Nemo walked down toward the lake. He was bored, Super bored all of this studying was making him wish he didn't have a brain, maybe then it wouldn't be hurting.

Merlin's pants he couldn't handle any more of the studying. OWLs seemed like they were made by satan.

So he was walking along the shore of the lake, looking for the perfect stone to skip across the lake. He wanted to beat his all time record of six skips. But then he saw Grayson, sunbathing from the looks of it. The 5th-year walked over. "Working on your tan, Mate?" He said looking down at the other boy, he'd never done much sunbathing. But he'd seen Whytty do it and that was a sight to see, wasn't it?

Maggie shrugged. Honestly, she didn't know how long it would take Bartholomew to write back with his weird tentacle-y arms. Or IF he could even write back. If not though, he could at least have left them something. A....piece of seaweed or whatever he played with usually.

Something.

For some reason Maggie gigged lightly when he DID in fact let her feed him. Literally too. Also he was smiling a little which was good. Bartholomew didn't deserve him as a friend clearly.

"What are we doing now?"

Maggie had a pretty laugh, did she know? And a pretty smile. And a pretty mouth that was DOING the smiling. Dima might have stared a little longer than he should have, and it took a moment for him to register that she was talking again. Huh?

Oh. Nothing out here for them anymore. Except... he didn't really want to go back.

Instead, he scooted a little closer. DID want to do that, mhm. "What would you like to do now?"

Maggie noticed him looking at her but didn't think much of it. She was pretty yes. Also talking. And it was only polite to LOOK at people when they were saying something.

Nibbling on her own strawberry now, she glanced over at the lake for a moment and thought about his question. "I don't know." She hadn't really made any plans for today because somehow she'd expected them to be spending it playing with a Giant Squid.

Wow. Who'd have thought she would ever say THAT about her day.

Eyes back on Dima, she shrugged lightly. "We can stay here for a little." Which wasn't really a PLAN per se but it was a start yes?

Trying her hardest not to think about marshmallows, Lux decided that she would look for her birth sign constellation: Gemini. It would be amazing to see Cancer as well, since that was Bay's sign, but because it was a faint constellation that was pretty doubtful. Oh well, it was out there somewhere.

Scanning across the sky, she was looking everywhere for Castor and Pollux because they were the brightest stars in Gemini. She remembered all the information she had written up when they did the pumpkin carving in class. That had been a lot of fun and she wished that they could do it again next term.

Where are you stars???

At least it was pretty out here. Yep. Lux could do this stargazing with snacks thing more often even though she hadn't eaten anything yet. Best to save that for after the homework had been done because that way she could enjoy it more.

..FINALLY.

After what felt like a million years (but was actually five minutes), she spotted them. They were off to the west, but Lux was sure she was correct because of their positions and they were known to be twins. Smiling, she used Flagrate to connect the dots. If she could remember correctly, it was Castor that was higher up and to the right.

And that was another constellation to cross off of her list.

SPOILER!!: List of Constellations

OFFICIAL 88 CONSTELLATIONS

1. Andromeda
2. Antlia
3. Apus
4. Aquarius
5. Aquila
6. Ara
7. Aries
8. Auriga
9. Boötes
10. Caelum
11. Camelopardalis
12. Cancer
13. Canes Venatici
14. Canis Major
15. Canis Minor
16. Capricornus
17. Carina
18. Cassiopeia
19. Centaurus
20. Cepheus
21. Cetus
22. Chamaeleon
23. Circinus
24. Columba
25. Coma Berenices
26. Corona Austrina
27. Corona Borealis
28. Corvus
29. Crater
30. Crux
31. Cygnus
32. Delphinus
33. Dorado
34. Draco
35. Equuleus
36. Eridanus
37. Fornax
38. Gemini
39. Grus
40. Hercules
41. Horologium
42. Hydra
43. Hydrus
44. Indus
45. Lacerta
46. Leo
47. Leo Minor
48. Lepus
49. Libra
50. Lupus
51. Lynx
52. Lyra
53. Mensa
54. Microscopium
55. Monoceros
56. Musca
57. Norma
58. Octans
59. Ophiuchus
60. Orion
61. Pavo
62. Pegasus
63. Perseus
64. Phoenix
65. Pictor
66. Pisces
67. Piscis Austrinus
68. Puppis
69. Pyxis
70. Reticulum
71. Sagitta
72. Sagittarius
73. Scorpius
74. Sculptor
75. Scutum
76. Serpens
77. Sextans
78. Taurus
79. Telescopium
80. Triangulum
81. Triangulum Australe
82. Tucana
83. Ursa Major
84. Ursa Minor
85. Vela
86. Virgo
87. Volans
88. Vulpecula

They could stay for a little while, Dima supposed. It was nice outside, and the dock was a good place. Even though it was lacking a squid.

He never took his eyes off Maggie and just continued watching. It was normal, right? They were having a conversation, and it was the usual to look at people when you were talking to them. But he had been looking at her for a little too long now, while thinking about what he wanted to do...

What did he want to do?

Apparently, Maggie WAS going to find out. Because a second later, Dima had leaned in and pressed his lips against hers.

Okay, one more constellation to go.

Lux had originally planned to spot at least three, but for one thing she didn't want to hog them all from her friends...and for another she was getting hungrier and hungrier every minute that she smelled marshmallows. Her stomach was practically growling by now. Oops.

Amused, she thought that it would be a good idea to make her last constellation one that is small and easy to recognize. She knew that Lyra was associated with Orpheus, though she didn't feel herself an expert when it came to mythology by any means; that was always one of the areas in Ancient Runes in which she struggled.

It was a small constellation, looking kind of like a lopsided square with a bright tail at the end. This star was called Vega and because it was one of the brightest stars in the sky, it did not take her too long to find it. It really was helpful to base forming constellations off of bright stars, so Lux totally understood where these ancient people came from in that regard. Smiling to herself, she drew a square that looked kind of like a diamond using Flagrate. This shape was connected to Vega by a line.

And viola, she had found another one.

SPOILER!!: List of Constellations

OFFICIAL 88 CONSTELLATIONS

1. Andromeda
2. Antlia
3. Apus
4. Aquarius
5. Aquila
6. Ara
7. Aries
8. Auriga
9. Boötes
10. Caelum
11. Camelopardalis
12. Cancer
13. Canes Venatici
14. Canis Major
15. Canis Minor
16. Capricornus
17. Carina
18. Cassiopeia
19. Centaurus
20. Cepheus
21. Cetus
22. Chamaeleon
23. Circinus
24. Columba
25. Coma Berenices
26. Corona Austrina
27. Corona Borealis
28. Corvus
29. Crater
30. Crux
31. Cygnus
32. Delphinus
33. Dorado
34. Draco
35. Equuleus
36. Eridanus
37. Fornax
38. Gemini
39. Grus
40. Hercules
41. Horologium
42. Hydra
43. Hydrus
44. Indus
45. Lacerta
46. Leo
47. Leo Minor
48. Lepus
49. Libra
50. Lupus
51. Lynx
52. Lyra
53. Mensa
54. Microscopium
55. Monoceros
56. Musca
57. Norma
58. Octans
59. Ophiuchus
60. Orion
61. Pavo
62. Pegasus
63. Perseus
64. Phoenix
65. Pictor
66. Pisces
67. Piscis Austrinus
68. Puppis
69. Pyxis
70. Reticulum
71. Sagitta
72. Sagittarius
73. Scorpius
74. Sculptor
75. Scutum
76. Serpens
77. Sextans
78. Taurus
79. Telescopium
80. Triangulum
81. Triangulum Australe
82. Tucana
83. Ursa Major
84. Ursa Minor
85. Vela
86. Virgo
87. Volans
88. Vulpecula

Strawberries.

Dima's lips tasted like strawberries.

That was Maggie's first and only thought for a moment.

At least until her brain realized just WHY she knew what Dima's lips tasted like. And even then she didn't move right away. Until she did. Placing both hands on his chest, she pushed him away.

And immediately felt bad for doing that.

WHAT HAD JUST-

WHAAAAT?????

Just staring at him for a second, Maggie finally moved closer again, a confused look on her face. Somehow she hadn't quite processed what had just happened. "You...." What?

"You can't just kiss me!"

He hadn't even gotten in a full THREE SECONDS of kissing before... it was over? Already?

"I.... I can't?" But wasn't that supposed to be how it happened? Angelo just kissed girls. And that was how Kyroh had said he kissed Dot, and how Noel kissed Maddie, and... why didn't it work for HIM? Was there something wrong with him so that no girl could like him ever? That would explain a whole lot of things.

Dima scooted away from Maggie, finally just standing up. "Sorry. I.... sorry. I'm going." Because his eyes stung a little, and he didn't want to be HERE anymore.

Turning on his heel, he pretty much ran back to the castle.

Wait........NO!

Maggie tried to hold onto him when he first scooted away and then even got up. No no no no no no. That was NOT what she wanted. No. "Dima!" No.

And then he was running and Maggie was trying to go after him but he was fast and-

"DIMA!"

Okay maybe SHOUTING was not the best idea. Someone else might hear her and that would be embarrassing but this was important and UGH! Okay her brain was NOT quite working. It was still....in shock over what had just happened.

Somehow she wasn't even mad.

If only he'd slow down....

Okay.

Okay.

OkayOkayOkay. Toby was done with his weird not-victory-laps-actually-more-like-OMGSTARZ laps. He flopped back down onto the grass in the same place before and went back to loooooooking up at the sky. His flagrate spell was STILL lit in the air, but with the way he'd sorta moved positions, it was no longer lining up. BUT NO MATTER. He found the Plough just as easily as before. AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaand that was important CAUSE... it would HELP HIM find another important BIG star.

This time, Toby stuck his hand up and POINTED into the sky at the Plough. The BOWL part in particular, becaaaause those last two stars pointed... and pointed... and Toby TRAAAAAAAAAAILED his hand along until he'd found.

"POLARIS!" YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Of course, that wasn't a constellation. BUT. It was PART of aNOTHER constellation that Toby was looking for. URSA MINOR. Now just to... remember what stars made up the lil bear thing. YEP.

You know why was wrong with this picture? The fact that he didn't have a gaggle of adoring fans surrounding him. Swear to Merlin, where were the fangirls? The ones screaming for him? The ones stopping to stare at his not-so-tanned body?

PSH. Hogwarts, man. The residents needed to step up their--

YOOOOOOOOOOO! DUDE!

Despite wearing shades, Grayson still used his hand to shield his eyes as he glanced up at the person who'd just spoken. Lulz. Working on his tan? "You could say that. It's a brilliant day," Weather wise. He hasn't had his morning glass of pumpkin juice spiked with some Essence to Induce Euphoria. "so I thought why not go outside and get a tan. Beats studying anyday." Seriously.

The sixth year scooted over to one side before patting the space on the towel. "Come sit and chillax. Unless you have somewhere better to be." LOL, better than hanging out with Grayson? Yeah RIGHT.

No one had found her a princess yet, which was just... stupid. These people were terrible at stargazing with a group. Dot rolled over, and over again, until she bumped into Toby. Now this boy. That Boy. This That Boy was very good at stargazing with a group.

"Polaris. You said it very loud. Do you suppose the stars can hear you? I hope not, because then they would know all our secrets. Also, hi. Do you know the princess? I'd like to find her, and I remember that she stays up all the time... or is that her mother?" Dot poked one of her feet up at the sky and traced Ursa Major herself. Big. Bearthing.

"Can I stay here with you? You can tell me the secrets that you tell the stars."

This was EASY, now he thought of it. Everything he knew about the constellation was coming FLOODING BACK. Yep. Ursa MINOR was essentially like... a mimicry of the PLOUGH, but a little skewed up and stuff. A saucepan-esque THING, hence why some called it the Little Dipper. No extra stars on top of that, 'cause it was itty bitty.

Toby pointed his wand at the sky again, and RIIIIIIIIIGHT AT POLARIS THERE HI YES HELLO YOU. He didn't do his flagrate spell this time 'cause the light from the LAST one was DISTRACTING and hurting his EYES. But he still traced the business end of his wand THROOOOOUGH the air, from POLARIS and doooown to make a HANDLE or TAIL (depending on what you were calling it) and then finished up with the BODY or... saucepan-bowly-bit.

YEP. That was TWO DOWN, YEAH!

More victory laps? Or. NO. STAR JUMPS. Or... actually, NEITHER. Because Toby-o had some company.

"Dot! Hi!" He might have HUGGED her were they not both laying there on the ground. Instead he settled for giving her a big grin. "I don't think I'd MIND if the stars could hear my secrets, y'KNOW? I think I'd trust a star with my secrets the same way I trust a dog with them." Which was saying a LOT, 'cause Toby told his dogs aaaaaaaaaall the secrets EVER. He looked back up into the sky. "The princess, huh? Andromeda?" YEAH? MAYBE? "I THINK I know how to find her. I think Cass-... Cassie-... Ca-... her mother can be seen aaaaaall year round, and you can find her between the two I already found-" He pointed straight up in the direction he was talking about "-and then Andromeda's near her. And Pegasus is by them both too."

Man. STARS. Toby looked up at them, dazzled. 'Cause stars and constellations were pretty awesome.

"You TOTES stay with me, Dot. We can find another constellation together, yeah?" He could find Cassiopeia and help Dot find the PRINCESS, if she liked. YEAH. If she could stand all the talking he was doing. OOPS.

She felt fuzzy. So... so fuzzy. He was saying all the words, and Dot couldn't do anything but smile back and nodnodnod. That Boy was smiling at HER. At Dot. He had smiles just for Dot.

"I don't want you to tell me any secrets if it means you think I'm like talking to a dog. I'm a Dot. But you could talk to a princess in the sky and I think she'd listen." Dot tried very hard to follow Toby's directions. Andromeda wasn't up all the time, but her mother was (that was a shame), and her mother was found between the big bear and the little bear. And near the princess was the winged horse.

Which was very nice for her. "Cassiopeia. She's not very nice." Dot drew the W-shape, which she'd finally spotted. Mean queen on her throne. "I'll stay here with you, and you can tell the stars your secrets." He got an arm cuddle, since she was preeeeetty sure he wouldn't notice.

"Hey, I wonder how many people tell Andromeda THEIR secrets. I bet it's a lot. People TRUST princesses, right?" What was he even talking about? Toby didn't even know anymore. He watched as Dot appeared to find what she was looking for, and drew out a shape. Cassiopeia? THAT made sense. "Uh-huh, I've heard that about her. I mean. From the textbook." Yeah. YEAH. AND, as a matter of fact, Toby DID notice the arm cuddle, but he was in such high spirits at the moment that he didn't mind at all. Though would he have minded anyway? NOPE.

OOOOOH. HE was gonna find Pegasus. Toby was a fan of Pegasus; with the BIG square and how you could find it using the Big and Little Dippers and all. And POLARIS. The star he'd spoken to. Toby used his free hand to point at Polaris in the sky again when he found it, THEN he used that AND the Plough to follow a line thrOUUUGH the night sky until he ended up pointing at a space near where Dot had found Cassiopeia.

"AHaaaaaaa!" the Hufflepuff exclaimed triumphantly, still pointing. "The Great Square of Pegasus. How NEAT is that?" Man. SO NEAT. "ApPARently, Pegasus and Andromeda SHARE a star. Which I think is SO cool." Sharing is CARING, after all. Toby drew out the LEGS and stuff in the air too, which made up the REST of Pegasus, aaand huZZAH. Done. Found it.

He lowered his arm again and kept on grinning up at the stars. Should he share a secret? None were really coming to mind right now.

"I love stars."

"I think I'm a princess," Dot whispered, since stars and secrets seemed like whispers were the way to go. She pointed her toe again, this time tracing the square that Toby was showing to her. A square that was somehow a flying horse? She didn't see it, but she liked the story.

"Pegasus should give Andromeda a ride. D'you suppose it's awfully lonely in the sky? Even with all the millions of other stars and the moon and people sharing secrets? Like..." She measured the distance between Polaris and the other stars with her fingers. "You never get closer to the other stars. You all move through the universe in your own separate space. I'd rather not be a star."

She propped herself up and looked at That Boy. "Are you okay? You're like... spilling out of all your lines. Is that okay?"

Nemo thought Grayson was a cool guy, cool enough to hang out with. He didn't look weird or act insane. He was confident and good looking. Therefore Nemo found him to be a decent companion for such a day.

"No, no place better to be at all." He said and sat down on the towel. "This is much better than studying. I swear, my brain hurts. I almost wish i was one of those really dumb, jock guys. Then i at least wouldn't care about school." That was clearly a joke. Nemo would hate to be stupid. It must have been so awful to be most of the Hogwarts population he thought. So little rattling around their brains but weird thoughts and hormones. Tragic, really.

But Nemo intended to work rather than do nothing. Well.. Doing nothing was still an option, it was just one he wasn't sure he was going to pick. After all what would be the point of all that money if not to enjoy having it? "So, what do we do out here? We just... sit?" He asked. Nemo hadn't ever really sunbathed before and on such a beautiful day his inner-Gryffindor was alive and well. Ready for adventure.

'no place better to be at all'

SMIIIIIRK.

"Way to boost my ego, man." Not that he was complaining, mind you. He was glad about the company, especially since it seemed like he was getting GOOD company. And company that knew how to crack a joke or two because dumb, jock guys? LOL! "A lot of things are better than studying." Nobody wanted to willingly do THAT. "You know what's even better about that idea? Because they're jocks, they don't have to study. If they're good enough at the sport, they just have to concentrate on the sport and their life'll be sorted! Plus, sports stars get paid a ton of money." That started off as a joke but it was starting to sound like a great idea. Or, you know, one of his other ideas that he wasn't gonna mention out loud. Not yet, anyways. "Be a smart one that doesn't give two knuts about school."

Words of wisdom from Grayson Douglas Whitlock.

What do they do out here? Er, HELLO?! Wasn't it obvious? "Chill, relax, let people ogle at our beautiful bodies." You know, the usual stuff. "Have you never been sunbathing before?"

Henric casually stroll down a path towards the lake.He needed to take a break for awhile. He didn't have a lot of mates to hang around with so he spend his time by the lake, probably skip a rock or two. He found a spot near a grassy plain and lay back on the ground. He stared up at the sky,watching intently as the clouds past by.

DONE.

He was done with OWLs, and ready for summer break to begin. Right after his last exam, which was Defense, Ethan decided to head straight for the lake to help him take his mind off of the OWLs and the stress that came with it, and embrace relaxation at long last. He thought he deserved some fresh air, clear skies, and sunshine, which was by the way, rare in Scotland.

Ethan’s shoulders were slumped, his hair and uniform was a mess because of his Defense practicals, and literally was dragging himself outside. He felt really triumphant and happy with his last exam, but exhaustion was finally catching up with him.

He planned to soak his feet in the lake, and go cloud watching but his energy level was so low that his knees buckled, and came crashing down face first on the soft grass. He let out a small grunt, and started to drift off to Dreamland. If he’s lucky, it just might be the first time in months for him to have proper sleep. Poor lad.

Well, at least OWLs are over for him.

Henric was startled when he heard a loud sound coming from behind. He sat up and turned to look around, wondering what caused it. He saw an older looking student lying motionlessly on the ground a few meters away from where he was. Alarmed, he got up and rushed towards the unknown boy as he thought he might need help. When he got a closer look, he couldn't help feeling a familiar sight before him."Ethan!?" he called but to no response. He slowly crouched down to check if the boy was still breathing.

*SNORE* Henric sighed with relief when he realised the boy was still alive. He knew Ethan, he always seem to find him falling asleep before class begun, but he never knew he could be this drastic. The boy could literally sleep anywhere. Didn't he know he could get sunburn if he continues to fall asleep under the blazing sunlight. Henric pondered over his decision to wake him up because he felt reluctant. He didn't want to disturb his slumber.

Henric made his decision, he nudged Ethan's shoulder in order to wake him up."Hey...Ethan...wake up..you can get sunburn if you sleep here..you're alright mate...wake up,"he said.

*SNOOOOOOOREEE*

Ethan dreamed that he was under the lake, and was following a strange looking fish...it was black...and was very fast. The boy was determined to catch it, so he decided to swim faster. The Slytherin started to do a butterfly stroke on the ground, thinking that he was swimming under the lake.

In his dream, he found himself being caught by the giant squid, and it started to pull him up! WHAT??! NOOO!

"No no no!!!" Ethan kicked the ground and flopped like a real fish. "NINJA FISH!" the fifth year suddenly opened his eyes and pulled himself from the ground. "Huh?" he said as he remained on all fours, and looked wildly around him until he saw...Henric.

"Yes?" What did he want? Oh and...was he dreaming??! It felt real to the Slytherin...

"Woah!"Henric exclaimed,taking a step back when Ethan suddenly got up on his fours."Merlin...for a deep sleeper,his has some quick reflexes." Wait..did he just say Ninja Fish? He chuckled,feeling amused towards his reaction.He had never heard that one before.
"Hey,mate...had a nice dream?"Henric snickered. "You shouldn't sleep here,there is a nice shade over by the tree over there,come on, I'll help you up,"he offered his hand.

Huh?

Ethan made a confused face, as he accepted the fact that he was dreaming. "It's not nice..." he trailed off as his face went from confused...to sad... "BUT FASCINATING!" to excited. Heh. Must be the excess stress talking.

Ethan looked over the tree and the said shade, and the fifth year accepted Henric's help. He was already standing up when he felt super tired again. "Forget walking, Henric." he said and went on all four again. "Don't worry, I got this." he said and started to crawl.

Crawl, crawl, crawl...CRAAAAWWWWWWLLLLL...and flops on the ground.

"Aaaaaaah. Muuuuuch better. Come on over, chap! This spot is puuuuurrrrfect" he called out to Henric, and did a series of pats on the spot next to him. Perfect day to sprawl on the ground and do nothing, yeah?

"Merlin, this is the LIFE!"