Smile plastered over her face, hand secured in his, Emmaleigh walked with Max as he lead them up to the stands. She was clad all in yellow and black to cheer for her house for the first time this term. She nodded, but asked, “You don't want to sit closer?” They certainly could, there were lots of available seats still, and she didn't mind. That was where she had sat during both of his matches. Though maybe those that were more invested in the game.

“Yeah, me too.” Em said, sitting down next to Max. “Okay, so, you play the winner of this match for the championship or something right?” she asked. “Sorry, I just don't understand how this all works.” Its not like she ever really paid attention to Quidditch before. It probably had something to do with her fear of flying or something.

Theo dragged himself slowly to the Quidditch Pitch, wearing winter gear from head to toe. Technically it wasn't winter anymore, but he felt cold ALL THE TIME. So he wore his Slytherin hat and scarf, because he wasn't in to supporting other teams to be honest. He trudged along with West, standing close by his side in case he spasmed out of control and collapsed. He wasn't long out from the Hospital Wing after all.

Yea, what a good bestie he was being, right?

Anyway... "If you feel queezy, I have got chocolate, kay?" And sugar quills were actually hanging out of his coat pocket to be precise. He found himself a seat and grumbled at the pitch.

West WAS still kinda weak and meh and got tired easily but he was determined to watch the whole game and support Penelope like he'd promised he would. And it was cool to actually get to WATCH a game with his bestie, as opposed to playing in one. No damage this way right?

Nod.

"Okay. Cool." Yay chocolate! That was why they were besties. Theo just KNEW how to be a buddy. Paaaause. "I did it." By the way.

Did what? Well. It involved hair.

Good, they were all set. Even though both of the kids were supporting opposite teams. That wouldn't matter too much, would it?

"Did what?" Cos if it was what he THOUGHT it was, it needed a quick look around the area. Nope, the coast was clear. "You DID it? I... haven't done it yet, I dunno where to find her." And he didn't exactly know where their common room was.

Time to get his inner lurker out.

"So...." He paused, "How was it?" Serious question.

West unwrapped his scarf and then thoughtfully rewrapped it so it would be comfy and snug. "I did. I said she had fluff in her hair. And I had the bit of fluff in my hand so that I showed her it and it was all legit." He thought about it and looked out on the empty field. Theo got a nod. West was sure that his bestie would hold up his end of the bargin. In the meantime, he could totally answer important questions.

"It was..... soft." He said, considering. "Sort of silky like, like when you stroke a cat. A bit like that."

Lex felt like such a waste. How she'd managed to miss just about every Quidditch game was beyond her. If she wasn't sick she was suspended but not this time. Nope. Even if her leg was blown off in some freak accident in Potions class she was determined to make this game.

Heading up to the stands she saw two people she recognized immediately. Sure she would have preferred it to be actual people but boys were people too...in a way...sort of...

Yeah for this purpose they were people.

"Hi!" She said, popping up next to Theo but not because she hoped he scared more easily, nope and giving them both a wide smile. "What's soft like silk?" That was the only part of the conversation she actually caught.

Well, today's going to be Hufflepuff vs. Ravenclaw. Kat had no team to cheer for, to be precise. She just went there because she didn't go there the last time Hufflepuff won against Ravenclaw in Game 2. She didn't want to be here at first anyway. She still couldn't get over the fact they won't be competing in the Championship. If they'd won against Gryffindor, they'd probably be playing now. But now, she had to drag herself here. She was bored to death at the Sleeping Areas. Even though Quidditch to her kind of hurts her a bit now ever since the lost.

It was March... or April... already but it was still quite cold. Tugging her scarf, the blonde made her way to the stands. Don't blame her for being bored. Maybe people should just be thankful she's there anyway. Not to support, but to watch. Don't you like that? But well...

This is going to be awkward watching them. Kat wanted to fly...

"That's a good plan." Theo pondered for a moment. "I guess just asking them outright to have a stroke is stupid?" Cos that would've been his first move. His second one being to just tackle her to the ground. He sucked at this.

... Hmm... "I guess a cat is softer than a dog..." He paused for a moment, "How was the smell?" Maybe Theo would sniff his... 'victim's' head for extra precautions... He was sure that West would appreciate that.

Theo glared at the Gryffindor that had joined them. She hadn't frightened him, cos Theo was WATCHING for lurkers. He was ready for yall...

"S'cuse me, none of your business." Seriously, get out.

"Yeah I think so. What if they say no, you know? Better just to do it and say sorry after if they get mad, even if you don't mean it. You know, use the eyes." Theo knew the eyes. They were both good at the eyes.


"Cats are way softer." The smell though? "I didn't... smell anything bad. My hand didn't smell gross after or anything. I didn't like smell.... it. Do you want me to do that next? I can, if you want. It was probably nice though."

He eyed Lex when she came over.

"Silk is soft like silk." Because it was. Nosy. But well, he supposed she could sit with them if she was quiet and not annoying. As long as her friend didn't come over here. Serenity was horrible.

West nodded his agreement. Nobody's business but theirs. Nod.

SIGH.

This was why boys hardly classified as people. She gave him a smile and he gave her a glare. Didn't he know anything about social graces? Granted she knew very little herself but at last she knew that once someone offered a smile you offered on back. Duh!

"Well sorreeeeee Mr. Secret Agent." She didn't even care what was soft like silk anyway. Couldn't have been that important.


The other one gave her a funny look too. Didn't either of them know what a smile was? Jeez! At least he didn't glare.

"Okay then..." Obviously silk was as soft as silk, didn't boys have anything better to talk about?? See this was why she had very few conversations with their kind. "That's uh...really interesting..." Or not at all. "So can I watch the match with you two? I can't find Seri." Insert pout here. She hadn't seen her since the lockout which made her thing her house might have sacrificed her to the force. Evil people.

"Oh, the eyes always work." Theo nodded. He'd always imagined that if they both used the eyes side by side, they would get away with world domination. "I think I have my plan sorted now." He tapped his nose twice and giggled.

"Well if that's not too much to ask...." He didn't want to freak Ella out TOO much, as well as pushing his bestie to his hair examining limits. "I spose Professor Bellaire is a stretch for you, though...." Yeah, he whispered that real quietly.

>________<

Secret agent was RIGHT. Back off.

Seri? Serenity? The one that KISSED him??! Theo felt a vein in his head twitch at the thought of her. "If you're waiting for her then you can forget sitting with US." The cool kids.

Secret agent? Well, that wasn't so bad. West decided to let it slide, but gave Lex a superior sort of look, one that he'd seemingly picked up from Theo really.

"You can watch with us but only until your friend comes, then you'll have to move, or I'll thump her and you both." Legit he would. But, as long as that Serenity girl wasn't sitting here, Lex could sit with them, at least, West didn't mind.

Nod. They DID. West sort of tried not to look too interest at mention of Theo's plan and he didn't want to like... ASK and make it seem like it was more important than it was because it was really just a normal sort of experiment, the kind where you found things out but it didn't really matter or anything. Not much at least. But he DID wonder. What Theo's plan was. And all.

He scratched his head. Sniff Ella's hair? Or.... Bellaire? West gave Theo a look that was somewhere between speculative and aghast. "Its not too much for me. But whats in it for me if I found that out?" Because the bounds of friendship only went so far, and he wasn't tall enough to just sort of lean in and give the professor's hair a sniff. He'd have to get on the level, and that would take planning.

And it seemed Theo was TOTALLY on the same wavelength about Serenity. They didn't like her. So there.

Lex scowled a bit, repeating herself was never something she liked doing. "Don't you listen? I said I can't find her." BecauseYouAndYourBloodyHouseSacrificedHer!!!! Ahem. Though she had no proof of that just yet.

She wouldn't have asked to sit with them if she had her bestie now would she? Boys needed to use their brains more often than they currently did. It would soooo make her keeping her sanity easier.

Why they didn't like Seri was beyond her. The girl was pure gold!

Her eyes narrowed slightly as she tried to figure out the look West was giving her. If she didn't know any better she'd think he was trying to say he was better than her but of course she knew better...or uhhh...she would pretend to know better.

"Well like I just told Theo I'm not waiting on her--I can't find her," Thanks Slytherin, thanks alot; getting rid of the one of only friends she had, "What do you guys have against her anyway?" STARE.

You had to have a good reason to hate someone like Seri and even then she might not justify it.

Uhhh......

"What's in it for you? Other than me saying thank you?" Theodore shrugged, and pulled out a chocolate frog from his pocket. He unwrapped it but didn't give it much room to squirm. Theo was a pro, yo. "Don't do it then, if you don't wanna." He looked out to the pitch as he chewed very loudly.

But he'd still appreciate it if he sniffed Ella's hair. He'd kind of smelled it before because obviously, he spent tons of time with her usually. But he had never pressed his nose into her scalp. Not that he WOULD go that far or anything.........

You know.

"Well, just SAYIN - if she shows up, then SCRAM!" He nodded at West cos... YEAH. They had standards.

"What have I got against her? She tried to suck my face off, that's what." Theo growled, feeling his cheeks burn just a tad. Kissing DID make him feel nervous, but the kiss with Serenity did not really count to him, did it? Naaaooooo.... it was totally against his will.

Learning from the last time, Lana hurried her way toward the stands. She wanted to see as much of the match as she could. She wasn't completely sure as to just which house she was going to root for yet, but she did still expect a fun match. A part of her knew that she should be rooting for her twin's house, but on the other hand the house that won today would play her own house next.

Upon finally reaching the stands, she pulled her scarf loose from around her neck and scanned the stands. There were still a number of nice places to watch. Smiling to herself, she set her sights on one and headed down.

"She's mean. And rude. And she isn't a good Slytherin. Its like she doesn't actually want to be friends with any of us, which is her problem, not ours. If SHE was nice and not so rude and stuck up, maybe it would be okay." West said, giving his honest opinion quite matter-of-factly.


"If I can do it," West said, after a bit of thought, "I will. But only because you're my best friend. I wouldn't for anyone else. Not ever."

Because it wouldn't be EASY and, even if he could get a whiff of Ella's hair... well, Bellaire was a whole other story, right?

That was risking detentions and point loss, that was.

Also... sucking his face off. That was gross. West would have pat Theo on the back in commiseration but since Theo wasn't exactly all about touchy feely stuff, West just gave him a look. Yeah. Be strong bro. Be strong.

Lily trudged up into the stands. She knew that this match would be important in deciding who Ravenclaw would face in their next match, so she wanted to come out and watch. She had been somewhat avoiding the matches in the past because she was upset about not making the team, even though she would secretly watch them from the upper corners of the stands. This match however, would be different as the redhead, dressed in blue as always at matches, sat down in a mid section of the stands. She just wanted the match to start already...

"Eww." Lex said, more than a little disturbed. Why'd he even have to say it like that. It just made kissing ten times worse if you asked her. "Gross, I don't think Seri would ever try to suck anyone's face off. That's disgusting." Especially Theo's face but if she said that then they'd make her leave and she'd end up watching the match alone.

"And even if she did I don't think it was on purpose." But of course she was positive that her bestie wouldn't do anything like that because they both felt the same way about certain things and kissing was one of them.

It just couldn't happen. Nope. Theo was lying. Lying on her bestie of all people!

Her brows furrowed when West spoke.

"She's not mean at all! She's the best and she's not rude either. The last I checked there was nothing wrong with speaking your mind which is what she does!" Even if he was right she wouldn't admit it because then she'd be betraying her bestie and that was the last thing she would ever do.

"And of course she's a good Slytherin, she does her work, she's actually nice," UnlikeTheRestOfYou, "and I don't think you can say that about her." She ended simply. They didn't have the right to say who was a good snake and who wasn't. What did they know anyway? They'd only been snakes for about a year and a some months! "Plus she's not stuck up. She's nice to everyone!" Something was probably just wrong with those two.

Calista had been trying to decide if she was going to go down to the Quidditch Match this afternoon after having one of her more depressing days thus far but the promise of seeing happy kids cheering on their peers was good enough. The blonde Divination Professor entered the stands dressed in dark jeans and a red sweater and a jean jacket. The red was for cheering on the Lions since the Ravenclaws weren't playing and the fact that they were her second favorite house.

She waved at a few familiar students and decided to sit behind a few younger kids (West, Theo, and Alexus) just in case things escalated. She had seen them around the Castle before. Two of them in her lesson and she had heard from Seren that the one Slytherin had headbutted someone in the greenhouses.

Merlin.

Minerva made her way to the stands. She hadn't been asked to commentate for this one, so she was going to sit back and have fun just watching the game with her friends and Ethan. Looking around she realized that she had gotten there a bit early. Use to being there to get ready for commentating she assumed. Finding a decent place to sit with enough room for everyone that was suppose to be coming she sat down and set Ethan's espresso beside her.

Pulling her bag off her shoulder, not something she usually brings to a match, but she had good reason today. It had a secret kept in it that she was going to use when Ella and Alec did something amazing, which she knew would be quickly in the match. She just hoped others around her wouldn't mind the little surprise.

Still sulking.. since the last game anyway, and ariana really didn't want to be there but she promised Min she would so she showed up at least for a little bit. walking up through the stands she made a mental note never to wear these shoes to a match again.. to many stairs Blehh.

Walking over to where she usually sat she saw Theo and Kat and Cambridge.. ugh and.. wait.. was that West!? WEST he was Alive andnotdeadlikewethought okay so maybe only ariana thought he was dead, but hey anyone would if they watched him fall to his uncertain death! She walked over to them before going over to sit with Minnie "Odessa, your alright?" you know since i let you die and all. To say ariana felt bad was an understatement. She gave a nice respective nod to Kinsley and Hudson and a GLARE for you Cambridge. She wasnt getting off that easily for kicking her the other day ohh No!

Asher made his way down to the pitch. just shortly before the match was scheduled to start. In all fairness to his friends, and since they were on both teams he wore his own house colors today.

It wasn't as if he really cared who won today. He was just there to spend time with his friends who wasn't playing and cheer on the ones who were.

Kinda a love the player hate the team thing. Yep, he wasn't playing for Slytherin this term. But that didn't keep him from loving the team.

After walking around for like five minutes, he knew he should have came down earlier for a good seat. Maybe he would just stand there were he was and watch.

Asher made his way down to the pitch. just shortly before the match was scheduled to start. In all fairness to his friends, and since they were on both teams he wore his own house colors today.

It wasn't as if he really cared who won today. He was just there to spend time with his friends who wasn't playing and cheer on the ones who were.

Kinda a love the player hate the team thing. Yep, he wasn't playing for Slytherin this term. But that didn't keep him from loving the team.

After walking around for like five minutes, he knew he should have came down earlier for a good seat. Maybe he would just stand there were he was and watch.

Ethan made his way down to the stands for today's Badger vs. Lion game. Since his house wasn't playing, he decided to help Minnie cheer on her fellow Puffs. And so, he decided to dress the part. The boy felt like he looked like a ginormous bumblebee.. but he thought it might make his girl smile. And then it would be worth it.

He planned on meeting her there.. and hoped Mick would be sitting with them as well. The boy figured Laura would be playing.. and surely his best mate would want to be there for her support, and maybe a cheer or two. As he got to the stands, Ethan noticed that not many people were there and his green eyes scanned the small crowd for any sign of recognition. Upon sight of the blonde, the 16 year old smile grew and he headed towards her. "Hey, Min," the boy greeted her as he slid in next to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "No more blue?" He gave her a mock pout before chuckling a little as he was just teasing her. He knew why she was blonde again.

"Well...." Theodore beamed at West, just because he was making an effort with his big request. "Just sayin', I wouldn't hate you if you COULDN'T." Cos Bellaire was a tough cookie to crack and stuff.

And was it really the end of the world if Theo didn't know what her hair smelled of?

Theo bro-nodded back at West, even adding a small sniff at the end of it for extra sympathy. It was tough being the center of girls attention. But at least he had a best friend who understood. He was LUCKY.

"Hey..... you are jeopardizing your seat next to us." Theo thought he would just throw that out there. Cos Lex OBVIOUSLY wanted to sit by them so badly. He couldn't blame her for that, though.

"All am saying is that I did NOT force her to drink it. She knew what it was so maybe she WANTED to have a reason to kiss me...." Take that.

Theo nodded back at Logan. Yeah, he was feeling friendly but he did not appreciate all these girls bombarding him and West's secret chat.