Wow she's done most of it? That's really amazing. Jonathan is half-way through. "I'm not yet finished" he said then he looked down "I have a problem with the ballroom part" he shared. He can't dance to say the least. He doesn't know why he couldn't finish such a simple routine. The dancing part has got him baffled all day long. How was he going to dance with someone if he just ends up hurting them.

Sigh. If only he knew how to.

"I've swam the lake about 3 days ago. A bit cold" obviously, winter is coming near and he decided to dip himself in the lake where it is freezing cold.

Reason? What else could be the reason besides the fact that he is busy doing the ministry work? "Lord Borr is just..." Jonathan didn't even mind completing the sentence. He just didn't like the project given to them. Time consuming especially now that they have upcoming exams. "The project is just a bit of a bother." he said to her.

But he's quite envious that Kurumi finished it all.

Zara was wandering around Hogsmeade alone. She's been here for the second time. The first time, she was accompanied by Heather. And their group slowly grew in number as William, Aiden, and Nessie joined. Now she was all alone. Following the direction of that aroma, Zara found herself in front of a shop. OHHHHHHH. Food. *drool*

As if it was destined to be, her stomach growled. Zara chuckled a bit as she rubbed her stomach. "Well hello there little cub. You hungry?" Yeah, she was a Gryffindor. Lions. Humph. Maybe she was taking things a little too seriously.

She opened the door of the place and was greeted by the wonderful aroma of food. FOOD. FOOOOOOD. FOOOOOOOOD. MORE FOOD. She made her way to an empty seat just to reserve herself a seat. Scanning the menu, she was overwhelmed by everything. It was like she wanted to order all of them. But she can't. Didn't bring much money with her today with the promise of not spending too much.

She went over to the counter and began to order milk, apple pie with ice cream, bananas, bacon buttie sandwich, and a croissant. After paying a total of 12 sickles and two knuts, she looked at the food in front of her. YUMYUM. She was about to return to her table when she spotted a girl on an empty table who looked familiar. Curious to know when and where they met--though it's probably somewhere around DA, the train, or Hogwarts since Zara never goes out--she went over to the girl, with the tray of food and drink. "Hi there," she smiled.

Viola opened her eyes and looked at the girl who was standing in front of her with a tray. "Hi." Viola said, smiling back at her. She looked familiar. Did they meet before? But, it wouldn't be polite to ask her so.."Do you want to sit here?" Viola asked, pointing at the chair in front of her and holding her mug of coffee in the other hand. Viola took another sip of her coffee. Oh. "I'm Viola." Viola introduced herself.

Had she just offered her to sit there? Yeeey. Zara grinned and nodded. "Thanks."

As she placed her tray down on the table and sat down, she looked back up at the girl. Oh, Viola. Familiar name. "Hi Viola. I'm Zara," she smiled. Well, if ever they met at Diagon Alley or the Train, her name probably wouldn't be as much familiar. She always used Danielle before. "Danielle Zara Griffiths." That would do the trick..hopefully.

"No problem." Viola grinned. Where she had seen her before? Viola thought for a couple of minutes but..nope. No idea at all.

"Hi Zara. Nice to meet you." Viola said, with a smile. Zara? That's a familiar name. Huh. Why couldn't she--Oh! Right. They've definitely met before. Hogwarts Express, Viola thought. "I think we've met before." Viola smiled as she took another sip of her coffee. "So, how are you liking the classes so far? "

Zara began to munch on her croissant. OOHH, yummehh. She was enjoying herself. Nomnom. "We have? Where?" Zara tried to remember. Diagon Alley, the only time she met people was at the Quidditch shop thing where she met Nessie and at Florean Fortescues with Nessie, Tyler, and a bunch of others whom she forgot. If at the train, she was sitting with Nessie and Tyler again, and others too whom she forgot again. Wow, Zara was pretty forgetful during those times. If they met at Hogwarts, Zara would certainly remember. She began to think as she continued to eat her croissant, and drink some of the milk.

Before she remembered, a question was brought up. "It's fine. Weird for the ones held by people from the Ministry. Okay for the regular teachers." She smiled. Realizing that wasn't much of a conversation, she decided to ask Viola. "Whatcha eating?" She asked as she took a glance at what Viola was having. Right. Not much of a conversation either. But it was food. Zara loved food. Others do too right? Oh well. The question's out of the box anyway. No need to take them back.

He smiled as he watched Lexi walk away to order their meals. He sighed quietly as he rested his cheek dreamily against his hand, gazing at her as his eyes traced her every move. Such was a man when he is completely smitten by Love, it was powerful enough for him to forget about his mysteriously persistent, ravishing hunger.

Hunger. And the Sickness. Two things that seems to swing inside him like a pendulum. He even noticed the change in his Gryffincess' demeanor, she was still lovely to behold, but something hung over her like a dense fog, obscuring her usual sparkle. He couldnt explain it. It was like one day they were both laughing and fooling about like they usually would then the next, none of them wanted to eat or move, and for his case, the lethargy swung wildly between inexplicable bouts of extreme hunger it has kept him awake at night....

Whats happening to them?

Lexi felt his eyes on her as she stood waiting on their food. Turning her head enough to glance over her shoulder she winked at him and blew a kiss in his direction. Gah! She was so in love it made no good sense.

While she waited she tried to ignore the wave of nausea that passed over her a time or two and also the beads of sweat building on her forehead. Meh. Wiping her hand across her face she dispersed the offensive sweat and grabbed the tray laden with their goodies.

YUM!

Balancing the tray very carefully she returned to the table with a smile. "Here we go, babe. Now, let's eat!" Okay... he could eat all that food and she would have her cheesecake and tea, but she was totally fine with all of that. Hell, even her tummy rumbled looking at all of the delicious goodies piled high there... if only she trusted her tummy enough to eat it all...

Huh. Where? "The train, I think." Viola took another sip of her coffee. Hmmm.."I'm not really sure, though."

"Exactly, yeah." Viola grimaced. She thought about the Transfiguration class and she almost snorted with laughter. That class was hilarious. As for DADA..let's just say the assignment is a bore. "Me? I'm not eating. Just drinking coffee." Viola smiled and took another sip. She loved coffee. "You're a firstie, aren't you?"

Zara nodded. Train. Seems like it. There are a lot of people she met on the train whom she didn't see anymore around Hogwarts. Wonder where they went. Hm.

"Ohh, coffee. You're allowed to drink that?" She asked. Isabelle never allowed her daughter to drink coffee. Said she was too young to do so. Though Zara watched as her father drank it everyday. Smiling she answered, "Yeah, I am. How'd you guess?" Maybe she was new to the girl. Yeah, new faces. But there is always a possibility she was a transfer student. People mistaken her sometimes as a third year or a second year cause of her height.

She drank some of her milk and went on to eat her apple pie with ice cream. Zara loved ice cream, especially those from Florean Fortescue's. Yumyum. Vanilla became her favorite for some random reason. Plus, she loved the scent of vanilla. Vanilla candles, vanilla essence, and all those stuff. "This is good, really. Why don't you eat?" Maybe Viola wasn't hungry. Then again, who'd want to miss all the great food here at Hogsmeade?

Allowed? "Yeah. Of course." Viola replied, a look of surprise on her face. She had started drinking coffee during the summer and she loved it. Her parents were okay with it. Viola shrugged. "Well, I just guessed.." The girl looked like a firstie. Viola took one more sip and her coffee was over. Sigh. She held the empty mug in her hands.

Viola looked amused, as the girl started to eat with a lot of enthusiasm. "You are really hungry, aren't you?" Viola asked, with a smile. Eat? "Huh. No. Thanks. I'm not feeling hungry, really." She'd just felt like having a cup of coffee.

"Ohh, okay." She smiled at Viola. And turned her attention back on the food she was eating. She kept on biting, chewing, and swallowing her apple pie as she enjoyed the ice cream that went with it which was almost finished. Zara glanced at her tray, thinking of what to eat next. Bananas or sandwich? Before she could decide, Viola asked a question.

Looking back up at the girl, she replied, "Always am. But hey, the food's yummy. You should try it." But then she said she wasn't hungry. Oh well. "Oh, okay then. If that's what you want. Sooo.." Zara tried to think of something to say. What's a good question? "You ever saw a seal?" Okay, that was random. And weird. Like Zara. Random and weird.

He had that silly love-struck grin when Lexi blew a kiss his way, raising his hand to catch it, then pressed it against his lips as if his Gryffincess has just planted the sweet one right there. But soon after his eyes caught the gesture of her trying to brush off her malady, and trying to put on a strong front. For a moment he felt guilty, wondering if he should've insisted to stand up and give their orders so that she can just relax.

As Lexi set the tray down, brimming with mostly his their orders, his stomach made an audible growl, almost feeling like it wanted to rip itself out of his torso and gobble up the food itself. "Thanks babe!" he managed to utter before seizing the pancakes and the bacon butties, chomping into the sandwich hungrily as he reached out and poured maple syrup over the stack of pancakes. He finished the gargantuan sandwich in a couple of mouthfuls and without breaking pace, started slicing down and shoving pancakes into his mouth. He couldnt seem to chew or swallow fast enough before his tummy would scream that it wanted MOARRR food. Amidst all that frantic feeding, he did manage to look up and meet Lexi's gaze, seeing her delectable I-want-one-too cheesecake and the nice little teapot....

"Yurwarnshum?"

Lexi gave a little chuckle as she watched Salander catch her little kisses. How CUTE.

Getting all of her things spread out as she needed them to be on her side of the table she set about getting her tea just right. As she stirred the honey in before adding the milk she glanced up at Sal with a small smile... And WOW was he eating. She was momentarily awed by the sight. Here she was thinking that she was a hefty eater... that SHE made a mess, but damn was Salander giving her a run for her money today. Heh.

Adding the milk then she gave it another few stirs and set her spoon on the saucer and smiled wider still at him. "No, babe. You go ahead. I am fine with my cheesecake for now. I think I might stop into Honeydukes before I head back to the castle anyway. Stock up on things, ya know," she said.

Picking up her fork she sliced off a dainty little bite of her goody with the side of it. Mmmmm. Cheesecake was her favorite thing in the world. Besides Sal anyway.

"I can't," muttered a miserable Braeden as Ruby teased him about being able to afford everything on the shop's menu. She wanted to kill him! Well, she certainly wasn't going to get that photograph at this rate! Hmph. Still. Braeden still preferred to get an apology. Would it kill her to just say sorry for being a meanie-pants so they could both end this suffering?! Apparently, it would. So Brae would have to continue making her night absolutely horrible until she earns the photo.

Thinking quietly to himself, the boy took the nearest cupcake and took a large bite from it. Hmmmmmmmm. How else could he torture Rub--OHMAHGASHHH!!!!!!! His FAVOURITE song was playing! It reminded him of Deus. :')

A moment later, the boy had jumped up from his seat and grabbed a piece of french bread. "Sugarpie honeybunch, you know that I love you! I can't help myself, I love you and nobody else!" Getting too into his performance, Braeden hopped onto his chair and while one hand held the bread like a microphone, the other gestured toward Ruby, as if dedicating the song to her. "In and out my life, you come and you go," the boy pulled the photograph of himself and Ruby out from the collar of his shirt and continued singing, "leaving just your picture behind, and I kissed it a thousand times!" And, of course, at this the boy had to place a big, sloppy kiss on the photograph, completely ignoring the stares and murmurs of everyone else in the shop.

MWAHAHAHAHA! How do you like your boyfriend now, Lioness?

There was something about Jonathan's face that made Heather quite nervous-and he asked her if the boy she liked was also from Hogwarts. Hang on, is she really admitting that she like-liked him?

But Jonathan said he'd never tell a soul; Heather didn't mind if he did so...Ed wasn't very keen on being popular-and so was she. even if it did spread, no one will bother know who it was they were really talking about and Jonathan looked quite serious and sincere about not telling anyone. The only person Heather wouldn't want to know about it would be a certain blonde-haired Slytherin who also happens to be her best friend and would definitely throw in a fit and tell her that her 'cousin' Ed's a big bum who used to bully Heather when they were younger and that he didn't change at all-except the constant cheesiness-to which she did not get what she meant at first, but is getting it now...thanks to a certain tall pretty sister back home with a situation with another certain someone working as a charming bartender, not to mention, her observations between love-sick teens around her. Oh yes, Heather is growing up, she's just not showing it-or she may have not realized it yet.

Alas, to answer Jonathan's anything-but-innocent question (with the face he was giving, Heather is being given a benefit of the doubt) she nodded. "Used to..." she said, taking in a deep breath. "he stayed for a year...and moved back to Dumstrang this term...he...he used to...be...he was a childhood friend...sort of..." she looked at Kurumi who knew very well who it was and what she meant about what she said.

Oh thank goodness, he had forgotten and dropped the topic and they were off talking about Jeanne. Too bad...none of them had seen her around that much anymore. "Uh...i suppose, we could try and look for her..." Great idea, looking for a person in a very huge castle.


Heather listened carefully as Jonathan and Kurumi talked about the DADA homework to which she had a thought; she had not done half of them yet and she had not evens tarted to ball room dance with anyone for the matter. She pouted a bit that she hid by drinking her milk.

[spoiler=<3] So the term is 'used to'. The person she likes moved to Dumstrang. Okay so the three of them literally sucks at this relationship stuff. Kurumi had an ex-boyfriend that ran-off to Mexico, is that right... Mexico? Heather likes someone who transfered to Dumstrang. And Jonathan is stupid enough to tell Jeanne any of those bottled up feelings.

Sigh...

On the bright side of things, winter vacation will come and they will be free by then. "What is up with us and liking our best friends huh?" Jonathan gave a laugh. Really, it is quite amusing that the three of them had a certain similarity. Not that it would be something to be proud of or something.

Jonathan's eyes grew big when Heather mentioned about finding Jeanne. He looked funny when he panics. "No" he shook his head to Heather. Maybe that's not a great idea, or to Jonathan's case--- finding Jeanne is not a terrific idea at all. "She doesn't see me that way" he reasoned with Heather. Yeah, reasons. That's how Jonathan is when it comes to confronting someone he likes. Could he just act like a man and deal with this?

===> DADA HOMEWORK. Pffft... Jonathan thinks that the homework given to them has nothing to do with defending themselves against the the dark arts. Borr should be teaching them how to apparate or something. Learn how to use non-verbal and verbal spells correctly and accurately. Instead of giving them these acrobatic exercises that doesn't make sense. "How about you Heather?" Jonathan turned to her "Have you tried doing anything in the list yet?" he asked. Jonathan has about 3 more exercise and then he'll be finish. He can't wait to give Professor Borr the project.

Hmm...the homework....."well...I've done about only 7 yet...I'm still short of three and 34 more front rolls..." To which she couldn't do properly, but hey, at least she rolled. "I was planning to take a Run in the pathways soon...but I'm a bit problematic on the Karate and dancing part...I don't know how to do Karate and i only know a few things on dancing..." plus, she had no partner.

Ruby giggled as she heard him muttering and then biting into a cupcake. She wondered if the shopkeeper would make him work here if Brae couldn't pay for all of this. This thought brought a huge, evil smirk on Ruby's face and she was quite surprised when Brae spoke--she had been enjoying picturing him mopping the floor and then tripping on a bucket.
The redhead looked up from her cake and her eyes narrowed; what was he up to now? This became clear at once as the stupid boy jumped on his chair and--and--started singing. He had a terrible voice and Ruby didn't really mind...until she heard what he was saying.

Her face turned bright red again as she watched him waving the french bread in his face, using it as a microphone. THAT GOOFBALL! Ruby sat up so fast that her chair overturned behind her. And to make matters worse, Brae was now slobbering all over that picture she was working so hard to get. "Stoppit!" She hissed at him, but, of course, he continued to sing in his horrible voice. Then, getting an idea, Ruby grinned.

She crossed her arms and put on the face of a heart-broken girl the likes of which had never been seen on her and glared at Brae. She could play this game, too. "You're lying, baby!" She suddenly said in a harsh voice. "You never loved me! I saw you the other day--with that--that blonde chick!" And then she buried her face in her hands, and pretended to sob. If Brae's singing had made people turn around in their seats to stare at them, Ruby's screams brought everyone's chattering to a stop. Or so it seemed.
She peeked out from behind her hands, a grin hidden on her face. Now, if only she could grab that picture--eugh, it was covered in Brae's germs.
"And give me that picture!" She yelled one final time, and tried to snatch it from his hands.

Braeden was really enjoying himself. He had jumped down from his seat and danced around the table, almost tripping on Ruby's chair as the girl so suddenly jumped up to her feet. "AAHH!" His arms flailed around for a moment before he was finally able to regain his composure. Whoaaa.

The Gryffindork smirked for a second there, admiring the lovely expression of pure fury and anger adorning Ruby's features, before opening his mouth, just about to get back to singing, before the fiery redhead all of a sudden started… what was that, wailing? GAHHH, Whatever it was, it was like nails on a chalkboard and it was beginning to make the boy's ears bleed. Braeden cringed as Ruby began to shout and scream, going on about something about not loving her and a blonde girl.

… What?!

Everyone in the shop was staring in horror at the odd couple, and a few people furrowed their brows disapprovingly at the supposedly cheater boyfriend.
Whaaaaaaaat?!

"Uh--what--I-- What? Ruby-- what-- I--" Braeden looked around at all the faces staring at them before turning back to the redheaded girl. "Rub--Love, you're wrong. I don't know what you're talking about, Sugarplum, but… I love you. I'd never cheat on you," said the boy, putting on his best hurt expression that made him look like a puppy kicked at the side of the road. He hoped this worked. But as Ruby tried to snatch the photograph of them, Brae quickly pulled it back. "But it's the only memory I've got of you, love… I can't let you set it on fire," he said, quickly stuffing the photograph back into his shirt before Ruby tried anything else.

He had to get out of here before they got kicked out for causing so much noise and before he was charged for the ridiculous amount of food. Looking flustered, Braeden looked around for an escape before noticing: the bathroom. AH-HA!

"Oh! Oh, what's wrong?!" he asked dramatically all of a sudden, acting as if Ruby had accidentally injured herself. He quickly wrapped an arm around her shoulders and held the girl tight, tight enough to leave her without much choice but to follow his lead. Mwahahah. "Come, let's get you all fixed up, Sugarplum," he said sweetly, leading the girl over to the bathroom.

Carter chuckled. "Or I could just follow you around one day and be your number one fan carrying the banner." he said with a smile. He could just imagine following her around yelling 'You can do it Mina! Show that potion who's boss!' Ehh... maybe potions wasn't the best time to do it. No. The Great Hall would be a lot better. 'Go Mina! Show that juice who's boss!' Yeah. That was much better.

He chuckled again. "Well, if I fall off my broom that's on you." he teased. Now he just hoped he didn't actually fall off during a match. He didn't want Mina to think that it would be because of her. Unless... it was because of her. But he'd have to decide on who to blame it on when/if that time came. But he was glad she kept them. It was comforting to know that she valued their friendship as much as he did.

Carter couldn't help it. He gave Mina a great big hug. He knew that Anya would probably be made at his family for keeping it from her. But with a little help she would get better. She just needed someone to talk to. And Mina was perfect since Anya already liked and looked up to her. "I know. It's a good thing that I've got you. Could you imagine me trying to figure her out in a few years on my own?" he chuckled. He was bad enough with girls as it was. "I'm sure she'd love a little girl time. Maybe you could take Marie too... Anya would love to see her... and I'm not sure I should be talking to her myself any time soon." In fact, he wouldn't be mentioning it at all, but he knew his sister would need all the support she could get.

Carter blinked twice. "Well... that's a little awkward..." he said quietly. What else was he supposed to say? Sorry, blondes always have a way of capturing my attention? "I'm sorry." he said deciding that was a fitting answer. "I must have seemed completely awful..."

So. Did that mean... all those girls he was just being nice too... Carter rubbed his temples trying to recover from the shock. "I must be the world's biggest idiot..." he mumbled to himself. "But that still doesn't explain what's going on in Marie's head... unless... she's jealous or something." Which would be outrageous. Marie's had a few boyfriends since him. She'd clearly been able to move past it much quicker than he had.

"I have no idea. Luckily... she's forgiven me... I think. But she must still be really made at me. First we fight about Marie and then I ask if she was feeling alright..." And maybe it was about time he reiterate how much of an idiot he was.

Ruby was very pleased to see Brae stuttering like that, it elated her on the inside. But her happy bubble burst as Brae snatched the photograph out of her reach and she was left grasping the air--AGAIN. Ruby's teeth clenched as she hissed to him. "Stonem--this date is more than over. Hand me my prize," She said through gritted teeth. However, these words had no effect on the boy.

A sudden turn of events made Ruby raise her eyebrows again. "What?!" She snapped. There was nothing wrong--unless you counted the mess she was in now. But Brae's attempt was made clear as he tightly wrapped an arm around her and led her towards--the bathroom. Ruby sputtered; she wasn't leaving without that picture. Plus, was he hoping to accompany her to the ladies room?! Or barge into the men's room, both of which were bad ideas.The lioness attempted to pull out of his grip to no avail; she was gonna have to start working out again. And he hadn't even paid for the food! Bloody hell, they better not come after her, too, she though as the bathroom loomed closer. "I--want--that--PICTURE!" She hissed, loud enough to stir several people who were passing by.

"Oh, you'll get the picture alright," muttered Braeden as he led Ruby into the men's room. He knew just how much girls loved to spend time in the bathroom, so walking in there would be a bad idea as there would probably be 234786 girls already inside. Guys, however, were a lot quicker to finish their business. And luckily for Brae, the room was completely empty. MWAHA!

The window. The way to freedom was RIGHT THERE. All they had to do was climb out of it.

Braeden walked over to the small window that stood high on the wall and jumped. He was able to hold on to its edge; he could've climbed out right then and there, but instead he let go and landed back on the floor with a thud! Yeah, there was no way Ruby was going to be able to reach that window on her own. While he was 6'1" and growing, she was like… what? 4'3"? Could she officially be considered a midget yet? Either way, he couldn't just leave her behind. One: he was too nice; and two: she'd make sure to run back out and tell everyone he'd run away, soooooo… whether he liked it or not, he had to bring the fiery Lioness along for the ride.

"Alright… Ruby…" Braeden started cautiously, approaching Ruby very slowly and warily, as if she was some caged animal waiting for the opportunity to claw his face off. "I'm gonna need you to get on my shoulders and climb out that window, alright?" he explained, as if talking to a child. He had to be veeeery careful, or else he might upset the untamed Lioness and he'd die a horrible, painful, slow death. Shudder.

You. Hm, that made Ellie smile. She pulled herself closer to his side and rested her head on his shoulder. "Oh come on, I'm not that fascinating, you know." She teased with a laugh.

Ellie saw his battle between choosing the Three Broomsticks or Madame Puddifots until he finally pointed to Puddifoots. Even though she didn't say, Ellie was kind of hoping Dallin would choose that one. "Sounds like a fantastic idea." She told him with a smile, as they walked over.

Stepping into the doorway, Ellie stomped the snow off her boots and breathed in the warm air of the tea shop. Grabbing Dallin's hand again, she walked over to get a better look at the menu. "Wow. That's a lot to choose from... Any idea what you'll get?" She asked him with a grin. Ellie then looked around at the other people in the shop and noticed it was a bunch of other couples. Or at least boy-girl pairs. Huh, was this like, couples paradise or something?

Dallin looked around the tea shop at the people there. Most of them were in pairs - couples. Well, at least it seemed like he'd made a good choice; this seemed to be a great place to come on a date. ...If that's what he and Ellie were on. O_o Was it?

After kicking the snow off his shoes he followed Ellie up to the counter. He really had no other choice because she was holding his hand. Looking over the menu, he laughed shortly when she asked if he knew what he wanted. "Ummmm," he said slowly, reading through the list again. The ice cream is what sounded the best to him, but it was wayyy too cold for that. "I'll go with a coffee," he decided. "You?" He stuck his free hand into his pocket of his coat, glad that he'd been smart enough to put money in there last time he'd used it.

"And," he said, nudging her gently, "You are pretty fascinating. Just sayin'."