"Like I said it was all about the image I projected. More like a Reid?" he questioned. Well that was strange but whatever. "It's a nervous habit really, my parents have tried for years to get me to stop doing it. It's never really worked though." He brightened slightly when he saw Via smile. It felt good to make people happy or feel better about themselves. "I'm glad you aren't. If you need someone to talk to though I'm here." he offered.

Reid paused slightly in thought at the question she asked him before continuing to walk. "Free time, well I love Quidditch and flying in general so I tend to do a lot of that. I just bought a Twigger in the holidays, it's the fastest broom out I think... Besides that I'd have to say playing the Piano and spending time with animals. They're fascinating creatures and can really help you a lot. And the best thing is no one animal is alike. I mean you can have two pythons but both of them will have a different temperament, different things they look for in a person and different signals for when they are angry, hungry, playful or dangerous. So I guess observing their behaviour. Then of course there's always hanging out with friends. What about you?"

She was glad to hear that from him. "And for the third time, Thank you." She was enjoying the time listening to his likes. She didn't know why "I don't do quidditch. I love flying actually. I'm not afraid of heights but maybe i'm just afraid of falling..." she paused. "I have an owl, a cat and Cid.. Does that make me a creature lover?" she counted on her fingers and asked him with a chuckle. "I've never had so many friends back home. I only have two... And they're so much younger than me... Chuck and Sandra, our neighbors. But here in Hogwarts i couldn't count how many acquaintances i had."

Realising they've been out there for long now, "Uhmm... maybe we could continue this one after we put Cid back at the sanctuary and you have asked for yours...."

This... creature... was... unbelieveably... heavy!

Jake Upstead had just lugged the cat of Professor Bunbury that he'd stolen all the way from the Bamboo Forest to the sandbox... an amazing feat.

"Good sweet inferi toasting in a dvd player wearing a pink bikini and a divers helmet," he groaned, reaching his destination and setting the newly pink down as gently as he possibly could in his exhaustion.

After that, Jake backed away from the sand, because Merlin knows Jake can't stand sand AHAAAA Jake Moment. When he was about ten feet away, Jake collapsed onto the grass and breathed deeply.

That cat was a monster!

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This... creature... was... unbelieveably... heavy!

Jake Upstead had just lugged the cat of Professor Bunbury that he'd stolen all the way from the Bamboo Forest to the sandbox... an amazing feat.

"Good sweet inferi toasting in a dvd player wearing a pink bikini and a divers helmet," he groaned, reaching his destination and setting the newly pink down as gently as he possibly could in his exhaustion.

After that, Jake backed away from the sand, because Merlin knows Jake can't stand sand AHAAAA Jake Moment. When he was about ten feet away, Jake collapsed onto the grass and breathed deeply.

That cat was a monster!

YAAAYAYAYAYAAY SAND!

This was about as excited as the fat cat got, yep. Or at least as excited as he allowed himself to become when food wasn't around and/or people petters. Sand...in a box....why, it was just a big ole litterbox to a kitty like him!

"Meeeeeyow," Pinkersnapple purred happily, trotting through the sand with his eyes half closed in joy. It was warm and soft and warm and deep....

...but where was his Jakey!Petter? "Moww?" the fat, pink cat paused in his traipsing and turned around to find Jake (yes he had to turn his whole body cos his head was too fat to see the other way).

"Mow?" Pinkersnapple called out again, like catsonar in searching for the boy. Obviously, being a short, squat, fat cat, he couldn't see him collapsed on the grass. "Mow? Mow? Mow? Mow?"

Jakers needed to build him a sand castle! He couldn't just desert Pinkersnapple on the beach like this! NOOOO! No man, girl, child, snack, chocolate frog, or catnip toy left behind!

"MOWMOWMOWMOMOWWWW!" the cat plopped its fat bum down on the (ooh!warm!) sand and started wailing for Jake Upstead. He wasn't about to stop til the boy showed up either. "MOWWWWWEWWWOOOOWWWW!"

If that cat thought Jake was going to submit to his yowling... he was dead right. Jake would just puuuulll himself up towards the sand.

Or he would have, if he could move.

The sugar rush combined with the lingering summer-ness in the weather combined again with the hauling of GingerPinkersnapple and just caused Jake to internally crash.

Sooner or later, someone would notice the cat and drag it off, whilst Jake could lay here, all collapsed, in a very uncomfortable position, moving as much as someone who'd fainted.

But he HADN'T fainted. He was just... temporarily paralysed.

Someone would come along... yes... and shut the freaking cat up. Then Jake could lay their in peace.

Dani smiled, "I'm here for you. Don't forget it." She looked around then, surprised at the amount of students that liked to play with sand. "I didn't even know this place was here until I saw you just now."

What?!?! It had been a whole TWO MINUTES of pathetic meowing and no Jakey was here? What kind of cruel, anti-cat world did he live in?

AND WHERE WAS JAKEY?

"Meeeeeeeeeeoooooooooowwwwwrawrawrawrrrr," Pinkersnapple mewed, more pathetically now, hoping someone would take pity on him. Oh the heartless h00mans; not one wanted to build him a sandcastle. And he was just a little fat, a lot pink, and soooo faaaar from home in his precious greenhouses. How would he ever get back? Could he get back? Was it even possible? Kitties weren't doggies, how were they supposed to find their way home??!

Pinkersnapple just about gave up. No one loved him, it was obvious. "MEW!" the cat screeched in one last wail before allowing himself to tip over and stretch out on the warm sand.....basically playing dead.

"Huh?" Jake groaned, as he heard that annoying little pink cat do an epic noise... a kind of... whiiiiiining noise. And Jake was stuck there. "HNNNGGHH!" he tried to yell as the animal made a kind of noise as if it was...

...

...

... oh... dear.

"HHHHNNNNNNGGGGHHH!!!!!" he groaned, trying to move. Ohhhhh how he hated his metabolism.

Brilliant, how absolutely brilliant. Excellent in fact. He was stuck here, he had stolen a cat and probably caused its untimely death, he'd probably die of exhaustion... and he had yet to get back at Lawson.

The world was a cruel, cruel place, and Hogwarts hated the presence of Jacob Upstead. Hmmmmm... maybe, with a bit of persuading... his dad would...

NO! No, Jake... nooooooo. You made your bed, you can bloody well lay in it.

... Thinking about it, someone Jake had wronged could come and, like, magic Jake and he couldn't move to save himself... his only protection was a probably dead cat.

That was pink.

How... brilliant.

"HNNNGGHH!!!!!" he groaned, in a last ditch attempt.

William couldn't help but grin a bit as he learned something new. He nodded eagerly, "That's true I guess. There's a lot about history we'll never know right?" He asked, his blue eyes staring at their now semi-built castle. It was looking pretty interesting to him, even though it was only half built. Using his shovel as a tool he dug around the bottom of the turret he had made,creating rivits and small holes which could be considered windows.

Turning back to her he smiled. "Anytime, chocolate cures all in my opinion." he replied just as someone walked up to them and asked if she could join them. "Sure, no problem." He replied grinning a bit.

Nate couldnt help but chuckle. Although there were things on his mind hecouldnt help but laugh at Dani. "Yah. wonder why that is." he said giving her a soft push. He couldnt help but joke back with her.

Dani gave him a look when he messed with her. "So, you wanna make a sand castle the old fashioned way? It's so much more fun without a wand." She used her index finger to scoop up some wet sand and rubbed it on his cheek. Letting out a giggle she said, "I think it suits you." Then she stuck her tongue out at him.

Nate cocked an eyebrow at Dani as she rubbed he sand on his cheek. "O... your in trouble now." he said smirking and for the moment forgetting about his family. HE bent down and grabbed a handful of dirt throwing it on Dani with a laugh. "ooo what now"

Dani laughed as a ball of dirt hit her in the shoulder. She picked up her own ball of dirt and faked like she was going to throw it but last minute dropped it and tackled him. She laughed loudly as she hung onto his shoulders. She was too small to actually take him down, but she could definately knock him off balance.

nate laughed as Dani tried but failed at tackling him. He swayed by her wait but began twirling. Faster and faster until he was a little dizzy. The ground infront of him began to tilt and he laughed ashe stumbled and fell forward. "gerroffme" he said throwing her off with a laugh.

Dani laughed as he shook her off. Tripping, she fell backward and landed in a sitting position. She sat there on the ground and looked up at him, her head swaying from side to side in her dizzyness. Still laughing she said, "Well, since you dropped me down here can you at least help me up?" She raised her hand toward him, happy that he wasn't all stressed out at the moment.

Nates head still moved around as the ground below him tilted. "Nope. Not helping you up. For one cause you jumped on me. Two cause i cant get up myself" he said with a laugh trying to and managing to get on his feet but tilted and stepped to the left falling instantly as the ground tilted in the opposite direction. He laughed and sat back down.
ooc: IM MEAN lol

Dani let out a giggle as he sat back down. "I'm dizzy." She looked at him. "There's two of you." She jumped up to her feet and fell over again. "That didn't work." Picking up some dirt, she rolled it into a ball and tossed it at him.

The dirt missed. Obviously Danni couldnt see straight and throw the dirt at the "other" Nate. "haha missed" he said with laugh as he head started to clear. He helped himself up and walked over to Dani reaching out to help her up as well.

Dani reached up for one of the hands in front of her. Oops wrong one. She tried again, this time she closed her fingers around him and stood up. She was still kinda wobbly but her vision was straightening out slightly. "Thanks."

Nate laughed. he kept a hand on her shoudler keeping her upright. "Dont fall now." he said with a laugh.

Dani grinned, "I'm trying not to." She wobbled for another moment before her dizzyness left her. "Okay, I think I'm good now." She turned and poked him in the ribs playfully. She was in a really good mood and now he was smiling as well.

Kiri passed the Sandbox on her way back to the castle. This had been a new addition to the Grounds, and she wasn't quite sure what to think of it. Quite a few people, even older students, were regularly enjoying themselves there, but Kiri never gave it a second glance when she was outside.
Today, however, she did. Next to the usual groups of students sitting in the sand, chattering or, perhaps, building silicate strongholds, was a patch of something violently pink. Next to it a student lay on the ground, staring upwards, unmoving. Brows furrowed, Kiri followed up that second glance with a third one, actually paying attention this time. Was that... a cat? With pink fur?! Changing direction immediately, Kiri stepped into the sandbox.

As she came closer, she saw that the boy had pink hair as well. Only one student in Hogwarts (and probably all its history) had pink hair. What was Jacob Upstead doing?! From what she'd seen and been told of him, he was no stranger to, well, strangeness, but even for him, this looked odd. His eyes rolled around in their sockets panicky. This disquieted Kiri a little. He was either a very good actor, or something really was wrong. Equally, the cat didn't seem to moving. At all. Terminally so. Kiri was not going to touch a possibly dead animal, but she should at least make sure that Jake was alright. Wide-eyed, she stepped over to him and peered at him closely. "Jake?" she said loudly, waving her hands across his face. "Everything alright? Can you, er, hear me?"

It seemed as though someone finally noticed them, which was better. Sooooo much better. He wasn't going to die alone with exception of a pink cat... he was saaaaaaved.

HANDHANDHANDHANDHAND!

That was Jake's immediate thought when the girl, who he soon recognised to be Kiri, waved her hands in front of his face. It was startling...

Blinking a few times and down his best to maintain eye contact, Jake tried to get the message across that he could in fact hear her. He just needed... to be able to move.

Water? Water. Yes... water.

"'ater..." Jake croaked through his unmoving lips. "'m nghy 'ace," he added. "'uh lake... 'ater... 'ace..."

Pleeeeeease... make her understand. Water on my face... neeeed it.

He didn't need a drink... he needed SPLASHED. NAOPLZ! KTHX!

"Sooooo hot," he groaned, as this was one of the vew things he could say without moving his lips... though... he was regaining more movement in the facial area...

Oh dear. This was really turning out to be a bad day for Jake. Kiri stared at him confusedly as he tried to communicate, not understanding a single word. After all, she usually had a hard time understanding Jude's accent when he was speaking normally, how was she supposed to figure out what Jake was saying?! The fact that she was definitely worried now didn't make rational thinking any easier, either. "Umm... uhh..." she stammered, trying to kick her brain into motion. "I-I don't understand you, Jake. Hold on."

What in the name of Morgana's most skilled ventriloquist did he mean?! To Kiri, it hadn't been much more than a series groans. "I'm really sorry," she said, seeing the frustrated look on his face. It was as if he was restraining himself, with difficulty, from rolling his eyes. Kiri's lips rounded themselves as she tried to reproduce the sounds Jake had made, defying them to reveal any sensible meaning.
Ah-err... Ah-der... Ooa-der?
Kiri blinked. Then she finally got it. By Merlin, she was so stupid! Water... "Water!" she yelled. "From... the Lake?!"

She spun around. It was only a few metres away, a huge, deep mass of, indeed, water, glinting in the sunlight. "Okay, okay, I'll get you water," she said, turning to Jake again. "Umm... how?" Jake was really unlucky. And of course, he couldn't answer. "Sorry, I mean..." Kiri garbled, realising this. Maybe she had something in her bag? She dropped it onto the sand and began rummaging inside it feverishly. Her hands met the hard corners of books and notebooks, the soft end of a quill, a wad of parchment... and her wand.
Inspiration dawned. She pulled it out and held it in front of Jake's eyes. "Will Aguamenti do?" she asked, as loudly and clearly as she could so that he would understand.

This girl was decidedly taking her time, and Jake would have tapped his face if he could... but he couldn't... that was the whole problem, right?

Kiri kind of looked like a fish with the way she was repeating the words Jake was saying... it was actually... quite hilarious. If only he could smile... But no, it wasn't fair to find the situation humourous when Kiri was quite obviously not enjoying it.

Then... she was rummaging through her bag... and Jake was internally SCREAMING for her to throw him in the water if she really had to. He really wouldn't mind... unless he drowned, of course.

WOAH! She had her wand in his face, but it was so close that Jake had to go cross-eyed to see the magic stick. Aguamenti... that was the spell they used in Herbology... and the Defence Against the Dark Arts homework, right?

"'ess..." he replied. Dooooo eeeeeeeet. Dooooooooo eeeeeeeeet.

Hopefully he'd be up soon... and then he could check the cat... and then decide the best course of action, most of which involved hiding from the animal's owner.