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| Term 23: September - December 2009 Term Twenty-three: Mysterious Circumstances (Sept 2069 - June 2070) |
08-12-2009, 11:59 AM
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12-10-2009, 06:42 PM
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Theo was hungry. This would be his last day at Hogwarts ever. It wasn't like he was going to be missed. He was going to stay at home with his Daddy and brother. Homeschooled would be best for him. He learnt more from the type of learning his daddy did.
He chose the Hufflepuff table today. He knew he wasn't a hufflepuff, but Fia was, and he wanted to say goodbye.
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12-10-2009, 06:52 PM
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Fia walked into the Great Hall with a frown on her face. She'd missed everything due to being busy. She glided over to the table, first taking note of watching Mr. Masterson at the staff table with a cute little girl walking in front of him and then turned towards the table to find Theo. She smiled and walked over to where he was sitting, thankful that someone was there that she knew.
"How are you feeling, Theo," she asked as she was worried about what happened during the school year. She hoped he was okay, but there was just a part of him that still looked like he wasn't doing as well as he used to be.
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12-10-2009, 06:57 PM
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Theo had heard a giggle, and followed it with his ears. He spotted Mr Masterson. And he was holding someones hand. He spotted it to be a little girl. He smiled. She was cute.
His attention was diverted by a familiar voice. It was Fia. "Hello Fia," he smiled, "I am ok. Thought I would spend my last day at Hogwarts at the Hufflepuff table. How about you? You good? Miles ok?"
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12-10-2009, 07:04 PM
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Fia didn't place two and two together and thought that the last day at Hogwarts meant what everyone was going through, their last day until next term, except for those who were seventh years. She sat next to Theo as her stomach gave a rumbling growl of hunger. She giggled as she knew that even her father, who was not even closely around her, would have heard that.
"I'm okay," her smile faded as he then asked about Miles...who even stopped OWLING HER in the middle of the school year. They make up, then they don't speak. Convenient. "And Miles," she paused and shrugged her shoulders together. "I have no idea. I haven't seen in him several weeks...or months actually. I guess we've both been busy with school work as I know I haven't had any time to play." She folded her hands to the table, turning to watch the staff table every once in a while.
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12-10-2009, 07:12 PM
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| Plimpy
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Theo smiled. She was ok. "Good. I am glad you are ok." He frowned a bit. "You haven't spoken to Miles? But I thought you were like a couple. One of them things." He wasn't sure. But the reason why she wouldn't be with him, was because she wanted to be with Miles. "I haven't done much playing. I did play in half of the Quidditch match though."
"I haven't seen you in a while either. I missed you."
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12-10-2009, 07:20 PM
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With a heavy sighing breath, including the shoulders going up and then down, Fia kindly few over the question about Miles. She knew he had to be busy doing nothing but studying as well as she trusted him and there was no need to worry about anything, but she was still hurt by the fact that he didn't seem to even write to her over the weeks they'd been apart either. There had to be a simple explanation. of why he was playing in the maze with Brody and hadn't seen his girlfriend in months and was giving Brody a present
"I did see you play half the quidditch game," she spoke happily as she loved watching the game. "I thought you did a wonderful job and I was going to come to tell you but," that's when she and Miles had a fight over that stupid Brody chick. "Well, let's just say that some things came up and I was a little upset."
She reached over and tapped his arm in a comforting way. "I've missed you too. So are you ready for the summer? What are you going to do?"
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12-10-2009, 07:30 PM
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| Plimpy
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Theo's eyes widened, "You did?" She watched him play. "I played well? It hurt lots though. I took a bludger to the chest." He frowned. "You got upset? Are you ok now?" He didn't like people being upset.
"I am ready. I don't know. I think we are going to the World Cup. But I don't know. You can come see me if you want," he smiled. "I would like to have someone visit me."
"What are you doing this summer?"
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12-10-2009, 07:54 PM
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Fia shrugged her shoulders. "I'm okay now. It's just...well...there is a Hufflepuff that I'm not too fond of really and she is...just...I don't like her." No sense in going into why she and Brody didn't get along, other than the fact that she seemed to mess with her boyfriend, among other things.
"Ohhh! You are going to the World Cup? I'm not sure if we are going. I'm supposed to see Miles this summer and from there, I'm not sure but I will make a point to come and see you." She grinned at Theo then turned back to the other students who were making their way into the Great Hall.
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12-10-2009, 08:06 PM
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| Plimpy
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Theo nodded, "Is it Brody?" He knew she looked at Brody weirdly. Maybe she didn't like her. Unless it was something else. Theo didn't understand girls.
"I don't really know," he shrugged, "I don't think my little brother is big enough. He is nearly 3." He smiled, "I would like that. You can play quidditch in the garden with me. And I will show you my daddy's old kit. He used to play for the Bats."
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12-10-2009, 08:15 PM
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As soon as the name of that retched Brody appeared at the table, Fia frowned and wrinkled her eyebrows. "I just don't trust that girl. Not one bit," she mumbled as she crossed her arms to her chest. "There's something about her that...well...I just don't like her."
And then he began speaking of the Quidditch World Cup. At least she could turn her frowning face off and listen as the boy spoke. "Ohhhh, Theo that's awesome!" Fia clapped her hands together as her smile brightened. "I would LOVE to practice. I need all the help I can get. Next term I want to try out for the team and this time I will not miss practice due to having a hurt ankle." That was the worst thing...like ever!
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12-10-2009, 08:22 PM
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Miles walked into the Great Hall in search of Fia who seemed to be ignoring him or something since he hadn't seen her around like at all. Looking around he spotted her at the Huffie table and walked over with a grin not caring that she was with Spazo Theo this time. Nope he didn't care at all.
Sitting himself next to Fia he grinned, "Hiya folks! I'll have everyone know that I passed all my finals though...I suppose that wouldn't come as a surprise would it." He grinned and pulled a plate toward him starting to pile it up with food.
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12-10-2009, 08:25 PM
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Theo frowned. He didn't really know Brody. and he didn't really want to know her. And he didn't have to now.
"My daddy can help you. He is really good," he smiled. "Our garden is quite big. Not very big, but quite." He nodded, "No broken ankles this time."
He frowned as a boy approached the table, "You made Fia sad. You are a meanie. Go away."
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12-10-2009, 08:33 PM
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Fia heard the voice of Miles as he sat next to her. She couldn't believe that he acted as though nothing was wrong. She cracked her neck and reached for a dinner roll so not to spoil her hunger. "Hello, Miles," she spoke as she continued watching her dinner roll instead of him. "I'm glad to hear about passing your finals. Did anyone study with you or did you manage to do that all on your own?" Brody? Hmm?
She turned back to Theo and placed her hand on his shoulder to calm the boy down. "Calm yourself, Theo," she gave him a reassuring smile. "He's a big boy. He can do things on his own." He certainly didn't need her help....OBVIOUSLY. She wanted to speak about playing a game of Quidditch with Theo but thought about not even bringing it up at the moment. Tension was high, no need to make it higher if it came down to it.
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12-10-2009, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Super Spaz Theo frowned. He didn't really know Brody. and he didn't really want to know her. And he didn't have to now.
"My daddy can help you. He is really good," he smiled. "Our garden is quite big. Not very big, but quite." He nodded, "No broken ankles this time."
He frowned as a boy approached the table, "You made Fia sad. You are a meanie. Go away." Looking past Fia at Theo he raised an eyebrow, "What are you talking about? Made her sad? Fia's not..." He looked at Fia and then SHE started in on him. What in the world... Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyNerd Fia heard the voice of Miles as he sat next to her. She couldn't believe that he acted as though nothing was wrong. She cracked her neck and reached for a dinner roll so not to spoil her hunger. "Hello, Miles," she spoke as she continued watching her dinner roll instead of him. "I'm glad to hear about passing your finals. Did anyone study with you or did you manage to do that all on your own?" Brody? Hmm?
She turned back to Theo and placed her hand on his shoulder to calm the boy down. "Calm yourself, Theo," she gave him a reassuring smile. "He's a big boy. He can do things on his own." He certainly didn't need her help....OBVIOUSLY. She wanted to speak about playing a game of Quidditch with Theo but thought about not even bringing it up at the moment. Tension was high, no need to make it higher if it came down to it. As she emphasized his name he grew even more perplexed. How had he become persona non grata this time..he hadn't even SEEN Fia. "Um..hi Fi..." Wow...she wouldn't even look at him. "No...I studied by myself. I tried to find you actually but couldn't then realized I'd get more studying done if I did it by myself since we don't tend to study." He grinned but it fell as she looked at Theo and still not at him. What the hell...
"Am...am I missing something here?" What is going on and why didn't he know about it since it was obviously something he did.
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12-10-2009, 08:48 PM
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| Plimpy
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Theo smiled back at Fia, as she placed a hand on his shoulder. "Um ok," he smiled. He would stop if it made her happy.
"You don't know how she is," he uttered to Miles, "You haven't spoken to her in ages. Something could've happened and you wouldn't know." He glared at the boy. He never really liked him anyway.
"You are missing that this is the Hufflepuff Table, not the Ravenclaw one," he eyed the boy.
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12-10-2009, 08:49 PM
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| Vanessa the Snot Girl l Rachels Rule | rock,tumble,&roll ❆ adorable coffee bean It was the end of term feast, this year had really gone fast. And it was her birthddaay soon. Yeey. Tucking her hair behind her ears, exposing her very beautiful earrings as she walked into the great hall, and towards the huffie table. And Miles was there yey. He could see how good the earrings he had got her looked.
But Fia was there too...and that Theo guy, and things didn't look too good. "Erm...hey guys."
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12-10-2009, 09:04 PM
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Fia turned back, finally looking at Miles. "Do you know when the last time we saw each other was? MARCH!" And then Theo started in. She was not ready for all this. "One minute we are kissing and writing owls to each other and yet, I hear nothing from you for what...two months? And you wonder how I'm doing?"
And then she heard the most annoying voice ever as her eyes lazily glared towards Brody, then back to Miles. "Bet you've seen her though." All happy go lucky annoying girl. "You wouldn't have seen me because I kept to my room and classes. I had to pass my classes." She didn't say a word to the blonde haired Brody.
"Sorry, I was just clarifying what Theo here has already gathered from our conversation. Seems he can read facial expressions quite well."
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12-10-2009, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Super Spaz Theo smiled back at Fia, as she placed a hand on his shoulder. "Um ok," he smiled. He would stop if it made her happy.
"You don't know how she is," he uttered to Miles, "You haven't spoken to her in ages. Something could've happened and you wouldn't know." He glared at the boy. He never really liked him anyway.
"You are missing that this is the Hufflepuff Table, not the Ravenclaw one," he eyed the boy. Miles looked at Theo and his grin turned into a frown. "Who asked you spazo." The kid was really starting to make him mad. If something had happened to her he would've known.
"And it's not the Slytherin one either." Where did he come off acting that way to him. Quote:
Originally Posted by RaRaRachieee It was the end of term feast, this year had really gone fast. And it was her birthddaay soon. Yeey. Tucking her hair behind her ears, exposing her very beautiful earrings as she walked into the great hall, and towards the huffie table. And Miles was there yey. He could see how good the earrings he had got her looked.
But Fia was there too...and that Theo guy, and things didn't look too good. "Erm...hey guys." And then Brody came in of all people wearing the earrings he gave her and moving toward them. Just bloody great. "Hi Brody," he grumbled and turned his attention toward Fia who was at him again. Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyNerd Fia turned back, finally looking at Miles. "Do you know when the last time we saw each other was? MARCH!" And then Theo started in. She was not ready for all this. "One minute we are kissing and writing owls to each other and yet, I hear nothing from you for what...two months? And you wonder how I'm doing?"
And then she heard the most annoying voice ever as her eyes lazily glared towards Brody, then back to Miles. "Bet you've seen her though." All happy go lucky annoying girl. "You wouldn't have seen me because I kept to my room and classes. I had to pass my classes." She didn't say a word to the blonde haired Brody.
"Sorry, I was just clarifying what Theo here has already gathered from our conversation. Seems he can read facial expressions quite well." "Well...I...You didn't come find me either. You didn't write me. I thought you were busy since I didn't see you around so I left you alone." What was going on here? This was just...weird. Why was he the one at fault here?
"I...well...yeah like yesterday. I went to the maze since I hadn't explored it yet and she found me there." More than Fia had done. "Exactly and so I left you alone so you could pass." His head was starting to hurt.
"Look I'm sorry I didn't go breaking down the common room wall to see you. I'm sorry I wanted to let you have time to yourself so you could pass but you didn't make any effort either so don't go blaming me for it." Yeah...it's not all his fault.
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12-10-2009, 09:31 PM
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Theo sat back in his chair. He didn't want to get caught in the middle of Fia and Miles. He would defend Fia if it got bad though. "Name's Theo not Spazo you retard. TH..E..O," he sounded out to the boy.
"Yes but I am welcome at this table. You aren't," he smiled, overexageratedly.
He rested his hands on his lab, and swinging his legs slightly. He took a swig of his milk. Mmmm milk flavoured.
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12-10-2009, 09:41 PM
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| Vanessa the Snot Girl l Rachels Rule | rock,tumble,&roll ❆ adorable coffee bean Brody wasn't actually that surprised when Fia didn't actually notice her, but talked about her anyway. Okay. So that was odd. But she didn't care. Fia was silly anyway.
What she did care about though was how Miles had spoken to her. "Hello Miles." She glared at him. How dare he be rude to her because he was fighting with his girlfriend. That was not what friends did. Maybe coming here was a bad idea, but it was the hufflepuff table, so she sat down, and attempted to pretend that nothing was going on.
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12-10-2009, 09:46 PM
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Fia turned to look at Miles with an incredulous look. "So leaving me along for two months...hmmm...yeah that should be enough time. Or do you feel as though I need more time?" And then he said that yes he did see Brody. WHAT ELSE WAS FREAKIN' NEW? She cracked her neck again as this whole conversation was over now that BRODY sat next to Miles. They could sit there and chat since it didn't seem to bother him to not see his girlfriend in two months or even make an attempt to find her...or owl her. She sighed as she was just going to stop talking. She was angry and it was obvious that no one was going to sit here and listen to this but she would make him out to be the bad guy, not her.
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12-10-2009, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Super Spaz Theo sat back in his chair. He didn't want to get caught in the middle of Fia and Miles. He would defend Fia if it got bad though. "Name's Theo not Spazo you retard. TH..E..O," he sounded out to the boy.
"Yes but I am welcome at this table. You aren't," he smiled, overexageratedly.
He rested his hands on his lab, and swinging his legs slightly. He took a swig of his milk. Mmmm milk flavoured. Miles hid a smirk as he got to Theo and glared at him, "The names Miles not retard...SPAZO." Oh yes he did that.
"How am I not welcome she's my girlfriend!" Why was he even here...talking to Fia about who knew what. Quote:
Originally Posted by RaRaRachieee Brody wasn't actually that surprised when Fia didn't actually notice her, but talked about her anyway. Okay. So that was odd. But she didn't care. Fia was silly anyway.
What she did care about though was how Miles had spoken to her. "Hello Miles." She glared at him. How dare he be rude to her because he was fighting with his girlfriend. That was not what friends did. Maybe coming here was a bad idea, but it was the hufflepuff table, so she sat down, and attempted to pretend that nothing was going on. Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyNerd Fia turned to look at Miles with an incredulous look. "So leaving me along for two months...hmmm...yeah that should be enough time. Or do you feel as though I need more time?" And then he said that yes he did see Brody. WHAT ELSE WAS FREAKIN' NEW? She cracked her neck again as this whole conversation was over now that BRODY sat next to Miles. They could sit there and chat since it didn't seem to bother him to not see his girlfriend in two months or even make an attempt to find her...or owl her. She sighed as she was just going to stop talking. She was angry and it was obvious that no one was going to sit here and listen to this but she would make him out to be the bad guy, not her. Then Brody seemed to get mad at him and Fia got madder. "You know what.... I thought it would be nice to spend the last day of the term eating with you here but apparently Theo's right. I'm not welcome." Oh how he hated saying those words. He glared at all three of them Theo being weird with the milk, Fia not looking at him, And Brody pretending to be invisible and stood up. "At least when I give Brody something she wears it more than one day unlike you whom I haven't even seen that necklace I gave you that was part of MY family." Clenching his jaw he backed away. "Happy Birthday Brody. I'm sorry." Glaring at Fia he shook his head, "I'll owl mum to set something up for you to get home since you obviously don't want to come with me." Maybe he'd just avoid the train all together and have his dad send the car here instead. "I'm sorry you think I'm such a lousy git," clenching his jaw harder he turned and headed back to HIS table where HE'D be welcome. 15 years of friendship and this...right...well she wouldn't have to worry anymore.
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12-10-2009, 10:14 PM
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"Some boyfriend you are," Theo frowned, "Two months. I would never do that. You are such a meanie." He took another sip of his milk. Good stuff. Make him strong.
"I'm sorry Fia," he said looking at the floor. He wasn't sure what he was sorry for. But it involved Miles and Fia.
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12-11-2009, 12:06 AM
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Miranda slowly walked down the staircase to the Great Hall. The walk towards the actual door did not go faster as she was hesitant about going inside. This was the end of term feast...end of term meaning that some students wouldn't come back...next term. Uuugh... She actually paced around outside the hall before peeking around the door. Hmmm, there didn't seem to be that many people inside...but she was SO HUNGRY. Rubbing her stomach, she grimaced and groaned. Fine... And she walked inside, still with a look of uncertainty, and sat down on the Hufflepuff table. Now what. |
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