While Oakey blabbed on about something, Sophie didn't take her eyes off him, smiling and giggling throughout his whole speech. "THAT WAS SO SWEET!!" She had NO idea what he had just said but IT WAS SO SWEET ANYWAY!

And he kept saying she was pretty! HOW NICE OF HIM.

"I DUNNO WHAT THING WE ARE, ELLA WAS THE ONE WHO SAID IT!" Sophie exclaimed cheerfully - and very loudly - pointing at her taaaaall friend. The brunette looked at upside down Ella - at least from her point of view Ella was upside down now - and BEAMED!

Make it official? "OTAY!" The young badger rooolled back all the way to where Oakey was and lay there like the WORM she was! Grabbing his face, she looked him in the eyes, her nose just inches from his. "WE'RE GETTING MARRIED, OAKEY!!" She yelled at his face, grinning. MarriedOakey. MarrieDOAKEY! DOAKEY OAKEYDOAKEY OAKEY! She looked up to see upside down Ella again. "MUM AND DAD ARE GONNA BE SO PROUD OF MEH, ELLA!"

Finally standing up, Sophie used all her might to try and make Oakey get up as well. That was a bit difficult because he was FAT!

KIDDING!! HEHEHEHEHE! HE WAS JUST A CHUBBY LITTLE CUTE THING. THAT WASN'T REALLY CHUBBY, JUST CUTE! BUT IT WOULD SO BE OAKEY - I MEAN OKAY - IF HE WERE FAT. JUST SAYIN'.

"UUUPPPPP YOU GET!!!"

Oakey wiggled his toes some more and looked at his feet. He began to giggle some himself as he watched his little toes move like short stubby worms.
"Worms don't get married that way. SILLY!" Oakey blurted out to Ella as she proclaimed that he and Sophie should be married as worms. "WORMS ELOPE!" Oakey began giggling again

This is a fact, I read it somewhere in the library, a book personally written by Sir Treyen Lockhart, and addressed to me, Lord Oakey of Gunterton Abbey."

He was unable to complete his family history, and about the evil troll Aegis because is face was pulled away while eying his toesies. Oakey was now looking directly into the face of his future wormfe. That was a Worm Wife, not sure what it was he was supposed to do while looking at her, Oakey poked his head forward and snogged Sophie with a quick peck."ELLA WILL YOU MARRY ME" pause pause pause pause dot dot dot "TO SOPHIE?"

...and then whoah, the floor felt SUPER cold on his toesies, he hopped up in down in place to quickly make the feeling go away. "Phophie, I need a hat." he proclaimed.

HEHEHEHEHEHEHE!

Squirmy Soph thought Oakey worm was sweet! GIGGLEEEEE! Just like gummy worms were sweet! Mwahahahehehe! They were a match made in Wormville. Yes, Wormville was legit. BEAM.

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Squirmy and Wormy were falling in love right before her very green eyes and Ella simply BEAMED, letting a dreamy sigh escape her. This was the stuff dreams were made of, truly. All she could do was watch and hope they'd let her marry them. She was going to be the BEST wormy wedding planner ever.

Worms elope! Hehehehe. Ella giggleddddddddd and shook her head at Oakey Worm, bouncing a bit. "Oakey wormmmmmm!" She said, drawing out the worm as much as she could. "Worms cantaloupe! Getting married in fruit would just be plain silly." HEHEHEHEHE GEDDIT? cantaloupe? MWAHAHAHEHEHEHE. Sheesh. WHY wasn't Ella a professional comedian?! She was SO funneh!

O__________O

SIRTREYENWROTEOAKEYWORMASPECIALBOOK?! BEAMMMMMMMMMM!
"Sir Treyen is the most smartest badger to ever live in badgertown!" She proclaimed, jumping up and down excitedly. "I'm not surprised at all he's an expert on worms!" Cause Sir Treyen was SMART and it made PERFECT SENSE that he'd written a book on worm marriage. YUP. SO LEGIT.

GIGGLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

"YOUJUSTKISSED!" Ella exclaimed, pointing at her two friends with a GRIN on her face. TRUE LOVE! It was SO magical!

"I'd be honored to marry you, Oakey Worm...I mean to Squirmy Soph!"

BEAM. BEAM. BEAM.

"TREYEN-MISTER-HEAD-BOY IS A GOOD BOY." Sophie stated as seriously as she she could at the moment, which wasn't that serious at all. But yes, Treyen was a very good boy indeed. YEAH.

Oakey was a LORD??? "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW..." Sophie said slooowly - and just as loudly as before -, staring at him with wide eyes. "YA HEAR THAT, ELLA?" He was a lord!! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

And then Oakey gave her the quick peck.

Sophie stared at him with an amused smile on her face. "DID YOU SEE THAT, ELLA? HE KISSED ME!" Sophie let go of his face and whipped around to fully face Ella, placing her index finger on Oakey's nose to make sure Ella knew who she was talking about. "HE DID!"

But WHOA, OAKEY WAS ASKING ELLA TO MARRY HIM!!! Sophie BEAMED! at this! HER FRIENDS WERE GETTING MARRIED RIGHT THERE!!! She'd be the maid of honor and-

OH!! HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SOPHIE!!!

The brunette BEAMED! even MORE now, and GRINNED! as well! "I HAVE TO OWL MUM AND DAD AND TELL THEM I'M GETTING MARRIIIEEEED RIGHT NAAOOO!" The third year looked around the ground, trying to find some parchment and quill. "HOW COME THERE'S NO INK POT HERE?" That was NONSENSE!!! Why wasn't that CORRIDOR equiped with some INK POT???

Never mind the ink pot, Oakey needed a HAT! "MERLIN, YOU'RE RIGHT! WE NEED TO FIND YOU A HAT! QUICK!" Sophie exclaimed a bit worried and dropped to the floor to look for the hat. Surely there was a hat there, since there was no ink pot.

"WHAT KIND OF A CORRIDOR IS THIS THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING WE NEED???" MERLIN, HOGWARTS WAS JUST NOT THE SAME ANYMORE.

A Hat!

This wedding would be a dud if Oakey did not have a hat! He looked around frantically until he laid his eyes on Ella once more.
"You!" he said, "with no hat I must borrow your shoe"

Oakey bent down to Ella's feet and quickly untied one of her shoes, removed it and placed it atop of his head. "This will have to do for now my lovely Sophie worm." He leaned in again and kissed her check this time.

He had to stand completely still to keep the shoe on his head, but locked his one arm around Sophie's and faced Ella.

"Come now Ella, time to get us married., I'll show you the Treyen worm book later"

"Sir Treyen of Badger town IS a good boy!" Ella said super seriously, jumping up and down for added emphasis. She didn't quite match Sophie's fwooper volume but she had just as much energy behind her declaration.

GIGGLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Squirmy Sophie and Oakey Worm were just SO cute together and like the perfect couple ever. They really deserved to get the cutest couple award or something in the yearbook! If not, one Ella Bishop was SO going to protest all day long. Mhm! She wassssss!

Blink. WHY was Oakey Worm taking her shoe?! FLAIL!

"Oakeyyyyy Wormmmmm!" She said dramatically, waving her arms around all over the place. "But that's my shoe and not a-"

BEAMMMMM!

That actually was an amazing hat! A PERFECT WEDDING HAT! BEAM.

AHEM. Standing up quite straight, the blonde tucked her hair behind her ears and BEAMEDDDDD and her wormy squirmy friends.

"Dear Wormies, we are gathered here today to join in marriage the two best worms I've ever known. Oakey Worm" POINT AT OAKEY. "AND Squirmy Sophie." POINT AT SOPHIE. "Now before we continue on I need to ask, does anyone object to this erm...worm union?" BLINK. BLINK. EYEBROWS.

...

"No? I guess not." BEAM.

WHOA!! "THAT'S AN AWESOME HAT, OAKEYDOAKEY!" Sophie BEAMED!, turning to look at Ella.

Oooooooooh, IT WAS TIME!! Cool, cool! Sophie GRINNED at Oakey when he locked his arm around hers. Lalalala, they were getting marriiied right there! WOOOOO! Yeeep, her parents would be proud. Heh!

Sophie kept looking around during Ella's speech like there were a huge crowd around them. She didn't wave, though, because that would be silly, right?

Heeheehee. The third year did feel like waving though. But NO! SERIOUS MOMENT HERE, SOPHIE! Right. Right. Nod, nod.

BEAM!

"NO." Sophie answered Ella's question, even though it wasn't really directed to her. HEHEHE.

...

KAY, NOW WHAT?

Was it time to say it then?

No one was objecting. IN FACT no one was viewing this ceremonious occasion. Gosh the least any on lookers could do would be to shed a single tear. "I Do" Oakey blurted out. "Sorry, wrong time" He quickly apologized to Ella and gave Sophie a quick smirk.

Who should have invited to the wonderful bonding of worms? Mordy of course, he needed a Best Man, but it was to late for that. whom else, AH of course Mrs. Kurumi Rastings, she was just recently married was she not? Aegis should be here, as should Professor Hadley, and the Head Mistress! This was a very important moment and the two #1 Hufflepuffs in the whole school should be here to see their wee badgers worms blossom into a beautiful Hufflepuff couple, again though it was to late to gather them round.
"I Do!" Oakey yelped once more, way before Ella had even asked the question.

His head felt some what odd at the moment, Oakey blinked his eyes once and looked around at his surroundings. Was he not just in a lesson, "I do?"He said not knowing why that escaped his lips. He grabbed a shoe from his head and looked down at his own bare feet. "This isn't my shoe?" This was really strange, why was his arm wrapped so tightly around Sophie's? Why did she look so overjoyed about this?

Bending down to tie his shoe, Ethan nodded as he looked up at Ronnie when she continued. "Yes.. I know what you mean.. I'm the same way, I think," he said, now standing. "It does break up the studying a bit to have a study partner, not to mention more fun," he added with a small chuckle. "But it can be distracting as well.." Shrug. He liked to do a little bit of both for varying reasons.

The boy gave her a small sympathetic smile. He knew how little free time she must have, having to study all the time as well. "Not much longer till we have to take them.." Really only a matter of weeks. "And then you can get back to.. uh, whatever you do for fun." He only wished there was more to do here, like at his previous school.. not that he didn't have his own fun here too..

Gigggleeeeeeeeeeee!

Oakey Worm and Squirmy Soph were being soooooo silly and cute! And their arms linked so tightly made Ella want to play Red Rover, a muggle game she'd played as a really little kid with her neighbors. Timmy and Tommy were always teamed up against her which was really unfair though, them being older AND boys. HMPH! The blonde supposed that running at her two soon-to-be married friends wasn't exactly proper wedding etiquette so she refrained. The thought DID make her burst into a fresh fit of giggles, though. HEHEHEHHEHE!

...

Blink.Blink. Why...was Oakey saying I Do so loudly? Blink. And him and Sophie were...linked. Erm...WHAT in MERLIN'S BEARD was going on? And WHY was Ella's shoe on Oakey's head. "Um...Oakey?" Shuffle. "That shoe? It belongs to me..." And that best friend he was snugging with? She belonged to Ella too. Well okay, not belonged to Ella but still.

WAIT!

O____________O

This wasn't...they weren't...A WEDDING?!

Sophie bursted into giggles when Oakey said the first 'I do' at the wrong moment. That was FUNNY.

She clung to his arm as she giggled mooore when she heard Ella giggling as well. The third year didn't feel like talking anymore, and she couldn't because she was still giggling anyway.

And Oakey said 'I do' again. Ehehehehehehehe! Hehehehe. Hehe....

...

What?

Sophie looked around as her head felt a bit lighter than usual and she felt a little bit dizzy. When had she gotten there? The stone floor felt cold under her feet and only now she realised Oakey's arm was wrapped around hers, like if he was the girl and not the way around. What was going on?

Shoe? The young badger frowned slightly as Oakey took a shoe off his head. That was weird... She then eyed their arms and blushed a little, but made no attempt to unwrap them. Instead, she just eyed her older housemate from the corner of her eyes and slowly moved her fingers. You know, to make Oakey aware of the situation so he could... react and do something about it.

*poker face*

With his free arm that was till holding his shoe he used it to rub his eyes until he figured he could see a little more clearly. "This is...?" Oakey said not quite hearing what Ella had just told him, "OH, your shoe!" He leaned forward some and handed Ella back her shoe for her.

Then with his other arm he could feel Sophie's fingers trying to do something. "Oh uh um. Sophie. I uh what's going on?" She was blushing and this made his face turn slightly red as well. He quickly released her from his arm and looked to the two of them for some kind of answer.

Ella continued to stare blankly at her friends, eyebrows raised. She had questions, LOTS of questions. And she felt like she'd just woken up from a really long nap where she'd had one of those bizarre dreams. It was that feeling like you know something strange happened but you couldn't remember exactly what. Yeah...it was weird.

Also weird? The fact that Sophie was making NO attempt to break free from Oakey's erm...arm. That earned a raised eyebrow and an almost smirk from the blonde. Oh yes it did. Mhm!

Yes Oakster, MY shoe. Ella gave her friend a small smile and took it back, not knowing why he'd had it in the first place. "I...thanks." Blink.

And the blushing they were both doing? HMMMM. Ella was eyeing that like it was her job. OHH YEAHHHH.

"So um...I think we've been erm...fwoopered." Because the last thing Ella could remember before seeing her shoe on Oakey's head was Care of Magical Creatures class. "Um...ice cream anyone?" Blink.

When Oakey released her arm, Sophie took a few small steps back and stared at the floor. She could feel that her face was red, so she decided not to look at any of them for now.

Sophie looked down and saw her bare feet. Still not looking at either of her friends, she went to take her shoes that were at a fair distance from them. That... was weird. And Oakey was barefooted as well, and had Ella's shoe on top of his head! What in Merlin's beard...

After getting one shoe on each hand, the girl turned around again, but still did not look at the others. Sophie could remember a dream of hers, though... one where she was randomly crawling around the floor for some reason, and Oakey and Ella were there as well! Ella was laughing her head off and Oakey was also rolling around the floor. They were barefooted and he...

He...

The third year stared at her shoes with wide eyes. They had been... Fwoopered? So it was no dream? It had actually... happened??

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"Uh.........." She started, glancing at Oakey and then at Ella. "I'll... I'll just... go... now..." She spun on her heels and didn't even put her shoes on before racing down the corridor towards the Castle.

No time for Ice cream, Oakey could feel the cold stone beneath his feet. He had no socks or shoes. Where had he lost them. "Fwoopered?" He said curiously. "Oh you mean during Care of Magical Creatures class the fwooper song." Oakey smacked his head at this.

He should have hit it even harder as he just realized what the bird's song had made them almost do. He saw the red in Sophie's face and his face turned redder with hers. "Dammit I hate birds." Oakey begrudgingly. "I-I think I'm with Sophie on this one."

...

"B-but not like that, not with her with her. I just uh I need to go find what I did with my shoes."
Oakey took off back down to the Grounds to retrace his bare-foot steps and find what he did with his shoes.
"Ice Cream later though. Promise."

Gideon had stayed at his perch in the Entrance Hall for a few stanzas, the seventh year having been leaning lightly against the stone pillar at the bottom of the stairs. After that he felt the need to move around and share his music with others and so he stood up straight so he was back fully on his feet. Adjusting the placement of his guitar strap and his instrument, he started wandering down one of the corridors on the ground floor and finally wound up walking along the corridor to the courtyard.

"....yes it goes on and on..." he continued singing, his hand strumming the tune as he walked not wanting to stop the song for any reason. It was the Song That Didn't End after all. It wasn't supposed to end. But wait...no...that didn't sound right. "AYE... it goes on and on, my friend. " That sounded better of course, his scottish accent rolling off his tongue more naturally. "Some people...started singing it, not knowing what it was. And they'll continuing singing it FOREVER just because..." Wait for it...wait for it.

"This is the song that doesn't end...."

Ronnie nodded. "Yeah, very distracting. For me, anyway." she said with a shrug. She just got SO easily distracted...even by her cat who sometimes joined her when she studied.

She nodded. "Yeah, true. I can't wait." she said with a big sigh. She really couldn't wait. Soon, all the studying and such would all be over and she'd be FREEEEEE!

"So, what do you do for fun around here?" she asked curiously.