"Oh wow, really? I never knew that." she said, looking at the Puff with interest. She then listened how he had been afraid of looking silly in front of her. She couldn't help but smile. That was actually kinda cute. "Aww, Jory Bear! You don't need to worry about looking silly in front of me. You know I'd never laugh at you, or make fun of you." she said with a nod, giving his hand a squeeze.

"Okay, I'll be RIGHT back! Enjoy your ice cream." she said giggling and winking at him before dashing out of the room at to the common room.



She soon returned, the gift in her hand. "Here it is!" she said, panting. Yes, she had just sprinted all the way to the common room, up to the girl's dorm, and back. Really fast. 'Cause she was THE FLASH! Teehee. Anywho. "Here you go," she said, handing it to him as she took a seat next to him. Okay, now open it! She couldn't wait to see how he liked it. "Happy Valentines Day." Ronnie beamed. In the bag there was a scrapbook filled with pictures of them and memories, a bag of cookies she'd made for him, and a watch.

"I know you wouldn't,'' Jory replied as he squeezed back Ronnie's hand. Being nervous sounded so crazy now. He was very comfortable around her so it was still a mystery as to why his nerves had gotten so worked up. He grinned as Ronnie stood up to leave. "I will!'' Nomnomnom.

.......

Jory looked up as Ronnie came sprinting back into the Room. "You know if you wanna go running we could do it out at the Lake,'' he said, standing up and leading her to the couch. His present! And it was Valentine's day? He had totally forgotten! "Happy valentine's day, Rons. I had forgotten about it.'' He never remembered the day anyway. Jory turned his attention to his presents. A scrapbook! Aww! Look at all the pictures of them. He smiled broadly as he went through the book. And the cookies! "Rons, these are so cool!'' He examined the badger cookies. "I don't wanna eat them.'' They were so...badgery. Jory gasped when he saw the watch with the Hallows. He liked it instantly. "Thank you very much, Rons'' he said as he slipped on the watch. The Puffer wrapped Ronnie in a hug once more.

She laughed. "Yeah, true. But I wanted to get it to you as soon as possible!" she told him as they both sat back down. She giggled as he said he had forgotten about Valentines Day. No biggie to her! She just wanted to see him open her present. Beaming at all his reactions, she hugged him back. "You're welcome! I'm really glad you like them." she said, squeezing him tight.

"Thanks, by the way," she suddenly said as she leaned back into the cozy couch. "For being there for me. It means a lot. You've made me feel loads better." she said quietly, looking at him and smiling. He really had helped her feel better, which was a surprise because today, Ronnie thought she'd be depressed. For like, the rest of her life. Of course, she was sad but..being around Jory lifted her spirits a lot and helped her forget all about her sadness.

Her eyes. That flickering. Uh oh. Out of natural instinct, the boy's tongue flew out to moisten his lips, his eyes focused entirely on her face. ... This... wasn't going to be awkward, right? "Yeah, he would be!" Nodnod. "And maybe happy if we went did some Astronomy." Although, Oculo Focalis was a weird spell. Cool but weird.

The girl seemed to be really confident about some of those things, like the fact that she thought he couldn't get her a bad present. "I like that you're so sure," Just saying. GRIN. "I'm glad too! And it does! It's like... nearly... having a real puppy!" Which he really really wanted but... there was time. Him and Tag did have a talk about this.

Alec grinned back at the girl and nodded. That was, before she started talking about the dino!talk which only made the boy chuckle. So... this wasn't too nerve wracking, yeah? "You taught me well, Captain Ellasaurus!" GRIN. "Anytime! I... it sounds like you put a lot of thought into this gift." Especially with the CD... he hadn't expected that at all. And he had the funny feeling he was going to annoy his Dad by blasting this over and over again during the summer holidays.

"Only if you're sure..." He did have gummy worms in there. And it was a pity he hadn't brought along some ice cream; perfect combination was perfect. He shook his head and grinned as the girl looked into the basket and at her gifts. Did he mention how nice this was...?

...

Okay, really, why was she looking into his eyes like that? Didn't she know that she had really pretty eyes? And sometimes he just liked... looking... into them... Wait, what was she saying? Promising? Him? ... Uh oh. She was practically asking him to explain his feelings! He couldn't do that! "Erm... I..." He blinked a couple of times and took a deep breath before continuing, "Erm... just, erm... see, promise rings are usually given to someone to tell them that you'll be loyal and faithful," Worst way to start an explanation ever. "And that's what I'm promising. I mean... I know you know how I feel and... erm... it's just my way of promising that I'm not leaving... And that I love you." Was that good enough?

Evil Summers was evil, okay? Ella leaned forward slightly and bit her lip, feeling the butterflies in her stomach going all crazy again. This was all his fault too, by the way. Crazyboyfriendwithhisnicelipsandhair. "Yeah...maybe." What were they talking about again? Ella had lost all focus for reasons. Ahem.

"I just believe in you, is all." BEAM. He knew that though, didn't he? She hoped so. "Is it?" Grin. "Well it'll be good company until you get an actual dog with Tag." Yup, she knew all about this. She approved too and was totally okay sharing her boyfriend with Sir Sassy-pants. He was good people.


"You're a fast learner so it was my pleasure?" Giggle. What were they even saying? It was nice though, being able to talk nonsense with Alec. She really didn't mind what they were talking about as long as they were talking. The blonde tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and nodded, feeling a bit sheepish about how much time she had spent on the gift. "I thought about it for a while...and I'm happy it worked out." And she totally had a copy of that CD for herself, y'know. Not that she'd ever tell him that.

"I'm sure." Grin. She could hold off for food.

...

And suddenly his nerves made sense. Ella looked from him to the ring and back, a nervous smile on her face. This...wasn't that big of a deal, yeah? He was just...promising to...y'know...*blink* be loyal and faithful? That... sounded really grown up and Ella nodded, biting her lip slightly cause she didn't know what to say. Her smile broadened as he finished his speech and she reached out to touch his face gently. "I really like this. Erm love it, even. And I love you too. Lots." GRIN.

The blonde then slid the ring on to her right hand and smiled down at it. "Nice fit, yeah?"

Jory did like them. All three. He was certainly going to wear this watch everyday. "These cookies, though,'' he said, still in awe of them. "Honestly, Rons, I'll find it difficult to eat them. Did you bake them?'' They were so creative! And as for the scrapbook, he knew for sure he would be looking through it every time he missed Ronnie.

Grabbing his ice cream container again, Jory sat back. "You don't have to thank me,'' he told Ronnie with a smile. "I'm just glad I could make you feel better. Even if it's a little bit.'' Because it practically tore him up too, seeing her sad like that.

Still chowing down, Eliza didn't even hear the swinging open of the big doors to her ice cream wonderland. She just carried on, eating and slurping from her pretty spoon in her pretty bowl that she had decided to use. The whole eating straight from the mound was good, but she wanted to feel more mobile. Bowls helped with that. She was so intent on it in fact that she didn't even notice someone standing right next to her until....she heard her name. She jumped a few inches off the ground, spoon held in mouth for dear life, and sent the bowl flying straight upwards to the ceiling. Her eyes buldged, she pulled her wand out instinctively, but and seeing it was only Lex and not some big crazy monster or something - her eyes shot to the bowl as she called out as quickly as she could, "Wingardiumleviosa!!!!"

The bowl slowed in its decent and she coaxed it down easily back into her hands. "Well that was a close one," she said nodding at Lex. She situated the bowl in her hands and scooped some more ice cream into it. "Oh I was just wandering around and I thought, hey...I want LOADS of ice cream. And not just any ice cream you know, but all of it. So I came here and wished and thought all I could and here I am and look at this place!!! It's amazing right?" She was so excited to show off her wish come true that she didn't immediately wonder why or how Lex was there. As she stood, turning and admiring her vision's manifestation, it hit her. "Hey wait...how are you in my room?" She skewed an eyebrow at her lion friend. Did she read my mind? Is she a legilimens?!?.....Or wait. "Were you wandering around looking for ice cream too?!" Cause that would make them wishing twins and that was kind of cool.

At any rate, she was glad Lex was there with her now, cause it was always more fun to share ice cream than to eat it alone. "I wonder if anyone else will find this place with us...We could have an ice cream PARTY!!" Party party party party!!

And then she had a super idea. It was still pretty cold out and she hadn't had a chance to make any snow angels yet so..."Ice cream angels!!!" she cried as she lept backwards onto a heap of plain vanilla ice cream. It was FREEZING but she didn't care. She started laughing and smiling and swiping her arms and legs back and forth on the hill of frozen sugar. The heat from her body made the ice cream begin to melt and dribble around the edges of her and soon she was sliding down from the mound and back to the ground. She stood and turned to review her masterpiece. "Well, it's a little sloppy, but it's still the best ice cream angel I've ever seen!" And with that, she took a slender finger and wiped up some of the vanilla and popped it into her mouth. Who cared about dirt anyway? This was ICE CREAM. And her robes were soaked and cold, but...ICE CREAM.

Laughing, she nodded. "Yes, I did bake them and you can eat them. I'd be more than happy to make you more anytime you want!" she said, beaming. It was true. Ronnie loved cooking and did it whenever she could (and whenever she had the ingredients too of course). She could never get tired of it. Ever!

She smiled warmly at him, and leaned over to kiss his cheek before grabbing her container of ice cream as well. As she began to take little bites, she looked at Jory thoughtfully. A smile spread across her face. "So, Jory," she began. "What's the most embarrassing moment you've ever had in your life?" she asked, smirking. This was a question she asked most people...as in, her close friends and family of course. It was always funny seeing what they had to say, and how red their faces got.

"Well then, I guess I'd better taste them,'' Jory said , grabbing one of the badger cookies. He bit into it and chewed. "These are excellent, Rons!'' he said and took another bite. They certainly were delicious. And she'd make for him anytime! "You might regret saying that,'' he added with a sly grin. "I happen to love cookies.'' An idea suddenly struck him. "Hey, do you think you could make them in the shape of some superheroes sometime?'' Because that would be so cool!

Most embarrassing moment? Jory had a few that he would like to erase from his memory. "You like watching people squirm, don't you, Rons?'' he asked jokingly. "Well, the one I remember most vividly happened when I was about seven, I think. And I involved cookies.'' Dramatic pause while he took another bite of the cookie. "Anyway, I was over at one of mom's friend's house because school was out and everything and mom had to take my sister to the doctor and dad was at work. So, her friend gave me cookies and milk and everything and I guess I wanted more after I was done eating so, I told the lady I was going to take the dishes to the kitchen.'' Pause. Here comes the embarrassing part. Jory could feel his face beginning to grow warm and knew he was going to go all red in a while. "As soon as I got to the kitchen, I hunted around until I found the cookie jar. It was high up and I couldn't reach it so I grabbed a chair to climb on. I was about to grab a couple of cookies when she walks in.'' Okay. For sure his face was all red now. "Erm, I just stared at her feeling so guilty and I convinced myself right there and then that my dad was going to lock me up in jail or something.'' As his dad was a detective and all.

Yes. That was pretty much it. "Mom's friend was cool about it though. She didn't tell my parents'' Which was a good thing because he couldn't imagine how his parents would had punished him. Jory supposed he was shy about asking for more cookies. Really, what had he been thinking? Asking would have been better that stealing.

She leaned in a bit, watching as Jory bit into her cookie. She sat there, watching his reaction and her lips curved into a smile. He liked them! Hooray! Well, most people liked her cookies. Like that one time at the Quidditch victory party she made in the common room...she had made everyone Gryffindor cookies and cupcakes and they all loved them. Hehe! Ronnie then laughed. "I wouldn't mind making them every day if it meant making you happy." she said, giving him a kiss. Oh! Superheroes? That was a good idea, why had she never thought of it? "That sounds awesome! How about when you come over for dinner? I'll make a bunch!" she told him. She couldn't wait!!! Eeep!

Nodding, she giggled. Now, time to get comfortable, this would probably be a long story. She sat in a criss-cross-applesauce position, her ice cream in her lap. Her head leaned forward, listening intently as he told her the story. She grinned when he finished, laughing. "Awwww!" she said, laughing some more. "That's seriously so cute. You were probably SOO adorable when you were little!" she giggled.

She would make them for him every day? Aw. Jory grinned. "I'll get fat,'' he joked. Nah. He wasn't going to let that happen. Plus, he was one of those persons that ate a lot and hardly gained any weight. "Great!'' he said. "Are you taking requests?'' he asked. Because he would definitely like to tell her which to make more of. "I didn't know you were into baking so much,'' the Puffer added. "You like cooking?''

Jory laughed along with Ronnie. Up until now, he had never thought of it as funny only as embarrassing. He still saw his mom's friend and she still teased him about cookies. She was a good sport. He grinned. "I'll ask mom to show you my baby photos when you come visit us,'' he said. "So, what's you most embarrassing moment?'' he asked as he scooped some ice cream up with a badger cookie.

Ronnie laughed. "Then maybe we shouldn't make them every single day," she grinned, poking him. Oh, requests? Yes, yes. The lion nodded. "Of course! I'll make ya aaaanything you want!" she said. Even if it was hard. She always liked a good challenge. Then Jory was asking about her cooking. It was quite obvious she just loved it! "Oh, yes, I LOVE cooking. Ever since my grandmother let me help make pie at her house when I was about seven, I've fell in love with it." she explained. Her grandmother...she hadn't seen her since her parents gave her up for adoption. "I wonder how she's doing," she thought curiously to herself. Perhaps she should try to owl her or something soon.

BABY PHOTOS! EEEEP! Jory must prepare himself for some ultimate squealing then. 'Cause she loved babies. And Jory was probably a super adorable baby. "OHMYGOSH! Yay! I can't wait! I'll do the same. I was a pretty cute baby. And kid as well." she smiled. When she was a baby, she had such bright orange, curly hair. It was quite cute.

Oh! Now it was her turn to share. She laughed, trying to think in her head. Hmmm... there were quite a few embarrassing moments in her life, being the clumsy girl she was so it was hard to come up with one. WAIT! OH! SHE HAD ONE! "Okay, so this is really embarrassing but, the day my new family took me home, my new parents were showing me around the house. And it was quite big." she said, thinking hard back to this moment. "We went out to the backyard where the pool was and there was a bunch of people. It was a surprise party for me, it was my new grandparents and cousins and such. Oh! And some of my parents friends. Anyway, I went out and met everyone and as I was walking, meeting all of my new family, I didn't see where I was going and slipped into the pool, making an awfully huge splash. Water got on everyone." she said, her cheeks starting to blush. Oh jeez. It was a great first impression, really...

Jory laughed. "If it will make you feel better,'' he said. ''But I'll stick to my exercise routine, so you don't have to worry about that.'' He flexed his arm muscles. "And I'll make you work out with me, Rons.'' And request lines were open! "Great! I want Marvel heroes and Loki.'' Yup. Because Loki was one of his favourite villains of all time. "Please,'' he added with a grin and what he hoped were puppy eyes. "Oh you can make pies, too!'' Great! Jory loved food and Ronnie can cook. Perfect combination. "I like apple pies,'' he said with a nod. "Just giving you a heads up.''

"Well, I dunno if I were a cute baby,'' the Puffer said. "But I guess I was good looking.'' Hehe. "And I can't wait to see your pictures too!'' No doubt Ronnie had been adorable! Not that she wasn't now. She had probably gotten even more adorable!

It was now Jory's turn to burst out laughing. Sobering up he said, ''That was so funny! "The poor people in the splash zone!'' He started laughing again. "But I bet they weren't angry or anything, right?'' Because really, who could stay mad at Ronnie?

Her eyes widened a little and her heart fluttered when he flexed his arm muscles. WOW...those were...nice...she wanted to reach out and feel them but decided not to, as that would be a bit...weird. Heh heh. She shook her head, trying to look as calm and normal as possible. What? Ronnie? Staring and freaking out over Jory's muscles? Naww. No way. SHE WAS DOING NONE OF THIS. Just erm...right. Where were they? "Oh, really? I'd love to work out with you!" she said laughing and flexing her own puny arms for him. Yeah, they needed a bit of work. They were pretty much like little twigs. Hehehe.

Loki cookies! *nod nod* She made a mental note in her head to make him his Marvel (including Loki) cookies. Grinning at his adorable face, she chuckled. "How could I ever say no to that face? I'd be more than happy to, love." she told the cute Puffer. Oh he liked applie pies too! Making another mental note in her head, she smiled at him. "Okey dokey!" she said.

"Naw, I'm sure you were an adorable baby!" she exclaimed. He was probably the cutest little guy ever! She couldn't wait. Smiling, she nodded. "I can't wait to show you!" Really, she couldn't. This would be so fun! Looking at baby pictures and getting to know each other's families.

The lion chuckled softly, shaking her head. "They weren't too mad. They laughed really hard, actually, making it more embarrassing." she laughed with a small sigh.

How was it she'd managed to find this perfect place in a school this broke? This room was pure magic and there was no other explanation. She was going to eat herself into a sugar coma or something and you know what? She didn't even care. The only problem would come if she started throwing up because good ice-cream was never meant to be wasted like that.

She giggled at Eliza being all silly until she realized she'd caused her to nearly lose her ice-cream. Oops! Not her intention at allllllll. Lucky the girl saved it because not a drop in this room should go to waste--

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Duuuuude, what'd she JUST say??? She watched with horrified looks as Eliza plopped down in the ice-cream and proceeded to tarnish it in the name of ice-cream angels. With every flap of the girl's arms she felt a knot in her stomach getting tighter and tighter.

"Stooooooooooooooop!, You're waaaaasting it!!! Ice-cream's for EATING!!!" Major flailing going on over here at the moment. "It's meant to go in your mouth and be swallowed, whether you digest or not is between you and your stomach but you get the idea!!!" Serioooously, don't make the magic place think they were ungrateful and take it all back. She wanted to eat all this stuff!!

Ronnie was looking at him ...funny? weird? "Are you oaky?'' Jory asked, completely oblivious to the fact that his muscle flexing was causing her to go all gaga. Not that he had much muscle or anything. Great! She had agreed to work out with him. "We could do those early morning walks or jogs like we did at the Lake,'' he suggested. He would like those early morning workouts. Hardly anyone would be around to bother them.

The Puffer grinned. "Mom says I was a cute baby but I suppose all the cuteness evaporated as I grew up.'' Hehe. "So, Rons,'' he continued as he reached for another cookie. "Were you a mischievous child? My dad told me I used to take random things like cups and toys and books and lay them in a straight line. I suppose I used to pretend I was a sales person or something.'' Jory took a bite of the cookie. Everyone remembered what he did as a kid except him. All those weird and embarrassing stuff.

BLINK. That leaning forward? That lip biting? Did he know what she was doing to him? Really? She had to know, right? There was no way she could be doing this by accident. He grinned sheepishly and ruffled his hair, not knowing what to say back to her other than, "Yeah..."

"It's nice that you do, you know," he said, reaching over and giving her a gentle poke on the nose. ... "Yeah, it is!" And... he didn't need to tell her that he sometimes pretended it was an actual puppy for future puppy!practice. Or... something. "I... you actually remember things like that?" GRIN GRIN GRIN.

"Thanks! You should consider it as a career choice," he said, jokingly, grinning widely at her. Although, he was pretty sure he could see her looking after elephants instead. And then having them wave simultaneously at her as she left for her house. Yeah, that was possible. ... Alec blinked back to reality just in time to catch her tucking a lock of her hair behind her ear. That was another thing she really shouldn't be allowed to do around him. "Yeah? Did it take you a long time to put it all together?" he asked, his eyes flicking down to look at the CD for a couple of seconds before looking back up at the girl.

"Awesome!" GRIN.

...

This was really nerve-wrecking. Because the words that he had spent so long practising back at the dorm were now said. So his part was done and... well... it was up to the girl to accept it or not. Which, judging by her words and the way she was touching his face, she sort of did! "You do? Really? It's not a lame idea?" ... Wait... "I mean... I'm really glad!"

"Yeah, erm... it looks really great on your hand..." Also, he was really glad she had slid the ring on a finger on her right hand. Just saying.

Much to his surprise, Asher found himself in a room filled with windows. In fact, the windows were so large, he was nervous to get too close for fear he would fall out. Smiling at his find, Asher began his search for Polaris. He gazed out of several of the windows before his eyes fell upon Polaris. "There it is." He said and pulled out his parchment and began noting its location. "This is such a wonderful spot."

Great. So he'd noticed. She quickly shook her head. "I'm fine! I was just thinking for a minute about..." Come on Ronnie, think! "..if I had any homework to do." she finished. Well, that was a pretty lame excuse but hopefully Jory would buy it. Heh heh. The red head then nodded when he mentioned doing the walks and jogs again. "That'd be great! I'd be more than happy to." she told him, smiling.

Awww. Jory was too cute. "You probably got waaay cuter. And really handsome, too." she added, grinning and giving him a kiss on the cheek. Then he was asking if she had been mischievous. Heh heh. Of course she had been! In fact, she still was kind of, come to think of it. Laughing at what he said about the toys and things, she took a few more bites of her ice cream. Aww! Jory had to be the cutest kid ever. "Yeah, I was quite mischievous." She nodded, thinking back to something she'd done as a kid. "Oh! Like when I was real young, about five or so, I had found this dead mouse and thought it'd be funny to put it in my mum's bed so that when she went to sleep, she'd freak out. So I did and hid in their closet and sure enough, as soon as she got in bed she did the most loudest scream EVER!" Ronnie began laughing hard at the memory. "She was so loud and freaked out that our neighbors came by to check on us. Boy that was funny, and so worth being punished after." she giggled.

After noting the location of Polaris on his parchment, Asher took out his Sextant and began to calculate the proper location. "OK, so latitude is 90 degrees and I need to subtract the angle." Holding the sextant up and to the sky, Asher continued to figure on the angle. "Hmm, I think that is 42 degrees." He wrote down the angle on his parchment.

"That wasn't too bad." he gather his things and looked around the mysterious room one last time before heading towards the door. "I hope I can find this place again. It's really neat."

Homework? It was a weird time to be thinking about homework, wasn't it? Jory looked intently at Ronnie and then shrugged. Maybe the topic had just popped into her head. "Do you have any you need help with?'' he asked. He could help her. No problem. "I've only got that Ancient Runes Project to complete.'' But then studying took up a great deal of his time so it was kind of a relief not to have much homework. Now Jory grinned. "Prepare to jog like you've never jogged before, Rons!''

The badger went all red again. ''Thank you, Angel!'' He kissed her on her cheek. He listened as Ronnie narrated the story then burst out into another hearty laugh. "Your poor mother,'' he exclaimed. "The funniest part is the neighbours rushing over though!'' He could just imagine his dad, a part of the crowd, racing over to the house brandishing his weapon. Detectives. Heh. "What was your punishment?'' Jory asked curiously.

What...was going on? More importantly, why was there no leaning on his end? She was totally doing her part here with the leaning but he was just ruffling and not leaning and WHY YOU NO LEAN, BOYFRIEND? The blonde fought a frown really hard and sat up a little straighter cause apparently kissing wasn't happening. Sigh. "Yeah." Also, she still had no idea what they were talking about.

The poke on the nose earned a giggle and Ella returned the favor, poking his chin gently. "How could I not? You're brilliant." That made believing that he could do anything really easy, y'know. She was feeling really happy about the puppy!stuffy thing too. Like...it made her feel really really happy knowing that he liked it so much. She GRINNED at him and shrugged at his question. "Course I do." She was observant, didn't he know?

Giggle! "Do it as a job?" He was funny, Alec was. "I'll have to keep that in mind when I'm talking to Hadley about career choices." She was kidding, obviously, but it did get her thinking about stuff. She wasn't behind in talking to Hadley, was she? She snapped out of her own thoughts and watched Alec as he seemed lost in his. What...was he thinking about, anyway? The blonde just watched and grinned. She liked the view, y'know. "I um...a long time?" How long was considered long, exactly. "Will you think I'm really silly if I told you I spent a long time thinking about it?" Sheepish smile and some hand wringing for the sixteen year old as she eyed the hair ruffler. He wouldn't think she was lame, would he?

...

He seemed relieved and Ella tilted her head, wondering if he'd imagined that she'd say she hated it or something. Silly really, considering Ella liked anything Alec-related. "Mhm, I do. You got it for me." That said it all right there, didn't it? She grinned at him and leaned to give him a proper hug, all smiles now. "Thankyou,Alec." For everything.

The blonde looked down at her hand and smiled a little, nodding her head. "I think so too." Nudge. "Food now, boyfriend?" Cause the ring would look just as pretty on a hand holding a gummy worm. Just saying.

Sarah was eager to dance. She had heard that Nessie was going to WADA and Sarah had arranged with her to meet at in the Room Of Requirement. This DADA assignment was fun. She thought about what she needed.. she needed a room to dance in. She pictured a few things and walked inside. Her steps echoed due to the vast space and the wooden floors. There was a wall lined with mirrors and in them Sarah could see her black flowy skirt with her exercise pants sticking out. There was an open closet in the corner that contained all kinds of dancing shoes. What should she wear? Music was playing and that made Sarah want to dance even more. There was a bookshelf with many books on all kinds of dancing, there was even a whole wardrobe of clothes for dancing… This was great. She chose a pair of shoes and sat down on the floor, starting her warm ups. Nessie could be there soon. As she stretched her calves she noticed all the different intruments that were there to? Thankfully they had music already playing, or else someone needed to play.

She had not stretched in a while.. so she was not ready to do splits in the beginning of the session. Meanwhile point and flex. Point and flex. The music was great for dancing. She loved how the RoR always had what she needed.

Dancing. It had been a passion of Nessie's since she had been a little girl and now, next term instead of being at Hogwarts she'd be off to study dance which like any dancer had been a dream of hers since forever. But till then, she'd enjoy Hogwarts till the very last minute, as well as still dance in the RoR, her usual place of practice.

Today somebody would be joining her though and she was okay with that, she liked company anyways. Always made things more exciting and fun. Walking past the room three times, she wished for the room Sarah was in and then as the door appeared she entered inside and smiled at the kiddo that was already stretching on the floor. Good, because the quicker stretching was over the better.

"Hey!" Sarah got some quick smiles.

With her Nessie carried a small bag, that she reached inside to grab her shoes and her dancing skirt. She first put her skirt over her tight pants that she had been wearing and her shoes, she plonked on the wooden floor before replacing her barefeet with them. After that was done her own stretching began.

First, she rolled her shoulders, then her head and eventually she sat with her legs right in front of her stretched as she touched her toes whilst laying her head on her knees. But she wasn't done..with her stretching could even take up to half an hour at times.

Sarah had been lying on the floor when Nessie walked in and did not even jerk up to say hi. "hi" she said from the floor. She then raised her right leg stretched brought it down and bent it. She did it a few times, even when it got tired and then switched legs. Good, hamstrings are great.

Then she pulled herself up and put her legs in butterfly position, her feet against each other and knees bent.. slowly she began to push down on them and soon her knees were just off the floor. That was what happened when you did not practice enough.

After three minutes of sitting she went up to the barre that lined the wall that had mirrors and Sarah put her leg on it. Slowly she began to bend her knee that was on the grand and she could feel the stretching. She leaned forward. It hurt, yet it worked.

Then Sarah used her wand hand to hold her right leg and remove it from the barre and hold it aloft in the air. She used to be able to shoulder it, yet now she was out of practice, so it just was high.

She did a few more warm ups and then returned to the centre and waited for Nessie to finish.