"Detention is the place where teachers are allowed to bite your head off, and you can't defend yourself. like Ever!" Divad was still crying.

Jule held him close. "It's okay. I doubt you'll be going back to detention." she said to him. If Jule landed in detention again, she wouldn't mind. She'd eventually get over it. But why was he so afraid of it?

"You want to know why I am so afraid huh?" Divad asked, knowing the answer.

"Yup!" she smiled.

And he. How long, how very long, since Shel had last heard those words? It reminded him of Hogwarts, of memories in the rain, of strolls and butterbeers and more.

- Of Sarah Jayne Corner.

"Good to know you haven't gone and fallen in love with some kiddo whose teeth you stole," he said, a grin creeping up his face as, in all his excitement, he half pulled her into a chair, next to him. "I was worried about that, you know."

Her hand felt so warm, in his own. Shel was quiet for a second, almost breathless. Even all that craziness of his couldn't outshine his happiness at seeing her, today.

"Well, I am afraid of dark spaces, they make me shiver with fear!" Divad said, hoping to prove his point.

"Oh. That explains so much." she said. Jule rubbed her temple a bit. "Then you really have to stay out of detention." she hugged him.

Jule looked around and saw Laura and Vicky. "Hey you two! You can join us if you like!" she called out to them.

Laura went back. She was glad that she was out of the hospital wing, and sucked on the cherry lozenge as she went. Ummm, cherry... Remembering the cherry tree her parents had had in the garden, Laura began to feel homesick for the first time since she had been at Hogwarts. No. She thought, firmly. Feeling sorry for oneself never got any one anywhere. She was brave...Yes she was.

Grabing a butterbeer and flinging herself down in a nearby chair, Laura felt she relly must apologise for rushing off on Jule. But she couldn't find her. Oh, well, she was sure to turn up sometime...

Jule was getting bored now. 'That didn't take long.' she thought and got up. She decided to head back to the castle and find something else to do.

Theo was sad. He was meant to meet Paris in the Entrance Hall, but then he was late, and when he got there Paris had gone. It wasn't his fault Eddie had decided it would be fun to throw up on Theo's pillow. And then Theo had to clean it all off, or it would stain.

He didn't know where she could be. He was slightly intimidated because he had never been to Hogsmeade before, and he didn't know where anything was.

He saw a sign for the Three Broomsticks. Maybe Paris was in there. He would have to apologise and buy her chocolate. He had his little money bag in his pocket, with all the money he had saved up over the holidays. Daddy would send him more if he asked for it.

He peeked through the legs of all the tall people, to see if he could find his friend. She was as small as him after all. He saw her standing by the bar. He snaked between the legs of the tall people.

He sneaked up behind Paris and smiled. Tapping her on the shoulder he moved more towards her side. Less scary that way. "Hello," he said, with a very sorry look on his face.

She heard all the chatter going on around her and she honestly couldn't concentrate on any of it, but she felt someone tap her on the shoulders, she turned to see Theo standing there looking scared. "What's wrong?" she asked him. Had he gotten lost on the way to find her?

Theo looked at the floor, "I am sorry I am late. Eddie was sick on my pillow, and I had to scrub it clean so it didn't smell nasty when I go to bed tonight." He shuffled on his feet, "And then I ran to the Entrance Hall and you weren't there. And then I had to find you here. And I got a bit lost. But then I rememebered that you said you wanted to come in here. So I found you under all the legs."

It made her smile at how shy Theo was acting. "No need to be sorry Eddie comes first and like you said you didn't want your pillow to be all nasty." she told him softly. "Well everyone else was leaving and I didn't know where you were so I came down. If I have knows you were tending Eddie I would have waited for you. I'm sorry." She really was sorry that Theo had gotten lost. The boy still seemed a bit wet behind the ears. He must have been scared when he got lost. "Its not hard to find me close to the ground," she giggled.

"No no, it's fine," Kiri said hurriedly. "To be honest, I haven't done Muggle Studies yet, either. A butterbeer will cheer us up." Fighting for normality, she added: "And maybe we'll have some good ideas about Muggle Studies, too! Let's go." She smiled at him wanly and began walking towards the Three Broomsticks. As usual, students were flocking to it. She grabbed the door as a group of giggling Hufflepuffs pushed past her, and stepped inside.

The pub was packed, of course, but Kiri spotted a small table in the back that was empty and beelined straight towards it. She indicated a chair. "Sit down. Please. I'll get us something to drink, okay?" Without really waiting for more than a brief nod of Raiden's, she turned around. Shoving and pushing and, yes, ducking led her to the counter eventually, where a few moments' frantic eye-catching grabbed the barkeeper's attention. Kiri paid for the two butterbeers and, clutching them to her chest protectively, returned to the seat.

Silently, she held one out to Raiden. Then she let herself fall down on her own chair, which creaked. Lost for words, she took a deep draught, eyeing Raiden over the bottle. He looked so... confused, for some reason. When she put it down on the table, she gave him another smile.

"I don't know why he got sick. Maybe he can't have too much pumpkin juice after all. I'll have to stop giving it to him," Theo frowned. Eddie had really liked that stuff. Now he had to go back to milk, like Theo. "It's ok. I followed some people that were coming down, so I didn't get too lost. I just didn't know where you were." He giggled, "It isn't hard to find me either. We are both small."

She looked at him as he talked about his tiny little bat. It was a source of amusement to her that Theo got a tiny bat that was big enough for him to handle. "Yeah sometimes we can't give them people food." She explained. She made Prada sick giving her chocolate."Well I'm small because my mom and dad are small. My mom is only like a few inches taller than me and my sister Willow is shorter than me,"She said. All her aunts were tiny, but her grandmother was tall at 5ft 5in tall. She took his hand into hers and squeezed it softly. "I'm glad you find me." She smiled.

"I'm small because I was born too early. And Nia is tall because she was born too late. I don't know how it works, because we were born at the same time," Theo frowned, "But one day I will be as tall as my daddy." He smiled as his little hand was enveloped by Paris' warm one. It was nice and soft. And squishy too. But in a good way. "I am glad I found you too. Otherwise I would be walking around this place all by myself, and that wouldn't be fun. It is lots more fun with you."

Rhea walked into the three broomsticks with Irial.

"Find us a table and I'll get you the best drink you have ever had in your life." she said grinning. She pointed to an empty table near the back.

"There's a table over there." she said then handed him her two bags.

She made her way through the crowd and went to the counter to order them two butterbeers.

After receiving and paying for the drinks, she made her way back to Irial and sat.
"Bottoms up Iri," she said smiling.

Irial nodded and walked over to the table she pointed to. He set the bags on an empty chair and watched Rhea as she paid for their drinks. He frowned, knowing he should have done that.

He smiled her though, when she returned and took his drink. "Thank you, Miss Rhea," he said, nodding politely at her. "I'll have to pay you back for this." He gingerly took a sip and found that he liked it. "Oh wow," he nodded in appreciation. "This is delicious!"

He took a hearty gulp this time and looked around the pub. It was quite packed inside, but for once he didn't mind. Everyone was minding their own business, and no one was bothering Irial. And he was out here with Rhea. She was a sweet girl, and definitely a lot of fun to hang out with.

Rhea grinned.
"Seeeee, I told you that you would like it!" She said excitely.
"I fell in love with butterbeer on my first trip here," she said chuckling softly.
She looked around at the crowded pub and frowned slightly.
" It looks like the whole school is here today," she said as she brought her eyes back to Irial.
"But, at least you don't have little slytherine boys poking you and asking about tattoos. She laughed.
"You almost wet your knickers when the professor came over," she teased, sipping her butterbeer.

Irial nodded in agreement, staying quiet for a few moments. He too was happy that none of the Slytherins had seem to realize he was there. And that there were no professors either.

He frowned when she teased him about the professors. "I did not," he said brusquely. He took another gulp of his butterbeer and looked around once more. It seemed as though everyone was concerned with themselves rather than who was around. That was good.

Rhea laughed.
"Oh you soooo did Mr. I saw your face when she accused you of being up to no good. You almost wet your pants." She smirked.
"Good thing I was around to save you," she continued teasing.
" I think we should go to Zonkos next, what do you think?" she asked.
Her brown eyes were bright and shining, because she was having so much fun.
"I could maybe pick up a few things to use to get back at Motor Mouth."

Irial sighed and shook his head. "Believe what you want to believe, I did not." He finished off his butterbeer and set the bottle on the table. He felt warm from the inside out. It really was delicious.

When she suggested Zonko's next, he nodded. "Sure, why not?" he agreed. They'd already gone to Honeydukes, and now the Three Broomsticks. Why not the rest of Hogsmeade too? "That'll be fun."

Rhea reached across and poked him.
"You know I'm right Iri," she said with a coy smile. She watched as he finished his butterbeer and then pushed hers away. It stilled contained at least half of the beverage.
She had had quite a lot of the tasty drink already, having a small stash locked away in her drunk.
"I don't think I can have anymore of that drink really," she let out a small burp.
"Pardon my manners. So, are you ready shaggy?"

Irial smiled and nodded at her. How was it that girls never were able to finish whatever they started, drink and food wise? Oh well. He stood up and gathered all the bags in his hands. "Sure, I'm ready. Zonko's next, right?" he asked, waiting for her to stand up and lead him to the joke shop. He had no idea where it was, so he was relying on her to show him around.

Glancing around, he looked for a clock of some sorts. He wondered what time it was, and when they had to be back up at the castle.