"I know that." Like, duh.... have you SEEN the leaderboard? Anyway... "We still had a rubbish term, though." And one of the main things he worried about was changes being made to the team for next term. Cos Theo loved his team mates way too much. Theo gave a small nod but then rolled his eyes. "You were great." Cue the blush... DARN. Oh, no, no, no... "I mean I'm embarrassed about... Quidditch and the whole losing thing." Just in case other teams didn't see them as a threat anymore. BUT THEY WERE A THREAT, I TELL YA.

Good, no cheese. That was a killer, he'd heard. As well as caffeine and sweets before bed time. But Theo didn't listen to that one.

"West is my best friend." Theo corrected with a friendly smile, but that faded quickly when he realized where this was going. OH SNAP - "I, uh... he stroked your hair? Huh - what's wrong with that, maybe he thought your hair was pretty?" Even if that was the case, it would still be CREEPY. He wouldn't mention that he did the exact same thing to Penelope.

O_O

Polyjuice potion? "He wouldn't do THAT." Though that did sound like a Theo!West kinda adventure for the future.... hmm...

Well then...Ella raised her eyebrows at Theo before shrugging. He could really be quite snappy sometimes. "Well I don't think you guys are rubbish." It that helped at all. She knew how Slytherins felt about Hufflepuffs so she wouldn't be surprised if her opinion didn't mean squat to them. "Great? Well..." GRIN. "Thanks Theo, that means a lot." And she was a bit confused why he was blushing but she just shrugged it off. She stopped smiling when she realized why he was embarrassed and nudged him, offering him a small smile. "You shouldn't be embarrassed Theo, there's no reason to be." They were still a really good team and quite scary.

"Right...best friend. Sorry." She said with a small smile, shrugging her shoulders. "Yeah, stroked it...like a few times, actually." Which had been just a TAD weird. "Pretty? No...I don't think so...He said he was getting lint out of it only...you don't need to stroke someone's head to do that and..." Shrug. "It was just um...odd." Understatement of the year, right there.

The fourteen year old felt a bit bad about implying that West was some evil schemer and she frowned, playing with her sleeve absently. "I...no I don't think he would it's just...it was a dream and...yeah."

"I know we're not." He sighed heavily. "But everyone thinks we are." He'd heard snide comments from Ravenclaw recently, and they didn't settle too well. As good as the other teams were, too, Ravenclaw were Slytherin's main rival. They had BUSINESS. "No problem." He continued to beam like an idiot. STOPIT. Yeah, inward yelling helped and he returned to his solemn expression soon after. "Thanks, Ella." He smiled again. Somehow, he had to make this less awkward. "I mean Ellawoman." YEAH, immature superhero chat FTW!

"Sooooooooooo..... like any Hufflepuff gossip I should know about?" He asked randomly. COS he hadn't shown an interest in those guys lately. Too much snake love in his life.

A few times? Wow, way to be subtle, West. "OH... well, if there was something in your hair then it is perfectly understandable, right?" He ignored talking more about the 'prettiness' of her hair. That was how this WHOLE situation started in the first place after all. Odd.... yeah.... "Well." He shrugged rather abruptly, "I totally had nothing to do with it." COUGH.

"Do you want me to buy you a dream catcher? I mean, I dunno if they work," He paused, thinking about how his mum used to have one a few years back. They actually creeped him out majorly. "But I can get you one cos I don't want you dreaming bad stuff about West." Cos they were both his besties you know.

<3

Ella frowned a little, feeling bad that her friend was so upset about all this. "People don't think that...everyone loses at some point and it doesn't mean you're losers." And really, Ella wasn't even sure why she was trying because Theo seemed pretty set on the idea that people were gossiping about the Slytherin team. "Just ignore the people who are saying mean things. They're obviously just being daft." And mean too, mostly mean. Luckily for the Lurker, the third year didn't think much of the constant BEAM on his face. She tended to BEAM all the time so it didn't seem weird at all to her. "Welcome, Theodore." Nod. The blonde smiled a bit as her friend corrected himself, nodding. "Yup Ellawoman, fighting crime and eating ice cream." Giggle. SO LEGIT.

Hufflepuff gossip? Ella smiled a little, rolling her eyes at the second year. "Well...not that I know of." Nod. "We were meant to be having a party before we got locked out of the common room...or more like thrown out." FROWN. "Pity too cause we were going to make s'mores and I LOVE s'mores." Ella was pretty sure this wasn't the juicy type of gossip Theo was searching for, though.

Ella considered the question for a minute, chewing on her lip. She did appreciate the help, especially as it concerned things in her hair. The stroking though? Hmm..."I guess if he was trying to help I could let it slide." And she smiled a bit, knowing she wouldn't have done anything even if she thought he was being evil. She wasn't much good at retaliation. The random comment about how Theo had NOTHING to do with it caused the blonde to raise her eyebrows a bit. Because when West was up to something it was almost always the case that Theodore was working with him and...O___O No...no, that would be just plain weird.

He wanted to buy her a dream catcher? Ella smiled at this, thinking that was quite nice and a little out of character of the Lurker. "That's sweet Theo but I'll be fine." It wasn't like she'd been not sleeping for weeks, it was just occasionally. "I bet I'll sleep better tonight, after talking about it with someone. That sometimes helps." Nod. So no need to worry.

Theodore snorted slightly, "YOU guys haven't lost at all this term, have you?" Cos until the last game, he never paid much attention to how well other teams were doing. It was ALL about Slytherin. "Not that I wanted you to lose, you are my favourite team next to our team but still........." They DESERVED the cup. They were the most passionate. "I'll try......" But it was incredibly hard for HIM to ignore it. He had a very high ego, you know. "We're the BEST superheroes." He beamed. Cosssssss eating junk was what HE did, too.

Booooooring.

"A party? What for?" Theo was curious because Slytherin never had.. house parties. Sure, he had the occasional slumber-sweet-fest-party with West buuuut, that was a private shin-dig. "So, not much then? How is Sophie, I haven't seen her for AGES." Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Mordred in ages, too. Maybe they were up to something together.

"Course." He began. "I mean... I wouldn't have a CREEPOZOID as a best friend, would I?" Though judging by his other friends, COUGH-ALEC-COUGH, maybe he did have a few... anyway... Theo saw her raising her eyebrows at him, so he raised his back. "Why're you looking at me like that?" HUH?

"Oh." He was a little disappointed at that. Only cos he wanted Ella to be happy WITH HIM for something, ya know? "Can I get you one for your birthday, then? I'll add a picture of an ice cream in the middle." BEAM. That was a good idea, cos usually, he sucked at birthday presents. "When is your birthday?" He asked curiously, before smiling at her next comment about sleeping okay tonight. That meant that HE had helped her out.

The snort? Ella frowned at that...but only a little. She was trying to stop the whole frowning business. It was going to give her WRINKLES. And only old people and elephants looked cute with those. TRUTH. "No, we haven't." She answered truthfully, trying not to sound too enthusiastic. She was proud of the wins and all but she wasn't a bragger. She smiled at the Lurker when he said Hufflepuff was his favorite team next to his own, a bit surprised. "Really? I didn't know that." Grin. She nodded as he said he'd try to ignore things, that was progress. It seemed Theodore had done a bit of growing up since she'd last talked to him. BEAM. "We are the best, and the most unique." Mhm...cause not many superheros went to Hogwarts, DUH.

"Oh just so we could all hang out and have fun together." Cause finding things wasn't their only pastime, y'know. They liked to party too. "Yeah, not much. Sophie is good, studying a lot." Grin. Cause she wanted to be the Charms queen and she'd totally do it too. "We were in this big fight at the start of term but we're okay now...Thank Merlin." Cause life without her best friend was just plain awful.

Ella smiled a little, deciding that answering YES to that question might upset her friend. She didn't want that. "No, I guess you wouldn't." And she shrugged. Oh, and he'd noticed the eyebrows, eh? Observant, that Theoman. Nice skillz, dude. "No reason really, just thinking." Mhm. Nothing to worry about or anything.

If Theodore wanted Ella to be happy with him, mentioning ice cream totally did the trick. She BEAMED at the boy, bouncing up and down a bit. "Theodore that's...that's really nice and a really great gift." GRIN. "I think I'd like that a lot." But she never really expected gifts from her friends, not as long as they agreed to hang out with her on her birthday. That was enough. "My birthday is September 10th, when's yours?" Cause she'd have to get him a really awesome gift too now, yeah?

West had got up real early. Like for reals early. Normally he'd just get up like a bit before breakfast and be real quick in the shower and sort of run his fingers through his hair so that it was dealt with enough that Aspen wouldn't scold him. But he'd like.... used soap. And brushed his hair. And stuff.

He was ready and all he needed to do nowww was wait. You know. For his buddy. For Quidditch practicing. And breakfast.

Penelope had gotten up pretty early too so she could make sure she had enough time to get ready - which honestly didn't actually take that long aside from braiding her hair - and to go down to the kitchen to get some walnuts to use as the snitch. She did have her own snitch, the one she'd taken from the game against Slytherin earlier in the term, but it was in her dorm and the common rooms were still closed. So walnuts from the kitchen would have to do. Besides, it didn't matter if they lost a few walnuts, but it did matter to her if she lost an actual snitch.

Once she had her jacket pockets full enough of walnuts, she came back up to the entrance hall and found West was already there. Awesome.

"Hey," she said with a smile as she reached him. "You ready?"

Well.... Theo tried not to sigh, but there was no use, he sighed anyway. "Well, congratulations." And stuff. Sigh sigh sigh. But he soon smiled again, "Yeah cos most of my friends are on your team. Did you hear me cheering at your last game?" The one where they THRASHED Gryffindor? HEHEHE, this was a proud Theodore. HEHE, you know - for superheroes, Ellawoman and Theoman really lacked in the crime fighting area. Turns out Hogwarts wasn't such an evil place. But he had his suspicions. About ghosts. So he asked her, "Hey, do you like ghosts, Ella?"

"Really?" Theo was a little taken back by this. Who organized these Hufflepuff parties? Why weren't Slytherin invited? They were the more fun house. "I think *we* should throw a party. Like the pillow fight one last year, only minus the hair whipping." And when he said hair whipping, he meant nose hair. Also, Theo would later request that Oakey wasn't invited. Oh, Sophie and Ella had a fight? Why wasn't he aware of this? "Why did you fight?" But at least they were friends now. Theo had that problem with Blue on a weekly basis.

She really was not giving much away here. Theo stared at her, wide eyed for at least three seconds.

Y U NO GIVE ANSWERS, GURL.

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"Sure, I am just thinking, too." That's right.

YAY. Ella clearly looked happy with his present idea, and that was enough to please Theodore. "Great, I'll make it extra special." Depending on when her birthday was, that is. And when she said, he nodded, feeling a little disappointed. It was ages away! Maybe he'd just get it now for her anyway. "Oh, ok....... mine is on June the 6th, so REAL soon." Theodore beamed. Yeah, he couldn't wait to become a teenager and join his bestie in manhood. "What's it like to be a teenager? Do you get like... like... feelings and stuff? Cos I think I'm getting those early." He confessed, but don't worry now, he wasn't gonna get into detail.

"Hi!" West beamed at Penelope and stood up straighter. Yusssssssss! She came!

.... not that he'd thought she wouldn't. And not that he was all that excited or anytthingggggg. *casual expression* Well he was excited. Because it wasd Quidditch stuff and because he was always excited when he saw his friends of which Loppy WAS one, and also because he was hungry and was gonna get some food any moment so really, there were HEAPS of reasons to be excited.

"I'm ready. I got a back pack so we can put food in it. And I stuck a blanket in there so we don't have to sit on the grass too." Yea! "Unless, you know, you want to eat and fly at the same time." Something that he could do. West Odessa HAD been known to snack on Chocolate frogs while in the air.

But yeah! He was ready. He was ready an-- oh. Bestie. Bestie. Bestie there. There with Ella. West did a 'sup' !man!nod at Theo and his eyes flickered to Ella's hair.

... and then to Penelope's, and he'd noticed the braid. The braid was nice. He liked it when her hair was all flowy though.

His fingers sorta twitched? Cos like, wouldn't a comparison be interesting? Double stroke.

His face felt hot.

Coughcough.

.... wait, was he getting sick again? The thirteen year old sorta shook himself and looked at Penelope again.

"So shall we go in there and get some food then?"

He was fine! Really!

The sigh? Ella noticed and it made her frown a little. She quickly stopped though, realizing Theodore would always have a tough time with the whole other teams winning thing. It just meant Quidditch was important to him and Ells could identify with that. “Thanks…and yup, I heard you.” Grin. “It was nice of you to cheer for us.” Cause it made her feel good to know her friends were supporting her. “You’re a good friend, Theo.” And normally she would have hugged someone after something like that but she didn't want to kill Theo, or anything. "Ghosts?" Hmm...How did Ells feel about ghosts? "Well, I guess I like most of them except..." WHISPER "Peeves...he's horrible, isn't he?" And she looked around nervously, hopping he wasn't hiding somewhere nearby.

Nod.Nod.Nod. "Yeah, really." Was it that surprising that Hufflepuffs liked to have fun? Sheesh, they were quite fun people! "You want to throw a party with me, Theo?" Ella asked, amused. "Alright, what kind of party should we have?" Cause even though this was a curious request, Ells was up for a party. The hair whipping comment, though? Ella GIGGLED. "Yeah...yeah, definitely no hair whipping...of any kind." And she smiled knowing Theo knew exactly what she meant. Blink. Why had her and Sophie fought? Ella shrugged. "Just a little misunderstanding. It was awful, though. I hate when people are mad at me." Mhm, she did.

Ella had NO idea why Theodore looks so horrified but she was curious. Was he seriously worried about what she was thinking? Since when did her opinion matter so much to him? All of this puzzled the girl, honestly.

...

"I...okay?" Seriously, what was up with the Lurker? He was being so strange.

Extra special? Ella smiled at him, nodding. "That's really nice, Theodore." And she definitely approved of nice Theo over rumor-spreading Theodore. Mhm, she did. "June 6th? Well that's not far at all. We'll be celebrating it then, yeah? Are you having a party or anything?" Cause if not, maybe Ella and Blue and Alec could throw him one? Erm... West could help too as long as he kept his hands to himself ... What was it like being a teenager? Ella shrugged, looking at him thoughtfully. "You do get more feelings and I guess you notice things more and think about them more than you normally would." And she certainly wasn't being vague on purpose or anything. "What kind of feelings are you having, Theo?" Cause now Ella was curious.

O__O

And there...was the hair stroker. Ella spotted him looking at Theo and her hair and quickly looked down at her shoes. SQUIRM. Should she warn that Penelope girl about his hair touching ways? Meh. She seemed like the type of girl who could take care of herself. Nod.

Finally, he was grinning. Purely cos she'd heard him cheering. Well, he wasn't like, majorly cheering. Honestly, after half time, he'd got a little bored. Theo was into PLAYING Quidditch, not watching, so. "Good. I had a sore throat afterwards." He lied, so he could get a few of the 'cutey' points. Yea, this boy was smart.
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aaaasdfghjhgfdsdf.... "Thanks, and you're my best Hufflepuff friend." That was actual truths this time. And WOOH, he had a bestie in every house. Apart from Gryffindor. But duh. "YEAH, Peeves is," Not scary but, "...suspisicious." Actually he was VERY scary. The scariest of scary. But Ella needn't know this. "Don't ghosts like, lurk, by the Great Hall?" MEEP.

:3 You know, throwing a party with Ella sounded good. Though he did want to make it an exclusive party that only involved well... Ella and Theo. She surely wouldn't agree to that, though. He'd make sure not to invite Ella's boyfriend, of course, bwaha. "I dunno! We could do one big hide and seek game around the whole of Hogwarts!" Twas just an idea, it would probably be quite tricky actually.... Ohhhhhhh, oh... Theo blushed, only slightly. "I won't ever be mad at you." Cos he used to all the time and stuff, cos Ella whined and stuff, but he didn't mind her whining much lately.

"Uh-huh......" His eyes were still wide. DARN, Ella so knew that he was being a creeper right now. Theo couldn't HELP it. His entire behavior right now was so out of character.

"I am nice." Theo informed her, as if she was unaware. PSHHH..... ahem. Party stuff? "No... no I don't have a party planned. I'll probably just sit in my dorm and play with stuff that my parents get me." They got him the best stuff, and always exactly what he asked them. Because Theo always laid on a LIE that he would be kicked out of school if he didn't have this stuff. Muggle parents were easy to get by. EW, feelings. Theo was worried that she would mention those, cos they were exactly what he was experiencing right now. "What kind of feelings am I having? I... I dunno I guess I get those butterflies in my tummy that make me need the toilet real bad...." He paused, realizing who his company was before he proceeded any further with the toilet stuff... "WHY? What feelings do YOU get?"

This wasn't a one-way reveal.

O____o

West... and.... lady friend. Theo exchanged a sort of 'keep yo' mouth shut' face over to his bestie, and avoided eye contact with his company completely. Theo was definitely the panicker side of the relationship, West never really cared much about stuff. He turned back to Ella and made a nervous 'hehe' sort of noise.

Ella laughed, smiling at the boy. "You... got a sore throat?" Aw, that was just really cute...and kind of sad. "I hope it wasn't too sore!" And deciding she just couldn't resist hugging her friend any longer she leaned over and wrapped him in a brief hug. The boy had HURT his throat to cheer for Hufflepuff, he totally deserved a hug for that.

She was his best Hufflepuff friend? This gave Ella that good warm fuzzy feeling inside and she smiled warmly at him, surprised. "I am? I mean... well thanks, Theoman. And you're my best Slytherin friend." And that was the truth right there, ladies and gents. ...Suspicious. Hm, that actually was the perfect word to describe him. "Yeah, good word. He totally is suspicious." And most definitely behind the great common room lockout situation. Meh. Ella looked around at Theo's question before shrugging. "I dunno Theo, you're the expert on lurking in this relationship." And though she didn't think much of her word choice, the poor girl had no idea that it was probably a very poor use of the word relationship. WHOOPS.

A giant hide and seek game?! Hmm. "That actually sounds pretty awesome, Theo!" Really. "I think maybe we could keep it to a few floors, though. That way it'd be easier to find people." And less likely that anyone would get kidnapped by Scabior without anyone noticing. Blink. He won't ever be mad at her? Ella looked at him curiously for a moment, debating on how to respond to this. In truth, it seemed like Theo was angry with her a lot of the time. Or more annoyed maybe? This is why that statement was kind of odd to Ella. "I um...Well good. I think I'd like it if you weren't mad at me."

"You alright, Theodore?" Ella asked after a few minutes of watching his extremely suspicious expression. She could tell something was up but she hadn't the slightest clue what it might be. She'd get him to crack though, or at least try to.

"I know you're nice." Ella said matter-of-factly. She didn't need reminders, y'know. "Well if you don't have a party planned then you'll at least have to let me make you a sundae or something." Yeah, that was a nice birthday thing to do. The blonde smiled a little as Theodore said he was getting butterflies, looking at him curiously. "You are? I...Theodore!" OH GOSH! Did the lurker like...like someone? Bounce. "Theo do you have a crush or something?" Awwwww! "Me? Well I get butterflies sometimes too, and other times I just get really confused at all the different stuff I feel at once. I think maybe I think too much." And she shrugged, looking at him sheepishly.

The nervous giggle? Ella turned and looked at Theodore, her feeling that he might be involved in the hair incident growing by the minute. "Theo?" Mhm. This was happening. "What are your thoughts on hair?"

Ohh, a backpack! That was good thinking. Especially if it was a really big one so they could pack lots of food. And a blanket was a good idea too, since the ground was probably still cold and/or wet or something, and sitting on it wouldn't help keep them warm. Although...eating and flying was an interesting thought too. Hm...

"We could do both?" she suggested. "Depending on what you wanna eat. 'Cause there're probably some things that're better to eat on the ground when you're not controlling a broom." And there was no need to try to force yourself to multi-task while eating if you didn't have to, especially if you ended up falling and wound up on the ground anyway. And if you fell, you'd probably drop the food too, and then it'd be wasted, and that wouldn't be okay.

...Oh and look, there was Theo and Ella over there. Interesting. Was he planning on "measuring" her head too? Good luck to her if he was.

...And did West just cough, or was she imagining it? She'd still been looking over at the other two so she hadn't really paid attention for a few seconds. But since he seemed fine now and suggested they go get the food, she decided not to mention it and nodded instead. "Sure, let's go," she said, grinning, then turning to head into the Great Hall.

"Okay." West laughed a bit. Both worked. And she was right because soup or porridge wouldn't be easy to eat on a broom. But FUN though. Probably. Sad if you dropped it and couldn't eat it though. Not that West would drop food anywhere except in his mouuuuth. And to be honest some kinds of food probably he'd still eat off the ground, really.

He beamed at Penelope and then when she turned to go into the Great Hall, he followed, looking over his shoulder at Theo for a BESTIE!LOOK. They would talk later. And such.

West eagerly went into the Great Hall, backpack at the ready.

Sophie had spent her entire afternoon outside practicing all sorts of spells - especially Charms, obviouslyyy - and she reckon it was time to hang out with her friends or something. You know, socialize.

On her way to the Great Hall, she walked pass a few people and smiled at them. She didn't necessarily know them, but you never knew who needed a smile that day, right? Hehe!

As she walked through the entrance hall, the young badger pulled out her wand one last time. "Petrificus Digitirus!" Finishing the upside down U motion pointed at her left hand, that stiffened in less than a second.

AAAAAAARGH! "Finite!" Making a face, the third year put her wand away and walked into the Great Hall.

"Uh-huh." He lied some more. This second year was a top-notch liar, so he wasn't worried about anything. And then... as if he wasn't getting enough feels already.... Ella was hugging him. It was only a short one, but Theo clinged an extra while longer, to get a SNIFF of her hair, cos his bestie never got that far. Mmm..... strawberries.

"REALLY?" That deserved another beam, but Theo was suddenly unsure if Ella actually knew any other Slytherins. There weren't many in the 'cool' crowd apart from him and obviously the whole Quidditch team, but yeah, none that Ella really knew. Oh well, he wouldn't question her. "Do you think so? What if he steals all our stuff?" Cos his Omnioculars were in the common room, and they were Theo's prized possession! MEEEEEEEEEEP. Did she just say 'relationship'? Theo would only ever call it a 'friendship', but Ella thought they had a 'relationship'? This was big. So big, he knew he had to tell West about it later for his opinion. "I... Umm, yeah I guess I am." THAT WOULD DO.

It did sound awesome, but tiring. Imagine if someone hid on each floor of the castle and the seeker had to run up and down those stairs all the time to look for them. Maybe it should be a strictly outdoor thing. "Or we could stay in the grounds. If it wasn't too cold, that is." Yeah, cos hiding in the snow would NOT be fun. "I know." He began, almost going to touch her hand, but then decided that it was out of the question. "I feel bad for being such a numb skull all the time, but I won't anymore." Cos Theo was almost a teenager, which meant serious changes.

"Of course I am alright." Theo tried his hardest to at least move the subject swiftly on. The less they spoke about FEELINGS and BLEH-STUFF, the better. Also, was it weird that he felt strange about being called Theodore lately? Who would've EVER thought that?! Sheesh, the boy had a lot of thinking to do tonight.

Identity crisis or whaat.

YEAH, damn straight he was nice. And he was very happy to know that Ella was aware of it. It was a good sign, yo. "You'd MAKE me a sundae?" Theo giggled a little bit, purely because she would go to that much effort for him? Correct him, if he's wrong, but Theo was under the impression that Ella was getting a soft spot for HIM, too. WATCH OUT HARVEY. But then she like, got all excited about the crush thing. Theo pouted, "No." He said simply, not even looking at Ella in the eyes. In fact, he looked a little peeved off. "I don't like the feeling..." He commented. Cos yeah, going to the toilet a lot was never a good thing, even if it WAS to let off a big load.

Err.... what did she just ask him?

"Hmm?" He started, because that was always a good starting point. To pretend that he didn't QUITE catch what she said, nor was he too bothered about listening, you know? "Hair? Did you say hair?" Theodore shrugged, all casual-like. "I like hair, why?" Nothing suspicious to see here. His eye was caught by West leaving the hall with Penelope, and he returned the bro-nod. He'd have to grill his bestie about THAT later.

If Ella had known Theodore was lying to her, she'd have been VERY upset. Luckily for the lurky little liar, she thought the best of him so she had no idea he was deceiving her. She didn't even mind the clinging because Theo was her bestie and partner in crime fighting. She trusted him, silly girl.

"Really. I don't lie, remember?" And Ella smiled a little, surprised at how excited Theodore seemed about this. O__O Steal all their stuff? Ella's green eyes grew wide and she bite her lip nervously. She had THINGS she needed in her dormitory, things like her Granddad's pocket watch and the elephant stuffed animal she'd had since she was little. No one would take those things, would they?! "I..." Blink. "No...not our stuff will be fine." It had to be. "Mhm...so where would they lurk?" Go on expert, share your knowledge.

The grounds, eh? Yeah! That could totally work. "Since it's starting to get quite nice out that's a really good idea." Cause it was quite warm most of the time and Ella didn't even mind the rainy days. "I wish the Topiary Garden was still around...that would have been helpful hiding place-wise." Poor topiaries. Wait, what?! Theodore was insulting himself? ...Who was this kid and what did they do with the Lurker? "Theo, you're not a numb skull." What was a numb skull, anyway? "Don't put yourself down." Seriously, Ella wouldn't allow it.

"Are you sure you're okay? And you shouldn't lie to me...I'm your friend." Oh yeah, she was laying it on thick. Go on Theoman, spill yo guts.

Ella giggled, nodding her head. "Of course I'd make you a sundae. I'm practically an ice cream expert and I like making sundaes for people." Nod. Nod. Nod. It'd be her pleasure, actually. ...And then he was angry with her? But hadn't he just promised he wouldn't be? Sheesh. This boy was having some crazy mood swings. Ella frowned, not knowing what she'd done wrong. "I'm...sorry?" Though she wasn't sure what she did exactly to upset the boy. Shrug.

He'd totally heard her, Ella knew this cause they were sitting right next to each other. Besides, he was Theoman. He needed good hearing to hear distress calls and stuff, DUH. "Yes, I said hair." Nod. "Well I was just wondering if West likes hair as much as you." BROWS.

Woooah Gideon certainly felt his unpleasant nickname at the moment. Giddy with excitement and...weirdness. Certainly out of the ordinary especially for him seeing as he was the more reserved type. He had headed up to the dorms after class to drop of his books and other belongs and it was there that he had noticed his guitar resting in its spot atop his trunk at rest. That is when an idea had hit him and he grabbed a hold of the neck of the instrument and headed back out of the dorm.

The seventh year headed quickly back down the stairs debating where to go play. Gideon finally paused within the Entrance Hall and slung the shoulder strap over his head before tuning it up a moment. Then taking a few breathes, hums and strums to get himself acclimated to the tune he had in mind before beginning.

"This is the song that doesn't end...yes it goes on and on my friend," he started singing, not even noticing at first he hadn't used aye instead of yes like he was usually known to do with his accent and heritage. "Some people...started singing it not knowing was it was..."Or the fact that he was in fact playing guitar, let alone singing in a public place. Nope, Gideon Gert was simply playing and singing his heart out...with a song that made no sense that he had simply remembered from hearing in passing a free times growing up.

"...And they'll consider singing it forever just because..."