*Gabben frowned at Lucy.*
"What is it about her you can't stand? Yeah she's over reacting but..."
*Gabben found a bench and sat down.*
"...I don't know..."

"I didn't say anything about how I can't stand her." Lucy snapped. "Well work something out you two. You'll see." She said sitting down next to Gabben.

"Why do I have to keep defending myself to her?"
*He put his hands in his hair and sighed.*

Amanda headed back over to Gabben and Lucy after having spent a bit of time just clearing her thoughts and realizing that she had totally overreacted during the previous situation. "Gabben, can I talk to you alone?" She asked curiously, putting her hands behind her back for the moment.

"Yeah sure. I'll talk to you later Lucy."
*He stood up and waited to hear what Amanda had to say. He was to lost and unsure of what to say himself.*

Lucy stood up and smiled a little, giving Gabben and good luck look before heading off towards the common room. "I hope things work out between them." She whispered to herself.

"Look I'm sorry for earlier, I totally overreacted and then I totally just felt stupid because I realized that there wasn't anything going on, I was just too blind to see that you were telling me the truth." Amanda said then sighed slightly and looked down, she felt like such an absolute idiot for doing that.

*Gabben frowned and looked away for a second then back to her.*
"Why don't you trust me Amanda? The first thing you think of is me doing that to you. Why?"

"It's because I have issues with trust, my last boyfriend left me when he found something better and later I found out he was cheating on me the whole time. I just don't want to think that it'll be the same thing this time, I mean..I really do like you Gabben." Amanda said then looked back up at him, her face filled with emotion.

*Gabben frowned then pulled her into a hug.*
"I didn't know... you can trust me. I wouldn't ever do that to you."
*He pulled back and gave her a warm smile.*

Amanda smiled and hugged Gabben back, she was glad that he understood what she had dealt with. "Well it might take me a little while to truly be able to trust you, its good to know that you wouldn't hurt me like that." She said then kissed him on the cheek.

"Thats ok, I understand the waiting part. Now-" *He held his arm out to her and smiled.*
"Would you like to go to the great hall with me?"

"I'd love to, I heard that's its now a big skating rink so that's pretty interesting." Amanda said, then instead of wrapping her arm around his, she took his hand in her own.

*Gabben smiled and whispered.*
"Nice move..."
*He held her hand and started walking down the hall.*

"Well I just thought that I would show you a couple of my tricks." Amanda said then smirked slightly and walked along with him, heading towards the stairs to go down to the Great Hall.

Anna climbed out the portrait hole, a basket of just about each and every Wonder Witch product she owned in her hand. She'd spent the last half hour going through her trunk and retrieving all the beauty products she thought Cope would like to use. Official first dates were something to take seriously, of course! No sooner had she walked about one whole foot, she caught sight of Cope. She came to a halt and just watched him as he read silently. A few seconds later, she spoke up.

"Alright, I've got all my hair products gathered," she said, holding up the basket. Just as she did so, a large bottle of something or another tipped out of the basket and rolled across the floor. Maybe she'd packed it a bit too full. She scurried over to retrieve it, then turned back to Cope. "So...you all set?"

"Yup, all set. I was just on my way out to find you, too. I managed to dig out a few samples of hair products I'd packed in my trunk," she said, holding up the basket again and twirling it around a little. Cale simply adored all the Wonder Witch products, so Anna thought maybe Cope would appreciate their wonder, as well. "I wanted to show them to you and let you look through them. You know...you can get really spiffed up for the date with one, two, or...ten or so of these." She glanced at the basket and randomly pulled out a container of spiking gel. "For example, this," she said, passing it over to him, "would give your hair just a little left on the top."

She peered around the basket when he mentioned needing her advice on something. She watched while he pulled two ties from the depths of his satchel. Hmm... "The gray pinstriped," she decided. "...but you know, Cope. You don't necessarily have to wear a tie, you know. You can always find a happy medium between...sayyy...ordinary, everyday clothes and your best suit and tie. Do you have a really nice pair of jeans or a pair of pants?"

Anna giggled, realizing how her question must have sounded. "I meant pairs of pants that are suitable for a night out on the town. You know...your best of the best," she replied, giving him a little look before taking the hair gel and placing it back into the basket. He was going to use these products if she had to cast incarcerous on him and practically force them into his hair. Okay, so maybe she wouldn't be that persistent, but hopefully she'd be convincing enough.

"Well, you know...you don't necessarily have to dress according to your house colors, Cope. Who knows...a bit of a little variation here and there might do the trick. I say...a nice pair of blue jeans paired with, hmm. You say you have vests, right? Maybe a nice shirt with a vest, too," she suggested. She glanced down at her basket of products, then shot a "Well, duh" look at Cope. Of course they were him! "Yup, sure are! Not all of them, but...yeah. They're for you."

Upon hearing her name being called out, Anna jumped a little, causing two or three of the Wonder Witch bottles to topple to the floor. She gently shoved the basket of products Cope's way, hoping that he'd grab ahold of them, then raced down the corridor after the hairspray, spiking gel, and mousse. "I...I think I packed a few too many," she mumbled. When the precious products had been retrieved, she headed back in Cope's direction. "I just think they'd look...nice on you, Cope. I've always thought boy's looked really cute with their hair spiked back a little. I think Cela will really like it."

She gasped and shot him a little glare when he asked if she had special feelings for Denton. "Oh, and just why would I be helping you dress up for supposed special feelings I had?" she replied. She gave him another look, then added, "Denton...no. He's got great eyes and hair, though, but...no." She flashed her engagement ring in front of his eyes a time or two for added emphasis.

"Rule number one. There is no logic. Dating and the such just sort of comes naturally," she explained, pacing a bit as she talked. She tended to get all into discussions such as this one. Since fourth year, dating, boys, and dating boys had ranked up their with the importance of Quidditch in Anna's eyes. She stopped pacing when she realized what he'd been doing to her bottles. Had they been completely full, she'd have scolded him for causing her to lose a tenth of her hair products. As it was, they were nearly empty, so all was good. Come to think of it, though, she probably wouldn't have scolded him at all. He was just being nice.

"Oh, thanks, Cope," she said, taking the basket from him and admiring it a moment or two before glancing back up. "If you really don't want to try the hair products, you really don't have to. Your choice." She really did think he'd look extra cute with a nice pair of jeans and slightly spiked hair, though.