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...okay, she'd only completely ignored his question. Or perhaps just not heard it; she was studying her hot chocolate fairly intently. As was in line with the paranoia of most teenage boys, he took it to mean that he'd done something wrong, until she spoke up after a very lengthy silence.

He turned and looked at the boy she'd indicated. Sure, he'd seen him around the tower a lot, and he remembered some comment about fiendfyre in class, but he hadn't really been able to put a name to the face before. So that was the boy who'd been tutored with Neptune all of last year?

"Clearly he doesn't know what he's talking about," Kellen stated. So there, Jim. And no, he wasn't about to launch into a talk about how everyone was special, either. Though it did make him wonder why it mattered so terribly much to Neptune that Jim thought her special. Because it obviously did.

Neptune shrugged, clearly not all that convinced. "He said it in front of a bunch of girls." Using her stirrer, Neptune discretely motioned towards Finny and ... whoever he was goo goo over these days. "That girl. And the Champion girl, Cameron. And Grayson."

And.... here was another girl. Neptune hadn't even looked at her, to be honest, but it didn't really matter who it was. Mattered who it wasn't.


Finally, Neptune lifted her face enough to look at Kellen. "I don't think I want to stay here, Kellybear." Even though they were there FIRST. Little snippets of ooey gooey Finny and what'sherface and..... Jim ..... were getting to her. Neptune simply didn't want to hear it. She HAD been having a good time..

Edmond didn't want to lie to Fee, but telling her that his mother didn't know would just worry her a lot more. "Umm...I...no." Ed hung his head. She had a right to know the truth, "I don't want to worry her. Specially now that she's expecting." he explained. It was already bad enough that him and his father had made her cry when they argued.

Ed shook his head. "No, just my shoulder and chest, but it's not that bad." he added, not wanting to worry her even more. The bruises were going away and they didn't hurt as much anymore, so that was good.

"Well, it's not much about permission, Feenella." Edmond said, "It's more of being invited in. The Manor is heavily guarded by wards." he explained, hoping he didn't confuse her.

"Thanks, I really appreciate it." he smiled a true smile.

Fee's eyes grew wide as he told her his mother didnt know. So he was left alone with his fear of his cousins?!
Wooow.

"Edmond, i know she is expecting but dont you think she would want to know", she told him in a caring tone,"what if she finds out, wouldnt she be disappointed? I know its not the right time now but still.."

Fee would be really disappointed if he told her everything was fine when it wasnt.

Could she believe him?Or did he just not wanted to worry?!

"I really hope you're telling the truth", she said looking into his eyes,"you know we can make it trough everything as long as we are together."

The manor was guared by wards? Okay...
"Still you could have written", she said,"dont ever think you need to hold back something.Tell me whats on your mind whenever or whatever it is."

He should know that he need'nt take this all alone, she was with him and nothing would change it.

She giggled a little as she kept stroking the bruise.

"Always", she smiled back,"always..."

"I know." Ed sighed, "I'll try to tell her next time, it's just that this isn't the right time." he said, in a pleading voice. He didn't want to hurt his mother or the baby.

"I am and my mother healed the visible bruises because I kind of told her I fell off a hill." Ed wasn't sure if he had already mentioned that bit of information.

"I know," he said, "I'm just not used to having someone that cares about me." Ed admitted. He wasn't used to having someone to count on, that's why he hadn't told Feenella over their special parchment. "But I know I'm not alone." he grinned, referring to Feenella.

"Thanks." he said, leaning towards her touch.

Fee didnt want to pressure Edmond. There was no need to.She knew he would tell his mother sooner or later.
But now there was the baby first.

"You dont have to explain your decisions to me", she told him,"i only want whats best for you.Nothing more,nothing less."


He had told her he fell down a hill?! Oh man..

"Its okay", she whispered,"everything is fine now."

Edmond wasnt used that someone cared for him? But his mother?...

"You'll never be alone", she told him sincerely,"if you would want me to i would sneek into the Gryffie's common room only to be with you. Just promiss me to tell me next time when something is wrong."

Hopefully that wouldnt be too soon. Fee just shook her head at his last comment. She was there for him. No need to thank her. He meaned more then herself and she would do anything to make him feel better.

Bestie time, Savannah Conrad needed bestie time.It seemed like forever and half since she legitly had bestie time with Nekoda. Well, that needed to change laiiiiiiiiik NOAW which explains why she had asked her best friend to meet her here to snack on foods.

Wasn't it funny she picked the most romantic place in Hogsmeade? Yeah, a bit considering she and Kody would be doing quite the opposite, you know, talking about break ups. Savvy knew Nekoda had a general idea what exactly had just happened but she didn't know her full reaction. Meep! Guess now was the time to find out...

Madam Puddifoot's huh? How...ironic. Considering neither she NOR Savannah were in the romantic mood this year. It was kind of fitting for them to meet at this place. Mock those who WERE being all romantic and gushy and...YUCK.

Throwing open the door, Kody stalked through it, eying the room for her bestie. SHE MISSED SAVANNAH! She wanted her bestie. Because really, it had been too long since they had their Nevannah time. Boys and school were taking overrr! Spotting the familiar head of blonde hair, Kodes squealed. "SAVVVVYYYYYY!"

The blonde fixed her outfit, looking around the place. There was romance every where, it made Savannah want to puke. MEEP! But then she dropped the bag to the floor, smirking.

"KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODY!"Savannah yelled, smiling. She was still trying to unbutton the red jacket she was wearing. "C'mere, I need to apologize for ditching you for a stupid boy all the time."Savannah said, frowning cause really, that's all she had done. She felt bad about it now, she Kody and Aiden didn't even GET to hang out like old times. Tis was depressing but then again, she and Aiden weren't like old times. She didn't have to worry about Torin Kane and Cody OTHER boys and Aiden was still all Ella obsessed.

Snort.

Edmond was glad that Feenella didn't press more on the issue of telling his mother. When he found the right time to tell her, he would.

He smiled at her. Silently thanking her for being so understanding and for being by his side.

"Yeah," Ed said, gulping. His mother hadn't noticed how bad his injuries had been, but his father did. Being the stubborn person that Ed was, he had denied everything to his father and it all just ended up in huge argument.

"Thanks," Ed said, kissing her cheek. Before meeting Fee, his mother was the only one that was there for him, but now he had his girlfriend to count on too. "You'll get in trouble." Ed chuckled at the idea of Feenella sneaking into the Gryffindor dorms. "But I'll use our parchment next time." he grinned.

Ed then raised his head and smirked playfully, "You know," he said, and couldn't help the smile that spread on his face, "I told my mother about you." oh yes he did.

Fee just couldnt help but smiling back.Whenever Edmond smiled it was like her whole world lightend up.

"But hadnt she noticed how badly hurt you were",Fee asked a little confused,"i mean for just falling down a hill..."

Edmond's mum seemed to be a nice person she she hoped she wouldnt get into trouble for anything, but still how couldnt she notice her son was lying?!

Kissing him right above the bruise she smiled widely.

"I dont really care for getting into trouble",Fee told him,"if you need me i am here.Or wherever you are. Who cares about detention and stuff?!"

Fee's eyes grew wide and her mouth flew open as she heard what Edmond was saying next. Edmond was really the cutest guy on earth.

"What did you tell her", she giggled.

Kellen didn't really know what to say to that. He was still trying to figure out how close Neptune and Jim had been before Jim's comment. Also, he couldn't help but wonder if this was what it was like for Fletcher, when Neptune had cried in the greenhouse. One thing was for sure; he wasn't going to be punching Jim in the face any time soon.

He might daydream about it though, depending.

"Then let's go." Kellen set down his fork without hesitation, and tipped his head towards the door, "We can go try to catch snowflakes again, if you'd like. I won't even mind if you laugh at how bad I am."

"Well... I could help you if you ever want a study buddy or something. At least we can suffer together, right?" Honestly? James wasn't worried about his exams at all. His aim and expectation was across the board Acceptables. Anything more than that was pretty much a waste of effort, aside from where it would limit what classes he could take for NEWTs and even then, if the minimum was an E, thats all he'd do.

It was actually kind of hard work to ensure he didn't do TOO well. Never mind.

"Well, lucky me that you're thinking about me, right? At least I'm on your mind." Hah. And at least he was distracted from all the creepy pink and whatnot. The waitress came over to take their order and Jimmy looked at Hayley expectantly.

What did she want?

Finn did laugh a little as she tickled him, but he just raised an eyebrow at her. "You're the ticklish one girl." He grinned at her. That was right. hehe. He rolled his eyes at what she said. "I like being a top earner...." He really did haha. Because it meant that all the teachers would like him. "Anyway...I'm sure you want a clever boyfriend rather than a dumb one...." He was sure of it....well he hoped so.

"I hope so...." Her mother had been okay eventually, but he was pretty sure her father didn't like him at all.

Neptune smiled at that. "You ARE terrible at it. But at least you're not Sabel." Benign snowflake catching would turn both dangerous and deadly to all involved if Sabel were around.

She did feel sort of bad that Kellen had bought them cake and such and she was leaving it all uneaten, but... even if they stayed, her appetite was gone.

"When we get to the door, help me into my cloak, okay?" Okay? Neptune got up and pushed all her big bouncy curls off her shoulders. "We should go buy some treats for Lucifur, too." She was currently training him how to hunt monkey. Hmph.

Eying Savannah's attire, Kody gave a quick nod of approval. It was prettehhh! Red totally worked for the girl. Sashaying over to where her bestie was, Kody likewise dropped her purse before giving a slightly chuckle.

"Cute jacket!" Looked like a pain to get off though. But it was still totally worth it. Waiting for her friend to get the jacket off, Kodes gave her friend a quick hug. "It's okay, I was kinda of being meh with my own boy issues." Thank gawd nothing that happened between Kody and Orlando could come between Nevannah. "How are things going with the whole boy situation?" As unhappy as she still might be about it, Kodes had been starting to come to terms with the fact her best friend loved her cousin.

Even though it was still uber!gross.

Lexi giggle!snorted at Finlay and then blushed slightly as the sound left her. Gahhhh why had she snorted in public?! Drat. She shook her head slightly and laughed. "I am ticklish, but that just proves that you are as well so I have some ammunition next time you start to tickle!assault me," she said matter of factly before cracking a huge grin.

"Oh you are very right. I would hate to have a stupid boyfriend. They don't ever get my sense of humor. Besides, I barely have enough time to do my own homework think how dreadful it would be helping someone with theirs as well," she joked. She really wouldn't care if Finn was dumb as a bag of hammers... she cared too much about him.

Leaning over she put her hand on Finn's arm and smiled as she kind of nuzzled his shoulder. "They'll love you, Finlay. I promise. My birth parents aren't exactly... well they aren't anything like the Denver's hon. They will like you so stop worrying," she said with a little nod of her head as if saying, that's that.

Kellen couldn't help but chuckle at the less-than-flattering reference to his best friend, "Lords, no. It would take several heavy knocks to my inner ear before I had coordination as bad as Sabel." He reflected on this, "He is getting a little better, though."

Kellen got up as well, looking down at the largely-uneaten food. Pity, that was. Oh well, at least he'd downed most of his hot chocolate.

"Of course I will," he raised an eyebrow at her, as if to ask why she thought he wouldn't. Many a time he deserved to be called dense, but when it came to basic courtesies like opening doors and helping with coats and cloaks, the action was almost second-nature to him. Something to do with having multiple younger sisters, was his guess.

Hearing her talk about Lucifur, Kellen grinned, "We should also swing by Honeydukes for some sugar mice. Mary Tsu will never forgive me if we don't." Feeding an owl sugar probably wasn't advised by most animal nutritionists, but he did it anyway. If it made her happy and kept her from jealously pecking any female organism that went near him, why not, right?

"Thannnnnnnnnks."Savannah said, playing with her hair. There was a grin of a rather large size on her face. Was she happy? Errr...kind of. She was more confused than anything. "Well, now it's over now and now we can have more time together."

BEAAAAAAAM!

She was all excited now! They should go places and sprinkle glitter and talk about shoes and TAN! Some how they would TAN together and everything would be okay cause they were TANNING.

"Errrrm..."Her boy troubles? Did Kody even want her to talk about it."Well, Aiden he just...yeah..."She knew what he did."And Cody well, I dont think he wants me..." At least, that's what Savs thought. He confused her like MEGA!

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Originally Posted by Ashwinder

Kellen couldn't help but chuckle at the less-than-flattering reference to his best friend, "Lords, no. It would take several heavy knocks to my inner ear before I had coordination as bad as Sabel." He reflected on this, "He is getting a little better, though."

Kellen got up as well, looking down at the largely-uneaten food. Pity, that was. Oh well, at least he'd downed most of his hot chocolate.

"Of course I will," he raised an eyebrow at her, as if to ask why she thought he wouldn't. Many a time he deserved to be called dense, but when it came to basic courtesies like opening doors and helping with coats and cloaks, the action was almost second-nature to him. Something to do with having multiple younger sisters, was his guess.

Hearing her talk about Lucifur, Kellen grinned, "We should also swing by Honeydukes for some sugar mice. Mary Tsu will never forgive me if we don't." Feeding an owl sugar probably wasn't advised by most animal nutritionists, but he did it anyway. If it made her happy and kept her from jealously pecking any female organism that went near him, why not, right?

Seeing was believing when it came to things as skeptical as "Sabel" and "coordination improvements." Neptune "HMM'd" Kellen. Probably just being the good friend that Kellen Stern always was.

She led the way across the cozy seating area, failing to keep her eyes averted. It'd been easier when she was sitting. Ah well. Miss Un-Special went to wait for Kellen by the door, her arms out and ready for him to robe her.

"You feed your owl... sugar? I guess she doesn't have teeth," Neptune shook her head. Only Kellen. "Doesn't she get all hyper?"

"She's hyper anyway." Kellen took her cloak from its peg and slipped it over her arms, "As I see it, if I feed her sugar at least she'll crash for an hour or so afterward."

He moved around to her front, and starting doing up the buttons, "It's probably terrible for her health, now that I think of it, but if it makes her happy and keeps me sane I'll keep feeding it to her."

Finn rolled his eyes at her, as he placed his hands on the table, so that he couldn't tickle her. "I'm sure I'll always win...." He was the bigger of the pair after all. Although she probably could win him if she had a beaters bat, and he did rather like his face, he was pretty sure that she liked his face too though, so she wouldn't hurt him....rigghht?

"Maybe I should hope you with yours....." He looked at her seriously for a second. He didnt want her pulled out or something, because it would be pretty bad. "We do need to start working in those sessions we're having." Instead of snogging. Maybe then they'd pass their exams...

"Good." He smiled at her. He still didnt really believe it, but if she thought that they'd like him, then he probably should've believed it too.

Kody smiled, giving a tiny shrug. "Welcome." Taking a seat and smoothing out her outift, Kody rested her arm on the table, before giving a nod of agreement. "Amennnn!" More bestie time! YEY!

"As soon as the sun is warm again, we neeeed, NEED I say, to tan. I'm getting all like, paley and GROSS." And a gross PALE Kody was not a happy one. Nopeess.

Rolling her eyes, Kody gave a sympathetic look, "The cow strikes back?" Stupid Edward, and stupid Toad!face. But it probably didn't matter anymores anyways. "Why? I mean, I thought you guys were like totally all lovey dovey over summer..." Or they HAD been. Was that already...POOF. Gone.

"You looooook...."Savannah eyed the girl, looking at her outfit.".....pink."Savannah said, with a nod. Pink was good though, pink meant she she looked HAWT. Of course, if you wore too MUCH pink then you just looked like a blob of pink which certainly was nawt HAWT.

Hehhhh. They did, they did.Savannah couldn't disagree without lying at all. "Mmmm....you and I should go some place this summer."Spain perhaps? Meet some HAWT Spanish boys? Meh, again Savvy had enough boys to deal with. Two was enough at this moment in time.

Ughhh...and then she brought up THING. Savannah nodded, huffing her blonde hair out of her face. "He loves her apparently..."Savannah said with a shrug. There was pure bitterness in her voice. She wasn't jealous just ticked. Of course, she had deserved it, she CHEATED on him. Plus Cody was still kind of in the back of her mind...

Savannah shrugged again, unsure of how really to answer it. Had they been lovey dovey? Yeah, a lot. They cuddled for hours and played x-box, HOW CUTE WAS THAT?! "You could say that I guess."SAvvy said with another shrug"He says it was just a fling though...".

A fling where they apparently loved eachother. Pffffft.

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"She's hyper anyway." Kellen took her cloak from its peg and slipped it over her arms, "As I see it, if I feed her sugar at least she'll crash for an hour or so afterward."

He moved around to her front, and starting doing up the buttons, "It's probably terrible for her health, now that I think of it, but if it makes her happy and keeps me sane I'll keep feeding it to her."

Neptune had no idea what Kellen Stern was chattering about. She was, as to be expected, utterly distracted by him buttoning up her cloak. Despite the weird crush-y feelings one Mr. Wilkes may or may not have brought on, she smiled at the buttons. Cute.

She nodded at the door. "Let's go. It's stuffy and tacky in here anyway." Neptune shoved her hands into her pockets and wiggled her fingers into her mittens. She chanced a glance over to where Jim sat, but didn't linger. Time to goooooooo.

That... was a switch. Considering she'd been practically gushing about how cosy and romantic the place was only ten minutes or so earlier. Apparently Jim Wilkes had the ability to completely take the appeal out of romantic spots. That was concerning on a number of levels.

"Sure." Kellen shrugged his coat on and opened the door for her.