Klaudette clapped, but not because she knew was Lukas was talking; actually it was quite the opposite. "There's a story to tying your shoes?" she inquired enthusiastically. She never knew that. Bunnies was all she heard about it, and she didn't need it much since she used velcro shoes or buckles. She nodded her head, "Yes next time, and you can tell me the story too. Around a fire...with smores...and campfire songs." she elaborated and imagined it. Mmm, toasty.

Klaudette then hugged him. "We have found each other and I expect always will," she commented and then let go. She had always know her and Lukas would be great friends, forever.

He then posed a great question. She looked up, then left, and right, and then down. She smiled and looked back at him face. "Well do you have a skip it?" she asked him.

Lukas nodded. He'd heard it so many times when he was learning and again when Annie was learning. "Yes, my dad used it to help us learn to tie our shoelaces," he explained. Confusion. Smores? What were smores? "Er...smores?" he asked. The rest of it all sounded really good but 'smores'. They sounded vaguely sticky and possibly unpleasant.

And suddenly he was squished in between her arms and her body. It was nice, if unexpected. So, he hugged back. They were nice words. Words he hoped were true. He wanted Klaudette around. It was unfortunate she was in a different house. Then a thought occurred to him. What house was she in? Once he'd been released he voiced this thought. "What house are you in?"

He blinked. A skip it? Did she mean a skipping rope? Why would he be carrying around one of those? "A skip it? Like a skipping rope?"

Violet walked down the corrider this was her first time around the castle since the feast. And boy, was she hyper! She had gotten a looooot of candy before she went out for a walk around the corriders. Giggling to herself she continued to walk, keeping her eyes out for anyone.

Courtney walked down the corridor slowly. So she'd found an enemy on the fifth floor and in the dungeons. Was she going to find an enemy on this floor too? She hoped not. Ah. There was someone also in the corridor. She looked quite pretty too. And hyper maybe. She had no idea but she didn't want another enemy that was for sure. "Hi hi" she said as she apprached the blonde haired girl. Yes she was very pretty. Not as pretty as herself but still pretty.

Violet saw as a girl approached her. She gave her a nod as if to say 'whats up'. "Hey, I'm Violet, fourth year Slytherin and prettiest girl at Hogwarts." And that was a fact, yo.

"Who are you?" she asked, curiously. She seemed around her age so she couldn't have been a firstie, but then again she didn't see the girl around before.

Courtney cocked an eyebrow. She wasn't going to comment on that. Or she was going to try not to at least. And she had to try hard. No more enemies.

"I'm Courtney, first year Slytherin and second prettiest girl here" she said. Ah. She did well on that one. She didn't insult Violet. Instead she put her at first. Ok that was odd but no insult to be thrown at this girl. Yet at least.

"So do you have any enemies. You seem like you may have a couple" asked Courtney curiously. She certainly had some enemies just through her prettiness so Violet was sure to have some too.

Ah, so she was a firstie! And a Slytherin too, that was cool. And hehehe, second prettiest girl. "Pleasure to meet you." she said holding out a hand to shake. She had a feeling they would make good friends.

Well she wasn't normally asked if she had enemies when she first met someone, but she would answer anyway 'cause she quite liked the topic. "Yeah, most of them are just people that are jealous of me though." Well at least thats what she liked to think.

"What about you?"

Courtney shook Violet's hand. Well this was sure to be an interesting friendship. "Likewise" she said. Definitely an interesting friendship.

"Well they certainly having something to be jealous about" said Courtney. As did her two enemies.

Courtney smirked. "Yeah I have two. One of them is a Slytherin last name stealer and the other is a pathetic Ravvie. I only start like three days ago and people already hate me because I'm prettyer than them" she replied. Haha. Enya and Callie would flip if they heard that.

Lauren walked out of the Library with her book open under her nose. She was walking and reading. That was something she'd been chastised about for years by her parents but Lauren hated putting books away to do things like walking. Multitasking wasn't hard. She knew this castle almost like the back of her hand and she knew where the columns were so she wasn't in danger of bumping into anyone. She just couldn't stop reading, especially since it was a romantic novel. Lauren was a sucker for romantic novels.

She was a southern bell through and through, she loved romance and all that jazz. She loved dressing up, she loved going on dates, she loved weddings she loved love. Her now straightened hair was tied by a bow and on her vest she sported an I Support Nono! badge, in honour of the Tri-wizard tournament.

Since being declared a Triwizard Champion, Nikolai had been spending some time in the library. He didn't really have to research things, but Zitnik and the others had told him he should, so he did. Plain as that. And, of course, the Librarian was nice to look at.

Proudly wearing his Durmstrang uniform, he was a Durmstrang Champion and he chose to wear it in support of himself, he made his way down the corridor. Reaching the library doors, he was just reaching out to open the door when he stopped to glance down the corridor only to find a lady doing something rather stupid in his opinion. Walking and reading? Not only did he notice her being careless, he noticed an I support Nono badge. "Ahem." he cleared his voice to get her attention, "Vhat is this Nono, and vhy do you support it?"

Lauren looked up almost immediately, she was sure she was the only one walking on the halls. Oh.My.Goodness. It was Nik, she smiled at him almost not noticing his question "Oh, Nono is Noel." She chuckled "He's one of Beauxbatons boys. My cousin and I gave him that pet-name. He's real sweet so he's got my support." She stuck her finger in between the pages and held her book at her side. "Congratulations by tha way." She gave him a quick grin.

Lauren was sure he didn't remember her name. She was almost certain he didn't remember her face so she didn't mention his name, just in case he thought she'd been following him or something. Which would've been weird.

Nikolai grinned when she looked up from her book, immediately recognizing her as Lauren, the lady from the Slytherin table at the feast. How could he not remember her?

He wouldn't mention recognizing her, yet. There were questions that needed to be answered first. Questions that were answered not the way Nik had thought they would have been answered. She was supporting Beauxbatons rather than her own school. He almost chuckled at the thought, but curiosity got the best of him and he decided to ask, "Vhy vould you ve supporting Veauxvatons instead ov your own school?"

And no wonder he didn't see anyone wearing I Support Nikolai badges, he wasn't sweet enough. Erm, it wasn't worth it, he decided.

"Thank you." he said, after being congratulated. It didn't matter how many times it has been said, he would never get tired of hearing it. "So. Vhat vere you reading there, Lauren?"

Lauren tilted her hip to the side "I am supportin' my school." She smiled "I know we'll win but on the slightest chance that we don't, I hope he wins, he is a friend after all and friends deserve support." She answered.

With that question she looked down at the book again and then up at him "It's a romance novel," He would probably turn his nose up at her for reading romance novels "I'm a sucker for romance and this one is nice. It's about a witch who's in love with a wizard but he doesn't see her like that so she's stuck with just being his-" She looked down and chuckled low "I'm sorry, you didn't ask for that didju'." She smiled.

Erm, yes. Nikolai was going to have to stay at Hogwarts for a lot longer to understand the Hogvartians. He would never support both schools, but he supposed that was just him. He internally shrugged, "I vouldn't support anyone vut my school. Vut that is just how I am, I supposed." Competitive one would say. Of course he wouldn't mind if one of his schoolmates won though.

His eyebrows raised in surprise as Lauren went on about the book she was reading. It did not sound interesting at all, but he would pretend to be interested. If it kept her standing there talking to him. "Vhat is this vitch stuck veing to him? And do not vorry avout vhat I asked, I like hearing you talk."

Lauren nodded, "To each his own." She shrugged and bit her lip. Well he seemed the type to not hope for someone but himself to win, or his school for that matter. She wouldn't tell him that she didn't have supporting him on her mind. Nope not one.. Lies.

She blushed at this, how dare he try to charm her "Oh.My.Goodness. You are precious," She grinned and looked at the book, "She's stuck being just a friend, which bums her out. Understandably. So far I've gotten to him datin' another witch, which makes her sad, sometimes boys are so oblivious." She shook her head "She's a great girl but he won't see past the fact that she's not pureblood, and he's hidin' their friendship from his parents." She scowled "He's forgettin' that she has feelin's." She sighed "I suppose that's how men are though." She bit her tongue, there she went rambling again "I've got the gift of gab. I can hardly help mahself."

"To each their own." Nikolai repeated softy, adding on a smirk. He really didn't care about people supporting himself or his school, they would realize they were making a mistake when Durmstrang walked away with the Triwizard Cup.

Precious? Another name to be added to the list of names he's been called. Precious was very new. He listened and nodded his head as she told about the story. He was correct, the story was not appealing to him at all. "So," he started, eyebrow raised, "you are vlaming this all on the voy in the vook. Perhaps the girl is to vlame as vell. Has she told the voy hoe she feels avout him? The reason he has to hide their friendship from his parents could ve vecause they vould not approve." Erm, that sounded familiar. He shook the thought and continued, "Maybe he likes her, vhich is the reason he is hiding their friendship." He smirked as she said she supposed all men were like that. "Not all men." Of course he was talking about himself, but that was probably obvious.

"And I do not mind your gab as you called it. It is nice."

"Fair enough, he could be hidin' his feelings too and no she hasn't told him and," Lauren sighed "She's scared of bein' rejected, and I guess he probably is too but that's what happens when people don't take chances, they miss opportunities, great opportunities." She looked back at the book "I understand, his parents maybe appalled at the thought of their son datin' or even bein' friends with her, but love shouldn't be about what other people think. Love should be kind and patient and forgiving and in someways ignore the judgments from other people, especially people who do not mean well."

Not all men She smiled and looked up at him "You're right not all men." He complimented her on her gabbing again and she bit the inside of her cheeks to keep from blushing. "I like that you're listening. That's sweet, I can honestly say I didn't expect it from you."

Ahh, so both characters in the story were in the wrong. The female more so, since she hadn't told the male her true feelings for him. Of course, Nikolai wouldn't say that aloud. It would just cause for a debate, and he wasn't up for a debate at the moment. It was only a story and people shouldn't get all worked up over a story. He grinned when she finished speaking, "I suppose you couldn't tell me vhat happens, since," he tilted his head a little, to get a better look at the book, "you 'ave not finished." Unless she was like him and liked to read the last page first. If the ending was horrible, he knew it would be a waste of time reading it.

Lauren didn't think he would listen to her? He was shocked! Not really, but he put on a fake shocked expression to amuse her, "Vhy vould you think I vouldn't listen? I listen to everyone vhen they talk to me." Well, he listened to the pretty ladies speak.

And Lauren was definitely pretty.

Lauren smiled when he tilted his head "No I haven't finished, maybe when I do I'll tell you how predictable the ending is." She grinned knowing they'd probably end up together in the end. She giggled at his shock face, he was so cute. "I'm sure you listen to everyone." She said shaking her head, thoroughly amused. "I'm also sure the only people you truly ever listen to are the girls you like. And when I say like, I mean the girls you'd consider datin', not the little girls chasin' you, those girls are your play things. Am I wrong? Too forward?" She grinned looking up at him and tilting her hip to the other side.

Yes, Nikolai was sure he already knew the ending of the story. They two characters will end up together, nothing like real life. He could, of course, be wrong, but he doubted it. And Lauren had offered to relay the ending. He grinned before winking at her, "Iv it means running into you again, I vould like to knoe the ending."

Nik scoffed. Scoffing to play out his shocked expression, of course. "I listen to everyone." he said, crossing his arms across his chest. He was hurt at that accusation. Not really, because it was mostly true. "I 'ave talked and paid attention to the younger girls that chase me." he nodded his head. That was somewhat true. If you count Mia, who he just liked to annoy, and there were the young girls he talked to about the waterslide. "It is not my fault there are no guys that talk to me. I guess I intimidate them."

With his good looks.

She grinned at his facial expression "Maybe the boys are a little intimidated. That's understandable," She shrugged, he was good looking and the girls were obviously infatuated by him. Herself included "You are good lookin' after-all." She said matter-of-factly with a smile. Nik wasn't as shallow... well not so much as she thought. "I hope I haven't kept you from something important, I can't say I'm too sorry though, I do like your company." She had just thought about it, he was going into the library, maybe for quiet time like she did.

Nikolai raised an eyebrow as Lauren seemed to agree with the boys of Hogwarts being intimidated by him. He waited for her explanation and it was no surprise what it was. He grinned and ran a hand through his hair. "I did not mean vecause I am good-looking." LIE! "I meant vecause I am from Durmstrang. Ve 'ave a reputation, you knoe?" Dark Arts..disliking muggle-borns.

Luckily, Nikolai was the exception to the latter.

Kept him from something important? Studying was not important to Nik, he already knew everything already. "Nothing important." he said, glancing at the library doors, "Just a little refresher, vefore the Tournament starts." He looked back at Lauren, a smirk in place, "I 'ave not kept you, 'ave I?"

Lauren grinned up at him, sure he didn't "The boys here aren't afraid of reputations, if anythin' they'd be mad about Durmstrang students not wantin' to mix with muggle-borns other-wise it's just their girlfriends fawnin' over you their worried about. I may not be cuttin' them as much slack as I should though." She shrugged. "Wouldn't you be upset if someone foreign and good lookin' came to your school and started flirtin'." She gave him a sly smile "Then again the girls from your school don't seem as excited about meetin' new guys, neither is Vlad for that matter." She pouted, tilting her head to the side.

"Not at all, I was just going to the commons to people watch," She smiled "This has turned out to be way more fun, thank you for stoppin' me."

Lauren had read Nikolai like a book, knowing full well that he did not mean the reputation of Durmstrang. "So you are saying that the boys here are mad at us?" he asked, eyebrow raising in amusement. He chose to ignore the muggle born comment. He was the exception to that Durmstrang reputation, but he liked to keep that bit of information secret. "I vouldn't say the girls are fawning over us." he smirked, knowing full well that was a lie. "I vouldn't be upset." he shook his head. "The foreign students vould leave eventually." And when they did, the girls would flock right back to him.

He could tell she had not met Sandra as of yet. She would jump at the chance of meeting one of the Hogwarts boys. He wouldn't be surprised if she was with one right now; like he was with a girl. "You have met the other Durmstrang students?" he asked, and noticing her pout, he added, "Like Vlad?"

Placing his hands behind his back, he leaned up against the wall. It didn't seem like he was going to get his studying done, but he didn't mind. "People vatch? You just..vatch people?" Sounded boring to Nik, and he did not want to do that. "Vould you like to have fun somevhere else?"

Lauren shrugged "I haven't really spoken to any guys about it but in the common room, it looked like a boy got jealous of Vlad and almost has his face smashed in." She sighed and shook her head, "Vlad doesn't seem too bad when he's clam, not very chatty but I may have caught him at a bad time." She concluded with a small nod. "The girls here are so fawnin' over you, I'm sure you've had one girl pretending she didn't like what she saw or one who was blushing her face off." She chuckled. "Honestly, I've only met the boys." She grinned.

"Well it's not as bad as you make it sound," She chuckled "People can be unpredictable and entertainin'," She raised her brows "The corridor that borin' or is this your way to get me to go out with you." She grinned teasingly.