Nate was about to respond to Jayden when things got hectic. Harvey joined the conversation, Nate's wand hit Jez in the face (and he felt a little bad about it), Jordan came over, and more ambient noise was rising as more and more students flooded the house tables. Where to start?... he thought, tapping his foot.

First he turned to Jez. She had asked nicely, after all. "Erm... The underwater kiss. Thanks for the wand, by the way." He smiled at her and held up his hand to show that he needed a moment to catch up with everyone else. Next, Jayden. "Well, Jay, no I didn't finish. It isn't my business to go saying out loud to just anyone. I'd have to get cleared with Pam first. It's her business," he said, carefully avoiding the words dream, ghost, and problem.

Now on to the males. "Jordan, Harvey, how's your year been?" he asked loudly, being all masculine and such. (OOC: yeah, real masculine ) He needed to catch up with them, anyways. He wasn't even sure Harvey knew about him and Jez. Well, he probably did from Pam... But that could come up later. Right now, the collective happiness of the group was on Nate's mind as his smile seemed to light up his face.

Pam glanced over at Nate with a thankful look. She was glad she didn't have to worry about Nate letting loose that she was a freak. She nodded at Jayden, hoping she'd understand. She'd have to tell her about it later. She hoped the food for this feast didn't take as long as the start of term feast. She was so hungry her stomach was roaring like a lion!

Walking into the Great Hall, Ellie scanned each of the tables. There seemed to be a sob fest at the Gryffindor table. Slytherins were probably happy. There weren't many Hufflepuffs there yet, and there were mostly first years at the Ravenclaw table. Except for Marie who seemed to be comforted by Stella. And Ellie Stone whom Ellie was still too intimidated by to speak to in person. And, ah. Louisa. They were... companions.

Ellie slid onto the bench next to the younger girl and smiled. "Hey Louisa." She said with a little nudge in the girl's arm. Hopefully Louisa wouldn't yell her name and try to rip her arm off like she did at the pep rally. That was a side of the girl she hadn't seen before...

Jez grinned at Jordan as he came over. "Hey Jordan! What's up with you?"

Jez thought about Nate's patronus memory as he talked to their other friends. Yes, that would be a good memory ... she reminded herself to practise the Patronus Charm with it on the train. She felt quite annoyed at herself because she hadn't even produced a tiny amount of smoke in DADA. Remembering those beautiful silver animals in the Room, she wondered if she'd ever actually get that far. Somehow she doubted it.

Jez glanced at Pam, hoping she'd tell her and Nate what the ghosts in the Room meant on the train. Jez didn't like being in the dark, and that was how Pam was making her feel. You don't just get a ghost of yourself pop up, and then not wonder what it meant afterwards.

Minerva leaned over to Ravenclaw table and smiled. "Hey my favorite claw group."

As Ronnie sat at the Gryffindor table, she saw Harvey walk in. Her heart skipped several beats, and, with her bright orange hair flying behind her, she ran as fast as she could from the Gryffindor table to Harvey (tripping once) and she nearly knocked him down in the biggest hug EVER. "HARVEY!" she squealed, squeezing him tighter.

Jayden smiled at Pam. "Alright... I look forward to it. Well - story time with you all, not the idea of going back home." She added softly, her eyes threatening tears again.

Jayden was absentmindedly playing with her hair when she heard a familiar voice. "Jordan!" She cried as she leaped up from the table to go hug her favorite Griffie. "Yeah, I'm alright... just a bit emotional about the year coming to a close." She answered, flashing him a tired grin. Exams had been pretty rough on her.


"Oh well.. alright. All is forgiven!" Jayden responded, flashing him a genuine smile. She didn't want to scare him off or make him think she was one of those snobby girls just because she was a bit cold in her introductions or anything. He seemed like an alright kind of guy.

"Alright, I'll ask her about it later on the train... no worries Nate." Jayden replied cheerfully. "Anyone know when the foood is going to come? I'm famished!"
"Hey there Minnie!" Jayden called out. "Long time no talk... or see!" Jayden laughed.

Minnie smiled and blushed a bit. "Well finals have had me stuck in the library." She glanced at Harvey, he better not let everyone know she was a true bookworm. "Plus it has been easier to hide out lately." She left it at that. The recent drama was behind her she was ready to move on. "How is everyone this evening? Ready for summer? Any big plans?"

Harvey smiled at Jayden "Thanks!" he said and was about to ask more things when Minnie came over!! Wow she was ACTUALLY there. "Hey Minnie." he greeted with a smile. She greeted everyone including him, while glancing at him when talking about the library, he understood. He would take the information to his grave. "I am ready for summer, but as usual will be missing everyone" he said smiling, her most of all he was going to miss "Hey Mins, sit down, why are you still standing?" he asked as he patted the seat on his right hand side. Suddenly he was almost knocked over as someone ran over and grabbed him and squeezed him, he looked around to see Ronnie "Hey Angel! How are you doing?" he asked her, motioning for her to sit on his left, IF she wanted to that is.

She squeezed him tighter and then let go. "I'm g-" she paused. She was actually miserable. Terrible. Bleh. Sad. Down in the dumps. Depressed.
"I'm alright I guess." she said shrugging as she took a seat next to him. She searched for his hand and found it, and held onto it and smiled at him.

Elliot, looking quite serious and icy as ever, squinted as she sat down at her table, looking for some familiar faces. Presley wasn't there yet, but she did see Jayden. She didn't give the girl ANY recognition except for a slight nod in her direction.

She was NOT upset about leaving. NO. She would miss the place, of course, she loved it at Hogwarts! But she wouldn't be seeing the one person she wanted to see the most in the entire world right now: Darius Morganzo, her father. She still had his letter folded up carefully in her pocket, and she had tried to wipe the tearstains off, for she would NEVER EVER admit to anyone she had cried over this. It was weak to cry.

Which Jayden seemed to be doing right now...about leaving. Elliot rolled her eyes to herself, not caring in she didn't say a word the entire night.

Ugh.

She looked up and down the table with a horrible look on her face, is she smelled something extremely gross. Where is the stupid salad? I don't eat meat! she thought to herself. Relax...relax... she told herself, and she sighed a huge sigh. Glancing at Jayden, she managed a small smirk in her direction. She really wanted to talk to Presley....!

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Minnie took a seat next to Harvey just for a bit at least before she went back to her puffs. She smiled at everyone and then looked at Ronnie and Harvey. Flash from the night before hit her in the face. She had hoped they didn't see her. She looked down at the table and wondered if she should leave.

Harvey smiled as she let go of him. But she was not her usual cheery self and he knew why "Dont worry, we will still see each other over the summer. You will come to my place, I will come to yours and then there is the wedding. So we will see each other regularly." he said as she sat down and held his hand. He beamed at her.



Harvey smiled as Minnie sat down next to him. He then remembered he wanted to ask her something. But when? he wanted to know. So he decided to go for it. He leaned in closer to Minnie, so that no-one could hear them he looked around to make sure that no-one was watching, and he whispered in a very low voice so that only Minnie could hear. "Mins, I wanted to ask you something. Now you dont have to answer it, but I wanted to know. Were you or were you not at the Gazebo yesterday? Ronnie thinks she saw you running away? If you were there why did you run away, we could have hung out again, the 3 of us." he whispered to her as he looked around to make sure no-one was listening.

Finding a seat near the front of the table, Mina quietly sat down as it was all hitting her. This was her last closing feast...ever! It was all coming to an end. Tomorrow, she would no longer be a student. Hogwarts wouldn''t be where she would be heading in the fall. This was finally it. It was all coming to an end. This chapter of her story was ending.

In her mind, she never really prepared herself for this. A part of her never wanted to believe that her time there would end, but it was all rushing on her now. Five years of memories were dancing in her mind and even though some of them weren't happy, she wouldn't have ever wanted to take them back. Her time within those walls were some of the best moments in her life.

Looking up from the table, she glanced around the room. There were so many memories that just seemed to come to her mind now, but she felt the tightness in her chest. Her last meal at this table. The last night she would have with her friends in the castle. It was all a lot to take in and she wasn't sure how she was going to take it.

Never in did she think it was going to be this hard for her, but after all the experiences she had there; she really shouldn't have been too surprised at how difficult it felt.

Pushing away her feelings of how she failed herself in the last few months, she tried to focus on what she did accomplish. Every thing that had happen since she was a firstie until now, wasn't something to sneeze at. Yes, she had high hopes and aspirations for herself; she had dreamt big and she fell a bit short, but she wasn't going to hang her head in shame. No, she was still proud of what she had done.

Looking back down at the table before her, she tried to not let her emotions show all at once. It was going to be a long night, she could just feel it.

Pam turned her head to Harvey at the mention of a wedding. "You guys are getting married?" Pam knew they were together, but it was so soon! They were so young! Why the young? WHY?

Carter stood at the back of the Ravenclaw table looking for Mina. He kept putting off this table. He wasn't sure that Mina had forgiven him yet. But at this point he didn't care if she had or had not. He missed his favorite Ravenclaw. He missed his Mina. And he was going to get a hug from her. And he was going to tell her how much he'd miss her.

And so there he stood... looking for the girl that he needed all year.

And when he spotted her he walked up to her... sat down... and gave her a hug.

No introductions and no asking for permission.

Harvey smiled as she let go of him. But she was not her usual cheery self and he knew why "Dont worry, we will still see each other over the summer. You will come to my place, I will come to yours and then there is the wedding. So we will see each other regularly." he said as she sat down and held his hand. He beamed at her.



Harvey smiled as Minnie sat down next to him. He then remembered he wanted to ask her something. But when? he wanted to know. So he decided to go for it. He leaned in closer to Minnie, so that no-one could hear them he looked around to make sure that no-one was watching, and he whispered in a very low voice so that only Minnie could hear. "Mins, I wanted to ask you something. Now you dont have to answer it, but I wanted to know. Were you or were you not at the Gazebo yesterday? Ronnie thinks she saw you running away? If you were there why did you run away, we could have hung out again, the 3 of us." he whispered to her as he looked around to make sure no-one was listening.[/QUOTE]

Minerva felt Harvey lean in close to her. Her heart began to race and she fidgeted a bit. Then she heard Harvey ask the question she was hoping wasn't true. So they did catch her. She put on a confused face. "Umm I don't know what your talking about. I wasn't near the umm gazebo." She was about to try and figure out a way to leave when Pam questioned the wedding. Minerva started cracking up. She couldn't help laughing so hard that tears began to fall. "They aren't getttttttinnnnnnngggg marrrrrriiiiieeeed.."

Oh, hey. THERE she was. That elusive seventh year. Mina.

Ellie stood from her place and slowly moved to the front to sit beside her teammate. She pushed her plate away and placed her head on the bare table, facing Mina. "It's weird, yeah." There wasn't emotion in her voice. It was just a fact. It was just weird.

The fifth year was going to let Mina speak. Because she didn't want to say anything to make the seventh year sad, if she was okay. Granted, she didn't exactly look okay, but Ellie certainly didn't want to make things worse.

However, if Mina wanted to bawl, she was here for her.

And so was Carter! "Hey, Carter." The Gryffindor definitely didn't look okay. His eyes were...reddish and...crying-like.

Now, Ellie was frowning.

Ronnie smiled weakly and looked down at the table. As she said before, she couldn't last one day without him. Let alone one minute.
"Kay..." she said nodding her head. She continued staring at the table...at all the food. No, she wasn't eating today. Even though it looked amazing, she just didn't feel like eating. Too sad to. She wasn't ready to go, not yet. This day had come upon her without her ready for it. A few teardrops dripped out of her eyes and slowly fell onto the table. She sniffled and held onto Harvey's hand tighter. She let her head rest on his shoulder. "Sit by me on the train ride home, okay?" she said.

Ronnie laughed. "Nooo, we're not." she said with a laugh. "Not yet." she added in her head. "He's talking about my older brother's wedding. You're free to come if you want. I don't know the exact date, but when I do, look for my owl!" she said nodding.

Ronnie smiled weakly and looked down at the table. As she said before, she couldn't last one day without him. Let alone one minute.
"Kay..." she said nodding her head. She continued staring at the table...at all the food. No, she wasn't eating today. Even though it looked amazing, she just didn't feel like eating. Too sad to. She wasn't ready to go, not yet. This day had come upon her without her ready for it. A few teardrops dripped out of her eyes and slowly fell onto the table. She sniffled and held onto Harvey's hand tighter. She let her head rest on his shoulder. "Sit by me on the train ride home, okay?" she said.

Ronnie laughed. "Nooo, we're not." she said with a laugh. "Not yet." she added in her head. "He's talking about my older brother's wedding. You're free to come if you want. I don't know the exact date, but when I do, look for my owl!" she said nodding.

Pam's face turned a little red when Minnie started laughing. But Pam begun laughing aswell. Then she heard Ronnie's explanation, and sighed with relief. "Good! I'd love to come! If that's alright with your brother and all. I do love weddings though!" What girl didn't? Most girls thought of what they want at their wedding at some point in their life. Hers just happened to be all the time.

Harvey turned to Pam when she asked about him mentioning the wedding. He chuckled and was about to tell her that he was not getting married, and that it was Rupert, Ronnie's brothers wedding when they were already answered. WAIT??!! Minnie knew about this wedding? "Mins, you knew about the wedding? Ronnie told you?" she then answered his query saying that she doesnt know what he was talking about, that she wasnt there "Oh ok, Ronnie thought she saw you. That is why I asked" he said smiling, but there was something strange with the way she said it. He then turned to Ronnie who was still looking upset, she looked at the food but didnt touch it. Just looked at it, she then started to cry and held his hand tighter and then put her head on his shoulder. She then requested that he sit with her on the train ride home "Of course Angel, anything for you." he said smiling. He also wanted someone to sit with him for this final journey home, before he parted from them. It would be his last journey with them until 31st August and probably the last time he would see them for a long time. He would try to persuade them to sit with him.

In the middle of Minnnie's laughing she stopped. Married well they could some day couldn't they. She looked at them in a moment together. Ronnie looked upset. Maybe she was upset because Minnie was sitting next to Harvey. She got up and gave her best smile. "Well guys I need to get back to the puff table and I want to go check on Daishi as well. I will talk to you all in a bit." Minerva waved and headed towards the Slytherin table.

Harvey was sitting there when all of a sudden Minnie decided she was going to back to the Puff table.. he wanted to stop her and tell her to stay, but how? if he did what would people think? so he let her go, but he vowed to meet her on the train one last time before they parted ways at Kings Cross. He watched her go over to the Slytherin Table and saw her go to a boy. So HE was the one she met at the celebration!! He had better watch out for him, if he upsets her.... well he had better be a good friend to her.

Caroline found her herself walking over to the Ravenclaw table on her journey to each house table. Ravenclaw maybe the best house to start with she didn't know to many of them. She scanned the table for Vashti, Louisa, Mina,Theo and Ellie. The ones she seen were scatted around pretty well so she decided to sat down maybe one would come over to her or she could move closer to them.