The blush that covered his face in a matter of a second was something he tried to prevent but failed. Especially when she grinned. "I-i know! Your with Kennedy" He is a weirdo, not stupid. "I know right, i hate it when a first year is able to do a spell that i can't!" he puffed his cheeks in annoyance as he pocketed the red ball in his jeans pocket.

Daichi laughed as he felt Aurora jump when he hugged her. And when he was about to push away...his hair was ruffled..AGAIN! "Not my hair~" he said after letting out a frustrated whine. "I just styled it after Professor Williamson ruffled it!" why did people always attack his hair?! He tried to style it back in to model with his hands, but without a mirror he had no idea what he was doing and eventually his blonde hair was sticking out in every direction, he had made it worse.

He lowered his hands in a loud sigh and looked back at Aurora. "I'll try, but i can't promise" he answered and chuckled. "So, what have you been up to?"

Aurora laughed, "I know you know, I was only joking." she said, resisting the urge to pinch his cheeks. She couldn't help it - she just thought he was adorable when he was teased. It was the blushing. It was cute. Aurora nodded at his next statement, "Yeah, honestly, I swear some of them are given clever potions by their parents."

"Sorry," said Aurora, smiling with amusement. "You should style it so it isn't so ruffle-able." Well... it was true. Some people just had ruffle-able hair. And some people had boingy curls. Seriously, tight curls were fun! Her loose ringlets were nothing as entertaining to ping as Kennedy's. But that might just be because it was Kennedy. Probably.

Aurora winked, "That's alright. Being careful is overrated." she said, the corner of her mouth twitched. "Just don't get caught if it ends up breaking something." she added, gesturing at the ball. What had she been up to..? "Not much really. Just studying for my music exam. You?"

Style it so it isn't so ruffle-able? "So i should shave my head?!" The Slytherin looked at Aurora with an *what on earth?* expression written on his face. He did not want that! He liked his hair now! "Or! oooh, maybe i should make a sign on my head that reads *don't ruffle my hair!*" he is SUCH a genius!
Where could he get a small banner and paint? hmm?

"Don't worry, i don't break things" Daichi reassured after Aurora spoke again. "I blow things up" he grinned rather proudly. "Oh that's right! You have an exam soon right?" Daichi asked as he looked at the sky that turned more grayer by the minute. It isn't going to rain right? "You think your ready for the exam?"

Him? "Uhm.. well, i just got back from Professor Williamson's office and i didn't want to go back to the castle so i came here" he smiled. "I had to apologize to him for punching him in class..." yep Daichi had punched a Professor, major gaaasp. "He's not as scary as i thought he would be and did you know he can read minds?!"

O____________O

he was NOT suppose to say that! Well, truth to be told, he had kept their little secret longer than he thought....

Aurora shook her head, "No! Don't shave it. The sign is a much better idea." Why did people keep threatening to shave their heads? It was silly... shaved heads didn't suit anyone. Though the sign would just look ridiculous.

She couldn't help but chuckle when he said he blew things up, "Well, make sure you don't get caught doing that either - that'd be much worse." And they'd lose points if he got caught. "Yeah, in the christmas holls... I just want to get it over with." She followed his gaze to the sky... oh. Grey. Nice. "Maybe... definitely for the practical bit. Not sure about the theory."

Aurora blinked slightly... what!? "You punched a professor?" Daichi? Really?! What? She could not imagine that...

And WHAT? "Read minds..? What?!" ... Well... that was... a scary thought...

She thought the sign was a much better idea? He knew it! he IS a genius. Maybe it will even catch up with the fashion..ahem..

Attempting to style his hair for a second time, he gave up however when it really didn't stayed the way he wanted it. He wanted to ask for a mirror but it would probably be weird for a boy asking a girl for one , right? "Okay, okay i won't shave it"

"You're seeing your music tutor in Hogsmeade right?" he asked as he tried to remember what she had already told him. "Well, i'm not a music expert but from what i've heard before , i think it was good.." he chuckled too as he heard Aurora chuckle. "I think practical stuff is much more fun than theory..theory is boring"

Daichi scratched the back of his none-itchy head as he looked at the ground. "Uhm..y-yes" he said, feeling embarrassed now he thought about it. "You remember the first lesson? With Scabior and Williamson?" he looked back up as a faint blush was back on his cheeks. "I-i punched him when we were under water..." Daichi looked away from her and towards the trees. He wondered who Aurora had seen during that lesson. His bets were on Kennedy , hehe "He didn't take points from Slytherin though" he quickly added, something in which he had been very lucky.

Turning his attention away from the trees and back to Aurora as she exclaimed the *what* word rather loudly. The third year nodded his head vigorously. "Yes! he can!" he almost shouted and quickly lowered his voice in the hope the other students wouldn't hear him. "I mean, i was thinking something in his office and he said the exact same words i was thinking!" Little did Daichi NOT know, was that he had been thinking OUT LOUD without realising it. "And then..." he said dramatically. "He made a shh movement with his finger to this mouth! " Breathe Daichi, breeathe. "D-don't tell anyone, i wasn't suppose to tell and ..i don't want to end up as Giant Squid food!" he remembered clearly that the Professor had said something like that along the line.

Aurora smiled when Daichi said he wouldn't shave his head. "Good... but maybe you need a mirror to um... sort it out." She didn't have one with her or else she would have offered it to him.

"Yep. Well, I'm supposed to. Though he still hasn't owled me what time so I might not be." It was annoying actually; she'd been planning on going to Hogsmeade with Kennedy but she couldn't plan anything until she knew if she had her lesson or not... Pfft. "Hehe, thanks Daichi." she said, smiling. "And yes, I hate theory... so much reading and stuff." And she hated books... eurgh.

Well well well. She really had never expected such behaviour from adorable little Daichi... But then... she had felt like cursing both professors during that lesson... "Yeah... I remember... I thought they'd taken K-" The name caught in her throat. Turns out he was still getting himself into trouble. Stupid brother. "Sorry, I meant to say 'I thought they'd taken Krys'... I have a sore throat." Mhmm. Totally not worrying about Krys' current state. Not at all. "Well you are lucky!" Mhmm, she was sure Daichi wouldn't want to let Kennedy down - he seemed to worship her boyfriend as a hero... then again, he had saved the boy from drowning...

Oh... so like... not memories. Maybe he couldn't actually read minds... maybe. "Well I... I'm sure he's very polite about it..." she said, shrugging. "I doubt he'd read your mind for no reason..." To be honest, she'd never heard of anybody reading minds without legilimens before... and she imagined that Professor Williamson wouldn't have been pointing his wand at Daichi. "Okay, I won't say a word." She'd probably think a few to see if it was true... "I'm sure the giant squid would talk Professor Williamson out of feeding you to him, Bartholomew seems like a very friendly creature."

Nate nodded, handing the notes back to Pam. She seemed to still want them, which was understandable. "I think so. And I can't let them do that. I'll fully body-bind you, tie you up, freeze you, and lie down on top of you so you couldn't go anywhere. I don't want you going anywhere, it's too dangerous for us now," he said quietly. They really needed to be more careful now, all four of them. Which reminded Nate. "Did you know that Jared killed one of Jordan's brothers?"

Pam took the letters back, and put them into her pocket. Pulling up her knees to her chin, she sighed. "No." She whispered. This was getting rediculous. Was Jared getting out of hand? Maybe he'd do anything to get his hands on the Black family. Even if it means killing off people. "Why?" she looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

Alrighty. Anya had a free hour. And what better way to spend a free hour then by walking the pathways? It was nice... and there were trees... and it was quiet.

Well... quieter.

Anya wasn't one that usually enjoyed the quiet. But today seemed like a good day to take a nice stroll. And that was exactly what she was going to do.

Gustav hated this. He felt grumpy and he couldn't control his temper today. He was so mad,he wanted to punch the wall.And he did,it hurts... His hand was bruised and slightly bloodied but he didn't care. If he had the chance he would kill that person who tried to ruin his life, he didn't care if he was to be put in Azkaban and let the dementors take his soul. Atleast he had the satisfaction.

A small albeit shy smile swept across the Slytherins face as he removed the cat from being a distraction as she quite often did. He glanced across at the animal as the girl questioned why she was unusual. Wasn't it obvious? "Well. She ain't furry" he frowned puzzled. She was a Sphynx cat. Bred bald, it wasn't Bradleys doing. He wanted something unique and that was what he got. "And she thinks she's a Human or dog or somethin'. Follows you 'round but then goes off when she feels like it. Always comes back though" It had been quite a site to see a young boy being followed by a cat back in Clapham.

The cat had often been the start of a conversation when it came to Bradley meeting new people. His shy nature meant that conversation, more often than not, ended up grinding to a halt. But his Non furry companion had caused quite a stir and he was grateful that he'd found a way to meet new people. "Her names Bastet" After the Egyptian Cat Goddess herself. "Mines Bradley" he added on the end.

Zack was so tired of attending all his class on his first year, that he really felt the need to get some fresh air. He ran to the pathways to get some fresh air as he noticed trees t be a good source for fresh airs. As he began walking on the pathway, his speed deceased and he started walked as slowly as he could, inhaling all the freshness that he could receive from the environment. He mostly kept his head down while walking as he didn't wanted to crash straight on his nose while staring at the others.

Hmm....this really feels so good....he thought walking with his head down. Just then he crashed. The thing that he was trying not to do had been done finally. He crashed. So that happens even when you walk with your head down he thought to himself and looked up to see who was it he crashed on.

Anya was busy enjoying her casual stroll when...

"Oof!" she grunted as she fell to the ground. She just had to be so itty bitty, didn't she. Just the littlest bump seemed to always knock her off-balance.

She rolled over and sat up. "Got a hand I could borrow?" she asked holding hers out. A little help up was the least he could do. He did knock her over after all.

Kacie pulled her cloak tighter around her as she walked along the pathways. It was one of those days she couldn't think of anything she wanted to do and spending time inside doing work was getting to be boring. So she just wondered about the grounds. She was minding her own business when she saw the hufflepuff boy she had meet a while ago and he didn't seem to happy at all.

"Is everything alright?" she asked as she walked over to him, hoping that he wouldn't be angry because she was distrubbing him. Her blue gaze fell to his hand and she gasped when she saw his bloody and bruised knuckles. "Oh my god.... your hurt."

Gustav turned around and glared at the person. He wasn't in a mood to be pleasant. His curled up fist was throbbing in pain and his temper still hadn't cool down. He wanted to shout his lungs out. He wanted to yell at the person to leave him be, he muttered in a controlled manner, "Do you mind...." he stopped. His facial expression changed when he finally took notice of the girl. It was the girl from before, he always found her features to be quite attractive but he decided against it.
"Ummm...sorry...I-I..."he stuttered, his head turn to look away from her. Ashamed at his attitude. Then, he eyes gazed back down at his hands.
"I'm olright...this is nothing at all....I'm fine,"he said as he held his hands behind him so she would not be frightened of his bruised hands.

Kacie took a step back when he turned and glared at her, thinking that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to have disturbed him. He was clearly to upset and angry and didn't want to talk to anyone. "I'm sorry," she said, when he started to ask her did she mind, but stopped when he actually looked at her. "I probably shouldn't have disturbed you," she replied, thinking that it was her fault as well for not minding her business.

When he moved his hand to put it behind his back, she reached for it without thinking. "Its not alright," she said, holding it out so she could look at it. "What did you do hit a wall?" she asked, not knowing just how right her words was. She didn't know any healing spells, so using magic was completely out of the question. "Do you have a handkerchief or something I can use?" She didn't have one on her and she didn't know the summoning spell to summon one.

Gustav face reddened when she reached for his hands behind him and held them in front of her. When she asked if he hit a wall, he glanced away stubbornly.
"Yes...but I'm fine ...it only hurts a lit-..ouch.."he muttered. Kacie had brushed her finger on the wounded spot where there was a minor cut on top of his hand. He nodded when he asked if he had an handkerchief. He reached into his pants pocket and held it out for her.
"Its really fine...it's nothing...it will heal soon..."he said.
"You don't have to do this..."he added,staring at her.

"What!!!! You really did hit a wall," Kacie said, her eyes still widened in shock as she looked up at him. He much have been really angry to have done that. "Don't lie, it hurts more than a little bit." She didn't understand why boys like to act all though like nothing hurts them. She took the handkerchief he handed to her and pulled out her wand.

"It won't heal soon if its not cleaned and it gets infected. Keep your hand out," Kacie said, more like demanded in her own way. With her wand she wet the handkerchief with a small jet of water and started to dab lightly at his knuckles to wipe away the blood and clean the cuts. "What made you want to do this? Surely you don't like hurting yourself."

"Yes...I'm not proud of it, but there's nothing wrong to punch a wall or two...my..uh.. friends and I did this all the time back in my old school in Durmstrang,"Gustav answered. He didn't mentioned the friends wasn't his friends at all...they were just a bunch of bullies in school who liked to roughen him up a little. He hated those people...he rather not mentioned them at all.

Gustav started to pull his hands away,
"I said I'm f-fine..."he said in frustration but stopped when Kacie started to become more demanding. He blinked and did what he was told. He held up his hands like dutiful boy.
Gustav let her cleaned the wounds away. He didn't say anything more because he was afraid he might upset her in some way. When she asked why he did this, he glanced down and stared at his shoes.
"Of course not...but I had to...do you want to know what it feels like being trapped here and can't do anything to stop something you held dear for..."he muttered under his breath,angrily at her.
"Don't you feel helpless for not being to do anything...I'm not a coward, I do not hide!"he exclaimed suddenly. He realised he was still mad, he didn't mean to shout at her.

Zack looked up and saw a girl mostly looking of her age. The girls he saw around were mostly elder to him and he didn't wanted to talk to any. She seemed good as she asked him to help her out.

He moved his hand forward for her to hold it. He smiled and said "Hey, sorry about that. I was lost in my own world." he said and looked around nervously.

"You're crazy. Of course there's something wrong with punching a wall, unless you like getting hurt," Kacie replied, shaking her head. She only used the tip to clean the wounds, using her wand to add water when she needed more. If she had done something like this to herself she would have been in tears right about now, yet he just stood there as if this was nothing.

When she cleaned as much as she could, she folded the handkerchief so that the bloody part was folded inside so only the clean part showed. Since she didn't know anything about him she didn't understand why he felt trapped and the more he said the more he seemed to get angry. Kacie cheeks turned red and puffed out when he started to shout at her as if she did something to him. "Sometimes, but that doesn't mean your a coward... AND!!! Just because your upset doesn't give you the right to take it out on someone who hasn't done anything to you." Kacie replied getting a little upset herself, as she finished wrapping the handkerchief around his hand and tied it. "You most certainly have some issues you need to work out. HUMPH!!!"

Gustav stared back at her,knowing she would be mad if he was the one being shouted at. He really didn't expect her outburst which threw him off only slightly. She didn't know anything about him but venting out his anger at her wasn't fair and he knew it. When she said he needed to work out his own issues, it hit him hard. He felt he was being too caught up with his emotions, he didn't even spare a thought about what Kacie might feel. Gustav stood watching her, he was confused of her reaction towards him because even though she was obviously upset and angered,she kept tending to his wounds. It was like seeing two different sides of Kacie at one time.

He kept his lips shut while listening to her rant. He should apologise to her now, she was so kind to help him but he treated her as if she was the enemy.
"I'm sorry..I truly am...."he said,his tone indicated a hint of sadness and regret
"Look...I didn't mean to sound rude to you...it was really immature of me...I just...I mean....thank you for doing this..."he told her as he raised up his bandaged hand and stared at it for a moment before turning his head up to look at her.
"Can we start over...are we still friends?"he asked solemnly.

Anya smiled as she took his hand. She then pulled herself up and wiped off the stray leaves.

"Happens to me all the time." she said with a giggle. She held out his hand to him. "I'm Anya." she said introducing herself. "And you... look kinda familiar... have we met before?"

Zack too his hand back as he saw the girl was now on her feet again. He didn't like disturbing other like that and felt the need to apologize again but stopped as he heard her saying something. "Oh, Okay. Good you understand." he said and smiled at her and saw her removing the leaves from her dress.

He wouldn't let anyone go so easily if he was the one who fell. She seemed good on that part to him. He smiled as she introduced herself and shock her hand and kept it back in his pocket. His smile faded when he heard th girl say he looked familiar. Hope, she didn't see me doing something wrong he though at the very second and tried to remember if he knew her. Then he shook his head to her. "Hmm....no, i don't think so" he said apologetically, he didn't want to upset her again.

"So what were you thinking about?" Anya asked. She asked as she dropped a stray leaf back on the path. "Must have been something exciting."

She tilted her head to the side and frowned. She was normally so good with faces. She walked around him while tapping her chin thoughtfully. She just knew she'd seen him somewhere.

She stopped suddenly and snapped her fingers. "I've got it. Quidditch? You tried out too, right?"