Rian grinned. "Yesh, that's is a great idea. You talk to the headmaster, and I'll find a really big shovel." she laughed. "WAIT! There's that one hill-thing by the Whomping Willow!" she remembered, and felt the need to say it really loud.

Hmm...on a non-sledding note. "What about ice skating? Have you ever done that? I never have..." That was random. But Zeke was obviously very pro-winter, maybe he happened to like ice skating.

"I LOVE ICE SKATING!!!" Zeke said. He was very... enthusiastic about winter.

Uh huh. Of course. "I've never done it. I'm slightly afraid that with my balance problem, I could really hurt myself..." she pursed her lips and shook her head. "I think I'll try it this year though, it sounds like fun. I'll just keep bandages close at hand." she grinned as she said this.

"We should do it together sometime!" Zeke said enthusiastically. He hadn't seen Rian in a while; what better way to catch up than ICE SKATING?!?!? 'Cause who didn't love that? Right? "I'll help you. Make sure you don't die. You know."

Rian grinned at the offer, then laughed at his last comment. "That would be fun!" she exclaimed, chuckling. "Oh, and are you sure you want to volunteer for that? Trying to keep me alive when there's thin metal things below my feet, and I'm trying to walk on wet slippery stuff might not be the easiest job." she continued to smile though, excited by the thought of learning to ice skate.

"Hmm... Maybe it WOULD be a bad idea to volunteer for that..." Zeke said with a grin. "But I guess I can take the chance for family, right?"

"Thanks," she said with a laugh. "You're a nice kid, if you'd offer to help me 'cause we're family," she grinned and switched her weight on her feet.

Zeke laughed. "Well, family's gotta stick together, right? I wouldn't want my wonderful cousin to fall and die on the ice all because I didn't show her how to make that not happen," he said, shaking his head in mock seriousness.

It wasnt long before Chase adn Whit made it to the streets of Hogsmeade. It was crazy. It felt like Chase hadnt been here in forever but he had come only a few weeks ago.

With Whit snug-as-a-bug under his arm his fingers entwined with hers, Chase walked down the Hogsmeade streets with her. Right now they were on the Main Street. Lots of little kids and parents and witches and wizards raced aroudn them in a hurry to shop or just relaxing in the sun. Chase could see some of the students from school here. He gave a smile every so often to someone he had maybe talked to once in a while.

Looking down at Whit he smiled kissing her on the cheek. "Ok where to first?" he asked looking back up at the stores that lined the streets. He liked the candy shop the best but then again there was the joke shop. That place was always a trip. He waited for Whit to answer. He was happy when he was with her. There wasnt any other place he would rather be right now then with her under his arm walking down the Main streets of Hogsmeade.

"Right." Rian agreed enthusiastically. "Wouldn't that be terrible?" she asked, fighting to keep a smile off her face. "And you would feel horrible." she teased, grinning up at Zeke. She pursed her lips. Everyone was taller than her.

OOC: Sorry,my mom kicked me off the computer last night. But I'm here now!

Whit walked very happily with Chase through Hogsmeade. Although she had her coat she was still rather cold so she was happy to have his arm around her. Though she absolutely loved cold weather being inside somewhere nice would've been a lot better. "Ummm..." she started but then didn't know what to say. Seeing as she rarely ever visited, she didn't know too many of the shops. "Actually I don't know."

Whit stopped walking and looked around her. There was a place full of candy,the Three Broomsticks and other stores too. Then she saw a very pink shop to her left. 'Wow.' That was a lot of pink,it looked very...pink calming though. Just for the heck of it she said, "How about....we go there!" When she actually looked at the sign she saw that it was Madame Pudifoot's. Whit was sure he'd say no,nicely,but who knew? She really didn't mind where they went,just as long as they went.

Madam Puddifoot's? Chase had heard about that place. It was supposed to have like little cupids throwing stuff at the customers right? A couples place right? Well him and Whit WERE a couple. It wouldnt hurt any to just go in and get something to eat. Maybe talk and maybe even have a good time.

"Umm.. sure." Chase said shrugging and giving her a squeeze. "Sounds good. There wont be alot of people in there will there since thats a couple place right?" he asked trying to look into the window. Didnt seem like a lot of people in there. "Sure lets go." he said smiling down ather adn headed toward the shop.

Had he said it was a couples place? 'Huh?' Oh well she hadn't know that. She just thought it'd be funny to go in there. How was she supposed to know that. "Okay?" she said nervously,walking along with him. Chase had agreed with it so surely it'd be okay. "Oh wait,I don't know." she said answering his earlier question. What if there were a lot of people? Then they'd just not go? "I have no idea if a lot of people would be there." Continuing their walk,they headed towards the shop. Maybe it wouldn't be too bad.

Chase laughed when he saw that Whit had gotten nervous. Something hehadnt forseen. He thought Whit knew what that place was. But maybe she hadnt. He watched as She seemed to square her shoulders and think that this was a good idea goin in there. Despite that she was nervous.... or looked nervous anyway.

"Are you sure?" he asked but she was already sort of leading the way even though she was still under his arm. he smiled and walked into the shop after her.

"It would be terrible, and I would feel horribly guilty. Letting my own somehow-distant-cousin drown. Or crack her head open? How do you die ice skating, anyway?" Zeke thought about that for a moment, sidetracking himself inadvertently. "Oh. Yeah. Oh, well," he said, coming back to reality with a sheepish grin. "I guess that part really doesn't matter as I'll be there to prevent it from happening."

Rian grinned and nodded. "That's good to hear," she said, holding back a laugh. "Hmm, I'm not quite sure how exactly you'd die. But knowing me, I'd find a way!" she laughed again and shook her head. "I suppose it doesn't really matter," she agreed, shrugging.

So it had come to this, having to venture outside in the freeeezing cold to look for the people she had left on her list.
Fully equiped with her mittens, scarf and hat - all in her house colors, Miranda walked along the street, keeping her eyes open for anyone she recognized. The cold made her cheeks rosy but she couldn't feel cold herself. Not yet anyways, and hopefully not ever. Hah.

Where should she go first?
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell, she was getting pretty low on chocolate frogs, and if Miranda was to keep up with 'running' up and down the many stairs in the castle, she would indeed need some energybooster.
Honeydukes! Ofcourse, why didn't I think of that sooooner?

Holding onto her camera firmly with both her hands, she made her way over to the sweetest shop there was! Miranda snorted. That could almost have been a little joke.

Karma wandered lazily along the streets of Hogsmeade, trying to find something to do to occupy herself. She was rather bored, and her walking around outside of the castle just proved the point even further.

Her eyes danced around the students, and smiled at people passing by that she recognized. Some of them she had no idea, but it wasn't good to be rude.

Humming slightly, she walked at a slower pace than normal, hoping to catch someone to entertain her.

Candies, maybe a butterbeer and fun with friends were the things he was expecting from Hogsmade that weekend. Walking through the main street, he saw Karma. His smile widened more than normal. He just didn't know why...
also, a little tingling in his hands. Weird.

He cleared his throat, approached Karma to cover her eyes. "Good day, miss Atkins..." He told her, with an almost unreconizable voice. Though, he knew Karma would be able to read his mind.

Hmm. A stranger covering her eyes. She debated on whether to freak out or not, depending on the past situations. But the touch was different. Soft, and - dare she say it? - respectful.

Emiliano. DERR!

"Mr. Saenz, you can't expect to sneak up on me that easily, now can you?"

Emiliano shook his head. "Knowing about your ability to read minds...gives you a great advantage." He said, with a chuckle. He then, walked to face Karma and smiled. "So, how have you been?" He asked her.

Karma shrugged at his comment about the mind thing. Not exactly what she did that time - some things, she just knew. She kicked around at the snow a little bit and smiled.

"I've been alright. Just extreeeeemely bored right now."

"I'm sorry..." Emiliano said, and gave her a little wink. "I get to know a story about someone who reads minds and had problems with someone she cared really much for." He commented, some investigation he had done about Chris's ex-girlfriend.

"Bored?" He asked, quite shocked.

"I know, right?" she asked, putting her thumbs in her pockets but letting her hands hang. "I'm never bored. And now I am, and it's really weird for me. 'Cause then, I'm never entertained."

She laughed, and walked up to him. Removing one thumb, she linked her arm inside of his and looked up.

"So that means you should help me out here. What do you want to do?"

Emiliano let out a chuckle while Karma spoke. "Nope, you always seem to be laughing, doing anything to entertain yourself and seeing you with this mood, quite scares me. We should be worried. " He said and smiled as Karma's arm clinged to his.

Trick question. "Well, I quite wish there could be a place that had music, like a dance salon. But there is not, so is there any place around here that could give me a little inspiration to tell you jokes or something?" He asked, not really having an idea what to do around Karma. Tingling, tingling on his stomach.