Vashti didn't return the smile. Louisa was taking this awfully hard, wasn't she? The Head Girl definitely couldn't even think about crying over the end of term now. "I'm fine," she answered, the word slipping out before she really thought about it. She still didn't think much of it as she continued, "And you? Are you going to be okay?" She decided to let Ellie and Dallin tell her what they had been talking about if they wanted.

Then she heard another voice addressing her, and, turning her attention to the source of the voice, Vashti found it came from a first year who was now sitting by Louisa and looking somewhat nervous and distressed, probably over the state Louisa was in. "Hello," she said, managing a smile. "Are you one of Louisa's friends?"

A little bit later on in the feast, Vashti couldn't help getting preoccupied with constantly looking over at the Hufflepuff table. It was awfully crowded, of course, but she was sure she would've spotted him quickly if he was there - which he wasn't. Was he not coming, or...?

But then her attention was, fortunately, averted by a voice from behind before she could get overly concerned. She turned and offered a small smile when she discovered the voice came from none other than Gryffindor's female prefect. "Hey, Kurumi," she said, scooting over a bit so there was an empty spot on the bench beside her. "Do you want to sit?"

Ameliah bit her lip. "Well, you do have a good point. I'll talk to her - as myself - soon. When she finds me less irritating. But, Logan Floyd, if that makes things worse, I will find you." she said, her wand tip pointed directly at Logan's throat for a few moments, glaring menacingly. She laughed, putting her wand away. "Only joking. Well, I wouldn't hex you, at least. Maybe something else." she laughed again.

Erm. Gwen knew she wasn’t much of a communicative person… but Zack was simply… erm. There was no word to describe him. Annoying wasn’t good enough. He was much more than that. But seriously- the third year started considering the option of simply shutting up. Maybe she should go see Ariadne. Or any other normal person. But as she glimpsed at the Gryffindor house table for the fourth time, the girl heard him say something. Third? Hmph. That meant they were in the same year. So there was no chance of getting rid of him before she graduates. Great. This is just great, she told herself.

‘Me too’, she finally replied. But then she was almost sure he’d say something like ‘do I look like I care’. It may be best to just go away. And never see him again. But then again—wouldn’t it be more fun to annoy him that much his head will explode? Smug. But no… she couldn’t do that… could she? But… what was wrong with him? It wasn’t like she said something untrue. Hmm. Apologizing was out of question because… one- it wasn’t the case and two… because she couldn’t.

Only one thing was sure- Zack… Zeke… whatever his name was looked like he wanted to get out of there…fast. ‘Soo..’, she started talking. ‘Got any plans for the summer?’ See- Gwendolyn could be nice! Even if she was a cold person, annoying know-it-all and yada yada yada….

Oh, her too? Yay. They were gonna be best friends forever. He's probably gonna be seeing more of that face until he graduates Hogwarts. Zeke didn't know how long he'd be able to last with this girl and he definitely didn't look forward to next term. He could just hear the joyful bells ringing all around. Psh.

But he still couldn't get outta his mind what she was looking for over at the Gryffies table. 'Hm, who knew this girl had friends?' He thought to himself, 'But then again, she could be looking for an enemy. Yeah, that'd be more likely of her.' Cause all around this girl seemed wrapped in annoyance topped of with a lovely ribbon. Now all that's left is to place her in a box, seal it, and go deliver it somewhere far away. Package 101. In his mind, Zeke felt sorry for whoever would receive that package.

Here she goes again with her "courteous" attitude. Really, what was it with these girls? "None," he said coldly. No way was he letting Gwen know about his plans, not that he had interesting ones as of the moment. But letting her know them just didn't seem right. She was, after all, evil. Or at least looked like it. Zeke could imagine the millions of evil stuff this girl was about to throw at him if only they weren't surrounded by all these people. And for once, Zeke was thankful that there were people around him. Gee, who would've thought that day would come? "Okay, I give up. What do you want from me?" She couldn't just be trying to be nice out of the blue. This girl had to want something or else she wouldn't attempt having a conversation with him at all.

'Time check. Okay 2 more minutes and you're out here Zeko,' Zeke thought to himself as he tried to console himself with the fact that he'd be outta that table soon. Oh wait no. He tried to console himself with the fact that he'd get away from Gwen soon.

It seemed that having a conversation with Zeke would turn out impossible. Why? Just WHY did she have to come exactly here and sit exactly next to him? WHYYYY? Gwendolyn felt like banging her head against the table. Why was she this lucky??? Suddenly, one of those muggle songs with ‘I will surviiiive’ crossed her mind. Psh. If only she would.

Perhaps summer plans wasn’t the best topic, but it was something. Maybe she should just leave and go search her friends. She definitely wanted to say goodbye to Jory before leaving for Egypt. As she leaned a bit forward to see if the Hufflepuff was around, one of her blue hair streaks fell on her shoulders. With a quick move, the third year tried hiding the blue in her hair as fast as possible. Hopefully no other people had noticed. Oh. This reminded her. She had to see Nora as well. So wait--- she had lots of better things to do and YET she was staying here, talking to the most impossible person in the world.

‘Hmm?’, she looked back at him really surprised. With a totally puzzled facial expression, Gwendolyn still tried to figure out why’d he asked that. Psh. Odd people. ‘Seriously… What is wrong with you?’ Erm. Why did she have to say this? Now the discussion will get even worse. Yey. What a delight, the young Ravenclaw told herself, as she prepared to hear the most stupid answer ever. Ever.

Only nope. She wasn’t going to stay and listen to his weird reply. There were better things to do. Merlin’s beard! Even packing was more interesting than this. ‘Well- goodbye then’ I hope we never meet again, she wanted to add but managed to control herself… for now. Standing up, the third year was ready to leave.

What was with the fumbling of the hair? Zeke thought it was just another girl stuff he did not want to know about at all. Truth be told, he did not want to know anything about anyone at anytime. No, sir. More information that he wouldn't like to deal with. Just their names were enough. They were more than enough information about a person. No need for a background check since you won't be getting a second meeting with these people. Hopefully, that is.

He could feel the tension now. Well, at least it was something rather than bliss. Zeke smirked, at least she's finally drifting over to where his line of thought was. Let's hate each other, shall we? Thank you. 'Everything is wrong with me. But that's none of your business and I'm not planning to tell you otherwise,' he thought to himself as he watched Gwen stand up, obviously to leave. 'Finally, it took you that long to realize that things just aren't working out in this conversation?'

Definitely, negative forces repel. But to Zeke, even opposite forces never attract. Nope, not with Zeke around. He'd repel any kind of force. "So you give up then?" He remarked as he raised his right eyebrow at her, obviously teasing her somehow.

Wondering what would happen. That made sense. Ellie smiled a little. "Some of us will get jobs, some will go to uni, some will play quidditch..." She shrugged while Adam continued to eat food. "Whatever happens, I think we'll all be happy." Hogwarts was good for preparing them for the future, so Ellie was pretty sure they would all be okay.

Adam seemed a little distraught about the concept of losing all his older friends, now that they were moving on to bigger things. She laughed quietly when she said he would pop in unannounced. That would be interesting. "Just send me an owl before you do," she told him with a small smile. When Adam asked if they were going to live in Ireland or England, she made a funny face. "I have no idea... I'd like to live in Ireland - our own little place. But we'll see how that goes. We haven't talked about it yet. But I'll owl you our address so you can visit." There. That way he could visit when he wanted.

Ellie frowned a little and rested her elbow on the table. He played the drums... but that couldn't really get him a stable job. "Maybe you could go to a wizarding uni and explore your options. That way you would have better career choices. But if you really love drumming, you could still do it on the side." That way he could do what he loved but also have a chance for a stable job. "And of course, there's always the Ministry." But Ellie would never work there. Ever.



"Just in time; I was showing Vashti my engagement ring." Of course, silly. And the Head Girl seemed to like it.

But then Ellie noticed Vashti look away. To the Hufflepuff table, quite obviously. Ellie raised an eyebrow. "Looking for someone in particular?" She asked. Though, Ellie was pretty sure she knew. Anakin. Who else would it be? Ellie still thought Vashti was silly for breaking up with him, but she wouldn't bring that up tonight. This was sort of the reason they broke up, right?. Because life was moving on? Sigh.

Suddenly, Ellie was jerked from her Vashti/Anakin thoughts when she heard the name of her friend. Her very good friend. Louisa. And suddenly, she was there. Ellie had seen so little of Louisa all term since the fifth year had locked herself away to study for OWLs.

"Louisa!" Ellie shouted. Without being able to stop herself, Ellie scrambled over to her and flung her arms around the dark haired girl in a giant hug. She didn't care if Louisa didn't miss her (because it was sort of obvious to Ellie that she didn't. Why else would she avoid her for so long?), Ellie definitely missed her. Whether Louisa liked it or not.

Great. Hopefully the blue will soon disappear. Since the accident, she had to hide those awful hair streaks… and it had been enough! At least it was blue… and not some rainbowish pinkish stupid colour. At least… Oh. And Gwen couldn’t see why some people wanted to have such hair streaks. She just wanted them to disappear. Like NOW.

Even though Gwendolyn had hoped he was going to at least act like he was normal, Zeke definitely proved to be the absolute worst person ever. The third year couldn’t believe her luck today. Hopefully the ride home will be better. Anyhow… with any luck, she will manage not to lose Jinx in one of the train compartments.

Grrr. ‘You know what? Never mind… I like this place’ Pause. Breath. ‘You leave’ There. That was the better option. Besides, it was the Ravenclaw house table. And she was a Ravenclaw. Ring a bell? As she took back a seat, the girl drew her attention towards the people at the table. Pfffft. Can you even imagine some of them wouldn’t be coming back next year? That’s… sad.

Zeke grinned, he had won. She stayed. Who knew this feisty girl could be tamed after all? Just needed a little push. Oh now what Zeke? Since when did you start making an effort of making people stay? Hello. You push them away, remember?

"That's great," he looked at Gwen still with that grin on his face, "Looks like you couldn't resist me after all." What did he just say? Zeke, my man, you have changed. Is puberty seriously that bad? 'Nahh, it's just no use pushing people away. From this day on, I'd rather annoy them. Just returning the favor,' he thought. Though he was really opening up the idea to change. It has been 6 years after all, he's gotta move on from Janine. He was young, naive. And now he's growing up.

Hopefully, he'd be changing for the better. "So, uhm. You like music?" Zeke asked, out of the blue, in an attempt for conversation. He wasn't planning on leaving after all. He'd stay, at least until the food came. Eat and talk wasn't a good idea for him, nope. Not a multi-tasker at all. "Oh and by the way, I'm not leaving." Wink.

Gwen had no idea what else she could have done. Hoping that Zeke would leave and she’ll never have to see him ever again, the third year remained puzzled, waiting for him to just stand up and GO. Go away. But noooo. Just being annoying wouldn’t work. She’ll proably have to use a jinx or something. Hmm… did she have her wand? Smug.

Now think of a spell that would change that grin on his face... ‘Excuse me?’, she said while frowning at him. Where did that come from? Erm. This was even worse than being simply useless and annoying. This was... making Gwen seriously thinking about the Langlock curse. Never mind she had promised Jory she will try being nicer. But wait--- she had tried. It was simply Zeke’s fault. There. No broken promises. And besides- she couldn’t be nice to EVERYONE.

Whhhaaaat?

‘So suddenly you are communicating?’ Odd. More than odd. ‘I enjoy listening to music…’ That was sort of an answer. Singing and playing an instrument were just not some of her pluses. Oooh. And this was the thing causing Gwen to remember the time she tried to play the guitar. Aaand scared everybody in the common room. Ack. ‘Why?’

You don’t say?! ‘Of course you are not leaving’, the third year mumbled. . You are just here to annoy people. Maybe the food will be up soon. Maybe he’ll choke with something.

"What?" Wasn't he allowed to be nice once in a while? It wasn't a crime. Just against his usual self. But everyone becomes someone who they're not at some point in their lives. It just so happens that now was the time for Zeko to do so. Heh, rhymes. "You don't want me to be sociable all of a sudden?"

He thought so otherwise. Gwen was probably wishing he'd go back to the silent Zeke a while ago who shoved her away and ignored everyone around. She enjoys listening to music, but doesn't sound like much of an enthusiast. Nothing special about this girl, maybe. Just regular everyday person you meet at the streets on a bright Sunday. Unless she proves him wrong. "Jus' askin'. What kind do you like?"

That smirk appeared on his face again. "Yup, I sure am not," he remarked as he made himself even more comfortable in his seat by moving closer to her. "Something tells me you don't like me at all," Zeke whispered. Of course he knew it, but just to annoy her even more.

Kurumi tugged on the sleeves of her robes when Vashti offered her a seat, but decided that it would be very rude of her to not accept it. "Sure," she smiled with a nod as she promptly sat down with her back to the table. She wasn't planning on staying too long seeing as she had other people that she really needed to say good bye to as well.

Kurumi pushed the sleeves of her robes up and rubbed her shoulder for a moment before finally glancing back at Vashti. "I...um...I just wanted to give you this," she said as she pulled a very small package from her pocket and handed it to the older girl. It wasn't anything too elaborate, just a simple charm to be worm as a necklace or on a charm bracelet of a broom, but it was indicative of the circumstances of their first meeting during a Flying lesson.

Louisa look sideways to see the ickly Lily taking a seat next to her. THANK GOODNESS! Someone who wasn't leaving. She blew her nose into the tissue when Lily whispered, "I'm just being a child today, sorry." And she'd just said that in front of a real child. SCOFF, way to go sixteen year old Louisa! "You don't have to ruin your feast by sitting next to me," she added sheepishly.



Just before Vashti replied to her, Dallin was in her face. DALLIN! Her first crush, first best guy friend, and her buddy! Louisa burst out crying more into her tissue when he told her not to. These things weren't controllable, not even Louisa the rational one could bottle them up. And what festivities? This was the day when she'd mourn all night and spend it roaming in the dorms checking out the seventh years packing for the last time.

When Vashti replied and at the same time that Louisa wanted to answer that without sobbing like wimpy, someone squashed her into a hug. She didn't get time to respond and free her arms and wrap them around that person but she burst into another sob right when the person turned out to be a very excited Ellie. "I don't want you to leave," she mumbled into Ellie's shoulder, her hands took hold of the older girl's robes clingingly.

Pulling away a bit and wiping her red face, she looked at Ellie then Dallin slightly behind her before resting her eyes on Vashti opposite of them, "It's not Hogwarts otherwise." SNIFF. Louisa looked down to swallow any further tears but her eyes, no matter how blurry they were, caught something on Ellie's hand. She grabbed her hand and raised it to her eye level.

Holy. Merlin's. Pants.

Widening her eyes, she stuttered, "W-w-what's th-this?" Call her crazy but it looks like an engagement ring. Her eyes, still bugging out, looked from Ellie to Dallin.

Festivities. Her mind didn't make the connection yet.

Morgan plopped down. It seemed that the term had come to a quick end, but she was grateful for the friends that she had made. Her first year had been a success, and that was all that she could've asked for. She waited for her friend to come along, she had said she would meet her at the feast. As she waited she, as per usual, stuffed her face with the delicous food that was before her.

Oh. .it's the end of the term.Sam has mix emotions on this situation. He's gonna miss this great place for a while. . .his friends . .specially Beth. . And magic. . But he wanted to look at the bright side.He's gonna join his beloved family. He saw that Beth has already there in her place at the Ravenclaw table. First he take another look at his cloths and stepped to her. .
."he-lo there. . .."
He said while taking his seat beside his best friend. .
". . . .first I thought to say HEY but in the middle I changed it in to HELLO"
He was trying to joke.. . .he didn't know whether it really is funny. .
"everything packed?"

Addy walked over to the Ravenclaw table, her two Puffs riding along on her shoulders, close to her neck. 'As if two little balls of fluff are gonna make me feel any better,' she sighed in her mind.

She looked around and spotted Dallin. And Ellie. She would say goodbye to them and maybe chat for a little while and go search for Zay and Mia. 'If I can do that without bursting into tears,' she thought bitterly.

She walked over to where Dallin was and saw he was talking. So she could wait.

She rubbed the back of her neck nervously. Term had ended way too fast for her liking...

Oh, the engagement ring! Dallin's easy smile broke into a grin when Ellie mentioned it. He couldn't help it; just the fact that they were engaged now made him grin. And also, it was really nice to know that Ellie actually liked the ring enough to show it off. She could've been humoring him last night when she said she loved it. But... she obviously wasn't. So that was good.

His grin was soon replaced by a frown, though, because of Louisa. Because as soon as he asked her not to cry that was exactly what she did. "Louisa," he said quietly. He was probably drowned out when Ellie screamed and tackled the girl, though. A small smile twitched at Dal's lips. Merlin, he was going to miss Louisa. They'd have to write a lot of letters and stuff. That was the only option. Plus, Louisa would come to their wedding. That was a no-brainer.

Speaking of which. She had noticed the ring. Yet again, a grin broke across Dallin's face as Louisa stuttered. He glanced at Ellie, wondering if she'd want to tell, but then decided he would because he was just so excited. "I proposed to Ellie last night!" Yay! "And, well, she said yes." Heh. And she liked the ring!

And... ohaiAddy. Turning his head, Dallin smiled at the Slytherin. "Hey, Addy. How're you?" She looked sad. What was with the sad people?!

Addy smiled slightly when Dallin spoke to her. "Hey Dallin!" she greeted him, the cheeriness in her voice a bit fake. "I'm...okay, I guess...Not really ready for the term to end," she sighed.

Merlin's beard, Louisa was a mess. She was sobbing and her face and eyes were red. Ellie was starting to get emotional just looking at her. She was more than happy when Louisa clinged back. It was the most sign of friendship she had ever shown Ellie. And of course it was on her last day of school. Ellie wibbled when Louisa mumbled into her shoulder. "I wish I could take you with me," she mumbled back, trying not to cry.

How fun would that be? Ellie and Dallin rooming with Louisa? Heh... Never mind.

When Louisa pulled away, Ellie looked at her with sad, slightly teary eyes. She would miss her. Loads. "Hogwarts will be fine without us. You just have to write us letters," she said, giving her a light poke in the arm.

And suddenly, Ellie's hand was in front of Louisa's face. MEEP. Ellie grinned and giggled. She just couldn't help it. She looked up at Dallin but he was already explaining to Louisa that he proposed the night before. Ellie flailed a little bit. "We're engaged!" Ellie squealed. And Louisa better be prepared to go shopping with her. Heh.

Ellie caught sight of a girl standing quietly behind Dallin... Oh, it was Addy. Ellie smiled and gave the girl a little finger-wiggle-wave while Louisa stared at her hand.

Mo nudged Taryn gently with his elbow as she tried to feign being a LADY. SNORT! He was kind of... sprawled in his seat as best he could be. What could he do? He had apparently had a bit of a growth spurt over the year. Lanky legs and all. BAH.

"You have no idea how much awesome you are going to see and experience. Do you have a camera? Like... a wizarding camera? If not you should get one before you go," he said with a nod. "You just have to excuse my siblings in advance. They are ridiculous... but of course I have told you all of that." He was babbling, which was unusual for him for sure. "Do people always cry at the end of term here? Seems kind of stupid."

Lily nodded. Of course everyone makes mistakes... otherwise there would be no mistakes. She was just happy that it was only a little mistake. She noticed Logan looking along the length of the table and something caught her eye. "uhhh... I'll see you a bit later Logan." And then she was off, down to a different part of the table.
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Lily looked up to see the head girl. "Hi....... I like to think that I'm one of her friends... I don't know whether she considers me a friend..." The first year replied quietly, with a hit of a smile.

She then turned back to Louisa. "You don't have to be sorry... you're just sad that you're friends are leaving....." Lily whispered back. "You don't have to worry, though, because I'm not leaving." At this the little claw smiled. She would be there next year for Louisa.... yes she would. "I'm not ruining my feast by sitting next to you.... I wanted to sit next to you... You make my feast even better." Lily hugged her older ravenclaw friend. She wasn't going anywhere...unless Louisa wanted her to leave.

Zeke being nice is definitely out of ordinary. Even though she tried to get used to the idea of him acting… well… normal- she simply couldn’t. How can someone be this moody?, the third year thought. ‘Umm… no?’ Now really- what could she have possibly replied to that. Gah. She even started wishing he’d go back to being silent. But nooo. No such luck.

Hmph. The whole discussion about music was kind of boring. Even holiday plans was a better topic. And she really wasn’t that much into music either. Blimey. She could barely make the difference between the sound made by a piano and the one of a guitar. ‘How about you?’, she asked while glimpsing for the last time at the Gryffindor house table, completely ignoring his last question.

Yey. He won’t leave. As she drew her attention towards the staff table, Gwen simply hoped the Headmaster would start one of those speeches soon so that everything would end. But---no. She didn’t want this to end! She was going to miss everybody next term. Psh. So many people leaving. And none of them was Zeke. ‘Something?’,the girl asked surprised. Just something??? But yes. He was right.

Jordan sidled casually away from the Gryffindor Table, and then dashed over to the Ravenclaws to see some friends of which he hadn't seen in ages. He noticed Jez at the table on her own, slightly away from the main crowd, "Hey there, you look tired." he said, sitting down opposite her, "This terms gone fast huh?" he smiled, remembering everything that had happened this year.

Quidditch. Adam couldn't help but laugh at himself for going out for Quidditch and not being the greatest keeper. But, there was a perk to Quidditch-Carter. "And we can get free tickets from Carter-so I'll see you then." He spoke in an upbeat tone. An then he'd see Carter and Anya more often-hopefully this summer and after he graduates too,he didn't want to lose touch with them either.

"Ireland is a nice country-ultimately its up to you guys." Though,somewhere inside he felt like they'd be sticking in Ireland. It was much more quiet than England he imagine,and it was where Ellie had grown up,but he never knew where they'd be living. "But thank you for telling me where you'll be living once you figure it out." Adam smirked at her. Because he would arrive every so often, just to see how things were going and if they needed some entertainment or something.

He'd always drum. That was a given. Adam would never give that up. "I'll probably search into music universities-like in New York or those big industry places and see the career options that are more stable when it comes to music." Time to leave his parents for a while, even if that meant having to go to school a few more years. Then he shook his head when she mentioned the ministry. "I'm not cut out for those big top notch people wearing suits everyday." Music school was something that was now currently roaming his mind.

Logan watched as Lily suddenly left. Well that was...interesting. "Okay, bye..." he said, watching as she left.

"I'm not saying you have to, I'm just saying that's what I would do." he said. Logan then raised an eyebrow as she pointed her wand at his throat. "You better be joking!" he said. He then cocked his head. "Something else?!Like what?"