Ouch! That hurt! Now she really couldn't help it..one by one tears began falling down her face. It wasn't really he's fault. He was right. I mean who would want to spend their time with such a silly little girl like herself? What made her more upset was how this boy reminded her so much of herself. She had done the exact same to people to many people and it wasn't right. What really got her thinking though. Was she the only one he treated like this? Probably yes! That hurt too.

All this hurting, felt ridiculous though. She barely even knew the guy and there she was walking around the great hall sobbing. She needed to stop, but she knew there was more reason then just this boy as to why she was crying. Most of it was because of the memories, the ones she didn't want to remember ever..but this boy did that. He reminded her of him. Of Kyle the jerk that fooled with her heart. She wouldn't risk that again..she wouldn't risk that ever.

She continued walking and crying too. This was just a wonderful feast wasn't it? :/

Zeke decided to risk one more look at her before completely shutting her out from his life. Just one more. So he sat up and turned to where she disappeared to, searching for that auburn hair that looked exactly like Janine's. This felt very much like a deja vu to Zeke. That night when she died...before that, he was looking for her too. Ugh.

When he spotted Renesmee, he saw that she seemed like the was crying. He didn't exactly see her face, but from his view, she seemed to be crying. Wiping her tears away like that and the irregular breathing she seems to be carrying out. 'What have I done?' He thought to himself filled with remorse.

But he couldn't call her out just like that. He wasn't the type to run after people either. What now, Zeke?

Wait! She'd left something behind. She'd left her bracelet there. It wasn't on her hand and she remembered fiddling with it whilst she sat there for those few moments. She wanted no needed to get it back immediately. She didn't want to risk it getting lost, it meant a lot to her seeing as Tom was her only best friend now. Not many people knew what she had been through. Not many people knew that once long ago she too like most other girls had a best friend right from birth. Her best friend had died though and thinking back of her first year at Hogwarts she remembered all the missery she went through. She was over that now. Thomas was what brought her happiness...most of the time anyway. He meant everything to her and it was why that bracelet was so important.

Tears were still falling down her face but she didn't care. She would do anything for that bracelet. Wiping her face as she walked she reached the Gryffindor table again. She ignored the older boy. She didn't care about a thing he had to say. She knelt down and then began searching for her bracelet.

Where was it? Wheeere?

There was no bracelet there at all, and her tears were begining to block her sight. "Great! Just Great!" she mumured to herself sarcastically. "I'm such a terrible person." she continued and then searched the ground some more. Still nothing. The tears came down harder now. Tom would hate her now...she knew it. She was screwed.

Selina was distracted. That fact was as clear as the nose on her face with the way she was acting at the feast. It was not until she took a seat down at the table that she focused enough to hear what people were saying around her. She always hated saying goodbye to her friends. The end of the term was miserable and made her sad at the end of every year. She thought it would get easier with each year, but it didn't.

Then her eyes diverted to Gideon who gave her a simple greeting. She knew that he was a little more keen than the rest of the group as to why she was so down in the mud. It was sad getting older, especially someone like Selina whose perception of time was so off because she saw so much of it at random increments. But she supposed there was nothing she could do to stop the aging process. It was just a natural part of life.

She smiled at Gideon trying to shake off the sad feeling and said, "So you ready to get started with summer?"

Then she heard August and her eyes flickered with mischief at the mention of her making it down to the feast. She shrugged her shoulders at him and said, "You didn't think I would miss the chance to get free food, did you Auggie? Besides, I wanted to say goodbye to everyone, until next year of course." Yeah, until next year. That was a good way to look at it.

Finally she heard a voice that seemed more on edge than usual. Blue shifted over to meet violet and the usual carefree, cookie violet eyes were like unsettling waves crashing on the shore. Something or someone was bothering Kurumi. She could just tell, it was her best friend power that allowed her to sense when Kurumi was low or nervous or tired or scared. It was her Kurumi sense... her seventh sense if you will.

So when she asked if she was all packed up, Selina's eyes narrowed and studied her friend's face to see if she could gather any clues as to what Kurumi was hinting at. She gathered nothing specific and nodded, "Yeah.. I'm all packed up..." then it clicked that Kurumi needed to tell her something, "You wanna do one more girl's night up in the dorms before the train leaves? For old times sake?" Translation, Okay lets talk... it isn't serious is it?

Zeke was again about to return to his original position: heads down and not giving a care in the world about what was happening unless food comes out. But he was stopped. Again. Why was it that his actions are always altered by whatever that girl's doing? What, was he adjusting to her or something? No, probably not. He's just concerned that he'd hurt her. That's all. Right, Zeke?

Renesmee was going back to where he was. His whole body was frozen as he watched her. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. No, that was wrong. He remembered telling Janine that girls should never cry because their tears were precious, more precious than any treasure in the world which is why whoever made them cry shouldn't be worthy of those tears at all and that those people were big nutheads. That was what his mom taught him before she died, too. And he made her cry. It was selfish to think he'd done that, but he was sure it was his fault. Gee, now Zeke's counted as one of 'em nutheads.

He watched as she bent down in search of something. Zeke wondered what it was and wanted to help but believed she'd shoo him away otherwise. Plus he couldn't move from where he was at all. Helpless.

This was really not how she had planned to spend her last night at Hogwarts and her entire night was destroyed at ruined. She wanted to escape to her dorm and just hide there forever and ever. She was what you called a mess. The mascara that she had put on in attempt to look beautiful was smudged and messed up all because of her silly tears. She looked horrific to anyone really.

Why? That was her only question to herself. Why did all these things happen to her? She would have lived a perfect and happy life without all these silly little happenings. Though no matter what happened, everytime Nessie had finally gotten happy again something would happen and ruin everything.

Her hands still continued searching and searching yet there was still no bracelet lying around. It seemed like she had no choice but to seem desperate and ask for help. She stood up properly and half looked at the stranger again. "I.." She stoped as she hiccuped. Wonderful now she could barely talk too. " H..*hiccup* Haveyouseen *hiccup*..abracelet?*hiccup*" She spoke fast so she could say what she wanted to without being stopped too many times.

Zeke still watched in awe at the girl on her knees. Once again she looked so vulnerable and needed a shield of some sort. Finally, after her attempt to find something with her blurry eyesight due to crying, Renesmee looked at him. She looked at him with eyes so sad, he just had to help her. It was too heartbreaking to watch. Whatever that thing was, it sure seemed important to her. Finding his voice again, he said, "I..uhm. Haven't. Sorry." He felt bad, not being able to help her at all. It was a bracelet she was looking for, but he hasn't seen a bracelet, unfortunately.

Without another word, he gently forced her to stand up and sit down beside him. He just couldn't bare the sight anymore. With his hands on her shoulders he told her, "Get yourself together, Renesmee. You know you won't find anything with those eyes like that." His eyebrows knit together as looked at her eyes intently. They were still wet with tears and beneath them was black stuff from her eyes. Oh makeup, the wonders that you do. Zeke sighed and reached once again for his handkerchief with one hand. "Calm down first okay, I'll help you look for it later," he said softly as he tried to wipe away her tears and her messed-up make up. Really, girls shouldn't wear those anymore. Natural beauty was definitely better than what any makeup can do. Or at least that's what Zeke believes in.

And he waited until she calmed down. If she had any plans of listening to him and following what he'd just said.

Way to go! Now he thinks your a real lunatic. Not matter what she tried, the tears wouldn't go away and now she was crying for many reasons not just one. At least hopefully she wouldn't be the only one crying in the room. It was likely to see other people sobbing as they said goodbye to their friends all. When Renesmee had come to the great hall earlier she expected tears, but not of her own. It was a shock to her to think she was the one crying and she was crying so hard , it was as though she was crying for all the others too.

Wait? What was this boy doing? All she did was ask him a question and now he was lifting her up and comforting her. Didn't he not want to speak to her ever again? Merlin, boy were so damn confusing. Either way, she had no more will to push him away anymore. She didn't care she let him do what he was doing and she even attempted to listen to him. He was even dabbing her face with a handkerchief.

Why though? Why was he helping her if he disliked her so much? Why?

She didn't need him though, he would just hurt her more. "II..*hiccup*" the hiccuping still hadn't stopped. "I..*hiccup* I'msorry..*hiccup* Youdonthaveto.*hiccup* helpme." Yes she may have needed some real help right that moment, but she didn't really want it from someone who didn't like her or didn't care about her. "I'llbefine" That was a lie, she knew eventually she would be alright, but not untill she found that bracelet. "I *hiccup*..Ijustneedthatbracelet." she sighed. At least now the tears had lessened.

If only Tom was here.

Tayla entered the Great Hall with a big smile in her face. Another year had gone, and it was an amazing one! The Gryffindors may not have won the House Cup, but it felt so good that they were able to catch up and gain more points than Slytherin.

"Oooh yes!!!" Tayla cheered in thought as she took a seat at the Gryffindor House Table. She looked around to see if her friends or any Gryffindor she knew had arrived. She spotted the Gryffindors prefects and the Quidditch captain and waved at them. Tayla's happiness of beating the Slytherins and excitement for the summer and for next term made her extra cheerful that night.

Zeke would never understand why people act so tough when it's pretty obvious that they're falling apart. He listened partly to what she said but looked around in search of water. They wouldn't be able to understand each other at all if she was talking like that. He was about to do the "Aguamenti" charm to get rid of her hiccups but remembered he never brings his wand with him. The world is so cruel. Now what would he do?

Erm. "First of all, you do need my help, let's set aside our pride first shall we? And don't apologize to me, you haven't done anything wrong," 'Unlike me, I've been pretty rude to you.' Second, no you won't be fine unless you first get rid of that hiccups, calm down, and stop crying. And as for your bracelet, we'll find that later okay?" Zeke sighed, wondering why on earth that bracelet was so important than her health. This girl had serious issues.

Okay now how to stop that hiccups. Zeke noticed his left hand was still on her shoulder. It kind of looked awkward now, what he just did a while ago. Oh boy Zeke, what were you thinking really? He let go of her and thought of some kind of way to get rid of hiccups. As if he's gone loco he said, "Why don't you try to cover your nose and stop breathing for ten seconds," it sounded crazy. Even to him, Zeke thought he was going insane for a while there. But it did work for him when he was young.

Logan jumped a little as someone hugged him. He smiled as he recognized Alex's voice. "It was awesome!" he said. Then he laughed. "Oh really?" he asked as she filled her goblet. "I'm sure looking forward to that!"

"Yeah it was great!" Logan said, bouncing a little in his seat. Well, he wasn't that sad actually. He was quite happy. I mean, summer with all his friends! No more work! Ahh, it sounded great. Maybe it wasn't too bad. "What about you?" he asked.

Alec couldn't help but grin at Anya's comment. His best friend always managed to make him grin, no matter what. "Come on, you can beat me next time, you know," he said, tucking his hands in his pockets. She really could. And maybe he'd get to have the Championship Snitch from her.

And then he found himself turning slightly red. It was one thing to get all the compliments from most of the people he knew but from Anya, it was completely different. "I'm not as amazing as you," he said. It was true, even if the girl wouldn't admit it.

Alec tilted his head as he blinked down at his best friend. It wasn't like her to... was she lying? No... She didn't need to lie to him. They were best friends! They could say anything to- Oh. That. "Is it... because of, erm...?" It had to be, didn't it? Unless it was something else that was bothering Anya.

"Maybe next year will be better," he said, "You know... we can make it better." Better. Maybe everything would be better if he just... told her. The whole truth. Yeah? Because she deserved to know, being his best friend and all. Best friends tell each other everything.

Going up against Ellie in the Championship was a lot less nerve wracking than this.

But before he could say anything, Anya had thrown her arms around him, giving him a hug. This felt nice. And it made him feel slightly less nervous about telling Anya what had happened down at the lake.

And she asked the question to start him off. Right. Just out with it, Summers. Out with everything. "Erm... I have to tell you something," This was hard. "Erm, before the end of term, Adeline... you know Adeline, right? Erm, we met down by the lake and she... she told me she had a crush on me. ... And then she kissed me."

There. He was ready for his... punishment?

So, maybe her and Selina needed to brush up on their secret friendship code. That, or they just needed to use it more often. The two girls were very straight forward with each other, Selina more so because it was in her nature to be, but the Quidditch captain had certainly been rubbing her reckless ways off on the once meeker than a mouse prefect.

Kurumi was just about to ask if she was sure she had finished all her packing, but Selina seemed to have caught on that packing was perhaps the farthest thing from her mind. Kurumi had actually been packed for a few days. "Yes, please," Kurumi said with a hint of urgency in her voice. "I'll bring the cookies." Translation, very serious.

Seeing Tayla appear at the Gryffindor table with a smile on her face, Kurumi couldn't help but match it. The younger students had a way of being rather infectious when it came to these things and it was just the sort of thing that the prefect needed. "Evening, Tayla," she waved.

Kurumi smiled, but couldn't help but feel that his happy mood was a little overzealous. Really, he didn't need to bounce as if he had drank an entire vial of gummi berry juice. Her features froze up when he turned around and asked her how her term had been and her mind raced with words to describe it. Confusing. Intense. Stressful. Incredible...

"Busy," she said, laughing other thoughts off for now.

Anya smiled. "As long as one of us wins, I really could care less if it's me holding the victory snitch or you." They were best friends after all. His victories were hers, and hers were his. Like it has always been. Like it always will be.

She giggled a little at his blush. She wouldn't comment on it of course. But with Alec's compliment she couldn't help but feel a blush of her own creep across her cheeks.

She looked down at the ground and nodded. Alec would know why she'd be having trouble sleeping. Maybe she could even convince him to come with her when she visits Carter's for the first time. She'd feel better with him next to her. And she'd feel braver too.

"Knowing that I don't have to have another summer like last one already makes next year better."

She blinked. Tell her something? OOOH! Did Alec have a secret? She stared blankly at him while he talked about the girl that was trying to steal her best friend. She didn't like this secret. She didn't like it one bit.

She searched his face for several seconds debating on what to say. Well, what could she say? Kissing someone wasn't an accident. Anya would know. She'd given Alec two of them! And he freaked out the first time.

"Did... did you like it?" she asked quietly. Yup. That was her question. If he said yes... well, then she was right. She'd have to start worrying about losing him. They'd known each other their whole lives, and if he enjoyed some random kiss from some random girl... then that was it, right? Alec wouldn't be hers anymore.

...She'd have to learn how to share her best friend.

Out of everything, Treyen was probably going to miss his time at the library with the Gryffindor Prefect. And perhaps his time with Dallin too, when the Ravenclaw was hit with a book by the Head Boy. But, in all honesty, Kurumi will be missed, each and every day.

She had such a big heart, by the way, after everything he's ever done to her (because he was responsible for most of what had happened, if not all) and she'd still forgiven him. Those were the kind of people you got to keep for life. No wonder he thought so greatly of her. Then she spoke...and...he pulled them apart, shaking his head with a smile, "I know...it's just...," he sighed, boys didn't cry, Kurumi, and he'd only done so in the presence of the one he cared about the most.

Kurumi's words got to him, though. She still wished him the best. And so did he.

"I...guess I should head back to my table." Before she made him cry for real, "Thanks, Kurumi." He kissed her forehead again. And started to head back. They'll be seeing each other tomorrow for sure.

Alec grinned. "You're right, it doesn't matter who wins," he said, "As long as none of us are hurt..." And by that, he meant Anya. It didn't matter to him if he was hurt but if something happened to his best friend...

He shook his head. She was perfectly perfect, apart from the whole not sleeping thing. He smiled as he looked down at her. He must have said something... nice to make her cheeks turn slightly red. Yeah, nice was the right word for it.

Alec moved forwards and gave the girl another hug. "Hey, it'll be okay, yeah?" he whispered, "You have the summer to look forward to. And Carter would love to see you again." Whether Carter would like to see Alec, however, was a different matter. "And Disneyworld. Remember?"

"Yeah, you're right," he said, "We can still go kite flying and take walks in the park." And he'd buy her all the ice cream in the world.

Alec waited... and waited... and waited. He knew Anya might not like this for a number of reasons. First of all, Adeline was involved and his best friend didn't seem to get along with the Hufflepuff. And second of all... Anya used to be the only girl who had kissed him, ever.

At Anya's question, Alec blinked. How was he meant to answer this question when he wasn't sure about it himself? Was he meant to know if he liked something like this? All he knew was that he had told Adeline that he only liked her as a friend... and then he tried to make her feel better... and then she kissed him. That's it.

"It felt... icky," Yeah, he had just used the word 'icky'. "It didn't feel... right, you know?"

Anya nodded. This is why they were best friends. The bestest in the whole entire world. It was almost like they were storybook best friends. They shared the happy and they shared the sad.

She nodded and hugged Alec back. "You'll be with me, right?" she asked just as quietly. "I'll be okay if you're with me." She then smiled at the mention of Disneyworld. It was hard to ignore that the happiest place on earth was bound to make her feel better. "Right. You. Space mountain. Kites. And walks in the park." And meeting her new baby niece. She had a lot to be excited for.

"Thanks Alec. That makes me feel better." she said with a small smile.

She blinked. Icky? That's the word he decided? But, despite Alec's weird word choice, she smiled. She wasn't going to lose her Alec after all.

She blinked once more. It... didn't feel... right? What did that even mean. "I... have no idea..." she admitted. She'd only ever kissed Alec. And that never felt... wrong. Whatever that meant. Maybe she needed to kiss someone else to figure out what he meant?

Growing up was confusing.

Okay. She was officially glad that the only person she kissed was Alec. Apparently anymore just made things confusing.

"So... umm... do... doyou... do you want to talk about it?" she asked. "Like... what happened?" Or feelings? Or whatever people talked about after stuff like this happened. Because she could handle a conversation about it now that she knew Alec wasn't going to be lost to her forever.

She blinked once more as something else hit her. "Wait. Does that mean... that it felt..." her voice dwindled off and she was suddenly unable to hold eye contact. Or was she icky too?

Alec smiled. "I'll be with you every step of the way, Rilez," Because they were best friends and best friends always stuck with each other through everything. "You'll be fine, you know." She didn't need him there but if she wanted him there, he'll be there.

The smile on the twelve year old's face turned into a grin at the mention of all the things their summer would include. "And ice cream!" They were going to have lots of ice cream as well. Lots and lots. Summer should always include ice cream.

"No need to thank me," he said, "Anything to make you feel better." Because he didn't like an upset Rilez. No no no.

She had no idea? Alec didn't understand. What did that mean? She didn't know what it felt like to have someone kiss her? Or did she not know what it felt like to not get a right kiss? "What do you mean?" he asked.

Talk?! O_____O Why did that not sound good? And what did they need to talk about? And didn't he tell her what happened? "I... it's like I said. She told me she had a crush on me, I said that I liked her as a friend and then... erm..." What happened next exactly? "We... talked? Then we hugged and... erm, she kissed me." Right. That's what happened. Details were thrown out the window because... he couldn't really remember the details. "And then... erm, I... I pulled her away..." His voice trailed off as he looked down and started shuffling his feet. This sounded so bad right now and he knew it.

But... what was Anya asking? That couldn't be her question, could it? Because she didn't finish her sentence. No. So he found himself asking again, "Erm, what do you mean?"

Anya smiled. She was lucky to have such an awesome best friend. And she knew it. She nodded a silent thank you. He was so good at making her feel better.

And getting her excited for the summer! She was sooooo excited for ice cream and walks and the treehouse. And she was excited for things to just get back to normal. Normal Alec and Anya time.

Aww. Anything to make her feel better. Anya grinned. "I'd do the same for you." But Alec was better at not being sad than she was.

She fiddled with her hair a bit. "That... I don't know the difference." she replied. "I mean... nobody has kissed me..." And the only person she'd ever kissed was him. She didn't really have any kind of reference for comparison.

"Right..." she said slowly. She wasn't sure what exactly she was expecting to hear. Or what she wasn't expecting to hear. Or... anything... She wasn't sure about anything. That was safe to say.

But she did know that it made her happy to hear that he pushed Adeline away. He never did that to her. Even when he thought kisses could kill a person.

That meant she was officially more important to him than anyone else, right?

>__< Alec was going to make her just come out and ask, wasn't he? Did Anya even want to know the answer? It seemed like such a grown up thing. Talking about feelings and kisses. But since Alec brought it up... well, she couldn't deny that curiosity was getting the best of her.

"I mean..." she began. She cleared her throat a little and bit her bottom lip.

She could just stop talking... she should just stop talking...

But she couldn't stop herself as the words tumbled out her mouth. "Has it felt right other times?"

>__< Did she really just say that? She should have just asked if he thought she was icky too. That's what she really wanted to know.

Actually... she didn't want to know if she was icky either. She was suddenly worried that he thought she was. And where would that leave them?

"You... don't have to answer that." she said looking back at him. If he didn't they could just stay best friends forever and she wouldn't have to worry about her congratulatory kisses grossing him out.

Alec smiled back. Nothing really needed to be said now. Nothing at all. As long as she was happy, he didn't really mind the silence. It was a nice sort of silence. And it was nice just being here, in the Great Hall, with Anya.

"That makes me feel happier," he said, matching her grin. See?They made the bestest best friends around. He didn't know why people thought they were a couple. Couples don't say this stuff... do they? No. This was a best friends thing.

Alec blinked. Really? Never? He... didn't understand that. She was awesome, she had to have... No. He didn't want some stranger kissing his best friend and taking her away from him. But he still didn't understand. "It'll... erm, it'll happen... soon..." It wasn't a promise. It was just... something he knew.

And then he waited. She seemed to be struggling to say something about all this. Had he said something wrong? Or was she just stumped by what he had said? He thought he hadn't said anything wrong but, if Anya didn't know what to say, maybe he had? He wasn't sure.

Right, this was weird. All he had done was tell her about the whole Adeline thing and now, they were talking about feelings. How did that happen so quickly? And why were they talking about adult things that he knew nothing about? ... Did Anya know anything about this?

BLINK! The other times he had been kissed, forgetting about cheek kisses, were on the platform and after the Championship. And they were both from Anya. Why was she asking this exactly? "I... erm..." he started, "The first time, it felt... odd? I mean it was the first time we... yeah. And I wasn't expecting it. And the second time... erm... it didn't feel icky or wrong..."

There. He had said it. He knew that he didn't need to, as Anya said, but he had. And now his cheeks were probably turning slightly red. Alec reached up and ruffled his hair slightly.

The bewitched blonde very nearly squealed when Kurumi said that she would bring cookies, but then she realized that cookies was a serious offense. Her excited posture settled a little when she figured out that Kurumi really did need her. Of course, Selina was now a little let down by the fact that the likely hood of cookies being at their girl's night was now slim to none. For a moment Kurumi cookies was a sparkling addition to a very sad night of goodbyes. However, cookies were not the important thing here. Kurumi obviously had a lot on her mind and at the end of the day Selina would pick Kurumi over food without blinking.

So she nodded at her friend's urgency and added, "Good and I'll make sure that I bring my appetite." Translation, I have all night and I'm here for you no matter what.

Mr. August. For some reason that didn't make him as upset or annoyed as when he called her Miss Prefect. It just sounded funny to him.

The fourth year allowed his friend to pull him back to the bench seating and he quickly took a drink of his water as he listened to her appologize for the Hogsmeade comment. He wasn't thirsty, just doing something to avoid looking in her eyes during that conversation. "Uh, yeah I know."

"A butterbeer would be nice. No sense in passing one of those up." The lion grinned as Kurumi called him her little brother. That was so awesome. He never had an older sibling and sort of liked the idea of it.
"Of course not, that's why I was sure I wouldn't miss you here." Truthfully, and he was glad she was here. "I was just suprised that I beat you to the free food." With that he chuckled.

Awww Selina was a big softy under her tough, Captain exterior after all. It was obvious to him all along. He would miss her this summer.

Kurumi blinked a few times in confusion. Boys...seriously did not make sense half the time and the other half that the did make sense still made little sense, so they really only made sense about one eighth of the time. Like right now, when August was drinking his water and not looking at her and blushing but saying that she knew she had been joking when moments earlier it didn't seem that way.

Time to just...put that conversation aside. Yep.

"Then it's a date," she chirped, eyes widening as the words left her lips. "I mean, not a date date, but a hang out date, on a random date, erm, day, just..." Yeah, that one eighth of the time? Clearly it also applied to girls, because Kurumi was making no sense right now either. "Next term then, first Hogsmeade weekend." Because she wouldn't be around this summer to do it.

Kurumi chewed on her bottom lip nervously, but was pleased to know that Selina understood the gravity of her request. Her eyes briefly flickered towards the Hufflepuff table and instantly fell on the very subject that Kurumi needed to discuss with her best friend, but her eyes were back on her empty goblet and wishing it was filled with pumpkin juice. The chewing moved from her bottom lip to the inside of her cheek as the prefect tried to compose herself to put these confusing thoughts behind her so she could enjoy the rest of the feast.

Smiling now, Kurumi put one arm around her best friend's shoulder and leaned her head against the now blonde Selina. "Thanks."
Kurumi wasn't ready to let go, not that she ever felt she would be when it came to the Head Boy, so when he pulled them apart she couldn't help but whimper softly. Another moment gone. Another moment remembered.

She was back to chewing on her lip when he said that he needed to head back to his table, which he probably did. Hufflepuffs had a lot to celebrate tonight and Kurumi didn't want to keep him from all that. So, she nodded and opened her mouth to say something when he managed to silence her with another kiss on her forehead. She felt her face flush and her entire body grew warm. Words escaped her at the moment, so she simply nodded her head and watched him walk back to his table.

Anya blinked. He was sure it would happen soon? What? Did that mean that he wanted to kiss her? Or... what? Why would he want to do that? She hadn't won the Quidditch Championship or anything. And they both were coming back next term.

Those were the reasons people kissed, right?

What in the world was she supposed to say to that? And what did that even mean? Her eyes flitted between Alec and her fellow Gryffindors. She wasn't going to be able to talk her way out of the fresh flush that was crossing her cheeks. She'd just have to hope nobody noticed.

*inner flail*

"Good." she said finally. "I don't want you to think I'm icky." That was a safe answer, right?

She watched as he ruffled his hair. Oh good. She wasn't the only one that thought this conversation was weird. And now that she knew for sure that she was still Alec's favorite they could talk about something else.

Something like...

"Do you think they'll serve ice cream tonight?"

What? It was important. And a girl had to know these things.

Adam looked up and down his table. His friends were busy chatting away with each other while he sat there looking at his wobbling jello. He didn't know what to do or who to go talk to, he didn't want to interrupt anyone.

An then he spotted Nessie,hiccuping a lot, but she looked like she was a bit in distress. He stayed in position. Adam didn't have any idea on what was happening with her. Maybe a friend had told her a joke so well executed that she was crying tears of laughter. His feet got up until he noticed Anya and Alec talking to each other.

Were they arguing? They seemed to be in serious conversation. Adam was torn. He wanted to make sure Nessie was all right-since she usually came up to him when she wasn't feeling too well, but Anya and Alec were a suspicious pair. They both definitely had something going on in their friendship and Adam wanted to watch over his 'little sister'. Carter would want him to.

He sat there still, head leaning forward darting side to side trying to keep an eye at both of the pairs, Nessie and the boy, and Anya and Alec.