Nate smiled and reached out slowly for Jez's hand, not breaking his gaze from her eyes. He was transfixed. Trapped, even. "I've never met anyone quite like you, Jezabel..." Nate breathed, his voice trailing out. He didn't know why he had used her full name.

Ariana needed a place to think.She was at a hard place in life, she hadn't heard from her parents in months & they hadn't returned any of her owls. She was getting worried but there was only a few weeks left of school. This summer she was staying with Josie & Joseph so that she can be with them & Max, her parents were okay with it & said they's visit on the weekends last time they spoke. thought Joseph seemed to be ignoring Ariana for the past 2 months, did he not like her anymore did she say something wrong. Ariana was upset, she was 12 she DIDN'T need boy problems. She was wondering on the 7th floor when she saw a door that she didn't recognize. She entered and soon realized she had stumbled upon the lost room of requirement.. well it wasn't so lost now i guess.

Marie didn't miss the fact that Matty ignored her comment about leaving school now. She knew the only reason he was still at school was because of her but really, she would leave to help him and his family out if needed. After all, they were going to be her family too. For now though she chose to let it go.

Looking up she kissed him on the cheek. "Have I told you lately just how much I love you?"

Jez grinned. "And you probably never will," she replied. Why had he used her full first name?
'Move away now!' ordered the voice in her head. 'He's too close!'
'Do it, do it, do it ...' chanted the chorus of little voices in her heart that sounds strangely like house-elves.
Jez leant forward slightly and kissed Nate softly. She smiled, hoping she'd done the right thing.

Nate figured out why he had used Jez's full name the moment her lips touched his. And seeing her smile after the kiss confirmed Nate's slight fears and secret hopes: he did love Jez. Which, if you were to think about it, was sort of weird in a way: Nate didn't really know Jez, yet he knew her better than anyone else except for Pam.
Nate was too busy to get caught up in this, though. Too busy actually grabbing Jez's hand lightly and kissing her on the cheek. "You're right," he whispered when his lips were right by her ear, "I don't think there is anyone else quite like you."

*Matty smiled and looked over at her.* "Not in the last three minutes... I'm starting to worry if I'm just a bit of meat to you."
*He smirked and leaned in giving her a soft and tender kiss then whispered.*
"I love you so much... forever and always."

Jez grinned. "That's a good thing?" she asked, happier than she'd ever been. Today she'd gone from ridiculously happy to the depths of despair, only to arrive back up at ecstasy better than ever before. She closed her eyes, enjoying the feeling of flying in her own bubble.
Then a thought jolted her back to reality. Well, two actually. Scott and Faina. That'd be the third heartbreak Faina would go through this term. And although she hadn't seen Scott for months, she had a feeling that he wouldn't be happy when she told him her feelings had changed. Was that even possible - such a quick hop between loyalties, without her even realising it?
Jez pulled away from Nate. He wasn't exactly a clean slate. Did that make Jez a player, kissing someone who was supposed to love another girl? Although with Nate, she could never be sure who he loved. Her hesitance showed in her eyes. "What about Faina, Nate?" she asked in a low voice. "What about Scott?"

Nate was glad his wand was on the ground, because he could have blown his own brains out right then and there. "Oh no..." Nate started pacing wildly back and forth. "What about them?" he said rather aggressively, mad only at himself for letting this happen again. But with Jez it had felt different, had felt truly right. But then again, Nate had felt something similar with both Pam and Faina. "They could both be off together for all we know! At least I don't have to worry about Pam, she likes Harvey..." Whoops...

Jez folded her arms and stared right at Nate. "While that last piece of gossip has not gone unnoticed," something she'd ask Pam about later, "I highly doubt Scott and Faina are off together. Nate, I ... I really like you," don't commit to that just yet, "but you've seriously got to get your priorities straight. I'm telling you now, I don't want to be hurt again this term." She'd seriously had enough of crying, because she'd cried more times this term than in her whole life. "As soon as you hurt me like that, I'll end everything, alright?" Now we've gotten that down ... "I'll tell Scott when I see him next," sighed Jez, dreading it. "And you tell Faina."

Nate shook his head slowly, not entirely rejecting what Jez was saying, but still wanting to pose his own idea. "What if you told Faina and I slipped it to Scott?" He hesitated for a moment, looking pensive, "And I've been thinking lately about the relationship between Faina and I. Could I get some advice? Maybe even later in, in the commons?" Nate had really needed someone like Jez to explain his doubts to, and that was before they kissed. Now Jez was officially Nate's best resource.

"Don't worry love. You're more than just a piece of meat to me. You're the whole meal." Kissing him back she moved her leg a little causing Frankie to fall off their laps.

Oops. Sorry Jr.

With Frankie now on the floor Marie moved so she was sitting on Matty's lap. "I love you always and forever too." Seizing his lips with hers she pulled him into a deep kiss. It was still early... right? They didn't have to be back in their common rooms for a few hours at least.

"Okay, I'll practise my Shield Charms," said Jez, only half joking. She didn't know how Faina would react to having Jez tell her, but whatever it would be, Jez could deal with it. "And yeah, sure. I'd be happy to help." Jez felt that she owed Nate for his help, and was eager to repay him. She grinned, which quickly gave way to a yawn. Wow, she was tired!

"You look sleepy. Should we go back now?" Nate suggested, pointing one thumb at the door and extending his free hand to Jez. "We can talk tomorr--" Nate cut off into a yawn of his own. "Come on, Jez, let's go back." He took her hand and escorted her off to the common room, eager for what was to come of what had happened in the room of requirement.

*Matty kissed her back with a little smile. He was a very happy meal at the moment if what she said was true, and he knew it was. After a few minutes he pulled back and smiled warmly at her.*
"You must be dying to tell some people..."
*Picking her up and setting her down Matty walked to the door.*
"Lets go let our friends know."

Marie frowned when Matty pulled away from her. "No, I can't say that telling anyone was on my mind right now." No, she had other things on her mind. Like staying in this room with Matty all snuggled in front of the fire.

Apparently he was anxious to tell their friends the great news though. "Fine, let's go find our friends and tell them our news." Walking over to him she grabbed his hand lacing their fingers together. "We're coming back here later though." It was still her birthday. Surly he wouldn't make her pout on her birthday... would he?

Violet yelped as she was hugged, having not expected it. She hugged Rose back, nodding. 'I'm sorry, I just... It's difficult, I don't know what to do anymore, I'm just...' Lilly? Violet allowed Rose to pull her away, not wanting to see her twin at that moment. She had to be sorted out first. She knew she needed a bit of help, and she didn't want to snap at Lilly whilst waiting.

Lilly raised her eyebrow. The room was empty. Weird. Very weird.
Then it hit her. Ohhh. This was the room of requirement. That made sense. That was solved. But where was Violet????

o_____O

They were falling to the flooooor! Okay, not really but they had NEARLY fell to the floor. This was not good. Was Kita that heavy? Was this because of all the food she ate? Maybe she needed to cut down on food? Especially chocolate?

... PFFT! Like THAT'S going to happen.

Kita grinned as the two girls steadied themselves. Having a seventeen year old throw herself on your shoulders isn't exactly... easy to recover from. But the girls were doing well. She giggled as she jumped down from Louisa's back. She threw her arms around the girl and gave her a big fat squeeze. Kita style. "HAI!" she chirped.

And... now she was being introduced to the other girl. Ravenclaw. The girl she had seen before but... didn't know the name of. ... Did that even make sense? Meh. Kita grinned. "Hai!" she chirped again, trying not to squeeze this new girl as well. Honestly, any more chirping and she may as well transfigure herself into a bird. A cute bird who you can sit around at home with and stroke their feathers...

AHEM!

"I think we've met as well!" See? She WASN'T hallucinating! "Do you... play Quidditch?" 'Cause, for some reason, Kita could imagine the girl in a Quidditch uniform.

And... now... "Is this our pyjama party?" More like pillow fight in which this Hufflepuff was going to WIN!

Louisa rolled her eyes at Kita. Seriously, did this girl focus on anything in her Quidditch match other than the small winged ball that Louisa couldn't care less in its name? Apparently not. She let them recognize each other on their own, she wasn't going to save any of the girls from being awkwardly unrecognized... if that made sense.

Lifting her two pillows, the Ravenclaw grinned nodding, "Yep, that's it. Let's go inside, shall we? It's almost curfew." Well, not exactly since they had Vashti with them. You know, Vashti and rules were best buddies and all, Louisa didn't even dare to suggest that the three of them sneak out of their dorms after curfew and into the room of requirement. No. Vashti might evanesco the girl's mind. She did something like that before.

ANYWAY.

Louisa stood in front of the wall, expecting the other two to follow suit, and closed her eyes. They want a.. bedroom for pillow fight. Opening her eyes wondering whether the others made the same request or not, she saw the door materializing. "Shall we ladies?" With the same grin, Louisa walked forward toward the door.

Alice stared up at the blonde Malfoy, who was desperately trying not to laugh at her poor attempt to put the first year to sleep and failing miserably. The little girl could barely keep a straight face herself, but she managed to do so better than Emma. She quickly slipped out of Emma's cozy coat for the fear of falling asleep yet again. The tiny lion's eyelids drooped and she yawned frequently, yet she was trying her best to force herself awake. I wouldn't do to nap now, not when she had a chance to spend time with her favourite scheming fifth year.
"EMMA," the Gryffindor prodded the Malfoy with clear impatience; she was eager to get moving. "What are we supposed to do in here?" They couldn't step out of the Room for the fear of being caught by a teacher, or worse, a Prefect. Most of those just liked the taste of power and enjoyed writing up Detentions. Except, of course, a select few the girl had taken to since the term started. But Alice always thought that Emma would know what to do, because she was all big and smart and clever and whatnot. Yepp.

So honestly, Dallin didn't know why Treyen wanted his help with this. Dallin was no whiz at this spell, having only accomplished it twice. But who knew, maybe today would be a good day and Dallin would be amazing and he would be able to teach Treyen and do a great job. It was possible.

After pacing in front of the wall, a door appeared and Dallin, hoping he'd gotten the instructions right, went in. Oh - there was Treyen. Dallin smiled a greeting, closing the door behind him.

"Sorry it's taken me so long to do this," he said, folding his arms and looking at the prefect.

What?

His eyes went to the place where the entrance would be and he nodded once Dallin stepped inside. "No, don't worry about it." They had been both rather busy, but the Ravenclaw should've gotten faster considering it might take him less time if he came from the Common Room.

Either way, Dallin was here. That's what mattered. It didn't even matter if Treyen managed to successfully cast a Patronus.

"I just...well, you know I'm aware of the theoretical part of the spell...but you've cast it before." That's all he needed, that someone who'd done so could help out somehow. "So, I know the spell, and the wand movement...kind of." But Dallin was free to start at any point now. But if he was asked for a happy memory, he probably didn't have one that could be strong enough for this.

"Okay..." Dallin nodded, shrugging as he pushed himsef away from the wall and pulled out his wand. "I don't know what else to tell ya," he said honestly. "You just... You just need a really good memory. That's the main thing." Dallin nodded, mostly to himself.

Vashti smiled as Kita greeted her again and nodded when she agreed that they'd met before. "Of course! I'm a Chaser." For Ravenclaw, obviously. "And you're the Hufflepuff Seeker, yeah?" She was pretty sure she was. Unless it was someone who looked EXACTLY like her she'd seen chase after the snitch with Ellie in the past two Ravenclaw vs. Hufflepuff game. "I think we met in a class too though a couple years ago." She wanted to say it was a Care of Magical Creatures lesson, but she wasn't a hundred percent sure on that - just that it was a class and it was awhile ago.

Vashti glanced at Louisa when she spoke next... What?! Almost curfew?! "It can't be," Vashti said, blinking in surprise. She'd made sure they had allowed loads of time between now and curfew. Had she read her clock wrong?! Did either of them have a watch?! She glanced between the two but didn't get the chance to ask before it was clear Louisa was concentrating on asking the Room of Requirement for the room they wanted. Vashti had enough experience with this room to know she needed to concentrate too, so she did, closing her eyes and imagining a bedroom with LOADS of pillows for them to throw and fight with.

When she opened them again, she too saw the door that had appeared. She nodded as Louisa suggested they go in, and followed her younger friend to the door.

You know, if Dallin decided to dedicate his life to teaching, well, he'd have to work on some skills for sure.

Treyen nodded, wand at hand. A really good memory? He didn't know which memory to use, truth be told, because he knew that it had to be strong enough for this particular spell.

Sigh. He had no idea, and he had time to figure it out, right? "Can you go first?" So he'll have an idea of what to do?