"Noooo, I'm not a professional. I just learned when I was a child when I lived in Alaska." Sebastian said with a nod. From his parents actually, his mother to be exact, due to his father being at work. It was quite fun really. "My mother taught me." He stated, trying to balance Bonnie and himself.

Yeah, balancing out the two didn't quite work out the way he wanted to and she fell down again. "Are you okay?" He asked, helping the blonde up. He hoped she wasn't hurt. Oh okay, just 'merely making polite conversation', mhmm, he knew what that trick was. Wait a second, did she just say...

BECK SALVATORE?

Oh great. Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust great.

"Yeah, you. did." Seb snapped. Great, competition.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh.
Hehe, hoot his horn. That was odd. Silly frenchman.

She turned her head and was sort of looking at him better with one wide eye. It did look quite fun, except for the falling on your butt part.
...she didn't have any skates though, never had a reason to get a pair. "Well, allright then..." she pursed her lips and started wringing her gloved hands together.

"May I borrow a pair of ice-skates, señor?" Seriously, she wasn't even sure she could summon a pair...

Alex looked suspiciously at his skates, he would have to wear them? He made a face. "Emma, I don't want to..." he whined. He needed all his legs so he could join in on the afterparty after the mathc, to celebrate Slytherin's win over the Puff's. But, he had promised and so he let out a big sigh and just plopped down on the ground. He held one skate infront of his face. Now, to put them on... How did one do that? Did he hold them upside-down? Blink. "I'll definitely need to hold your hand." he mused absently still inspecting the skate. Would it attack?

He grinned at her happily. "Of course I remember. Did you know you just took away my perfect 'late for class excuse'? That I don't have a watch?" he chuckled.

Why did she blush? Alex had no idea he just stood there watching with a grin on his face. Because he was just cool like that. Winter vacation? "Uh.. I don't know." he said surprised with cheeky grin. "Whyyy? What are you doing?"

Alex noticed Hyun's look and decided it was uncomfortable. He had heard him admitting to Ellie, great just great. And he gave him two thumbs up?

Whaaaa! Embarrassing.

"Just shut it." he muttered with a grin and throw some snow at Hyun's face. Wipe that smirk off your face Mr. Kim.

I. Do. Not. Like. Ellie. Yeah right.

Katie supposed not after all, when he skated ahead only to turn and continue to skate backwards, facing her. It took a little more than a beginning to be able to do that and not land flat on your back as a result.

Too many names and faces was more like it. Katie didn't know how the professors could keep track of everyone and remember their names, too. The Hufflepuff's nose wrinkled at the mention of breaking any bones. "I would have thought you'd be more likely to break a leg or something before your neck, ice skating and all.." Unless he was really going to fall head first into the solid ice? Then yeah.. no, all thoughts related were pushed from her mind. Anyway..

Slipping her hands into her pockets to keep them warm, Katie stayed in a careful rhythm, not really focused on being careful so much as it was a natural for her to be aware of how close or far she was from the other skater, in this case that being Patroclus. "You say a lot younger like you're old or something," She remarked, mostily out of curiosity than anything. She nodded ever so slightly, listening. "I learned to skate when I was around the age of two, and I haven't quit since. It's kind of my life now," Katie admitted, a small smile playing on her lips. "Who taught you to skate? Or did you teach yourself?"

Emma frowned for a minute. "But Aleeeeeex, you promised Fee and I. Fee's already on the ice!" exclaimed Emma, pouting. She laughed as he looked at his ice skating boot. "Okay, so first, you should loosen up the skates. Like this." said Emma, grabbing one of his skates and pulling the laces out a bit. "Then put your foot in. And then you tighten up the laces." She smiled when he agreed with her. She smirked again as she watched Alex inspect the ice skate. "Don't worry, it won't bite you."

She beamed him a smile before smirking. "Whoops. I did? Sorry partner. Well just don't wear you're watch." she began and winked at him. Hehehe. That could be his excuse.

The blonde smiled. "Oh, I'm not doing anything except going back to Malfoy Manor. My parents said that I could have some friends over the break. So I was going to see if you, Fee, Rex, Di, Brae, and Sel wanted to come over to Malfoy Manor." she explained, smiling widely, and blushing very very slightly.

Walking down to the frozen part of the lake,Fee looked out for Emma and Alex.She was supposed to meet them there and of course she was late. Why so ever she couldnt find her skates this morning. Pfff. And then she tried this new hairstyle. The bin looked really good though. But now she had to find her new sister and her best friend. Where the hell where they?!

Sitting down at the edge of the frozen part the blonde put on her pretty white and pink ice skates and sighed. It would be horrible if she ddnt find her friends because doing this alone was no fun.

Satine giggled and moved from her pose as Dalling skated around her in circles. "Wow...impressive...are we showing off..." she said with a wink..."maybe just a little..." she said holding up her gloved right hand and making a little space between her pointer and thumb to show little.

Did he just ask her to skate with him...she cocked her head to the side and took a deep breath in as she took his hand...just breathe....just breathe...why was she getting like this I mean Dallin was just a fourthie...right...She pushed all of her thoughts behind her and decided to just have fun.

Through little giggles she said, "I'd love to skate with you...but only if you can handle me showing you up..." she said with a little shoulder shrug.

Satine smiled at the groundskeeper. "Well that's great to hear..." she said glancing over her shoulder watching everyone falling and slipping...she was sure she could just sit on the side and be entertained. "So far so good...I don't have any major complaints anyways...not yet atleast..." she said with a little wink.

"Cushioning charm, sounds good." Nika was glad that Emily was so smart. Why hadn't she thought of using a cushioning charm. "No, the voices are goon now." And a relief too, she wasn't completely mental. Nika watched as Emily summoned to pairs of skates. "Wow you're really good at magic!" Nika felt a little embarrassed, though she didn't show it. Everyone knew loads of magic already and all she knew were the things they learned in class. All of the magical raised kids had an advantage over her. "Ohhh pretty! Can I have the white ones please!" Nika looked over at the ice skating looked like a lot of fun!

Dallin just smirked at Satine, winking once back at her. "Me?" he shook his head. "I would never show off ever." Heh. At least, he wouldn't call it showing off. It was more like... flaunting his talent. Yeah, that was it.

He smiled as she took his hand, and started to slowly move his feet forward. He couldn't help but think that he was holding hands with a sixth year. And a very pretty sixth year, at that. But... really, it was no big deal. They were just skating.

...Anyway. He chuckled at her reply, and cocked an eyebrow. "I'm sure I can handle it," he replied confidently, one side of his mouth raising up in a half-smirk, half-smile.

Adam didn't really here what she had been saying- for his mind was on rewind, now thinking if it was best to tell her.

"My dad.....he got a .....promotion. To Mexico City. And I'm forced to go with them at the end of the school year- I won't be back forever..."He said in a slow and quiet voice.

Iris had been stood at the edge of the lake for about 15 minutes, watching the skaters, before she decided that she WAS going to get out on the ice.

Just as she was about to turn around and troop up to the groundskeeper man to ask for some skates, when something whacked her in the back of the head.

OUCH.

The cold of the snow ball made it sting more than the impact did. Iris's hand found it's way to her head, clutching onto her scalp. "What the - ?" Turning round, Iris frowned, trying to spot out the person who'd thrown the snow ball at her.

Then she saw that red cap.

Well, mystery solved.

The prefect's frown almost instantly turned into a grin when she saw Aaron. Y'know, even if he HAD just pelted a snowball at her. Now, there was two things she could do. One, she could make a snow ball the Muggle way... which would give Aaron PLENTY of time to hide. OR, she could use her wand, conjure one up and send it flying at him...

Smiling innocently, with her hands behind her back, Iris begun to walk towards her boyfriend. As she walked, she conjured up a snowball in her hands. "Heeeeeeeeey! What was that snowball for?!" She called out to him, about 10 feet away. Her wand was tucked safely away back in its wrist holster. Half skipping, half jogging; Iris grinned as he reached Aaron, pulling him into a tight hug. As she hugged him, Iris kissed his cheek and stuffed the snowball down the back of his collar, so the snow fell down the inside of his coat. Pulling away, the prefect had a small smirk on her face. It wasn't a mean smirk though... because she was too happy to see Aaron properly, away from the common room to be able to conjure up a harsh smirk.

Elyon slowed to a stop. It seemed that her family wasn't the only one with problems. She gave his hand a squeeze and gave him a small, reassuring smile. "You're not alone. You have so many friends to support you and write to you. You'll always be in their hearts, even if you can't come to Hogwarts. It's so unfair how parents do things like these to their children.... Isn't there another way for you to come? Or are your parents like my mum and hate magic?"

Elyon gave him a mini-hug, still smiling. "I know exactly how you feel. I'm going through something similar."

Aha and then she spotted her little sister (not real sister even though Emma wished she was), Fee. A happy smile worked its way on to her face. "FEE! Over here!" she cried, waving her hand quickly and beaming. Hopefully, Fee would see them.

Rene told Rex to meet her at the ice-skating rink. She needed to tell him something important. Rex is scared of the ice.

Lacing up her skates, Ava Jade stepped out onto the smooth ice. It had been a while since she'd been able to skate, but it felt good to be back on the ice. She'd never taken lessons or skated for more than pleasure, but she was good at most athletics, and ice skating was no exception. Feeling a little more sure of her balance, she tried swerving side to side a bit, careful not to hit the others on the ice, but finally resumed a simple line and found a comfortable gliding speed. Ahhh...this was definitely a stress reliever.

"There is no way. They aren't allowing me to live with my friends-which makes it harder..."He explained. "And as much as I hate it, and them, they are my parents- and sometimes you can't leave parents behind-besides it'd be obvious to them I am sneaking around at my friends houses..."He went further into detail.

"They hate the fact that I am magical...They call me freak- and usually never talk to me during the summer.

No one is going through what I am....To leave you guys..."Adam said in a slightly raised voice.

Satine smiled and answered back with a sarcastic..."O ya...never you!"

Satine smiled and glanced around the lake to see how crowded it was and to figure out what their path would be that would have the least road bumps of bodies along the way. She smiled back at him and started to match his stride as best she could. "Well I sure hope so or else you're going to be one embarrassed man." she said smiling.

She glanced around to make sure it was clear and then said, "Here give me your other hand and let's see if we can spin together..." she suggested hopefully.

She smiled at him and decided to ask THE question, "So, have you met any cutey patootie girls over the last few weeks?"

Elyon sighed. "I'm so sorry to hear that, Adam. I can't say I have many friends to contact with, but I know how you feel. My mum hates that I'm magical too. She actually hates everything about my brother and I. She makes sure to tell us that any chance she can. She pushes us down stairs and hits us, Adam, it's awful. My dad doesn't know, nor do we plan on telling him."

She smiled sadly as she continued. "My dad's sick. Really sick, actually. He probably won't make it past March, and this will be our last Christmas together. Since Mum hates us, she's already let us know that if Dad goes, so do we. Some orphange in Scotland. She's already got the adress number written down. I don't know how I'll be getting back here either." She skated around in small circles, still keeping her eye contact. He was one of her only friends and she had no problem in sharing this with him. It was a lot easier to talk about than it was with Selina and Chris. She'd learn to accept it and just go with God's plan for her.

Adam was gonna have some heated comment- about after hearing Elyon and Chris could lose their dad by March was devastating. Then the fact that, in case their father dies, their mother has the cruel intention to send them to an orphange! There was no need for that. He wished he could help- but he would be millions of miles away by the 4th day of summer.

"There is no need to get you and Chris sent to an orphange just cause your dad might go away..."He said quietly. He couldn't see the reasoning behind Elyon's mother.

"If you don't mind, my asking- what is it your dad has?"

Evangeline didn't quite know why she was here. She had just ended up here, somehow. But there was no way she was going on that ice, having never skated on ice before in her life. She was all for trying things, just not when it entailed public embarrassment, which surely it would. And Evangeline just didn't do that. So instead, she leant against a tree, watching the people skate around on the ice.

"Hey sweetheart" Rene said walking up to Rex and placing her hadn on his shoulder. "You ready to go ice skating." She sat down and put on her skates. She couldn't wait to tell Rex her news. "Guess what? I made the hufflepuff quidditch team and our first match is this saturday." she said her tone a bit higher from the excitement

"I'd rather go away than stay with her," Elyon said in a small voice. She couldn't take much more of home life than she'd already had for summer, which was only about two months. Mothers shouldn't torture their children. Physically or emotional- something her mother did quite often.

"Acute myelocytic leukemia." She sighed. She wished her dad weren't leaving her behind. He loved magic and always supported her and everything she did. He was her best friend, as geeky as it was.

Ellie raised an eyebrow. Funny how someone who claims to know how to skate is laying on his face on the ice. She turned her head to face Alex and laughed. "Ha! I told you!" Internal victory daaance!

He wanted her to teach him? Hmmm, tempting. She laughed a little and began to sit up. "Y'know I was gonna say that I wasn't any better than you, but... You're kinda hard to beat." She teased with a wink.

She slowly stood up and outstretched her arm for Alex to hold. "Come on, let's try." She said with a grin. This could be interesting...

Ellie noticed Hyun sit up from the corner of her eye. Oh good, he wasn't dead. Phew. Then she noticed Alex look past her and to Hyun and he told him to "shut it". Ellie raised her eyebrows and looked at Hyun just as a pile of snow hit is face.

"What was that all about?" She asked with a laugh, looking back and forth between Alex and Hyun. Boys will be boys...

Ellie looked up just in time to see Fee putting on her skates at the edge of the lake. "Fee!" She called out, waving her arm with a grin. "Over here!" She invited her to join her, Alex and Hyun.

Dallin just grinned at her. He had no doubt that he could show her up, if she wanted to. After all, he was just lucky that he was doing so well at skating. He was bound to really embarrass himself, at some point. Hopefully no one else would be around to see him when that time came.

At her suggestion, he held out his other hand to grab hers. When he did that, his feet spun, making him lose his balance. His eyes widened and he let go of Satine's hand in case he fell. After flailing around for a bit, he caught his balance and smiled sheepishly at the sixth year. Holding out his hands again, he laughed a bit embarrassed and said, "Let's try that again?"

And then... what was with girls and asking questions like that? She was the second to ask him something along those lines... but the way she worded it, he actually had an answer. He bit his lip, looking away from her as he thought of how to answer the question. Looking back up, he replied with, "Um, yeah, I sure have. Depending on what your definition of 'cutie patootie' is." Heh.

Satine eyes were huge as Dallin tried to keep his balance. She wasn't sure is she should laugh or try to help....but if she tried to help then they'd prolly end up both on their butts on the ice. So she decided just to push back a little bit and just be ready if she needed to help him up. But luckily he didn't fall, just flailed alot. She pushed closer to him with her hands out in front of her laughing hard as she came close to him, "Wow, I don't know if I can trust you. " she said with her head cocked to the side as she grabbed his hands and started leading him into a really really slow motion turn together.

Satine looked at his face and was instantly scared that she had said something wrong..maybe she had overstepped that line....especially when he turned away from her....way to go Satine...She perked back up when he looked back....ooooo good question.... "You know just girls that rock your world, are interesting, and cute...of course..." wow that sounded lame...way to go Satine...she thought as she glanced away kicking herself mentally for even bringing up the subject.