Harvey had been contacted by Minnie who had needed someone to practice some spell on and he was always having trouble saying no and this time was no different. She was his best friend and he had always loved helping her out and this time was no different. He walked up the corridor and smiled as he saw her practicing her spell, he walked upto her just as she was practicing her wand movements. "Hey Mins.. long time no see!! whats up?! " he smiled as he looked at her "I am here and ready for the spell you want to try out. " he said as he stood there wondering what spell it was.. if only he had gone to the class then he would probably know. Although he was not sure he wanted to know which spell she was trying to work on him.

Minerva heard Harvey and turned smiling, "Hey Harvs, thank you so much for coming to help me with this." She grinned knowing he had no clue what she was going to do to him. Oh this could be fun.. Should she say she was doing something worse then she was actually going to do just for a laugh. No, she decided to just stick with the spells at hand. Biting her lip she looked at him, "Umm.. Harvs, it's not just one spell, I actually need to practice two if that's okay." So she only told him it was one to get him to come, she knew if she would have said two he would have come anyway, but it just slipped her mind.

"I will be using your hand and I will do it on your nonwand hand, just in case something would go.. wrong." She grinned at the words so he would see she was just joking, she had no reason to believe she couldn't do the spell. "Now once I do the spell your fingers should go straight and be like a body binding spell, but just to your hand." She really hoped it would work the first try, but if it didn't then she would just have to try it again. "Alright...." Pulling out his hand she took her wand and did the U right side up, "Petrificus Digitiru" She looked and then it hit her. Laughing a bit she shook her head, "Ooops, didn't do the U right and I said it wrong.. Not worried now are you?"

Harvey was glad to see her smiling upon seeing him, he gave her a nod "No worries Mins, you asked for a little help and I agreed to it, nothing else." he said as he wondered what would be happening next he then watched her bite her lip, instantly Ella came to mind. That was she would do whenever she was nervous, was Minnie now doing the same cause she was nervous about this. He couldnt help but smile as he thought about Ella biting her lip, he then brought his attention back to Minnie who was telling him something about practicing two "Two? Er.. sure... its.. its fine!" two spells? he wondered if one of them was the clothes changing spell which was why she hadnt told him about two spells earlier.

He looked at his hands as she mentioned them before snapping his head up to look at her "Go.. wrong? what do you mean by that? these are safe simple spells right?" he was now wondering what she was upto if things could go wrong.. he then saw her grin "So you were joking right?" he questioned mostly himself as he thought about how Ella would react if something would have gone wrong in the first place. His hand.. asleep? oh that wasnt too bad.. he had numb hands all the time... pfftttt nothing new to him "Yeah sure thats sounds good to me, sleeping hand.. got it!" he said giving her a nod. He then watched as she pulled his hand towards her and did the spell that she wanted to do on him. He then looked at her quizzingly as he laughed and shook her head "Oops? what do you mean oops?" he asked her, she then replied to his question.. ohhh she said it wrong.. he looked at his hand to make sure that it hadnt done much damage. He looked at her as she asked him a question "No!... no!.. of course not!" truth was.. he was worried.. what if her saying it wrong.. did something wrong? No.. he was stronger than that!! he was out to help her so help her he would.. no matter what the damage.

Minerva laughed as he questioned her two spells, "They are both hand spells and both simple easy ones." She tried to reassure her friend. She didn't want him thinking she would put him in any harm. "Harvs you are my oldest friend here, you know I wouldn't put you in any harm, right? Then she said the spell wrong, oh crap.. no..no.. Looking at his hand hoping nothing would happen by saying it wrong and doing the wand movement wrong. That worried her so much. "Maybe this wasn't a good idea, maybe I shouldn't do it." She looked at him and walked away a bit.

Taking a few deep breaths she thought about the spell. She could do this, there was no reason she couldn't. She was always good with her wand, nothing had changed. Was it because she was doing it on one of her best friends. Maybe she should have done it on someone else.. Another person crossed her mind and she smirked, but then put it out of her mind. Looking back at Harvey she tried to smile, "Okay, I'm going to try again. Put out your hand." Once his hand was out she made the upside down U and said the words "Petrificus Digitirus" She watched to see if Harvey felt anything different on his hand.

He listened as she explained her spells "Ah ok.. thats good then! Simple and easy is good." he said as he got ready to have the spell cast on him or well two spells and not just the one. He smiled and nodded "Of course Mins, of course I know that" he said flashing one of his famous smiles that he usually flashe. He looked at his hand as she said that she had said the spell wrong and he saw that there wasnt too much damage, just a few pimply bubbles that had appeared but that was nothing they could be treated. He looked at her as she said that it wasnt a good idea and watched as she was about to walk away "Mins...." he called out to her before she turned back towards him.

He saw that she wasnt looking too confident about this whole spell thing "You ok Mins? Ready to go?" he asked cause he was ready for anything too! He smiled as she seemed to be smiling a little as she requested for his hand, he put his hand out ready to get the wand casted on his hand "Yeah sure.. you can try again. You can do it as many times as you need as long as you get the practice that you need " he said as he watched her cast the spell on his hand... he moved it about "No... n... wait" he said as he continued trying to flex his fingers and move his hand as a whole but it started feeling weird as if he couldnt bend his fingers or his hand "I.. cant bend my fingers... is that what this spell is supposed to do? Stop me from bending my fingers or something?" darn it!! if only he had gone to class then he would have known what this spell was supposed to do!! His hand felt stiff.. or something like that.. that was supposed to happen right?

"I'm fine Harvey, it's just frustrating not to get it right. You know how I get." She took some breaths to calm down, she need to calm down and concentrate more. Smiling at how nice Harvey was about it she looked at his hand, "Thanks Harvey, but if I don't get it this time then I think I'll be done with it." She then waited after she did the spell, when she saw his fingers go straight and then he said he couldn't move them she couldn't help, but smile. "Yes, it is suppose to be like the body binding spell, but just affect your fingers, so it looks like it's working." Minerva touched his hand and couldn't believe how straight and hard it felt.

"Yes, yes, it worked.. Does it feel weird? I didn't have this one done on me." She wondered if it hurt at all, she hoped it didn't. Pointing her want to his hand "Finite" she didn't want him uncomfortable for long. His hand should start to relax again, well she hoped at least.

He smiled as she said that she was fine "Thats good I am glad" he said before nodding "Yes I know how you can get, but thats what practices are for. That if you dont get it right the first time you can do it again" yup it was not the real world where you were under a time constraint that you had to do the spell within, this was school where she could practice it as many times as she wanted. He shook his head at her "I dont think you should give up so easily when it comes to spells, just keeping trying" he said wondering how many times Minnie had been close to giving up just cause she felt that she couldnt do the spell. He saw the smile appear on her face as he revealed to her that the spell seem to be working in that he couldnt move his fingers about, he listened as she answered his question... well if he had gone to class then he would have known that!! "Well in that case the spell worked, see! you just gotta keep trying.. no giving up" like Ella had tried over and over again to see if Harvey liked her in the same way as she liked him. He watched as she touched his hand after she had done the spell.

He smiled as she had a little celebration that she had managed it before questioning him "Yeah it does, cause I mean I am used to bending my fingers and right now it feels like I have tied some wooden pieces to my hand and made the pieces invisible!" cause thats how it felt to have your fingers stiffen up and look like the hand of a doll. He then watched as she cast finite on his hand and he waited as he felt his hand starting to feel a little less stiff and slowly yet surely he managed to bend his fingers and joints as normal as if that hadnt happened, but it had left a weird sensation in his hand that he couldn't explain.. not yet anyway.

Minerva smiled glad the first spell worked, it might not have been on the first try, but it did work and that all that mattered. "Well as long as your hand is back to normal now." She grinned and grabbed her bag, she needed her notes again to check on the next spell. As she flipped through to find it the right one she smiled. "Sure you want me to do the next one? It's called Torparticus and all that will happen is your hand will feel as if it was falling asleep."

Minerva found the spell and stood up. "I'm going to practice a bit before I do it on you. So you can just watch and let me know if you really want me to do it or not." She took her wand and made a jab motion for the movement. That seemed easy enough really. It shouldn't be that hard. Then came the words. She wanted to make sure she said it right. Looking at it she said it in her head a few times. "Torparticus, torparticus" Then she spoke allowed wanting to make sure it sounded right, "Torparticus... Torparticus" Looking at Harvey she smiled, "Think you want me to do this?"

He smiled as he started moving his hand around to make sure that he could in fact move it again. He nodded "Yeah its back to normal look" he said as he moved his hand around showing her that he could in fact move his hand around as normal. He watched as she searched through her notes as she asked him if he wanted her to do the next one "Well I still have my hand from the last one.. so why not? Besides I trust you.. you are good at the spells you do" she had hardly set a foot wrong in the years that he had know her when it came to the spells. "Well that doesnt sound too bad a sleepy hand? I have had those before." he said to her smiling as he got ready for the next spell for her to do.

He nodded as she said that she would practice before she actually did the spell, he watched her practice her next spell. He watched her making jabbing motions with her wand, he just hoped that meant that he wouldnt be jabbed with that wand. He listened as she practiced the incantation too before she looked at him and asked him one last time if he wanted her to do this. He nodded "Yeah.. its fun having someone cast a spell on you that doesnt involve any sort of change" yeah like hair color or even clothing.. this was just putting a hand to sleep.. nothing more!

Minerva smiled as he said he would be fine with her doing this spell on him. "What would I have done all these terms without you Harvs. You always letting me do spells." She chuckled a bit, sometimes he was more of a let and sometimes it well just happened. Looking at the the spell again she practiced saying it a few more times. "Torparticus. Okay I think I'm ready to go away and do it."

She took his hand and put her wand up.. Then she thought for a second, was it the U or a jab. Looking at Harvey's hand she did a u and clearly said "Torparticus" She watched his reaction... did it work or did she do something wrong. Looking at Harvey she just wasn't sure so she looked down at her notes and hit her head with her hand. "You have got to be kidding me.. I did the wrong wand movement.. I'm sorry." She felt so stupid for doing that, what was wrong with her lately.

Harvey smiled and thought about it "Well for once you would have gotten no practice at all on these spells and secondly I must be the only one that says yes to having spells practiced oh him" he said smiling as he was sure that not many people would say yes to this kind of thing. He nodded as she said that she was ready to do the spell now "Ok.. then lets do this thing! Hit me!.. I dont mean literally.. I meant with the spell" he said just in case she might think she could punch him or something, which she wouldnt do but he could never be too careful with this.

He watched as she took his hand and he watched her do a U shape as well as say the incantation and he waited to see if he felt anything. But his hand felt normal he shook his head once she looked at him, making her look down at her notes and hitting her head. "I did say hit me and not yourself" he said chuckling as he listened to her "Hey its fine.. you doing the wrong movement didnt do anything to my poor hand so lets give it another go." she seemed a bit distracted lately.. right? thats what it seemed. He wondered what it could be and why she was so distracted.

Minerva sighed, "Well I guess I might know a little reason I have been slipping lately..." She smiled thinking about where her thoughts kept going lately and it wasn't on her homework that was for sure. Which was new to her, because homework was her life up until recently. She couldn't remember the last time she even nagged at Harvey for skipping classes and asking if he had studied. She might have to do that once she was done practicing.

"Alright, I'll do it this time, promise. I dont' want to keep you from Ella for to much longer." She giggled a bit at her own joke. "Okay...Okay.. Stick out your hand and I can do this little spell or I could just make your hair a nice new color, I know I won't screw that one up." Laughing she took his hand and lifted her wand. Doing a jabbing motion "Torparticus" she said clearly then looked at Harvey to see if he felt any tingling in his hand, so that she would know that it worked.

Harvey looked at her "Your mind has been running off again! You need to put a tag on that mind of yours so you can find it again" he chuckled as he wondered what was up with her lately she had hardly ever got spells wrong before and here she had just gotten TWO wrong in the space of a very short time, maybe it was time he and Mins had a sit down and a chat knowing this was very un-like her. Now that he thought about it hadnt even heard her tell him off for no classes and stuff, that was definitely NOT like her at all!

He smiled before running a hand through his hair and smiling as she mentioned Ella "Oh I am sure she will understand, she doesnt mind us hanging out sooo.. I am sure its fine!" he saw her a lot so just a few hours without her should be ok right? Yeah it was not like he couldnt bear to be apart from her.. or was it? he had been feeling a little strange lately.. but that had to be something else.. anyways back to what Mins was saying.. she was saying what? oh right his hand.. right.. right. He stuck out his hand before looking at her and gave her a 'you said what now?' look as she talked about changing his hair color! "Just make sure no more girlie colors please!! Ella still hasnt forgotten the pink mohawk when she first saw me years ago, which said was cute..." he then clapped a hand to his mouth he SO did NOT mean to say that at all!! "Annyyywaaayys on with the spell" he said trying to get her mind off the fact that Ella had called his pink mohawk cute! He then watched as she cast the spell on his hand and he felt her look at him while he looked at his hand.. he was about to say no when he started feeling something! A kind of loss of feeling? like a numbness that he got sometimes? meaning his hand was going to sleep right "I think you got it this time Mins.. oh yeah I think you did he said to her as he looked at her smiling.. now what? she would undo the spell right? she wouldnt leave him like this right?

Hands deep in his pockets and hair flicked over to the side, Alec wandered along the second floor corridor. He had no particular interest in doing homework right now so... he was here. Wandering around like any old lonely fourteen year old would.

And what do you do if you're lonely and had nothing to do? Eat sweets! Alec brought out the packet from his pocket and ripped it open. He was thankful that Oakey wasn't here otherwise the bag of sweets would be snatched away and he'd be forced to drink something that Oakey himself had prepared. The young boy liked his sweets and Oakey's speciality health drinks weren't exactly the nicest things in the world. Really, whose idea was it to put spinach and lettuce in a DRINK?!

Oh look a window! Perfect! The Hufflepuff looked to his left... and then his right... and then he looked back at the window. And... hairflip.

Brilliant! Now... what to do...

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Hands deep in his pockets and hair flicked over to the side, Alec wandered along the second floor corridor. He had no particular interest in doing homework right now so... he was here. Wandering around like any old lonely fourteen year old would.

And what do you do if you're lonely and had nothing to do? Eat sweets! Alec brought out the packet from his pocket and ripped it open. He was thankful that Oakey wasn't here otherwise the bag of sweets would be snatched away and he'd be forced to drink something that Oakey himself had prepared. The young boy liked his sweets and Oakey's speciality health drinks weren't exactly the nicest things in the world. Really, whose idea was it to put spinach and lettuce in a DRINK?!

Oh look a window! Perfect! The Hufflepuff looked to his left... and then his right... and then he looked back at the window. And... hairflip.

Brilliant! Now... what to do...

Here came a first year...H....Hogwartian. Straight from the library.

You know what would be NICE? To have the library on the Grounds. On a tree. Not the Whomping Willow, of course, because that would be counterproductive to having a quiet place to focus, but yeah. Outside.

Or was she the only one who enjoyed reading between branches?

Then she heard a bag being opened, excellent hearing, you know and it happened to be opened by the only Hufflepuff she'd wanted to meet since the Quidditch match, because basically, he was the reason they won, no?

With zero books around, the little girl focused her blue eyes on the window too, and simply cleared her throat.

Nom... nom... nom...

Alec was just mindlessly eating sweets and maybe spying on people down in the grounds looking up at the sky. It was perfect flying weather, really. You know, besides the wind and all. He couldn't have his hair flying all over his face and then miss all the oranges he was meant to be catching.

Later. When it was less windy and he didn't have any sweets left. THEN he'd go and catch some oranges. Nodnod.

And then came a... sound and Alec blinked, looking at the window for any reflection. There... was a girl standing there. Like right behind him! Scary or what? The Hufflepuff turned around on the spot to look at the girl face to face. Hmmm... she looked familiar... but he didn't really know where he had seen her before. And why had she come to stand right near him?

The answer came to him almost instantly and he held out the bag of sweets towards the girl. "Sweeties?" Everyone liked sweets, right?

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Nom... nom... nom...

Alec was just mindlessly eating sweets and maybe spying on people down in the grounds looking up at the sky. It was perfect flying weather, really. You know, besides the wind and all. He couldn't have his hair flying all over his face and then miss all the oranges he was meant to be catching.

Later. When it was less windy and he didn't have any sweets left. THEN he'd go and catch some oranges. Nodnod.

And then came a... sound and Alec blinked, looking at the window for any reflection. There... was a girl standing there. Like right behind him! Scary or what? The Hufflepuff turned around on the spot to look at the girl face to face. Hmmm... she looked familiar... but he didn't really know where he had seen her before. And why had she come to stand right near him?

The answer came to him almost instantly and he held out the bag of sweets towards the girl. "Sweeties?" Everyone liked sweets, right?

Have you ever wondered how to make a boy give you stuff without saying a word? Here's the answer. Granted, he's a Hufflepuff, it wasn't exactly a challenge.

Her blue eyes had this expression one can only see on lottery winners. Why? Because Lotus Acacia Wisteria has found the boy who would do stuff for her and she wouldn't have to say a word. WIN. She knew he was special. The girl wanted to give him a sweet smile, but the realization of what just happened only made her smirk.

"That's so kind of you," she said, and honestly, if Dustbin came over offering sweets, she wouldn't take them. But this was the future boy she'd be able to...kinda control, yeah? A little bit. Just to get her minor things and out of trouble? Yeah. So she'll take the sweets. And he was a winner. Shame he was a Hufflepuff. "I'll take some." Cue sweet smile.

She only took two, though, because she didn't want to touch the bag too much, and she was mostly being polite. Elliot would probably say he wasn't worth it, but she needed someone in her own House to be on her side, yes?

"You played brilliantly, by the way." Lottie nodded, once or twice.

Alec's eyebrows flew up at the expression on the girl's face. Was she... this happy to see him? Not even his DAD looked that happy to see him and the two of them were usually separated for MONTHS. Who was this girl, anyways? And... did she know him? If so, how? ... Yeah, he had a lot of questions about this.

And... the smirk? What was that all about? ... Really. Girls. Why were they so confusing?

"Erm... I... thanks?" WHAT. "That's really nice of you to say." He smiled back at her and nodded. 'Least she was smiling sweetly and taking some of his sweets. If she hadn't... then he would have been slightly worried. And felt greedy for eating so many sweets alone. "Awesome!" GRIN.

Played... brilliantly? Alec blinked. She couldn't be talking about the last thing he had played because... that was a game of exploding snap and he had LOST. So... Quidditch, yes? "Erm... thanks!" he said, grinning widely, "Erm... do you play?" She could join the team next term! How cool would that be? GRIN GRIN GRIN.

... Right. Introductions, yeah? Because he needed to know who this girl was. "I'm Alec, by the way. Alec Summers," And he would shake her hand but... his right hand was sugary and shaking hands with your left hand was just... well... weird.

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Alec's eyebrows flew up at the expression on the girl's face. Was she... this happy to see him? Not even his DAD looked that happy to see him and the two of them were usually separated for MONTHS. Who was this girl, anyways? And... did she know him? If so, how? ... Yeah, he had a lot of questions about this.

And... the smirk? What was that all about? ... Really. Girls. Why were they so confusing?

"Erm... I... thanks?" WHAT. "That's really nice of you to say." He smiled back at her and nodded. 'Least she was smiling sweetly and taking some of his sweets. If she hadn't... then he would have been slightly worried. And felt greedy for eating so many sweets alone. "Awesome!" GRIN.

Played... brilliantly? Alec blinked. She couldn't be talking about the last thing he had played because... that was a game of exploding snap and he had LOST. So... Quidditch, yes? "Erm... thanks!" he said, grinning widely, "Erm... do you play?" She could join the team next term! How cool would that be? GRIN GRIN GRIN.

... Right. Introductions, yeah? Because he needed to know who this girl was. "I'm Alec, by the way. Alec Summers," And he would shake her hand but... his right hand was sugary and shaking hands with your left hand was just... well... weird.

UGH. Hufflepuffs.

Okay. He was moving his eyebrows way too much. So... expressive. Maybe that was the reason why no words were necessary to get candy, or Merlin knows what else, from the Hufflepuff Seeker.

She blinked. Mostly at his 'thanks?', like, who thanked that way? Lottie shrugged, half-smiling. By the time he grinned, she couldn't help to give him a full smile, and pop one of the sweets into her mouth. Lottie made a decision to not get close to any other Hufflepuff. Except for...the Quidditch Captain. That redhead looked like she could throw a good punch. Always good to have on your side too, no?

Violence solves nothing, though.

Compliments on the right places do. But you never know.

'Erm', 'Erm', 'Erm'. Oh, no. "No, I don't really like Quidditch." It seems pointless. But she avoided those words. Right now, at least. She'd be an excellent Beater, though.

Her eyes went instantly to his hands. No. Good thing he offered none. She wasn't offering hers either. Not like with Spike and the super gentleman Vickers. "Alec." A genuine smile was set in place. It was a nice name, okay? Not exactly unusual. But it was nice. "I'm Lotus, Lotus Wisteria, a first year." Nod, nod.

This had to be the weirdest girl he had ever met. Well... she wasn't exactly weird in the cuckoo sense. More of the weird as in... well... he just didn't understand her. But she seemed nice so... that was good! And at least she was eating his sweets! That made him grin more.

...

WAIT.

...

HOLD THE SNITCH.

She didn't like Quidditch? Alec blinked. He had never... ever... EVER met someone who didn't like Quidditch before. Either people liked it but didn't play or liked it and wanted to play or liked it and were actually on the team. But this girl was in a category of her own in his list of people he knew. "I... and... you came to see the match?" That... made no sense to him. O_O

... At least she didn't hate ice cream.

The smile after saying his name? That was nice too! "Lotus... that's a nice name," Nodnod. And she was a first year? So... he wasn't some sort of scary older person to her? Awesome. "So do you like Hogwarts then?" That... was what you were meant to ask a first year, right? Yeah.

Nom... nom... nom...

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This had to be the weirdest girl he had ever met. Well... she wasn't exactly weird in the cuckoo sense. More of the weird as in... well... he just didn't understand her. But she seemed nice so... that was good! And at least she was eating his sweets! That made him grin more.

...

WAIT.

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HOLD THE SNITCH.

She didn't like Quidditch? Alec blinked. He had never... ever... EVER met someone who didn't like Quidditch before. Either people liked it but didn't play or liked it and wanted to play or liked it and were actually on the team. But this girl was in a category of her own in his list of people he knew. "I... and... you came to see the match?" That... made no sense to him. O_O

... At least she didn't hate ice cream.

The smile after saying his name? That was nice too! "Lotus... that's a nice name," Nodnod. And she was a first year? So... he wasn't some sort of scary older person to her? Awesome. "So do you like Hogwarts then?" That... was what you were meant to ask a first year, right? Yeah.

Nom... nom... nom...

Surprised?

He seemed to be.

Also, those sweets he had proved to be yummy. Either that or Lottie was actually hungry after reading so many books. The first year inconspicuously took a couple more. Surely, Alec wouldn't mind. He'd offered, after all.

She suppressed the urge to roll his eyes. Logic dictated that if she just told him he'd played brilliantly, then she must have seen the match, therefore, attended it. Was he only good at catching Snitches and giving away sweets? If so, what a shame. And a waste, really, because the Wizarding world needed more talented wizards.

Let's help him out a bit and answer his question, though. "I did...the yellows were playing...," er, "...Hufflepuff, I mean," in case he had trouble figuring out who the yellows were. You never know. "I got curious." Blue eyes on Alec. She didn't have to explain herself, you know?

Oh, wait. He was also good at giving compliments. And he got half a giggle out of her, "Thanks." His name was nice too, but he wasn't getting that information out of her. Hmmm, "It's hard to say...," because she was so mad at first thanks to the Sorting Hat, but..., "...I like the Grounds, though." VERY MUCH.

And she took another sweet.

Alec grinned as the girl took some more sweets. See, sharing was so nice! And it was definitely better to share sweets with someone than to eat them alone. Even if it was someone he hardly knew.

Oh and the bag of sweets? He'd just hold it right in between them then.

SNORT. Yellows. Heh. ... Oh. The Hufflepuff nodded. Now... that wasn't too confusing. "Oh... erm..." He reached up and ruffled his hair. "Well thanks for the support!" Really, it was much appreciated by the Seeker. Especially since the girl didn't even LIKE Quidditch to begin with.

Yeah... he still didn't understand that.

Girls and their giggles. That made him nervous too. But... at least it wasn't from someone like Rilez or Ells otherwise... well... he probably wouldn't stop grinning widely. "Anytime!" ... Just... the grounds? Frowning slightly, he turned his head and looked outside. Yeah... he could see what she meant. The Grounds were nice but... Alec turned his head back to face the girl and leant back against the wall behind him. "What about... your house? And... classes? And the food?" Everyone had to love food, really. FOOD! GRIN.

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Alec grinned as the girl took some more sweets. See, sharing was so nice! And it was definitely better to share sweets with someone than to eat them alone. Even if it was someone he hardly knew.

Oh and the bag of sweets? He'd just hold it right in between them then.

SNORT. Yellows. Heh. ... Oh. The Hufflepuff nodded. Now... that wasn't too confusing. "Oh... erm..." He reached up and ruffled his hair. "Well thanks for the support!" Really, it was much appreciated by the Seeker. Especially since the girl didn't even LIKE Quidditch to begin with.

Yeah... he still didn't understand that.

Girls and their giggles. That made him nervous too. But... at least it wasn't from someone like Rilez or Ells otherwise... well... he probably wouldn't stop grinning widely. "Anytime!" ... Just... the grounds? Frowning slightly, he turned his head and looked outside. Yeah... he could see what she meant. The Grounds were nice but... Alec turned his head back to face the girl and leant back against the wall behind him. "What about... your house? And... classes? And the food?" Everyone had to love food, really. FOOD! GRIN.

The hair ruffling? That was interesting, truth be told. And cute, but shhhh. Also, good thing the sweets were inside a bag, because she wouldn't take any unwrapped candy from that hand that did all the ruffling.

Lottie smiled again. Support? She pondered for a second if she should set him straight or not, but decided against it. "I hope you win again." That's as nice as it got. Cut it out, Lottie.

Her eyes followed his as he looked out the window. Yes, those grounds. They were something, weren't they? So, he expected him to agree with her, yet his expression said otherwise. UGH. Her House? Her House? It wasn't hers, it was his. She wasn't one to lie. Not right now, because being truthful wasn't going to get her in trouble. "Houses? I really don't believe in those anymore." She sighed, without intending to, which surprised her, and she couldn't stop talking now. "I mean, sometimes you just don't belong, yeah? And...that sucks. And there's nothing you can do about it, so you just...try to let it go." There was definitely a HINT of sadness in her voice. She still thought if was so unfair, regardless of how no one in her family actually cared she wasn't in Slytherin. Which only made her a bit more angry.

The firstie shook her head. "The classes are okay," unless a shoe was out to get you. But the food, this brought a smile to her face, "I love the food, my Pygmy Puff loves the muffins here." But Magenta was still a bit picky when it came to select one for a treat.

"What year are you in?" she was sincerely interested in this piece of fact.

... What?

She... wanted him to win again? Just him? She... did know that he didn't make up the whole team, right? Although, he was pretty flattered by this. And kind of nervous too. "Thanks!" GRIN GRIN GRIN. "Erm... I won't... let you down?"

... That meant that he had to catch three Snitches. In a Championship game. Great going, Summers.

She didn't believe in... houses? This confused the fourteen year old even more. Houses... they weren't like... like the Eater bunny! Or Santa Claus! People didn't really believe in those anymore, did they? Apart from little kids. But houses... they were definitely real. So what was this girl on about?! Alec was about to ask her something, most likely a really silly question, when the girl went on.

...

Woah.

Yeah... this was weird. And he didn't have any ice cream to offer the girl so... he nudged the packet of sweets a tad bit closer to her. "Erm... you know... the great thing about Hogwarts is, everyone who comes here belongs here," He knew what he wanted to say, yeah, but the words were just hard to form. "Sometimes... it just takes longer to... get used to it." He shrugged, hoping that the wise wizards would be proud of his... not so wise words. "What house are you part of, anyways?"

Classes... were always okay, weren't they? Yeah. Just okay. And sometimes hard. And sometimes awesome! But... she loved the food! Which was awesome! "Yeah? Wait, pygmy puffs eat muffins?" That was... new. Although, he didn't have a pygmy puff so there was no way in which he could know. "And... they have awesome sweets!" And of course, he meant the house elves but... Lotus would know that already, right?

... What... year he was in? Hadn't he said that before? Or... maybe not, actually. Frown. "I'm in my third year! So... erm... not too far off!" ... What does that even mean?

Alright a bit more of a quiet time. Vickers opened the book again and only one dummy crawled out this time. Sheesh was the other one still out cold? But as soon as the dummy righted itself up it started to shoot two spells at him, one of which hit him squarely on his free hand.

Right something about always being vigilant and he kinda WASN’T being vigilant.

He then realized that his free hand felt numb, like it was some deadweight attached at the end of his wrist. Oh great THIS dummy was the one he hit earlier. Payback huh?

But a dud hand wasn’t stopping this Ravenclaw. Stepping back a distance so that the dummy doesn’t hit him again Vickers gave a quick jab at the direction of the dummy ” Torparticus!” The spell flew and again hit the dummy straight up its arm, and he watches it topple back into the page.

Quickly he slams the book shut. Gotta make sure that dummy stays in its pages as it seems to have a vendetta on him now.