He let the first part drop then shook his head, "That's all an act. He's a lot like them with that, he acts calm and happy, but there's something that just hides." Damon shook his head then chuckled, "Well, maybe the Ravenclaw could try to balance to two a little better like the Hufflepuff." He nudged her gently and smiled at her. He was grateful she was going to drop all of this with Karla... He didn't need to argue about her at the moment, and he seemed to be losing more and more people everyday so he shook his head letting it go, "I'm honestly just not that hungry... That can't be too shocking for me." He never ate all that much so he just shrugged and continued to look at the drinks.

Taylor looked at him, "You sure he is acting? He seems to never be serious." Tay rolled her eyes, "He is just a clown and that is all... nothing scary about clowns." She gestured and then sighed. "Maybe she cant... maybe she cant focus because the cuuuuuuuute and haaaaaaaaaandsooooooomeeeeeee guy is just too wonderful and maybe she cant focus since she likes the guy unlike the hufflepuff." Taylor nudged him back with a smirk and laughed but it stopped soon. "Yeah, yeah... whatever, Damon." She glanced at the menu and grimaced at it.

"Believe me, I know without a doubt it's not all an act." Damon smiled and shook his head, "Actually a lot of people are afraid of clowns." He shook his head to what she said, "Well, considering the Hufflepuff has a wonderful, loving, charming, beautiful wife at home and still manages to be top of his class... Seems like it would be easy for the Ravenclaw." He smirked at her and laughed. Damon looked at her and then down at the menu, "Does nothing look good?" He looked again and finally just decided on a water... if they were staying here because clearly Taylor was hungry and it didn't seem like she didn't want to eat here by that sigh.

Tay sighed, "Sure sure, whatever you say." She rolled her eyes, "Clowns aint scary... they are just being silly." Taylor crossed her arms then laughed, "Yeah, yeah easy peasy when there is two guys after you." Tay gasped and covered her mouth, "Oops..." She blushed and looked down and then shrugged at what he asked. Tay gestured to the menu, "Will you pretty pretty please with whipped cream and a cherry on top, split the cream teas with me pleaseeeeeeeeeee?" Taylor did the puppy dog eyes and even fluttered her eyelashes.

Damon looked at her with a small smile, "Well, there's actually a lot of people who think clowns are really just psychopathic people who want nothing more than to kill people." He shrugged and then looked at her, "And who's this other guy?" An eyebrow raised and the small smirk grew slightly. He thought about her request for a moment and then gave a small nod, "sure, why not, I'll help a bit... but not all that much." He was having a big supper being made for him and Karla.

Taylor nodded, "Sounds like your dad to the T... well minus the killing part." She waved her hand in dismissal. Tay blushed and waved his question away as well. "Doesn't matter... Rather not tell... Aint gonna happen since I like Nash and Nash and I had a date." Taylor blushed and covered her mouth. Crap... I really need to watch what I say... She sighed and winced. Tay smiled at what he said next, "Yay!" Taylor leaned over the table and hugged him, "Thank you!" She beamed and smiled in delight, dancing in her seat. Tay giggeld and clapped her hands in joy. Her eyes sparkled in happiness.

Damon shook his head, clearly Taylor didn't know his father then... but he'd let it go for now... he wasn't going to be arguing with people, "Taylor come on..." He gave a small sarcastic mock begging voice, "You forced me into tell you the truth all the time... Can't you just tell me? Let me be the nosey cousin for once." He smiled and shook his head, he couldn't even take himself seriously with that, "Aw how cute! My little cousin's gone on her first date!" He smirked at her and then nodded, "It's no problem, I promise." Damon gave a small nod and then looked at his watch just to check the time, but he had plenty before he had wanted to be home to meet up with Karla for their big supper.

Minerva couldn’t help but blush why was he being so adorable about the way she was looking today. She loved the complements but it made her awkward as well. She had never taken complements all that well. “You are just being extra sweet today, aren’t you?” She leaned over giving him a small kiss. “Being with you is special to me. This time a part is just.. “ she shook her head there were no words to express how much she truly hated it. Her smile grew as she looked into his green eyes. “As much as I hated them with everything that happened at the beginning of term I am glad you like yours.” she certainly liked it. She thought a moment about his question she really didn’t know either way. “I guess that would be up to you. If you don’t really want if for the event, but don’t want to shave it off I can always charm or transfigure it off for the evening.”

Did they mind, Minerva thought a few moments? She really wasn’t sure, “Well if they do, they are nice enough not to show it, but I do try to stay away so they can have their own time as well. “ Her eyes scanned others coming in and she gave a smile towards Damon and Taylor and then there were more students she didn’t know. She didn’t seem to care about anyone but the person in front of her, because at the moment that was all she cared about. “Doesn’t matter anyway, I’m with you right now.. That’s all that matters.”

Mienrva couldn’t help but beam at him. She knew he would be excited about her nerves not being there for herbology. “I mean I did jump a time or two when flesh eaters were brought up, but I think it’s a start. Dancing, Plants, Romano’s had a mist in class that some thought about the Dementors from last term and that didn’t cross my mind either. I think my healing this summer really did work.” Her little trip to St. Mungos was proving time and time again to have been a good choice. Her heart melted as he said about flowers. He was nothing short of adorable wasn’t he. She loved everything about him. “Oh Ethan that’s so sweet, but you really don’t have to go to any trouble for me. “ She loved the thought of flowers again, but she didn’t want him to go to any trouble. She saw him grimace, “yeah that’s my thought every time I want to sit in my favorite reading spot.” She wasn’t thrilled with the library situation but it wasn’t keeping her away either. “Think they will have them at quidditch matches again?” She was assuming at least.

Minerva listened with a huge interest. Wow his new life and education seemed so interesting. He really was moving forward while she was just stuck. It was so great to hear him be excited about it. “Wow that’s amazing. I would love to do that someday, but my luck I’d do it wrong. She figured she’d drawn or something from not eating it right. Yeah probably safer for her not to do anything with plants that involved breathing a different way. She frowned at his charm talk, “Well many times a virus has to enter you to get as sick as you were, but yes if your body temperature dropped if the lake was cold it could have easily broke down your system.” She continued to frown thinking of him as sick as he was and she couldn’t help out to take care of him. She hated that so much. “Well I can help you with that if you need it to be stronger. I can’t have you getting sick again. At least when I’m not around to take care of you.” A small smile crossed her lips.

That would be great to have over break she thought of the cooking she could try with it, but would it freak her grandparents out? She usually had a no want policy around them. Well maybe if they just didn’t come into the kitchen. She would have to see, “Yes I want to see it over break and of course I’ll be cooking don’t worry.” She knew he liked when she cooked and she missed doing it since he wasn’t at school she really hadn’t done much of it. She had to agree a little bit with him, “Yeah you’re probably right, but I just feel so lame compared to all your new adventures. Are you sure I’m not keeping you from doing everything possible at Uni?” She was glad he was still hers, but she didn’t want to be the reason he didn’t do things. Her grin grew as he said he noticed, she looked down at her self for a glance, was it that noticeable? She figured it probably was since she had been jogging like every day and dancing any chance she got, plus quidditch was also a workout. “I’ve kept bus that’s for sure.” Minerva nodded she really wanted to try and practice so that would be great if they could find a place today. “Do you think we could? I mean we really need to try before that fundraiser.” She was starting to get nervous about it.

Taylor pouted at him, "You cant steal my title of nosey cousin." She shook her head, "I never forced you into anything." Tay raised an eyebrow and then admired her nails. Taylor tapped one of her French-tips on his nose and smirked, "Never." She snarled and smacked his chest, "I have been on plenty of dates... or have you forgotten the Gryffindor boyfriends and the two hufflepuff boyfriends?" Tay lifted up her fingers as she counted and then snarled at him. "I aint little either!" Taylor crossed her arms, being a bit sensitive about that. Tay smiled when he promised that it was no problem but sighed as he checked his watch. She crossed her arms and glared, "Oh what? You have to run back home now?" Hurt shone in her eyes since she felt like he was checking the time since he thought hanging with her was extremely boring or something.

"Come on, let me have a little fun... I'm around serious, no fun people all the time." He looked at her giving a small pout then gave a small laugh, "Pinning me down and refusing to let me up until I tell you isn't forcing me?" Okay... He could've flipped her off of him if he really wanted... but not without breaking one of her bones and he didn't want to do that to her... so yeah, he still counted it as forced. He chuckled and gently took her hand as she tapped his nose, "Come on, Tay... I'll do anything." He smiled at her, "Even promise to meet you at least once a week so we can talk." And she knew how busy his schedule was and he was offering that. Just tell him! He smirked, hoping she would. "Well, your first date with this guy is what I meant." He looked at her, "And again... just littler than me. You're shorter and younger... It wasn't to be offensive." He shook his head to her question, "No, I was just looking. Believe me, I'm happy to be here with you again, I have another three hours until I've got to be home to start supper." He gave a small nod, hoping she'd understand that at least.

Léa was always amazed by lazy smiles, and probably showed on her face this time too before she composed herself. Lazy meant people either didn't care or had no worries, and she couldn't understand none of those. She would like to some day, though.

Right, Sébastien was kind enough to pull her a chair and she smiled before sitting down.

"Merci," she said, before answering to his second question. "Yes. Zere eesn't much to see. Eet's just one main road and one back road. Zere are some shops, but all are small." That clearly showed she wasn't impressed by the small town. Hopefully, Hogwarts would be better.

"I zink zis café is for couples." She eyed him with a mischievous grin. Had he sat here intentionally?

Tay sighed and laughed, smiling at him. ”Fine…” Taylor shook her head, "Nope because you could easily have just picked me up or roll me over... I aint that heavy, ya know." She giggled and stuck her tongue out at him, wiggling it. Tay loved to tease him. Taylor raised an eyebrow, interested. "Anything? Even promise to meet me once a week to talk? Hmmm..." She tapped her chin, pretending to think. Her fingernails tapped a rhythm on the table and Tay smiled at him. "Sounds a little tempting... but is it tempting enough... hmmm?" Taylor laughed and smiled at him, "Fine... fine... I *guess* I wont be offended by being called little then as well as you saying 'first date' since you *did* mean with the new guy... though you didn't clarify that until now." She winked and laughed, sticking her tongue out again. Tay looked at him then gave a nod, "Oh, ok..." A light smile came to her lips, "I am glad that you are happy to see me... and all of three hours or do you have others to visit?" Taylor tilted her head and looked at him, waiting on an answer.

At least one of them had gone out and took a look around. He nodded at her words, "Eet looked small," But he hadn't estimated that it only be one street. "I might take a look later," He was planning on strolling around and here he was starting with one shop. "Eet iz also cold," Which was another reason he had preferred staying indoors.

Hearing her words, one side of his mouth rose in a one-sided grin mirroring her mischievous one. "Really? Zat iz interesting," He winked at her. In case he hadn't known about that beforehand, he had figured it out upon sitting here. Probably Léa knew him well enough to reach the conclusion that he had full knowledge of that fact.

His lopsided smile still on his face, Sébastien's eyes spotted the menu on the table and reached for it peering at it. "'ow about we try zier food?" He suggested placing the menu between the two of them. "We will 'ave to get used to eet." Hopefully it was good.

Damon smiled at her, "Not without breaking an arm or a leg I couldn't have. So it was either hurt you or just stay pinned." He looked at her, "And if it were nearly anyone else I probably would've done it." He gave a small smile and looked at her, "Come on Tay, there's nothing else I can really promise you but those two things, unless you want me to sneak you and one of these two guys out of the cast.." He stopped himself before continuing that thought he wasn't going to give her any more ideas. That was the last thing he was going to do... Lead her and her possible boyfriend out of the castle so they could go off somewhere unsupervised, that never ended well, as he had learned with Ariana his seventh year... He gave a small smile as memories formed of when they went to the shack and... And again he stopped himself with that memory, that was the past, and this was now, and now he was married to his wonderful wife Karla... Ari shouldn't be on his mind at all. He shook his head to her asking about times, "I've got no one else I've promised to go see, plus I don't really want to interrupt one of them." And that was Minnie, he knew how much she missed Ethan and he wasn't going to be the one to pull her away from him... But maybe Belle would be here or Ari... Maybe talking to her would be easier without his wife around. He could hope, but anyways... "So, yeah, all my time can belong to you."

”Suuuuuuure you couldn’t.” Tay giggled and smiled, ”Awwww how sweet.” Taylor reached over and tried to ruffle his hair with a smile. ”Oh how I missed you.” She went over to his side and pushed him over so she could plop down beside him. Tay squeezed him into a hug as tightly as she could and laid her head on his shoulder. ”I love you, cousin.” Taylor looked up at him, ”Fine… as long as you promise to at least come once a week…” She held up her pinky for him to shake on it, ”Deal?” Taylor shook her head, ”Nah, no sneaking off.” Tay laughed and smiled at him. Taylor nodded and beamed at him. ”Good, glad to hear it and hmm okay.” She stood up, clapping and then twirled in happiness. ”Yeah! You are all mine then!” Tay beamed and plopped down beside him again, hugging him as tight as possible, ”I really missed you, cuz…” Taylor gave him a slight pout and sighed, tilting her head and looking at him.

Damon chuckled and shook his head, "I've missed you too." He hugged her back laughing as she pushed him over, "And I love you too, Tay." He looked down at her and gave a nod, gently taking her pinky in his, "Promise... Now tell me." He smiled and hugged her back the second time then gently kissed her forehead, "I know, I missed you too." He smiled and started to hum, not really anything fancy, just an old Irish song his mother had taught him... Oh that did remind him though, "I never got a chance to tell you that my mother tried to come visit me a couple days ago." He shook his head, clearly not a fan of his mother anymore.

Taylor looked at him and beamed as he said he misses her too and loves her too. Tay giggled and took a hold of his pinky with her pinky and beamed at him. Joy was in her eyes as she leaned over and whispered, "Harvey kissed me and told me that he had feelings for me at the bounce house during the pajama jam party thing the prefects did for us." She blushes, "But shhhhhhh no one is suppose to know... he wants to forget about it..." Taylor glanced away and relaxed as he hummed a song that was familiar. "Oh she did... great... sounds... fun... what happened?" She looked up at him with concern.

Damon smiled and gave a small nod, "He wants to forget about it? Why because of Nash?" He shrugged, he wanted to make another reference to him when they had their first kiss and even though it was forced by a love potion he had never forgotten it and she had been with Maxwell... but he wasn't going to do that again with bringing up when they dated, it belonged in the past now now... He sighed, "Two things, tried to talk me into having a divorce, and then trying to get me to tell Dad to meet up with her..." He rolled his eyes, "I love my Mom... don't get me wrong but she... Dad, Sage, and I have all caught onto her little 'pity me' act for her being a muggle and the rest of us being magical.

Tay nodded, "Yeah... because I told him that I like Nash..." She glanced down and sighed, "Why is life complicated, Damie?" Taylor glanced at him, waiting to see his reaction to the nickname. Tay was holding back a smirk but her eyes did twinkle in humor. "Oh, yucks... and eh, at least you all caught on? Is she still trying to break up Auntie and Robin?" Taylor raised an eyebrow, looking at him and wondering. As for the first thing, she sided with his mom on that... they should get a divorce but eh, she wasn't going to mention it and get into another argument.

Damon gave a small nod. He could relate to how Harvey felt... Maybe if he saw him later he could talk to him and at least try to help because he had kinda been in the same boat as he was now. He shrugged, not paying attention to the nickname, he looked at Taylor and shrugged, "If she could get Dad to talk to her she probably would be." But it was obvious Robin wouldn't go near his now ex-wife... "I just... I really hope Mom'll just leave them be before too long and let us just go back into a somewhat normal lifestyle."

Taylor looked at him and snuggled into him, laying her head on his shoulder. Tay glanced up at him and pouted that he didn't say anything about the nickname. She sighed and ran her fingers through his hair, looking a little into his eyes, "Hmm... probably... I hope that she would too... how is Auntie doing though?" Tay glanced at him in concerned now and her hand stopped part way through his hair. Tears were starting to come at the thought of her aunt. She missed her aunt.

Ethan smiled wider as Minerva leaned in to kiss him. He truly did mean his words and wasn't just aiming for a kiss, but that was certainly a bonus. Then his smile faded just a bit and he nodded gently in agreement as she trailed off. Not being with her this term had been difficult and he knew it was hard on her as well.. and the term wasn't even half over. Time was moving too slowly. He could still hardly believe the stories she had told him regarding the beards in classes, though he realized with some of the strange occurrences it shouldn't be too inconceivable. But that, thankfully, seemed to be in the past and nothing else weird seemed to be going on. He thought over her words for a moment then gave a light shrug. "I think I might shave it off for the event, if you don't mind." He felt it to be most respectful for some reason. "Then I can start growing it back again when it's over." Because really it didn't take him too long to grow it, it would be back in no time.

Ethan really couldn't imagine Minerva ever making herself a pest to any of her friends, he knew her well enough to ever think she would. His eyes followed her gaze and he gave a small nod towards Taylor and Damon, then glanced at a few other unfamiliar faces before turning back to Min, giving her a grin. "That's exactly what I think too. Being with you is most important." He placed the two wrapped gifts in front of her. "I thought since it will be your birthday in a couple days that we could celebrate. Maybe we could order cake too," he grinned. He felt bad that he wouldn't see her on her actual birthday, but this was almost as good.

He was still smiling as she continued about Herbology class, not sure he could be more pleased. Could she really be able to be around plants again with no issue? He really hoped so as he'd want her to come visit him in his greenhouse when he was working in it or to just see what he was working on. "I still think it sounds great, Min. That's amazing progress." Even with the flesh eater thing.. after all she had witnessed, it couldn't be too surprising. Besides, they were scary to a lot of people who hadn't witnessed certain things. Yes, she was doing well with the dancing, plants.. and mist? Ethan gave her a slightly curious look. "Why would she have mist in the class? What.. was the lesson about?" That just struck him as weird. After last term he wouldn't think she'd want to bring back memories but maybe there was good reason. "I'm so glad Mungos helped you," he said, turning his smiling gaze back on her. And he could tell how much it did, that really meant so much to him. And maybe flowers would be okay next time. He chuckled, "Flowers are no trouble.. but even if they were, you are worth it." They were the gentlemanly thing to do, of course she should get flowers as long as she was comfortable with them again. He frowned a bit as the talk turned to turnstiles, nodding. "Yes, they probably will.." If they were there for the greenhouse and library, he was sure they would still be there at Quidditch. "Won't stop me from going though," he added with a grin. Her match was coming up soon.

Ethan smiled, seeing that Min seemed to be genuinely interested in his classes. And he was enjoying them for the most part so he enjoyed sharing them with her. "I don't think you'd have a problem.. but if you'd want to try it maybe we could do it together." She was better at Charms anyway and maybe she could ensure they did the heating charm just right.. or wait till it was warmer. He listened as she explained about viruses and how likely it was or wasn't for him to be sick from that experience and he smiled lightly, thinking how cute she was talking about her Healer stuff. She would make such a good Healer but he already knew that from her taking care of him when he was injured. "I'd like your help, sure.. and no, I don't want to be that sick again." That had been the worst he had been sick in a long time and he hated every minute of it. "I'll try to only be sick when you're with me," he said with a wink though he was only joking. He didn't want to be sick but if he had to be, he'd rather be sick when she could take care of him.

Grinning at the thought of having her cooking again over break, Ethan nodded. He'd definitely bring that book especially if it meant she would cook more for him, he loved her cooking. His smile faltered a bit and he tilted his head as he looked at her curiously. "What do you mean?" Keeping him from.. ? "No.. of course not. And I wouldn't say new adventures," he chuckled. "The classes are just more in-depth so they sound different and interesting. I can't wait till you're there with me though.." His smile grew and he nodded at her question. "Yeah.. I know where we could go to practice. I think it will make us both more confident about it if we can at least practice a little together." At least it would be helpful for him.. he was sure he wasn't practicing as much as she was.

Damon kissed her forehead at the pout, Come on, none of that... No pouting around me, this is fun time." He gave a smile and then paused to think about Chelle, "She's good, a little stressed with the triplets, Anne, and Brendan but all and all she's great." Yeah, just a little tired, but he was worried about her with that, seeing how it was when she was stressed that she was the most likely to snap, "Probably doesn't help that her husband's in Ireland right now seeing how one of his old friends is engaged and tonight's the bachelors party."

Taylor smiled and giggled, "Fine fine..." Tay kissed his nose then stuck her tongue out, crossing her eyes. "Aww... poor Auntie..." She frowned and then sighed, "Great... Puck is in Ireland... probably drinking and goofing off... he is probably going to be a couch potato tomorrow with an awful hangover... How long is he staying in Ireland?" She tilted her head and looked at him, frowning. Taylor laid her head on his shoulder again and played with her own curls. "At least he will have fun, no?" She tried to at least find some good in what Damon said but she didn't like Puck to start out with and cant imagine him amongst his old friends... Tay rolled her eyes at the thought of it though.

Indiana was quite excited. It was nice to go down to hogsmeade. Even if it was really cold. But she was really wrapped up. In her new winter coat, and one of the scarves that she had stolen from wade was wrapped around her neck. She looked very much like a hufflepuff. Though still had her ravenclaw pride of course. She did have her ravenclaw gloves on. She looked very colorful. But she loved it.

She resisted the temptation to skip down her way to madame puddifoots, because that wasn't too good. But she smiled as she entered. Hopefully Wade was already here. She'd told him to go ahead whilst she had to go up to her common room. Ahh. There he was. Indy beamed, as she took her gloves off, and wandered over to him. "Hey Wade"