Caroline smiled. It was hard to believe that it was the Gryffindor- Ravenclaw match was where they had met last term, so it must have been almost a year ago since the had met. She didn't say anything about that though, she was curious to see if he would say anything about it first. "I have faith in Gryffindor." And of course she had faith in Slytherin too.

Oh it was on now. She laughed, just because she loved snowball fights....alot. She balled up some more snow it her hand. Nodding "Oh yeah." A warming, eh? Was she suppose to be scared that he had fast reflexes?"Bring it Philips!" She half giggled half daring him. Dogding the second one he threw. She didn't mind the challenage. "Oh yeah, Well I pitched a few fast pitch softball games with Starr in New York this summer. I have a pretty good throwing arm." She stuck out her tonuge and threw her snowball at him. Grabbing more snow and balling it up.

Nika nodded as she swayed back and forth on the swing. Ah, the winter was truly beautiful, cold but beautiful all the same. She smiled when she saw Willie and nodded at his silly question. "Of course it's okay! It's more than okay!" she said giggling. "I love the treehouse! It's so cool!" She said looking up at the slides and other things. "It's really awesome! I haven't really played on it too much, but I'm hoping to come out here really often in the spring time when the weather gets a lot warmer!" She explained slowly. "So how do you like the treehouse Willie?"

Freya laughed when she saw how happy Jade was. "Yeah. This place is awesome." she nodded her head. She followed Jade to a group of trees where she'd had her first climbing lesson.

"Basic tree?" she raised her eyebrows. So there would be an advance tree later? She groaned at that thought The blonde eyed the tree for a quite long time. The tree wasn't so tall as she thought it'd be. Its smaller compared with other trees. "Yeah. Sounds good to me." she said. "So what we have to do first?" she asked. She didn't know what the first thing she had to do when climbing a tree.

" I thought it would be okay" William told Nika. " The treehouse is really cool" William said to Nika. " Summer is probably a lot better" William agreed with Nika. I love the treehouse because there is so much to do up here" " William explained to Nika.

'Oh, right, that makes sense!' Rose grinned 'That makes my house a cottage then, so you may have to lump it! That is because you're not used to small houses!'

"Don't worry about it,"Presley told him. "I can just get new ones over holidays. Thanks though." Presley wanted to keep learning this game. It was so much fun, despite her pants being ruined. "Let's just keep going," she suggested.

" See, I make sense once in a while" William laughed." I think cottages are
quaint" William said to Rose. " I will look forward to meeting yoru family" William told Rose.

" I insist on getting you a new uniform" Willaim told Presley. " These way you will have an extra one for all the baseball and football playing with me" Willaim sad to Presley. " So, it is time for you to learn how to block" William smiled. " Just for now, stay upright and put your two fists in front of your body and run in place" Willaim explained to Presley.

Pres really didn't need William to buy her a new uniform. She had tons of money at her disposal, but she didn't want to make this a big deal. "Alright. Thank you." Presley did as William said, and attempted to run in place. She kept going forward, and having to back up. Running in place didn't sound hard, unless your name was Presley Lynne Black. Finally she got the hang of it, and ran in place with her fists in front of her for a while. Blocking sounded as if it would be important to learn. Like blocking tackles? Probably. This was gonna be good.

A bit of cold weather wasn't gonna keep Miss Lovegoods from taking a break from her prefect duties on the grounds. More specifically, the wonderful giant treehouse. Hanging upside down, she'd tied knots in the tire swing rope so that she could swing from the tire upside down lazily. Totally wasn't being a bad influence or anything.

No one was watching her anyways.

Some might see the wintery December weather as reason to stay inside the castle, but even with as large as Hogwarts castle was you could get stir-crazy. Talking a walk on the grounds, Simon eventually found himself by the treehouse, his steps slowing as he neared. One never knew when he'd find himself in the vincinity of another falling Ravenclaw. At the memory he almost automatically looked up only to find the Huffie prefect he had met more then once around school.

"Having fun?" he mused as he stopped in place near the nearest trunk, absently leaning against the wooden surface.

Tugging her beanie tighter on her head when she felt it loosen, chocolate eyes moving to the older boy as a smile formed on her face. "I guess you could say that." A break could certainly be considered fun and relaxing. She shifted a bit in the wheel, causing it to swing even more in the cold air. "What brings you out here, Jack?"

" You are welcome, I feel better now" William told Presley. " We will go get your new uniform when Diagon Alley is opened up to the students" William said to Presley. " Now I am going to stand in front of you and I want you to block me" William explained to Presley. "See how far you psuh me back" William smiled. Presley is an excellent student.

'Yeah, they're looking forward to meeting you too!' Rose grinned 'Quaint? Well, that's one way of putting it!' Rose chuckled

" Cool, my family can't wait to meet yo ueither" William told Rose. "Ao it is not quaint?' William asked Rose.

Presley placed her hands on William's shoulders and pushed with all of her might. This was blocking? If she was making the rules, the one blocking would have been the kid being pushed. William wasn't very easy to move, though Presley was using all of her strength and then some.

'Yeah, it is quaint, I just never thought of it like that before!' Rose grinned

"You could say that." How much did Mia know? It didn't really matter in Evelyn's opinion though. The less people knew, the better sooo...this was all good. Good!

Smirking, she nodded somewhat after she spoke, just so Mia knew she was listening. "You better bring back souvenirs." Hehe, just kidding. "But that's cool. Do you know where you're going to go to first?" Close by? Across the globe? IN SPACE?! Probably not that last one...

" Oh, this time you are wrong" Willaim told Presley. " Try to push me under the shoulder blades" William said to Presley." You need to move me with a special technique of your own" Wiliam expalined to Presley.

" Your parents and you calll it home right?" William asked Rsoe. " Home is where your heart stays" William said to Rose. "Well some say " Home is where the heart is" William rold rose. "What do yo usay?" Wiliam asked Rose.

'Ummm..... I say Home is Home? I thought my heart was here?' Rose grinned as she touched her heart

Presley moved her hands as she was told and tried again. "What do you mean by a special technique of my own?" she asked. This might be the clue to making this work. Presley wasn't super strong, so she needed some sort of a trick to push William.

" Well, the part of heart and home means you love yoru home" William explained to Rose. " i know you know whare your heart is silly" Wiliam said to Rose. " You love to give me trouble" William told Rose. " I love it, so not worry" William laughed.

" See if there is a place you can make your weight even with mine" William told Presley. " You might use your legs or put your arms into my stomach" William said to Presley. " Then run into me while youa re blcking me" William explained to Presley.

Presley did as directed, and used the full force of her weight to push William backward about four inches. She laughed as she fell onto the ground. "I'm pathetic!" She wasn't upset about this, she knew she couldn't be good at everything, and sometimes had to fail. This was just funny to her. The way she couldn't seem to make heads or tails of this sport. Maybe she should stick to baseball. "William, you're a great teacher, but I don't think I'm going to go anywhere with American Football. Maybe we should jus give it up."

Carter smiled. "Thanks for your support." he said happily. It was crazy to think that they had only met a year ago. Things had completely changed for the better for him since then.

He smirked. "Oh, it's on Miss Scott." he said ducking under her next throw. He then chucked his snowball in her direction. He raised an eyebrow when she mentioned softball. He didn't know that she knew how to play softball.

Maybe he should just start kicking the snow at her...? Or better yet, get on his broom. Why wasn't there a such thing as a snowball fight on brooms? Perhaps he needed to suggest that to the Games Department at the Ministry...

" OK, so you are not a blocker" William told Preley. " Let me see if you can catch the football" William said to Presley. " Now run down the middle and turn back to me" William explained to Presley. Willaim threw the football to Presley.

Simon looked somewhat quizzically at the fourth year as she refered to him as Jack, wondering if perhaps she had mixed him up with someone else or just playing. Chosing the latter, the Gryffindor simply went along with it, answering her question. "My feet at the moment. But other then that...the want of fresh air."