Aww, man. He should have not spent so much time staring at how pretty Professor Moxley was. He got very much distracted and now he was having a difficult time looking for a partner. Phillip, who sat next to him earlier would have been a good choice but because he was distracted, the other boy was claimed by someone else.

Now who was going to be his partner?

...

.......Eeek! Charlotte? The one who called him a half-giant during the boat ride?

Ooooh. COOL.

....She seemed like a great partner, with her enthusiasm and all. Owen grinned at her, "Sure!" He can be the PUSHER. "But you know, we will have to take turns. Professor pretty said so. Are you okay with that? Do you have what it takes to puuush me?"

And because she was already wearing purple, Owen grabbed a shirt of the same color for himself and put it on. #TEAMPURPLE

"Yeah that's okay, I like taking turns, as long as I get to be FIRST in the ball, okay?" She eyed him up and down. He WAS bigger than her, but she would be the boss because.... "I'm older than you, so that's why." Probably. She was probably older. Unless he was actually like a third year and just got hold back a LOT.

That would explain why he was so big!

But anyway, she would just find another reason if that turned out to be the case.

"I can DEFINITELY push you though!" She showed off her non-existent muscles. ALL the strong poses. FLEXING. YES. Except really just grimacing comically and dramatically making fists and poses.

See? Strong.

"Okaaay, if you say so." She wanted to be the ball first. Fine. He was easy to talk to. She also said she could push him so...okay then. What she said. All Owen really wanted was to finish this activity so he can more time to stare at the prettiest Professor.

It would probably be better too, so he could get a feeeeeeel of how things were supposed to go. Being the pusher meant that he had control primarily...somewhat.

Now, "Let's go over this lane then," Owen said, as he headed over to a now free lane. Then he head pulled the inflatable ball over and zipped it open. "In you go...Charlotte. That's your name, right?" He grinned and gestured for her to get into the inflatable, "Oh. By the way, I think I'm older than you." Yup.

First there was the changes to the classroom, the added space and the inflatable lanes. Then there was the mildly bad news...the concept of their activity. Human bowling...with the use of large inflatable ball suits. Why did he think this was going to get bad for him? The answer clear when Adi looked to him at the idea and pulling him towards a lane to line up for their turn. Oh goody...he was going to be a ball first.

Benny waited a touch anxiously for their turn, doing his best to obey the rules and entered the ball as his friend zipped him into it. He braced himself and took a deep breath as Adi called ready or not, nodding to go when he was as ready as he was going to be. The Gryffindor nearly closed his eyes as the rolling began, instead both seeing and feeling the tumbling head over feet that was happening and finally the release.

Where was he going....where was he going?

The ball was moving on his own mostly from the Hufflepuff's previous exertion, but partly on his own movements as he shifted around inside. In the end as it and he made it to the end of the lane, they hit the one end and knocked 2 pins down alone the side while he recovered once the rolling stopped. His head a little shaken.

Adi was next...right?

"Nooooooooo way!" WHATBUTNOOOOO!!?! "My birthday is in December!" That was PRETTY SOON, "So I'm almost twelve!" SUPER grown up. ....

....

"....but even if you are, I'm prettier so I STILL get to go first."

FYI.

She followed over to the lane and clambered into the ball. "Yup that's my name!" What was HIS name? She probably heard but she had forgotten already yes.

Aaaand... she was ready to be bowled. Oh gosh. This was cool. She was gonna be the best bowling ball everrr!

Wheeee!

Look at Benny go!

He crashed into the pins, knocking two over in the process. Only two?! Hmph. Adi was going to have to roll him with a little more force next time Poor Benny. But it was the Hufflepuff's turn to get rolling! He quickly helped his buddy out of the ball. "You okay? Not dizzy? Not injured?'' Concerned dude here!

After determining that Benny was okay, Adi practically leapt into the inflatable ball. "Let's get this show on the road!'' He was going to knock those remaining four pins down!
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Annnnnd he was OFF!

Shooting down the lane, round and round and roooound!

Stuff flashed by like WOAH! It was all a blur. This was fun! Adi didn't even know when Benny left him on his own. All he knew was that he CRASHED into things, sending them haywire. Now he was still and dizzy.

Now that her and Angel were partners and they both held Dark Blue bowling shirts she was ready to hear what they would be doing. Slipping the shirt on over her Slytherin robes she silently buttoned it up while listening to the Professor. Looking down at herself she shrugged her shoulders a little. The shirt wasn't...to bad... could've been nicer in green though.

When all the directions were said and done she watched as inflatable bowling lanes appeared before them in the center of the room along with inflatable balls they'd be zipped inside of? Wicked! Cause who didn't want to be a human bowling ball and roll down a lane before smashed into large pins?! This would be so soooo much fun!

Hady turned to Angel and cast her a grin. "Ready to win?" Cause they would win. Collecting a inflatable ball for one of them to get into she then headed for a lane before glancing once more at her partner. "Want to go first?," she offered not at all minding sending Angel rolling down one of the lanes.

Her birthday was in December? Owen lightly cocked his head at this information. She WAS older. Buuuuuuut....he was bigger! But okay, she wins. She was prettier. So the Hufflepuff only shook his head at her with his grin still on, "All right. All riiiiiight." He had a feeling he won't win against this one.

And then into the inflatable she goes...

Owen zipped the inflatable bowling ball, waved bye-bye at Charlotte, then run!puuuuuuuuuuuuuuushed the inflatable towards the lane as he told the Gryffindor, "HAVE FUN!"

Approaching foul line! Owen immediately willed himself to stop. He almost lost balance and face-planted the ground but managed to take a hold of himself and was just short an inch from the foul line. Pwew. It was good that he remembered that detail. Or else the ball Charlotte was in would have deflated.

Was she able to knock down some pins?!

It was Reagan's experience that PINK looked lovely on everyone, especially those mute, paler shades. So, she was VERY pleased that Ms. Charlotte agreed...Or, Rea assumed she did...as she had a very pleasant, agreeable look on her face. She could've read that one wrong...

...and she was being herded into the ball. Well, that was okay. She was perfectly fine being the first ball.

"You've got this, Charlotte!"...Though all the excitement, the redhead hadn't given a 'name' preference. So, Rea planned to use her proper name until she said otherwise. It was the safe choice, in her opinion. As for this bowling adventure, Rea toed her way into the ball, sitting and wrapping her arms around her folded legs. She was set to go!

"I'm ready!"

So far, so good. Moxley was at her desk, keeping a watchful eye on the class. Such a good professor, she was. She had her rubbish bin ready, too, in case any of the kiddos got dizzy and decided they wanted to upchuck all over her classroom. Not letting that happen, just saying.

Ravenclaws, Merlin.

"The reason switching roles is a rule is so that neither partner gets too dizzy during the course of the game, Ms. Wright. With that being said, if you can find a partner who is willing to volunteer and be the ball five times, I'll allow it." But that was a lot of rolling, just saying.

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Ravenclaws, Merlin.

"The reason switching roles is a rule is so that neither partner gets too dizzy during the course of the game, Ms. Wright. With that being said, if you can find a partner who is willing to volunteer and be the ball five times, I'll allow it." But that was a lot of rolling, just saying.

Professor Moxley would allow it... But only if she could find a partner who would be the ball five times. "Thank you, professor. I'm really not comfortable with being inside balls so please don't make me be the ball." Either way she wasn't going to get in a ball. Okay, now she needed to find an unsuspecting Gryffindor firstie a partner who was willing to be the ball five times in a row. The odds that someone in this room wouldn't mind doing that were in her favor, but most people already had partners. That narrowed her options down. "Does anyone want to be my partner? You can be the ball for all five turns!"

"The name sounds familiar." He confirmed. Adi. Yeah. Might have been that one HUfflepuff that sat next to him in the Charms class but he couldn't really remember now because he'd been really upset that lesson and hadn't been paying attention--not nearly as much attention as he was paying now.

Did anyone else HEAR that????

THEY WERE GONNA BE THE BOWLING BALLS AND GET PUSHED DOWN THE LANE AND THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MOST EXCITING THING HE'D DONE SINCE HE GOT TO HOGWARTS!

He was SOOOOO ready for this.

"Can I be the ball? I wanna be the ball and you can push me down the lane and I can knock down all the pins and it'll be so completely cool!" THEY HAD TO TRY THIS NOW! So Blaise ran to get one of the balls and rolled it over to her. "Can you help me in?"

Before Norah could open her mouth to say 'thanks!' the ball was being zipped up over her head. Was that ENTHUSIASM Brooklyn just showed? Or maybe she just was really good at zippers. There was some kind of smile on her face so maybe she really was excited, even if it wasn't the biggest smile in the whole world it still counted for something. She put her hands up to give her partner a thumbs up just for luck, but was only halfway up when she was jolted forward and fell right on her face. Heh. Good thing it was a squishy ball and not a real bowling ball. With her face smushed to the front of the ball, she went round and round and round and round, not straight down the lane as she had before. The stumble at the beginning seemed to have directed her much further to the left than she should've been. Her attempt to lean to the right and get straight again wasn't working very well either, as each time she got close to the right position she was upsidedown all over again.

The end of the lane came much faster than she'd expected it to, and before she could pull herself much closer to the middle of the lane she was barreling over a single pin at the left, which fell sideways and knocked one other one down. Well. It wasn't exactly a strike but it was something, right? Hopefully Brooklyn wouldn't be too disappointed, especially because she'd just (kinda) smiled for the very first time.

About to try and flag down someone to be his partner, Rooney heard Penelope asking for someone to help out more than a typical partner. He felt sorry for her, because she looked a little unsettled by everything happening in the classroom around them. "Miss Penelope? Miss Penelope Wright? I can be your partner?" He wasn't thrilled about the idea of being the ball for all of their five turns, but if it was to help someone out and made a fellow Ravenclaw feel comfortable in their learning environment. "I bet I'll be the best ball out there." Or at least he'd try...

Of course, of course. Ethan agreed to everything that AJ just said. If the class only knew how the two of them worked, yeah? One determined Gryffindor, and an ambitious Slytherin towards a common goal? People should be scared of them. Yep.

Without second thoughts, the Slytherin got his golden uniform and wore it over his shirt . Geez, they do look like winners already, and wearing it seem to make him pumped about the activity too.

Turning his attention now to the professor, Ethan listened carefully, and made sure to remember the rules. LOL. If he did push through with the idea of partnering up with Moxley, he was sure he’d have a challenging time, pushing her. Not that he couldn’t push her, because, ahem, he’s been working out, but you know…it could be a huge advantage for them. No pun intended. Imagine the pins she should knock out in one go!

But yes, that was not the case. Looking down at his partner, Ethan knew he had to be careful with AJ, even if she seems to be a tough cookie. She’s still a girl, and he will be responsible for her, so don’t worry, Adi! Clasping, and rubbing his hands, he bent down just a little to talk to his partner. “Alright, Champ. How about you go first so I can plan our next attack?” Because, yes, he’s serious about getting those pins down and win this game!

This kid was polite, Yoongi liked that. And not only did he say that the shirt looked good he also gave a thumbs up. How adorable was that? The Gryffindor grabbed his chapstick from his pocket and used it on his dry lips while waiting for the kid to put on his own orange shirt. Too bad it wasn’t pink… Also giving the thumbs when Milo asked how it looked, Yoongi then focused his attention to the Professor as she revealed the blow up bowling lanes and the human-sized balls.

They…they had to…get in there?

Looking slightly uncomfortable, Yoongi looked away from the lane to Milo poking his arm and then ran to stand in line. He followed him, a bit reluctantly and he was already making excuses to not go first. But it seemed that it wasn’t needed because of course an eleven year old would have wanted to go first.

Yoongi grinned as he looked down at the kid and before he could say anything he was already stepping in the ball. Geez, he didn’t need to shout… “No need to shout Milo, I can hear you the thing isn’t soundproof” he answered, rubbing his ear. He zipped up the ball , “Ready? 3..2..1!~” and pushed as hard as he could.

Well he could deal with green since it was his house color and all. Better than orange or even worse magenta. Okay and of course Dante was going to be the pusher at first. He would leave the hyper first year as the ball to start since you know. It worked out good for both of them. He helped zip Ellery into the inflatable ball. Since he was suppose to. Plus it looked pretty hard to do on her own.

Now the fun part.

Dante got back as far as he could with Ellery in the ball and started running as fast as he could forward towards the lane and let go and stopped just before he cross the foul line!

"KNOCK OVER ALL THE PINS ELLERY!"

He still did not understand bowling since he was barely listening expect for the instructions. But that sounded like the best strategy.

Go!, Ellery, Go!

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About to try and flag down someone to be his partner, Rooney heard Penelope asking for someone to help out more than a typical partner. He felt sorry for her, because she looked a little unsettled by everything happening in the classroom around them. "Miss Penelope? Miss Penelope Wright? I can be your partner?" He wasn't thrilled about the idea of being the ball for all of their five turns, but if it was to help someone out and made a fellow Ravenclaw feel comfortable in their learning environment. "I bet I'll be the best ball out there." Or at least he'd try...

A volunteer to be her partner and be the ball for all five turns! It was that adorable second year claw boy, Rooney. She loved how he was willing to help her. This boy was going to be a prefect one day. Okay, maybe second year was a little bit too early to think about that, but she was sure that he would make a great prefect when he was a bit older. Miss Penelope. Had a nice ring to it. "Rooney? I would be delighted to be your partner for this activity. Would you mind being the ball for all five turns?" She didn't want him to feel uncomfortable with the activity, but she also wasn't going to be a ball. This activity looked like it could be really fun if she wasn't inside a ball. His turn to get into a ball.

THIS LOOKED SUPER FUN BECAUSE ELLERY LOVED DOING WEIRD SPORTS THINGS.

She allowed Dante to zip her up. It was nice and cozy in the ball. She liked small spaces, she was NOT claustrophobic at all. She tried bouncing a bit, but it didn't really work, so that was sad, bUUUUT then Dante was trying to throw her.

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"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! NEEEEEEEEEEEEERROOOOOOOOOO." Ellery was yelling in delight as she veered towards the pins. She tried to control her direction, but it was a LOT harder than she had originally thought. She came really close to hitting some pins, but she rolled past them at the last second.

"IT'S OKAY WE CAN RECOVER FROM THIS." Pep talks for the win.

He smiled wide and nodded. "If you agree to sit with me for dinner later even if I'm still dizzy?" Not dinner dinner, but so he wouldn't fall onto the floor and stay underneath the table and die a dizzy death. ALONE. Either way, he was definitely ready to take one for his team and be in the ball all of the turns. Reaching over, the second year got both of them matching bowling shirts and shimmied into his before offering Penelope one exactly the same. He decided that he needed a moment to gear himself up before potentially showing all of his breakfast to the entirety of his school peers.

Scrambled eggs on toast and sausages.

"Okay, I'm ready. Are you ready to zip me in?" Moving into the ball on a nearby lane that was now theirs, he looked over his shoulder at Miss Penelope Wirght.

And then they could get rolling. Literally.

After they had put on their sea foam green shirts, Gwen said to Phillip, "Can I be the ball first? That actually sounds like so much fun!" How often would she ever get to do this again?

Nodding, Paulina wasn't surprised that Blaise had heard of Adi. He was quite the Hogwarts celebrity from the look of things. She wished that she could be as social as her friend, but being an introvert and all, it just was draining for her. Plus she was shy.

Anyway.

"Suuuure you can be the ball." Honestly he could be for the whole time as far as she was concerned. Too bad it wasn't allowed; she didn't want to get into trouble. Oh well. Paulina shrugged it off as she went to help her partner into the ball that he had rolled over. "You all set now?" She wasn't going to push him until he was ready because she didn't think that would be very nice.

Wisconsin? Where in the name of Merlin was Wisconsin?!

Phillip blinked at her, trying to process all of this information. Was he meant to tell her his history? Because it wasn't THAT interesting but he would certainly make it sound like it was! "Well, GOOD that you're here because Hogwarts is GREAT. Full of ADVENTURE, I've heard." And he nodded seriously because he knew a LOT about Hogwarts. Mhm.

The first year hadn't been at Hogwarts for long but he certainly knew that Hufflepuffs were the nice lot. The fair lot. So was it surprising that the girl chose a colour that was both Hufflepuff and Slytherin? OF COURSE NOT. Phillip nodded and grabbed himself a shirt as well before tugging it on. "What do you think?" And he pulled a MIGHTY STANCE BECAUSE HE WAS PHILLIP ROMALOTTI AND HE CAN.

Ahem.

What? Whaaaaaaaaat? But he. Ugh. LADY. "Okay, I guess. Ladies first." SEE? He was a GENTLEMAN. "And we're going to win this, okay?" Because he wanted to. Simple. "C'mon," he said, taking her hand and tugging her towards a nearby lane, "Are you ready to rock and," AHAHAHAHAHA. "roll?"

He was SO FUNNY.

Angel smiled as she put on the t-shirt and then she looked at Hady. "I'd love to be the first one that gets rolled down the lane." Angel giggled. "I was just thinking you never get to feel what it must be like for the pins but now we will be." Angel was glad she was doing this with a friend because it would be more fun.

Angel got inside the ball and then she looked at Hady. "I'm ready when you are team mate." Angel couldn't wait to be pushed down the lane, they were going to win right, well she hoped they would and it was cool being team mates and not actually playing against each other.

SPOILER!!: Angel

Angel smiled as she put on the t-shirt and then she looked at Hady. "I'd love to be the first one that gets rolled down the lane." Angel giggled. "I was just thinking you never get to feel what it must be like for the pins but now we will be." Angel was glad she was doing this with a friend because it would be more fun.

Angel got inside the ball and then she looked at Hady. "I'm ready when you are team mate." Angel couldn't wait to be pushed down the lane, they were going to win right, well she hoped they would and it was cool being team mates and not actually playing against each other.

Great. Angel agreed to go first. This was just fie with her seeing as she'd get to go next anyhow. "I've never really thought about what the pins feel. I'd like to think it doesn't bother them much since they get knocked over again and again," Hady laughed shrugging her shoulders a bit. It was a bit strange thinking about things like that.

Watching her team mate get into the ball Hady pulled the zipped up on it tightly. There. "Alright then here we go!" She began pushing Angel inside the inflatable bowl down the lane in as straight a line towards the pins. The closer the got to the line Hady skidded to a stop her feet sliding across the floor a few inches making her laugh. "Knock down those pins Angel!" She called to her friend encouragingly as she watched her roll at the pins.