Holy Man...she had said yes..Kale smiled, but something made Kale feel like she really didn't want to. Kale's smiled faultered just a little not sure whether he should be really excited or give Lani the chance to revoke her statement. Kale had never been happier, but he would rather have his heart crushed now then in six months down the road. He grabbed her hand again and made her look him in the eyes. "Lani...are you sure? I like you alot but if you'd rather just be friends for a while longer we can do that to." Kale told her, thinking maybe then she'll feel better, if she gets a second chance....

She flinched slightly as he took her hand.

She breathed in slowly through her nose, closing her eyes for only a moment to think. Deeeeep breaths. She opened her eyes and looked into his. "Yes." Her voice was barely above a whisper. "Yes, I'm sure." Leilani noticed as a smile crept up the corners of her mouth.

Yes. Yes is what she wanted.

*Matty walked back and forth until the door came up. His hand in his hair the whole time. He had always had the same kind of hair cut his entire life but this time he got it cut really short. A few girls were looking at him as he walked up. Maybe they had done a bad job cutting his hair. Also in the past week he hit a big growth spurt so he kept falling over, more then normal.

Once in side of his room he went right to the piano and started playing for a few minutes. After a minute he figured he should practice so he started to sing.*
"Okay... how did it go...
Maybe i'm not ready... But I'll try for your love... I can hide up above... I will try for your love... Grr what's next..."

*He continued to play and sing as he tried to remember.*

Having seen Matty walk past the wall three times and then enter the room of requirement, Mia was just able to catch the door before it closed and she slipped inside the room quietly.

She stood with her back to the wall just beside the door and she listened as Matty played the piano...and he could sing too?

"Is that song for anyone in particular?"

*Taken fully by surprise at hearing anyone Matty jumped and fell off the chair flat on his back. Looking up he slowly sat up and rubbed his head.*
"Ow... Hello Mia. Thank you for the heart rate check up."

*He still smiled over at her and stood up. Goodness was she always that short?*
"No well sort of... it's a gift for my uncle and soon to be aunt at their wedding. It's one of the ones I was thinking about doing."

And she thought that she was a klutz. She had nothing on him in that department. Mia giggled because she couldn't help it. It was funny.

She pushed off the wall and walked over to him, "I see someone had been having their ears lowered." She grinned up at him and pointed to his hair. "Nice haircut."

Moving over to the piano, Mia sat down on the seat and poked at the keys before turning to him. "Well let's hear all of it then."

*Matty rubbed his hair still feeling off and shrugged.*
"I think they might have messed it up. People were looking at me on my way here..."
*Walking back over to the piano he started to play and tried to remember the words.*
"Okay... This was another one. My uncle would sing it to me when I had a nightmare...
You only want three wishes: One to fly the heavens, One to swim like fishes, You want never bitter, And all delicious, And a clean conscience, And all it's blisses...

As he played the second song, Mia pulled a face. "It's nice but the first one was better especially for a wedding." Of course she was no expert especially since at this time in her life she couldn't imagine spending the rest of her life with the same person.

She stuck her hand on the keys and made a very loud deep note and she quickly removed her hand.

Oops.

"So what have you been up to?" She stood up from the piano and began to walk around the room. She was feeling restless for some reason. Usually when she got like this, Mia would pack up some necessities and go for a long walk. Sometimes not returning to the commune until days later.

*Matty chuckled a little and turned around watching her.*
"I think I will do the other one. I'm not that good at playing or singing but it's the thought that counts."
*Raising an eyebrow he noted her restlessness. He found it a little funny. Matty was always the restless nervous one, not Mia.*
"Homework, class, and this... are you okay Mia?"

Katie sat down on a big comfy chair and started to read her book while she waited for a friend to appear.

Kurumi thought she had been alone in the Room of Requirement when the room suddenly changed from her family's kendo dojo into an elegant looking lounge. She turned around to see Katie sitting on a chair reading a book. She wiped some sweat from her brow and winked at Walnut who began weaving around her legs for attention. "Hey Katie," she waved.

Katie was going to pat Vixy when Vixy had jumped off her lap and went to Kurumi's cat that Vixy had never met, Katie looked up and saw Kurumi "Hey Kurumi" Katie smiled as she put her book down "How are you?" Katie asked.

"Huh?" Mia turned to look at Matty and realised that he had been speaking to her. "Oh fine. Just fine." Well that wasn't strictly true but she was not used to these feelings that she was having and she didn't know how to even begin to voice them.

She looked at Matty again. Like really looked at him and she sighed deeply and tugged at her hair in slight frustration. "Can I ask you something?" He would be honest with her right? They had become pretty close over these last few months. She could ask him.

Walnut sniffed Vixy anxiously and looked up at Kurumi not sure of what to make of the other cat. "Play nice," Kurumi said as she summoned a ball and tossed it to Walnut. "I'm doing pretty good. I was working out a bit before you came," she knelt down and scratched Walnut and Vixy behind the ears. "How are you doing?"

Vixy sniffed Walnut back, Vixy meowed and put her paw up as if she was waving at Walnut, Katie giggled "I have done pretty good, met a guy named Hugo" Katie said remembering Hugo "Well we actually met before" Katie said, it was true what she said.

Walnut sniffed the air and sat their staring at Vixy. Walnut could be very stuck up at times. Using her right paw, she began batting at the ball Kurumi had put on the ground in front of her.


Kurumi approached Katie and sat down on a yellow fluffy beanbag chair near where she sat. She giggled a little when Katie mentioned yet another guy she had met - at least she wasn't feeling depressed about the recent developments with her and Adam. "I don't think I've met him," she said as she peeked over at Walnut to make sure the cat was behaving herself. "What house is he in?"

Vixy smiled in a cat way at Walnut, Katie looked though her bag and got out Vixy's bal of wool, Vixy pounced out it for awhile and then looked at Walnut, Vixy placed her nose on the ball of wool and passed it too Walnut.

Katie looked at the cats, they seemed like they liked each other, maybe they could be friends? "He is in Ravenclaw, there aren't many Ravenclaws" Katie said, it was very true, there were not many.

Walnut looked at the ball of wool and then back at Vixy with an expression that said surely you are kidding me? Walnut was definately having a superiority complex at the moment and playing with a ball of wool was sooooo far below her. She meow at Kurumi for her to give her a tuna fish cookie - which Kurumi did and rolled her eyes at the cat before handing one to Vixy.

"I've met a few Ravenclaws. One of my good friends is actually one. Have you met Jenny? She is half Japanese like me," Kurumi smiled remembering how the two of them had met during Arthimancy and battled the maze together - forever to be haunted by the numbers 2 and 7.

Vixy bit the biscut and kind ofyou would say bowed at Kurumi as if she was saying 'Thank you' yes, Vixy was a very nice cat.

"Never met her, who else have you met that are in Ravenclaw?" Katie asked Kurumi.

Heather, her camera strapped on to her neck and her camera sling bag on her right, looked odd; she was such a small child she didn't look like a ten and a half year old girl carrying a camera. she looked more like a 7 and a half year old carrying a camera too big for both her hands, yet she held it expertly and with care. Right behind her followed Mr. Panda, wearing what looked like a dog leash with a round bell attached to it. But the animated doll was more behaved today (since he held a photo of himself heather took awhile ago.) she looked around the place and was in awe; kurumi had mentioned the room of requirement to her before. she never expected the room to look so...comfy and cool. she looked back at her camera and her bag which was open and almost revealing some contents. in the bag were about a dozen moving photos; she had been taking pictures of places everywhere in the castle and more than a dozen boxes of film. Her grandparents knew she loved to take photos and a few films isn't enough.well, atleast her mom isn't scolding her for wasting so much film. in fact, she supports the idea.

"interesting. i'll take pictures of this fascinating room then." she said and walked further inside, only to find katie and kurumi talking with each other. a smile grazed her lips. the two seemed oblivious of her presence still. It wasn't like heather to do this, but she was itching to do so and took a quick snapshot of the two talking. when kurumi and katie turned around to look at her, she just smiled. "hi. want a photographer to take your pictures?" she asked.

Katie turned around to see none other then Heather, Katie smiled "Hey Heather, I would love my photo taken" Katie giggled.

"okay! uhm..." Heather put down her camera bag in one spot which Mr. Panda took and placed on a chair where he sat and watched his master. Heather began to adjust her camera to some settings. "we're good to go...pose whatever you'd like, i'll take a full body picture of you." heather said as she prepared to take some good shots.

Walnut licked up every last crumb from the ground and shifted her gaze to Vixy. If cats could raise an eyebrow, Walnut certainly did just now. Still, if Kurumi had given that cat a cookie, maybe they weren't so bad? Perhaps she should give that silly ball of wool a chance?

"Really? Jenny is very nice," Kurumi frowned. "I also met a 5th year name Victoria. We talked about the O.W.Ls down at the lake a few days ago."

Katie thought and came up with a pose, she was blowing a kiss "Hows this?" Katie asked as she giggled.

Vixy stared back at Walnut and tilted her head to side as if she was trying to say 'Can't we get along?'.

"You will have to interdouce me to them one day" Katie giggled.

OoooooOOOOOOooooh! It was Heather AND her super cool moving picture taking camera! Kurumi resisted the urge to pounce on her and Mr. Panda for looking so adorable. Walnut hissed a little as Mr. Panda waddled over towards the cat. Walnut still thought the idea of an animated stuffed panda was a little freaky. Kurumi glared at Walnut - the cat was certainly in one of her moods. "Hi Heather," she waved with her eyes glued to the camera.