Harvey smiled and nodded, he knew they should go but he didn't want to go, he'd rather hang out with friends instead. He then listened as Minnie and Justin spoke, she was right about everything, it was a good thing that she and Justin were in the same house that way she could help through everything. Just then she looked at him sticking her tongue at him and giggling like the school girl she was "Oh I am sure I will, I will probably be meeting her again soon enough anyways" he chuckled.. yup he and Ella had been hanging around alot lately and they were good friends so she would help him.. he hoped if he needed it.

He hadn't realised that he had said that, he looked at Minnie "Well I guess I am attracting those types of girls then if she does turn out to be" he said to her.. he had forgotten about Ame in all the fun that he had been having, but now that she mentioned it. It did seem like that, but he didn't want Ameliah to be like that, it was enough that it happened once but he didn't want it happening again. If it did he needed to stay away from all of that for some time.. he'd had enough with all the girls leaving him.

He smiled and chuckled as he looked at Minnie "I have not replaced you guys, just making new friends thats all. Well I have been hanging out with Taylor, hung out a little with Damon and then I have been hanging out with Ella too" he smiled as he remembered making sundaes down in the kitchen not too long ago. If only Mins had known then she would have probably had the whole common room down there enjoying all the sundaes they could.

Justin just decided to force himself a smile and listened to Harvey talk about all the time he had been spending with some new friends of his..... It had been interesting with all of them hanging out with new crowds... Well, Minnie had introduced him to Max and Ariana, but it was true none of them spent very much time together anymore.... Not the way they used to.... So much had changed and would continue to do so...... Why couldn't anything ever stay the same?

Minerva laughed, "Well I'm glad your getting to know Tay and Damon they are great. It's good that even with our new friends they are all linked in some way. Maxwell is Taylor's step brother, and that brings Damon in, Ari is Max's best friend and her cousin is now married to Damon's brother. So even though we have new friends they are all friends which keeps us together. Oh and Ameliah is Taylor's sister." She thought that was kind of great that even when not trying the Amigos stay in the same social crowd.

Justin smiled as Minerva figured how all of their new friends still managed to keep them close as friends.... He perked up a bit and started to pet the bouncing pygmy puff on his lap....

Harvey smiled as she laughed and showed them that even if they didn't hang out much there were other people that still kept them as a group. Over the past year their group had changed, but at least they would still hang out at times right?.. "Yeah thats true Mins, we are still going to hang out in some way or another, if I remember correctly there were talks of us getting together as a big group to hang out." he smiled a little before wincing inside as he remembered how he had been too quick to judge her and Justin. Even though they didn't hang out much anymore it had in a way done wonders for him cause he had the chance to meet Taylor, Damon and even Ella. He was sure that he wouldn't have hung out as much with Ella if he spent most of his time with his two best friends but even then he couldn't complain since he would be with them. He just hoped that they could hang out a little more, looking over at Justin he had been quiet through this whole thing as he watched him pet Bouncers "You ok Justin? Don't think about Ariana too much it will make you miss her even more!" he chuckled at his joke hoping it lightened his mood a bit. He wondered what was going through his best friend's mind if it wasn't Ariana.

Up from the fourth floor and into the fifth floor corridor. Carigan passed the prefects bathroom. She always wondered what it looked like in there. But on this trip through the fifth floor the thought never even crossed her mind. Onward and upward.

Minerva laughed at the boys, "Yeah we are Amigos no matter how long we go without talking. Now if I could only figure out a way to get you two to class." Yes she was bringing up again but they were use to that by now. She looked at bouncer who seemed to be having a great time. "So Harvey word on the street you have a new smart puff as your best friend. You just can't seem to stay away from the badgers can you?" She looked at Justin, "You okay Justin? I know your attached to the hip to Ari, but it's okay to hang out with us a bit." She laughed with Harvs at his joke as well.

" Yeah.... I'm alright..." Justin smiled back at Minerva," I was just thinking about how much you two mean to me... That's all. Ariana is allowed to have time with her friends without me just as much as I'm allowed to hang out with my friends when I want....But other than home stuff this is shaing up to be a great year. And as for classes , Miss Wheatborn.... I have been going to a few. " Justin said the last part while rolling his eyes then laughed. He knew that he'd be hearing her talk him into going to classes until they graduated, but he was glad she cared enough about him.

Harvey smiled as Mins had just said what he had realised long while back when she had said something along those lines to Justin, his smile grew as she mentioned trying to get them to classes.. she was really determined to get them to classes wasnt she? that was nice of her.. his smile turned to surprise when she kind of mentioned Ella.. wait! what? How did she know that he had upgraded Ella from friend to best friend, he hadn't exactly told anyone yet. But then again she and Ella probably talked in the common room where he had no access. He nodded "Erm.. yes that's true." he shook his head smiling "No I guess not.. you know that day was the day I realised that somehow all of my best friends are puffs." Mins, Justin and Ella.. all puffs and all of them his best friends, how did that happen he didn't know. He guessed he was just living upto Ella's King Ravenpuff title, how else could you explain it.



He chuckled as Minnie went along with his joke, he looked at Justin happy to see him finally smile. He nodded in agreement to Justin "I agree with you Justin, I guess having bonded really well from our first year.. we care about each other alot! " hadn't Harvey kind of felt the same way not too long ago? he had then heard Minnie say that no matter what they would be the amigos and he had believed her back then and still did, afterall weren't they all still here hanging out as if nothing had changed, they were still the amigos. He laughed with Justin as he talked about going to classes. He looked at both of them, as if they had never been apart.

Justin smiled at his two best friends... He loved them as if they were his siblings and he defend them against anyone til the end.... " Ya know.... I think we should make Minnie go on one of our worksouts...If she wants us in class then she needs to do something we enjoy... One class costs one workout.... What do ya think, Harvs?..." Justin was in the best mood he'd been in all day... Sittinf here with his friends.

Harvey looked at Justin as a big smiled crept up onto his face, he looked at Minnie.. and nodded "Yeah Justin I agree with you, we should make her go to a workout as well. What do you say Mins? you up for it?" he chuckled jokingly as he looked at her.. it was a good idea from Justin.. have Mins attend a workout session per class. Man where would he be without these two? They were to stick together no matter what!

Justin beamed at Harvey when he agreed with his proposition... " Yeah, Minerva.... What do ya say... A workout per class? "

Minerva glared at them both. She hated running, she would rather go to the forbidden forest alone at night then run. "I don't need to run. Quidditch is all the exercise I need. Plus while you two dunderheads are working on your muscles your brains are going to lack. You need to study more as well as exercise to be well rounded." She shook her head at them both and crossed her arms annoyed.

" We don't just run, Min... We do all kinds of exercises... Youd probably like it... But you don't ever give them a chance... Won't you at least try a short wrkout? " Justin said trying to find some sort of middle ground...

Harvey looked at Minnie as she glared at them, oops she wasn't happy about that. Well that was fun while it lasted, crossing her arms and shaking of the head? was not a good sign. Well she didn't have to.. it was not like they were going to drag her out there after each class to go for a run. He looked at Justin who was still trying to persuade her to go on a workout with them, Harvey kind of stayed quiet.. he had said what he wanted to say. She wasn't happy at all so he knew that she wasn't going to listen, so she wouldn't workout but at least they could hangout... that was something they could all agree upon.. right?

Dinner had been quite good this evening and Oliver was in a pretty good mood as he made his way back up to his office. His hands were in his pockets and he was whistling a tune.

He stepped off the stairs to the fifth floor and made a right towards his office but halfway down the corridor, Oliver stopped mid-step and the little tune he had been whistling died on his lips.

What was SHE doing outside of his office?

Not that he was scared of the woman or anything but Oliver wasn't really in the mood to get into a fight with the woman right now. He quickly looked left and right trying to find a place he could hide.

Cece was beginning to think Oliver wasn't in his office, either that or he somehow knew she was the one knocking and he was choosing to ignore her.

Hearing someone whistling she turned to see Oliver down the hall. Guess he wasn't ignoring her after all. Although he did look like he was looking for an escape route.

Well that wouldn't do. If he wasn't going to come to her then she would just go after him. She had come this far, she wasn't letting him get away. If she didn't do this now she would probably never do it. Walking towards him she called out, "You wouldn't be trying to hide from me now would you Jenkins?"

At the sound of Cece's voice, Oliver froze like a deer caught in a set of headlights. She just had to spot him, didn't she? Not like it had been hard though considering he was standing in the middle of the corridor looking as though he was watching a tennis match.

"Of course not." he said with a grimace on his face and he clutched at his stomach. "Too much cream in the pasta sauce. Lactose intolerant you see." He started backing away from the woman. Seriously where did he come up with these excuses? "Sorry...must...get to...bathroom."

Of course he was total forgetting that she was a HEALER!!!

Really now. Just how stupid did he think she was? She had known him for how many years now? Lactose intolerance was never an issue for him before... that she knew of anyway. Being the healer that she was though she would play along with his little game.

Pulling something out of her pocket she handed it over to him. "Here, take this, it'll solve that problem you have." And if he didn't have a problem, well all she could say was he might have one later.

Working here at Hogwarts she had learned to carry several different potions with her at all times. Never knew just when you might need one.

Did she think he was stupid. Oliver was NOT taking anything that Cece Tillstorm had given him. He ignored the bottle in her hand and gave her a wary look. "What do you want Tillstorm?"

He knew for certain that she was not here for a social visit. The only time they were in the same room together was at the opening and closing feast and that's because they had to attend that. Otherwise Oliver wouldn't bother with it.

Thank Merlin, he hadn't been in his office then he would of had no escape. At least this way he could just walk away if things got out of hand. But then a thought occured to him and he straightened up. "Is William okay?" He had heard that the frozen ones had woken up but maybe his mate was having some sort of side effect.

Right, just as she had thought. There wasn't a thing wrong with Jenkins. Well other than him being his usual... self.

"Suit yourself," she said as she put the phial back in her pocket. She would just save it for someone that really needed it. "Of course William's okay. " And to think, Olive called himself William's friend. A friend that didn't even know his mate had been out of the infirmary for a few days now. "You know, if you bothered checking on him..."

No, she wasn't going to do this. She didn't track Oliver down just so she could argue with him.

Taking a deep breath she slowly blew it out. She could do this, really, she could. "Look Oliver, I didn't come looking for you just so we could argue. I just wanted to a... I want to a..." Come on Cece you can do this. Just spit it out already. Get it over with then you can move on with your life.

Taking another deep breath she just blurted it out. "I want to apologize for accusing you of what happened to William. I know it wasn't your fault." This time

There, she said it. Now their lives could go back to the way they were ten minutes ago. Them hating each other.

And there she went. She just couldn't help herself, could she? Oliver narrowed his eyes at her. "Don't even Tillstorm. Regardless of what you think of me, I am a damned good friend." Certainly a better friend then she was. He and William had been friends for years and will be for many more years to come and Willy would pick Oliver over her any day. He would have loved to have said that to her too but her next words stopped him short.

STAAAAARE.

Did she just...?

Holy crap!

She did.

Oliver managed to keep a straight face but on the inside he was being totally smug. Cece Tillstorm just APOLOGISED to HIM. Oh, he couldn't let this opportunity pass up. "Excuse me?" He cupped his hand to his ear. "I didn't quite catch that. You'll have to repeat it. Perhaps a little louder this time."

He wished he had witnesses for this.

Of course Oliver wasn't going to make this easy on her. Cece was starting to wonder just exactly why she thought it was a good idea to apologize to him in the first place. He was clearly incapable of just accepting the apology like any normal person would do in a situation like this. Oh wait, he wasn't a normal person.

Having the urge to slap his hand away from his ear she stuffed her hands in her pockets... so she wouldn't do just that... slap him. "I should have known you weren't capable of just accepting an apology and moving on. I don't know why I even bothered."

Because she was clearly a better person than he was, that's why.

Oliver didn't know why she bothered either. Did she think that he was going to graciously accept her apology after all the crap she had given him. "You shouldn't have accused me of something without finding out the details first." So there! That'll teach her a lesson.

"But then I should expect no less from you, seeing how you've held this grudge against me for how long now? Fifteen years? I can be a jerk at times. I know this. But there is always a reason behind it." And she had never bothered to find out. Maybe if she had of asked, he probably would have told her.

Blah, blah, blah.

That's what Cece was hearing come out of Oliver's mouth right now. Here she was actually admitting to the guy that she had been wrong about something and of course he has to act like a JERK... again. "Maybe if you didn't have that reputation of yours I wouldn't always assume you were guilty of things that happen when you're around." Or even when he wasn't around.

Really? He thought the way she treated him was all over a grudge? Something from when they were children? "Oh yes Oliver, everything I ever do is all because of the way you treated me when I was a nerdy kid. It has absolutely nothing to do with the way you treat me and others still to this day."

Well of course. Why hadn't she thought of that before? It was perfectly acceptable for Oliver to always be a jerk because he has a reason. "Oh please, do tell. What exactly is your reason for being a jerk now?" It clearly wasn't because of anything she had done... unless apologizing and admitting you were wrong was a reason for someone to treat you like the jerk that they are.