"What call it off?I'm sure that she will be upset,Gabb and you're goin to Sweden,Why is there any problem?"He asked concernedly.

"Yeah kinda... just something I'm being made to do by my... family." *He laughed a little. It was true, he's family was all for him taking his place as the new leader.*

"That's great but Amanda?"Cedric asked a little bit happy cause Gabben was laughing now.Last term,He saw Gabben look so upset so it was a good feeling not to see him like that again.

"When she kissed me I didn't know what to do next... I'm just... I don't know. I've never really thought of her that way, and now with this thing back home in Sweden..."

*He sighed and sat down in the sand with his head in his hands.*

Greece? He didn't really look like he was from Greece, but Miles took his word for it. "Wow, that's more exotic than where I'm from." Boring Southern England. Really, it was just the same as Northern England ... still boring. "I'm from the South of England, in a county called Wiltshire." Miles continued to pat the sides of the towers of his castle, just to make it that little bit smoother.

"Ooooh." Miles let out a little laugh. It would have been quite suprising if Bunbury had walked up to Torin and said "I like youuuu." In that weird little girl way. Hehe. "Well that's good. I'm not sure Morgan sees me as her best student, and I'm glad she's not giving me extra attention or something, because Vannie wouldn't be impressed." He rolled his eyes at the thought. Morgan may well be a teacher, so she would have had no chance against Vannie, even if Miles did like her for just that teeny bit. "Hmmm. I guess you're right." Do a little bit of research eh? That would be quite fun. "I think everyone knows Bunbury likes pink, mate." Miles laughed, it was difficult not to notice!

Cedric sat down in the sand too,They becoming more serious."So Amanda make the first move?I mean to kiss you."He choked.He needs to figure out what was happening to his two friends and he would feel greatful if his two 'siblings' were goin to have an affair.

Brushing her hair out of her face, Vanessa Corbette made her way down towards the sand box, along with Professor Morgan and Simone, that girl from the common room.
She really hoped that they would find Professor Bunbury's cat because it would be awfully horrible if they didn't, and Poor Professor Bunbury being catless.

As they walked, Vannie couldn't help but notice something that Professor Morgan was holding. "Erm...Professor Morgan...what is that?" She asked, referring to that parchment. It seemed a little odd, but she hoped that she didn't seem rude.

Keeping step with them as they went, the professor walked between the two girls. One beautiful little unit, setting out on what she'd been calling 'Operation Gingersnapple' in her head since they'd left the castle.

"Oh, that. Well it's just..." She looked down as Vannie called into question that evil bit of parchment and suddenly realized that it had changed. Her name had been replaced. She stopped mid step, reading over what was now written there. After a quick skim of the page, she looked up at Vanessa with a hesitant expression. She didn't want to let her see it. She'd be so upset. But how could she not show her? "Umm Vannie, your names in here."

"What!" Vanessa stopped, a few steps in front of Professor Morgan, for she hadn't actually noticed that the teacher had stopped. Looking a little worried she girl turned around to look at Professor Morgan. "Erm...Can I look?" She asked quietly, wondering what on earth was on there about her.

"Is it bad?" She asked, rushing back to the Professor's side, almost resorting to leaning on the teacher to have a look at the piece of paper. She looked up at her favourite teacher, her eyes full of worry. She dearly hoped that it wasn't bad, because she was pretty sure she hadn't done something gossip worthy.

Simone walked silently behind professor Morgan and Vanessa. She was actually looking around for gingersnapple, not really paying attention to the conversation...just hearing snippets. Funny thing was...Simone actually had one of those papers back in her dorm and had read every single tidbit.


"So where is this kitteh supposed to be?" She asked totally interjecting in their conversation about the parchment.

"Here." She said, handing over the parchment. She gave Vanessa a kind smile, knowing that she probably wouldn't even see it. That EVIL parchment had better not upset her. She silently fumed, mad as hell.
Iliana looked up at Simone and smiled. Thank goodness her niece's name hadn't made it into the paper yet. Oh, Alain would just LOVE that. "We're starting here... in the sandbox. Do you see anything?" Anything pink? She shuddered. Had he really turned Annie's cat pink? Who knew? From the sound of that article, Jake was doing all sorts of things that she didn't know about.

Vanessa smiled at Simone, although her attention was kind of taken by her name being on that parchment. "Thank you." Vannie mumbled, taking the parchment, and reading over it. "Oh....Miles is going to kill me." She sighed, dropping the paper to te floor, and turning away from the pair. She blinked a couple of times, not wanting to cry. But what had happened in the three broomsticks was completly different to what was expressed on that paper. Brushing her hands against her eyes, Vannie sighed. Things could not get worse.

Several familiar voices reached Kiri as she sat at the edge of the Sanbox, figuring out what to do. They were talking about a cat... and (uh oh) one of them belonged to Professor Morgan! She looked up. Yes, there she was, talking to, Kiri saw with a happy jolt, Vanessa and Simone. The professor's relationship with Jake seemed to be a complicated one, but Kiri doubted very much that this was something she'd be very pleased with, maybe even more so than Gingersnapple's real owner.

Where had that cat ran off to? Jake wasn't around anymore either, at least not as far as Kiri could tell, but maybe she should... go and tell them that she had been there as well for a while? Not to mention that such an approach would also make sure she wouldn't be in trouble later if someone else said something along the lines of, "Oh, I saw Starstalker with the cat earlier." No, best not to let it come to that.
She got up, brushing some sand off her robes, and wandered over to the students standing with the professor.

"Hello, Professor Morgan," she said timidly when she'd reached them. "Hi Vanessa, Simone. I... er, sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but are you looking for Gingersnapple? It's just... he was here earlier!"

He laughed at that first comment. "You're right about that! Exotic and hot." But he liked hot. It made him feel comfy. He thought it was too cold over here. "Wiltshire... Sounds cool." I guess... He honestly had no idea.

He then snorted. Even he had to admit that this Miles guy was adorable. In a way... "Oh, I bet she wouldn't be. Mmhmm." that would have been interesting to see though. He was glad that he didn't have a girlfriend for that reason. But he also wished he had one. He missed his old girlfriend. He had really loved her. "I can help you research, mate. And you are right about Bunbury. haha! But still.. She will like the roses." He was so excited to give them to her.

The professor, while still beyond angry at the sight of the saddened prefect, knew that now was not the time to dwell on the subject. Too many people were around. Besides, after last term, she knew that if Vannie needed comforting, she'd come to her.

She picked up the discarded parchment and rolled it up. After shoving it in her pocket (much harder than necessary) she turned to face her. "Miles trusts you, Vanessa." It was all she said before continuing to the sandbox, leaving her behind to compose herself.
"Hello Kiri!" The professor said brightly. 'Just here' This was good news! "Kiri, would you mind helping us find him?" She asked. What a welcomed addition to their search party. Without waiting for her answer, Iliana leaned forward and whispered, "Is he pink?"

Vanessa sighed once more, when she was pretty sure that she wasn't going to cry anymore, not that she had much anyway, but she really didn't want anyone else to know that really.
"Yeah...." Vanessa nodded, smiling a little at Professor Morgan. And surely Miles would let her explain. "Can...I come talk about it later?" She asked quietly, knowing that Professor Morgan was very good at listening to her problems, especially after last year.

Smiling just a little bit, Vanessa followed Professor Morgan towards the sandbox. The sooner they found Gingersnapple the better. As she walked she noticed that Kiri had joined them, and she smiled at her younger friend.

What was wrong with Vanessa? She had a desperately beaten look about her. Kiri tried not to stare, especially as the professor began talking to her. "Sorry," she said, focusing again. "Help you... find him? Oh." This was a little unexpected. She didn't fancy walking around outside in this weather, but she could hardly say no to a professor's request, could she? "Umm, sure, I c-"

Professor Morgan leaned forward. Or downward, rather, to reach Kiri. Kiri stared past the professor's hair as there was... whispering. What she heard completely nonplussed her. "I... He..." She caught the professor's eye, only a few centimetres from her own. "How do you know?" she whispered back urgently. "He said he'd turned Gingersnapple's fur pink, and... and that it wouldn't come off for years!"

Looking at Vanessa's somewhat smiling face, Professor Morgan gave a sigh of relief. She knew that she was upset; who wouldn't be. But instead of wallowing around about it, she demonstrated more maturity than most adults. She couldn't help but be proud. "I'd love that honey." She answered, finally returning her smile.
She'd said he. HE?! If there had been a chair near by, she would have undoubtedly collapsed into it. But since there was not... she just returned Kiri's intent gaze and whispered back, "Then its true. Was it Jake?" Oh Merlin! YEARS!?!

Brushing her hair out of her eyes, Vanessa continued down towards the sandbox, trying not to think about what was written on the paper. It was true in someways, but her and Dominic were only friends. And she knew that, so that was all that mattered.
"Thank you Professor." Vanessa nodded, glancing up at her favourite teacher, smiling a little.

Simone looked over towards Professor Morgan and smiled. She looked stressed, and worried, and she didn't like that at all. If Jake did this...he really shouldn't have. Simone shook her head, and looked around the sand box. "I don't see anything...yet." She started walking around the perimeter of the sandbox, with out actually walking through it.
Poor Vannie. Simone hadn't gotten to read the lateast gossip just yet. If she was in there, it had to be bad if she was this upset. She gave Vannie a small smile and told her, "Don't worry Vannie. If your boyfriend loves you, he will believe you. I mean really that parchment is only to cause more drama then there really is." She gave the girl a pat on the arm and kept looking.
"KIRI!" Simone's face lit up, and she gave Kiri a huge hug. She hadn't talked to the girl in a while and kinda missed her. She was going to ask how she was when Kiri started talking about Gingersnapple.

Simone scrunched her eyebrows listening to the conversation going on between Professor Morgan and Kiri. She couldn't believe Jake would do such a thing. The poor kitty. Simone continued to look for evidence when she saw a clump of pink hair at the edge of the sandbox. "AUN-- PROFESSOR MORGAN! There's a clump of pink hair right over there!" She pointed excitedly.

Uh oh. Professor Morgan hadn't known! Kiri was going to be in so much trouble now... Maybe not with the professor (that would remain to be seen), but with Jake! He'd think she had snitched on him or something, while Kiri had assumed that, since Professor Morgan was out here searching for Gingersnapple, she'd already been informed and knew what was going on. "Y-you didn't know?" she asked, biting her lip. This was definitely not going according to plan. "I... Yes, it was Jake, Professor, but... please don't tell him I said that, he'll hate me for it." She looked down, pretending to search the ground for pink cat hairs. Jake was, while maybe not exactly popular, at least well-known. Kiri was neither. He'd have the upper hand, no problem.

She was very relieved when Simone caught up with them. A little surprised (but happily so) by the enthusiastic hug the girl bestowed on her, it was also a perfect excuse to break eye contact with Professor Morgan, at least for a little while. Kiri couldn't keep looking into a face that showed both shock and, if she read it correctly, a little disappointment.

Iliana took a few step closer and threw her arm over Vannie's shoulers. "Come on Vanessa, we've got a PINK cat to find." She smiled, rolling her eyes playfully and pulling her along beside her.
Haha! Would she be referred to forevermore as 'Aun – Professor Morgan'? You had to love that girl. Iliana quickly removed her arm from Vanessa's shoulders and crouched down by where Simone was pointing. Sure enough, there were several PINK cat-like hairs lying atop the sand. And OH BOY, we're they PINK! "Excellent Simone!" She exclaimed. Proof the cat had been here. It was proof of something else as well, but Ili would have plenty of time to deal with him when the time came.
"Its true. I had no idea." She admitted, nodding her head slowly. But hey, she knew now. And she was going to find her friend's cat. "Oh Kiri, my lips are sealed. It will remain between you and me. You have my word." She said, reassuringly.

...

After two quick passes of the sandbox, the professor called everyone over to her. "Well, it seems Gingersnapple's no longer here. Follow me. We'll check the Bamboo Forest next." She instructed, heading off down the path.

*Gabben nodded still looking down.*
"Yeah, she made the first move. I didn't see it coming, like I said. I thought she hated me!"

"Ahh,maybe she's started to liking you."He said looking awfully at Gabben.He wonders why Amanda did that but its normal,he thought.When you love someone you have to express your feelings for him/her.

"Ha, what do you think think of the whole thing?" *He asked his young friend.*