Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella let go of Logan's hand because she saw a couple of students get up from a bench and wanted to grab it. She walked ahead and sat down, patting the bench so he'd sit next to her. She tried to hide how worried she was for him but she was sure he could see it in her eyes.

Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan

Logan sat down next to Ella and looked at her, half smiling.

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella returned Logan's smile and ruffled his hair gently. Then, looking straight ahead she took a deep breath. She was really hoping he wouldn't be cross with her for this. "Logan, I-I know you said you're fine but..." She looked down at her feet momentarily, willing herself to continue. "everything isn't okay is it?" She turned to look him in the eyes, scared he would be angry at her accusation.

Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan

Logan smiled as she ruffled his hair. Then he sighed. "No, everything isn't okay I guess." he said. "It's just...I've been missing my parents a lot you know? But I've never been so sad about them this much! I just don't get it." he said, sighing.

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella frowned. She hated seeing him like this. Her heart ached for him and she felt helpless. She had never lost a parent, let alone both and didn't know what to say to ease his pain. She had no idea how she would handle being in his shoes. She'd probably never leave the dormitories...She grabbed his hand and looked down at it. "Logan I-" She sighed. Not knowing the right thing to say. Looking up, she locked her eyes with his. "I'm sorry. I just wish there was something I could do to make you feel better."

Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan

Logan stared at his hand blankly when she grabbed it. He then looked at her when she looked at him. "It's okay, Ella." He said, smiling slightly. "I'll try my best to get over it. And I-I'm sure I will." he said, hugging her. He didn't want to put her through all this trouble. If he was sad, he'd just hide it. And he was actually good at that sometimes.

Originally Posted by Cedric

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella hugged him back. She tried to put everything she couldn't say into the hug, squeezing him tightly. She wished she believed him when he said it was okay, that he'd get over it. How on earth do you get over something like that at eleven? "Logan I just don't want you to keep it all-" She stopped herself. She shouldn't be lecturing him on how to handle his grief. "Never mind. Just know I'm here okay..." and I'm stronger than I look so please just talk to me.

Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan

Logan wanted to keep hugging her. That was the only thing that was making him feel good right now. He just wanted it to be him and Ella, hugging in silence. That was all he really wanted. "Okay, I will." he said. "I promise." he added. "Thanks....for everything. You're a real great friend." he said. "I mean girlfriend." he corrected himself with a wink at her.

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella smiled up at him despite the knot in her stomach when he said the word girlfriend. She laid her head against his chest, and stayed there quietly. She felt pretty lost at the moment and wished there was something she could do-some way to bring back his parents. She frowned, realizing not even magic could fix this.

Originally Posted by lazykitty

Carrying her spiral bound notebook and an ink pen, Sky found her way to the courtyard. Ah, what better way to write than outside, surrounded by nature? Okay, partly surrounded by nature but whatever. She sat on one of the benches and opened her notebook. Now all she needed was some inspiration…

Originally Posted by KP1

Originally Posted by lazykitty

Sky was startled out of her search for inspiration by a voice. "No, I don't mind." She returned the smile and put her pen to paper. She had just spotted an interesting bird that was trying to peck on the stones of the castle. That, funnily enough, had given her an idea to write.

Originally Posted by KP1

Originally Posted by Quick Quotes Quill

Raising her eyebrows, Gwen waited for him to answer something. Both? ‘Psh’, the third year puffed and tried to keep a straight face, but, of course, failing to do so. Meh… so she wasn’t the nicest person ever? Who cares?! And, surprisingly, this still wasn’t as bad as William’s insults, which still made her laugh. Where was that annoying kid anyway?

Actions? ‘Right’, Gwendolyn replied shortly and actually smiled. Not grinned. Not smirked- SMILED, which she rarely did. All right, back to the discussion- Dumb people. Well, the very worst and numero uno was definitely that Ravenclaw girl who told Professor Bentley she wanted Gryffindor to win the house cup. In front of Vindictus, for that matters. But actually- there was another kid that asked Lafay how her love life was going. Bahaha. Priceless. ‘I don’t think I know which one the worst is’, the girl mused.

‘Sorry?!’, she repeated and looked coldly at Lewis. ‘Nono’, she went on talking and started gesturing with her hand. ‘I do NOT regret being a Ravenclaw… Anyway-‘, Gwendolyn said and decided to just drop it. This isn't going anywhere…

Looking back at the Daily Prophet, Gwen felt sorry she even tried that hard to grab it from that crazy owl. ‘Meh… it’s kind of useless’, the third year said, still twirling it in her hands. As she glimpsed back at Lewis, she had no idea why he seemed so suspicious. ‘Calm down, I’m not going to make Exploding Snap out of it…’, Gwen rolled her eyes. Although… that’s not such a bad idea, she thought. But nono. Oh forget it, I’ll just give it to Ariadne.

Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan

Logan felt a lot better just holding Ella in his arms. Ella was a truly amazing girl, and she was his. Logan's. Nobody else's. He smiled at this and kissed the top of her head, and began stroking her hair. He randomly felt an amazing feeling...he felt like he could do anything...he felt like king of the world. He WAS king of the world, he had Ella! He forgot all about his parents now....

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella smiled as Logan kissed her head and started to stroke her hair. She was happy for many reasons lately but being with him was one of the biggest ones. Who else had she met here that could make her smile like he could? Nobody, that's who. She felt his heart pounding in his chest and glanced up at his face. "Logan, your heart is beating really fast. You alright?" Merlin he's probably getting sick of me asking that...but you know, what if he has a heart attack or something?! Wouldn't want that.

Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan

Wait what. Did someone say something? Oh...Ella. Right. He shook his head. "Uhh...oh yeah I guess i-i-it is!" he said. What was beating fast again?? Who knows. Was he alright? Yeah, he was fine! He felt more than fine actually. "Yeah, I'm fine!" he said, cocking his head. "Why wouldn't I be?!" he asked.

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

It seemed to take Logan a minute to process that Ella had said something and she smirked, wondering what he was thinking about. She laughed as he told her he was fine. Relieved, she wiped her head and dramatically said, "Phew! I thought your heart was making an escape from your chest the way it was going." She giggled, teasing him was fun. "Just kidding!" She said, poking him playfully. "I'm glad you're fine, me too." She smiled up at him.

Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan

Logan rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, yeah." he said, laughing. He then smiled. "Good to hear." he said, looking around and leaning in to kiss her. Right when their lips were almost touching, he ran away, laughing. "Catch me if ya can!" he yelled behind him.

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella closed her eyes as Logan leaned in to kiss her. Then suddenly she heard fast footsteps. Fast footsteps? What in the world? She opened her eyes wide and saw Logan running from her. Wait what?! Where on earth is he going? Then she heard him calling to her and she couldn't help but smile, a determined look on her face. "I'm a runner remember?" She laughed, standing up from the bench. "It's only a matter of time before I catch you!" She took off running, surprised at how fast he was.

Originally Posted by Rupert-Grint-Fan

Logan kept running, faster and faster when he finally gave up and let himself fall backwards onto the ground. He lay there, breathing heavily, waiting for Ella so he could really kiss her.

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella was right behind Logan, ready to tackle him to the ground when he fell all by himself. Well that's no fun. She pouted for all of two seconds and then smiled. She was out of breath and happy for a break. She walked over to where he was laying and looked down at him, grinning. "Hey so uh-you know when you're running away from someone you have to uh-run away." She laughed, nudging his leg with her shoe. "What are you doing down there anyway?"