It was hard to ignore the delicious malt especially while Tagren hovered all over her personal bubble making loud, rude slurping sounds. His commentary didn't amuse her at all, either! Even if his navy eyes sparkled alluringly...

Flexing the fingers of one hand, she quickly reached out and snatched the glass from his hands.

"Don't beg," she murmured with a flush, fiddling with the straw momentarily. "It isn't becoming." And she took a quick sip.

Okay maybe one more. Longer this time.

Sluuuuuuuuuuuurp

Ben looked offended. He held his hands up in a gesture of both confusion and defense. "What? Kay, I swear, I wasn't dissing Hufflepuff." He frowned. "Helios...oh, him." A snort. Ben remembered meeting Helios. The jerk boy who had not been very polite. He also remembered that he had not liked Helios. "Well, I'm happy that you beat him," he said, trying to apologize without saying it outright.

Willow rised an eyebrow at Kate and said in an undertone, "what do you mean with figurinring loose ends?". Willow looked at her directly trying to catch any kind of emotion in it.
"Oh, you know the usual" she said with a little smile to Kate, "Homework, Study like crazy, Homework, quidditch.." she said and suddenly she remembered again, and said happily, "We won in quidditch!, you know, agains Slytherin, we didnt won the cup, but we at least got in third place!"

Willow saw, Kate's face, and the mess she had done. She looked in the direction that Kate was looking at and giggled.
"That's Ryder Malfoy, he's in slytherin" she said in whisper to Kate, "We met once in the muggle studies, and yes is very cute..just a little to old for my taste" Willow chukcled again, and looked back at Kate before taking a sip of Soda.

Ariana smiled, "Oh, it's no trouble. I just need to study really for my Herbology and DADA exam." she didn't want to say how badly she had been doing in those classes, for some reason plants and defensive magic were not her fortay.

She nodded, putting the thought away in her mind to process later. "True, though I could ask my mother where she got her, that might tell me something." she murmured, more to herself than to Kohan.

At this, Ariana laughed, a soft chuckle as she sipped her drink again. "Oh, the poor goat." she joked. Then a bit more seriously she added, " Do you know how it got into the room?" she asked, a puzzled look on her face, which quickly turned to another warm smile.

Amelia grinned gleefully as she took the seat she was hovering over. "Why thank you!" she said, in her most polite manner setting her plate and drinks up in front of her. "Oh boy! I haven't had one of these soda things since I was five!" she explained out of a random moment, opening up the bottle like a little kid opening their christmas presents.

She smiled as Madam Kohan posed a question for her about music and then nodded. Just before responding, she anxiously took a sip of her soda and then said, "Oh music! Well I really love most types of music, but something about country just draws me in."

Fabian trailed around the tables peaking at the dance floor every once and a while. Music was quite eccentric and new. He could feel his body moving to the rhythm if he didn't try so hard to control it from movement by stiffening hard.

A goat? He fiddled curiously at the words that were loud enough for him to hear. For a moment he thought it was someone targeting a personal insult towards him. Who would want to discuss goats in the middle of this fancy ball? He stole a peak at the nearest table out of curiosity to find Miss Angela, of course, everything fell in place. There was only one goat she would be referring to. Fex. He was able to catch Ariana's last words, with his fast reflexes, before Angela would have time to respond. Fabian interjected with a cough to address his presence.

"Good Evening!" he spoke loud enough to carry his voice through the music, "would you mind a dance with me Angela?" before she could even respond he took hold of her floating hand and pulled her up, "Excuse me Ariana" flashing a warm smile at the Ravenclaw. Without looking at Angela, he tugged her, gently while keeping a firm hand on hers, towards the dance floor without looking at her yet.

Madame Kohan laughed cheerfully as Amelia spoke of the soa that sat in front of her. “Quite good, aren’t they? Definitely an acquired taste, I believe, but I do find them quite good.” She remarked, looking on in amusement.

As Amelia answered her question, Angela tilted her head to one side. “Country? Really? You’re the first person in a while that I’ve heard give that answer.” She replied. “Though country does have a nice sound.”

Pleased that Ariana wouldn’t have any trouble, Madame Kohan folded her hands in front of her. “Herbology and DADA?” She repeated. “Herbology was never my strong suit.” She remarked. “I could never really get into the plants and such. It just didn’t catch my interest.”

Nodding as Ariana spoke, though Angela couldn’t quite hear everything, she glanced at the band as they finished another song. It certainly would be nice to dance…

“Poor goat?” She asked with a laugh of her own as she turned back around, realizing, however, that Ariana was joking. “Actually, yes….”

Her answer was cut short by a sudden cough near her. Glancing up, she was surprised to see Fabian standing right next to her. “Well, good evening to you as well Fabian.” She greeted with a smile. Goodness, could he possibly read minds? “I’d be delighted.” She accepted while standing. He seemed so sure of himself; as though he knew that she wouldn’t refuse his offer. Confidence. She liked that.

Tossing a wave and apologetic smile to Ariana and Amelia, Angela followed Fabian to the dance floor.

Amelia frowned slightly when Kohan laughed at her comment of the soda, but then smiled again when she realized it wasn't an insult but just friendly remark. "Oh yes, definite acquired taste with these... er, bubbles," she said, chuckling.

Amelia took note of the slight head tilt and chuckled, "Yea I know, it is a bit odd for many people around here. That is why I don't really like to talk to much about my music tastes," she said, shying down in embarrassment. Though she looked up brightly at the next remark from Kohan, "You do? Yes, I agree that it has a nice sound to it as well. It is just getting the rest of the world to see to that."


Hardly a moment after she got settled into her chair, the new Care of Magical Creatures professor, Fabian, came sweeping by and asked Kohan to dance! Giggling in amusement, she tossed a smile toward the sweet librarian along with a 'you go girl!' type look.

As Kaika entered she recognized Amelia and walked towards the table she was in.. "Hi Amelia! How are you? Having fun?" she asked her with a smile.."As usual I'm always a little late!" she continued sighing..

She was still browsing around to see if any of her other friends was around.."Enjoying the soda?" she asked, noticing she was drinking one..

Kaika noticed a girl she didn't know sitting at the table.."Hey! I'm Kaika" she said with a smile.."This ball was a great idea, don't you think? now nodding a little bit at the girl..

Kayla sighed. "Sorry I didn't mean to bite your head off, it's just that sometimes I feel as though some people think that I am a person who can be easily pushed around" she looked out over the dance floor watching the students dance. "I gather you don't like Helios" Kayla said looking back at Ben with a small smile on her face.

Ben shrugged. "That's fine. You just kinda aimed for my head, but missed. My sister bites my head off regularly, but it just grows back," he said with a grin. He nodded like a bobblehead at her comment. "That's right. I'm sure he's a lovely fellow, but we got off to a rough start." At that moment, the bobbing of his head caused some hair to flop down in front of his eyes. He blew at it.

Jordan looked up as Savannah walked over. "Hey Vannah, no I haven't seen Alex in quite some time." SHe said smiling. "The last time I saw him was in to common room a while back." The young girl said thinking back to the last time she saw him. SHe really didnt' ever see him around that much. "Actually other than Tues here, and you of course, I haven't seen too many of my friends." She said with another smile.

OCC: hey guys I've gotta go in a min

Kayla leaned forward and brushed his hair away from his eyes. "You should really think about getting your hair cut, it keeps covering up your eyes and you have nice eyes" she said softly. She leaned back in her chair and chuckled. "Yes you and Helios did seem to get off on the wrong foot but he really is a nice guy although we've had our disagreements he is one of my best friends. He's complicated and it takes a while to understand him, even I don't fully understand him yet."

Ben reddened. "Oh." It was all he could think of to say. What did one say to something like that, anyway? "It's not that long," he protested. His normal coloring returned and he shook his head. "Well, then...I guess I'll just have to try to restart with Helios," he said. That would certainly be...interesting. Yes, interesting was a good word to use.

Kayla chuckled softly. "Sorry did I just embarass you. Keep your hair as long as you want, I was just stating that it was a shame that it covered your eyes. What is it they say the eyes are the windows to the soul or something like that" she put a hand on his arm. "It would be really nice if you and Helios could be friends, then I wouldn't have to play referee" Kayla said quietly.

Ben looked alarmed. "Well, my mom keeps telling me to get it cut anyway," he said. Why did she keep giving in? "Windows to the soul...psh." He fought the instinct to pull away from her hand. Her hand...it was little. Or maybe he just had fat arms. "You're a pretty good referee," he pointed out. "We haven't fought yet." Yeah, he had not fought with Helios yet. He also had not spoken to the boy since their first meeting. And...why did she affect him so? He could not think straight not that she had mentioned his windows to the soul.