looking a bit baffled " The break is only for like a month and i will be back in the Uk in two weeks " pulling out books and 3 old news papers and 1/2 filled in Quibbler puzlze where did I put my pass port ?looking further in to the bag

*Seeing Mikey Matty nodded and waved the boy over.*
"Hey Mikey, been awhile. How are you doing?"

"Yeah..." said Kelley. "But.... I mean.... aren't we friends?? Can't I miss you a little bit before we come back??" She started to worry that she was completely misinterpreting their acquaintance. Maybe he was just another random person who was just talking to her to be friendly and didn't really want to be friends. Some people had done that back in the States. It wasn't too nice, but it was reality.

"So, anyways," she continued, changing the subject, "Are you excited for next term?"

Waving to Matty " I am still aching from the potions test.Lefay had us crawling all over the place .... Um have you met Keeley .....Matty ...Keeley.....Keeley ...Matty ... seeing the look on Keeley face " Keeley you took it wrong I just think when friends arnt around they are just having new stories to tell so I dont miss them as much and It gives me somthing to look foward too that is all " jerking his thumb towards Matty "Take Matty here first time we met I was getting yelled at then the 2nd time I was gettign yelled at ... come to think about it Matty. I get yelled at alot when your around"still going through his bag looking for his passport

"Oh," said Kelley, feeling a little better. "I guess I see what you're saying." she turned to the other guy, Matty, and waved to him, giving him a friendly smile.

Pfft...

"You have a room in the Room of Requirement. Doesn't mean I can't have one too." Yeah, she was totally going to have her own room now. And if people were lucky, she might invite them in.

Hearing him say Michael had a crush on her brought a smile to her face. "Aww, he's the sweetest little guy. I love him to pieces." Yep, she definitely couldn't wait to see him again. She was going to give him a huge hug and pinch his cheeks. "Will you give him a hug for me when you get home?" You know, since she wasn't going to see him for at least another month. Which also meant she wouldn't be seeing Matty for at least a month either.

She didn't have time to dwell on that though because now Matty was waving at someone and inviting them in. Looking out into the corridor she seen it was that kid that congratulated Finn on the quidditch cup win. Feeling a little bit selfish she didn't want anyone to come into the compartment with them unless it was Finn or Mia because it was going to be a long time before she got to see Matty again. But seeing as how Matty invited the kid in, she didn't say anything. It wouldn't be fair of her to keep him from his other friends too.

"That's because I'm always getting you out of trouble and fights." *Matty said with a smirk to the boy. Giving Keeley a smile he nodded giving them a welcome.*
"Nice to meet you."

"I'll try, he might just use me as a jungle gym while I try to hug him."
*Seeing the look on her face he felt a little bad but pushed it away. Most of his free time he spent with Marie and didn't get to see his other friends. It wasn't like they were dating or anything. Giving her a warm smile he nudge her a little.*

stuffing his things back into his bag " dude let me ditch my stuff and I come join ya in yall's room if that is cool "looking to see if he had place his passport in his boot

"Sure thing, Keeley you can stay too if you wish." *Leaning back into the chair he closed his eyes resting.*

Marie smiled at the boy as he was stuffing things back in his bag. Once he walked away she turned back to Matty... who had his eyes closed. "Hey, no sleeping in here." She said as she nudged him in the ribs. She was the tired one here and if she was staying awake then so was he.

"I'm sure you'll be able to get a hug in there somewhere." She knew that Mikey liked to climb all over Matty but she was pretty sure if he said he had something from her for him he would stop to see what it was. "Oh, and don't forget to pinch his cheeks too. I know how he just loves that." She said with a little giggle. She really had a feeling that the boy hated it but that wouldn't stop her from doing it. He had the cutest little cheeks, she just couldn't help but pinch them.

"I'm not sleeping, just resting my eyes. And I wont do that last part. I would end up getting kicked again. I'll leave that for just you and him." *He said with his eyes still closed. In a way he was try to get as much rest as he could because once summer training started he would get to rest for at least a month.*
"When do you think you could visit?"

Yes, it had become obvious that Jake had no idea, after all, this was the first time he was saying this out loud.

No, Treyen didn't precisely thought that he would agree with everything he was saying, it was only logical that Jake wouldn't agree or even deny a couple things. Except...

....he didn't say anything about Treyen's reasoning. Instead, he focused on the one person that had brought this on, sort of. Though, he wouldn't blame his own sister. "I know that." He said, still looking down. And how did he know that his sister was most likely blind? Because he'd talked about Jake in his own terms and he'd only gotten anger from her. It wasn't fair, and yes, Jake is not the one to blame for that...but things would've been different if he hadn't shown up at Hogwarts, right? Or in their lives for that matter.

Maybe Treyen still disliked Jake a bit.

But then his eyes were back on the tall Hufflepuff in front of him, and he was eying the boy curiously. Was Jake mocking him? The Lockhart boy couldn't believe what he was hearing. He chuckled in disbelief, "Oh, come on, you can't be serious." Ironically enough, if this had happened last year, then he'd totally understand Jake's reason, you know, since he wasn't aware of the truth about Gilderoy, but now that he knew, well, he failed to see his point.

For someone who had been struggling not to disappoint his sister oh-so-badly, then he couldn't see why Jake had said that he envied him. And Miranda sort of knew this, the disappointment part, for he almost quit Quidditch on his second year. He...doesn't fear disappointment anymore, though. Everything is an accomplishment, whether minor or not. Thanks to both Emalyn and Gilderoy for that.

Treyen couldn't help but look out at the scenery before his eyes as Jake stared out the window, and he could've sworn he'd heard the other boy say something, but he wasn't sure about it.

Glancing back at Jake, the fifteen year-old blinked, because he'd sounded like he'd meant to say it, and...was he actually telling the truth? Jake? "No, you don't." He said, with a serious tone as he collected his bag from the floor. "You can't." However, he couldn't help to notice that he'd spoken in present time, while Treyen kept it in the past, "Wait...," the bag fell again, "...you still do?" he was, after all, a fifteen year-old that still believed in many things people told him, "But...you can't." There was nothing to envy, except the tiny fact about his sister, but Treyen had gotten over it, a little bit.

"Good thing you're not sleeping. I'd hate to have to give you a wake up call right here on the train." She wouldn't even need to use a howler this time. She could just yell at him herself since she was sitting right next to him. "Fine, don't pinch his cheeks. I'll just have to do it twice when I see him then." Hehe, she would probably end up getting kicked eventually. Either that or Michael would start pinching her.

She wasn't really sure of the exact date she would be able to go visit him. "Well, the first week I'm home I'll be with my parents, then a week with Mia, then I'm going to Finn's until he leaves for try-outs for the Montrose Magpies. I could come visit you while he's gone." She wasn't exactly sure when that would be though. She just knew he was going to be gone at least a week. "When do you leave for training?" Guess it would be a good thing to know that. It would be kind of pointless for her to go visit him if he wasn't even home.

Ellie smiled at the invitation as she stood in the doorway. "Well, thanks. I'd love to join you. Plus, it looks like all the others are full." She said with a shrug. Tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear, Ellie stepped into the compartment and stuffed her shoulder bag onto the overhead shelf. Taking a seat, she shook the girl's hand. "Harper. I'm Ellie Johanson." She introduced with a smile. It was always nice to meet knew people. "I'm in Ravenclaw, a fourth year. Well, I guess I'm technically a fifth year now." She added with a shrug.

With a shake of her head, Ellie said, "Nope, not mine." She'd never had a Pigmy Puff before. "But he's cute." She said with a light laugh. Ellie reached forward and picked the little fluffy thing off the other seat away from the other one. Holding it in her hands, she watched it squirm around and laughed.

*With his eyes still closed he sighed. He liked training but it was long hard work in very uncomfortable places. Last year it was in the snowy mountains and rumor was it would be in a much warmer place. Most likely a very warmer place with lots of sand.*
"Tomorrow morning... I get home at 1am leave at 4am. A good three hours home. I wont be able to owl much when I'm there."

"Alright... Reese and Jack and baby too." Then he blinks. They... dont sound that familiar. In fact he hasnt heard about them at all "Uh.... who's Reese and Jack?" he asks with a sheepish grin.

He laughed at her Gryffindor comment "Well yeah Finchley can be quite insisting, but unless its life or death he doesnt usually force his way on things-- and even then he is soooo polite its hard for me to tell that its already life and death." he chuckled as a mental image formed of the family valet. "Finchley's a great guy... he looks after me and everything, he listens to me, gives me advices, he's even better than my mom..." with that he trails off, he didnt want to go dissing on that one parent thats accepted him for who he is.... as much as she knew about him anyway.

A wide grin spread across his face, it was a good thing he decided to bring the valuables with him instead of leaving them in the luggages "Ok Luv... now remember I couldnt get all the gifts in because well, some might get a little messy..." like the cake for instance, and he still didnt know how to charm his bag so his entire room can fit in there ".... so this is just a start" he says as he opens up his messenger bag and brings this out....


He puts the bear down on her lap and grins "She's a little princess...." he whispers as he deftly brings out a small jewelry box, opens it and lays this on Lexi head...



"... just like you"

"Reese is... kind of Jakers' sister. And Jack is her husband, a former Head Boy, Gryffie QC... good people. Reese was at Jake's birthday party at Florean's," she said as she tried to peek around to see where her gifts were.

"Well as long as Fletchley doesn't try to take you from me, I will behave myself. I promise you that," she said... still PPPPEEEEEEKKKKKKIIIINGGGG for presents. Yes, she was being GREEDY. Hehe.

OHOHOHOH. "I would let you open YOUR gift here, but I think it will be better on the beach," she said with a grin. |Her eyes went big as he pulled out the teddy!

Awwwww! She grabbed it and hugged it to her as she smiled at Salander. "OH! She is SO cute!! Can I wear the necklace or is it for her? I think I will name her... Princess... Pinkerton," she said with giggles as she hugged her again.

"..."

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Lexi's jaw dropped as he pulled out the tiara. REALLY? She put her hand over her mouth for a moment and then placed said hand over her heart. "Salander! It's... Beautiful! Is... is it REAL?" she asked as she turned to look at her reflection in the window. Tears in her eyes she looked back to him and smiled before launching herself over into his lap. "Oh baby... I love it SO much!" she said before she began to pepper his face with kisses.

"Yes my father is a-" Hugo quickly realized that Kurumi had been avoiding the word "muggle" so he thought it was best not to use it either. "-non-magical person," he said. "Mums a witch. Bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out," he said and smiled. From what he'd heard family was a bit of a touchy subject for Kurumi, but she was doing okay right?

Hugo giggled when she said that. He flipped a few pages back- all had drawings on them of backpacks and bunnies trapped in cages- and there was another to do list. In tiny letters, crammed between all the completed tasks (mostly book titles) there were two open notes.

☑ The Wandmaker's Handbook
☐ Wandless magic
☐ Nonverbal spells
☑ Transfiguration homework

He looked at them. "Woa, I nearly forgot about that," he said stroking the two little open boxes. "Looks like we've got some work to do in third year," he said and winked a bit. He wasn't sure on which one would be easier. He flipped to another page.

☑ A History of Muggles
☐ Aguamenti
☑ What's Happening Up There?
☑ Hogwarts, a History
☑ Herbology 17

"We've got to learn that too!" he chirped. So. Much. To do.

Kurumi continued to look over Hugo's shoulder as he flipped through the book of his. So many interesting line drawings and diagrams lied within the pages and she couldn't help but giggle. Hugo really was a Ravenclaw through and through. The only notebook she had was her cookie recipe one and she needed to seriously update it and try out some more recipes.

"You should also add baking cookies with me," she said pointing to what was left of the empty space on the page. Maybe Hugo could help her figure out what to do with those cockroach clusters. She peered a little closer. "What's Happening Up There?....what's that?"

"Ohhh... " he replied as his eyes slid sideways, trying to recall who among those he spotted at Jake's party. There was a LOT of people, but he did remember how Marie nearly got herself into another argument with Jake and Lexi and... hey yeah there was one other girl there wasnt it? Could that have been Reese? He shrugged and looked back at his Gryffincess "Cant wait to see Reese and her family then." he smiled.

"Its Finchley" he corrected her chuckling as he gave a little peck on her nose "Fletcher is my beast friend and Rae's boyfriend. Besides I dont think the TriWizard Champion would bother sending me my tux and doing half a dozen errands for me while I'm in Hogwarts" like your gifts Beautiful.

He gave her a knowing look and a naughty smirk "Well unless its something you wouldnt mind having the entire Hogwarts students see I wouldnt mind waiting till we get to Greece."Then again what if Lexi gave him a little sampling? Its not like they could get thrown in detention when Hogwarts is like miles behind them now heh.

He watched her as Lexi cooed over her presents, smiling in her happiness. He laughed and hugged her back as she peppered him with kisses. Hey he's taking that as part of his gifts heh.

Now onto her other gifts... and he knew that necklace would catch her eye "Well... that came with the bear..." he raised his hand and dangled this in front of her...



"... this is for you"


Then he brought out another box, more delicate and a little aged "I thought you might like these too, had something about them that was just perfect for you as YOU." Did that make sense? Even if it didnt, he hoped she understood him


"These are antiques, so they're a little heavy." he said as he gestured at the bracelet and the earrings. "The tiara and the necklace are real diamonds though, I guess they're more delicate than anything else." As for heavy... well only as far as the bank account was concerned heh.

"Right," Hugo said, took his pen and noted:

☐ Baking cookies with Kurumi

"Well, I guess we won't be bored next term," he said and laughed looking at the stuff he had written down. He wasn't very good at baking, but he figured Kurumi could teach him. "It's a book about brain waves funtioning and stuff..." he said remembering the rather retro looking cover. "It's quite a boring book," he admitted.

Kurumi smiled as she was added to the list. "Does that have something to do with becoming a wand maker? Like...how a witch's or wizard's individual brain waves function could have different reactions to the wand's core and what not?"

She remembered Hugo mentioning that he wanted to become a wand maker, so perhaps there was some sort of connection? Either that, or she was over thinking things again.

Caroline smiled when she heard Kita's voice at the compartment door. "Yes I do mind, Why would I want my best friend to sit with me? She joked. "Get yourself in here." She laughed. There was plenty of room still in here. Hopefully I certaine Gryffindor boy would show up as well. Where was that boy. Ah! For now it was a girls compartment.YAY!

"No... Treyen..." Jake said hurriedly, before the kid misunderstood him. "She thought good of me... but I only bring that up because... well... she was the first. I was only just past my eleventh birthday... I was terrified and she was the first person to really care. And had faith in me when a load of terrible terrible stuff happened in my third year. She had faith in my when the majority of people didn't."

That didn't need to be brought up... nope. Jake wasn't even sure Treyen knew about the deaths and stuff. "That would never mean she prefers me as a brother. I go on and on about how amazing some of my friends are but I still love my little brother."

Brotherssssss. And sister. Oy.

Then he shrugged. "I envy you for the absolute stability you have. You have that sister who was there since you were younger. A family. Before I came to Hogwarts my own mother didn't even want me. I envy the way you seem so happy when I see you around... the way you stayed upbeat about Quidditch... Little things, too. I envy the fact that when I was your age, I still couldn't read well and I was terrible at magic."

He envied the good start, to be frank.

But anyway... enough of that.

"Kaika loves you and will always prefer you as a brother over me, I'm so sure of it I'll eat my foot if I'm wrong."

He would, too.

Vegetarian or no.

Lexi watched him trying to figure out who Reese and Jack are... Heheh. He was cute when he couldn't remember things. "Reese is looking forward to meeting you as well. She is the closest thing to a sister I have," Lexi explained with a grin.

"Finchley, Fletchley... it all sounds the same. And yes, honey, I know who the champion is you silly boy," she said with a giggle as she kissed his nose. Laughing in earnest then she snuggled comfortably in his lap and shook her head. "Noooo you have to wait on THAT one, but I do have a few things that are... appropriate for the train," she said with a grin. But they could wait... because it was time for HER gifts!!

Oh... shiny something dangling in her face. "Oooh Salander! It's beautiful!" she cooed as the tears actually did spill from her eyes. SMiling brightly she wiped them away as the fell and she asked, "Could you put it on me?"

OOOH! There was MORE?! Tears came faster now as she took in the next gifts. Placing her hand over her heart she smiled warmly and just threw her arms around him. "Babe. You spoil me... and these are perfect. Very Gryffindor! I love you so much," she said as she caught his lips with hers and gave him the biggest, sweetest thank you kiss she could.

She pulled back and blinked at him for a moment, tears splashing down, "They're... real diamonds? Oh Salander... we will have to put some charms on them so I never break them and like... lose the stones or anything..." Oh gosh... "I love you so much. SO much."