Kel chuckled at Jenn's first comment after his story. He'd been watching her facial expressions as he'd told the story, and he could've sworn he saw something like anger? Jealousy? when he was talking about Deliliah and his parent's wedding plans. Shudder. Well, Jenn really didn't need to worry about that. Because Kel was waaaayyy too young to even be thinking about marriage. And even if he wasn't, Deliliah wouldn't be on the top of his list of choices.

"Why did I call her by your name?" he repeated, his eyes widening. Didn't he tell her, it'd been because he was so caught up in what had happened that day. But apparently, she needed more explaining. "Well, you gotta look at it from my view, Jenn," he said seriously, "That day I met you in Diagon Alley was the first real day of my Hogwarts experience, right? And that day, I had talked to three girls - including you -that I had never seen before in my life. That alone was so unlike me... And then there was you." he paused briefly to smile at the girl before him.

"You were honestly the craziest girl I'd ever met. Um, so, yeah, Fwig. Freaky Weird Insane Girl. But anyway, I actually noticed you." he raised his eyesbrows for dramatic effect. "I mean, more than the Rachel and Livvy." he shrugged. "I can't explain it, really. But anyway, I was thinking about you, lost in my own little world, and when she finally hit my last nerve, it was you who I was really thinking about so it was your name that I yelled." There. It'd been...2 and a half years since that had happened, and he'd finally told Jenn. He felt strangely happy about that fact.

Toshi entered the Great Hall and sat down at his house table.
Really really hungry he put something of everything in reach on his plate and started eating.
From time to time he looked up to see if there was someone he knew...

After a long crazy day filled with nutty crazy nightmares, Allison had risen from her bed and had almost dragged herself to the Ravenclaw Table for breakfast. Her hair was messy, her eyes droopy, and her robes although neat looked as if they had been slept in. Which in this case she had partially, for during the middle of the night she had woken to get dressed and didn't fall back to sleep--hence the droopy eyes that screamed of lack of sleep. Sitting at the table she had her hands run over her robes until she found its pocket. Digging deep in she grabbed the Camaraderie Concoction she had made during Potions. She had to record her observations on her victim...but who to give the potion to?

Tiberius walked into the Great Hall relieved. Another morning waking up without grotesque, inexplicable injuries. Maybe it wasn't going to happen again after all. His mood was visibly better, and he had a renewed focus for his school work.

Plopping down at the table, he was unaware of anyone else around him as he grabbed a glass of pumpkin juice and drank it slowly, still waking up.

Finishing the glass and looking up, he saw one of the first years from tryouts across the table. Allison, right? Tibi couldn't remember. In any event, she didn't look so well, and he frowned briefly as he looked across the table.

"You ok?" he asked, offering a friendly, but concerned, smile.

Allison's near day-dream came to an end before it even started when suddenly a boy she wasn't too keen to see sat in front of her. Raising her eyes in a crazed like matter, she grimaced as he took a drink of his pumpkin juice. Of all the people she had a desire of seeing that morning, Tiberius Pryce was not one of them. The only reason she recalled his existence was because of his competitive streak during tryouts. She had never crossed friendly chat with him except that one time when she was forced to say congratulations on making seeker. Her grimace turning into a frown she debated on whether accidentally hitting his pumpkin juice or ignoring him and falling asleep. After all this was the first time that the morning wasn't as sunny in her eyes. It was dull, tiring, gloomy, winter-I-want-to-curl-up-in-my-covers sort of day.

However a brilliant idea occurred to her. What if Tiberius was the victim she was looking for? What if the Camaraderie Concoction made Tibi forfeit the seeker position she didn't really want but was willing to take? WHAT IF HE DID HER EVIL DEEDS FOR HER?! Even though Allison knew better, and was well aware that the potion did not work that way, the idea had noticeably brightened her day.

Deciding that the only way to bring about her wishes was giving the boy the potion she began to formulate a master plan. Gently she grabbed her goblet full of freezing cold milk, Allison gave a huge gulp before responding, "Um. Of course I'm fine!" Allison gave a forced laugh. "Bad night is all."

In her head an alarm went off: DANGER LACK OF CONVERSATION. DANGER LACK OF TOPIC FOR CONVERSATION. DANGER DANGER DANGER YOU BE FAILING!

"Um. Oh! Ha ha ha! Uh Tibi...am I right? Looking forward towards our first game? After all you'll be our hero if you catch that snitch!" As much as the love she had for her house, she wished Tibi suffered a terrible injury during the match, preferably once he got the snitch. He deserved it for not giving her a chance with that quaffle during tryouts...or at least Allison thought he deserved it.

Ivory hurried to her house table. Placing her glass on the table she then walked up and down looking for a clean empty glass. Finding one, she poured herself some non-potionized water from a pitcher. Gulping the entire contents down, she tried to regain her composure.

Turning she realized that she must look quite a sight to her fellow Ravenclaws.

Smiling wearily at Allison and those nearby, she sat down and put her head down between her hands.

Soon her breathing went back to regular and she remembered her earlier mission, looking up to grab said Camaraderie Concoction infected water...and then realized she didn't know which one it was. Where had she left it?

There were quite a few glasses all along the table. It could be anyone.

Nervously she eyed everyone near her waiting for some sort of sign.

Waiting for a response for Tibi Allison broke off when she saw Ivory. Perfect! Maybe she could get Ivory to help her slip the potion into Tibi's juice, and then Tibi would be her minion forever! However the sight of her friend made her forget her plan for a moment and concentrate on her.

"Ivory...um hi?" Touching the girl's arm Allison looked through her still sleep-filled eyes to try and scope anything that might indicate her friend was alright. Becoming more afraid for Ivory when the young girl began to eye everyone around Allison gave a nervous laugh and drank now from a water glass next to her milk goblet.

Swallowing the water, Allison frowned and put it down. "Gah! I was drinking milk. Water tastes funky, ya'ought to try it." Again she turned to observe her young friend and could think of nothing to distract her. In a most friendly way Allison reached over to Ivory and hugged her like she never did before, "Have I ever told you that I love you and appreciate your friendship much more than I appreciate my...uh friendship with...Stern?"

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Waiting for a response for Tibi Allison broke off when she saw Ivory. Perfect! Maybe she could get Ivory to help her slip the potion into Tibi's juice, and then Tibi would be her minion forever! However the sight of her friend made her forget her plan for a moment and concentrate on her.

"Ivory...um hi?" Touching the girl's arm Allison looked through her still sleep-filled eyes to try and scope anything that might indicate her friend was alright. Becoming more afraid for Ivory when the young girl began to eye everyone around Allison gave a nervous laugh and drank now from a water glass next to her milk goblet.

Swallowing the water, Allison frowned and put it down. "Gah! I was drinking milk. Water tastes funky, ya'ought to try it." Again she turned to observe her young friend and could think of nothing to distract her. In a most friendly way Allison reached over to Ivory and hugged her like she never did before, "Have I ever told you that I love you and appreciate your friendship much more than I appreciate my...uh friendship with...Stern?"

Ivory looked at Allison questioningly, and then gave a sigh of relief.

Thank God it had been someone she knew. Hugging her friend back with more enthusiasm then was probably warranted, she began to giggle.

"Thanks Alli. I'm glad to hear it. Although I haven't even met Stern so..."

Her voice trailed off as she heard a voice she'd been dreading.

Standing up with a little wave in her friend's direction, she braced her body as if from a heavy wind and got up.

Damon was getting hungry after walking around so much. He waited to see if Bonnie would come in after him. He decided he wanted to have several courses of food for lunch. He sat down at his table.

Bonnie followed Damon and sat next to him. "Hey."

Damon wanted to have more in depth discussions with Bonnie then ever before. Now he had to figure out what would be the best words to use. "So Bonnie i hope you are okay with your classes so far." He would give her advice if she needed it but it was up to her what she wanted to do do. Hogsmeade was not open at the moment and so they would have to figure out something else to do.

Lucy was still dragging Ty to the Great Hall, but once there, she had to choose where to sit. She contemplated for a second, and then headed over to the Ravie table, just because she had never sat there before, and Ty had already sat at the Gryffie table. Plopping down in an empty spot, she patted the seat next to her. "You know, I'm not even hungry anymore," She said as she poked the food.

Being dragged by Luce everywhere was something Tyler was already getting used to. They sat down at the Ravie table, but Ty didn't have much of an appetite right now. "Woooow. But I bet you'd like some chocolate, right?" he smirked and took some out his bag. But Ty wasn't going to give it to Luce just yet. "Tell me the stuff we have to talk about," he added, with another smirk and swayed the chocolate in front of her.

Lucy gave him a bored expression as he took out the chocolate and waved it infront of her. "Tyler, stop it," She said and then put his hand down.
She turned her face away from him, putting her hand under her chin. "I thought you guys weren't talking anymore," She said, her voice hurt. He should clearly know who she was talking about.

"She bumped into me when I was walking down the stairs. I just asked her what happened, since she was crying again," he said put the piece of chocolate down. "I just asked her that and we just started talking. But I doubt it'll be like before anyways," Ty added and played around with the fork next to his plate. Being caught in between people was hard for him. But he wasn't really caught in between since Cadence and Ty still weren't on good terms.

Lucy still wasn't looking at him, but at the his last sentence caught her attention. Turning to face him, she pressed her lips together before saying something. "Like before? And what did you have 'before'?" she asked him, no emotion to her voice.

"We just talked alot more and we hung out often, that's it," Ty said and slightly looked at Luce. Things were now a bit awkward between them. He really didn't know what to do, Ty was pretty much helpless in things like this since it was kind of new to him.

"Oh. Right," She said, looking away again. How to fix this? She had no idea. And because she had nothing better to do, Lucy reached for the chocolate that he was tantalizing her with before. Unwrapping it, she broke off a piece but didn't eat it. Instead she stared it, wondering how life would be simpler if she was just a piece of chocolate. But then she popped it in her mouth, and realized that life would be quite short.

"Yeah. This silence is killing me," Ty sighed and rubbed his face. Now he had to think up something to make this awkward moment go away. But he wasn't sure how to do that right now. "So ummm, what do you wanna do next? We can stroll around the school or go to the grounds," he suggested. It was the best they could do since they were on lockdown now.

Lucy shrugged her shoulders, breaking off another piece of chocolate. "I dunno, whatever you feel like doing," She said impartially. Slowly, she eased the chocolate closer to her, half the bar now gone. She could feel the energy coming back, but she kept eating until it was all gone. Whoops.

Tyler sighed and leaned his chin onto his hand. What would they do now and how did things get so awkward between them. It's was kind of annoying in a way. "OKay, then let's go take a walk on the grounds then," he said and stood up. Ty stuck out his hand towards Luce, and asked in a whisper, "Will I meet Betty when I go to your farm?"

Lucy heard him sigh but didn't know what to say. She would've offered him chocolate if she had saved any for him--but she was a selfish cow. But when he suggested taking another walk outside, she nodded her head, and glanced at the hand he was offering her. He hadn't taken her hand when she had offered it to him on the staircase. However, after glancing at it for a minute or so, she took it.
As Ty mentioned Betty, she slowly grinned. "Hmm. Maybe. If you're nice," She said playfully, dusting off her jeans as she stood up.

"I am nice. Except when you wake up up real early in the morning for no reason," Ty chuckled and walked towards the entrance hall with Luce. Like on days he had to "work". Tyler called it "useless labor". "Let's go to the courtyard," he said and led the way.

"Really early in the morning? But sometimes we have to!" She said with a laugh, shaking her head. The mood was lifting, she could feel it.
As he lead the way to the Courtyard, she walked beside him, a smile on her face.