Originally Posted by Bumblebee (Post 11137564)

John heard the most familiar voice, in all of Hogwarts. He turned to look at his young friend who had busted his nose and his spirits. John wanted to ignore Kennedy with all his might, but deep down his brotherly instinct didn't allow that.

"It's still on my face, so that must be good." John answered as he softly touched his nose. "How's your face?" he asked as he pointed at Ken's face.

John wasn't sure how to approach this situation, he's never had an argument this enormous that led to a brawl.

Originally Posted by Bubbles (Post 11138273)

Kennedy would have normally been amused by Johnathan's comment, but this was not the place. And John didn't look to happy either. Well, he had expected that much. "Good to know," he said, putting the book back where he got it from. His fingers absentmindedly touched the corner of his lips where it was slightly red, but not noticeable mark was. "It's alright," he muttered.

Well.

This was awkward...

Kennedy leaned his back against the bookshelf and chewed on the inside of his lip. After a while he spoke up. "John, I...," he paused. He didn't think he should be apologizing first, but then he was the one who tackled the Gryffindor down. "I shouldn't have done what I did."

Originally Posted by Bumblebee (Post 11138292)

John had all the right in this universe to be angry at Kennedy....but somehow he couldn't. John nodded as he saw that Ken's lip was healed. His nose on the other hand, was still pretty bruised.

Johnathan sighed. Dude just don't.." he didn't want to recall the evening anymore, it was in the past and that's where that issue is staying.

Once Kennedy started apologizing, the young lion found the bravery in his heart to forgive him. Normally he would hold a grudge and hope that Ken trips and falls over. But that's not what a brother does, because after all Kenny was the only brother he had and will have.

"Don't worry about it, man." John isn't the type of person that likes hugging people very much, but he charged towards the Slytherin Prince and gave him a brotherly hug. "You're the best friend I ever knew, or ever will know...bro." John said as he smiled.

Will things ever be the same between these two? I think so...

Originally Posted by Bubbles (Post 11138601)

Kennedy almost rolled his eyes when John refused to talk about what happened. Sure he didn't want to bring the issue up either, but then how were they going to get rid of this awkwardness?

Oh.

He was hugging him. Now. Kennedy didn't mind public displays of affection when he was with his a girl, but...John was a dude. Kennedy chuckled, pulling away. "Dude, guys don't hug." At all. For any reason. This was weird.

Then he went and said all that bro stuff, which Kennedy did take it seriously, but instead showed it by joking. If anyone would know, it'd be John. He patted the Gryffindor's back and pulled away completely. "Man up, Walker! This is no time to behave like a Hufflepuff," he said, an amused grin tugging at his lips.

Originally Posted by Bumblebee (Post 11138606)

John laughed.

"I taught you well, young grasshopper!" Johnathan teased as laughed.

It was nice to once again speak and joke with his best friend, he didn't like having arguments or fights with the people who meant a lot to the lion.

A Hufflepuff? pfft!

"I ain't no dang, Hufflepuff! I'll hang you next time ya' call me that!" John returned the joke.

These weren't the times to fight, it was time to start celebrating and preparing speeches...as graduation was literally right around the corner.

Originally Posted by Bubbles (Post 11138619)

Kennedy chuckled. Besides Selena, John was the second person to call him 'young grasshopper'. He wasn't so young anymore. Nope. He was of age now.

"Right," he laughed. "You're too much of a Gryffindor to be one." Merlin knew what kind of trouble John got himself in. Some times, Kennedy didn't even bother to find a reason behind his friend's actions.

Once more he leaned against the bookshelf and crossed his arms over his chest. "I didn't mean to tackle you the other day," he said in a more serious tone. They had to talk about his some time, right? Why not face it now? "I just...I lost it," he said. It wasn't easy admitting he had been wrong in...many things, but this was a start.

Originally Posted by Nordic Witch (Post 11137940)

Stopping at the first bookshelf Leobald continued to hum on his tune as he manually put the books back into their proper places. He could have used magic but he liked the satisfaction it gave him to put for example a Gilderoy Lockhart book together with the rest from that collection. Leo was just skimming down the back of a book which looked very thumbed and read from the exterior of it when he heard a woman’s voice speak from somewhere behind him. He knew that it was a woman because the tone of voice was fuller and richer than if it would have been a student.

Turning around slightly blushing Leobald mumbled as his eyes met those of the tall, brown haired Transfiguration Professor. "It was just a tune I heard on the wireless this morning. It stuck I guess." Smiling he gestured towards the books on the trolley. "Not at all Isabelle, I could actually use a hand." He picked up a few books to put up on the shelves. Heading past her Leo nodded "Well that depends on what kind of book you are craving to read. Romance books have been popular of late amongst the students, but that’s probably just because Valentine’s Day is around the corner."

Originally Posted by Bumblebee (Post 11138622)

John nodded as he most definitely agreed, with that statement. He had some sort of glitch in his brain, that when it goes off. He doesn't seem to listen to authority or any one for that matter.

Johnathan sighed.

"Don't worry about it, man." John seriously, replied with that answer. "We all got our moments." he nodded, as he no longer wanted to recall those awful memories.

Originally Posted by Bubbles (Post 11140660)

Fine. If he didn't want to talk about it Kennedy wasn't going to pry. So, he just shrugged in response. It seems Kennedy has been having many of 'moments' these past few months, but things were beginning to settle down. Well, that's how it felt.

Kennedy also thought he shouldn't mention that he told his father of his mother's letter. That was a few days ago and he still hasn't gotten a response back. He just hoped he didn't make a mistake in informing the man about his mother's magical background. As far as he knew, everyone believed her roots were traced back to muggles.

The Prefect uncrossed his arms and stuffed his hands into his pockets. When his hand brushed against a crumpled piece of parchment inside, he remembered what else he was going to tell Johnathan. "Hey," he said, taking his mother's letter out. For a strange reason he's been carrying it in his pocket everywhere he went. "There was more to my mother's letter," he handed the letter to Johnathan to see the last bit he hadn't read last they saw each other. "Turns out there is a Herald Escalante in our family tree. The same one who was Head Boy all those years ago here...at Hogwarts," he whispered.

Originally Posted by Bumblebee (Post 11140790)

John cautiously read the letter, his eyebrows furrowed as he was taking in all this information. He knew was something snaky behind all of this. Nope the lion wasn't pleased at all.

"Herald Escalante?" John said as his lips pursed together. "Why would she hide, this guy from you? Especially all this time?" so many questions were going through John's head.

It doesn't take a genius to notice many things, going on here..

Originally Posted by Bubbles (Post 11140815)

Kennedy shrugged, took the letter back, folded it and shoved it back into his pocket. He's being going over that in his head ever since he read the entire letter. "I don't think she was specifically hiding Herald. I think she was more hiding my ancestor's history and she was forced to mention him since I asked her about him."

He had thought what Alyssa told him was just a coincidence, but apparently not. Now, he wondered if should go tell Professor Scabior about this. He did say he was. Meh.

"Either way, I'm as clueless as you are," he shrugged again, though he had a thinking look on his face. Kennedy couldn't help but still think his mother lied...because she had.

Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay (Post 11138929)

The wireless, eh? She didn't listen to that much either when school was on. Isabelle was beginning to think she definitely needed to get out of her office more during term time. "The best tunes usually do," she smiled. And also, unfortunately, sometimes the worst.

As Leo walked past her with some books, Issy picked up her own pile and studied the names - making sure she was putting them back in the right places. "Hmmm," she mumbled, tilting her head to one side when he mentioned romance novels. "I've never really been one for that kind of thing, although it doesn't surprise me that the kids are." The amount of them she'd seen around holding hands. It was quite sweet really. Placing a book on the shelf in front of her, she scanned the one already there and scrunched up her nose. "I was thinking maybe something along the lines of a crime novel, or some such thing."

Originally Posted by Quick Quotes Quill (Post 11134543)

As she kept scanning the shelves, Gwendolyn was finally able to spot the book she was looking for. Hmm. Now should she ask for someone to help her? No. That was out of question. She could totally deal with it. The fourth year started looking for her wand. A simple levitating charm would help. Mhm. That should be enough, the girl told herself as she heard footsteps approaching the place where she was standing. Though, Gwendolyn didn’t give any importance to it. It was probably just some other student. Maybe not even someone she knew. Mehh. Why should she even bother? Gwendolyn glimpsed back at the book on the shelve and was about to cast the spell on it, but she was interrupted…

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What was happening?

Gwen felt a few books dropping around her. There was no way she could have done something wrong, since she hadn’t even said the incantation of the levitating charm yet. Her eyes darted back to the student who had dropped the books. ‘It’s fine’, she said coldly. Hmph. Whatever. At least the librarian didn’t hear anything. Err. If that was even possible. Gwen picked up a few books from the ground and passed them to the other girl. Don’t be rude… don’t be rude…, she kept telling herself and then glimpsed back at the shelve in attempt to find the book again. Gaah! Where was it? Just as she was trying to locate the book, she heard the other girl ask her what she was looking for. ‘A book about Potions…’, she started saying, but didn’t finish the sentence. Though, maybe the girl could help her?

She continued to scan the shelve, and was finally able to spot the book again. ‘Never mind… I found it…’, she said, more like to herself. As soon as she managed to get it down with the levitating charm, Gwendolyn was ready to go back and start reading. The Ravenclaw drew her attention back to the girl for a moment. Hang on… she knew her from somewhere…
‘You are…’ Baaaad start. Nono. She shouldn’t have started the sentence like that. Gah. Now think, Gwendolyn, think!, she told herself. What was the name of the girl? ‘…Glenn, right?’ Because if it wasn’t her, then the fourth year would feel really stupid.

Originally Posted by Gabrielle (Post 11143893)