Yaaaay! she tapped on his shoulders again,this time permissified.Thankoooo. she gigggled.I'm smiling now. she beamed.She looked at his hair,then at her shoulder.OH NOES! One piece of her hair was on her shoulder,It was falling out.O____o Ashtooon!My haiiiir its falling out.Or one piece is! she said flailing her arms,she picked it up then yanked a piece of Ashtons hair from his head.She sat quietly for a few moments.Did'jaaaa know your hairs this color ? she said sticking his hair infront of his face.Annn my hairs nearly thee samme but tis mooore reddish. she nodded and beamed.

Ha Ha.You really dooooo! she giggled again.Ashton,can I ask you question ? Well Im gonna ask anyways,Do you relly truthfully love Reese ? she smiled even though he couldn't she her smiling,this time not telling him she was smiling.

No time to think, Wesley watched, slack mouth, as Jake was hit by a flaming marshmallow. HER flaming marshmallow.

"Oh! Oh! Oh!" she exclaimed worriedly, the only word she could manage to get out of her mouth.

She couldn't exactly get a good look at his hand, but, judging from the fact her projectile had been on fire, it was probably burned.

And burns needed...water!

She had this!!

"Aguamenti!" she squeaked quickly, wand pointing at Jake's hand.

Only, nothing happened.

Looking down at her wooden wand, Wesley realized it was really her roasting stick.

Oops!

"Cross and draw, cross and draw, cross and draw," she muttered to herself, as she dropped the stick and used her right hand to grab her wand out of her left-side hip holster.

Now fully ready, she aimed again, and repeated her spell.

Water squirted from her wand straight at Jake's hand. But it was a little stronger than she had thought it would be, with a bigger range of coverage.

"Welcome." He muttered, feeling a little bit like he was being taken advantage of. As soon as she squealed, Ashton found himself almost slipping his grasp on her little legs that were around his waist. Suddenly a sharp pain seared through his head. "HEYYY!" He protested, turning his head around as much as he could to glare at her. Eyeing the two bits of hair, whilst still in plenty of pain himself, he felt an eyebrow raise of it's own accord. "They're nothing a like!!" He muttered, "mine's more black than yours is..." Shaking his head, he dipped hit again, and lifted her up briefly to get her into a more comfortable position on his back.

"I really doooon't!" He whined back, suddenly realising how much like her he was beginning to sound. "I met her once, and that's really not enough even if I did have any attraction to her, which I don't!" If he ended up liking this girl, he was going to get SO much flack from Shana.

Shana looked blankly at the back of Ashtons hair as he was hoisted into a more comfy position.Thaaanks.And that what I said,Mines red buut apart from that there the saaaame. she nodded and put her hands back on his shoulders.Ashton,If a tree fell on me in the night,Would ya save me ? she smiled,kinda hoping he would say yeah,she'd be kind offended if he said no.She looked around at all the people not spotting Dani she frowned,mabye she was a little hard on Dani about her not telling her about leaving,She was already upset about Jake dumping her,she quickly glanced over at Jake and glared.Then Shana blew up at her,She sighed and looked back at the back of Ashton's head.

Soo..Could've been looove at first siiiiiite. she whined baack.Seriously ? Couldn't he just give up and admit to liking Reese,so Shana could tell her already.

Yeah, he'd realised that the moment that he'd said it. "Yeah, okaay." He gave in. Yup, he was doing a lot of that lately, and it all seemed to be towards one little, rather annoying twelve year old. "Uhh..." Okay, where had THAT question cropped up from? "Yeah, 'course I would. One because it would be mean to let a tree fall on you, and two, I don't know if you've noticed, but you're on my back at the moment?" Mmh, that would be a little bit messy if the tree squished both of them, let alone her. "But, noo, I wouldn't let a tree smoosh you." Which is probably more than most of the other guys she knew would do. YES. Okay, serious sibling instincts were setting in, which obviously meant he was spending waaay too much time with her. Or they actually were related, one of those.

"But it wasn't Shanaaa!" Ashton moaned. "I'm rolling my eyes for the record." He added, just as he did that very action. "And I think I can find a girl without you." He continued, sighing. Turning his head slightly so he could see a bit more of her than he could before, he grinned. "I bet there's someone here yooou likee?" Payback.

"P'shaw, don't be silly Shanashanshana." Clark waved his hand in front of his face as if to say, 'whatever, her name's Millicent, silly. And you nicknamed me C dawg, so I can nickname you whatever I very well please.' At least Millie still thought his name was Claude...

Ohmytinman'sheart. Did Shana really just call him Clark? Was she going to give out his secret spy identity? Quick as a flash, he pulled out a balloon, took a pudding cup from Millicent's bag, opened it, poured it in the balloon, and threw it, trying to stop Shana from revealing all his secrets. Of course Millie was standing right there though, and his aim wasn't very good, and.....

The pudding filled balloon splattered.

All.

Over.

Millicent.

Meh, at least it was the chocolate kind.

Shana rolled her eyes and shrugged.Melly,I'll catch you laters,I don't want Clark to hit me with pudding and as for you Clark,Watch yourself.You never know what a girls capable of. she smirked and began to walk off.

Shana liked getting her own way,uh-huh she liked it a lot.She smired evilly and giggled. She was beginning to enjoy Ashton being her older brother,not that he was.He was cool-ish annd he was nice to her.Aww thats sweet. she smiled.And for the record. wait.For the record,they'd each said that about 3 times,was it becoming some sort of catch fraze.Anyway as I was saying For the record,I was talking about in the night so I wouldn't of been on your back,I'd be sleeping. she nodded firmly.Well thats nice,Buut I'm not too good at tree lifting so i'd have to get someone else to help you,if a tree smooshed you,Cause you know Trees are evil. she nodded again and smiled.She sighed,Shana thought Ashton was just another boy you know annoying,loud mouthed just the same,But he wasn't,He was nice and kind to her like you know the kind of big brother that you acctually wanted to be related to.She smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

She giggled.Thats what your telling me Ashtooooon. she mimicked him.Buut I noes the truth,that you can't stop thinking about her and youu looove herrr. she then frowned when he brought up Jake,well he didn't acctually bring up Jake but he brought up the person she liked which was Jake so,in a way he did.She poked his neck and frowned.Pfft.Like I'm gonna tell you.

Was he spoiling her? Ashton was suddenly hit with the thought that she might cling to him until he left the United Kingdom. It was a... Almost scary thought. Did he actually need this? A little person trailing around after him, coming to get him when someone was mean to her..? Actually, yes. Yes, he'd decided that he needed a little person to take enough care of that it would make him slightly more human, because, let's face it, being as flirty as he was, wasn't really that real after all. "Noo, I can imagine that the trees would be pretty big for you. You're not, like, strong like I am." He grinned, that was gonna get a reaction, she would start up again, teasing him like there was no tomorrow. Which it was pretty fun to have someone around him who was like that. He hadn't had enough of it. Having a sister who was five years older than him and who went to a boarding school didn't give him much of a diverse childhood.

"I dooon't loooove herrrr!" He replied, tipping backwards slightly so that she was unbalanced for a moment and then straightening back up. Oh, sure, she wasn't going to tell him. That was just unfair. "Come on Shananana, you know you want tooo. I wont tell anyone at all, promise..?" He painted an innocent expression on his face, and the realised that she couldn't see it. Duh.

Shana suddenly giggled and her giggle then turned into a laugh then suddenly she was laughing like there was no tommorrow.You Strong ?! Ha Ha. That was the funniest Joke she'd hear in agesss.She giggled some poor then petted Ashtons head.Suppose,he had just said he'd save her from evil treeeessss.So that was nice of him and the fact that he was treating her like his little sister was nice to she smiled then shrugged her shoulders.

Shana rolled her eyes.Yesss You dooooooooo! Juuust admitt it! Pleaase juuust admitt it! she rolled her eyes and poked his neck again.She sighed,he was never going to let this go.So she may aswell have told him,she could always push his head forward if he was mean to her.Fine.And No I don't wanna.That duude over there. she pointed to Jake so he could see who she was pointing at.She sighed, Let the teasing begin. She frowned again and shrugged her shoulders.

Mariel giggled slightly as Sarah pulled her into a hug and she embraced her friend in return. It was so good to Sarah again, it seemed like it had been forever since they were sharing a dorm and they hadn't had much time to catch up since. Her grin fell slightly as Sarah mentioned how eventful the term had been - one of the reasons why she had isolated herself so much in the dorms this term. She was tired of that nasty, foul-smelling water - thank Merlin it was gone now - and the memory of her having to plug her ears to block out what she was certain to be the screechy fish-language of the mermen. Even her insatiable curiosity was prevented by her intimidation of the creatures to find out if they really had invaded the castle. She was just thankful to be high up in Ravenclaw Tower. Still, she wondered if the rumors were true.

Fixing Sarah with a curious gaze, Mariel asked, "Do you know if the rumors are true? I heard that mermen were inside Hogwarts." But that wasn't all that was on the 14 year old's mind. As scary as she had known mermen to be, at least she hadn't witnessed that. Even more recent events had since haunted her. "And the Headmaster..." she added quietly as she glanced down at the ground. "I hope he'll be alright." But she was certain that even if he was taken care of at St Mungos or wherever, the young Ravenclaw knew exactly what happen to people who were bitten by werewolves. She suddered at the memory. Although things could have been much worse...

"Oh thanks," she said looking up and offering a small smile as she took the s'more from Sarah's outstretched hand. Mariel took a bite of the treat and reveled in it's chocolatey, gooey goodness. "Just like the ones we had last summer at Lasca's ranch, remember?" The memory made her smile, which quickly faded at the thought that she hadn't seen her friend in what seemed like months. How was it possible that they kept passing each other? Mariel was starting to get worried.

Shaking her head slightly to relieve herself from her reverie, the Ravenclaw glanced back up at Sarah as she talked of summer plans. "Hmm, I hadn't thought about it much... But we definitely need to get together over the summer! I'll miss you too much if we don't." Her smile grew a little bigger as she mentioned Wesley. Mariel hadn't seen her new little Huffie friend since she moved back to the dorms. There was something about that girl's innocence and genuine kindness that made her very endearing to the otherwise cautious-to-make-new-friends Ravenclaw. And she missed Wesley since she had left, it would be nice to see her over the summer too. "Why would she think that?" the 14 year old mused aloud. "We're already older than her.... and we're not aging at a quicker pace than she is..." She smiled again at the thought. Wesley seemed to find such silly things to worry about.

As she looked back up at Sarah, she noticed the boy who was sitting next to her had fallen silent. Probably because Mariel had just butted in without even introducing herself. How rude! "Hi, Luke," she said with a smile and leaned past Sarah to be able to see him better as she introduced them. "I'm Mariel." Of course Sarah had just said that... The Ravenclaw girl shrugged softly to herself, then glanced over at the boy again. Luke, not Ryder. Of course this boy must be older than Ryder anyway but where was this boy that Sarah had been so taken with. Then she remembered that magically changing piece of paper that she had been using as a bookmarker most of the term. Perhaps what it said last week had something to do with Sarah's choice of company, or lack thereof? Mariel quickly looked down at the ground, then glanced back up at Sarah with concern written over her face. Sarah didn't seem too upset at the moment, but of course Mariel was there to talk if she needed. Maybe she didn't want to say anything with so many others around... or maybe she didn't know yet.

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Shana was toterly lost,being Shana she did the stupid thing and didn't think that they'd both made up names.So.No-one answered my question,Whys Clark calling you Millicent,Mel ? Annd Whys Mel calling you Claude ? she rolled her eyes and shrugged,odd,odd people.

Melanie hummed loudly to block out her friends voice. Secret identity at stake here.

...in fact Melanie hummed so loudly she very conveniently didn't here Claude's real name.

So his name remained Claude Landlover (or...something like that anyway) aka hater of pudding.

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"P'shaw, don't be silly Shanashanshana." Clark waved his hand in front of his face as if to say, 'whatever, her name's Millicent, silly. And you nicknamed me C dawg, so I can nickname you whatever I very well please.' At least Millie still thought his name was Claude...

Ohmytinman'sheart. Did Shana really just call him Clark? Was she going to give out his secret spy identity? Quick as a flash, he pulled out a balloon, took a pudding cup from Millicent's bag, opened it, poured it in the balloon, and threw it, trying to stop Shana from revealing all his secrets. Of course Millie was standing right there though, and his aim wasn't very good, and.....

The pudding filled balloon splattered.

All.

Over.

Millicent.

Meh, at least it was the chocolate kind.

"You idiot!" Melanie yelled at the boy, for many, many, MANY valid points...

1.) He killed pudding
2.) Apparently he thought he'd get away with throwing pudding at Shana without losing a limb (even if it didn't actually HIT Shana).
3.) Miraculously said pudding had somehow ended up ALL OVER HER instead of Shana. Bad aim.
4.) IT WAS CHOCOLATE PUDDING. The. Best. Kind.
5.) And, well, it seemed he didn't want an air horn, for protection from crazed hungry wild animals. But that was completely off topic.

Well, at least the pudding tasted good. Thankfully not Vanilla. Melanie licked the pudding around her lips, using her fingers to brush it out of her eyes, which were livid with anger. "Now, WHY, why Landlugger would you wanna do that?!" she asked him, trying to stay calm...and failing rather miserably.

Stay Calm.

I wanna chuck something hard at his head.

Stay Calm.

It's right there... all weird colored on the top and stuff...

Stay Calm.

He's the one one started it!! He wants a handful of pudding in his face!

Stay Calm, be mature.

Would it be mature if I chucked a rock at his head?

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Shana rolled her eyes and shrugged.Melly,I'll catch you laters,I don't want Clark to hit me with pudding and as for you Clark,Watch yourself.You never know what a girls capable of. she smirked and began to walk off.

Pffffffftt, now Shana was leaving her?! With the maniac pudding stealer/killer man?! Melanie was tempted to yell after her, and make her come back and stop her from what she was about to do, but she was already gone. Pity.

So Melanie wiped the pudding off her face and rubbed it all over manic boy's hair, and face...

It was really only the logical thing to do. And she wasn't about to open a new pudding cup and waste perfectly good new pudding. That would make her as bad as him.

The Hufflepuff took a few steps back away from him, considering the idea of shooting off running in another direction, but then she'd have to leave all her pudding to Claude, something she wouldn't dare do. Because he was a murderer of pudding, that boy was.

And she was the only one eligible to be the pudding protector.

Huzzzaahhh!!

"Ouch," Jake muttered through gritted teeth, determined to keep from yelling out, because he knew how Wesley tended to get. And that was from one encounter.

Oh... what the-?

...

Merlin help him, Jake had a wand pointed at him, not for the first time in his life and definitely not the last. "Err..." he said stupidly, realising what Wes was about to do as she started to do it.

...

Talk about a JET of water! Try hosepipe. Hissing as the impact to his hand worsened the pain at first, Jake was glad for the general volume of his surroundings.

Amused, Jake smiled up at Wesley and raised one eyebrow. "Don't worry... it's only mega small," he reassured her, holding up his hand and shaking the water from his hair that had managed to find its way from his hand.

Tensing, Daphne swept Garret with a sideways look that just OOZED disapproval. He was on her blanket! The one she had spent a good well getting perfect. Her new ground! UGH. Very well, she could share. Just to prove to him how very non-prissy she was. Except--

EEEP. She really was! Daphne cringed at his proximity, with red cheeks.

What was he even talking about, instead Daphne busied herself by picking off grass from her hair.

"That is just WRONG! Who cares about a little mud on the carpet? Auntie Allegra is weird about dirt but she's not THAT bad about it." Pietro couldn't believe that there could POSSIBLY be someone out there who was worse than her. When Hayley mentioned the M word, Pie nearly dropped his S'more. SHE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT! Terror appeared on his face as he tried to think of something to say to that. "There's mafia people here! I KNEW IT! Raiden and me told these two guys with mysterious markings that they were mafia but they DENIED IT. I KNEW I WAS RIGHT!" Pie was trying to remember where he got his fedora, but his mind was on the mafia business and her knowing about it. What if SHE was one of them!?

Sarah climbed inside her sleeping bag to escape the gathering gloom and cold.Tucking her knees under her chin she nodded at Mariel. "Yeah,the rumours are true.There was a whole load of them trying to get into...into....the Headmaster's office," she said it slowly,thoughts rushing to their injured leader. "I helped some other students keep them at bay,stunning them and things.If it hadn't have been a scary situation it would have been fun!" That probably sounded weird,but she had enjoyed using her skills.Skills that she didn't know she had.
The Headmaster.Sarah suddenly remembered the look on the werewolf's face,the hunger in it's eyes,as it launched itself out of the cage,tearing into poor Professor Bontecou.The sight and smell of blood filled her senses again and she had to shake her head hard to get rid of them. "Yeah....I hope so too," she sighed,wrapping her arms tighter around her knees for comfort.

"You're welcome,Professor Dumont started making them" she smiled,putting the rest down on her lap,before taking another for herself.They really were delicious. "Oh yes I remember! We had fun then didn't we?" she laughed,remembering last summer as if it was yesterday.Lasca had been missing from Sarah's life for a while,she wasn't even sure if her friend was even in school right now.The look on Mariel's face told her she felt the same.

"Well.....you can come and stay with me,for a while,couldn't you?" Sarah knew the question would be a hard one to answer.Mariel's father was hardly a muggle lover,and she wasn't even sure that he knew about her,or what her friend had told her dad.
"I don't know why she'd think that," Sarah shrugged,the conversation turning to Wesley. "I think I managed to convince her that it was rubbish,we'd always be there for her." After all how could you abandon a sweet girl like Wesley? She was so nice to have around.

Sarah looked at Mariel quizically.Her friend appeared to be concerned about something,ever since she had introduced Luke.She didn't think that this was who she was going out with did she?! Sarah was sure she'd told her her boyfriends name was Ryder.Someone who,truth be told,she hadn't seen for a couple of weeks.Probably in the library again....
Reaching out she put her hand on Mariel's shoulder. "Are you ok? You look....worried about something."

Wesley thought she was going to DIE.
She had just gotten over the fainting incident, and now she had hit him with a flaming marshmallow. And almost drowned him in her sad attempt at healing. What was next, impaling him with her broomstick during a flying lesson? She moaned, I'm going to kill him!

Hands in front of her mouth, the 11-year-old ran over to him, and once there, switched her weight from foot to foot, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She was ready for it, she could feel it, he was going to start crying. Or yelling. Or both. Oh! She had only been trying to help!

But...

Jake was smiling, he looked okay, then again, didn't some people act happy when they where sad? What if he's just faking it? What if, inside, he's about ready to out-break in sobs of agony? Biting her lip anxiously, the Hufflepuff watched as he showed her his burn. It looked bad. Can burns get infected? Oh no! What if I paralyzed his fingers!

"C-can you wiggle your fingers?" she asked nervously, practically about to cry, "M-maybe we should take you to the hospital wing?"

"Some things are magical and people fall in love with them without actually being induced with a form of magic," Rachel replied with a giggle as she scratched the area behind Neko's ears fondly. She was really liking this cat.

She grew silent however as she listened to Reid's little speech, feeling more than a little pleased with herself. She tried really hard to focus on what he was saying when he continued and not on his voice since she was afraid she would melt. And melting was not good - oh no. She'd be a pile of Rachel-goo on the ground and poor Neko would be covered in her.

Yeuch. . . Bleh. BACK TO REID! Snapping out of her thoughts, she nodded towards the guy sitting next to her and was about to reply when she realised he wasn't there anymore. ?! Looking around, it took her all of three seconds to realise that yes he was still there BUT he was now lying on the floor, not sitting.

EEEP! He had taken her hand. Her tiny hand, in his big, hard, muscly, warm, amazing hand of his own (she was SO beyond pathetic it was insane). She blinked several times at the sight of their hands intertwined together and smiled slightly, the grin growing more pronounced with every second that wore on.

Now fully grinning her stupid, idiotic happy smile, Rachel lifted the cat so that she could lie down too, right next to Reid. Getting comfortable, she replaced Neko on her chest and almost jumped in surprise as she realised that she and Reid - their faces - were mere inches apart. . . SO CLOSE!!

And his eyes... They were too close for her to be able to avoid them any longer. She felt herself slowly but surely drown in that bottomless sea of blue and almost didn't notice when Reid began talking.

"Why, thank you," the fifth year replied in a strangled whisper, having trouble finding her voice. She listened carefully as he detailed the locations for the shooting, nodding at the right moments and fighting with herself not to just pout constantly at the thought of not being able to see him for that long.

"Visit? You. . . You wouldn't mind having me come?" she asked hesitantly, liking the idea more and more with every second that passed. "And yeah I do - me and my uncle like to play with it when we're bored," she smiled at the memory of her and Jake fussing over the mobile, goofing around and generally having a good time.

He was right - they could use the cellphone to talk to each other. . . And maybe even SEE each other since the mobile could do that too! Grinning broadly again, she turned back to playing with Neko on her chest, visions of them together but ALONE in Paris flying through her head.


"AAAAAAAAAARGH!!!! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, WHOEVER YOU ARE!!" Rachel screamed as something, or rather someONE, came and practically screamed in their faces. She jumped up in a matter of seconds, putting Neko down as gently as she could and turned to look for the cuplrit who would spend EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR in detention.

Oh. It was Livvy. GAH! "Livs..." she began through gritted teeth, blush colouring her cheeks as she looked at Reid, wondering if her scream had burst his eardrums. "What are you DOING?!" Rachel hissed, itching suddenly for her wand so that she could. . . She could- ... Erm, DO SOMETHING!

Ack. This was embarrassing and OH SO wrong.

Eyes wide at the onslaught of apologies, Jake froze for a second and blinked at Wesley, tilting his head at her, before smiling a litte again. He nodded, moving his fingers in a kind of Freddie Krueger wave before glancing at his hand. "It doesn't really hurt... because I already was kind of slapped today... it's like... balancing it out," he grinned dopily, eyeing the marshmallow residue still on his hand and figuring it couldn't hurt to try a leeeeeeeeeeettle.

Nibblenibble.

"Hospital wing? Nah... I-"

Megatwitch.

Drat.

Garret gave Daphne a weird look, it wasn't like her to be so quiet. He wondered what the look of disapproval she was giving him was for... he had just come to sit on the blanket... said hello to Cope and then -

AHA!

"Have a frog, Daff," he handed her a new, unopened packet of Chocolate Frog, "And I promise you can keep wotever card you get."

He thought he was being quite nice here.

Elizabeth tilted her head to grin up at Robert as he continued joking about the notice board argument. "You never ask me until after you find out about things," she pointed out. This was the perfect example. He found the campout, then asked her what it was. But then she got a bit distracted by the fact she could tell he was listening to her conversation with Mari, and she wondered if she was accidentally saying anything she shouldn't. Either on Mari's part, or Robert's. But then Robert chose to greet Cayden, semi-normally, and she glanced at him. They'd talked about how things were difficult or whatever, but she was slightly proud he was managing civility when she still felt like the was vibrating from nervousness at Cayden being around.

She blinked as he laughed, almost having forgotten about his little joke about her self-preservation instinct, but then grinned, poking him again. "No, but the locker room was what put me in the Hospital Wing after I had investigated the merpeople," she teasingly pointed out. Which was true, since unlike others who had been down there, she hadn't been touched by any of the merpeople or grindylows. She glanced at William for a second, still nibbling on the cauldron cake she'd taken at his offer, concerned that the younger boy felt left out or anything since he'd been awfully quiet, but then her attention went back to Robert as he took her wrist to steal a bite of her snack. She faked a pout at his grin, before going along with the teasing. "Maybe I wanted that all to myself."

But then it was time to deal with Cayden, and it pained her a little to know Robert was worried about her. "I'll be fine," she whispered to him, leaning down for a second before Cayden agreed to her idea of getting whatever over with. But then she stood again, walking over to join the Slytherin with a hint of trepidation. They walked in silence for a while, until they were a decent distance from the fire and the people surrounding it. Then, as he spoke, she turned, wrapping her arms around herself both to calm herself and keep herself warm. After the fire and being so close to Robert, being alone out there was kind of cold. Not that Cayden seemed to notice, as he thanked her, sort of. 'I'm trying to relax, but you have to admit, the track record doesn't help," she said in response. "But you're welcome."

She bit her lip in reflex as he then chose to apologize to her about the beginning of term, not really expecting it. "Um, okay. Apology accepted, I guess. But only really because I know it would be easier on Mari if you didn't make me so on edge." She took a breath, before continuing. "I really like Mari too, which is why she's one of my best friends. And I told you I wasn't going to knowingly be a disappointment to her." It was sketchy there for a while, but she thought things had settled between her and Mari regarding Robert and her. At least, the fact that Mari had told Robert about her being in the Hospital wing, even though it had irritated her because of his lecturing after he'd arrived, said her friend was trying to accept things. And then Cayden brought Robert up, and she looked at him again. "Y'know, Robert's trying not to hate you. He knows that I'm Mari's friend, and because of that, I'd have to be around you too. And whether or not we could be considered friends, I'm always going to panic if I know you still have animosity toward him. Because like how you come with Mari, like a package deal, it sort of works the same way with us." She trailed off as Cayden continued speaking, bringing up the incident. "You're right in regretting it. And it doesn't change that it happened. You really hurt her, and of course if she comes to me like that, I'm going to help her. That's what best friends do. But you're welcome. And thank you for saying that," she said, before glancing back at the fire for a second. She wondered what Robert and Mari were doing, and part of her wanted to get back, if only to ease Robert's nervousness.

Satine had to keep herself from saying "Awwwww" when Kel's pygmy puff squeeked. They were just so darn cute...but her mood was changed as she listened to Kel talk about Jenn and him. It didn't sound very promising in her opinion..."Well, I'm sorry to hear that...but very glad that ya'll are still friends...maybe she'll wake up when you come visit her over the break." I mean who wouldn't want her adopted big brother...he was well amazing...

"I'm sure you're mom will let you go...especially since you're not a Slythie...she'll want you out of the house..." she said with a smile and a wink to let him know she was just picking on him..."But really, she may be more receptive to the idea than you think...just remind her that we're the house of good looking, smart people and she won't be able to deny that's the house for you." she hoped that made him feel a little bit better.

Then he finished with a bomb, a real bomb in Satine's life...Kel not back next term....what would she do...that would take her down to a whopping three friends...O great...."Well, if she decides to not let you come back, owl me and I'll come kidnap you and you can live with my family. I know they wouldn't mind...and I'm being serious as a heart attack, as the muggles say." she said putting her hand on his arm to show support.

Then she remembered about the Cruise question and her face lit up..."O, I forgot to tell you what a cruise is...it's awesome...you get on this giant ship and sail around to different places....it's soooo amazing...." she could already feel the air flowing through her purple, well she would make it dark brown so peeps wouldn't look, hair.

"Oh, marvelous!" remarked Daphne politely with a tense smile, looking up at Garret through her lashes. As if she was interested in card collecting..."I suppose I open this now."

Frowning she pulled and tugged at the package. What? How did one bloody open this thing?!

Quite proud of himself for having read Daphne's moods and coming out RIGHT, for once, Garret leaned back on his hands and just watched the scene around them, "I still fink it'd be more fun to have a Secret Midnight party." he said to Daphne and Cope, as if he assumed that Cela would have told them their plans.

His eyes dropped to Daphne's hands and noted that she was struggling with opening the packaging. Rolling his eyes exasperatedly, he reached for it and snatched it before she could pretend like she was all able and stuff. He ripped the wrapper with the deftness of one who was accustomed to opening many Chocolate Frog wrappers and handed it back to her, "Not that this ain't fun, but the thrill of sneaking out past curfew would just make this whole thing so much better!"

Bloody, chocolate frog was going to die! Hissing at it briefly Daphne nearly assaulted the packaging with her teeth before Garret took it off her hands. Oh.

Oh, well...that was nice. Turning her face, she adopted a most smug expression. Daphne even hummed a little. She was just THAT pleased. "That's because you're a delinquent, Garret." A very nice and decent smelling delinquent. "I'm not surprised."

Kel felt a small pit of guilt in his stomache. It hadn't exactly been Jenn's idea to call off their relationship - it'd been Kel's. Sure, he thought it was a stupid idea, but he also thought that with Jesse Highless in the picture, it'd be best if they waited a bit to see if Jenn still wanted to be with him, Kel. But if she did 'wake up' this summer...he'd be fine with that. As long as she thought it through. Sure, it wasn't as if she couldn't end it at any time she wanted, but she didn't want another Jesse/Jenn/Kel incident.

Kel knew that that wasn't the logical way to look at things if you knew his mother, but his spirits lifted anyway. Satine had a way of making him all happy...that's why she made a great little sister. At her next words, he chuckled. "Good-looking and smart. Yep, that pretty much sums me up, doesn't it?" he teased with a roll of his eyes. Schyea right. But oh well. Maybe his mother would fall for that...maybe.

"I'll hold you to that offer," Kel promised, one corner of his mouth twitching up into a crooked smile. "Because I might need it. I told myself that if I wasn't allowed to go I'd sneak out and find a way to get to King's Cross myself. But I'm sure you kidnapping me will be a lot easier, since I live in Ireland and stuff..." he smiled at the hand on his arm, knowing she was being serious. And he was being serious, too. Although Hogwarts was crazy and stuff, he would NOT go back to being home schooled. No way, no how.

His eyes widened in interest as Satine told him about the cruise. "That sounds like fun!" he exclaimed, smiling. Giant ship...cool! "Where are you going to?" he asked her. She'd said America...but there was a lot of places to go around America, weren't there?