Taylor spotted Raven about the same time as Raven spotted her. "Hey!" Tay beamed. She liked Raven a lot as a... an acquaintance and she hoped to make her into a friend but didnt know too much about her yet. "It is Raven, right?" Taylor hugged the girl then stepped away, dancing a little bit. "I am a bit out of practice with hanging with people since i have been avoiding buuuuuuuuuuuut I hope i aint too bad... It will be awkward if I do something to mess up your mood." She took a bag out of her pocket, "Want some gummy bears?"

"Let's just say, it's been a while." Wade smiled, "Soon as I started school, I got more into the other sports." Minnie was cool though, she could get him back into it. "I don't suppose you got an extra pair of skates lying around?" Hmm..

At this rate, Wade's face cheeks were threatening to burst with the amount of smiling and laughing he had been doing around Minnie. She was awesome like that. "Yeah! That's perfect. You happen to know anyone like that?" Winking back before laughing pretty loudly. He was happy to have made a friend out of her. He was too distracted by this that he didn't notice how close Minnie was approaching with that lipstick..

o.o

Hmm? His mouth closed before his eyes went from squinting, to widening in shock as she held his chin while using that lipstick on him. What.. did.. she.. just.. do? Just as fast as it all happened, it was over.. and Wade was left with his face frozen as he stared back at her, blinking more than an owl. He could feel his face warm in.. anger? embarrassment? Well.. after his brows furrowed, he decided that it was more for fun.. Whatever. Better make that fix that poker face Wade. "So.. how does it look?" Turning his face to the side, he made a kissy face. Least no one else was around them. Heh.

After all of that, Wade listened as Minnie told him about her mum. Would have been 43? Furrowing brows again, before "Oh.. I'm sorry to hear that" That was pretty sad to hear about that. "Sure, I'll ask my dad," Hopefully he could help bring some closure for her. "I get you though.." Wade slightly hesitated before admitting something rare. "I lost my own mum too, before I was five."

Chocolate with Reeses cups. "Sounds good and crunchy." Wade smirked. "I love me the sprinkles and berries on them." Heh, heh.

One learns something new every day didn't they. Just so happened that it was about Airey, and the fact that he DID have a sensitive side not having to do with a fear. Something not tease worthy either. Her smile grew a little as the awkward silence was broken with the fantastic idea kicking off, if she did say so herself, glancing down to Sonya in her hands. Luckily the bird couldn't get brain damage, otherwise Medea would have continued holding her.

Run free you little thing!

"Oh, ve definitely owe it to this place to give it some color." she spoke, eyeing the mechanical bird sprinting around. One VERY important thing was almost missed however. The jacket. THE JACKET! Slipping it off, she glanced around the room, wondering just WHERE to put it. There was so much unpolished and splintery WOOD! Though the chair seemed.............decent.

Airey didn't have a problem with the mix of his clothing and nature, did he? Because she was sloooowly reaching over to hang it on the back of the wooden creation. Sloooowly. Ever so slowly. Eyeing him.

Slowly.

[spoiler= Wade]"Let's just say, it's been a while." Wade smiled, "Soon as I started school, I got more into the other sports." Minnie was cool though, she could get him back into it. "I don't suppose you got an extra pair of skates lying around?" Hmm..

At this rate, Wade's face cheeks were threatening to burst with the amount of smiling and laughing he had been doing around Minnie. She was awesome like that. "Yeah! That's perfect. You happen to know anyone like that?" Winking back before laughing pretty loudly. He was happy to have made a friend out of her. He was too distracted by this that he didn't notice how close Minnie was approaching with that lipstick..

o.o

Hmm? His mouth closed before his eyes went from squinting, to widening in shock as she held his chin while using that lipstick on him. What.. did.. she.. just.. do? Just as fast as it all happened, it was over.. and Wade was left with his face frozen as he stared back at her, blinking more than an owl. He could feel his face warm in.. anger? embarrassment? Well.. after his brows furrowed, he decided that it was more for fun.. Whatever. Better make that fix that poker face Wade. "So.. how does it look?" Turning his face to the side, he made a kissy face. Least no one else was around them. Heh.

After all of that, Wade listened as Minnie told him about her mum. Would have been 43? Furrowing brows again, before "Oh.. I'm sorry to hear that" That was pretty sad to hear about that. "Sure, I'll ask my dad," Hopefully he could help bring some closure for her. "I get you though.." Wade slightly hesitated before admitting something rare. "I lost my own mum too, before I was five."

Chocolate with Reeses cups. "Sounds good and crunchy." Wade smirked. "I love me the sprinkles and berries on them." Heh, heh.

Wow this was exciting getting to talk about one of her favorite muggle sports. It wasn’t something she got to do often. “Oh yeah I loved playing. My dad and I were really into it. One of the towns he was stationed at had a little kids league I played on. It was the best time ever. Do you know any of the teams?” Like this was AMAZING. Someone she could share her hockey passion with that actually knew Hockey… Then her blue eyes looked at him and she smiled, “Wade do you have shoes? We can transfigure them into skates.” This was a fantastic plan she bounced a bit, “We should get others to play and make a game out of it. I know two claws that probably would play. What do you think?” This was going to be EPIC!!

Minerva pretended to think, “Oh I think I could name someone, but the person I’m thinking of might be to tempted to put the make up on you herself.” She laughed and held her sides from laughing so hard once the lipstick was on. She did it she actually got lipstick on Wade and he wasn’t mad or anything. THIS WAS WINNING!! “It looks good on you. Maybe it should be your permanent color.” She loved that he was being such a team player with this joking, he could have gotten really mad and usually Min would have never done that, but it seemed funny so she went for it.

Looking at him with an odd look, he would really do that.. for her, before she could stop herself she was hugging him. “Oh Wade that would be wonderful.” backing off from the hug she chuckled, [b] “Sorry.. I didn’t mean to, I mean it’s just I haven’t really had anything close to knowing anything about her while she was here. Then she looked at him blue eyes seeming sadder, “Oh I’m so sorry Wade. That has to be rough as well, but your dad has probably told you loads about her.” Smile.. yes that was the positive, right?

“Sprinkles sounds awesome, but berries.. No thanks to healthy.” She giggled. “It’s great with bits of cookie dough as well.” She thought for a moment, “We should so go get ice cream later. What do you think?”

Raven smiled and tried not to laugh too much when Taylor started dancing again. Come to think of it, the only time she had seen her when she wasn't dancing was on the train. It was kind of cool.

"That's okay, I haven't been around much either. I just came back from the Christmas break anyway. Nice clothes, by the way." In contrast at least to her own black robes. "Thank you, I think I will take a few gummy bears." She laughed when she took them. Hmmm. It had been awhile since she had any sweets that was not ice cream.

Which gave her an idea. "Hey, do you want to come down with me to the kitchen to get some ice cream?"

Taylor blushed slightly when she laughed and stopped dancing. "Is my dancing really that bad? I look stupid dont i?" Tay crossed arms a bit defensively and glanced down, embarrassed. She looked up, "Oh you left? I decided to stay here this year so that I could avoid people..." Taylor sighed and looked away then looked back and gave a half smile, "Oh thanks... Mother sent me the shirt, shoes and coat for Christmas. I like wearing them better than the stupid uniforms." Tay giggled and unzipped her coat all the way. "The coat is a bit too warm sometimes but I like it." Taylor smiled then put the bag in her pocket again after the girl too some. "Your welcome." Tay nodded, "I would love too! I havent had ice-cream in ages." She giggled.

Permission was granted? Thank the heavens!

Letting the coat plop on the back of the chair with an expression of delight, and inwardly sighing, Medea pulled out her wand from her boot, feeling much as though she could just float RIGHT off the floor. It was very nice, his jacket, but it seemed like a tremendous responsibility. Shaking it out of her mind, she stood by Airey, hands on her hips, and glancing from wall to wall.

Mmhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Hmmmmmmm. Mhmmm.

"Divide and conquer?" Turning her gaze him, her smile faded into a small smirk as an eyebrow raised. Challenge to be accepted? "Bet I can paint a sunrise faster than you can paint a sunset."

.......Uh huuuuuuuuuuuuuh........

Well, she supposed that was useful to know. If she ever needed to know how to put his jacket on a chair again, that is. Though it didn't stop her from raising an eyebrow in amusement. Nor stop the growing mischievous smile on her face.

Also knew how to reeeaaaally annoy him now. "I gotcha." Medea nodded, fighting most of the smile, halfway in scootching up her sleeves when... Astronomy professor said what? Oh, he wasn't serious. Har har. She stuck out her tongue back at him. A winning prize was certainly raising the stakes a little though. "Alriiight. Vell, if, IF, you beat me...I'll...give yooouuu..." Twirling her wand in her hand, she took a moment to think about. OH! "Oh, okay. IF you win...I'll give you my nutella stash."

IF. She was too confident. Hehe. Ahem. "And if I beat you?"

Was it just Penelope's imagination, or did Anya suddenly seem kinda awkward? And she wasn't looking at Penelope now... Had she said something wrong? The fourth year was pretty sure she hadn't. Asking about why her teammate didn't try out this year wasn't exactly wrong. "Stuff?" she repeated, raising an eyebrow. "What kinda stuff...?" Was something really wrong with Jake?

At least OWLs weren't awkward to talk about. "You can remember everything from last year?" Not that she disagreed with Anya's plan. She totally approved of the not studying and not stressing out over them.

Anya looked down and bit her lip. She didn't really want to say anything. There was a reason that Jake hadn't tried out. She knew what it was. She might have even been the one that perpetuated the reason. But... they were both happy... so that was the part that mattered, right?

"Nothing important." she finally said. Just... stuff. Nothing worth getting into right now. Or ever.

OWLs were a safe topic. Was she going to remember everything? She laughed. "I guess we'll find out, won't we?" she replied with a smirk.

"Wow, that's pretty cool. Before I started Durmstrang, all the kids in my old neighborhood would get together. Usually betting on each others' snacks and toys." Wade could remember the few stuffed animals he lost and won, "Guess that won't go well betting here, " Now looking back at Minnie. A two-on-two game? "Oh yeah? Count me in then." Nothing like a little competition. Heh.

Smacking his lips, "Hmm.. Bubble gum." He could taste a quite distinct flavor while wiping the lipstick off. Well, at least it tastes good.. Was that edible? If so, Minnie might want to hide that. Heh. "Tempting, but I think I'll stick to all-natural." Laughing as he stared at her purse. "Unless you got anymore tastey treats." He was getting a little hungry now.

Wade did notice the new look Minnie gave him, and the next thing he felt was Minnie's body pressing onto him into a hug. Aww, if it was one of the things Wade loved, it was hugs. Now this made him instinctively hug her back as quickly as she had done before letting go. Hugs fixed everything, well, even if temporarily. "No, no, it's perfectly fine. We all need some closure.." Wade felt a little bad as she looked so sadly at him, as he never liked seeing his friends unhappy. "Yeah.. My dad would tell me about how he and my mom met and what they use to do here." He usually didn't ask his dad too much, but he luckily also had some happy memories with her. "My mom got me into creatures, taking me to those petting zoos and everything.. Her and my grandmother were Cryptozoologists."

Aw, so she didn't care for berries. "More for me then." Shrugging just then. ..Later? Wade's stomach from all this ice cream talk started to make it rumble. Literally. "Might have to make that sooner.. I'm craving that now." He laughed over the sound. "What do you say, you want to get some?" Whether they return here with the delicious treat or not was up to her.

...Nothing important. Right. If it actually wasn't important, Jake would have tried out and been on the team right now. So yeah, Penelope didn't buy that at all. But...it seemed like Anya really didn't want to talk about it, at least not right now, so she decided to drop it. For now. Maybe she'd ask Jake himself about it later anyway. Surely he would give her a direct answer.

So moving on to the OWLs. She laughed a little. "I guess we will. Do you already know what you want to do after graduation anyway?" That would probably be good if she did, probably meant less ones to take. Wouldn't have to worry about passing as many as possible if you knew the exact ones you actually needed.

ending it soon? maybe?
 

Oh, Medea certainly wasn't trying to hide that smile hard enough then, nor would she have the effort to. She let it appear naturally when he poked her cheek, the twirling of her wand paused when he did so.

Oh......? Goodness, that would have been her last choice.

Head tilting to the side somewhat, her eyebrows raised. "Valking a bit on thin ice, aren't you?" she chuckled softly after a few seconds when he didn't correct himself. That was a rather risky decision on his part, BUT, no take-backsies! He spoke it so the deal was done! "On the count of three then?"

Laura looked at Kace and smiled. "I'm Laura Hope Hyde." Laura smiled at the boy. "but you can call me Laura, all my friends do even those who have left." Laura wished that Bella was around. "I just decided that I wanted to spend sometime and write to this girl that left last year, she was prefect in Hufflepuff and I promised her I'd write but I've been busy lately." Laura sighed.

Mila walked up to the Treehouse and entered. She had never been in here before. She gazed around and didn't see anyone she knew. But that wasn't very helpful seeing as Mila did not know very many of her fellow students.

She walked around awkwardly, trying to find someone whose conversation she wouldn't interrupt. Her emerald eyes searched for someone who looked friendly.

Kace gave an earnest smile and said, "Hi Laura. Nice to meet you." Then she mentioned writing to someone...who was a prefect....and a hufflepuff. Kace was stumped. He remember briefly Belle talking about a girl named Laura, but he wasn't sure that this was her. "Oh really?" he said to sound interested. "I have been busy as well since i am on the quidditch team. I barley have time to write letters like you do."

Minerva listened wide eyed, “You bet on games? Wow that had to be crazy. Especially as little kids. Some probably hated their toys taken.” Yeah of course they did. She knew she would hate her things taken even if it was her own fault for putting them up for a bet. She shook her head and laughed, “Nope don’t think they would be too happy about that, but we could do things for fun or have challenges. Like you lose you have to do something like laundry, or cartwheels in front of the school at a match.” She giggled more thinking about Wade doing cartwheels in front of the school. That would be comical and fun. So he was in for Hockey.. SWEET.. next she would have to see if Ethan and Harvey would want to play and then she wondered if there would be anyone else who might want in. “AWESOME!!! This will be so fun, I know the spell to so everyone will have skate, and we can have some fun. This is going to be amazing, I haven’t done this since first term.” She was literally bouncing again with excitement.

She laughed as he seem to enjoy the lipstick taste. “Oh was it. I have a few in here, even a few chap sticks that taste like pop and candy.” Those were her favorites, because why wouldn’t they be great ones. HELLO they tested like candy.. Perfect combination. She shrugged as he said he would go natural, “Well if you ever change your mind I guess we already have your shade.” She giggled and then eyed his next comment. Pulling her bag again she pulled out a few chap sticks, “Well this one taste like Dr. Pepper, this one taste like Reese Cups, but I also have real Reese cups in here. They are a muggle peanut butter and chocolate candy. Would you like one?” Her candy addiction made her keep stuff like that with her. She would go crazy without it.

She felt herself blush a bit when he hugged back, hopefully he didn’t mind the hugs, because she was giving them whether he liked it or not. Letting go and looking at him again she couldn’t help but have a huge smile on her face. [b] “yeah I just want to know a little about the magic side of her. I know all the great muggle impersonating, teacher, mom side of her, but it would be nice to really know this side. I’m tired of always asking do I like this because, or do this because, or would she have done. It drives me a bit crazy at times. That was so nice that he had his dad still at least. She continued to smile, but was having a few emotions trying to show past the hyper smile. “That sounds like a great job, I bet she was amazing at it.” Yep, because Wade was awesome at things, so Mom totally had to be awesome as well. “If you don’t mind me asking, how did she well..” She wasn’t sure whether to just matter a factly say die or should she say something else. Never good in this situation.

[b] “You can have them.. I’ll keep the cookies or candy on top of mine. Oh and was that his stomach.. Poor Wade really needed ice cream like NOW… “Don’t have to ask me twice.. We can go right now if you want. “ She was always wanting ice cream more now than ever, but she didn’t mind it was super yummy so why not.

"Oh yeah, it made the game more than a little interesting." Wade smiled a little wickedly at the thought. "Of course, I had a few stuffed Puffskeins, Frogs, and Hippogriff lost.. But I got the Hippogriff back." It was one of his most prize possessions that he kept safely in his secret box back at home. Now what Minnie had in mind for the game sounded more wicked. "Cartwheels," He laughed, since it seemed a little safe but fun nonetheless. "I do also like that laundry idea, though we could also put in maybe makeovers or acting around a Professor as part of the daring." Giving a somewhat knowing look at Minnie, since she seemed exceptionally talented in at least one of the said suggestions.

That said suggestion that made Wade laugh once again, "Yes, it looks like we have." Who would thought Wade would be discussing lipstick flavors and products. Heh. The candy flavors reminded him of a certain Gryffindor girl he knew that was in love with candy. "It's like you got a candy machine in that purse, might want to keep hold of that." Well, after he had some of those reeses cups, of course. "Sure, I'll have some." Waiting until she handed him before he popped them in his mouth.

As Wade listened, while chewing slowly, he began to realise how much in common he had with Minnie. She also had some answers that remained unanswered relating to her mum. He nodded sympathethically, "She sounds like an amazing woman, and it looks as if you inherited her drive and hard working skills." It was true, and he was quite sure his father would say the same thing, though he would try to get every detail out of him for her sake if possible. Minnie was too awesome to disappoint, and now the question he had a feeling would arrive for him, finally did.

"Well.." Wade hesitated slightly before the final truth came out, "We're not sure.. from what my dad has said," It was true, there was no cause of death listed for her. "Her and team of five other expert Crytozoologists from different countries went to investigate a rumoured sighting for the Crumple-Horned Snorkack." Finally swallowing the reeses cups. "She never.. came back." His face grimaced as he tried not to show the little sadness he felt. "They did a full search and everything, but no sign of.. her." Yeah, he couldn't say body as that invoked one of his deepest fears on what could of happened to her. Suddenly he had a vague itch near his eye. "Erm," He cleared his throat after rubbing the brow of his right eye. "Is it alright if I asked how your mum.. passed on?" It was a little morbid, but he was still curious on that since her first mentioning.

Yep, that ice cream sounded super now. Heh. "Sure, those berries are screaming for me now." Like a bear, he was waiting for Minnie to go on before him.

Nigel really wanted to see this tree house for most of the term and has not had a chance. Quidditch, reading, and homework have distracted him. He always wanted to have tree house at home. But sadly could not have one. Nigel did wonder how big it was inside and if it had a fort. He had brought him him a book on the Dangerous Magical Creature of the World. It seemed interesting. Plus a fort could give him some privacy to read.

Forts were pretty cool. But not as cool as Libraries. Imagine if there was a secret library in a tree house. Most cost a ton of money. Must be a cool place to get away from the castle and everything. Now how to get into this rather small looking Tree House.

Hmm.. So all you had to do was climb a ladder and you were in the tree house. Sounded simple enough.

It had been a LONG day for Bliss. Filled with friends, ice cream, lessons and oh yeah, ice cream. Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream. She just couldn't get enough. Only one thing beat it and that was jelly beans. Speaking of which, she had to go and find her secret stash, because her current supply in her dorm was running low. Bliss suspected Elodie, but, it may just have been herself that was the culprit. Heh.

Funny how these things worked out.

Dashing up multiple paths and almost tripping over even more rocks, Bliss eventually made it to the bottom of the rope ladder. Yep, this was where her hidden treasure was. MWAHAHA. Ahem. The tiny fourth year stepped forward from behind a tree and started to make her way noisily - at least for her size - towards the rope ladder. Oh. There was someone already there and he looked like he was concentrating on something. Oops. "Sorry. I hope I didn't disturb you," she muttered, only a meter or so away from him now.