Originally Posted by The1HBIC

Marie smiled when he said he didn't plan on overdoing it now. Not that she didn't want him to study it's just that she wanted him to have time to be with her. Yay. He trusted her. "Well I am very trustworthy." She was good at keeping secrets. Especially if it benefitted her and keeping this secret would do just that.

Hehe, she couldn't help but giggle at the expression on his face. "Yeah I do and if you're lucky I just might show you." Oh yeah, she would definitely be showing him before they left the room.

She unwrinkled her nose when he said he didn't have any intentions of getting to know any of the professors too well. "Good. I would hate that you couldn't spend time with me to see you get stuck doing extra work for them." Yeah she knew Lafay would probably keep him in that lab brewing who knows what. She needed to keep him away from that woman.

"I would most definitely have to say Jamesology Defense class is my favorite." How could it not be with Headmaster Hottie teaching it. Not to mention she got to hug this very hot Ravenclaw she was now with throw food and not get in trouble. So what about you, what's your favorite subject?" She asked as she noticed him scooting closer to her. She scooted a little closer herself. Pretty soon she would be close enough to just reach out and give him that hug.

*scoot*
*scoot*
*scoot*

Originally Posted by HannahLongbottom

Originally Posted by Tegz

"Defense." Jim repeated. "Yeah. I guess thats alright." He grinned at her. "I better not tell you what my favourite is, or you'll probably decide I'm a complete geek." Not that he... looked the part. But still. He did have glasses. Stylish too.

He cut through the rest of the flirting as soon as he noticed she was scooting right up close to him.

"You know, its entirely possible I was considering asking you to that costume party thing. Possibly. And I don't usually... do the official date thing. Kind of prefer to leave my options open and all." He shrugged casually and then, since she was right there, he slid his arm around her. And if she said no... well he had plenty of options.

Originally Posted by grangerfan8

"That sounds good." Arya had never considered asking her pets what they wanted to be named. She always consulted with her friends or family. Next time she would ask the new pet what they wanted to be named. If she had time for another pet. Maybe something small...

With a small nod of her head, Arya returned his look with one of her own that said she wouldn't tell a soul. So she didn't know. But how had he.....oh. From the first CoMC lesson, and the pamphlets that spoke of her and Sabel. Yea, she remembered. "Are you gonna return him or set him free?" Cause to her those seemed to be the only two logical choices. Unless he wanted to keep it as a pet.

With a big smile present on her face, she nodded her head. "Smore. My friend got him for me for Christmas." Twas a awesome gift that little creature. "He's purple, I'll have to show him to you sometime when we're in the common room." She didn't bring the small creature out of the common room much on account of him not being able to watch after himself.

Not like Perseus or Altair could.

"Nothing too serious." She agreed, pushing all thoughts of injuries aside. It wasn't like she was teaching him any tricks, just how to skate in general. Nothing to cause any injures that required adult assistance on. She hoped.

Encouraging grin spread across her face, she watched her friend as he began to walk. This reminded her of when she taught Ivy to skate over the summer, she had started off the same way. And he wasn't doing any sort of stumbling, good. She kept only a foot or two between them as not to crowd him, and also encase he tripped and she had to catch him or something of the sort.

Briefly her eyes flicked to Perseus, grin growing. She would swear that if he were human, he would be sporting an amused look. The kneazle sat on the arm of the chair, watching the boy with interest. Maybe she would take him for a skate later.

"You can start to skate on the carpet, since you have the walk down." She said with a slight giggle. He looked a bit silly with his hands in his pockets. "Instead of walking....start to glide on the skates. Kinda like you your sliding across the floor in socks." She demonstrated for him as she spoke. It took a some effort since she was on carpet, but still she moved with ease.

Like sliding across the kitchen floor in socks.

Originally Posted by Freds_caribbeangirl

Rhea remembered the procedures, walk past and think about what you want the room for. Well she was meeting Oliver here and she needed it for a meeting. A meeting to discuss a seventh year going away party. She walked passed the wall back and fourth a few times until the door appeared, and thankfully so, she was beginning to feel a bit silly walking back and fourth like that.

She pulled the door open and walked inside then smirked. There were plushies and a round table here and there, ink wells and quills and parchments. Some tables contained butterbeers and snacks, fruits and what not, while the others had the stationaries. She plopped down on a plushies and grabbed an apple from the table and began nibbling on it while she waited for snake boy to turn up.

Originally Posted by noodles

Oliver was, it seemed, perpetually late. He darted up the stairs from the dungeons, without pausing until he got to the top of the castle where he was supposed to be meeting Rhea. In the 'Room on Requirement', although the lad had never been there before. Well he rarely ventured up here.. unless it was to meet Cameron near her Common Room.

He panted, trying to get his breath back, clutching a stitch in his side as he squinted down the corridor. Where the flarp was the place!? Urgh. He leaned against the wall and took in his surroundings.. but then it dawned on him slowly that he was in fact leaning against a door. A door that hadn't been there moments ago...

Weird.

He turned to face it, and turned the handle, pushing open the large door to reveal a room equipped with everything he and Rhea needed for their task. And woe and behold.. there was the very girl he was looking for. He grinned at her. “Well isn't this cosy.” He commented, a hint of his sarcastic flat humour to his tone. He walked into the centre of the room, the door closing with a crash behind him. He eyed a butterbeer rather shiftily before opting for a fruit juice. He had no desire to become hyper twitchy boy in front of Ms Rhea Bellaire.

He plopped down on one of the plushes. “You're way too organised, you know that?” He smirked at the Huffie girl. If they were doing things his way, it would be just to turn up at this shindig and hope for the best. heh.

Originally Posted by Lockhartian

Okay, the boy could walk on the carpet. Good. Treyen 2, Skates 0.

Yup, it was probably the best idea that has come up this year...asking his owl if a nickname would be more enjoyable than his name.

But back to the Dugbog, "I think he'll like it better if he was free...I could always give it back, not that I took it, you know...but if he did got away from Saylen then that must mean something, don't you think?" if the Dugbog was trying to get away from the Professor then there was something there, right? And the Dugbog was looking for freedom, no? Though, right now he wasn't entirely free, but he seemed rather happy.

It was such an amusing name. Smore. Purple, huh? Wicked! It may even match Treyen's purple/blue stripes scarf, or the purple part of it, anyway. "Yeah, you have to" he got along fiiiine with pygmy puffs. Like that Mr. Marbles that belonged to Emalyn. What ever happened to her? Mmmm, anyway...

The boy nodded. Yup, nothing too serious.

And now back to the lesson. So, walking had been easy, now he needed to gliiiiiiiiiiiide on the carpet. Haha, he must look rather stupid, which made everything even more fun. Except he didn't, he looked awesome, because his skates looked pretty cool. Though, Arya's were also pretty, but his were...well, ones that belonged better to a boy.

"Okay, sort of like this.." he said, the right arm stretching towards the wall, just in case, and the skates didn't even lift an inch from the floor, because he was bending his knees and trying to glide as much as the carpet allowed him to.

Good, he was still standing, even if it wasn't the easiest thing to accomplish...perhaps having skateboarded before helped him a bit?

Treyen 3, Skates 0.

Originally Posted by grangerfan8

"Maybe he just really likes you," she said after a moment of considering his words and the ones that Sabel had said to her at the beginning of term. "I doubt it was running from Saylen..." Sure the woman hadn't warmed up to them yet, but she had to have done so to all the creatures by now. Else all the creatures, including the ones she cared for, would be running from the woman. "Still, I like the setting him free idea."

She would defiantly make sure that Treyen would meet Smore. The two would get along well. Smore got along with everyone as did all of her pets.

Arya didn't do too much skating at first as she watched Treyen, wanting to make sure that her friend got a handle of skating on the carpet. A lopsided grin crossed her face as she watched him. It was like watching a baby take their first steps.....just with wheels. Only when she was sure that he wouldn't fall did she put even more distance between them and let herself do a little skating, eyes never leaving the boy.

"Your doing great," She encouraged him with a little nod. He was doing great. No falling and all gliding. "You can lift your skates a little when you push your back leg." She demonstrated as she spoke, making sure the boy could see her adding a little kick with her back foot.

Originally Posted by Lockhartian

Er, what? The Dugbog? Like him? Nope. Treyen was still thinking he was trying to get away from Saylen, and he'll probably think that for the rest of his life.

"Well, yes, either way..." he didn't want to discuss Saylen right now, perhaps it will make him trip or something, "...I think the best is to do either one of those two things, I should hurry up and decide soon, before the year is over" because if he was to set loose the Dugbog then it had to be a habitat worthy of the creature, it's not like he was dropping the stick wherever.

Okay. Skating on the carpet. Treyen was 100% positive that Arya's next words would be related to the REAL side of skating, and instead she told him to keep on skating in the carpet? That wasn't so great, you know, considering he thought he was doing extraordinary with the skates right now. At least Arya was having fun, and so was he, sort of. Learning new things was fun to him.

Eyes on Arya, he smiled, "And when do we start the real thing?" he said, as he watched her "skate" a bit.

But he did what he was told to do. He was a good student.

And...no falling...yet.

Perfect!

Treyen 4 (?), Skates 0.

Originally Posted by grangerfan8

"Before the term is over." She agreed with a small nod. Unless he wanted to take the creature home and find him a better home. Arya had a million thoughts about what he could do with the creature, but she held her tongue. Only if he asked would she give all her other opinions.

It was possible that Arya was hesitant to have Treyen on the wooden floor to skate. Too worried that he would seriously injure himself when stepping onto the floor. Too cautious she was about her friend's safety. She gave all her caution to her friends, and yet she saved none for herself.

He would get any better if he stayed on the carpet though, and he obviously wanted to move on to the actual skate floor. As was she, carpet skating was boring.

Treyen was doing a good job on the carpet...

"Only if your ready..." Her voice trailed as she skated through the opening in the wall, giving him a demonstration of how to transition from the carpet to wood. She stopped only a few feet away from the opening before turning and stopping to face him with an expectant look.

Of course he would follow her, and she wanted to be near if he needed a hand.

Originally Posted by Lockhartian

Right. Right. And what did he say? Wasn't it the same? Oooooh, "I mean, the school year, yes" which was the same as term, haha, Arya had thought that he was keeping the Dugbog until next April? Yeah, he couldn't do so, he knew the creature would die in his care if he took it for such a long period of time.

Arya seemed lost in thought, as if thinking IF Treyen could be ready or not to go to the next level. But really, this wasn't as hard as he thought it was going to be, and the black skates looked pretty neat, too. Those were cool.

'Only if you're ready..'. That was the phrase he needed to hear. And with one single nod, and gliding on the carpet, the boy ventured into the wooden world of skates.

Oooooh.

It was so much different than the carpet!

So much different that the gliding was easier, which made him go faster and then BAM! He was on the floor before he knew it. And laughing, real hard.

Treyen 4, Skates 1.

Originally Posted by grangerfan8

Arya was excited, though not as much as Treyen was, as he skated onto the floor. He had done so well on the carpet he had to do good on the floor as well.

...Or not so good.

Cringing slightly when he fell, her first instinct was to make sure that he was fine. But that feeling was suppressed when he started laughing. Really hard. Contagious it was as she found herself laughing with him.

Pushing off with her back skate, she skillfully slid onto her knees and beside her friend that was grounded.

"I take it your okay?"

Originally Posted by The1HBIC

"Only alright? It's better than alright. Where else can you take your shirt off duel and throw food at each other without getting a detention?" she asked. "Aww come on, you can tell me, I won't think you're a geek." She said looking at him with a sad little pouty face... puppy dog eyes included.

Did he just... ask her to be his date for the costume ball? "Really? You want me to be your date? As in an official date?" she asked looking at him while trying not to smile too much, you know so he wouldn't think she was too eager to say YES. "Well it is entirely possible that I would say yes if you decided to really ask me." Oh who was she kidding. Of course she would say yes.

Feeling him put his arm around her she instinctively put her arms around him and gave him a hug. Hehe, now he was stuck. Stuck in between her and her arms. She did tell him she had something he could get stuck in between.

Yeah, a clean hug was much better than a rotten food hug, and he smelled good too.

Originally Posted by Lockhartian

Ouch? Nah, not really, it didn't hurt. Well, not enough to make him complain about the floor hitting him! But the loud thud was prove enough that he'd hit himself alright.

He just couldn't stop laughing, "I..." and now he was stopping, "I...thought..." haha, enough! "I thought I wasn't going to fall, you know, but this is no carpet, clearly" and it was far more slippery than anything else. Treyen brought himself to a seating position and chuckled, "I didn't think it would be that slippery, but I know what to expect now" which mean, yes, that he was still going to skate, because the only thing that had gotten slightly hurt was his back, and it wasn't really hurt. Just Ouch-worthy.

The boy shook his head and with one hand he reached for the wall, because it was easier to stand up with that hand stuck to the wall and the brakes in the skates.

Only that it didn't work and he fell again. "Wait, I can do this" he said, because he knew that Arya will be more than willing to help him up, but he wanted to do it for himself.

And he managed, after two failed attempts. Haha!

Treyen 4, Skates 2.

Originally Posted by Tegz

"Alright...." James grinned and reached out one finger to flick at that pouty lip. "Runes. Runes is kind of.... I'm really good at it. And I do Stav, so... well thats a kind of martial arts thats kinda relevant to it and all..." He shrugged. She could read a book. He wasn't gonna go into that right then and there.

"Yeah you, and yeah.... official." His lip curved up into a cheeky half smile and then there was hugging. This was a good thing. Not quite up there with snogging, but well on the way. Of course, he was totally being a gentleman. Jimmy Wilkes was good like that. He shifted a little and whispered in her ear, hugging her back.

"Wanna go to the costume ball thing as my official date?"

Originally Posted by The1HBIC

Marie's pout turned to a smile when James flicked at her lip. "Runes is your favorite class? There's nothing wrong with that class, why would I think you were a geek?" Sure it wasn't her favorite class, but she didn't hate it and she did do okay in it. "Yeah, I've heard of that before. I don't really know much about it though." Maybe this would be something she would have to learn more about... eventually.

It was official, Marie felt like her heart was going to beat out of her chest when Jimmy hugged her back and whispered in her ear. He really did want her to be his date. "Yes, I want to be your official date." she whispered back. She continued holding onto him as she rested her head on his shoulder. Life was finally good for her again.

Now, what was she going to wear on this date?

Originally Posted by Tegz

Because Neptune had? She so had. James didn't say anything about that though. THIS wasn't about THAT. Neptune didn't matter right now, Marie did. "You might change your mind when you get to know me a little better." He answered with a half shrug. And well, this was a start to that whole getting to know thing.

... snogging would happen soon yeah?

"So, we have to wear costumes I guess." He ventured.

Originally Posted by The1HBIC

She might change her mind when she gets to know him better? "I doubt if I'll change my mind." And she was planning on getting to know him... a whole lot better starting with getting to know his lips.

"Yeah, I would assume we have to wear costumes since it's a costume ball." she said smiling up at him. "So, got any ideas what you're going to wear?" She had absolutely no clue what she was going to wear. Up until a few minutes ago she had not been planning on even going to the ball. Now not only was she going, but she was going as someone's date.

This was turning out to be a great day.

Originally Posted by Tegz

"Hehe if you say so." James was willing to humour her. He tickled her a little bit and then grinned, pulling back a bit so he could look at her.

"Nah... I dunno. Maybe like... a fifties greaser or something? I've got a pretty epic leather jacket and obviously my hair is awesome, so it'd be easy enough to slick it and style it. Unless you had something in mind?"

He didn't mind some input. Costumes weren't all that important in the grand scheme of things. "It might be kind of awesome to go with costumes that tie together you know? There are way more epic costumes if its part of an ensemble you know?"

Originally Posted by The1HBIC

"Yes, I say so." Marie said as she pulled away when he tickled her. Yes, she was very ticklish and he just happened to find the spot that tickled the most. Oh, she would get him back... later.

"Hmm, the fifties could work." She said as she pictured him looking all rugged and hot wearing leather. "Yeah, you do have rather awesome hair," she said as she absentmindedly ran her fingers through his hair while gazing into his eyes. She then realized what she had done and started to pull away. What if he didn't like anyone touching his hair? She didn't want to get him mad at her already. "Um, no, I didn't have anything in mind." Since she hadn't been planning on going.

"We could both just dress in costumes from the fifties, just as long as I don't have to wear pink." Hmm, what did she have that could pass for something like that? Nothing, which meant... SHOPPING!

Originally Posted by Tegz

Oh hehe. Weakness found. James made a mental note that Marie was ticklish. Cute. Ticklish was good.

Fifties stuff would be pretty cool. 1950s that was, not 2050s. Pfffft. Who cared what people wore 20 years ago? 120? That was far more interesting. Muggle style too. Jimmy liked the feel of her fingers in his hair to the point where he was almost purring internally. He met her eyes and then when she tried to pull away a bit he caught her hand up and didn't let it go. He just held it casually.

"You can wear whatever colour you want, I reckon you'd look good in anything." He told her with his crooked grin in place.