"But it's true Miles." Vanessa sighed, as she looked around. Why wasn't he in a compartment? That was a little odd. "Miles...we should go sit down." She nodded, slipping her hand into his and tugging it slightly. That was when she remembered something. "I have something to show you." She nodded with a smile, knowing that Miles of all people would understand how special what she would show him was too her.

"I understand...their your best friends." Vanessa nodded with a smile, it was quite cute really. But they would see each other during the summer, their families were friends afterall.
"Come on. Lets find a compartment."

Kel was being very...noisy as he went down the train. He was dragging his trunk behind him, and it was clunking and shaking and threatening to tip over on it's side with ever step he took. He was frowning at the floor, forgetting to look for a compartment that had some of his friends in it.

He looked up randomly, not expecting to see anyone he knew. But as he looked closely through the door, he saw LIVVEH! And...some guy. Hmm. Deciding that it couldn't hurt, he knocked softly on the door - quite a big contrast to the noise he'd previously been making - and opened it slowly. "Hey Liv," he greeted, nodding in acknowledgement to the guy she was talking to. "I'm not inturrupting anything, am I? Can I sit with you?"

Demetria looked around for an empty compartment to save for her firends. As she searched, she noticed a lot of the prefects weren't in the prefect compartment. Odd. Oh well, to each their own. Before walking away, she stuck her head in and waved to a sad looking Anna and said, "Congratulations, Anna. Thanks for being an awesome prefect." she smiled, then went and sat down in an empty compartment.

Piggy back ride? Anna had saved Clifford from the flood by giving him a piggy back ride. Evangeline blinked her puffy, red eyes as she looked at her fellow Slytherin. For one brief moment Evangeline wondered how come she hadnt known that - before remembering they weren't dating anymore. They weren't friends anymore. Not really, it seemed.

Right. It was easy to forget that when he was sitting by her side, their arms brushing against each other's. Awkwaaard!

As long as he was sage. Better let Anna and Clifford enjoy their 'thank you's and 'congratulations' and .. maybe get her book --- OH! Dominic seemed to have woken up. And notice her puffy eyes, it seemed. Bummer. She had been hoping it'd go by unnoticed.

There hadnt been allergies, of course, more like the prospect of leaving Hogwarts forever, of leaving Clifford and all the people she cared about. but, unlike Anna, Evangeline wasnt about to start crying in that ruddy compartment. Not just beside Clifford. Merlin, no. "Yes, actually." She replied to Dom with a bright smile - the brightest she could manage, one hand moving up to absently play with her dark hair. "I think there's still flooding traces on the dormitory. I just kept sneezing and my eyes .." The hand that had been at her hair moved to point its index finger at her eyes and she shrugged. ".. well, you can see that."

Livvy sat in silence, every so often sneaking a glance at the boy. Well... this was awkward. She asked for some sort of a topic to come up or for someone to come in. That would be just wonderful. Glancing out the window, Livvy fidgeted with her fingers. "So... um... Reed... what plans do you have for the summer?" she asked, smiling.

And as if her prayers were answered, there were clunking noises outside of the compartment. There was a knock on the door and the door opened. And... OHMEGEE!!!! Keltan! Livvy's face brightened as she stood up, walked over, and gave the boy a big... fat... hug. "Kelto! Hey! No.. of course you aren't interrupting anything. Sit sit siittt!" she said, pulling the boy down in the seat next to her.

She smiled and looked over at Reed. "I hope you don't mind, Reed. I'm sure you're waiting for some people yourself," Livvy said. For some reason... Reed seemed to be that sort of guy.

Kel grinned as he hugged Livvy back pushing his trunk with his foot so that it was out of the way. "I'll sit." he agreed as she started talking really fast like she normally did, and towed him toward the seat. He stumbled on...well, nothing really, he was just being pulled faster than he could walk, and landed on the seat next to Livvy. "I'll sit here." he added, setting his owl's cage, in which his elf owl was currently snoozing, next to his trunk.

"Hey, I'm Keltan." he said brightly to Reed when Livvy was done talking. He surprised himself by giving the other boy a cheerful wave before turning to Livvy. "You ready for summer?" he asked, settling against the back of the seat.

Reed looked over to Livvy and smiled. "Actually I just moved in with my older sister" He told her "I'll be there, and my other three sisters are coming to visit, as well as some other people" He told her with a nod of his head. He was excited about it all. Especially getting to spend it with Bee.

THen he looked as someone else came in. The boy looked younger but not by too much. He smiled at him. Kelto? Well that was an interesting name. Then he heard the boy say his real name. "Nice to meet you Keltan" He said giving him a smile. He was a ravenclaw too.

Then he turned back to Livvy. "Oh yea I've been keeping my eye out for someone but other than that not really" He told her.

Clifford offered Anna a rather unsure, shy smile before looking down at his feet. Yes, he was grateful that she'd help him in the water and yup, he'd thanked her like he'd been meaning to ... but, now what? He had no idea. No bloody idea at all.

He was grateful when Dominic spoke up, and finally looked back up. So he wanted words of wisdom.. but not intelligent words of wisdom? Could you even get dumb wisdom? Eh.

"Erm.. well, it feels weird.. I guess?" He answered the Hufflepuff hesitantly, sure he could feel Evangeline's gaze on him. Nah, he was probably being paranoid. "Weird cos like.. yeah, it's all over y'know? But dude, at the same time it's awesome!"

Really. Awesome. Hehe.

Whether Evangeline and Anna would agree though, he wasn't sure. They both looked pretty darn sad.

Yayyy!!! Kelly Boyyy! Livvy grinned cheerfully as she watched him sit down and set his owl's cage to the side, hardly noticing whenever he stumbled on something. Or anything... for that matter. It didn't matter, since he was hear now. Livvy hadn't seen him in forever and had quite missed him. Why were all the most important people in her life just... disappearing? But oh well... Kelly boy was here and that was all that mattered.

And... um... maybe a 'Reed'... would be part of her life now? Who knew really? Every day surprised her.

Livvy snorted at Keltan's behavior... did he just wave at Reed? How cuuuute. Keltan was usually more reserved, but it was great seeing him more socially involved. "YES! I'm ready Keltan. This summer I get to stay in London and I'll be staying with Rachel and her boyfriend... which is yes... really weird... What plans do you have, Kelto?" she said, all spoken very quickly of course.

Livvy smiled back at Reed when he spoke up again. "Oh you did?! Well that's nice. Is your relationship with your sisters very close?" she asked curiously. Most people would rather be strangled to death rather than live under the same roof as their siblings.

Ohhh... someone? Livvy raised an eyebrow at him and smiled with one of those mischievous smiles that usually meant she was gonna pry. "Someone hmm? A giiiirlfriend?"

After having spend a considerable amount of time picking the best compartment she could find (Willow had arrived early since she'd skipped the feast), the soon-too-be Seventh year had left a scared first year taking care of it for her so no one else would steal it, and went hunting.

For Clifford Carden.

Except, he was nowhere to be found.

Willow had looked in every single corner of the train (not really, but Willow wasn't particularly patient and when she wanted something, she wanted it straight away) and had also ordered a few people to look for him as well, but in the end, she'd ended up empty handed. Clifford Carden wasn't on the train. Well, that, or the people she'd ordered to hunt for him weren't particularly efficient.

Hmmm. It was probably the latter. First years weren't particularly smart, after all.

So it was then, when the seventeen year old had almost given up, that she heard the Head Boy's voice coming out from a compartment. Sighing in relief, the sixth year flicked a strand of her hair to the back, barked a few people to get out of her way, headed straight to the compartment, and once she'd reached it, opened the door as wide as it would go.

Oh. He was busy with some other people.

Whatever. It was just his girlfriend -or, well, ex-girlfriend if what she'd heard from a particularly giggly girl back in the common room was true-, Greingoth and Denton. Ugh, figures that of all the people it had to be him there.

Dominic Denton was like the flu - he was bloody everywhere.

"Carden. Corridor. Now." Barked the girl from the door, eyeing the older Slytherin boy sternly. "Oh, and hello," she said politely, yet in a slightly aloof tone of voice to the other three. And with that, she closed the door and waited for Clifford to come out.

Evangeline had a problem. Yes, sir, she had. A staring problem, honestly, that only revealed itself when it came to Clifford. It was like there was somethiiing pulling her eyes towards him, making her look like a stupid little girl. ... which was nothing more than what she was.

She had been doing her best to keep her gaze on Dominic, Anna or even the view out of the window ... but it seemed impossible at Clifford's last words. It was awesome. Well, it was awesome. They were going to be adults, get jobs, houses, independent lives .. but - yeah.

"Well, if you want my opinion.." She started, though noone had really asked her to, her blue eyes now on Dominic. ".. just make sure you don't regret anything you've done in that castle. It'll make it easier to go away. If you've done something wrong, go back and make it right again." Exactly the thing she hadn't done.

And it was too late now.

Considering the way Willow Kovac was now - totally rudely - calling for Clifford, the way Aparecium had published he had gotten over her by snogging Evolette McKenna ... yes, far too late.

Ignoring the Ravenclaw's words, Evangeline looked down at the hands twisting at her lap, heaving a deeeeeep sigh followed by what dangerously sounded like a sniffle. Stoopid allergies.

Ahem.

So, the train. After sending off her trunk with Jake, Rachel had insisted on taking the ride with her friends back to London. Sure, it was a waste of time and as soon a she got to London she would have to hurry back since she had a really short time to pack before flying off to Hollywood to meet Reid.

Basically, her point had been that she wanted to see all the seventh years that were leaving right up until the last minute. She was seriously conflicted as she boarded the train and couldn't make up her mind on whether to smile and be cheerful or be serious and moody. She had dreamed about this moment countless times over the months of studying for the OWLs - having needed a light at the end of the huge, seemingly endless, tunnel of revising. Yet now that the moment had come...

Well, she just wasn't sure she wanted it. Four of her co-prefects were graduating, and even thought she was probably just a faint memory that most of them won't really remember, they each held a special place in her heart. Anna, for just being so great and kind and amazing - Rachel would always remember the Head Girl for just being plain Anna Greingoth; no explanations necessary.

Clifford - well, he was just the entertainer, the fun part of any meeting or social gathering. Whether he had realised it or not, Rachel was very fond of the guy, having thought that beneath all his... Er, well you know, he was an amazing person who just deserved to be loved. With Slythie qualities of course.

The other Slytherin Prefect, Evangeline, was forever and always embedded in Rachel's memory whether she wanted to or not. Having been the first prefect she had ever directly made contact with, the soon to be sixth year had almost been the death of the two of them back in Rachel's second year. There's no forgetting that if you have a mind like Rachel's.

And Vanessa. . . Well, she didn't really know her that well - but from what she had seen and heard, the girl was lovely and just the absence of her will seem weird. Even if it will be filled with another female Hufflepuff. But, then again, in Rachel's mind, the position was originally Kayla Winter's...

Eh well - she'd still miss them to bits. "Oh, hi Willow," Rachel said with a small smile as she realised that the older girl was standing right in front of her. "Have a good summer," she added, stepping past her and departing from the area in search of a final glimpse of the departing Prefects - very cleverly not glancing into the compartment Willow was standing right next to.

Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle.

Fidget, fidget, fidget.

It was absolutely impossible sitting still.. he knew it was because he was nervous.. and he was nervous because he could've SWORN he could feel Evangeline's blue eyes on him. But why that made him nervous, he didn't know.

Bleh. He was just confused.

Leaving Hogwarts was meant to put an END to all the bloody confusion! What was with this!?

And just to add to that confusion, Willow Kovac had slid open the compartment door and was asking for him. She wanted him to go into the corridor with her. Not her boyfriend, Denton.. but him? Had she gotten them mixed up or something? Weird.

He certainly didn't like her tone of voice though.. or the way she was looking at him. He'd seen a different side to Willow this term, but right now she looked 100%, pure BONE CRUSHER!

EEEEK!!!

Brow furrowing, heat rising in his cheeks when he caught some of the words Evangeline had spoken to Dominic, Clifford slowly raised to his feet. "I'll uh.. I'll be back.." If Bone Crusher doesn't kill me, that is. Gulping, adam's apple bobbing nervously in his throat, the eighteen year old slipped out of the compartment, sliding the door half shut behind him.

He needed the others to hear if he needed help.. he figured the whole train would hear his screams if something DID happen though. "Is there a ... problem, Kovac?" There must've been.

Willow, who had been staring at her shoes as she waited for Clifford to finally come out of the compartment and grace her with his presence, looked up upon hearing someone calling her name and found herself staring at the female half of the Ravenclaw prefects. "Oh, thank you," answered Willow, a little, albeit friendly enough smile dancing upon her lips, "Have a good summer as well."

Rachel was SO weird - in a good way. Willow had never quite met anyone like her before; she seemed to liked everybody, and Willow could not fathom how she could. Strange girl.

"Oh, there you are." Goodness, Carden was SO tall, and Willow did not like it - being talked down was something she did not appreciate it, thank you very much. "Yes, there is a problem," started the girl, looking up at him and trying to look taller - bloody shoes. She would have worn heels, had she known that Carden was SO tall. "Because I'm not good at saying goodbyes?" Hmm. It was true; she avoided them, for the most part, but Carden had been ... nice to her, even friendly. So it was the proper thing to do.

Father would be so proud. "I, um, I guess I wanted to say goodbye?" Noticing that it had sounded more like a question than a statement, the girl frowned a little bit before correcting herself, "Yes, I wanted to say goodbye."

Elizabeth had been grateful for a coupl eof things once she had finally deposited her trunk in the luggage area. First, that Bella still would rather walk around on her own than be sequestered in a basket, and two, not having her trunk to drag around anymore made it easier to juggle Bella's unoocupied basket, as well as the second one she was carrying, containing Macavity. She was just glad that Rhiannon didn't seem to have a problem dealing with a kneazle for the short time she was going to have to be back in California after she got off the train in London.

Of couse, this would be much easier if I wasn't stuck wandering to try to find a compartment all alone, she thought. At least, if Mari was there she'd have someone to talk to, and if Robert was there, she'd not only have that, but she wouldn't have to keep such a close eye on Bella. It still cracked her up the weird obsession her cat had with her boyfriend. Managing to get to the middle of the train, she started looking for an empty compartment, sighing as the first few she looked in seemed occupied. And then she had to shoulder her way around Willow and Clifford, standing in the corridor for some reason. She wasn't about to ask, especially since Willow was involved and she hadn't really talked to her former Quidditch captain since she'd left the last match.

Working her way down several more compartments, she finally found an empty one and slid inside, carefully placing the occupied basket onto a seat before dropping Bella's and caling for her cat. As soon as the gray cat crept her way into the compartment and started exploring under the seats, Elizabeth collapsed into the seat next to the basket, sliding the door mostly closed with her foot before leaning her head against the wall for a second in thought. Hopefully her friends could find her, for their last train ride before they all went their separate ways as graduates. Or otherwise, if any of her younger friends decided to pop in.

Oh. Rachel. She was another strange one. Always smiling she was.. noone could be THAT happy. It was unnerving. FREAKY! It was a mask.. oh yes, Clifford was the suspicious type and he was certain that underneath that smile, Rachel was some sort of psycho, serial killer.

It was a Ravenclaw thing. See, people thought Slytherin's were evil.. but dude, they totally had the wrong house.

Well, that was his theory anyway. Willow though, was proving it wrong.. she was actually being kinda... nice? Like she had been on other occasions this term. She'd come to get him so she could say goodbye? Wow.

Small smirk tugging at the corners of his lips, Clifford crossed his arms and leant casually against the corridor wall, brown eyes on the Ravenclaw. "You mean you came to look for me.. so you could say goodbye?" Well, duh. That's what she'd said. Twice too.

So what if he wanted to hear it again? Heh heh.

That smirk.

Willow had seen it MANY times before in males -i.e, her brothers, Terry Saunders, Hugo Woods, Dominic Denton- and it NEVER boded well. NEVER. She knew this by experience, and know, with Carden standing before her looking all tall and superior and with that smirk on his face that gave him the appearance of someone that should be posing for a muggle magazine instead of just being standing in the middle of a corridor, talking to her, Willow could not help but to frown and place her small hands on her hips.

"Yes, that is exactly what I said. Did you not hear me correctly? Have you gone deaf?" It was the hair. All that shaggy hair, blocking his ears was not letting him hear her properly.

Someone needed a hair cut. "Unless, of course you have a problem with that, I suppose I'll leave," Not really, he was hearing her whether he liked it or not, "and let you go back to your compartment."

Reed looked over to Livvy once again. "Well lets see..... I have three older steps sisters. The oldest and I are extremely close, but the other two... well its a typical sibling relationship." He said to her. "Then I have a twin sister, and I can't stand her one bit" he said with somewhat of a laugh. Him and Baylie had never gotten along.

He couldnt help but give a small chuckle as Livvy asked if he had a girl friend. "Yea a girlfriend" He said to her with a smile and a nod of her head. He could already tell that Livvy was the type of person that was going to say what was on her mind. That was always a good quality to have. "She's a gryffindor fifth year" He said adding in that unecessary detail.

HAH!

Well, someone had their knickers in a twist.

...

Wait, he did NOT want to be thinking of Willow Kovac's ... knickers. Really. EW!

But yeah, quick as a flash, she'd turned from being kinda nice and into that evil Willow that gave him the creeps and caused him to fear for his life. Girls were scary, ESPECIALLY this one.

"I'm not deaf actually, just a little surprised is all," he shrugged his shoulders cooly, trying to remain as calm as he could. He didn't want to be a wimp in his last meeting with the Bone Crusher! No, not now that he was a MAN! A manly man! He was no longer that little second year who was easily intimidated by her and her arm braking ways. GRRR!

"I know why you're REALLY here though.. you totally want another one of my Cliffie Squeezes before I go, right?" BWAHA! "They're good, huh?"

Cue eyebrow wiggle.

Teehee.

“Blair ! Blair come here right now !” Yelled the brunette girl, with her hands on her hips, right after climbing aboard the Hogwart's Express.
Like that was going to make any difference..
That was definitely not the best way to leave Hogwarts. Why did she have to take care of that fat stubborn stupid cat that didn’t let her sleep in her own bed anyways ?
Oh right, because her mother had made her do it. If Eleanor wasn’t trying to get her mother’s permission to get back on the Quidditch team, she would have given that cat to her sister and made her take care of her.

“Blair, here, right now!” The brunette yelled once again, to the black cat that was sat in the middle of the corridor with her big green eyes gazing at Ellie. Humnm, that sounded more like she was calling a dog and not a cat. It didn’t matter to her. She was the one that fed the cat, that gave her bed so the cat had to obey her.
Absolutely right !... except that Blair and Ellie, clearly, didn’t share the same opinion.
The black cat slowly stood up, her dark tail dancing in the air, and Ellie smiled inspite of herself . For a second, she actually thought she had got it.
But the brunette couldn’t be more wrong, the cat turned around and started running all the way through the corridor, through the students legs.

The smile faded off the brunette’s lips, and after taking a deep breath, Ellie started running after her cat, excusing herself when she bumped into the other student’s shoulders.
She hated cats, she hated them so much that she was seriously starting to consider to claim she was allergic to them. Even if she was not.
Why did she have to do that again ?
Oh right, to to go up in her mother's consideration.

Well, this was stupid. Terribly, terribly stupid of her. Looking at him was stupid enough, she didn't even want to know what spying on him as he talked to his .. whatever Kovac was .. was considered. Stupidity really wasn't strong enough.

But how could she not do it? She was curious, even if she had lost the right to be curious about him. He could do whatever he wanted .. yes, he could. He wasn't just pretending to be over her, as she had hoped it was; he clearly was well and over her.

Smirking .. flirting with Willow. Wow. And to think he had been scared of her. clearly, no more. But what about Evolette? Had Clifford turned into a ladies' man?

Whatever. It didnt concern her anymore.

That didn't mean she was able to see it all. No. The eyebrow wiggle, the mention of Cliffie Squeezes, his voice .. it became far too much and the control Evangeline had regarding leaving Hogwarts ... well, it just wasn't strong enough to hold against this too. And so, with a small strangled sob, Evangeline stood up from the seat and swiftly pulled the compartment door shut, making a very loud THUMP! sound as she did so.

Almost in the same movement, she pulled the curtain closed before finally collapsing back into her seat. And then, forgetting all about her pride and who she was sharing the compartment with, Evangeline hid her face in her hands, shoulders shaking with the quiet sobs she was attempting to disguise.

She should've picked another compartment. Or maybe even apparate home?

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Originally Posted by Waterloo

HAH!

Well, someone had their knickers in a twist.

...

Wait, he did NOT want to be thinking of Willow Kovac's ... knickers. Really. EW!

But yeah, quick as a flash, she'd turned from being kinda nice and into that evil Willow that gave him the creeps and caused him to fear for his life. Girls were scary, ESPECIALLY this one.

"I'm not deaf actually, just a little surprised is all," he shrugged his shoulders cooly, trying to remain as calm as he could. He didn't want to be a wimp in his last meeting with the Bone Crusher! No, not now that he was a MAN! A manly man! He was no longer that little second year who was easily intimidated by her and her arm braking ways. GRRR!

"I know why you're REALLY here though.. you totally want another one of my Cliffie Squeezes before I go, right?" BWAHA! "They're good, huh?"

Cue eyebrow wiggle.

Teehee.

Surprised? About what? Was it honestly so surprising that Willow Liadan Kovac, the one who seemingly didn't caare for most of the people around her, had come all the way from her compartment just to say goodbye?

... Yes, it was.

"I am certainly not after one of those Cliffie Squeezes," Snapped the girl, though not really looking at Carden anymore - the colour that had rose to her fair cheeks had her looking at his chest. It WAS true, though; she was not after another hug, but that didn't mean that his statement hadn't managed to embarrass her just a little bit. "And they are not good - they are mildly pleasant and just a little bit satisfactory." That was a lie, but Clifford was slightly daft sometimes so he probably wouldn't notice.

"In any case, I should be the one giving you a hug since you are leaving, right?" Did she want to give him a hug? Willow ... did not like hugs, for they were a huge personal space invasion, but she was never going to see him again, so why not?

Willow could think of many reasons why not, actually, seeing that a very familiar cat followed by a very familiar voice caught her attention.

Also, Evangeline Green wasn't pleased.

PFFTTT. She had broken up with him, had she not? She had no right to be upset, and nor does she display such an obvious lack of manners. Hmph. Besides, they weren't doing anything wrong, so there was NO reason for her to be upset.

Actually .. a hug sounded like a PRETTY good idea right now.

"Eleanor, will you stop chasing that cat? It's ridiculous, if it wants to escape and leave you for good, let him." Cats were useless, in Willow's opinion and Eleanor should know that.

Yes, well, the hug was coming later.

Yawn.

Hmmm. Evolette was bored. This ride home was SO not eventful enough for her, and if she didn't find something to do soon, she might very well fall asleep in her compartment.

Flicking a few dark strands out of her eyes, she breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing her best friend. Sidling up beside the girl, she grinned at her, before realizing who she had been talking to. "Willoooooow." she started, dragging the girl's name out as long as she could. "I'm simply too bored. I need something to do." Her blue eyes stole a glance at Clifford, and she smirked.

...She'd found something to do afterall.

"Yup. Thanks, Dom," Anna said, replying to his congratulations for her having graduated. Oddly enough, having Dom in the compartment made things just a little less awkward. It was odd, simply because they last time she'd been with Dom, her lips had been pressed against his as a part of that stupid kiss bet she'd made with Evolette McKenna. She'd never even finished that bet either. It'd ended up with Gryffindor---a toss between Jack Fritzera or Zeke Weasley. She'd never gone for Zeke when she chickened out at the last minute. Ahh, well. She had Cale, so she really didn't need to worry about kissing all those random boys.

Just then Demetria Weasley poked her head into the compartment and gave Anna a sweet little goodbye message. "Awww. Thank you, Dem! That was really nice to hear," she replied. Dem had always been such a nice person, and Anna really hoped to keep in contact with her through the years. "Thanks for the being such a good friend, Dem! Keep in touch!" Just as quickly as the girl had appeared, though, she was gone. Anna supposed she was meeting up with a few other friends, too.

That left Anna right back to where she'd been before---in a state of awkwardness while sharing a compartment with Dom, Clifford, and Evangeline. She listened as Evangeline discussed allergies, but Anna didn't really buy that story. She thought about telling Evangeline that it was okay to cry and be sad, but then again, the girl didn't really like her and would probably tell her to shut her trap. She settled instead for giving her former co-prefect an understanding look.

"It does seem sort of weird to be graduating," Anna said, agreeing with Clifford. "It seems like I should be going home to do back-to-school shopping and getting myself ready for yet another year at Hogwarts. I don't think it'll really set in until September first comes, and I'm not at the station waiting for the Express." By then, she'd be Mrs. Newell, which sounded exciting, but equally as weird. She was going to be someone's wife. Good Merlin!

She grew quiet when the door slid opened and Willow Kovak poked in. Willow was a girl she'd always known but had never really got to know personally. That seemed a shame, too, because the girl seemed like a really cool person and was an awesome Quidditch player. She nodded a greeting and waved, too, in reply to Willow. ...and then Clifford was gone, leaving Anna with Evangeline and Dom.

Oh...Merlin's pants...Evangeline was now crying. Anna sort of glanced awkwardly from left to right, stopping when her eyes met with Dom. Should they say something? Reach out to her? Run away? Anna cleared her throat, a little uncomfortable with not knowing what to do. Sigh. This next act could either help she and Evangeline's non-existant friendship or make it a lot worse. She stood from her seat and walked over to the girl, sitting down beside her and giving Dom a "help-me-if-she-tries-to-kill-me" look. "Evangeline? Erm, is there anything I can do to help?" she asked. "I---I'm sorry." Gulp.

Mildy pleasant and a little bit satisfactory? CHYEAH, right. Clifford wasn't entirely sure what that meant, but he knew it sure as heck wasn't true. No. Because his Cliffie!Squeezes RAWKED. And he knew that thanks to many hours of secret flexing infront of the mirror in the mornings. He had awesome MAN arms. RAWR!

And whatever Willow Kovac was telling herself, she totally wanted to recieve a hug from them. Who wouldn't? Snicker. THAT explained why she suddenly looked rather embarrassed anyway.. why she wouldn't look him in the eye.

Clifford - 1. Bone Crusher - 0. OH YEAH!

"Well, yes.. I think it's generally the people who are leaving that get hugs.." and seeing as he was the one leaving..

WHOA!

The eighteen year old jumped when a number of things happened next, leaving his brain feel slightly frazzled.

The compartment door suddenly slammed shut, - he would've thought it was the wind if the blinds at the window hadn't been pulled too.. Uh oh - Ellie Bluebell was running after a cat..

And there was Evolette McKenna AKA His Worst Nightmare.

Clearing his throat nervously again, Clifford gave the back of his neck an anxious rub.