He blushed. "Sometimes I can't stop thinking about her." He wasn't so sure why he was still infatuated with her; he had been so sure that the feelings were starting to fade.

"But she had told me that I'm a pleasure to talk to. I couldn't believe it." Maybe that had something to do with it; she had been nice to him.

"Cool." Chewing some more cheesecake, Ella asked, "And how'd we meet? I totally forgot in the swing of things. Classes?"

"I think so. One of those classes Tori didn't want to take." Carter said trying to remember. "I think you sat down next to me. You must have thought I was cute or something." he said laughing and joking. He was completely unaware of how true his statement might be.

"Yeah, must've," Ella laughed absentmindedly, not paying much attention to the comment. "What classes have you been taking? Potions just started, right? I'm excited to go there."

"Oh, and by the way, is Tori mad at me or something? I just can't tell, she seems a little off at me.." Ella drifted off, not knowing how to finish her sentence.

"No. She's just going through some stuff right now and isn't quite sure how to get through it. It's kind of personal and I'm the only one she's told." Carter replied not mentioning the fact that Tori was a little worried he was replacing her.

"Oh," Ella said quietly, a bit taken aback. She had never done anything to her. Hm.

She wasn't going to investigate Tori's problem; that was probably personal. Or confidential. She knew what that was like. When those bullies (one who she thought was her friend) told everyone at her school everything that no one else was supposed to know..

GRRR.

Ella tensed up a bit. Her eyebrows creased into a concentrated line. Pursing her lips, she played with her fork on the table.

It had been quite some time since LouAnn Purple had visited Hogsmeade. If she remembered correctly, it'd been the very beginning of the school year, and she'd accompanied Jake Upstead to Honeyduke's on what she liked to call a "routine candy run." That had also been when the two had run into that creepy figure in the back alley, a place LouAnn swore she'd never visit again if she absolutely didn't have to.

As it was, today, she didn't have to go there at all, as she'd been invited to Madame Puddifoot's by Chris Potter. She was probably right on time, too, so Chris just might already be inside. If not, he would probably be along soon. She gently pushed open to the door to the little shop and stepped inside, glancing around the room to see if she could spot Chris. When she didn't see him right away, she shrugged and headed for an empty table by the window.

Sky wa;lked in and purchased a treat, the bell on the door jingling behind her. "Custard tart? Thank you."

Chris opened the door and walked slowly into the little tea shop. He had been so excited for this and when he turned and looked into the seating area, he saw LouAnn and his heat skipped a beat. She looked great. He smiled brightly and waved her to. He held up his finger to tell her he would be just one minute. He turned around pulled out some money and bought two ice cream sundaes from the counter.

He took them in his hand and walked slowly over to the table. He smiled as he walked but he was so nervous that he was going to spill it on his tan sweater or on LouAnn's clothes. Luckily, he made it to the table without problems. He placed the sundaeas in front of her and the chair he would sit in. He then said, "Hey LouAnn so glad you came!" and he hugged her.

"You alright?" Carter asked Ella. She was acting a little bit angry and detracted.

Opening the door to the place that sells the BEST cheesecake in the world, Reese Upstead walking into Madame Puddifoot's with a craving for no other than cheesecake. She took her sunglasses off her head as she headed towards the ordering station. Thank merlin she had another pair of sunglasses since Cam stole her other pair, but truthfully, she also brought at least 2 to 3 pairs of sunglasses with her to school just in case something happened to one pair. Yet, the pair Cam stole were her favorite!

It took a few minutes until she finally had her cheesecake and a cup of water, and now she was heading towards an empty seat in the back. Taking a seat, she started to eat her food and just enjoy her freetime without worrying about school or homework - not saying she wasn't thinking about homework, she just wasn't worring about getting it done at the moment.

As he opened the door to the shoppe he so knew that Reese would be inside. She was predictable in that way; every time she went to Hogsmeade it seemed, she went to Puddifoots.

Heading straight to her table he took his coat and scarf off, placed it on the chair across from her, and took a seat. He wasn't sure if he was going to order anything, but her cheesecake looked pretty darn good.

Reese liked this cheesecake.

Correction: Reese LOVED this cheesecake.

She continued to eat her food until she noticed Torin had entered the cafe. Placing her fork beside her plate, she leaned back into her chair as she watch the Hufflepuff walk over to where she was sitting. "It's good to see you are wearing the scarf I gave you," she commented right at the moment he was taking the scarf off. She pushed her sleeve up on her right hand to show that she was wearing her bracelet that Torin had given her for Christmas. See, they both enjoyed their presents they had gotten for each other. She was also wearing the heart-shaped diamond earrings that Jack had given her for Christmas, but they were barely visible since she didn't have her hair behind her ear.

"Are you going to get anything to eat?" She asked. "I do recommend the cheesecake."

He grinned when she lifted her sleeve to show that she was wearing the bracelet that he gave her. "I'm glad that you like the gift that I gave you." But mostly he was glad to be here with her. It was a nice escape from all the drama that was going on lately. Despite the bickering it was sorta comforting to be here with her.

"So it's as good as it looks?" he asked as he debated getting some for himself. But why not? It looked really good. So without saying another word he got back up again and headed over to the counter and ordered a piece of the cheese cake too.

"Yummy," he said as he took his seat again and started eating.

"Fine," Ella breathed. "You done? We could go.. and explore around more. There's a lot to do," she managed to smile, though she was still a bit irritated at Tori.

Danielle opened the door to smell the delicous scent of candy. She walke through the ailes wanting some cheescake. SHe walked up to the counter to see they were there. She graabed a pice and waited in line to buy it. She was standing behind a girl with long blonde, hair " Maddie?" she asked stunned.

When the door to the tea shop opened, LouAnn glanced up to see Chris entering. She smiled at him and waved but otherwise remained quiet. He seemed to be occupied with making a purchase at the counter, anyway. She smiled again when she saw him making his way over with two sundaes in hand. LouAnn loved treats...especially sundaes! Oh, and Cockroach Clusters, too!

"Thanks for the sundae, Chris! Oh, and I'm glad I came to. Thanks for inviting me," she said, stopping for just a moment to spoon a bite of sundae and pop it into her mouth. February was still a rather chilly month, but no time was the wrong time for ice cream. "So how've you been? I haven't seen you around much lately. Then again, I guess I've been a little busy, too," she said. She thought back to all the nightmares she'd been having lately. They'd taken up of her time and her thoughts.

Chris smiled brightly as he watched LouAnn take a bite of her ice cream. "Glad you like it. And I'm happy you came aswell." he took a bite of his.

"I've been good. Helping out Bunbury in the Greenhouses and prefecting and of course homework. Did you see the hourglasses before you came down here? Gryffindor is in seond place now!" he said excitedly. He was really competitive when it came to Gryffindor House winning the house cup.

"How have you been?" he had heard briefly of her night time scares and was glad she was ok now.

"Yeah." Carter said taking his last bite. "Where would you like to go next?" he said getting up and pulling out her chair for her.

"I don't just like it, Torin. I love it," Reese corrected him. "Anyways, what have you been up to? Did you talk to Fyo like you said you would?" As she waited for him to speak, she raised her hand up in front of her face to examine her painted nails. Her nails were now a pretty turquoise color, and that color was so much better than the green nailpolish that she used a few weeks ago. Lowering her hand away from her face, she picked up her glass of water and took a drink.

She nodded. "I love their cheesecake," she replied. "It's much better than the store bought kind my godmother use to buy." She watched Torin get up at walked towards the counter to buy himself some cheesecake. While she waited for his return, she picked her fork back up and went back to eating her delicious cheesecake. "It's good, isn't it?" She asked Torin once the Hufflepuff sat back down.

The smile he had with the first comment vanished with the question about Fyo. Yeah. That hadn't gone over great. "Well, we're not best friends again. And he seems to think I don't care about Brody... He hates Tammy.." He scowled now. Saying that he hates someone that he never even met... that was nothing like the Fyo he had loved. "I feel like he's a totally different person now, Reese." He sighed and played with his cheesecake.

"It is very good." He nodded and took another bit of the stuff. "Do you think it would be mean of me to ask her out?" He had been thinking of it ever since she had urged him to at the Whomping Willow. And he still wasn't sure if it would be evil of him to or not.

Reese had placed her glass of water back on the table a few seconds ago, but as she got thirsty all over again, she picked the glass back up. She drank some more water until Torin mentioned something that doesn't seem like anything Fyo would say. Slowly, she placed her glass back on the table, and then looked back up at her friend. "He said he hated Tammy? Hate is such a strong word," she stated. "To begin with, how can Fyo hate Tammy? I haven't really met the girl, but by the way you talk about it, she seems really nice." She paused for a moment, then added, "I didn't think Fyo could ever hate anyone or even say you don't care about Brody. I do think I agree with you; Fyo seems like a different person." She ran her finger along the top of the glass of water, trying to understand how Fyo could ever say he hated someone. Did he even KNOW Tammy? As far as she knew, he didn't.

"Why would it be...oh, wait. I forgot Xander liked her," she replied. "I don't know, Torin. I really don't know. You said Sylvia liked Xander back, didn't you? If you want my opinion, if you ask her out, you are probably going to hurt Xander in the process. No doubt about that. And, that's all I can say." Without saying another word, she took another bite of her cheesecake.

"Thanks," Ella smiled, brushing off her skirt. "Hmm. Let's head out to the street to talk for a while.

Honestly, she didn't know what else to do or say. Suddenly it felt like all she wanted to do was talk to him about everything. Heh.

Giving a small smile to the clerk person, she skipped out onto the the Hogsmeade trail.

"Yes, hate. He said he hates her and that she thinks I'm her property. He's really depressed her, Reese. All this over this huge argument she had with Brody." He didn't get it. This was nothing like the Fyo that he knew last year. That Fyo would never say he hates someone that he doesn't know. "Tammy is my best friend and she's really hurt right now." He wanted for those three to just top fighting so badly.

"But it's only that I think he likes her and she likes him. I don't know.." He felt like banging his head on the table, he was so unsure of what to do.

"Argument?" Reese stated, but it was stated more as a question that actually repeating what Torin had just said. "So, let me get this right. Tammy had a fight with Brody, and then Fyodor is mad at Tammy, because she had a fight with Brody. I bet Tammy is hurt and I wish there was something I could personally do, but the only thing I could thing of it go talk to Fyo. Yet, I don't know if I should put myself into all this drama." Truthfully, she didn't WANT to be in this drama, but she also didn't want a fight going on amongst her friends. Yes, Tammy wasn't exactly her friend, but she knew enough about the girl to associate her as one.

"Hmm..." This was some tough situation Torin was in. To ask the girl out or to now ask the girl out? "I'm not going to tell you what to do, Torin. Because, if things go downhill, you will blame me. But, I can tell you this," she said. "Don't do anything stupid. Weigh your pros and cons before you make the decision to ask her out or not. I don't want you to make a fool of yourself." That was good advice, right?