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This was so much creepier than it actually was considering Lucas had been here FIRST but now, staring at the shiny redhead through the Mickey Mouse topiary he was hiding (er.. standing) behind, he found himself realising what a creeper this made him.

Which promptly caused him to abandon the poor constructed plant and stroll "casually" over to where the young girl was sitting and smile.

"Lux! Fancy seeing you here." Hurr hurt. He sat down beside her and laughed at the sandwich. "You weren't kidding then."

In the middle of swallowing a bit of sandwich, Lux felt herself start to choke a little when Lucas came out of nowhere, startling her.

Gaining her composure after a moment, she started to feel embarrassed and knew that she was turning red. He probably thought she was weird now, getting startled like that. "Errr, yes. This time it's from the kitchens though. Bay didn't have any for me." Pout.

The Gryffindor looked genuinely sorry when he saw that he'd surprised Lux. Ow, dang. "Hey, hey.. are you, uh, okay? I didn't mean to.." But he had and so he just.. patted her awkwardly. Um.

As he sat, his attention flitted to the mention of Bay's name. Ok. But seriously. WHO was this kid. He frowned a bit then, "so you and Bay.." But he trailed off, getting a little red before he coughed and tried again, "know each other well, then?" Yeah, that was nice. Neutral. Unassuming.

Lux let Lucas pat her, feeling that it kinda helped her to feel better. "I'm fine. I just feel silly now." She was not usually one to get startled easily, he had just caught her at a bad moment when she had been preoccupied with her sandwich. "It's okay really." He did not need to feel bad because she was a doof.

The question about Bay surprised her slightly and she had no idea why he was even asking, but she decided to go along with it and answer. "Well, we met each other on the train the start of this Term, but yeah... I know him well!" She had to, since he was her adopted older brother and the first friend she had made at Hogwarts.

So he hadn't choked her to death. Success! He shrugged, "I came out of nowhere." Literally. From behind a hedge. Merlin. What a weirdo. "So, uh, why did you come all the way down here?" The Kitchens weren't exactly close by. Was she hiding from someone?

Know him well. WHAT DID THAT MEAN. Lucas social nicety was hampered by his in eloquence. How to say ARE YOU KISSING THAT BOY without saying that. He smiled nervously. "Oh cool! And now you're.. good friends?" And he tried not to make the question mark sound too desperate and insecure. Just, uh, friendly questions.

Hmmm, well... that was true, seeing as she was in a remote spot and he had come upon her quietly and ninja-like. "I decided to come here because I wanted to be somewhere peaceful and enjoy the nice weather. Why are you here?" She was merely curious, since he had asked her the same thing. And besides, she had no idea why he had been behind a hedge.

Errr... "Yeah, we definitely are. He is amazing." She still had no idea why he was asking her about Bay.

Somewhere peaceful? Lucas grimaced apologetically. "Did you not want to be disturbed?" But he nodded to her question. "I was doing the topiary stuff for Herbology. Uh, you know, building it." So, it wasn't so creepy that they'd run into each other.

Lucas did see that his questioning was coming to a head and that he'd have to explain himself. "That's great," he said, amiably. Amazing, was he? RIGHT. But whatever. WHATEVER.

He was going to be a better friend and ask her about herself. He did, he realised, know only very little about her. "So.. you never said, do you have any siblings?"

Oh no! Lux had not wanted to give him that impression at all. "No, stay." He was her friend, and she liked talking to him. He was so nice, and they had so much fun at the lake earlier. She liked talking to him. "That sounds like fun!" Lux liked Herbology, and Professor Bentley was so nice.

"Yeah, it really is! Why did you want to know?" It was okay that he had asked about Bay, she was just curious about the reason for it. Maybe Lucas was just the curious kind like her. "Oh, I have an older brother and sister. What about you?"

Lucas let out a small smile. "I'd like to stay, too." He liked Lux, a lot. She was like the nicest person he'd met at Hogwarts by far. He nodded in agreement. "I'm going to make mine the shape of Mickey Mouse," he blurted out and then laughed a little. "Cos I thought it would look cool." Also really cute. Mainly cool though.

Oh uhh. She had him there. Lucas tried to shrug it off, nonchalantly. "Um, just wondering because you know.. you talk about him a bit." Yeah. Good one Rodemiere. Smooth! He beamed as she said she had siblings. "Awesome! ..oh uh I have a twin. Named James." Who was kind of the cool-er one, not that Lucas wanted to admit it. "He's a Ravenclaw," by way of explanation about James' personality. "Were you here last year?" Lucas asked because WHY hadn't they met already. Then maybe they'd be BEST friends.

Calisto Kosmos explored the school throughly it was different from durmstrang she liked durmstrang a lot. Callie looked at the terrace it was really pretty. Callie found a little seat then sat down in it. Callie loved the summer and the sun. Calisto just dreaded the snow that would soon be here.

Even though, the tryout part of the quidditch season was over and he didn't know if he'd made the team or not. He was still out on his runs through the grounds. They just wasn't as early anymore. It was starting to get to cold in the early mornings for him.

But he was at least keeping up with it. He wanted to stop by the greenhouses when he was done to see Professor Bentley about the homework assignment. He when through the terrace to go that way.

He needed at place to stop and rest of a moment or two. But the closest seat was occupied. He shrugged. He walked over to the girl who looked his age. Maybe. "Hey, you mind if I sit here for a bit?" He smiled.

Calisto looked up at the sound of a guys voice. Callie smiled, she thought he was very good looking. "Go ahead." Callie smiled. "I'm Calisto Kosmos." Calisto winked at him. "I'm a transfer from durmstrang."

Asher smiled back and sat down beside her. Man it was nice to set down. He nodded. Calisto he would not remember that one for sure. He'd have to call her, Callie. "I'm Asher Romalotti" And he got a wink. mmmmm He smirked. He was a Slytherin and all of their smirkyness. "I'm a transfer student, that transferred back" He shook his head.

Asher knew a few people from Durmstrang. Some from here, some from Italy and the Italian Institute of the magical arts that had transferred in or out. "I when to the Italian Institute of the magical arts last term, but I've been at Hogwarts since my first year."

Calisto raised her dark eye brows. Italian and good looking. "My friends call me Callie if that's easier to remember." Callie nodded at him. "Are you Italian by any chance?" Calisto smiled at the guy. "I wouldn't call you a transfer student. You have been here before."

See he was so going to call her Callie too. He smiled to her and smiled even better at her next question "I am. Naples, Italy to be exact. Born and raised kind of, I live in Tutshill now."

He grinned he lived here again and loved it. "So what about you where are you from?" He asked her.

Calisto batter her long lashes at him. Callie twister her long brown hair in her finger. Calisto bit her top lip. Callie loved his broad jawline. It was hot. "Naples is beautiful, I went there once. I'm from Athens, Greece."

Asher stretched his arms and legs. It was really to set down. And to talk. From all the running he had done today. He grinned. "Naples is the best. So Romantic." He nodded. He knew all about the romance there. Yep, yep.

He blinked a couple times. "Greece! Athens is beautiful too, I've been there once."

Calisto rested her elbows on the tiny table with her hands cupping her face. Callie grinned like a fool when Asher said the word romantic. "It is indeed very romantic." Callie gave him another wink. "So are you a romantic?" Calisto asked out of no where. "I do love Athens. It have so much history."

Good. It was settled that he would stay then. "I'm glad you will stay with me. And that is a very good topiary idea. I want to do a Hobbit one." She hoped he would not find that strange, but she did love Hobbits, and she wanted to make one. The only thing was she worried it would not look very nice compared to some of the others.

"Well, he is like my brother. I love him a lot," she explained wondering why he had noticed her talking about Bay a lot. She also mentioned Tessa a million times a day, because she was like her older sister. "It's so cool that you have a twin! I bet you are as smart as he is, and also brave for being a Lion!" She still wished she was a Gryffindor even though she was loving Hufflepuff more and more. "I am a transfer student. Were you here last year?"

Asher grinned. He liked this girl she was so funny and not bad to look at either. He leaned back a bit "I can be. Or so I've been told." He grinned. Oh yes, he was or he thought so anyway.

He nodded "So much History, and what brings you to Hogwarts now?" He asked with a grin.

Calisto leaned closer to him. "Italian guys are so much more romantic than the dumb Greek boys." Calisto grinned at Asher. "It's this little thing called an education but meeting some very handsome guys sure helps too." Callie pursed her lips.

Asher put his elbows on the table. He grinned and nodded. She very right about that. "Yeah?" So how many of these handsome guys has she met since she got here.

"So what house and year are you?" She couldn't be a Slytherin or he would have seen her by around the common room by now. Maybe or not maybe. She also had to have been an upperclassman like him. She looked around his age.

Calisto nodded. "I love the guys here more than at durmstrang and hogwarts is very pretty i think. You ar ethe only handsome guy that I like so far." that she met so far. "Gryffindor 7th year you?" Calisto pursed her lips again.

Adeline walked with a tea set in her hands, on her right shoulder there was a grey tote bag with some cookies, sugar, cream and some other goodies. Adeline hoped that she would find someone to have a tea party with, this would be fun.

The seventh year just had to find the right place to go and have her tea party at, it had to be cute and perfect. Her girly girl was showing right through her today. Adeline was near the Herbology class room when it popped right into her mind, she should have a lovely little tea party out on the terrace but not by herself of course.

Adeline walked on to the Terrace, she found a cute little table, she set down the tea set, she set her tote bag next to the set and pulled out little plates, the sugar, cream, the cookies, the tiny little sandwiches, some candy, spoons and the tea bag packages. She had many different kinds of tea with her. Addie set her tote bag under the table and poured the hot water into the green tea cup, she opened one of the tea bag packages and put the tea bag into the hot water.

Asher's grinned grew wider. So she liked Hogwarts boys better than Durmstrang boys, he nodded that was understandable. Hogwarts boys were better in many many other ways to. He winked "And the only one too I promise you that."

He chuckled "A gryffindor girl, huh? Nice." He like Gryffindors they were cool. " I'm a seventh year too."