Nicoletta entered the room. She checked to make sure the silver streaks in her hair were alright and that her dress was straight. It was strapless and baby blue in color. The skirt fell to her knees in ruffles. Nicoletta walked over to sign the guest book and put her present on the table. It was a bag of candy from honeydukes, a slitherin scarf, a new journal and some quills, all wrapped in bright orange paper.

Evan, in his 'formal' clothes --he had rolled his eyes so much on that that they hurt-- walked up to the whole God-knows-how-many hundred stairs, just for Beaumont's 'wise' "goodbye party". To him, it shouldn't be a party. Fallon's leaving was a very depressing event in his life, and he would never call it a party. But then again it was Beaumont, and her some clever friend he'd never met. Though their only aim was probably to get Fallon have her one of the best times ever in the château, with all of her friends.

Although he didn't want to go, he found himself getting up today, taking a long bath, wearing his favourite clothes then remembering it was a formal 'party', changing into these, and the next time he could catch himself was now: while he was staring at the wall of the RoR. He'd never been here, and even though he hated to admit, he had read about it on the letter of Beaumont for the first time. But no one had to know this little secret. He was totally cool, and of course he had known the Room. Duh.

Feeling utterly stupid -he still got the idea that this was some silly joke of Devilmontwho were somewhere laughing at him- he walked past the wall for three times. To his great surprise, there really appeared a door. With a little suspicion, he knocked on it, then entered.

He had expected some sort of a simple room with sofas here and there. He obviously hadn't expected the room to be so... creative and understanding. Probably it was Beaumont and her friend who designed the room in this amazing way, but Evan pushed that idea: Beaumont wasn't this tasty. She just couldn't be with all that nastiness towards him. Her friend could be, though. Yeah, probably it was her friend. Talking of who, who was she?

As Evan got over the first shock of impressment, and closed the door, he took a step inside. He was greeted with a smiling girl-what was she saying? He smiled back as he figured out that she was Beaumont's creative friend. Of course. Yeah, thanks..." he muttered back, suddenly feeling very shy. The girl looked alright, no, pretty. So maybe she wasn't crazy like Beaumont and her boyfriend. Hopefully she wasn't.

Then with some more steps, his eyes spotted Beaumont herself. How could someone so evil look so beautiful? Well, in a yet another pointless attempt to break the ice, Evan should compliment, right? Besides she and the unknown girl was the only people in the room. What could happen the worst, she'd yell and only this girl would be the witness. Feeling again very silly -he'd been feeling so, lately- he walked up to her. "Hai." he said to her left eyebrow. "You look... nice." he blurted out the last word quickly, then without taking anohter breath, asked another question to change the subject, in an hope she hadn't heard it and would forget. "Room looks nice." Yes. Now, it could easily be mistaken that he had just complimented the room. Lucky for him that he had entered the room red face, or else she would think he had just blushed. Which would be true.

Nicoletta spotted Evan. He looked...for lack of a better word, upset. "Hey Evan. It's... odd itn't it?" she paused "You know, the whole party 'cuz you're leaving thing." She could see the pain in his eyes, that he didn't want Fallon to leave. Well, it was more than that. Much more. "I'm sorry," she said softly. "I know it hurts you most." She gave him a weak smile.

"I don't know. They just have ways." she shrugged her shoulders, shaking her head a little in disbelief. Probably had someone here spying on her and her every move. Unless they put something on No-Name so they could see what she was doing. The bird was definitely there at the courtyard that day... stupid owl.

"Talk to them?" she asked, quite surprised that he would ask that. There was no reasoning with her parents. It was there way, or no way and you are kicked out. She was hanging on by a thread as it was, talking to them would surely cut it and then where would she be? Nowhere. Literally nowhere. Orphanage maybe? Unless she could hang out at a friends house for...five or six years. "That wouldn't be such a good idea." she laughed nervously, glancing around at the room. "At least not yet anyhow."

She really did want her parents to accept him even though he was a Gryffindor. Or accept HER even! 'Maybe I can go live with my uncle.' she thought, thinking of probably just asking him that when he picked her up at the train station. She wouldn't have to deal with this mess with him.

Done with Beaumont, with his embarrassing outburst of actual compliment, Evan turned back to drop his gift on the table when he heard a quite familiar voice. Nicoletta. Nicoletta. It was pretty wise of whoever invited her. She was such an interesting and cool girl that could totally amuse Evan. If he could be amused today, and the rest of the days.

He nodded slowly. "Yeah... Thanks..." He smiled back. Then, after a short pause to indicate that he didn't ignore Nicoletta but rather to show his first intention was to drop his gift, he walked over to the present table. He left his Chelsea scarf and necklace, with a note: 'I know you aren't a huge fan of football. Chelsea scarf is a remembrance of me.' He hesitated to add some more, then decided against it. He was never much of a writer anyway.

When the blondie was done with gifts, he sat on a sofa, waiting for something to happen. Like Fallon coming. Anything but doing nothing.

Satine smiled as the first guest entered the room and did the usual introduction of where everything was at. "Thanks for coming. We wanted to make sure that Fallon really enjoyed the end of the term before she leaves...remember this is a celebration of Fallon as our friend not of her leaving us. We want her to leave with happy memories of us all." she said with a smile while holding back tears.

"O, I forgot, hello, I'm Satine." she said as she held her right hand out for a shake. "I don't guess I've met you....prolly cuz I'm in Ravenclaw...but my three besties are Slythies, so you know...." she said quickly not really knowing what to say until the other girl introduced herself.
Satine smiled at the second guest. He wasn't familiar to her, but she was a Ravenclaw and most of the guests would be from Slythie. She said the usual welcome to the guest and wondered when Fallon was going to get here. Pushing that thougth aside, she held out her hand to the guest, "Howzit! I'm Satine!" she said with a smile as she quickly glanced over the guest...wow...He was very handsome....she thought trying hard to keep the blush off her cheeks from her thought. "You look very nice tonite. How do you know Fallon?" she asked as she smoothed our her skirt and rearranged the entryway table.

Ah, the unknown girl socializing with people. Evan smiled back, holding her hand. "Haiii..." he said, 'meeting' her again. "And I'm Evan." It was quite odd how Beaumont didn't describe him or something. He'd have expected her to 'warn' Satine about 'him'. Eye roll. "Thanks. You too." he muttered, and felt that his cheeks got warm slowly. Shame that blondies blushed way too much and quickly. Seriously though, how could most of the girls would be beautiful? "I am... will be 'was' in a few days, her boyfriend." First Lyra, now Fallon. Maybe he should leave Hogwarts too.

Aaron walked into the room of requirement with a gift for Fallon and in his suit that his uncle Ben sent him. 'Even though it's Semi-Formal, always look your best.'



The first thing he saw was how the room looked so cool. It was exactly the way he and Iris left it. The next thing he saw was Evan talking to Iris. Aaron smiled and walked over to Evan, but not after talking to Satine.

"Hey!" He said to her. "What do you think?" Aaron said looking down at his outfit. "My Uncle Ben sent it. Personally I like the hat," Aaron adjusted his hat. "You look great to, he said to her."

(ooc: pretend Aaron is still talking to you.)

Aaron approached Evan and stood next to him as Evan complimented her. "Yeah, she does look great, doesn't she?" He looked at Evan and smirked. He then noticed that there was no music. He looked up at the ceiling "Hey, room, how bout some music? Preferably 'Love Her Madly' by the Doors. " Just then the song started playing. "Awesome." He approached Iris and looked around again. "I think we did a pretty good job."

''Ways'' He repeated quietly thinking hard what those 'ways' could be. At the days he used to go to a Muggle school, he was one of the leading students that always gave the teachers a headache with his many ways of spying on them but he was unable to think of a way for Rose's parents to spy on them while they were in Hogwarts. Unles of course Destiny was a spy working for her parents. But no, she did not look like that kind of a person. She was a good friend. Then who? The bird? He attacked Josh, right? But no way, owl could not speak and could not write. There was no way the stupid bird could make a connection with the Slytherin couple.

''But why not? Maybe they would understand if we can explain properly. I'm sure they only want to protect you, what else does a parent want? And maybe they think i'd ve dangerous to you, you say, they have never been associated with Gryffindors so they might think we are dangerous'' though the idea sounded like ridiculous total nonsense, he wanted to express it anyway. No matter what Rose said about them, the parents of a girl that sweet could not be too bad.

"Yes, ways." she nodded, but then shook her head in anger. "I don't know. Maybe they have a friend that has a son or daughter goes here or something and they spy on me." It seemed like something they would do of course. Have to make sure that their daughter was living up to their family name and not doing anything stupid. Like being with a Gryffindor. 'Ha ha, tough luck.' she smiled suddenly, her own rebellious nature taking over again. Who cares what they think anymore. She would rather be disowned and happy then following their rules and be unhappy.

"No, Josh." she turned to him, her smile fading and replaced with a serious expression. "There is no...explaining. No persuading. No talking. You can't change their minds. I've already tried that and look where it's gotten me. One thread away from being kicked out and living with some relative I've never met that probably doesn't want me either." Listening to him speak though, about how her parents might just want to protect to, she laughed out loud and walked around the room. "Protect me? They don't care what happens to me. As long as I follow their rules and act the way they want me too, and practically do everything they say... But the moment you don't, do, any of that, they turn cold and brush you to some corner so they can forget you. It's like they are...embarrassed or something." she mumbled the last part, stopping in front of the cold wall to examine the animal carvings again.

That's exactly how they felt. They were embarrassed of her. "I don't know why they don't like Gryffindors." Well she did actually, but she didn't want to tell Josh that. They didn't associate themselves with Gryffindors or any other house because they thought they were better then them, for the past how many years, her family has thought that. Slytherins are superior. Purebloods are the only decent company one could have. Slytherins this, purebloods that, connections with whoever, money money money, power... Everything her parents have said. She herself had a couple incidents with a few students here that made her actually agree with her family, but... It only took one to change her mind about them. Too bad her family wasn't like that. Hmm, how long have they been in the room of requirement? How late was it?

''It looks like the only reasonable way'' The Gryffindor boy replied in a quieter voice. He wanted to find who was that. Certainly somebody from Slytherin but there were many Slytherins living down at the dungeons, wandering around the castle, participating classes and everything else that could be done here. ''But who else were in the Courtyard? Do you remember a Slytherin? I mean other than Destiny.'' he did not want to sound like he was trying accuse her best friend for that but on the other hand, he generally trusted his memory and he could remember no other Slytherin. Maybe it was Evan. He was not at the couryard but was kind of a person who would fit perfectly to a profile of spy plus he disliked him and probably wanted to ruin his relationship with Rose.

He turned and looked at her when she said his name. Her expression was nothing he was expecting to see and after all she had told about her family, Josh could not help feeling intimidated by all the stress. He regretted asking such a stupid question, it turned out to be a stupid one, making her remember everything all over again while she apparently wanted to get away all of these. And there was nothing they could do, neither for Josh nor for her. ''But i do care about you and i will protect you if they are not willing to do it'' he did a determined, serious nod and approached her walking to the wall with animals. ''Just wait and see. You have only six years to bear them and you'll be seeing them only in summer time during those years. Not too bad, is it? Then...'' he stopped and thought over what he was going to say. It sounded like a childish idea all over again but it was his idea and he wanted her to know ''...then we can leave everything behind.'' This was enough of stress and he wanted to cheer up so he jumped and hugged her from her back ''Let's just leave this boring room of my thoughts and do something fun!''

"You think that they would actually show themselves in plain view if they were spying on me?" she laughed, glancing back to them for a moment before turning back to examining, taking a small step to the side. Destiny? Destiny wouldn't spy on her, and if she was, than she better run for her life. But Evelyn was pretty sure that her friend wasn't a spy for her parents or anything. Very very sure.

'Such a Gryffindor.' she thought, smiling as she heard his words that he would protect her, but it slowly faded when he mentioned how much longer she would have to stay with them. Six years? Ugh, that was six years too many, but the fact that she would only see them for two months at a time, plus Christmas break, made the situation a little lighter. Unless she was able to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas break, which would be so much better. "No. I guess it isn't so bad." she mumbled, pouting slightly, but that went away when he hugged her, being replaced with a content smile.

Leaning back in his arms, she closed her eyes for a moment, feeling how comfortable she was with him and letting his own warmth surround her. At least he cared for her."Leave everything behind?" she repeated quietly, quite liking the sound of that. Leaving everything behind...with him? Letting out a slow breathe, Evelyn turned so she was facing him, wrapping her arms around his neck and staring into his eyes, her own hazel eyes showing every emotion possible before settling on just one. Happiness. Or it could have been amusement. Mischief maybe? "What do you suggest we do, oh great Master of everything?"

Iris grinned at Satine and looked at the cake "Wow! That looks amazing! I really like your dress." Iris looked around the room and smiled. "thanks ... I've had this dress for ages ... I've just never had the chance to wear it." She watched the door as it opened and nodded at the girl who came in. "hullo. I'm Iris."

Iris looked at Cartwright as he ... complimented her ... "Er ... Thanks, Cartwright ... You look ... nice too ..." She figured that the whole 'losing two friends' thing had made him a bit loopy. Ah well, nothing new. She thought hard for something to talk about, but couldn't think of anything, so she was really glad when Aaron walked through the door.

Iris Looked at his suite and grinned. "Hi ... Hmm... It's ... very formal." Iris smiled, "I like it, it's nice." She looked at his hat when he mentioned it "Yeah ... The hat kinda finishes it off." Iris looked towards the door briefly to see if Fallon was here yet. "Oh ... thank you." She smiled and blushed lightly, as if compliments were something completely knew from Aaron. ooc= LOL i failed XD

She watched him walk over the small space to Evan and pretended that she couldn't hear him agreeing with Cartwright, as it only made her blush more ... Aaron and Cartwright agreeing on something? ... Iris smiled when Aaron asked the room for music, and she listened to the lyrics in the music, not noticing Aaron coming back over to her. "Huh? ... Oh yeah .. It is awesome. The song seems to ... fit." Iris grinned and took Aaron's hand whilst he was looking around, "Yeah, I think we did too ... Satine and the House elves did too though." Iris looked at him and smiled. She looked around, wondering where in hogwarts Fallon had gotten to.

He smiled as Iris took his hand. "OH yeah. They did great." He looked at Iris and realized something. Term was almost over and Aaron probably wasn't going to see her all summer. They had to make these last few days last because Aaron couldn't wait until September first to see her again. He looked around to see everyone else occupied with something, so he turned back to Iris. Aaron leaned in and kissed her on the cheek. "I'm going to miss you so much, Iris."

Iris blushed and smiled when Aaron kissed her cheek. "i know, I'm going to miss you loads, too ... something always happens to stop us from being able to spend time together over the summer ... I'm definitely going to try and get those two way parchments done before I go to France though, it won't be as bad then ... " Fallon would still be gone though. She looked to the door ... where was she? ... Iris looked at Aaron and sighed, though she wasn't sure what she was sighing at, Fallon not being at her own leaving party, or her not being able to see Aaron at all over the summer.

Satine smiled at Aaron and Iris for their comments about her dress and then smiled even more brightly about the fact that they liked the way everything looked.

She glanced back at Evan as he introduced who he was.....so this was the notorious Evan she had been hearing about from both sides...wow he was pretty cute and he didn't seem as bad as Iris and Aaron had made him out to be..."Well, it's great to meet you finally, I've heard tons about you." she made sure that her voice was upbeat as she said that so he would assume she was only talking about good stories from Fallon. She let her smile fade as she realized he had said "was", "O, I'm sorry...I'm sure you are extra upset she is leaving, but we should celebrate the time we still have with her." she said as she slightly touched Evan's arm.

She glanced around anxiously as she saw Aaron and Iris start heading for the dance floor...wow she must be the biggest loser since she was quite possibly the only second year in the whole castle that hadn't started dating....last year she thought it was because she was more mature than all the boys but now she just thought something must be wrong with her...she instantly pushed that thought away as she noticed all of the guests arriving but still no sign of the guest of honor, Fallon...this worried her...

Trying to keep her mind off of things, she glanced at Evan...."Well, I hope I'm not overstepping my bounds, but would you like to dance while everyone arrives." she said with a giggle and a bow.

Did Beaumont hear it? Aw man. Evan had never been lucky anyway, and right now it was showing its effects: him being humiliated in front of particulary Devilmont. He nodded at Aaron half-heartidly, wishing that he just hadn't complimented Iris. And he really meant that she was beatiful, but what did he get again? A big fat zero. He just wanted to vomit at their PDA, and wondered if he and Fallon were... had been the same disgusting. Naah. They were--had been cooler, and they just didn't do PDA. He preferred to be alone to simply hold her hand. Talking of who... where was she?

When Aaron kissed Iris on the cheek, he closed his eyes and turned his back. One word: disgusting. He immediately walked away to give them some space. God... they were just 13!

Luckily, this Satine girl was a talkative type. He could eagers talk to her until Fallon arrived--if she would arrive. He couldn't help but glance at the Devilmont when Satine mentioned she had heard lots about him. He could tell that they weren't the prettiest things, even though Satine tried to keep her voice upbeat. He'd become to know Devilmont well to guess what they had told about him. He mentally grinned. When would they see he wasn't that bad as they thought?

The blondie nodded and said "Thanks..." Actually they weren't the perfect couple, he was with Lyra more than Fallon, but still... it kind of felt sad to leave. Then, frowning and smiling at the same time because he found it amusing, he asked "Just... where is she?"

Dancing? Oh yeah, that'd keep his eyes off Devilmont's courts and nonsense. And his mind away from Fallon and Lyra. "Sure." he said with a gentle smile as he offered his hand. Now, to focus on not stepping on her foot only. Much better than trying not to vomit over Devilmont, or think both Lyra's and Fallon's leaving him. Sniff.