"I don't fight with my parents, they are just cold to me. Like I'm a gold statue-they give me the best things I could wish for, but they don't care about me." Nataly addmited. Finally she met someone with simillar problems. And the nickname 'Natty'..she liked it. (OOC: I like it, too xD)

"Probably." she agreed. "Maybe they think it will make you better or something."

"We both have a happy meaning for the future." Nataly smiled and streched on her bucket. She nearly fell from it, and had to grab the wall to hold herself. Oh, great.
She took a caramel fudge out of her Honeyducks bag. "You want one?" she asked him. It wasn't polite to eat with someone who's not eating. Another stupid eticette rule. (OOC: Did I spell it right?)

"At least you get what you want." Blake slumped his shoulders and sighed, "We can't afford...stooopid big family." A huge family where he didn't get the needed attention and had to WORK to buy things he liked. The only good thing about his family was his Granny.

But it was really pleasing to know that both him and Nataly had a happy ending, WEEE "Yeah, it really lifted my spirits. Now I have something to look forward to." He said but got distracted by the candy Natty took out of her bag. Grrr he couldn't even buy anything on his first hogsmeade weekend, how... pathetic? However, it was for a good cause, Kitty for Captain Bia, AHOY! "Oh ermm..yeah just a tiiiiny piece, hope I'm not asking too much." He said, putting Lyra's textbook and his runes bag in his satchel.

Blake had a big family. It made her want even more a brother or a sister. Someone in the family that cared for her, and not used her as a decoration to the family name.
"Yes, I get everything I want, but when my father told me that if I'll start dating a muggleborn or fail in my studies, my parents will disown me and have another child, I really wished to have a loving family, even if we wouldn't have much monry. But no such luck." she sighed. Her parents were sill young, and the threat was real.

Nataly handed Blake half of her caramel fudge. "Take it, it's really tasty."

Lorcan grabbed Lexi's hand and pulled her into the broom cupboard. "I ummm, there's ummmm, you should know...."
He couldn't find the right words to tell her. He frowned and looked at her, chewing his lip.

Lexi yelped as Lorcan dragged her into the broom cupboard knocking a bucket over on her head. "Wow, a bit of warning would have been nice." she said as she extracted the bucket and glared at him momentarily. It was obvious he had something to say so she asked, "What's up. What you need to tell me?"

Picttuuuuuures.

Must. Get. PICTURES.

Livvy was most definitely going to hurt herself. Who would think that finding things to take a picture of, would be so difficult? She surely didn't. Those professors... they were out to get her. No kidding. Livvy was sure of it. Shoving all of this into her hands.

Don't get her wrong, Livvy LOVED taking pictures. Hand her a camera and she'll fill up the memory card by the end of the day. But WHAT to take? That's what stumped her. Something with a story... something meaningful. It was way different than taking random pictures. WAYYYYY different.

No use in being grumpy right?

BROOM CUPBOARD!

People. YUS.

Livvy headed on over to the broom cupboard and slowly, ever so cautiously, opened the door quietly and wide enough so that her camera would be able to fit through it.

Remember the stalker feeling? Yeah. It came back. Hmm. Wonder why.

But as Livvy peeked through the gap, she noticed a boy and a girl, possibly just two or three years younger than her. A girl of long red hair and a boy of blond-ish hair. The sixth year Ravenclaw held out her camera stealthily and quickly turned off the flash. Wouldn't be the best to keep it on, right? Livvy hoped the quality would still be good.

They seemed to be discussing something deep and then the girl took off a piece of the fudge she was eating and handed it to the boy.

SNAP!

Awww... sharing is caring.

Smiling, Livvy looked down at the picture she had taken, to see the faces of both the boy and girl and an outreached hand holding a piece of fudge.

Well... off to get more pictures!

The girl quickly closed the door quietly shut and skidded away before the two could notice that she was ever there.

Lorcan couldn't help but snigger when he saw that she had somehow ended up with a bucket on her head. "Sorry, but I really need to say something and I'm a bit nervous." Well, idiot that obvious, you're always nervous.

"It's Kay. She's really scared of you. She thinks that you're going to jump out from behind a suit of armour and hex her head off or something." he frowned at her. "She seems to think that you want to get her kicked out of school. Lexi, you wouldn't do that to her would you? I told her that you wouldn't and that I'd never choose between the two of you. I like her, but you're different."

delete!

For a moment Lexi stood still and looked at Lorcan with her mouth agape. Feeling the color flood her cheeks she began to tear up. "I told you what I said to her Lorcanl. I told her to shut her mouth about me and leave me alone and everything would go back to normal. That is as good as it is going to get. I never threatened to get her kicked out! I eluded to showing someone the photo, but that was just to get her to leave me be! I would never do something so slippery! Can't you see what she's doing?" Lexi said with her voice shaking.

"She didn't tell me that she thought that you were trying to get her kicked out exactly, but she had written this letter to her cousin, asking if she could leave school and go and live with him. She wouldn't do that unless she thought that you were black mailing her."

He could see how upset Lexi was and he started to wish that he had never said anything. He grabbed her hands with his.

"She said that she had noticed that I liked you in lessons she wanted to teach me how to fly" His voice shook "but I said that you and I were going to learn from the flying instructor, you know why I don't want to learn without an adult there." he was rambling now. "I like her but I don't know why she's being like this. I mean, she's got reasons to be insecure, but so has everyone and I don't want to not be friends with you. I couldn't stand that."

"She is trying to convince everyone that I am a horrible mean person. That makes me so angry I could spit. SHe is just trying to make you choose between us Lorcan. If it comes down to it, who are you gonna choose? I cannot stand to hear this mess anymore. I am asking you now. Choose." she said in a small voice.

Lorcan blinked several times and then looked down at her. He squeezed her hands. "Lexi, I choose you. No-one has ever been such a good friend to me as you have. I can't be here and not have you."

Oh my! THat made her day. One little happy tear escaped her eye, which she quickly wiped away. Smiling weakly at Lorcan she said, "Are you sure?"

Before he could answer she rushed over and hugged him tightly. "I can't imagine Hogwarts without you in my life either!"

Lorcan was forced into the wall of the broom cupboard by the force of her hug. "Lexi, I might just change my mind if you break my ribs." he said, returning her hug. He stroked her hair and felt his robes getting wet as her tears fell. "I just wanted to have both of you as friends, but if I have to choose, I'd choose you every time."

She laughed and released him from her hug. "I feel horrible for making you do that, but I am glad you chose me. You mean a lot to me already and losing you would be too terrible to imagine." she said softly as she wiped her eyes and calmed down. "Oh yeah, just so you know... You never saw me cry!" she said in a menacing voice then cracked up.

"You mean a lot to me too." he whispered to her.
He laughed. "Ok, I never saw you cry if you never saw me fall on my bum in the snow loads of times."

He already felt guilty about Kay."I don't know what I'm going to say to Kay. She's told me some secrets and I'd never say anything but she's still going to be upset." he chewed his lip.

"I didn't see anything! You mean a load to me and I won't betray you." she promised.

Her face dropped abit when she thought about what Lorcan was going to have to deal with. Kay was an emotional little thing and it was going to be difficult for him, She kept her mouth shut tight though.

"I don't know about you, but I need some fresh air."

He looked at Lexi, one eyebrow raised.

"Unless you feel at home in here."

"Fresh air would be nice." Lexi said with a smile. Then cocking her head to the side she said, "Exactly why would I feel comfortable in a broom cupboard, Lorcan. YOu are too much sometimes." She let out a girlish little giggle and took his hand to lead him out of the cupboard.