Ameliah snarled angrily. "If I was so ready to 'run off with Logan', why did it take me FIVE MONTHS to finally get over you? I spent almost ALL of summer locked up in my room. I never ate, and I never slept." Fergus had to constantly coax her out of trances as she had stared out the window. "Although now I know you can't honestly be worth it. Eimear was right. You're just a LIAR and a jerk." A shooting pain went over her left eye and she cringed. ANOTHER attack? Now of all times? Am held her hand on her head and tried to breath, but her anger made it hard.

Harvey listened to her ranting as she went on about trying to get over him and stuff "What? five months? Oh Ameliah I..." stop it Harvey!! this is the girl that broke up with you through a letter and is now blaming you for it! Dont show any sympathy towards her she is just a liar! "Well I guess you are over me now then" he nodded calmly as she continued, and surprised him "She said that? Eimear said that? about me?" he shook his head "Now wait a minute that is the opinion of you and Eimear. Cause others know that I am neither a liar nor a jerk! I care for everyone I know! I have never thought bad about anyone before" he said to her a little calmly "And I dont plan on starting now, so as I said that is your opinion if thats what you want to believe" he then saw her cringe and held her head. He saw her face and he knew that she was not faking it "Ameliah.. are you ok?" he started to move towards her before he stopped himself, if she needed help she would tell him.

Ameliah looked up as Harvey made a move to help her. "I-I'm fine," she said, but her shaky voice gave her away. But no matter what, she was NOT telling Harvey what was going on. He was one of the last people she wanted to know, no matter if she had an attack in front of him or not. Nevva wouldn't hurt him right now, so she didn't really care.
Suddenly the pain went away and she looked at Harvey almost amusedly. "I've actually never been better," she added cooly, a half smile playing on her lips as her attitude completely changed. She was going to have fun messing with Watson here.

"Hey George," Jen says as she strokes her barking owl's feathers.
"Brk! Brk!" The owl calls.

Nell trudged up the steps to the owlrey hoping that some time with Soren would cheer her up. She couldn't understand why she felt so down. Maybe it was because of the holiday season...or maybe she was just having an off day. She couldn't really explain it even to herself.

Walking through the arc way her hazel eyes scanned the occupants until she found her boy. She chirped at her before soaring down to land on her out stretched arm. If a bird could purr that was exactly what he proceeded to do while she stroked his belly. Smiling fondly she took a seat on the cold stone bench.

He'd seen Nell heading towards the owlery looking downcast from the second floor window and just had to go see if she was okay. When he finally got to the place, she was already inside and sitting with Soren. He sat next to her and smiled fondly at Soren. "You okay, Nell?"

Soren tittered happily for a while and then finally dozed off. He still purred though which amused her to no end. Sitting her with him gave her some peace but the real relief came when her handsomer then words boyfriend appeared. As soon as he sat down she scooted closer to him and put her head on his shoulder.

At his inquiry Nell sighed heavily. "I think so. I just think this is an off day for me. I'm better now that your here though." She kissed his cheek gently. "How are you?"

Looking at her as she rested her head on his shoulder, a frown crossed his face. She didn't seem herself at all. Listening to her explanation gave him some relief though. At least she wasn't upset. "I see, well, I'm always here." He smiled at her and took her free hand into his own, playing with her fingers gently. "I'm okay, I was just worried about you."

Nell looked at him with her heart in her eyes. "How did I get so lucky?" She kissed him again this time on the lips. When she pulled back she looked down at their joined hands.

"I got a letter from my grandma. Grandpa is sick and they might have to take him to St. Mungo's. She assures me he is okay but it still worries me a bit. Probably going to have to spend Christmas here though. Guess that could have something to do with my melancholy."

"Mmm, I could ask the same question." Ed grinned at her, beaming at her kiss. His face fell when she explained the situation though. "Merlin, Nell, I'm so sorry." He spoke softly, worrying about her grandpa now. If he was ill enough to go to St. Mungo's, he was pretty unwell. "You can spend Christmas with me, that's something, no?" He nudged her gently, hoping to distract her slightly.

Nodding her head Nell leaned into Ed again taking comfort in his presence. She was worried but her grandpa had made it through worse. She refused to believe that he wouldn't. That was unfathomable.

She smiled at his question. "I thought you were going home for Christmas." Not that she wouldn't enjoy his company if he stayed.

He extracted his hand from hers and wrapped his arm around her to hug her for comfort. A smile appeared on his face though. "I don't think I'd get through the barrier, to be honest." And if he did, he'd have to get back too, which wouldn't happen without Isaac acting like a train.

His arms wrapped around her causing her to shift even closer. The movement disturbed Soren who hopped onto her knee and went back to snoozing. She smiled at him and then burst into giggles at Edmund. "I think they let people go through the floo network to get home and back. You wouldn't have to pass through a big, bad portal that way." She teased.

He looked down at Soren, amazed at the places owls could sleep, but then eyed Nell who was laughing at him. He stuck his tongue out at her teasing and rolled his eyes. "I didn't know that. Dad's busy at the moment anyway, he usually is around this time, so I said I'd stay here." Spend time at Hogwarts while he could.

"Well it's settled then. We will have Christmas at Hogwart's this year." She would have been bummed if it hadn't been for him. Thankfully she was in an infinitely better mood because of him. "So, where's your dragon at?"

He beamed at her happily and chuckled at her question. "Well, I left him flying around the dorm today. Usually I bring him around, but he seemed pretty interested in playing in my hung up robes instead." It was kind of cute to see him going in one arm and flying out of the other, he just couldn't bring himself to tear his awesome present away from that kind of fun.

Flying around in clothes? She must have done better on that charm then she had thought. She loved his enthusiasm about it too. She had thought long and hard on what to give him and then worked twice as long and hard on it. It was nice to know that he was thoroughly enjoying her gift.

"Have you named him yet?"

"I haven't. I wanted to see if you had any good names." He'd been thinking on naming the little one after her grandpa, homage to his awesome skills and all. But with the recent development, he wasn't sure how she'd feel about it. "And he has to respond to it too." He mused aloud.

Nell pursed her lips and thought about a good name. She wasn't really good at naming things so she came up blank. "You must have an idea though." She elbowed him a bit playfully. She didn't think about him responding to it but the charm would most likely entail that.

"Um..." He looked at her unsurely before deciding to just say it. "Well, I was thinking of naming him after your grandfather, it seems appropriate, but I dunno how you'd feel about it." He smiled at her elbow in the ribs and gazed down at Soren.

What? Did he....

Nell sat and stared as her brain slowly wrapped around what he had just said. Name the dragon after her grandfather? Was he being serious? A couple moments passed as she waited for the 'just kidding' but it never came. He was serious.

Her eyes filled up with tears that threatened to spill over but Nell wasn't the crying type. Instead, she dumped Soren who took off with an unhappy hoot, threw herself into Edmund's lap....and kissed him. This wasn't like any of their other kisses though. (Not that any of them had been bad) Something had shifted inside her and it all came spilling out in the kiss that she laid on him.

Pulling back slightly she looked back into his eyes. Those beautiful gorgeous eyes.

"I love you."

Ummm...excuse me, brain? SAY WHAT?

Hazel eyes widen in panic, astonishment, fear, amazement, and whatever else they could widen with. Now she'd gone and done it. While there was no doubt in her mind now that she meant it she was deathly afraid of what he would say. What if he didn't feel that way about her? Would he leave her?

This time she let the tears fall.

He had been staring at Soren until he flew off because she'd practically told him to go away, his gaze turned to her and he was surprised to see her closer than before. Grinning, his arms snaked around her waist as she abruptly threw herself onto his lap. He looked at her amusedly for a moment, about to say something about her liking the idea, but was silenced instantly by her kiss. There was something different about it, though he couldn't put his finger on it.

As she pulled away, he blinked at her, half astonished and half ecstatic, it felt amazing to be kissed like that. His expression froze onto his face at her next words though. The only difference was that his eyes widened slightly. And it seemed she'd surprised herself too! What did he say to that? It'd only been a few months and while he liked her more than he could ever describe, was he ready to call it love? The tears falling from her eyes tugged at his heart because he didn't know what they were for? Regret? Overwhelming happiness? He just didn't know.

Ed cleared his throat and looked down at the floor for a few seconds, trying to work it out in his head before he said anything. "Nell..." He looked back at her, fixing her with his gaze to make sure she didn't misunderstand him. "I like you a lot, so much that sometimes it scares me and I think with some time... I might be able to say it back, but... not yet." He just needed some time to accept it himself and work it all out in his head first, but he was sure he'd say it back because his feelings for her were intense.

Her eyes stayed glued on Ed's as he explained how he felt. She wasn't sure why those things had come out of her mouth but she could take them back now. Thankfully he wasn't running screaming from the room. She nodded her head as his words sank into her panicked brain.

Smiling Nell went back and sat in his lap. "I understand. To be honest I didn't know I felt that way until after the words were out of my mouth." Talk about surprising yourself! "You take all the time you need. I'm not going to pressure you. Just know that you are one of the best things that has ever happened to me."

Smiling she kissed him again. She liked doing that.

His eyes searched her face during the painful silence as she registered what he said, but breathed out in relief as she said she understood. A smile appeared as he realised she was surprised at herself for saying it and meaning it. If she hadn't been already sat on his lap, he'd have pulled her closer, but as it was, Ed just hugged her in relief.

Before he could say anything back to her, she'd kissed him. He smiled against her lips and returned her kiss. When he pulled away, he looked into her eyes and replied softly. "And you're definitely the best thing that's happened to me." Even if he wasn't ready to say the 'L' word, he was happy to tell her this truth.

Nell couldn't help giggling at Edmund's expression of relief. He had obviously been expecting her to blow up or something. He hugged her closer which gave her no end of happiness. She snuggled closer to him happily glad for his warmth.

A red blush worked it's way up her face at his comment. She had never felt so happy in her entire life. "So....your going to name your dragon Henry then?"