Oh, Marion Burbage, may she rest in peace. How wonderful of her to create such a place though. Moving closer to the fountain, she vaguely noticed the stone plaques to the left of the fountain, though the words were difficult to make out in the night. There were too many shadows. Not that her attention was on them long enough to read.

What was this? He made her an ice cream rose!?

"Oh, wow...thank you." She took the sweet rose with a smile just as sweet, inspecting the nutella bits upon it before her gaze flickered upwards to him. This wasn't a date. This waaaaasn't a date. "It's magnificent. You're skills vith experimenting vith your food astound me." Yes, she was teasing him a little. Giggling softly, she glanced back down to the rose, only to notice and remember what she had brought.

"Oh erm, I brought my nutella. Like promised." She held the little bag, dangling on the edge of her fingers, along with his clean and cat hair free jacket. Well, maybe cat hair free. "And you left your jacket in the tree house."

What was he doing up here again? Oh yeah, he was going to go play drums on Glitter Trouser's office door until it chipped. Heh. Ascanius wanted to see how OCD girly!man handled an imperfection on his door. Amusing? Yeah.

But looking back up at Nigel he decided against telling him that. Then he'd be collateral and he couldn't have people knowing it was HIM who had been messing around on the door. Pfft. That was just stupid.

So he shrugged, set his glare and replied, "Nothing. And you?" Besides being an idiot, yeah?

He was probably messing with Flamsteed. Probably has something to do with Lint or the show he likes. Ascanius must dislike him or he wouldn't have made the trip up. Pretty long way from the dungeons he is.

Nigel shrugged when asked the same question.

"Just came here to get away from crazy hufflepuffs that wanted to pet my head." Nobody touches the hair unless they have permission. Merlin. "And write some music and play guitar. It is pretty quiet up here."

Quiet is Nice.

Seriously though, he and Glitter Trousers had a long overdue visit and his drumsticks were about to tear up his door, 'cause why not. Smirk. Ascanius knew that he could do it and get away with it and, well, why not? Limits were there to be pushed and FLAMSTEAD never had a problem pushing them. SO he needed to get going was his point.

AH yeah, the yellow ones. Why were they always hugging or touching people? A little thing called personal space went a LONG way, yeah? Yeah. So he nodded and continued on, "That's cool. And I'm not a guitar person. Drums." He swirled his around in his hand just to make a point.

Astro lesson 3 polaris systems 1
 

Sarah did not want to venture any further from the castle, yet on her way up she remembered she had not done the last part. The part about finding the systems. The part where she had to use that spell on her eyes. It was not the spell itself that she dreaded yet rather the drops she had to put in her eyes afterwards. The fact that was in an area where someone died, at night did not bother her so much, well as long as she did not think of it that way. Still there were some students around.

Now for the dreaded step. "Oculo FFFFocalis" she casted on her eyes. She was not concentrating as she was worried about the drops afterwards. "Oculo Focalis" she tried again, alas the nerves were still present. She attempted to clear her mind once more "Oculo Focalis" she did. WHOA it had worked.

If it were day she could magnify into the algea in the pool... very cool indeed. However it was dark and time was running out so she could not do that. She had to find the polaris systems instead

Astronomy Lesson 3-the spell 1
 

So Forrest climbed all the stairs back to the seventh tower, as being outside after the Sun had set creeped him out. He was going to perform and fail at the spell HERE. He had his worries--his DEEPEST worries--because his wand would be pointed at his EYES and what if he performed a blinding charm instead of that star-gazing thing? He shuddered at the thought. But it was for Professor Flamsteed. If only he had half of his faith in himself...

He looked at the sky and sighed. His eyes would be okay. Nothing would happen to them. Really. He would still be able to see well. At this point, he was much less concerned with casting the spell correctly than with the well-being of his eyes. He closed and opened and closed his eyes again. Did he have to? Couldn't he just--just--lie to the man? He gasped at the thought as his eyes were open in that instant with fear. That would be the wrongest thing to do. He shooed away the thought with immediate effect and retrieved his wand from his robes' pocket.

Deep breaths... But he wouldn't KNOW if we lied--SHUT UP AND TAKE DEEP BREATHS.

Then, without warning his negative-logic, his positive-logic pointed the wand on his eyes and cast the spell quickly and with determination.

"Oculo focalis!" And he tapped.

He wasn't blind, was he?

Astro lesson 3 polaris systems 2
 

WHOA.. It really was strange so magnified and all. She lay on her back and stared up a the sky. GORGEOUS VIEW and all. Now she need Polaris... there was Draco so that meant that Polaris was.. there.... Zooming in more she began to aquaint herself with the triplets. The names of them were A,B and Ab. Someone was very creative. She found Ab and A almost immidiately.. where was B? It was funny as before she had seem them as one thing and therefore the fact that B was not right there was okay. B B B . Where is B. There it is! Great she had found it all.

She did a bit more gazing until finally she gave up/ "Finite" she casted. NORMAL again. Oh no. DROPS. She was dreading returning to the classroom. She would need help with the drops. YUCK. She picked up her things and made her way indoors. Too much night time things for her

Astronomy Lesson 3-the spell 2
 

After counting to ten, Forrest opened one eye. He saw--he wasn't blind!1111!!!1!1!--and moreover, the spell had WORKED! LIKE, IT WORKED! His other eye went open and WOW LOOK AT THAT everthing was VERY close and BIG and it WORKED and--words failed him and he started clapping and jumping around himself. He had obviously forgotten about his butt, but soon enough he stopped and searched for somewhere to hold on. He was easily dizzy, and with this spell it would be extra powerful so.

Polaris. Professor Flamsteed. Astronomy. Yes.

Looking up at the sky, he giggled at the breath-taking close-up view of sky. Why hadn't he performed this spell before? He would do it from now on and come here and just watch the sky. It was so, so calming! He even let his eyes wander on their own as he gasped here and there at the beauty of stars--the very stars his mother had been gazing a few hours ago--but every spell wore out eventually, so... Polaris. Of course.

Narrowing his eyes thoughtfully, he searched the sky more slowly this time and after 30 seconds' search, he was gazing at what he thought was Polaris A. And soon enough, he was looking at Polaris B, and that small thing must be Polaris Ab. Good thing he had listened to Professor well, or else he could never remember the pictures.

Task was complete, but he didn't think 40 minutes was up yet. So, he decided to star-gaze and think about his mum until the charm wore out.

...

After about five seconds, when his vision was normal, he got up and headed to the Astronomy classroom.

"That a talent from childhood or just discovered this year?" With their, unique food choice. Speaking of food, it was a bit hard to stop glancing at the ice cream rose every now and then. How in the world had she not thought of doing something like this before?

Aaaand speaking of the ice cream rose, "So, you're sure, you brought the ice cream, right?" she asked with a much forced serious expression, pointing at him somewhat before the smile started to fight it's way to show. He made it rather clear he brought the cold dessert. Which was excellent, because she didn't have the heart to eat the rose creation. It was too perfect!

Nodding a bit, she moved around slowly, more towards the plaques to read them before pausing to glance back to Airey once he posed THAT question. "Oh, no, I..." Maybe? ".........no. I-I'm fine. Thank you." AHEEEEM. Looking everywhere else, biting the inside of her cheek, she finally turned her gaze upwards to the sky while heading over to one of the benches. OH! "Don't think ve could've picked a better night to be up here."

"Riigght." Typically having a disapproval of playing with one's food, she could possibly maybe perhaps make an exception for tonight. Because of awesomeness that had happened. Plus Airey's happiness seemed to be contagious, having found herself grinning as he did. She was more than happy that he had brought it.

OH??! Was there really?? "Are you serious?!" DOUBLE gasp! Automatically looking back up towards the sky as if the comet was going to fly by AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT, Medea sloooowly sat beside Airey, and just as slooooowly taking out her wand to hover the ice cream rose next to her. Free hands were needed to eat the other ice cream. "Do you know ven it is to fly by? Or if it has a name?"

If they named stars, they should name the comets, right? And this bowl of ice cream was totally hers, RIGHT? It was hers now. Taking a bite, she smiled and stared up at the sky. Ice cream. Bringing happiness and joy since.......whenever it was invented.

"Oh, I find that hard to believe." Nuuuudge. Surely he joked when it came to astronomy. Whatever the case, she MUST agree that it was simply wonderful that it was a clear night sky on this particular night. It was one treat right on top of the other! It was a HAPPY SUNDAE. Sundae. Sunday.

Riiight!??

"Excellent! OOH, interesting watch." Shifting around so one foot was folded underneath her, she took another bite of the ice cream, just in time for him to give a suggested name of the comet...and for a freezing piece of ice cream and nutella to hit her face. SHUDDER. Oooooooh, that was cooold.

Mouth agape, she turned her gaze to him, before scooping out a little bit of HAPPY GOODNESS ice cream, heavenly nutella included, from her bowl and smearing it on his nose.

Giggle...

Honest to Merlin, she was hesitant to laugh with him, though WHY...was a mystery. But with the chilly treat being smeared all over her cheeks, she didn't care. Haha. "EEEEP! AIREY!" Hahaha. Giggle. Hahahaha. HAHAHAHAHA! Oooooh coooold. Frozen temperatures aside, she scooped up more ice cream and FLICKED it towards him while trying to dodge his hands.

Flick! FLICK FLICK! SMEEEAAAAR on his cheek!ear.

NUUUUU! Laughing, Medea turned her head the other way as the onslaught of ice cream was flung towards her, scurrying to stand up. What did'ya know?? Ice cream brought more than just delicious happiness! Though she was only able to fling just a little more of the sweet treat towards Airey before trying to duck and cover. "OKAY! OKAAAY! YOU VIN!" she snickered, glancing up at him from under her arms.

...OH! What a perfect time to do so!

She stood up, pointing to the sky behind him. "Is that the..." COMET? WAS THAT THE COMET??? Seriously, was that the comet or something else since clearly she hadn't seen one before.

Oh dear, she dropped her spoon...

A chilly breeze suddenly passed through the hedges and flower beds of the tower patch, finding it's way into every nook and cranny. Spring must have been in close contact with Winter, for the chill in the air seemed to settle in the area, unwilling to leave. Was the fountain turning icy? Or was that just the moonlight playing tricks?

& The Narrator
 

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Oooooh the ice cream sure got cold on one's skin in the spring air, didn't it. Eesh.

There was plenty of "Ooooh's" and "Awwww's" to go around the whole school while she watched the comet pass by. Starting to HAPPily bounce on the heels of her feet, she tapped Airey's arm with her ice cream covered hand, pointing to the comet with the other. Tap tap. TAP! SLAP SLAP SLAP GRAB THE TIE! PULL THE TIE!

"Aireeeeeey!" Yaaaank the tie! "SHOULD'VE BROUGHT A CAMERAAA!"

GAH! What a perfectly HAPPY moment they could've captured! FOREVER AND EVER! Oh gosh. Just look at it. And the sky in general. It was endless wonder. Sighing quietly, her grip on the tie loosened a little. "You ever just look up there and vonder if someone is staring back?"

Blissful was an utterly perfect word for now. Perhaps she finally achieved total inner peace that she'd worked so hard to obtain during all these years in just a few seconds. She could float! All that happiness just rushing in every inch of her veins, AND AIREY WAS SINGING! He had a truly amazing voice. Thoughtlessly, she gripped the tie again, smile growing as she stared up at the comet.

Pardon? It took a moment for her to process just what he asked, and even then it wasn't quite clear to her until she looked to him. Tearing her gaze away from the comet, her own words were caught in her throat when his lips were suddenly on hers. Processing. Prooooocessssing...

Oh...
_____...kay.

Oh my. Should she...umm...time seemed to...the comet...butterflies...ice cream...

What?

If...

Oh, he pulled away.

Still so close though. "Vow." she repeated, a small giggle escaping her. Er, where did that come from? Ahem. Still...still floating? Oh, wow, indeed. Toes maybe curled. Blissful was still an utterly perfect word too. And all that HAPPYYYYY-ness and joy still rushed through her. And he was STILL so close. If she...just tilted upwards a little...

No. Nooooooo. No noo. Maybe? Yes?

No. Ahem. No, that was...no. Somehow. No. Realizing she was gripping his tie as if it'd prevent the end of the world, she let it go and patted it slightly. Nutella and ice cream covered. And wrinkly. "Sorry..." Oops?