Ella sighed heavily. She didn't like how any of this was going. All she wanted to do was snuggle up to Aiden. But he had moved on already and it really was a no-go area now. But Merlin, why was he being so withdrawn? It just made Ella feel even more sad.
"You seem so unenthusiastic about speaking to me today."

Ella nodded as he continued to blabber on about his favourite kinds of music. She was pretty sure that HE wouldn't remember her favourite song. But actually, she couldn't even remember what she had told Aiden all that time ago. Bleh, her taste of music varied at all different times.

She opened her mouth to protest, but she had been avoiding him too so it was pointless. "Yeah well, you didn't do a very good job of it, did you?" She huffed, then shuffled around. Hmm.
"I've changed my mind." She pulled out her sketchpad, but didn't let Aiden see any of the pages as she skimmed through it. "I'll show you a picture that I drew of Pebbles, 'cause I know you haven't seen her yet." And she was a cutey. But Ella was careful not to show him any of her people drawings. There was certainly one of Aiden in there.
"Here." She shuffled closer to Aiden, and reveiled the page with a picture of her kittie's face on it. It was definitely one of Ella's favourite drawings, because it had the most detail.

"His name is Gaspar, and we have so much in common, and he's just great!" She said excitably, but that was all part of the plan folks. Ella still eyed him curiously. Expecting/wanting/hoping that he would react badly and show some feelings for her.

She tapped her foot impatiently on the ground, and wondered whether to get out her Muggle-Music-Box again to just block out Aiden next to her. The conversation wasn't exactly panning out how she wanted it to..
"Aiden..." She began, but thought about her words carefully before she spoke them. Ah! "I need to know... was I just a rebound for you? Like, I know you broke up with Savannah before you dated me, so.. I was just wondering." If so, then it would be devastating, but it would probably make it easier to move on in the end.
"I mean, Savannah and Nekoda always called me 'Rebound!Girl'." She pouted. Ohhhhh how those nicknames bugged her. Ella had a list now. Rebound!Girl, Toad!Face, and the new addition: THING!

.....

Aiden frowned and matched her sigh. "Sorry," he apologized. "I'm not unenthusiastic about talking to you, it's just different now.. you know? Not being together." Well, the only difference was that they were broken up. And they were dating different people. But nothing changed about the way he felt for her.

Okay, the music subject pretty much died out now.. Still, the whole 'Such Great Heights' thing lifted his spirits, if only slightly. It made him rethink Ella and Aiden. Although, maybe he shouldn't think about it right now.. Too much emotion involved.

This was true. "I'm glad I am getting to at least talk to you, though.." He looked at her a little warily, expecting another cold remark to that. But, what was this..? He straightened up when she actually agreed to show him her artwork and he watched eagerly as she brought the pad over. "Really?" This was BIG. Ella showing her artwork was very uncommon. Like, completely. The seventh year got rather sidetracked though as he noticed her shuffle toward him a little, and he couldn't help but let his eyes linger on her a moment too long before tearing his eyes away to see her drawing.

Holy smokes. And Ella claimed that she wasn't a good artist. HAH! "Ella, this is amazing," he said, his eyes still surveying the detail of the cat. "You cut yourself way too short on credit.. it looks like a photograph for Merlin's sake." If anything she should be showing her work off, it was so good. "You really have a lot of talent.." He himself was no artist, but he could certainly know a good drawing when he saw one.

O.O

"Gaspar?" She was dating Gaspar? Aiden had just met this dude the other day; he must've seemed like such an idiot. Talking to his ex-girlfriends new guy and not even knowing it. Ughh, idiot! He could just imagine him wooing her in that stupid, ridiculous Portuguese accent. 'Vhy Ella, you are zuch a beeutiful red rose, pleeze be my girlfriend. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. Aiden huffed and turned away.

But his heart sank as he watched her rave about him and tell him about how they had so much in common and all that. "Well, we have stuff in common," he said quietly, his tone coming out a lot more defeated than he anticipated. He couldn't even stand thinking about Ella with another guy, and look - now it was reality. He lowered his eyes. "Yeah, all right. Spare me the details."

Hearing a tapping sort of noise, Aiden quickly realized that Ella was getting impatient about something. He finally brought his gaze back to her when she spoke his name. "Yeah?" Oh. Wow, she wanted to know if she was a rebound. What was it with rebound paranoia? He waited until their eyes met so that she could see he was being honest. "I told you that I love you, Ella. I've never even said that to anyone before. Ever." He shook his head. Calling her Rebound!girl was obviously a defense mechanism. "You weren't a rebound. Savannah just couldn't stand that I feel so strongly for you." And, on the other hand, he had been broken up with Savannah for months before he started taking a liking to Ella.

"Right... No, don't apologize. I get it." Ella said with a nod. Her interpretation of that was that he felt the same way as she did on the matter. The fact that they couldn't even sit close to each other now was just.. UGH!
Why was their relationship so conflicted? They both felt the same for each other, so what was going wrong???! Aiden really needed to grow a pair, then maybe the two had a future together. Of course, it was stupid to think too far in the future. But maybe after Hogwarts had passed?
DARN IT, Ella was impatient. She wanted him naoooooooo!

Oh, finally. A comment that actually insinuated that he wanted to speak to her. "Oh really? You're girlfriend said you wanted me to back off." And to not speak to him at all. Too bad Ella didn't believe that for a second. But still, she glared up at Aiden, expectantly.
"Mhm. I'm not showing you my 'people' drawings though, they are rubbish." Animals were easy though. And they were her speciality.

D'awwww, she blushed.
"Aw, shucks." She giggled. Ew. Her eyes rested on Aiden's face as he looked at the drawing. They were sitting way closer now. Too close for comfort, and she reeeally had to snap out of this. She cleared her throat and looked away. "Thanks, love." Mmmkay, bye bye sketchpad. And back into her bag it went.

"Yep, Gaspar... D-do you know him?" o___O Gaspar definitely failed to mention that to her. That made things a little awkward, but at least it made it clear that Ella wasn't just making some random dude up to make him jealous. Reminding her..... "You're not jealous are you?" She hoped so. "Because you were the one who broke up with me, you know.." She informed him, even if he was clearly well aware of that.
OOOOOH. Moody Aiden.
"Oh, don't complain. I had to sit through the details with you and Savannah." She snapped at him. Duh, cos that air-headed blonde could never keep her mouth shut.

Butterflies!

And not the social kind, heh, but the warm fuzzy feeling that happened in your stomach kind. Eeeeeep. She just stared at him with adoration as he spoke. She wasn't a rebound. Savannah was just lying to make herself feel better. Phew. She shook off that bubbly feeling and spoke, "right. Mkay, just thought I'd ask." She smiled. Couldn't stop smilinggg! Even if they weren't actually together. Okay, that made her stop smiling.
"Oh, and I couldn't help but notice that you're speaking in the present tense." As in, he said 'I feel so strongly for you' instead of 'FELT'. Ohyeash. Ella picked up on these things, ya see.

Okay, so she hadn't freaked. But still, even though she said she 'got it,' he still felt like those words sort of hung in the air. She felt that way too. Before they lingered above their heads any longer, he broke the lull. "Right." Bravo. My, wasn't he the champion of descriptive responses?

Leave it to Savannah to say something like that to Ella. Something that was totally false. "No. I didn't say that." He didn't say anything further because he didn't feel the need to defend himself to that extent. The Pebbles drawing was exceptional, but it looked like Ella was just out to whet his appetite tonight. If he wanted to see those 'people drawings, it looked like he'd have to work pretty darn hard to get to that point with her. Maybe he could accidentally pick up her sketchpad in mistake for his notebook? Hehh. That was plausible enough.. right? Maybe. "Rubbish?" Pfft. "Mmhmm yeah, and you also said all your artwork was rubbish, but look at that." He gestured towards her sketches, meaning the one he had just seen. "If that's rubbish, then I'm Lord Voldemort."

And then she blushed, and he like, melted. This tiny bit of their conversation was enough to cancel out all the other crappy things being talked about. His eyes had surveyed the paper, but shifted back to her at the 'Thanks, love.' He smiled. Of course 'love' was a pretty common term of endearment, but he liked to think that it was reserved only for him. This he wouldn't ask her, though. In case he was wrong. "Mhmm, I'm just telling the truth."

Know him? He had a whole nice little chit chat with the kid right there along the pathways! Ergh, if he had only knew then, this Gaspar would've gotten quite the earful from Aiden. "We've met, yeah," he grumbled, not even caring that he was being so irrational. Gaspar was a completely nice guy from what Aiden gathered of him; but, this sudden news just tarnished all possibilities of the guy actually becoming better friends with him. No way. Not while he was dating Ella.

She mentioned jealousy and Aiden made a face as he looked away. Yahhhh, he was jealous. But he neatly swerved around the question and gave more of a response to her next words. "Yeah, I know I broke up with you." He remembered it clearly. Crystal. Such perfect recollections of his idiocy. And yet somehow he was still telling himself it was for the best. Whatever 'best' meant in his dictionary.

Right, touche. Savannah did bring up their past relationship a lot. Rubbed it in her face, so to speak. And sure, Aiden would be a lit fuse if this Gaspar character did the same to Aiden. Actually, it made him wonder how long Ella had known him.. she never mentioned the Ravvie before. "Fine, go on, then. Rave about Mr. Match-Made-In-Heaven; I'm all ears."

He nodded. "And now you're certain." Although he couldn't see how she'd think of herself as a rebound in any aspect. He pegged it to the fact that Savannah's constant remarks must have been getting to her. Ergh. When he turned back to look at her again, all air seemed to escape his lungs. He had forgotten they had, somewhere along the lines, moved closer, and he had forgotten how her smile threw him into a tizzy so easily.

But as her smile faded and he regained his basic comprehension skills, she said something about him speaking in present tense. But this was no mistake. Present tense was correct; his 'strong feelings' were not bound solely to the past. In fact, they felt permanently inescapable. "Aah.. right. Well, it wouldn't really matter either way anymore, would it?""

"Right." She repeated his words, then tore her view away from him and looked up at the tapestry that was hanging above their heads. Some parts of this conversation were getting extremely awkward, and now was one of those moments. There they were, freely admitting that they still liked each other. Not literally, but Ella just knew.

"I didn't think you had." Ella said with a nod. It just proved how well she knew Aiden. Hmpth. "Seems like Savannah has been throwing a lot of random comments at me, hmm?" What she had wanted to say was 'BREAK UP WITH THE COWWWW!'
But no... that would be a little bit too much.
Hehe, he was really going out there with complimenting her. "I showed you my best drawing, Aiden. Not all of them are as good as that." Her talent was slipping, which is why she came here today with her sketchpad, to practice. Voldemort?? That name made her shudder, but she chuckled. "Right, thanks Voldy." Heheh.

Wow. "I had no idea that you knew each other. That's nice then." She smiled.... sort of.
Nice swerve of her question there. So, he wasn't going to admit to being jealous? It was okay though, Ella could see it written all over his face. "So, you're not jealous?" She said out straight.

Grin. Mr Match-Made-In-Heaven? Hmm, Gaspar could be. Too bad that opening had already been filled. By the guy sitting right in front of her. "Actually, I think we have a little too much in common. He's really into breaking the rules. And if I was still at Beauxbatons, then I'd happily go along with it. But I'm worried about getting into trouble..." She thought about their little plan to get revenge on Jayce. It sounded like it would be a hoot at the end, but the planning before the event would prove very difficult.

Ella nodded, "Mhm, and I'm glad." It would literally break her heart if she was a rebound, and that he had always had bigger feelings for Savannah. It made her think, was Savannah a rebound then? Aiden and Ella hadn't been broken up for long, and he had confessed to being in love with her. In the present tense too.
It didn't matter anymore? Ella pouted, unimpressed with his answer. Most of his answers left her unimpressed actually. She was SURE that the Gaspar talk would make him see sense. But nope! "Well actually, it matters to me." She folded her arms across her chest.

....

Well, at least Ella knew him well enough to not believe all the jabs that Savannah came up with. Plus, he couldn't disagree with her there. Sav did have a habit of rubbing everything in other peoples' faces. Her looks, her clothes, her boyfriend. "Yeah, it seems so," he frowned. He'd have to tell her AGAIN to just lay off Ella. Not that Ella wasn't faultless, of course. It sorta reminded him of himself and Patrick last year. In some aspects. At her next words, the side of his mouth pulled into a smile, ever so slightly. That was such an Ella thing to say - of course the girl would put her work down, even right after showing him THAT. "Uh huh. You probably just like precious Pebbles so much that you spent the most effort on him." Or her. Was Pebbles a girl? Ehh. Heh.. Voldy. "No problem."

Nice? Meh, maybe. Aiden's views on Gaspar had suddenly changed after today. "Yeah, well... we're acquainted. He didn't mention dating you, though." Good thing he hadn't either or else Aiden probably would have flipped his lid on the kid. And that would be no good seeing as he did nothing wrong..

Ah, great. So now she was asking him flat out if he was jealous or not. Uhm... how to respond to that? Of course he was. Avoiding, avoiding.. "You're so hung up on this jealousy business." And it was working.

A little too much in common, eh? Good. That sounded like a flaw. Hold up... he wanted to stir up trouble, and drag Ella into all this too. Heck, she already got herself expelled from Beauxbatons, she didn't need anyone encouraging her in pulling pranks that could potentially mean expulsion from Hogwarts as well! Gahh, Aiden didn't even want to think about her leaving. "He sounds like a numbskull," he said, flatly. Overreaction, yeah, but Aiden was entitled. He was being the jealous ex-boyfriend. "What sort of rule-breaking?"

Aiden looked her way as she accepted his non-rebound response. But when she seemed to be disappointed in his answer about the 'present tense' thing, he tilted his head to the side, confusion setting in. "Your dating Gaspar suggests otherwise.." He remarked casually, not expecting her to give any response if she didn't want to. It was just what he was thinking.

At least he agreed that Savannah was being an unreasonable/horrible/cow-ish life-ruiner. Is that all he was going to say? "And that's okay with you, is it?" She asked impatiently. Ella merely rolled her eyes and looked away from him, suddenly in thought. "Keep control of your girlfriend, for Merlin's sake." She muttered, very quietly. Actually, that was just her thoughts just automatically leaving her mouth. Woops.
Ella chuckled, even though his words made her sound like a creepy cat lady. Those ladies freaked her out though...
"Yup, that's right. You haven't even seen Pebbles yet, have you?" She asked, thinking too. Nope, but she had met Euctise. Or whatever it's name was.

"Well...." She began with a shrug. "We've only been dating for a little while. It's nothing serious." And NOTHING like hers and Aiden's relationship. Nor would it ever be. She honestly saw Gaspar more like a brother. A little brother, 'cause he had the AWWW-factor. Cutey. "But I know he's a good guy and wouldn't hurt my feelings. Like, at all." And yes, that was a major hint to Aiden. Stupid idiot.

SCOFF. "No I am not!" She protested, but maybe she was playing along with this game a little too well. Her aim was to make Aiden jealous, but he wasn't supposed to suss that out straight away! Sheesh. "Fine. Don't answer my question." She huffed. Aiden was proving to be verry sneaky with his responses. By saying something that would take Ella off of the topic a little..
A numbskull? Ella couldn't help but laugh. One, because her plan was working. And two, NUMBSKULL?! She'd never heard that one before. Hehehe!

She thumped him lightly on the shoulder. "And I think you're girlfriend is a numbskull." THERE, take that Chevalier. And now he wanted the details. Hmm, it was deeep stuff. She looked around to see if there was any teachers lurking, then edged closer to Aiden. Eeeep.
"He wants me to re-live my past and steal ingrediants for a Polyjuice Potion again. You know, that's how I got expelled from Beauxbatons." She whispered. She didn't regret it when she did it before, but if she did it at Hogwarts, then she was certain that she would.

Erm. Erm. Erm. GAH! She didn't know how to respond to that.
"Well, excuse me for trying to move on with my life!" She started with a snap. "These past few weeks have been hard for me, ya know. Not that you actually care... but if YOU can move on with Savannah, then I can too. Even if my feelings for Gaspar don't match up to how I feel about you." She exploded. And then followed an awkward silence. Ohhhhh Merlin's Beard.

This plan was thrown out the window. Already.
*Sigh*

Aiden kept from rolling his eyes. "No, it's not okay with me." Although he couldn't exactly wrap a big old chain around Savvy and stick some duct tape over her mouth to keep her from continuing to do it. Even though Ella would be in love with that idea. "I think you guys should be playing the avoiding game.." He mused, letting his head fall against the wall behind him.

He smiled when he heard her chuckle. When all else fails, talk about Pebbles and Ella's mood will brighten. "Nope, I have yet to see this Pebbles. And the rest of your family, actually." Although chances of that happening anytime soon looked rather dim at the moment.

Nothing serious. Okay, that was at least a bit of reassurance. "Oh, okay." He still didn't like them dating, but that made it a liiiiittle better. She added the good guy/no hurt feelings part, clearly pointing this out to him, and his shoulders slouched and his eyes averted downwards. He remained like this a few moment longer before finally looking to her and speaking. "I'm sorry."

Sorry doesn't CUT it.

No, she is not! PHEW. heh. "I think the lady doth protest too much," he teased. But no, he was probably just seeing all this jealousy crap as a big deal because he WAS jealous. Eh. But she seemed to find something amusing, then... the numbskull comment? Maybe this meant she agreed that he was a numbskull. Hehhh. "What's so funny?" And yeah - he was definitely aware that she thought that way of Savannah. It was only too clear how the two girls felt about each other. "I suppose we'll both just have to come to terms with the fact that we think each others' boyfriend or girlfriend is a numbskull," he smiled.

When she scooted closer and began whispering, he felt his face get hot and he looked away to hide it. He swallowed. "Polyjuice potion," he repeated, because really he missed most of the words she said. Wait.. Polyjuice Potion? He quickly turned back to her. "Don't do that! That's too big; you could be expelled!"

Oh boy, she didn't care for that little remark. "I do care, and you have every right to be with Gaspar." In spite of how much he loathed the idea. And then she confessed that her feelings for Gaspar were not on par with those she had for him, and he felt goosebumps rising. GOOSEBUMPS. He was becoming such a cliche. "Ella.." He passed his fingers over his face. "This is why we needed to avoid each other; we'll just end up hurting each other more."

She eyed him. It seemed to her that everything he was saying was just a ploy to please her, and that most of it, he didn't even mean. Eh, Ella really didn't have a clue at this point. "Why would I do that? I love hearing her stories about how you two snog all day long." She said sarcastically, followed by a sigh. Ugh, the fact that he even stood beside Savannah made Ella feel ill. They were a gross couple. Bluh.

"Well, you can meet him soon. 'Cause he's in my dorm -" She began, but he actually wanted to meet her family? That made Ella a little... confused/aggravated/100% annoyed. "And why would you want to do that?" Hmm? Annoyance was clearly in her tone. Meeting the family was a boyfriend thing. And Aiden wasn't one of those anymore. Well, he was. But to someone else. <_____<

Ella nodded, but she wished that she had spoken instead because now an awkward silence occurred. They sucked. After he apologized, Ella paused for a moment to re-collect her thoughts. "Just.. shut up. Because 'sorry' doesn't really mean much to me." She said firmly. If he had a legit reason to break up with her, then she would accept it, and accept his apology. But it still made no sense to her.

..... Pause.
"Who's Lady Doth?" Ella asked with wide/confused eyes. Seriously, sometimes she felt like such a loser around Aiden, because he was so knowledgeable and she just wasn't. Hehhh. "I have just never heard of the word 'Numbskull' before..." And yes, she sounded like an idiot again. She shook her head. "Not, 'we think'. Maybe they just are." And maybe, Savannah and Gaspar should just get together because they were both Numbskulls, leaving Aidella <333

"SHHHHHH!" She hushed him and moved just a tiny bit closer. Just to avoid being heard, of course....
"I know, it's stupid and I tried to tell him that we'll get expelled, but I don't think he cares..." And of course, she didn't want to back out and sound like a wimp. But she wouldn't mention that 'cause it sounded as if her ego was huge. Which it was.

"YEAH! I do. And to be honest, I'm surprised that you've moved on so quickly to Savannah...." Because she loves him, and Aiden loved Ella. Well, that was her interpretation. So what would happen when their relationship got deeper? Aiden would freak out again and run away? *Sigh*
"I know. But now that I've seen you today, I've realised that I don't wanna avoid you." She said, quieter than how she had previously been.

Aiden watched her watching him. It was like they were playing some sort of eye game.. O.o But it didn't seem like Ella believed anything he was saying. Pfft. Of course she wouldn't though. She had serious trouble handling compliments. Heh. How opposite of Savannah. "All right, all right. Point taken," he said.

"Oh! Really?" Aiden grinned. Good. Cats were good pets. They didn't leave little turds all over the place like rats did. "I'm glad you have a cat. My roommate at Durmstrang had a rat and I almost ate one of the turds," he commented. He paused. "I thought it was a raisin," he explained, feeling the need to add that bit.

Right. Meeting the family probably wasn't something he was entitled to do anymore. "Oh.. okay." He looked down at his hands. "I donno, I just... wanted to." But, that idea was obviously nixed. He looked back at Ella. "So, are we not friends anymore either?"

Mmmyeah. That response was along the lines of what he thought he'd get.

Now it was Aiden's turn to blink. He thought everyone knew that line? Oh.. Wait. That was muggle stuff. "Uhm.. nevermind." Ah, okay. So 'numbskull' was foreign to her. Maybe that was just something his family said? Ehh. "I think we've all got a bit of numbskull in us." He was the one who let her go, after all.

GAHH. Aiden almost died. She moved even closer. He suddenly felt self-conscious about her ears picking up his heart rate. But at least this stupid Polyjuice Potion idea was good for one thing - distraction. "Just tell him that you've been there, done that. A Polyjuice Potion would be old hat for you." Had Gaspar met their lovely Potions professor yet?

"You've moved on to Gaspar," he countered calmly. Even if on the inside he was wasn't so calm about that little matter. Heh. Quite the contrary. But Aiden was convinced that it was all because of that lame accent. Mhmm. Girls liked accents, he just knew it. His eyesight returned to Ella once again when she admitted that she was no longer so keen on avoiding him. "Well.. I don't like avoiding you either, so.." Oh no, this wasn't good. "Maybe we should just not avoid each other anymore..?" Heh. Whatever happened to that being the hard way? The way not to do this. Meh. Yeah, right. Like that idea would ever work out.

Yeah! She hoped the point was taken. Maybe Aiden would understand what to say and what not to say now. Merlin...

o_____O Was there really any need for this story?
"That's really facinating, Aiden." She said with an amused grin. "I'm glad you didn't actually eat the rat poop." 'Cause she had kissed that mouth.... Uhm, ew.

"If it means that much to you, then sure." She replied with a shrug of her shoulders. Her parents didn't know about how Aiden practically ripped her heart out and stomped on it, so what would be the problem? .....Friends? FRIENDS? Unfortunately, Ella did want to be friends with Aiden, but that wasn't enough for her. "I suppose." She mumbled unenthusiastically.

"I think you have a bit in you, yeah." He was dating Savannah after all. How much more Numbskully could a person get? Heheeeee. She laughed after she spoke, just to show that she was kidding. But really, she wasn't. He was stupid.

She nodded, knowing Aiden was right. "I told him that I got expelled for it, but that just made him wanna do it more..." She sighed. And the fact that she agreed to the plan made it worse. Now Gaspar would get all hyped up about it, just for her to back out.. "Maybe he is a numbskull." She chuckled.. Ohhh, Aiden would love to hear her say that.

Ella paused and looked at him. It was the truth, but she needed to find her way out of it. To complain, of some sort. "Yeah, well... I'm allowed to move on." And he wasn't? Stupid thing to say. "Why did you even break up with me, again?" She asked bluntly. After many attempts to refer back to the break up, Ella came to the conclusion that she couldn't actually remember any of the details.
She beamed up at him. "I like that idea a lot." Yaay. No more avoiding Aiden. However, meeting him today was just pure luck. Because the next time, Savannah would surely be by his side. Stuck to his face.

Hehh. Okay, so maybe that tidbit of information wasn't necessary, but it had been a close call. Pheww. "Yeah, I'm glad too." Needless to say.

Oh, wow. Heh. That was easy. Where was one of those easy buttons when you needed it? "Okay.. good. I guess I'll meet 'em whenever then." It probably wouldn't be for a while anyhow. The term had only just started and they weren't due for break anytime soon. He waited for her response to his friends question and she finally gave an answer. The one he was pulling for, thankfully. "Right. Just making sure.." Although he was sure that being friends with Ella was bound to be a challenge in and of itself.

"This is true," he agreed, plainly. But he smiled a bit when she laughed afterwards. Did that mean she had been joking? Regardless, there was a grain of truth to every joke, right? Yes.

Sooo.. Ella told Gaspar that she had gotten expelled.... and that only motivated him more? Whaaat? Where was the logic in that? Unless he was consciously trying to leave Hogwarts.. "That makes zero sense to me." Whoa, what was this? Ella admitting Gaspar's numbskullness?! SCORE. He grinned widely. "Mhmm, I told you he is."

So, in other words, Ella was allowed to move on, but not him? He looked at her for a few moments, clearly puzzled by her answer, but he decided not to say anything about it. Yeah, why did he break up with her, stupid numbskull. "It was too serious," he answered. Laaaame. Oh, but at least she fancied this non-avoiding idea. Thank Merlin. Even if she hadn't agreed to it, he probably would've just found excuses to approach her anyhow. "All right, it's settled, then. No more avoiding."

Hmmm, when? Ella was actually looking forward to it now, maybe things would be different in the future? Like maybe they'd be back together.
"You can meet them whenever you want, I guess." She said with a smile. Next summer, spose.... Ages away. Merlin! She wanted this stupid term to end. She smiled, "I suppose you are like my best friend now, seeing as we're not together anymore." That was the next best thing, right? And Ella didn't even have a best friend anyway, or many friends at all really. It's a tough life.

"Well I'm glad you agree you that you are a numbskull." Hahah, aww bless him. Who admits to being a numbskull? Whatever that was. It definitely didn't sound like a good thing.

"Of course it wouldn't. You're a goodie-goodie." Ella informed him with a small smirk. It was a surprise how those two even became such a compatible couple. HA! She knew that he would get all over-excited at her numbskull comment at Gaspar. "I said MAYBE. That's... my boyfriend we're talking about." She said with an almost disgusted expression. Hopefully Aiden hadn't noticed. But she only wanted HIM to have the 'boyfriend' title. Sigh.

"So... what if you get 'too serious' with Savannah, you gonna dump her too?" She eyed him. Feeling hungry suddenly, Ella rummaged into her bag, which she carried with her anywhere. "Sounds kind of stupid to be honest - d'ya want a chocolate frog?" She asked randomly, throwing one on his lap. Who could turn down a chocolate frog? They were crazy if they did.

Now that she agreed to the non-avoiding thing, the more the idea sounded silly. "Hows you and Savannah going then? Good? You happy, yeah?" She asked whilst eating her chocolate frog. These frogs made her happyyyyy.

Aiden smiled. Thankfully she had warmed up to the meeting the family thing. He wondered what brought the change of heart, but he didn't ask. Better not question something good. "All right, then. Maybe over Christmas break or something." Her best friend, eh? He liked the fact that he ranked above her other friends, but the fact that he probably was below the Numbskull Gaspar... eh.. okay, that was his fault, again, so he hadn't any room to complain. "Yeah.. best friends, then."

Yes, he did agree. The wisest man was he who knew he wasn't wise, right? Something like that. "But Gaspar's a bigger numbskull," he added.

He chuckled at that. Why was Ella so insistent upon he being labeled a goody-goody? Not that he was a troublemaker either, but he found some amusement in it all. "I enjoy pranks and jokes and all that, but I'm not stupid." Not in that respect at least. And drinking a Polyjuice Potion just for kicks was definitely stupid. He looked to her when she reminded him that Gaspar was her boyfriend. "Right, boyfriend. Well, I'm sure he's a real winner." Pfft. More like a real WIENER.

Would he dump Savannah if they got too serious as well? Wasn't it obvious? "Yeah," he answered simply. There were no exceptions to his method. His eyes followed her hands as she began searching around in her bag for something, and sure enough, she pulled out two chocolate frogs just a second later. "Thanks." After tearing through the packaging, he bit off the side of the frog's head. Ohh, and he quick checked to see who was on his card...

Heh. He got Harry Potter. How original.

The question about he and Savannah kinda took him by surprise at first, but it wore off. "Uh huh, it's going well, thanks." Did this mean he had to ask after she and Gaspar? Eh, whatever. He'd do it out of politeness, and that was that. "What about you and Gaspar?"

Fee stood in front of the tapestry looking at it.
Shengot bored in her common room so she decided to just walk around.
And now she was here.

"That's a really nice tapestry."Adam said facing Fee. He got behind the big curtain, and slowly poked his head behind it, smiling. He would talk to Fee today, but make her think that there was no drama- he and she needed a break from all this.

"Its really is ", she smiled as she noticed that Adam stood beside her.
"What are you doing?", she laughed.
Fee approached the curtain and poked in it.

"Hey , stop poking me...I'm trying to entertain you, but you seem to want to hurt me..."Adam said getting out from behind it. "You need to laugh now a days..And Mr. Burn is here for you."

Fee laughed even harder.
" I just tried to find out where the rest of you was."
Fee smiled at Adam. He really seemed to care.
"I am happy to have you as a friend", she said.
"Well, Mr Burn what are you going to do?"

"But did you not see me walk behind the curtain?"Adam asked laughing.
"I'm not gonna do anything."He said sternly, he folded his arms and pouted his lips.
'Well Miss Fairy Ella, what are YOU going to do about ME?"He pointed at himself.

"I did but i just could see your head", Fee laughed.
She had just wanted to poke him.
"You know you look like a total girl when you pout?"
This was soo hilarious.
"Mhhh... what should i do about you", she giggled,"any wishes? I decided to be nice today."

"Yeah, because looking like a girl is something I totally want to happen. Any wishes? No..."He said thinking of two very nice friends he's been hanging out with lately. He smiled and stopped pouting...He didn't wish to look like a girl.

"You would look cute as a girl anyway", she winked at him.
But the smile did look much better on him than a pout.
"We could go to the room of requirement and have a candy fight", Fee laughed.

"A. Candy. Fight? Sounds kinda hurtful doesn't it? I mean throwing candies at each other sounds like it would sting."

"I was just kidding", Fee laughed,"but we still could try it out."
Fee thought of something to do.
Maybe they could go down to the treehouse?!