A Harriers fan, eh? This confused him, because he was pretty sure they were from Germany. Or Austria. But she was from Sweden... unless he was remembering this incorrectly. "A father-daughter sort of thing? That's cool." He wished his own father was as fond of the sport as he was. "Out of curiosity.. why the Harriers?" He left the game attendance bit alone in case she was sensitive to that for some reason.

Nothing to apologize for? Does that mean she WANTS me to do that? The possibility exhilarated him and terrified him at the same time. His gaze kept darting back to his own hand, but only for fleeting moments. She had sounded so nice about it, he couldn't help but wonder...

He was distracted by her next question. "ME?" he laughed. "Clearly you've never seen me play. But you will in tryouts!" He smiled at this thought. "Okay, so I'm actually not half bad, but I still don't know. There's just.. not much chance, I think." Sport was a tricky business. "Besides, I've always thought I would just work with my parents. We have a ranch with around 400 Abraxans that we breed. I've kind of had dreams to branch out a bit, maybe thestrals or something." Of course, that would be difficult for his parents, since they wouldn't be able to see them, whereas he could. "But, I dunno. Lately that just hasn't seemed..." He trailed off, throwing his hands up with a shrug, sighing, and collapsing onto his back in the soft grass.

Pssshhhh. Suuuuuure.
Edric gave Louisa a 'yeah-right!' kinda look when she assured him she wasn't following him. What was she doing, then?
Just walking with him to the castle, apparently.

And then the girl went on to ask when he'd last been stalked by a girl. Well, that was an easy one. "Never," Edric replied simply. And he sure wasn't interested in having that experience.

However, Louisa had more to say.
Actually, she had a whole LIST to give him. Reasons why she liked him (not THAT way, of course, he knew and she knew and everybody knew). This was something… well, something Edric had never heard before.
The funny thing was, though, that everything she listed that she liked about him was usually what everybody ELSE listed when they needed to explain why they didn't like him.

Wow.

After the girl's whole speech, Edric had no choice. She'd caught his attention now, being so… well, different from everyone he'd ever met. "I suppose some company wouldn't hurt," the boy finally agreed, the tiniest hint of a smile on his lips.

He was flattered.
But he'd never show it. Of course not.
But he was definitely impressed by Louisa's speech. Which was a little ironic, seeing as she'd just pointed out he wasn't easily impressed.

And so, in the company of a new friend and her pet cat, the Gryffindor boy led the way back to the castle, this time slowing his pace and allowing Louisa to keep up with him without having to jog.

Maybe dinner wouldn't be so bad tonight.

The end! -Sniffle-

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A Harriers fan, eh? This confused him, because he was pretty sure they were from Germany. Or Austria. But she was from Sweden... unless he was remembering this incorrectly. "A father-daughter sort of thing? That's cool." He wished his own father was as fond of the sport as he was. "Out of curiosity.. why the Harriers?" He left the game attendance bit alone in case she was sensitive to that for some reason.

Nothing to apologize for? Does that mean she WANTS me to do that? The possibility exhilarated him and terrified him at the same time. His gaze kept darting back to his own hand, but only for fleeting moments. She had sounded so nice about it, he couldn't help but wonder...

He was distracted by her next question. "ME?" he laughed. "Clearly you've never seen me play. But you will in tryouts!" He smiled at this thought. "Okay, so I'm actually not half bad, but I still don't know. There's just.. not much chance, I think." Sport was a tricky business. "Besides, I've always thought I would just work with my parents. We have a ranch with around 400 Abraxans that we breed. I've kind of had dreams to branch out a bit, maybe thestrals or something." Of course, that would be difficult for his parents, since they wouldn't be able to see them, whereas he could. "But, I dunno. Lately that just hasn't seemed..." He trailed off, throwing his hands up with a shrug, sighing, and collapsing onto his back in the soft grass.

Instant smile. Yes, it was more of a father-daughter thing, truth be told, "It is." VERY, especially since they were the only ones who even dared play. Well, her father during his school years, and so did Kate. Neither considered playing after school, because Kate was not considering it at all. And his question made total sense. Why Germany, right? She could support the Kites in Norway, and they were certainly closer IF distance actually mattered. "Have you seen them play?" and while they didn't hold as many titles as the Magpies, they were brilliant. "My father liked them since he was a little boy, but he lived in Germany a long time ago," yes, that piece of information is important, "It was the first team I ever saw play, and they won that day too. Love at first sight, I guess."

It was oddly strange how love could relate to Quidditch oh-so-easily, no?

For the first time, Kate was entirely oblivious to his reaction. She didn't notice how often he glanced to his hand, mainly because she was busy with the surroundings again.

Sigh. There he goes again. See, there was a reason for why he was chosen as Captain. He couldn't be a terrible player, you know. Kate still smiled, but only when he said 'not half bad'. Keefer was probably right about that, though. There didn't seem to be enough Quidditch teams in the world, and you really had to be the best of the best to become part of one. "Yeah, that's true," but if that's all you could see yourself doing, then she saw no problem at all in pursuing the career.

Wait. Abraxans? "Really? That's amazing!" A creature that could fly wasn't as predictable as a broom, but it was still pretty awesome. "Though, I like Granians a little better," they were faster, and smaller. But he'd mentioned Thestrals..., "But...shouldn't you be able to see them...?" she didn't complete her sentence, her eyes held a curious look. He wouldn't have thought of branching out if he couldn't see them, right? And in order to see Thestrals...

...she didn't like the end of that.

"Like something you feel like doing now? So, your dream has changed." Clearly, no? What was it, then? More studies?

Marie enjoyed being outside here. It was so peaceful. Zeus was sitting proudly on her shoulder. She smiled at her owl and watched has he flew high into the sky.

Taylor wandered down to the duck pond, in a way better mood. "Hey Marie." She waved to her friend.

Marie looked over. "Hey Taylor!" She quickly walked over to her friend. "Feeling better?"

Tay nodded, "Yeah." It has been a week since the break up and she had talked to Maxwell earlier that day, "Yeah i talked to Maxwell today and we cleared up some things, and made some harsh feelings go away.... at least some of them...." There was no way she was going to tell Marie that they had also kissed one final time, at the request of Maxwell... she didnt even tell Mins....

Marie smiled sadly. She could tell Taylor was hiding something, but she didn't want to press her too far. "What about with Minnie and Damon?"

Tay thought about it then nodded, "Yeah Mins and i are good too... i think.... and Damon, we werent ever mad at each other.... i think... i mean yes i was mad that he hurt my best friend but that was it...." Taylor laughed and smiled. She tossed some bread out to the ducks.

Marie sat on the grass, wrapping her arms around her knees. "I don't mean to sound mean or rude, but i think it's kind of cool that you broke up with your step-brother. No one gets to say that." She gave a half-smile before shaking her head. "Now, back to seriousness. I'm really sorry that you're hurting over this. Breakups are never easy."

Tay gave a half smile and laughed, "Kinda of cool?" She grinned, "You are definitely unique, Mar." Taylor sat down next to her friend. "Nah, i'm not hurting any more... We talked and ended most of the hurt feelings so all is good so far..."

Ronnie walked down to the duck pond, excited to see the duckies again. She sat down at the shore of the pond, watching as the ducks swam around. She sighed and smiled, she really loved the ducks. Ducks were her second favorite animals, dragons being her first.

She laid down on her back and looked up at the sky, thinking about her day.

Tay saw Ronnie and smiled, "Hey Ronnie." She waved to her... friend?

Justin had been looking for Ronnie for quite sometime when he decided to check the duck pond. He knew that it was one of her favourite places on the grounds from last term. As he walked upto her he called out, " Hey, Ronnie?! How've you been? " he said as he sat down beside her an d smiled sweetly as he gave her a wink.

Ronnie looked up as she heard someone call her name. She smiled as she saw it was Justin. "Hey, I've been pretty good." she replied, sitting up. "What about you?" she asked. She hadn't seen Justin since the train! She watched the ducks swimming around while waiting for his answer.

" Just doing a fair bit of thinking is all. And I'm guessing that classes have kept you busy? " he answered. Then leaned down to kiss her hand and held on to it.

Ronnie laughed. "Yeah. They've kept me very busy." she said, rolling her eyes. She blushed a little as he kissed her hand, and held onto it.

" Sorry, I haven't been to classes. But I do plan on starting to. So, What have I been missing anyway? " Justin said when he saw her roll her eyes. Then smiled as she blushed.

Ohh. Okay. "Ohh so that's what happened." she said chuckling. "That's good." she said. "Ohh nothing really. We had to dress up as fortune tellers and make these cart things in divination." she said with a disgusted look. "It was horrible." Ronnie had always hated dress up. ECK.

" Glad that I didn't miss much...Well, except for you." he said as he laid down next to her and stared up in the sky laying his head on his arms, folded behind head.

Ronnie felt her cheeks grow hot a little at what he said. "Aww, thanks, Justin." she said, smiling shyly. He was too sweet.

She smiled as he laid down next to her. She hesitated before curling up real close to him, her head resting on his chest.

Justin just smiled at her answer than instinctively put his arm around her as she laid her head on his chest.
So, When we are allowed in Hogsmeade would you like to get lunch or something? "

Ronnie smiled as he put his arm around her. She looked at him as he asked her if she'd like to get lunch. She closed her eyes and chuckled softly. "Of course I would." she replied. This was comfortable, right here. She could just fall asleep riiiight here at this moment.

" I was hoping you'd say that. " he chuckled. " It's pretty nice out here. You been coming down here alot since we got back?"

Ronnie laughed. "You don't even need to ask me." she said, giving him a squeeze. She nodded in agreement. "It is indeed nice." she said, opening her eyes and looking at him. She grinned. "Yes, I have." she replied. "I love all the cute little ducks." she said with a sigh. "But they're not as cute as you of course." she said, winking at him.