Isidora wasn't sure if he was being honest with her, or if he just had his guard up and was trying to be brave. Like a Gryffindor. She watched him thoughtfully for a moment before shrugging dismissively. "I see everything, mostly good though. I only speak of the good." And that was the truth.

Cake was good. But this cake, after hearing that, suddenly didn't taste so good. "Oh... well, maybe cake can just be cake again, then." She suggested. Hopefully helpfully. "Cake is always better that way, when it doesn't have to live up to any expectations except to taste delicious."

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She was here.

Tea party/Homework time sounded good and Ella wasn't one to pass up spending time with people she enjoyed. The blonde came prepared, too. She had on tea party attire that her Gran would approve of and her Divination book in hand. See? She was ready to go.

Looking around the sixteen year old noted that only Mika was here so she walked over and gave the other blonde a broad smile. This was all her doing, yeah? "Hey Mika!" BEAM. "Nice set up you got here."

ELLA! She beamed when she saw her and blinked a bit because Ella looked amazing and girly and girlmazing. Yeah? She beamed at Ella. “ELLA!” She squeaked out excitedly. She needed to talk to her soon.

Maybe now.

“Nice to see you too!” She beamed. And before she could stop herself it blurted out rather fast. “I got my hand held by two different people…sorry, nerves.” She muttered after practically screaming at her friend.

Of course she was blushing. “Er...two separate times actually – Mo and Kaiden” she added quietly at the end to make it make sense. She was practically muttering now which was good because the door opened.

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She would have arrived sooner but she had a hard time finding the door. At first it didn't even seem like one so she must have walked by it at least three times before it finally hit her.

She did find it though and was pleasantly surprized by all she saw when she entered. Look at those treats!! This was going to be the best tea party ever!!!...Not that she'd have anything to compare it with, she'd never been to one before--waaaait, no she had...and the other kid left crying. Good times, good times.

"Hey Mika! Hey Ella!"

Lex grinned at the two as she plopped down in the closest available chair. So she hadn't been as early as them but she was earlier than Hair Boy! He was still coming, yeah?

AND WHAT'S THIS??? REEEEEAL CHINA!!!

Hdfvkucgdifgk!!! Eeeeep!!!

LEXA! She beamed and tried to make sure that her face wasn’t all dreamy…but she was blushing like a fool because she had just blurted something out like crazy. “Hey Lexa!” She beamed at the younger girl and just laughed when she saw her reaction to the cups. “I did the same thing” she nodded, “I even bagged a few for later…and the forks and knives as well for obvious reasons.” She beamed.

“isn’t it nice! Tea in real cups and its nice tea!” She had had a bit of it earlier so it was good.

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THE ONESIE WAS BACK. GRIN.

Because... Alec had missed it. Really. It had been a long time since the boy had wandered around in this thing. A little too long. So when he had bumped into Mika who had told him about this littler gathering, the boy had hastily rushed back to his dorm just to change into this dark blue item of clothing that was covered in different types of Muggle sports balls. Because onesies were necessary for these things, yeah? And he had his bag with him so he didn't look too... odd.

So that was why he was arriving at the Room of Requirement a little later than he probably ought to. That, and the fact that he had stopped to fix his hair. That was important to do as well. Nodnod.

But he was here. Finally. And he had bounded into the room because he was HAPPY. It was homework which took away precious time from other things he could be doing but it was Divination homework. Which wasn't... too bad. Maybe. Just a bit confusing. But then again, the subject was confusing on its own.

And the room! And those treats! This was going to be really awesome wasn't it? ... OH. LADIES. ELLS, CANDY GIRL AND MIKA! "Hey, you guys!" Each girl got a grin as the boy moved forwards towards an empty seat. Maybe he should have dressed better for the occasion. Bowtie and all. Since Ells was sitting there looking beautiful in her dress and Mika and Candy Girl were looking nice and happy too. And what was he wearing? A onesie.

... "This looks really great!" And they... didn't mind... a guy being here, yeah?

And then there was Allec! She beamed when the guy walked into the room. “HEY you!” She beamed at him and waved. “Nice onesie you look so comfy…” she beamed and frowned at the fact she hadn’t worn something more comfortable.

Though seriously – she needed dress up advice from Ella or Nicola. Seriously. Those two had good sense with it all. She just BEAMED some more. “How are you guys?” She asked beaming, “oh and congratulations with the Quidditch game” she beamed. She wished she had been more attentive in the second-half but the hand thing…and then that hair thing kind of distracted her. The hand thing in a nice way – the hair…was kind of creepy. Well, very creepy.

"MIKA!" Ella squeaked back, amused by the other blonde's enthusiasm. Someone was excited for tea and Ella appreciated excitement. Tea too.

Blink. BROWS. The sixteen year old tilted her head, the smallest of smiles playing on her lips. "You did? Well that's nice though, yeah? Holding hands is the best." Blush. Especially with Alec but only Ella could hold his hands. Was that mean? "Wait, by..." Mo, she hadn't expected but Kaiden? GRIN. "But well..aren't you happy about Kaiden doing that?" AHEM. "Considering things...and stuff?"

And then Lex had arrived and Mika got we'll talk later looks.




"Hey Lex!" BEAM. And the younger girl looked really excited about the set-up, didn't she? "It's brilliant, the way the room changes into exactly what you need." Nodnod. "I can't wait to try the tea!"

Now they'd just need to wait for...



BEAM!

Ella giggled at the sight of him, eyes wandering over his onesie and up to his face. "Hey Alec!" Grin. "I really like your choice of outfit." Really, she did. He looked really comfy and cozy too!

...

And then Mika was asking how everyone was and Ella smiled. "I'm brilliant! The quidditch match was a lot of fun." Grin. "Though I'm pretty cracking bludgers at the Professors is frowned upon." But still.

Oh and...

"Can we have some tea?!"

Lex was still all grins while she looked around the room, REAL TEA CUPS!!! The smile only faded slightly at the look on Mika's face and suddenly she was aware that both her and Ella had been having a conversation just now, probably one of those types. Had to be, just look at that look! Seemed they'd be continuing it later though so she just gave Mika a significant look, she'd know what it meant.

"It is!!" She beamed, agreeing fully with Ella now that looks were given and such, very neat room this was. OH AND HAIR BOY!!! "You finally made it!!!!" GRIN.

"I'm great too! Just look at all this sugar!!" That was really all it took to raise her mood. So many sugary treats and they would have them all with their tea. SUUUUGAR. Mmm.

Oh and they were talking about the match. "It was hilarious! Very well played!" Both Ella and Alec got an extra grin for that.

"And on to the tea because tea means pasteries." Logic. She picked up one of the tea cups that had tea leaves in them and trusted it didn't taste terrible. Mika wouldn't provide anything that tasted bad, right?

"You see good and bad, but you're only willing to talk about the good," Mo sort of reframed her answer so that it fit the questions in his mind. It meant that Dora saw both, but she was actually a kind enough person not to WANT to hurt his feelings. So the mention of West and Alice earlier had been... accidental, perhaps. Probably. Dora was nice, although she seemed like the type who didn't want you to know.

"This cake is JUST cake," Mo clarified as he took a big bite. "I don't want cake to be people anymore, because then every time you see a chocolate cake, you think of the people and feel bad. And cake shouldn't ever make you feel bad. It's the opposite of the point of cake." The point of cake was joy. Obviously. Dora got that.

Compliments on his onesie? GRIN GRIN GRIN.

The boy was glad because... well... he had just walked up seven, nearly eight flights of stairs in something that probably shouldn't be worn outside of his dorm. But the onesie was awesome and he was REALLY glad that the others thought so too! ... Or... they liked it? "I did make it!" And... they weren't going to know why he was late, yeah? Nope. "And thanks for the compliments, ladies," GRIN.

... Oh? "I'm great too!" And more compliments? But on Quidditch instead? "Oh, erm... thanks!" he said, reaching up a hand to ruffle his hair, "It really was a great match!" Even if some of the Professors didn't look too happy about it afterwards. That... really wasn't awesome to see.

Tea time? Yeah? Alec leant forwards in his seat and looked into his teacup. "What kind of tea are we having, by the way?" Not that he was fussed but... well... these were the kind of questions you should ask in tea parties, yeah? And he didn't want to come across as some sort of tea party... noob. Which, thinking about it, he actually was.

Also, did he mention that he liked Candy Girl's logic? Because he did. Really. Like a lot.

Mika flushed a bit when Ella asked if she was happy about Kaiden. “Iumdon’tknow” she squeaked again quickly. “I don’t’ know if I like-like him anymore…I don’t know I’m just confused” she finally stammered out because she really didn’t feel zappy-tingly feelings when Kaiden had held her hand. Which made her feel bad because you were supposed to feel your stomach do those non-gravity flips when you liked someone. That was at least what her sister had always told her.

She saw that look and nodded. Later sounded good. Later was a great time to talk. Since she needed to talk to someone. She did of course chuckle when she saw how happy Ella was to see people – she was like a bouncing ball of energy and, well, Mika loved that about her.

And LEXA! She beamed and giggled at that look. She didn’t mean to giggle – but that look made her laugh and sometimes-happy laughter led to trilling giggly nose crinkling laughter. “LEXA!” She happily bounced on the balls of her feet and twirled a bit – yeah she was practically dancing she was so happy. So very happy. “The potion we made might have worked…or time and realizing something was kind of annoying might have helped” she beamed. “Its gone…fully, and like poooof disappeared things.” She was happy. And being a complete fool.

She didn’t care really anymore things felt right. “I don’t need to be smacked for those dreamy looks” she beamed. And laughed and spotted Alec’s grinning and beamed again (and stopped with the spinning…no ballet by cake…that could be a disaster). She beamed some more. “Aw you deserve it” she nodded. Mika beamed at the questions of the tea – her tea, her wonderful tea. “We’ve got Lavender tea, some hibiscus tea…also chamomile, ear grey – I bought like every kind they had at puddifoots for sale.” She beamed.


*******

Moments later she had added the floral lavender tea to her cup of steaming hot water and let it steep for a moment as she sat there. Happily, tea heating, and waiting to cool; yeah she was a little excited. “This is fun” she smiled as she took a bite out of the lavender tea and waited for it to be ready. As she waited she unwrapped a lilac colored cupcake and began to bite into it.

"Ohmygod...it tastes so good..." she squealed as her eyes widened in shock. She had found her favorite sweet - really, it was that good. Like amazing and sweet and not too sweet but amazing. And goodness it was like a bite out of what she thought heaven would taste like.

So...the fact that Mika's feelings had changed towards a certain someone was surprising news. It wasn't uncommon, though. Feelings changed all the time, didn't they? And hey, it didn't mean Mika and...this someone couldn't still be great friends. Maybe. Oh goodness. Ella really knew too much about this and the feels of the parties involved. "Maybe you could do your reading about erm...things?" And she tilted her head, eyeing the other blonde curiously. They could speak about this in detail later, though. And they would because Ella had questions...and comments...and things.

And did Ella ever mention that she liked the way Lex thought about things? "Tea does mean pastries so lets get started!" GRIN. She might be just a little hungry, okay? Just a little, though.

The blonde listened as Alec asked about what kind of tea there would be and Ella smiled at the options, opting for Chamomile. She reached for the hot water and filled her cup about 3/4 of the way before adding her tea leaves and smiling. This was going to be good. "I'm just gonna erm...do that meditation thingy so..." 2 minutes, right? 2 minutes of no talking? Ella looked down and closed her eyes, letting the smell of tea fill her nostrils. Mmmm.

Lex was distracted as she poured her 3/4 cup of water to allow the tea some proper brewing. Mika and Ella were talking about stuff and she didn't know what but she wasn't sure she would be much interested. Didn't make her any less distracted though as she watched and was Alec in on this? Did everyone know but her? She wouldn't be surprized.

Then it seemed Mika was talking directly to her. Something about the potion they made and her being reeeeeally happy.

It worked??? Sweet Merlin! She needed to brew a second batch and down the whole cauldron. "Awesome!" She grinned. You think that a potion blowing up in their face would be a bad thing but apparently not because it worked for Mika. Meant it'd work for her too, yup yup yup. Now she had plans to visit the potions lab, busy, she'd be busy. BUT for now, tea then pasteries because everyone was agreeing.

So now for the meditating. She stifled the last of her happy!giggles then tried to clear her mind while the tea brewed. At the same time she was paying attention to stuff that was coming to her mind. She became as quiet as Ella and waited for the other two to begin meditating as well.

Lavender? Chamomile? Earl Grey? HIBISCUS? ... What was Hibiscus?

"That sounds like an awesome selection," GRIN. "And the pastries... good call on them!" Although, pastries were nothing compared to ice cream. Because ICE CREAM! It was just one of those food that just made people happy, yeah? ... Although... judging by the way Mika had been dancing around -- she had been dancing, right? -- it didn't seem as if the girl needed ice cream in her system to be happy.

... Oh? They were getting started? HE STILL NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT A HIBISCUS WAS. Okay!

"Awesome!" he said, nodding at Ells. Alec reached forwards and grabbed the kettle after Candy Girl was finished with it. He poured it into his cup -- OH LOOK! Real china! -- until it was filled 3/4 of the way. There. Now he just needed to add in... which... tea leaves...

HIBISCUS.

A teaspoon of the leaves were added in and... he waited. Deciding to do this meditating thing properly, the sixteen year old crossed his legs in his seat and closed his eyes, trying to clear his mind of all thoughts. Which... was actually proving to be really difficult because blonde haired girlfriend was here CANDY! PASTRIES! Were they allowed to eat those yet?

Mika just nodded and well, she was so enamored with her tea that she wouldn’t even notice if someone held a giant flashing sign above her. Yep, she was just happily sitting there. She did feel a little bad when she saw how excited Lex got after bringing up the potion.

“mmhm, but we should talk about it later. I got super sick from it I think” she frowned at that. She beamed at Alec of course. “we should do this sometimes not for class purposes…you know, get together and have a pastry and ice cream party for no reason…just to have it” she smiled and then turned back to her tea.

It was filled 3/4s of the way with the warm water already – the lavender was in there. And her cupcake was finished. Sure she frowned at that, but now was time to concentrate. Clearing her mind she slowly meditated and got her mind all cleared. ALL cleared. It didn’t take as long as before – strange, it seemed to have taken forever the other day in class.

She had a question that kept bubbling to her mind as she started to drink her tea. Sure – it might have had to deal with what Ella had suggested. It was like that thought train had just glued itself to her mind like it had originated there…in a way it had. She knew she had to be clear, and to be careful about things. She didn’t want to hurt anyone or to be crazy and ruin her friendships. Before she knew it she was almost done with her tea.

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After what she supposed had been two minutes, Ella picked up her tea and started to drink. It was delicious and warm and it felt lovely but those thoughts were second to thoughts of Alec. So...was she meant to think about one person so much? Because he was the person that kept popping into her head and really, doing homework with him around made it incredibly hard to concentrate. She should just...not look at him right now, yeah? And Mika's situation kept popping into her head too. Like...a lot. Why did Ella insist on trying to help solve everyone's problems again? It made for a very filled head. And eep! She really needed to make sure she didn't drink all the tea. She'd need some for swirling.

Speaking of, Ella swirled her cup around three times when she was nearly done, stopping to flip the cup over and dispose of the rest of her tea. When she was finished, she eyed the inside of the cup warily. She was always nervous about her readings though she couldn't exactly explain why.

Huh. A vase...a snake...and a table? Uhh...

The blonde closed her eyes and thought of a notebook and quill and TA-DA! There they were! Perks of being in the room of requirement, of course.

Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.

Oh? They'd need to talk about the potion? Now she was a bit less enthusiastic about throwing most of it down her throat.

Ehhh...

She nodded her confirmation to Mika. They'd talk, she'd get the story about the potion then she'd try to fix it the best she could before giving it another go. Granted she wouldn't mind it blowing up again but still...it should work this time otherwise it'd be a waste of an explosion.

For now though, meditating. She took a calming breath and went back to that. Finally she saw Ella take and drink her own tea, hers would be ready too! She drank as much as was advised, gave the little left three quick swirls then over-turned the cup; just like the other times.

Let's see...she marked the spot at the handle of the cup then went reading in the appropriate direction. First she made out a...um...bone...? She tilted her head and stared for an extra long minute just to be sure. Okay, fine, bone, on to the middle. There she saw what looked like a giraffe maybe. Meh. The last one, that looked an awful lot like--hey a monkey!!!! COOOOOL!!!

She picked up a cupcake and helped herself to it while she recorded her findings. She'd put these in her journal when she got back to her Common Room.



"What did you guys get?"

Concentrate... on nothing... just meditate... this was like Defence...

He wanted pastries after this. And ice cream. ... Mmmmm... ice cream!

... NO! Clear the mind... of things... don't want ice cream coming up in the cup even if that would be SUPER awesome...

...

Over? Yeah? Alec opened his eyes and looked down at his cup. It looked... red. Was it meant to be this colour? He picked it up with his left hand and took one cautionary sip of the tea. ... Oh? Surprise. Pleasant surprise. This wasn't bad, this tea. Kudos to Mika for picking it up from Hogsmeade. He continued drinking the tea happily all the way until a tiny bit was left at the end. He then swirled it three times in his hand before turning it over onto his saucer. Wait... wait... wait...

And turn over!

Okay... now what did he see? Blobs. Blobs everywhere! How was he meant to figure out what shapes to see if his cup kept on showing him -- ... Oh? Was that... Squint... This particular blob seemed to have weird wavy lines coming out of it. And not just one or two wavy lines! No no no! There were eight! EIGHT! ... Which... hey, had he just come across an octopus in his cup? How awesome was that?

... Octopus... according to the textbook meant something to do with possessiveness. BLINK. Was it talking about him or someone else? And if someone was trying to possess him, he was pretty sure they were going to get bored with some of his thoughts and problems. Really. And he was pretty sure that he was slightly... attached to things. That was a better way of putting it.

Moving on... near the middle of the cup was something else. Something that was round and had two thick lines coming out from it near the top. If only these things were colourful. It would be easier to notice these shapes. But... it wasn't too hard to notice this medal in his teacup. And a medal meant... that he was getting a reward. AWESOME. Was it ice cream?

Base... last one... blob. Great. Blob with legs (a pig?) and... two horns. And a short tail too! Which meant... animal. ... GOAT! Yeah? Yeah! He was going to go with a goat and its meaning of... bravery. Heh. No, his future didn't look too great, actually. Especially since he wasn't... brave.

Scribble... scribble... scribble...

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Rim - Octopus
⊲ An octopus is an omen of possessiveness. Be careful of getting involved in a situation that will make you less independent. Someone is trying to tie you down.

Middle - Medal
⊲ A medal assures you that your achievement will be noticed and you will gain a reward.

Base - Goat
⊲ A goat can symbolise the need to take action with bravery and judgement in order to reach your goals.


I don't know, Professor Journal, but I don't think the teacups like me today. It keeps on giving me really weird symbols that aren't making a lot of sense to me. But this one seems to be a little more linked to me except the symbols are very scattered. Here, let me explain.

The first symbol I got was an octopus. I don't think anyone's trying to be possessive around me so I don't know what the symbol is trying to tell me. Maybe someone will become possessive? Or maybe it's telling me that I'm the possessive one? Could that possibly happen? I think so.

A medal came up next which means that in the next two weeks, I'll probably be getting some sort of reward for my achievements. That actually sounds really great! I mean, everyone likes to be recognised for their hard work, right? So I think I really like that one.

Then the last symbol that I noticed was a goat. This one actually is talking more about coming out of my comfort zone which doesn't link in with the last two symbols. Not really. Maybe something else will happen and that's what I need to do in the far future?

The tea was nice, though.

There. Done. Okay. Elwood would be okay with that, right?

As for Candy Girl... he looked up at her and smiled a little. "I got an octopus, a medal and a goat," he said, shrugging at her, "What did you guys get?" You know, for Ells and Mika too.

Alright. She might have been nervous at first as she took her cup in hand and gave the remaining liquid three quick swirls before she flipped the cup over into the saucer and let it sit there for a moment. Then, carefully she reached down and flipped the cup over. Her little heart hammering as she looked at the thing and well, segmented it for the reading.

Glancing at the handle are she glanced around the rim first – nothing all that stinking. A few little things came up to her as being very clear. For one, the tea was great…and she wanted more – the second thing was that this was boggling. And the third was that she didn’t want a tomato in her cup.

She did smile when she spotted the anchor near the rim of the cup. She liked anchors – they were like safety, a safe harbor in the middle of a rocky sea. She did however frown when she spotted the shape that looked kind of cherry like. Nope. No, that wasn’t good… she didn’t want that in her cup. Right…wasn’t that an emotional thingy for tea readings? Like feelings.

Something made her frown though when she saw the thing on the bottom of her cup. Hey! She didn’t deserve that one. She cared about her friends feelings…and was sensitive. She just wasn’t burst into tears while reading a sad book sensitive. More like frown now and then and give someone cookies she didn’t bake sensitive.

SPOILER!!: journal

Rim- Anchor
An anchor shows that you'll soon find an answer to a problem. An issue that has been causing you anxiety will soon be over. Friends will be very willing and co-operative.

Middle- Cherry.
A cherry is a powerful symbol of love and emotion.


Base- Deer
A deer may be willing you to try to be a little more sensitive to those around you.

Journal,
I don’t really feel that this fits…you know – anchors, yeah…I love them they are great, but I don’t think these teacups like me. Seriously. I’m a sensitive person – and the base was telling me to be ‘more sensitive’…unless it was telling me that I was an independent man – which I doubt that. Because I’m not masculine, I don’t think.

The first symbol that I got the anchor fits me, and my personality – and really answers my question. I wanted to know if I would find the answer to why a friend of mine is always awkward around me. And this, it tells me that, ‘yeah I will’…or, maybe it will calm down. Which would be great either way.

The second symbol I got – the one that is supposed to happen in the next two weeks – well, that was strange yeah. Romantic stuff in my two most recent readings; and seriously, unless its saying that my sister will meet a romantic knight in shining armor I doubt this will happen. Also, the cherry means that it’s a powerful symbol of love and emotion. I really hope that this isn’t a bad ‘love and emotion’ thing. Just for my own good. I don’t want something bad to happen in the next two weeks – because then that wouldn’t be good.

The last one I got – really, the conclusion of the deer threw me. Because as a rather sensitive person, (who might now show emotions easily), I do have emotions and am a rather sensitive person. I care about my friends and family and wouldn’t want anything to happen to them. This however might pertain to my friend – in a clear concise way of saying ‘if I was more aware, and more sensitive then I would know’. But does this mean that if I find out I will know?

The tea was great.

PS…I would love to donate some tea to the class if you need some for more assignments and everything.
Mika.

She glanced up to Lexa, Alec, and Ella and just smiled. “Oh…. I got, an anchor,” as she said it she twirled the anchor necklace she almost always wore around her finger. “Cherries…and a deer” she chuckled. “Better than the one I got the other day – a fairy.” She crinkled her nose a bit and felt all icky at that idea. Fairies meant love. Love meant emotions…and emotions meant – oh…so, the deer fit her.

"Okay....food?" She asked beaming at everyone even if a part of her wanted to run and hide from the emotions from that cup. "I still can't believe I got a deer...I mean - that means I need to be more sensitive" she frowned then laughed. "Eh...its better than getting a tomato." She beamed

"I like the good, so that's what I commented on." She shrugged dismissively, there was a bit more to what she decided to comment on, but why did that matter now? Now they had cake and both of them were happy about the cake they had and the gifts too.

Taking another bite of said cake, she nodded along approvingly. "Exactly, cake... all foods really, should make you happy, not sad. You should just avoid relating people with food all together." Things were just better that way. "We should take some back to the common room with us. To have for later."

"There's plenty of cake left. Whole thing, practically. Maybe you can give a piece to Alice. From me?" Mo eyed the rest of the cake as he mentally sized out how many pieces were left. All but two, really. He re-boxed the cake and set it back on the tea tray.

"Too bad, though, because I was going to relate you to scrambled eggs. What do you say to that?" Was she done eating her cake, or did she want another slice?

"I will, and I'll tell her it's from you." And she would probably eat most of it. Even if it wasn't from Mo, but especially because it was from him. Alice wasn't one to turn down food. She ate the food at the feast even. Dora would save a slice or two for herself since it was for her and Mo, and would be just rude to pass off the cake.

She grinned at him and wrinkled her nose simultaneously. "Scrambled eggs? I'm much better than eggs. Come up with another food to compare me to." It was still hard reading him, but she was starting to pick up on some of his more common faces. She held out her plate. "One for the road."

Ella listened to Alec and Mika share their symbols and they each got small smiles. Neither of them seemed too worried about their readings which was good, right? Right. "Oh I um...I got a vase, a snake, and a table." Shrug. "I guess my reading was accurate too. Or...well it seemed like it was on the right track." Mika got significant looks too for reasons. "What about you, Lex?" Curious Ella was curious.

Also...food? "Yes please." Nom. Nom. Nom.

A few days later, Dylan made the trek up to the Room of Requirement...For his final reading, he wanted it to be in a place where there would be no one else. Total privacy and whatnot. Also, he wanted to play some guitar after finishing up...and he didn't want other joining in...No offense to them, of course. Dylan just wasn't in the mood to deal.

Getting the door opened, he stepped through and sighed. It was set up simple, with a single mat in the very center of the room, a small coffee table for one person set in front of it...Bare necessities, indeed.

Making his way over, Dylan quickly put down all his things and took the spot in front of the table. Taking out all his tea-reading equipment, Dylan wasted no time in filling his cup with water and dropping tea leaves in it. The sooner he knocked this out of the way...the quicker he could jam some tunes.

After a few minutes, he lifted the cup with his left hand...as he'd done all the previous times and quickly drank the tea. He wasn't much of a fan, usually...but the stuff was starting to grow on him, the Captain had to admit.
Already knowing the following steps from repetition, he swished the amount that had been left over and carefully dumped it.

One breath..................Two breaths...........Three breaths..........

Notebook ready, Dylan lifted the cup and took a gander. A GANDER...The first symbol was some type of bird because he could clearly make out wings...and a weird beak...That was for the rim. The middle part looked to be a cow? maybe? It had horns...No, that'd be a bull. Okay, so the middle was a bull...and for the base, there was a....glass? It clearly looked like a glass to his eyes. So that's what he was going to go with.



Beginning to break each one down, he smirked. He'd asked it about Professor Bond...and his upcoming lesson. Dylan was curious and couldn't think of anything else to ask. The Slytherin didn't care about knowing things. He went with the flow...

The bird...is apparently advantageous...and announced the arrival of good news and luck. Dylan wondered how things would go...How would the Professor be? Hard? Unfair? What would his teaching style be? According to the bird, though...the Slytherin would be lucky in the lesson, maybe? Perhaps he'd have all the good answers. Next came the bull...for near future...An insult from foes. The Slytherin snorted. Like he cared at all about someone insulted him. Anyone who tried could and would get dismissed...and none too nicely.

The Glass meant that he needed to ask with integrity in situations...and he idly wondered about the lesson again. Or maybe it was referring to the previous symbol. Maybe he needed to act with more........

Tact.

Gah. THAT WORD. BEEZUS COULDN'T KNOW...For Merlin's sake, he'd never hear the end of it.

Either way, this was a lot to think about.

Pulling his notebook ONE LAST TIME, he got to writing down thoughts, feelings....All that about the reading.


After getting that jotted down and written out, he cleared away all the tea things and pulled his guitar case. He hadn't played in so long...and to be able to enjoy it privately...was a real treat.

Carefully removing Lux from her case, Dylan strummed experimentally and sighed...

Yea, he was going to be up here a while...

Alice was going into the RoR. Not because she was camping out there, mind you, because she WASN'T. Because the Headmistress said no and Alice was pretty sure she had eyes around the area and stuff. And it wasn't an issue anymore, because she had Oakey cuss jar money, so she was safe, but still. She kind of wanted to make sure no one else was camping in there, because if SHE wasn't allowed, then other people who didn't have the guts to be open about what they were doing weren't permitted either.

Hmph.

So she paced thrice, thinking clearly of what she wanted, and then strode into the door that appeared. And saw.. nothing.

Good. She was done here.

Dylan....felt terrible about letting Beezus down...in some ways. If he was being honest, he hadn't gotten the note in the first place...So, how could he have known he was meant to be somewhere...? It was what it was, though...and Bee was his girlfriend...and the Slytherin loved her very much. If he wanted things to go back to being okay, he'd have to make it up to her.

That was the law of things. Mess up and make it right.

So, doing just that, the Captain trekked up to the Room or Requirement, his guitar case and a satchel of stuff slung over his shoulder. There weren't too many beautiful places around the castle anymore...but the RoR could still be beautiful if he demanded it so.

Pacing in front of the special stretch of wall three times, the door appeared and he stepped inside. The setup was simple as it usually was when Dylan came here. Simple tall, shining windows, cream colored walls, and a single loveseat. The only things that had been added was the low-sitting table...and the two cushions on either side of it. Rather perfect for what he had planned, like always.

Moving further into the room, Dylan set his case and satchel down, and started laying out food items, all in plastic tupperware containers. The Slytherin Captain was not a stupid man. He'd gotten outside help. Backup.

Lastly came the jug of sweet tea. Just normal sweet tea. Chilled...because he'd had enough of the hot tea lately.

Dylan hoped she'd come...He's went through an awful lot of trouble in the space of a day...But it wasn't uncommon for him to do these things for her. He was always doing one thing or another for this girl...

"Fine." Beezus muttered to herself, followed by an exasperated sigh as she eyed the time on her watch rather closely. On her other hand was Dylan's note.....he was asking her to meet him at the Room of Requirement in thirty minutes. At first she didn't want to go. In fact, she planned to stood him up just as he did to her but she couldn't. Last minute change of mind happened and so here she was, standing in front of the enchanted wall opposite to the portrait of Barnabas the Barmy. For another few moments, she stopped and wanted to turn back....thinking that it would be good to not show up and let Dylan feel how she felt yesterday at breakfast. That was a really good idea.....but ugh, she just couldn't do it to him. She loved him more than that. And no matter how upset she was, she still wanted to see him.

So she walked past the entrance thrice with the Slytherin and where he was now in mind.

A door showed itself and she entered.

......"Dylan?"

Dylan was waiting, removing lids and casting heating charms on things when Beezus finally arrived. He didn't look up at her. Not right away...If he were being honest, the Captain would admit that he was almost scared to...

Instead, he continued setting up. Two glasses, two plates, two sets of silverware...REAL silverware...

Then she spoke his name. Good thing about that...the Ravenclaw didn't sound too upset...

Ahem.

"Hey, beautiful." Finally looking up, Dylan gave her a brilliant, flashy smile. ".....I'm glad you came."