Ella was nervous, like the kind of nervous where she couldn't stop chewing on her lip. It wasn't even the fact that she'd never been on a double dat-well triple date before, either. It was that Anya had kind of demanded it and truthfully, Ella had pretty much decided the brunette hated her guts. Yeah, so this whole thing was making the fourteen year old extremely anxious.

After taking forever deciding on an outfit that screamed Dessert Date, the third year got dressed and headed to the Kitchen, waiting just outside for Harvey to turn up. She hoped he'd be along really soon because she knew as soon as he turned up she'd be feeling much better.

Besides, a date involving ice cream could in no way be terrible.


...What could go wrong?

Prior to his conversation with Alec, Theo never ever made an effort with his hair. But lately, he just felt the need to impress. Well, to impress a certain someone, that was NOT Alice Fischer, but eh, whatever. He smoothed his brushed hair as he paced to the kitchen, cos he couldn't be bothered to wait for Alice at her common room. Anyway. He was wearing his BEST clothes.

Uhhhhh-huh.

Once he arrived, his eyes darted around for Alice, cos he felt like he needed a pep-talk before this whole thing happened. But alas, it was just Ella here, looking.... beautiful.... and stuff.

"Oh..." Theo began to ruffle his hair, but then remembered that it had to look nice, so he smoothed it back down. "Hi... Hi, Ella. I-Isn't your boyfriend here yet?" He asked, trying to sound interested in the Ravenclaw's whereabouts. Maybe he SHOULD have waited for Alice first.. *awk*

Harvey was kinda nervous this would be his first triple date after dating Ella, he wondered what her friends would think of him. He hoped they would like him cause he didnt want Ella to have to choose who to hang out with just cause her friends didnt like him or anything. So he made his way to the kitchen wearing his Shirt, his Ravenclaw Tie and a pair of Jeans he had. Well he couldnt go wearing his usual t-shirt could he? he was there to make a good impression and show her friends that he was a good guy. He rounded the corner and made his way to the kitchen, he smiled the moment he saw Ella... she always looked great no matter what she wore and this time was no exception. He then saw that a boy was with her.. he had seen him around.. his name excaped him right now but he knew that Ella would introduce them.. right?

He reached her and wanted to kiss her properly but it wouldnt be appropriate in front of company so he decided on a kiss on her cheek "You look .. you look... amazing..Ella! pretty as ever " nope more than that but he wouldnt go throwing about compliments he was sure she wouldnt want to blush too much in front of the kid that was with them. He turned to the boy "Hello.. I'm Harvey, Harvey Watson.. I am guessing Ella has mentioned me" he would be fine even if she hadnt, but just in case she had at least he now knew what he was like. He looked around to see that there were still others to arrive.. triple date meaning that six people were to arrive.. and they were three.. so three more to arrive.

Ella was pacing, and debating on whether or not combat boots were a horrible choice in footwear. They didn't exactly scream friendly, did they? Meep. She stopped short when she heard footsteps approaching, a small smile forming when she spotted Theodore coming towards her. Aww. And he looked absolutely adorable! Grin. He must really like Hulk a lot to get all dressed up for her.

"Hi Theo, you look nice." Ella said with a friendly smile, poking him in the arm. "Oh Harvey? He'll be here any minute..." Nod. Oh and was the lurker nervous? He seemed like it. That was kind of cute too. The blonde had no idea how much Theo liked Alice but it was pretty clear from his appearance and actions that he did a lot.


...Speaking of Harvey.

He looked really nice and just...so cute. Ella grinned as he walked towards her, turing a bit pink as he told her she looked pretty. "Thanks Harvs, you look really nice too." And he'd worn a tie which was just...aww. She reached down and grabbed his hands, lacing her fingers with his as he introduced himself to Theo. "Harvs, this is Theodore. He's my partner in crime fighting." Beam. "Oh and my best Slytherin friend." Ells thought Theo would appreciate that bit.

Now where where Hulk, Anya, and Jake?

"Thanks!" Theo said quickly, giggling the moment she poked him in the arm. Yeah, he didn't mind the poking. From anyone else, yea, from Ella, no. Basically - no poking from Harvey. "You look really really nice, too." He was going to say beautiful, but he figured that would give stuff away.

Feelings suck.

"Great." He said, rather sarcastically about Harvey, and before he knew it, there he was, wearing a gross Ravenclaw tie. He felt a twinge in his heart when Ella took hold of his hands. DON'T CRY, THEODORE. "Hi." Theo stuffed his hands into his own pockets, yeah, he didn't need to hold no one's hand, PFFT.... "Yeah, I am Theodore. Or Theo... she hasn't mentioned you much...." The second year nodded, trying to play off the 'cool dude' image.

Though, he DID smile at Ella said he was her 'best Slytherin friend'. "And you're my bestest Hufflepuff friend." Yeah, and by this point, he wasn't even looking at Harvey.

It was as if he wasn't actually here.
OoOOOOOOooo---oOOOooooo......

He tried hard not to have his usual grin on his face as he noticed her turning a little pink, he looked at his tie and shirt "Thanks Ella, had to make an effort in my dresscode" yup! he squeezed her hand gently as she laced her fingers with his, gosh he could never explain just how much he loved it when they laced their fingers together. He listened as Ella introduced her friend to him.. Theodore!! that was the name.. and.. he had heard about Theodore a couple of times when they watched him play quidditch. He smiled as she said he was her best Slytherin friend "Nice to meet you Theodore" he said smiling as he offered his hand to shake as he usually did.

He watched as Theodore stuffed his hands in his pockets, not a hand shaker.. ok that was fine.. everyone had their own way of greeting people. He smiled and raised his eyebrows and looked at Ella chuckling before looking back at Theo as he nodded looking like cool dude "No? Thats ok.. I dont expect her to talk about me all the time not when she is having fun hanging out with her friends. Who wants to mention their boyfriend to their friends" he chuckled, though the constant grin on his face always gave something away so he would end up explaining why.. and plus Minnie's announcements always had him in them so everyone was bound to hear about him and Ella.

Anya headed toward the kitchen holding her boyfriend's hand in one hand and a bag in the other. Oh, and it looked like everyone was gathered outside. Convenient.

"Hey Ella. Harvey." she greeted happily. "And... Theo... was it?" She didn't really know. But she probably should have, considering she was pretty sure she'd seen all of them on the pitch before at one point or other.

"So, shall we go in?" Or should they wait for Alice?

Jake wasn't sure how he'd gotten roped into this whole thing. But... really, he wasn't going to say no. Sure, he didn't especially wanna go on a date with three people he didn't know, and Alice, but there would be dessert and Anya and he could live with that.

Messing with the collar of his shirt, Jake looked up as they approaced everyone gathered by the kitchens. "Hey," he greeted with a friendly half-smile.

"Welcome." And Ella smiled at Theo because really, the giggling was cute. Since when did the Lurker giggle, anyway? Hm. She was learning a lot of new things about him lately. She turned a bit pink at Theo's compliment, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "Thanks, Theoman." BEAM.

The third year smile at Harvey as he said he'd tried to dress nicer than usual for this. "Well it looks really nice." And she reached up and smoothed his tie, a small smile on her face. The blonde then just kind of stood back and watched as Theodore and Harvey talked, hoping Theo wasn't going to start bashing Ravenclaws. She was pleasantly surprised at how nice he was being, even though he did seem to be ignoring Harvs a bit. And the comment about her not really talking about Harvey? That earned Theo a raised eyebrow.

The Lurker got a BEAM when he said she was his best Hufflepuff friend and she nodded happily.


And then Anya and Jake were there and Ella gave each of them a friendly smile. "Hi guys, you look nice." And they were ready for food, yeah? Because that's really all that was on Ella's mind at the moment. Well...that and where on earth Hulk could be. She seriously hoped her friend wasn't going to stand Theodore up, especially when he'd went and got all dressed up for the girl. She'd be here soon, yeah?

"Well maybe we could go in and get started? I'm sure Alice will be along any minute and the sooner we cook, the sooner we eat." And really, they were all here mostly for the food, right? "Theo can help Harvey and I with the sundaes." And she smiled over at her friend warmly, hoping he'd be okay with that.

He couldnt help but grin as Ella said it looked really nice, maybe he should get dressed up more often for Ella. He watched as she smoothed his tie, a happy sigh slipped out of him without him meaning too! Maybe she liked ties on him, well that was good information. "Thanks! I was hoping you would like it" he said to her as he heard someone call out his name. He had seen her around before.. she.. was a gryffindor right? He had seen her on the gryffindor team .. right. He tired to remember what her name was as he had heard her name announced a while back in the gryffindor matches. Anya wasnt it? Well he hoped it was, he heard Ella greet them as guys.. ok so he would just have to assume that her name was Anya.. the other guy he hadnt seen around much so no point guessing his name at the moment. "Hi! to both of you. Looks like everyone is looking nice today for this date" he said smiling and looking at their outfits. He looked at the other boy "Hi.. I'm Harvey.. Ella's boyfriend." he said pointing at Ella with one hand and offering his hand for a shake with the other.

He then chuckled as Ella said that the sooner they cooked they sooner they could eat, that definitely sounded like Ella for sure! He then listened as Ella said that Theodore could help him and Ella with the sundaes, he didnt mind this.. he would have preferred it just them two BUT they werent alone on this date they were here with two other couples so they all had to work together on this date. He smiled as Ella suggested this, he then noticed that there was a girl missing... Theodore's date! He wondered where she was.. Ella had called her Alice right?

What.

Alice must have forgotten to tell him that OTHER PEOPLE were coming, too. It was bad enough that she had to see him pine over Ella, but now Theo had an extra job to hide it from two other people. Ugh. "Yeah, I'm Theo." The one and only. He nodded to the girl, "And you are?" He kind of recognized her from Quidditch, but that was all.

Theo felt suddenly out of place, and slightly embarrassed, to be the only Slytherin here. Just sayin'.

"Sure!" Theo perked up a bit at Ella's suggestion for him to help, and pranced on over to stand beside her, ignoring Harvey once again. He was just minuscule air on this date. "But like.... has anyone seen Alliot?" Was she even coming, or was this a purpose stunt to embarrass Theo to ridiculous extents.

OH, IT SO WAS.

Theo went a bit red in the face.

Alice was late.

But you couldn't blame her, really. It's not like she was super excited to see her fake boyfriend date, Theo. Yet the young girl had spent quite a bit of time dressing herself. She had set her heart on convincing Anya and Harvey and Ella that she really DID have a boyfriend. She didn't bother about Jake, though.. healreadyknew.

And so the young girl ran down the stairs, taking four at a time— who knew her little legs could move that fast?— and finally ended up at the Kitchen door. The little girl looked very spiffed up in her little skirt and her pretty flats.. almost as nice her new beau, who showed up in a sweater vest and khakis.

Alice tried her best not to laugh.

The little lioness beamed at Anya and Jake, winked at her Ellasaurus, and shot a hostile questioning glance at Mr. Harvey Watson, the boy he tried to eat her frog at the last Feast. Or at least, that's how she remembered it.

And then she turned to Theo, her false boyfriend with a very, very red face. Yeah. Exactly how was she supposed to greet him? Uh.. HI BOYFRIEND! 'Sup, Cleodore? What's shakin', Theoman? Yeah. She wasn't exactly sure. So she just addressed everyone as a whole. "HEY guys. Sorry I'm late." No need to specify a reason.. whistle. "Um.. so.. are we gonna.. make.. food now?"

Wasn't that the whole reason for this shebang?

The Kitchen was just too neat, and when it was too neat those snotty little work horse House Elves got nosey and into things that didn't concern them.

No matter that there were students about, the concealed door to the Kitchens was burst open and a gust of wind came in with it. But then nothing happened, until....

BANG! CLING! CLANNNNNNG!!!

Cupboards were forced open as if on their own accord and their contents were flung out into the room. Pots bounced off the floor, silverware danced about the room, knives were flung into the walls and the huge mixing pot was turned up on its side. The students that were nearby were smacked with whisks and spatulas and the ringing of the pots and pans was deafening.

Then just as soon as it started things died down and the room was basically destroyed.

Kurumi had been in the kitchens already slicing up strawberries and making cupcakes for a certain someone when all of a sudden it was as though the kitchen had exploded. Things were flying everywhere and she was getting smacked in the face with so many different things at once that she didn't know what was up and what was down. Or left or right.

And then there was the noise. Noise that disoriented her and caused her to slip on the floor, sending her cupcake batter mixture into the air and spilling all over the ground and on her. Covered now in the chocolate goo, Kurumi somehow managed to roll herself onto her stomach where she got a look at the kitchen.

o______________________________O

WHAT IN KNEAZLE'S WHISKERS HAD HAPPENED TO HER KITCHEN?! Her second third home! WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS!?

WAIT! Where were the house elves?! Were they safe?!

This was just like the Charms Annex.... BUT WORSE BECAUSE IT WAS THE KICTHEN!

Argyle's big elfsie eyes were wide with fear as the elfsie stopped her cooking to see the kitchen being ruined. RUINED! The mess! THE MESS! It was awful.

Are the studentsies okay? Argyle asked, walking quickly towards the source of the wind. Argyle doesn't understand! She called out hysterically, elfsie arms flailing in the air. The kitchen! The mess! The elvsies work so hard! The elvsies hates the messes! Then Argyle's bright wide eyes filled with tears and she began to pace. Who would do this to the elvsies?! Why?

Without further comment Argyle started working, her elfsie arms gathering as much as she could off the floor and placing it into the large sink, tears still falling down her face. Argyle needs to clean the mess! Argyle can't have the kitchen like this! Destroyed! All the mess!

NO.

The little elf fainted at the sight of the shattered Kitchen. He fell to the floor dramatically, before his large eyelids popped open again and he leaped up, fretting about.

THE KITCHEN HAD BEEN DESTROYED. Pips' giant elf ears drooped with despair as he stopped his cooking to watch his Kitchen being ruined. The pots! The silverware! THE CHINA! It was all broken and tattered and bent. The little elf's chin wobbled as he spoke. "PIPS' KITCHEN! The kitchen is being ruined, it is! Studentsies is seeing the mess?!"

Pips began to rush around, picking things up off of the now cluttered Kitchen floor, until he had a large stack in his hands. He accompanied a fellow elf— was that Argyle? He couldn't tell from behind all the plates— to the sink, where he emptied his arms of the load. "The elves is starting to clean now, they is! Is the studentsies being helping the elvsies? The elvsies isn't wanting to putting the studentsies to any trouble, they isn't."

OH. The mess. Pips almost fainted once more at the sight of it.

He was going to have to iron his ears for not stopping this from happening.

Kurumi was still somewhat in her crouching position on the floor just STARING at the mess that had suddenly happened around her and wondering if she had completely lost her mind. How could something like this just happen and her not see who had done it?!
Her head snapped around when she heard a voice and her lips somehow managed to form a small smile when she saw Argly. SMALL being the key word. She was too distraught over the destruction of the kitchen right now to be really happy about seeing her house elf friends. "I'm alright," she responded. She couldn't speak for the others in the kitchen, but she was. Besides being covered in chocolate cupcake mixture.

And then the house elf started doing exactly what Kurumi wanted to do right now - flail. "Shhh, Argyle....don't do that," she hushed, trying to prevent the house elf from flailing too much.
And then Pips showed up, tugging on the Gryffindor's heart strings some more although she would have called it her kitchen. "Of course I'll help, Pips," she nodded.

Sighing, Kurumi removed her wand from her pocket and banished the mess around her first, setting the dirty bowl in the sink and then turned around to see the rest of the disaster. "It's...odd...I didn't see anyone when all this...started happening..."

"Tinka like to worky-work, worky all day long. Tinka like to whiskie-whisk, whiskie all day long."

The elf was singing merrily when all of a sudden her kitchen was being ruined! "Kitchen? What happ--WHISKIE! NOOOOOO!" She lunged for it, but missed. Her Precious was caught up in a cyclone of destruction. Tinka lunged after it, following it across the room as utensils and ingredients flew through the air.

And then as suddenly as it had started, it stopped.

COUGH, COUGH. HACK, HACK. SNEEZE, SNEEZE.

"Flour everywhere! Kitchen a mess! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!" She shook her head, trying to clear her vision. "Argyle? Tippin? Little Pips? You be okay??" Her ears began to twitch uncontrollably. "Where be Tinka's whiskie? WHISKIE!!!!!!!"

Quirly polished her spatula. Her spatula had to be kept clean. All spatulas had to be clean. The whole kitchen needed to be kept clean. The house elf continued to shine her spatula before a loud banging and clanging was heard. Jumping up from the floor, the house elf's ears flopped.

"KITCHEN!" Quirly looked at the scene unfurling in front of her. Her dull grey eyes went even wider as she saw the students being smacked by the spatulas. Dropping her spatula, she covered her large ears with bony hands. "STUDENTSIES OKAY?! SPATULAS OKAY?! ELVSIES OKAY?!" Quirly squeaked, lowering her hands, just as everything stopped. The elf stopped for a moment and stared at everything for a moment. "Spatulas be where?! Quirly must clean the kitchens! Kitchens be dirty! Oh, Quirly has to clean the kitchens before she gets punishment. Quirly let the kitchen get all dirty. Bad Quirly!" With that Quirly picked up her fallen spatula and hit herself on the head repeatedly.

"Bad Quirly! Bad Quirly!"

She only stopped hitting herself to scramble around the kitchens to pick up all the items that had fallen, hauling them towards the sink.

Pips showed all of his teeth to Mistress Prefectsie when he grinned rather widely. "Mistress Prefectsie is most kind, she is. Pips is being so always grateful for Mistress' help!" He began to gather up things, nodding to the other elves.

"Tinka?" he asked rather worriedly. "Is Tinka missing Tinka's whiskie? Pips wants to help finds they's whiskie!" He dumped the pots and pans he had been bustling over to the sink in a heap on the floor before running over to his friend. "Is Tinka's whiskie falling and being with other items on floor?" He was fluttering about, trying to find the other elf's whisk, when he ran into Quirly.

Quirly! "Pips is being so very sorry for rushing into you, Quirly!" He apologized profusely. "Is Quirly punishing Quirly for letting Kitchen be dirty? Pips is needing to be punished too, he is. Is the elvsies wanting to get together afterwards and iron they's ears?"

BAD PIPS. This was not the time to organize a punishment party!

But with all the pressure that had been placed on the little thing's shoulders, he began to get nervous. What if they could not clean the Kitchen quickly enough? What if Headmistress with Red hair saw the mess?! What if the evil Kitchen destroyer thing came back?! Poor Pips began to hiccup, as he always did when he was nervous. All he wanted for was his workplace to go back to normal.

HICCUP. HICCUP. HICCUP.

Tugging and adjusting the collar on her blouse, Beezus took light steps into the Kitchens. Finding a seat to settle on as she eyed the elves do their work. Why was she here? That qas an easy question. She was on a mission, a pathetic one to be exact. Apparently, baking had suddenly piqued her interest - not that she was uninterested to start with - and where better to learn it all than here? The brunette had so unfortunately mentioned this to her friend, Elliot and the blonde, ever so bouncy about the idea had suggested that they do this task together. Which was to bake something presentable, and possibly edible. Bah. She could only think about the mess they'd make at the process.

Although she wasn't too bad when it came to cooking, she also wasn't the exact type that was good at baking. Baking and cooking were two far off galaxies. Heck yea.

"She should be here in..." The Ravenclaw turned her wrist and looked at the time in her watch. "...about two minutes." That was, if her friend was prompt enough not to have let their little meet up slip her mind.

Elliot slid into the kitchen, the smell...AHHH. She wanted tea now. Heh. She always wanted tea..but the smell of so much food just made her want it..MORE. How? Why? MEh. Elliot didn't even know. but her craving for tea was soooo there right now. And so very stroong.

BAKING.

Elliot, as she spotted Beezus and made her way over to Bee, realized...hey..she didn't even LIKE sweets...so why-WHY IN MERLIN'S BEARD HAD SHE AGREED TO THIS?! Gaaah. She didn't sit, she just leaned on the back of one of the chairs, eyeing the elves bustling about all around them..."So...baking..." she raised an eyebrow at her brunette friend..."I've never done it before. IN fact...I literally only know how to make tea." No regrets there...she HAD a house elf at home...Elliot wasn't used to..working hard like this. She smirked.

"So..what are we baking then, eh?" any ideas? Elliot would...not care...at all..what they baked..Heeehh. She had her bag slung over her shoulder...and some..surprises..inside. That she was sure Beezus would just LOOOVEE..

*Ahem*

Maybe.

*Smiiiirk*

It was time. As her wristwatch indicated. But Elliot was still out of eyesight that she began to drum her fingers on the table, growing a little impatient.

But it didn't last long because shortly after, her blonde friend arrived. "You are a minute and twenty-three seconds late." She said with a small grin. She wasn't mad. Nope. Just became a little impatient there because well...she was actually excited. If all went well, she even thought of baking again something for Dylan's birthday. If it goes well - yep, IF, most certainly with a capital I.

"I've never really baked a decent cake, myself." If that would make you feel any better Elliot. Hmp. But her friend doesn't seem to find her lack of ability in this field as a disadvantage. In fact, she looked as if she had another agenda. Beezus eyed her considerably, and her gaze moved to Elliot's bag.

There was something.....odd about that smirk Morganzo. "Maybe we should start with a simple one. I thought of orange chiffon cake. You won't mind if we try that out, right?" She asked, slowly rising up.

Elliot rolled her eyes and glanced at her OWN watch..."According to MY watch I'm a whole..minute and seventeen seconds EARLY. Therefore MINE is right," she said, letting her hand rest by her side again. But she returned her friend's grin and let her bag drop onto the seat of the chair and began to dig around in it...meh.

Oooh.

Elliot looked up, ceasing her digging for a minute.."You...haven't?" she asked, frowning a bit. Well then. This could be a complete disaster.

And by 'could be' she meant "will most certainly be." Yep.

She shook her head slightly and then glanced back into her bag. She pulled out a folded lace THING...and snickered. "I got this...JUST to wear....AAAAND I got one for you, too, Beezus!" she said, and she unfolded it...a VERY nice lacy aproooon! She tied it around herself, and looked down..in admiration...maybe cooking would be fun. if lace was involved...

She raised her eyebrows at Beezus..."You HAVE to wear the one I got you, too..." she said, keeping it up for only a second longer...she pulled out the next apron slowly...however, it was NOT a lacy one...when she unfolded it, it was....a CUTE apron...that Elliot had had made for her...you know...Elliot felt like being nice sometimes.

Sometimes. And normally to people like Bee..or Melanie...OH! They SOO should have asked Melanie..she would have LOVED it..but whatever..it was too late... "I hope you..like it.." she said, blushing just a bit and averting her gaze.

Orang chiffon cake..

"Eh, it sounds nice. I might even like it.." if it was fruity enough. not just sweet..but wasn't cake always sweet? Hmmm.

While she was given an eye roll, the fourth year Ravenclaw returned it earnestly. Pssh. Her watch couldn't be the right one because then, that would mean hers would be the hoax and she wouldn't want to call dibs on that. "Yeah right. No..your time isn't the right one. But no matter, let's just synchronize our watches later." Because they did a lot of things together and to be aware of the time was vital during these rendezvouses.

Beezus raised her eyebrows a bit at Elliot. Just where was she going with lodging through the contents of her bag? What was she looking for, hmm?

She nodded somewhat shyly after being asked for confirmation. If the frown indicated much of her friend's thoughts, then they can rest assured that it IS going to be messy.

Speaking of which, it seemed as though Elliot planned on starting the mess with her stomach because as soon as she's pulled out the lacy folded cloth from her bag, Beezus' insides began to churn and form uncongenial, choppy knots. Her eyes grew wide as her fellow Ravenclaw snickered and she brought a hand to clamp over her mouth in case she threw up. "Ugh...Are you kidding me?" She whined.

No. She was not going to wear an apron like that. If it had lace, then thank you very much but it isn't humanely possible, thank you very much.

However, when her friend took out the apron that she was to wear, her grossed out expression turned into a bright one and she started giggling, butterflies seemed to have seeped into her stomach and dislodge the knots, turning it into ribbons that made her feel like she wanted to hug the blonde to the ground. "That is so cute!" SQUEEEE. "Thank youuuuuuuuuu!" Oh yes, she didn't mind the lace, not too much. Beezus grabbed it and tied it around her body almost immediately. Look, bees! It had bees on it.

"I love it Mitch." True? Hell yes. She even wanted to twirl around with it on but she felt like it was a bit too much. Grinning, she started to tie her hair into a ponytail. Maybe the aprons would work out some magic so this won't become a disaster? "Shall we get started with preparing our ingredients then?"