Henric had given him was something he would CHERISH. "Thank you Henric," he said in a quiet voice. He was just STARING at it. "This is perfect!" He looked up at the older student, who really didn't need to have given Teddy a gift. But he did. Teddy smiled at him "I'm going to write a lot of things with this quill," he said.

Teddy laughed, he had been very happy to hear that one of his school friends knew Russian as well. He would have to introduce her to his big sister, and his mum. He turned around but she wasn't in sight anymore. Neither were Gabby, Alana or Archer. He shrugged and turned back to Mase. "Spasibo," he said in reply. OH she had presents for them. "AVA!" he shouted. She was talking with her friends, but... PRESENTS. He immediately recognised that she was having difficulty holding the presents, so he took them from her and put her on the table. And opening the present left him as shocked as he had been with Henric's. "This... This... I-" he couldn't even speak. The books, they had meant EVERYTHING to him, and now he had MORE of them! And and not only that but "A CHESS SET!" He squealed in deligh. "A CHESS SET," he repeated, looking up at Mason. "You-you..." His mouth opened and closed. "Thank you Mase, this is so good! Will... do you know how to play?" he asked.

Teddy's face was too delighted for his small 13 year old self. "Stardust!" he said, delighted. "Azura you got me STARDUST to read on the train!" He was so happy. So overwhelmed, and so overcome with gratitude to his friends. And not only his good friends, but Ava's friends too. Who had come and said Happy Birthday to HIM... WITH gifts! And he looked at the other novels, his face stretching, if possible, into a bigger and bigger smile. He sniffed, put the gifts safely under the table, where his mum had assured him they would all be safe, and pulled both Azura and Mason in for a big group hug. He giggled in excitement. Two great friends, he knew he had.

"You... you got ME something?" Teddy asked Char. She really didn't need to do that. Teddy's little heart was about to POP with gratitude. "That's lovely Char," he said with a smile. "I just invited some of my close friends," AKA his only friends, "But Ava invited a lot of the other people I... know." Yes, know was the term. He was too shy to interact with most people, so the library and common room and dorm were his hang out places.

Teddy continued to smile as another familiar face came in. "Hello Olly, thank you very much," he said. These people were just being very kind.


Zhenya returned Henric's hug, it was SO GOOD to see everyone. She kept thinking this as she turned to see more people, give more hugs, and be able to catch up with all of her old schoolmates. And Henric had even made her some cupcakes! She took them from him, smelled them, and let out a delighted exhale. "Henric these smell amazing! Thank you so much! How have you been?" she asked, genuinely interested in what he had been up to. School, obviously. but surely there was MORE!

Adi hugs. The greatest hugs ever behind Frankie's of course but that was different. Hady grinned up at her big brother looking around the area a moment before her eyes fell back on him. "No Benny?" Strange. Maybe he was running late? Those two did everything together, did they not?

Hady smiled nodding her head when Zhenya turned to her. "Yeah." She was somewhat surprised the older girl remembered her honestly. Sure they had been in the same house but when you didn't always talk to someone a name sometimes got pushed aside. This wasn't the case though. "Happy Birthday Zhenya, how have you been?" Now that she was out of Hogwarts of course.

"You're welcome Ava, do you want this now or should I put them down for later?" she asked showing the three identical gift bags she was carrying. Either way she didn't mind she just knew that some people liked to open gifts right away while others waited to closer to the end of the party.

Yes we did see you Mason! Hady sent a smile the younger girls way when she spotted her talking with Noelle.

"Thank you so much, Olly!" She smiled as the Slytherin boy gave her a hug. "Yes, I am a teenager now!" And yes, she was so excited to be a teenager. She's so ready for the teenage world. "You can put your present there, at those table. And please enjoy the food and the drink." And also feel free to have a chit-chat with the others. Come on, people! Maybe she needed to put on some music in here. Ava went to the stereo and put on The Dead Kneazles music. "You can put the presents there, Hady." She said to the Slytherin girl while pointing to the table where the people put the presents. She's gonna open them later.

She was lucky to have a summer birthday? Well, it seemed so. "Yeah, and I'm so glad that my parents let us to have the birthday party... Yes, my older sister's birthday is tomorrow so we kind of celebrate hers too today." The young lioness said to Charlotte. "Those old people are my family... But it seemed like there's something going on with my uncle's girlfriend so... They had to take care of her. And some of my sister's friends too. That one is Adi, the former Hufflepuff prefect, then Ethan who was a Slytherin and Lux, my sister's friend." She said. "Oh! And this is my sister, Zhenya!" Ava didn't forget to introduce her fellow lioness to her sister. "Have you seen Dora? I've sent the invitation to her but it seemed like she's not coming." Maybe that girl was on vacation somewhere with her family.

It seemed like she saw Sabbath coming with.... Okay, she forgot her name but she remembered that she's a Gryffindor too and just a year younger than her. Ava just smiled and gave a wave at them. "You're bringing Sabbath too, Noelle? That's great. I think I forgot to mail the invitation to him, my bad." It seemed like she missed some people.. And to be honest, she wanted to invite Zander and Sophie sooooo badly but she's just too shy.

She heard Teddy called out her name. "What is it, Theodore?" Did he want to ditch the party?

Lux raised her brow at Azura's comment but found it sweet. "Teddy's been talking about me?"Probably only good things since they were best friends. Besides, he wasn't mean; there wasn't a nasty bone in his body.

Her attention turned back to Teddy and she handed him his present from her. "I really hope you like it. I want to try it out with you." She already knew that they were going to have so much fun with it. He had gotten her really into Sherlock Holmes and it was like THEIR thing now. Lux loved it and couldn't wait to see his reaction but she also knew that he always took his time when opening gifts so she was being patient.

Ethan sure was right about that. Lux giggled. "It really is though I have to say that I am enjoying University. Isn't it wonderful?" Maybe she was the only one here who was a nerd and loved learning but... well, Teddy was the same way and that was nice. "Oh yeah, I haven't seen you in a million years," she added to Adi with a wink. Really she saw him all the time what with classes and doing homework together sometimes. He was one of her study buddies and best friends. Just like Hady! She was so glad to see her little sister, but then when wasn't she? "You look amazing! Frankie really is a very lucky guy." In more ways than one. And if he ever hurt her, he would have to deal with BOTH Lux and Adi. They meant business.

"It's very good to see you too, Henric! I've been well. Enjoying the break from University. What about you? Getting into any trouble?" She gave a wink to show that she was being playful but she also knew that boys could get up to a lot of mischief! Just look at Bay and Adi because they were both pranksters. Speaking of pranksters... Lux handed her present over to Ava. She remembered the younger girl playing a prank on her with a buzzer when they met in the apothecary, so she thought that it might be a good idea to get her some more muggle gags. A present also went to Zhenya who was another one of her best friends. It was a potion charm bracelet and Lux had one too so that they would match! It was very exciting and she hoped that her friend loved it.

Aww, this Melbourne was very sweet. She smiled at her. "Thanks, I really like your name too!" It made her think of Australia which seemed like an awesome place to visit one day. Maybe she could go with Bay and they would see koalas and kangaroos! ... Wait, what? "You're Mika's sister??" Wow. Mika was amazing. Lux loved her. "Yes, I am allergic to strawberries," she said as she was practically bouncing along with her. It really WAS a small world!

Hope walked over to Noelle. She saw Mason and a big smile spread across her face. "mason!!! Where have you been?? I haven't seen you since the beginning of the year! And now we are second years!!!" She ran over giving her a hug. She had brought the twins a gift even though she didn't know them. She figured since she was rudely crashing the party she might as well bring a gift! She let go of Mason and turned towards where the birthday girl said to put the gifts.

Then she made her way back over to Mason and Noelle. As she did, she spotted Sabbath and waved him over. "Hey sabbie How's it going?" She noticed that Phillip wasn't around Noelle which was good. We'll for him atleast.

The volume of the talking was loud with all the people. Noelle kept her arms folded in front of her because she wasn't usually shy but the amount of people here made her shy. There were even older people here. Like way older. Probably graduated from Hogwarts older. Whoa. Ava and Teddy knew a lot of people.

Noelle did smile and wave and say hey to the other people that had showed up in their little group. Like Olly!! He was here! She gave him a big hug because he was one of her good friends, and if Hope and Sabbie couldn't be here, then she was glad he was there. Along with Phillip, Ava, Mason, and was that Char that she heard? Where was the bouncing red head? She needed to talk to her. Tell her the news. Boy friend news. Beam!

Were there drinks? Of course there were, Noelle just had to find them. She excused herself from the little group, vowing to be back as soon as she got a drink. DONT LEAVE HER OLLY! Then she heard a yell. And saw Hope approaching the group. An epic grin burst onto Noelles face and she squealed and went to hug Hope. Then Hope was saying something about Sabbie. Sabbie?! Noelle looked around and spotted him finally. A big grin plastered on her face, she waited for him to join them.

Boyfriends could really have some perks....for instance, Ilia would have failed to remember a certain very important party if it had not been for hers. A close one, nice save, and thank you to Henric ahem. At least she had, in fact, made it to the party and with gifts no less. Standing beside hiding behind Henric was pretty standard for the blonde whenever there were large groups of people though, and she tended to be more quiet and stoic.

Watching exchanges of greetings, she simply smiled around at everyone. She waved to the people she knew and really only reacted strongly when she saw Adi. He was already getting a lot of attention thrown his way, but she still smiled enthusiastically at the older boy she had grown to adore like a brother.

It seemed that Henric had found the birthday people and it was time to bestow gifts..
Teddy she had really only remembered meeting once but yet again she took a cue from Henric. It was not as fancy as the magnificent quill, but she had brought a stone inkwell and specialty ink made from the ink of a giant squid. For Ava, she brought 'football' items that she had asked Henric about. The team with the girl's name was the one she liked according to Henric.... Hopefully she liked hooded sweatshirts....

Woot! Adi just knew that Zhenya would LOVE his present. "You always were, since you were at Hogwarts.'' Hadn't it been him and Lux who had dubbed her that? "I bet you got lots of presents. Mine's the best, right?" Hehe. The guy kidded.

A hair ruffle from Henny! Adi allowed it, as he liked them, then hugged his friend. "Dude, I miss you and Ilia a whole lot. Thanks for constantly sending those baked goods. I'd put on a great deal of size if I didn't run regularly.'' And speaking of Ilia... "MY VEELA GIRL!'' Woops! Was that a little too loud? Heh. Adi couldn't help it. He rushed to squish his friend. "You were missed! By me and Garm. But mostly me.'' Mhmm.

"No Frankie?'' Adi replied back to Hady with a grin. "Benny must be stuck somewhere. He wasn't sure if he'd be here. So, are we still on for meeting in Diagon Alley later on?'' He always looked forward to hanging out with his Hades.

"Isn't it just a tragedy?'' the guy joked with Lux. "We shouldn't let all this time pass again before we hang out again.'' HAHAHA! He and Lux were SUCH sillies! They saw each other practically everyday. "Hey, what did you get Teddy and Ava?''

HOW WAS AVA THIRTEEN ALREADY? "Oh.'' It was all he said for a while because his brain refused to function. "Well, when you put it that way.'' He eyed those piercings. "Any other surprises I should know about?'' He snorted. "Nope! Too distracted by these piercings to be lonely.''

"You're welcome, Ava. You look very pretty in that dress.'' Rachel smiled. She really did think Ava looked wonderful. Her attention was caught by Mel next. "Hello, Mel.'' She giggled at Mason from among the very huge crowd that was still growing. Why was she giggling? Mason looked tiny among the many adults.

That smile Teddy gave her made Alana melt. She pinched his cheeks. "It sounds as though you're having the time of your life. I won't keep you from the others so have fun.'' She kissed him again, feeling a little emotional. The twins had grown really quickly. Where was Ava? Lana didn't have to look far. "Happy birthday, Ava!''

Hady could've seriously laughed at herself just then. Of course there was an area to set down gifts and once it was shown to her she smiled. "Alright," she commented to Ava letting the birthday girl go about greeting all her friends. She slipped away and set the gift bags on the table with all the other gifts. Thankfully she had filled out those tags hanging on the handles so there wouldn't be any mix-ups when it was time to open them.

Aaww geez Lux! She was always so sweet. Hady grinned. "Thanks! It must be all that fresh air and sunshine I've been getting," she laughed. "You look wonderful, how's things with Bay?" Still going strong, yes?

She shook her head. "Nope not today. At least not right this minute, maybe later on tonight." Hady smiled nodding her head at Adi. Oh, so he might not make it? "Well if he doesn't get here you tell him hi for me, okay?" She liked Benny and it had been some time since she'd seen him. "Of course! Would I ever cancel hanging out with my big brother?" What was he crazy for asking such a thing!

Olly moved toward the table Ava had indicated and set down his present. It was an assortment of items from Weasleys Wizard Wheezes that he thought Ava would enjoy. He did feel a little bad that he had not brought anything for Teddy on his birthday, but he didn't know Teddy. He didn't know what he'd want anyway, so it was okay, right? Right.

Ava had also mentioned food, which sounded great. Olly made his way over to that table. Everything looked very good. How was he supposed to decide what to eat? There was some candy, right? Of course, there had to be candy at a birthday party. Olly took a bit and popped some in his mouth. What now? There was so much happening and he wanted to experience all of it. Talk to everyone. There was Noelle at the snack table! He'd already said hi to her but that was okay, she was his bff so he could talk to her again.

"Hi Noelle!" He linked his arm through hers. Even though he had not eaten a lot of sugar already, it probably seemed like he had. He was pretty excitable at the moment, just from the atmosphere of everything. Hey, there was Noelle's cousin Hope. He linked his arm with the other girl as well. "Hey Hope! How are you guys doing? What have you been doing this summer?" That was mostly for Hope, of course. He'd already talked to Noelle a couple of times. But if there was anything new he wanted to hear that too. Had Hope said that Sabbath was there too? He hadn't seen his Ravenclaw friend in a while.

Sabbath cut his way through the crowd, holding his drink up at times to avoid the jostling. After spotting Nells and Hope with a group of friends, he made a bee-line towards them. He could see them beckoning him over and he returned Nell’s beautiful smile as he made his way over.

Upon reaching them, he made his hello’s to the girls, first kissing Hope on each cheek, before turning to Noelle “I missed you, mi cariño, he whispered, kissing her too and giving her a little squeeze. Straightening, he clapped Olly on the shoulder in greeting, “Hey Olly, Long time, no see” he grinned. And, it really had been a while. Sabbath had only just recently returned to the UK and Hogwarts after an extended stint back home in Spain with his family.

He looked at Hope with a smile "Thanks for your message earlier, Hope. I just got here". He glanced around him, “And it looks like the party is pumping already” . There were quite a few unfamiliar faces, but mostly others he did recognise from around the school but hadn’t actually met yet. He could also see the birthday girl, not too far away, laughing with a group of friends. He made a mental note to stop and wish her happy birthday the next chance he got.

Looking around at his group of friends, he noted that many of them were empty handed, “Are you hungry? Should we go see what eats we can find.. Maybe grab a drink?” he said with a smile. He held out his hand so that Noelle could slip hers into his.

Hope smiled as Sabbie came up. She gave him his normal greeting back. The music and chatter was very loud so she could barely hear him. "Hey sabbie! Glad you could make it! I knew Noelle would want to see you." She gave him a smile and let him go to Noelle. They were too cute. "I'll go get us some food! I'll be right back!" She made her way over to a table, grabbing a few treats for everyone. She popped some chips into her mouth and grabbed a d4ink. Her little arms trying to hold everything. She made her way slowly over to the group.

She looked at the others around her. Her stomach starting to growl. She was a growing girl. She needed food. She made her way away from the group.

Melbourne just grinned at Noelle and nodded. “Yep it is. It’s so nice seeing you Noelle!” She grinned at her and then chuckled when she heard Mason’s comment. “Mason c’mon you are absolutely beautiful, really. I’m like going to be a short little minion of a person my entire life” she grinned and laughed to her before sending Hope a grin. “Hello Hope! You look wicked,” she grinned and bounced on her heels for a bit.

When Lux said she liked her named all Mel could do was grin. “Thank you Miss Lux” she grinned and then nodded when she asked about Mika. “Did you hear about her and Kaiden…being engaged?” Mel asked as she grinned at Lux. “I like him…he gives good hugs.” She nodded and looked around some more at everyone in the area.

Noelle. Seriously. She wanted her hair…and wait was that Ilia! SHE WAS SO COOL! “Hiiiiiii Ilia!” she waved at the Slytherin girl and grinned at her. Rachel of course got a giant grin. “You guys look amazing…and yeees I love Ava’s dress and her earrings especially” Mel grinned.

Mel slipped closer to Ava and handed her a bag. “Its…for your uh…signature-ing? And singing things in the future?” She grinned. Yep. She had gotten her a create your own stamp collection so she could magically flip through different signatures to stamp places. They were going to be the bosses at forging documents in no time….aaaand she didn’t really know Teddy…turning though she shifted closer to Teddy.

“Hi. Teddy right?” She half asked half assumed. “I know we don’t know each other but hi! I’ve seen you in classes aaaaaand I heard you were a Ravenclaw yeah?” she grinned. “I’m the only non-Ravenclaw in my house” she admitted with a slight pout before grinning again. “I got you this…it’s a collection of ink and quills and a parchment?...I really wish I could have gotten you something more personal but as I’m basically meeting you here I couldn’t come empty handed that would have been rude of me.”

Olly was aways a sight for sore eyes. He was very excited and chipper. Noelle wondered if he had been in the candy bin at the party.... And if there was a candy bin, she wanted part of it. Where was it? She was delighted to see him pull Hope in with their little group so easily.

Mel was adorable. Noelle wanted her .... Water balloons as her mum would call them. Hers were grapes! She smiled at her. "Hows your summer going so far?" She wondered about those boys that had talked about.

But then Sabbie was over at their group, and her attention had strayed to him. Her boyfriend. Giggle. Because first boyfriend. She was too excited. She kissed him back in greeting but blushed because it was around so many people. She would mention how much she missed him later. She grinned as he said hey to Olly. Good. They knew each other. "Hows the rest of your summer going Olly??" She asked while stepping to Sabbie's side and sliding her hand into his. More blushing was definitely happening.

Good? Yes please! Noelle excused herself from the group and followed Hope to where she was munching on all the yum yums. "YAY!! I can't believe you two came! I'm so excited! Have you met everyone? " Noelle didn't even know everyone but she liked showing off her people. And these were her people.

Henry didn't have to wait long before the door was opened at he grinned to see that it was Ava letting him in. "Hey Ava! Happy birthday!" Thirteen was an awesome age to be and he had already experienced it for nearly six months. He followed her inside to see a ton of people there already. Wow. This was gonna be a great party.

He weaved through some people he only recognized by sight and others he did not know at all. There were quite a few people he did know too and he gave them grins and waves. "Hey, Noelle!" he called over to her, but she was surrounded by a ton of people, some that he didn't really know, so he kept going. He was kind of looking specifically for Teddy anyway and he was also looking for a place to put these presents down. He should have asked Ava, and he turned to ask her, but he didn't see where she went.

That was okay though because even though there were a ton of people here, he was sure he could find him. He gave a curious look to Lux when she introduced herself, but soon smiled as he nodded. "I know. You were a Hufflepuff too." He was sure that she even welcomed him to Hufflepuff his first year and he certainly remembered seeing her in the common room, though he might not have remembered her name straight away. So it was probably good that she said it anyway.

Oh, and there was Teddy! Henry didn't have to look too hard because his friend found him first. "Hi, Teddy!" he grinned. "Happy birthday!" Sure, he wouldn't mind a drink, but his hands were kind of full. "Um, okay.. what kind of drinks do you have? And do you have a place to put presents or do you want to open yours now?" He'd offer the same to Ava, but he wasn't sure where she was right then.

Maybe it would be easier for them to just open presents now, but he glanced around for a spot that might have had a big pile of presents on it for as many people as was here. As he looked around the room, he noticed a couple more familiar faces in the crowd, doing his best to wave to Char and Henric too. His hands were kind of full to properly wave, but he'd make a point to say hi to everyone he knew at some point.

Shaking her head, Hope replied, "Nope, I'm not a social butterfly like you lovely. I saw Mason. I've missed her!" She walked back to the group with the few items she hadn't stuffed down her throat. She passed out some chips and goodies. "Here you go peoples. Some goodies for everyone. This is a party after all!"

After distributing the snacks she looked around. It seemed like the party was thinning out. Hope frowned. Wondering what happened to everyone.

New timeline - Summer 2091

It was her first day of summer, and she currently had no plans yet. She did have a part-time job, but it's not gonna start until next week. The almost fifteen year-old girl decided to just stay at home for today. Plus, she hadn't finished unpacking her stuffs yet. Her mother had reminded her to do that as soon as possible or she had to wash all of her clothes on her own.

It took almost an hour for her to finish unpacking. Goodness, she didn't realize that there were a lot of stuffs in her trunk. But at least Ava had separated those clothes that needed to be washed. Once she's done with that, she put those clothes at the washing room. But one thing that she didn't realize was, there was a guy's hoodie and shirt which didn't belong to her or Teddy. They were Phillip's.

The first day of summer was bliss. Teddy walked around the house with a smile, running his fingers over everything; the walls, the stair barrier, the marble kitchen benchtop, and all of his books and Chocolate Frog collecting cards. The cards were in his backpack, neatly sorted into a box. He took them out as soon as he got home to go through them again, and he was doing it again now. He'd already re-read A Study in Scarlet last night, after diving head first into his plush bed, inhaling the scent of clean linen. The bedroom was HIS. All HIS. He didn't have to worry about being around other people, not that his roommates were bad, but he did prefer his own privacy. He'd already unpacked and put his trunk back under the bed, his room just as neat as when he arrived.

He saw Ava walking her clothes down the hallway to, he assumed, the laundry room. He knew she never unpacked things immediately, like he did, but this seemed to be a record for her. He got up to tell her this, meeting her in the laundry room just as she pulled out a hoodie and shirt.

"How did you get my clothes in your trunk?" he asked, standing behind her, before looking at them properly and realising... they weren't his. "Who..?"