Lo smiled at Tammy's reaction to the nickname. It was a talent of hers...coming up with suitable nicknames. Almost a hobby. She drank down a few gulps of butterbeer, grabbing the bottle Tammy didn't want and handing it to Peter. "I'm probably going to regret letting you have this, but Tammy doesn't want it and I can't finish another..." she hiccuped and laughed. She turned to Tammy. "You aren't allowed to leave my side from this point on. He can get a little hyped up on butterbeer. I can't believe I'm even allowing him three," she said shaking her head. She laughed as she watched Peter, then turned to Tammy.

"Hey, thanks, truly, for staying with him when I left. You're a good friend," she smiled and took a small sip of her drink. "And I hope you know that I'm her for you too, if you ever want to talk about what bothered you with that tree," she added and winked at her before looking around at the party.

Tammy chuckled. "Aha, thats his last one then. Because im not assisting a compete hyper dipstick back to the common room when i have to assist myself there." She chuckled and nodded to Lo.

"Always." That was in reference to the staying with him when she left and once more Tammy smiled. "Maybe later." She didnt want to bring it up again.

Lo laughed along with Tammy as she stared at Peter. She could only wait for him to cross that line between sanity...and butterbeer. "Agreed," she nodded, confirming that his current drink would be his last.

She then took a more serious expression as Tammy waved off discussing what had been bugging her. She nodded. "Alright, well just know I am here whenever you need to talk." She then looked back at Peter and began to laugh again. "How're you doing over here?" she asked, wrapping an arm around him.

Ryder had never in his life been so angry. For 14 years his father had never been a father and now all of a sudden, he wants to be a happy family. So what is the first thing his father does? Move him out of his school and place him into Hogwarts. He had to get his anger out and the only way for him to do that was dance. He heard some guys in the common room talking about the Room of Requirement. He got the details and went straight there.

Now if I remember right, walk in front of it three times and think about what I want and the door should appear. Sounds easy enough. He got to the door and thought only about a dance studio...a large dance studio. After walking in front of it three times, a door appeared. He slowly walked up to the door and, hesitantly, opened the door. He wasn't sure what he would find. But like the guys said, what you want will appear and there it was. One of the largest dance studios he had ever seen, complete with a bar, wall mirror and stereo.

He walked over to the stereo and it was almost like the room knew what kind of music he wanted too. The music was pumping as hard as his adrenaline. He threw his towel to the side and immediately started poppin, lockin, spinnin', flippin'...anything he could think of.

A good hour had passed, and he felt that, at least for the moment, his anger was calmed. He stopped the stereo and grabbed his towel. He was sweating furiously, like his anger came out in water form. It was time for a shower.

He was about to leave when the door opened.

Simone hadn't gotten to dance in a while so she figured the best place to have her own personal studio the way she wanted it would be in the Room of requirements. She did the whole walk by three times thing, thinking about all the things she wanted in the room. Really all she needed was a stereo, mirrored walls, and of course the bar.

She didnt really care that she was against dress code right now. She had on her baggy sweat pants, the left leg was squished up to her knee, tummy bareing tank top, a jacket, and her sneakers on. She also had a towle over her shoulder. She danced so hard sometimes sweat poured from her like a river.


As she opened the door, She noticed...someone. It couldnt possibly be him.


What in the name of MERLIN's red frilly panties was Ryder Devereux doing here? "You!" She yelled at him, utterly bewildered.

The door opened and the last person he expected to see was standing at entrance. An annoyed smile came over his face and his eyes rolled so big that his head had to turn with them. "You have got to be kidding me!" he said. What was her name, again? Simone, Sydney, Cindy? This conversation won't last long enough for him to try to remember. All he knew was that she was a member of the rival dance crew at Beauxbaton's...the reason he was uprooted and forced to go to school here. "This dance studio is a little too big for little ones like yourself. Try one for amateurs."

HIM!!! GAHHHHHHHH! Was he like following her now or something? She rolled her eyes, folded her arms across her chest, and clinched her jaw. She was not having this.

Amateur? "PFFT! PLEASE! I recall my crew dancing circles around yours at the last battle." Oh. That stung a little. She frowned slightly, she seriously missed her crew. They kicked her off since she wasnt going to be living in Paris anymore...one of the few downfalls to transfering to Hogwarts, but she was happy here. "Why are you here anyways? Couldnt hack it anymore in Paris? Werent good enough?" Suddenly she was surveying him, unnoticable to him of course. Goodness, he looked good. Even better then the last time that she had seen him. AHH C'MON MORGAN! He's your enemy!


But man does he look good.......

Ryder wasn't having this. "Circles, huh? Your crew cheated and you know it!"

He walked up to her and stood so close she had to look up. How dare this little one mention his crew like that! "Why don't you ask your man Leo why I'm here?" Ryder put his hand up to his mouth and acted like he said something he wasn't supposed to. "Oh wait! You can't!" his tone changed to one of pretend sympathy. "Well, you can try but I don't think he'll be talking soon."

"I think the whole fo Hogwarts would agree with us." Tammy raised an eyebrow at the now aware of the girls Peter and giggled, girlishly to be precise. Only Peter could get away with having that much butterbeer and still not have fell over.

She nodded in thanks to Lo, and decided not to speak anymore of that. They shared a common room. It was easy to find each other. She mimicked Lo's movement and placed her hand on Peters shoulder laughing.

"We really should limit him to one butterbeer. One sip." She corrected her5self giggling. "From now on." Another giggle as she looked up at him, despite being a year older he was still taller than her, and she hated being the small one. Heels, were so coming out of her case now. "Tammybell, is absolutely prefect. She has her new friends and shes ultra happy." She grinned. But maybe she wanted Eva and Jack back. And her mom.

WHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!? "Whatever Ryder! We beat you fair and square, and you know it. I'm sorry your a sore loser and can't get over it." Anger was now boiling through her vains. She was glad she decided to stow her wand in that thigh holster she got from DADA.


Why was he so close to her? Her heart started beating a little quicker. He had never been this close....but she wouldnt let it show on her face. Her face hardened as she looked up at him. What was he talking about? What happened to Leo? She gave him a confused look. "What are you talking about?" Simone hadn't really been in contact with anyone since she left, mostly to keep the secret from Professor Morgan and her parents.

Ryder was livid. If this chick was a dude, his anger would have been expressed in physical form. But seeing as she was a girl...and a little one...he wouldn't dare hit her. "You know Leo took out Jax! We were one man down. It certainly put us out of the running, didn't it!"

She really hasn't heard. Should I enlighten her, or not? He couldn't tell if him being so close was making her feel uncomfortable...not that he cared. "Oh, lets just say that Leo made a mistake the moment he laid his fist into Jax." Ryder took the back of his hand and caressed Simone's face. "I'm sorry, but I don't think he'll ever be the same."

Simone did know what happened between Jax and Leo. She was there trying to break them up, along with the rest of her crew. But what he didnt know was that Jax started it all. "Yes, well, Jax should have been a little smarter then he was. He messed with the wrong people. He should have kept his mouth shut."

His hand touching her face, made her heart stop for a moment. UGH! WHY is this STUPID crush coming BACK!? But with his last statement, she remembered why she stoped liking Ryder. She was so angry, an electric current swept through her, and shocked him, making him fall to the floor. She then pulled out her wand. "I can't believe you." She then raised her wand and with a flick of her wrist, she yelled, "Percutio!" it was the striking hex. She yelled it so loudly, she was sure it would feel like a very large man had just punched him in the face.

At least...that was what she hoped.

Ryder realized this little one had no idea what went down before the fight. Of course she would blame Jax for not keeping his mouth shut, of course it would be Jax's fault. Of course Leo was just an innocent bystander. He realized there was going to be no fighting this. "Tell you what, when Leo is talking again, go talk to him. Find out what he never told you. You'll be surprised to find that he had secrets of his own."

The girl, who he still couldn't remember for sure what her name was, shocked him and sent him staight to the floor. Simone...Simone something. Yeah that's her name. Before he could verbally acknowledge what happened she lurched a striking hex at him and knocked him back. He had to admit, that hurt. His jaw felt ripped off. But he wasn't unprepared. He reached into his pocked and pulled out his wand. He made her think he was still in pain so she couldn't see what he was doing. She walked closer to him and at the perfect opportunity he flashed his wand and yelled "Petrificus Totalus!" He body fell to the floor. She was frozen.

He crawled over to her and sat next to her. He really didn't know what to say. And it wasn't as though she could say anything back. "We can do this with fight with spells or we can battle it out on the floor. But I do have to say...you look a lot better like this. Unable to move...unable to speak..." he brushed a little bit of her hair off her face, "...I could just roll you off to the side and do my thing. Of course then, maybe you would learn something."

Simone was caught off guard with that statement. What had Leo done? He never kept secrets from her, or anyone else in the crew. But it must have been important...thats it. It was so important he couldnt tell anyone...right.


Then suddenly she couldnt speak, and fell down to the ground, banging her head pretty hard against the wooden floor. But she couldnt reach up to move it. The only thing she could move was her eyes.

She listened to what he said, and wanted to scream at him, but her vocal chords were obviously frozen. 'Yeah when I get out of this YOU WILL BE SO SORRY!' She yelled in her mind, glaring up at him. Hopefully he would let her out of this. To be so out of control of her motions was unnerving and very irritating. Though her heart continued to beat fast. She hadnt been in this close vacinity with any boy, especially not him, and especially since she had had a massive crush on him, but never acted on it because of the rivalry between their crews. 'He's so pretty.' She thought still glaring at him.

Hey...he didnt have to know.

She landed pretty hard. I know her head has to hurt. Ryder looked her over Simone's bound body. He knew that when she got out of this he would have a bounty on his head. Man, when she's not talking or moving or throwing spells at me, she's kind of hot.


"Now, I really want to let you go but I can see how bad you want to kill me. But see? Here's the thing: I don't want to fight you. A girl like you," he caressed her face again, "shouldn't fight either. It doesn't suit you. Promise me you won't lash another spell at me...or hit me, and I'll let you go. Blink twice if you understand...or don't and I leave you here."

Was he....? HE WAS SO CHECKING HER OUT! Simone was excited, yet angry, all at the same time. It was a very confusing moment. But all she really wanted to do, despite her excited-ness, was kick him in the face with her Jimmy Choo wedges on. Too bad she was wearing her sneaks.


Simone listened to him for a minute, and decided he was right. Fighting would get them nowhere and if she had to endure being around him, she would be nice. Really, neither of them were on their crews anymore...so what was the po--.....

Her train of thought was suddenly lost as he touched her face again. Why couldnt she just ignore the way her heart was beating so rapidly, or the fact that it gave her a tingly feeling in her spine...and the butterflies.

Oh right...she was supposed to blink.

She blinked twice, and patiently waited for him to let her out of the body bind. 'Bloody hell.'

Ryder waited for a moment. Wow, is she actually thinking about this? He noticed that she blinked twice. I hope I don't regret this. He stood up and pointed his wand at her. He hesitated for a moment, breathed a heavy sigh, then said, "Ennervate."

Finally! Simone slowly stood up, wincing and rubbing at the dull pain in her head. She took a deep breath and sighed. She would love to just hex him, but it wasnt going to get them anywhere. So...what now? "Dance off? I beat you, you tell me everything. You beat me..." She would have said something but decided against it. Mostly because she would love to get her first kiss from him.

Simone got up. She was in some pain, as far as he could tell. The way he saw it, she started it. And she still wants a dance off now? Ryder was up for it. He was always up for it.

He walked over to the dance bar and leaned up against it. He thought about the wager. The terms were something else. Ryder really couldn't think of anything that she has that would have that would make spilling his information worth while. "What do have that I could possibly want? Besides, we have no way of knowing who the winner is. That would turn into another fight. And let's face it, your track record for beating me, at least here, isn't very good. One loss, no wins? If I were you, I'd be scared."

Simone laughed. He really thought he could beat her. How funny. She was so going to take him. "Obviously you never paid attention to just me. Leo wasnt the only choreographer." Simone grinned mischevioulsy, and walked over to the stereo. She tapped it once, and the song began to play.


Walking to the middle of the floor, she took of her jacket and threw it near the table that had the stearo on it. She bounced a couple times to get into the rhythm of the song. After a couple bounces...she was ready. She danced her little heart out. Crumping mostly in the beginning followed by some freestyle moves, as well as some breaking, and props appearing out of thin air. Man it felt good to dance.

With a grin on her face, she stopped, bowing and swishing her hand out quickly, as if to say 'your turn.' "Lets see what you got." She smiled, and walked to the other side of the room, and leaned against the bar.

This should be good.

Peter smiled as he wrapped his other arm around Tammy. "Good! I'd have to say the same thing!" He beamed at his two friends. He looked at Lo last. "And you, my witty best friend? How are you doing with this? I mean, it must be rough, not being in the House with all the Quidditch talent," he said with a solemn sounding voice, fighting back laughs and a grin. Teasing her could be so much fun, sometimes...only because he knew he could always push her buttons.

Ryder laughed. He threw his towel at her, "okay...okay. you've shown me how to do the hokey pokey, now I'm going to show you how to dance."

Ryder got a feel for the beat. He started with a simple glide around the room then broke out into some breaking. He spun on his back then popped up on his head and did another spin. He did a flip to get himself upright and did some popping and crumping...simple stuff. Then did repeated flips where he would flip back then forward. On his last flip forward he spun around on his knees toward Simone. Finally, he held up both of his arms as if to say, whatcha got now??

Simone rolled her eyes, and folded her arms across her chest. "You better bring it Devereux." She said with a slight smirk on her face.

She tried not to smile as she watched him dance. He was very good, and would have been an asset to her crew. But....she was so much better. Simone walked towards him, bumping his arm as she continued past him. "That all you got?" She said as she turned around to face him. She pointed her wand towards the stereo and the song changed to a slower paced, but still awesome, song to dance too.

Once it started, she glided around the room in a circle. From the glide she went into a full on freestyle mode. She was poping and locking all over the place. After that she moved on to a back flip which lead her into doing the actual choreography that was made for this song's music video. Half way through she did a no handed front flip, and laded in a split right in front of him. She grinned, stood up and replied, "Beat that...chump." It was good Professor Morgan wasnt around right now...she would be in major trouble.

Lo laughed with Tammy, shaking her head at Peter. He always got in this 'life-is-wonderful' mood after a few butterbeers. She smiled at him, "I am positively brilliant, myself. And I am positively taking this away from you," she said as she took the butterbeer out of his hand and escaping from his arm, disposing of his bottle with a quick flick of her wand. She then looked back at him as he teased her about Ravenclaw's Quidditch record vs. Hufflepuff's and shook her head, smiling. "Oh ha, ha, have you're little joke then," she replied and crossed her arms. She then let out an uncontrollable yawn. "I think I should be off then. You too, Peter. All that sugar's going to make you crash soon," she advised, almost in a motherly tone.