Maxwell shrugged. "Was that so hard? I mean i'm not saying you guys have to go back to kissing on the cheek and what not but just at least, try to be nice to each other..." He still didn't care for them kissing on the cheek even though he wasn't jealous. It had more to do with being raised in America.

Minerva had been at the lake visiting with Harvey and was headed back to the castle when she noticed three people at the playground together. Hmmm, having a little gather without me she thought. Then smiled and walked over not sure if she was interrupting. "Hey guys, how are you doing?" She looked to all three of them. Well is Taylor and Damon in the same area and no yelling was going on. She looked around as if to see if the real Taylor and Damon were hiding or something. "Hey Maxwell did you put a spell on them or something?" she joked. "If you did I want to know it, it might come in handy for others this term."

Maxwell shook his head. "No, I just gave them the normal. 'You two need to suck it up and be friends' speech." He said with a small laugh.

Elliot refused to look at the stupid cat, still. A loud, sudden YELL made her jump out of her skin, and she looked up to see a very young and foolish girl proclaiming she was queen of the castle. Elliot stood up, trying her best to look regal. She watched as the girl fell, and was miraculously saved by a cushion. She scowled.

"Queen? Queens don't fall...and plus, last time I checked, I was the queen around here," and she held her head high, nose in the air, her icy blue eyes shining in pride. She smirked haughtily over at the younger girl as she took a step towards her.

The darned cat followed. She tried to ignore it...but the fluffy orange thing was close at her heels. Ugh.

She held out a hand to help the little girl up...

Oakey pushed himself up off the ground. I'm just dandy, thanks. Oakey smiled to Ronnie. His one foot on the wood chips felt really uncomfortable, so he looked to see where his shoe had flown off to. He spotted it not to far off the playground ran over and put it back on his foot before returning to Ronnie, the girl with a boys name.

Let's find a less dangerous thing to play on. Oakey said. He then ran over to the Castle and found rope ladder that he began to climb up. The ladder wasn't very cooperative though, as he was just about to reach the top it disappeared and Oakey was dangling his feet in the air while he held onto the wooden floor with his arms. He lifted himself up and looked to Ronnie to come and join him.

Minerva laughed a little with Maxwell. "Yeah, because that has worked so well in the past." she then looked to Damon "Well, the nonspell approach hasn't been working lately between you two, so when I was walking back up to the castle and I saw the three of you and didn't hear any yelling I thought for sure there had to be a spell." she grinned and then walked up to Damon giving him a hug and a kiss. Maybe he would feel more comfortable with her next to him. She gave a big smile "Ash I would not see you as the playground type, but if you wanted to play you could have called me, I like the swings." she chuckled taking his hand.

Damon looked at her kissing her back, "If I'm to be honest... I got a little turned around, trying to get back to the common room so I could get my poems."

Minerva looked at Damon.. Hmm that seemed odd a fifth year getting lost, but then again the castle changed all the time. She still missed the tree house from her first term. "Well that isn't hard to do here. I swear they change things and rearrange just to keep up lost and on our toes." she smiled a bit. "Well I was just coming from the lake and noticed you, which was a nice surprise by the way." then she looked at Taylor and Maxwell. "Of course it was a nice surprise seeing you two as well."

Maxwell nodded. "Taylor and i were just meeting here, If i thought they'd bump into each other and act so normal i would have invited you." He said to Minnie

Maxwell glanced at Taylor, he knew her forced smiles and this wasn't one. Like a seasoned art collector he'd seen enough to know a fake, he planned on calling her out later. With what Jordan said, her almost pleasant hello to Damon and now this she was seeming very suspicious. No matter how much he trusts her.

Cornelius let out a laugh as the Head Boy assured him that the current 7th year with the shiny badge in that position always had time for fun. There was something slightly surprising to the young man who had always assumed that the Head Boy must have been the most uptight student on campus. And here he was, in the flesh, climbing across the monkey bars. Awesome.

"I'm Cornelius," he answered in a bit of a call, considering the fact that they were now on opposite sides of the playground. Especially since Cornelius was now headed for the roundabout. Yes, they had a roundabout on this playground and Cornelius was going to be the King of it! "And you?" he questioned as he stepped onto the ever-spinning structure going at a slow speed. Though it was generally supposed to be sat on, the sixteen-year-old stood straight up, so it was more like he was surfing around and around on the roundabout than anything else.

Maxwell didn't mouth anything back but gave her a look to let her know he saw how odd she was acting, that he knew she was faking.

Maxwell didn't believe her, he knew her better than to take her bluffing. He gave her a stern 'don't lie to me' look. He knew she was hiding or faking something.

Maxwell stood up and whispered in her ear. "Taylor, what are you hiding?" Quiet enough for only her to hear.

Minerva started looking around, everyone seemed to be acting weird today. She shrugged and let go of Damon's hand. She was use to being out of the loop and didn't really care anymore. If they wanted her in the loop they would tell her. She walked over to the swing and sat down. She began to push, "So anyone want to say what's really going on, or are you all acting funny just to be funny?"

Maxwell kept his gaze on her. "I do, You're acting weird. You were almost polite to Damon when he walked up and you're not one to forget when you're angry and i know when you force a smile and that wasn't a real one." He said knowing this would only make her mad but he was tired of her hiding whatever she was hiding.

Minerva kept swinging, well so much for that spell working. She started to twist the chain and let go so she was swinging in a circle. When it stopped she did it again. She didn't help this argument with her big mouth. "I was just wondering it was no big deal. So anyway, since we are all four together why don't we hang out for awhile." she just kept twisting her swing not really looking at any of them. If they started arguing again she was making a plan in her head to get up and just leave. She was tired of hearing the fighting and wasn't going to listen to it anymore. She sighed knowing she would. She like Damon and was so happy to be with him and Taylor and Maxwell had become two of her best friends so she would deal with the fighting for them, but she still was going to try to tone it out if it got bad.