Hope wished she could help Noelle. There just wasn't a way she could. Or not a way she could see. She was only 12. She didn't know anything about love. "Maybe some time down the road you will be able to be together. you never know." She shrugged and gave her cousin a hug. "It's ok though because I will always be here for you! No matter what! I am sure that you and him will be friends forever!"

When Noelle started talking about snogging, Hope blushed. She knew a little about kissing. One kiss from Jose and then she kissed Spencer. She knew a little. There was so much difference between the two! She laughed as her cousin joked. It felt good to joke with her again."Ah is he a good kisser? OOOO! I bet he is!!" She giggled as she teased her cousin.

"That's a good idea! Maybe I can make him something. That would be cool. I never had a real Valentine's before. Only daddy or Chris. And they don't count." Hope started to ponder about Valentine's Day. but she was a procrastinator. That could always wait.

Noelle grabbed another s'more and put it on the poker as Hope spoke. She put it in the fire and watched it turn a nice golden brown color before starting to burn. "Yeah maybe. We will see." Noelle said absentmindedly. She didn't see how she could date someone that was steady promised to another.

Noelle pulled the marshmallow out of the fire and blew the flame out that was on it. It was now a nice toasty black color. She bit into it. She blushed as Hope teased her. "Shhh don't judge! You've kissed José and you have a boyfriend! I've never had a boyfriend! Have you and Spencer kissed yet?"

Hope and Spencer's relationship felt new to Noelle but hat was only because she hadn't been here to talk and see the two interact. "I will be studying for Valentines day. " Noelle said matter of factly. She had no plans to do anything else. She was already behind as it was.

"We kiss. Not like sloppy yucky kisses like you see older people do, but we do kiss. And I kissed José once and it was before I met spencer! " Hope was about as red as a valentines day heart. She didn't want prying ears thinking she had kissed another guy while she was dating spence. That would not be good.

Hope eyed Noelle's marshmallow and right before she put it in her mouth Hope stole it. Laughing, she put it in her mouth. Mmm burnt. Just like she liked them! She then put one in her own stick n roasted it. Making it burnt. She then handed it to Noelle.

"You can hang out with spence and I if you want. Or maybe Sabbath can help you study." She knew Noelle was hiding behind her studies as a way to avoid certain things. It wasn't going to help. She needed to talk to sabbath.

Noelle had showed her how to do the message thing earlier so she excused herself and said she had to use the bathroom. Where she really went was her room. She wrote Sabbath a note telling him that he and Noelle needed to talk. And signed it. Folding it up, she said the spell and off it went.

Noelle side eyed Hope as she said she only kissed Jose once. She didn't believe that one little bit. She saw how Jose was looking at her cousin. And those gypsy boys were hard to say no to. "Only once?" Noelle teased and giggled at Hope as she blushed saying she didn't kiss Jose while going out with Spencer.

Then she stole her marshmallow. Did Hope not know that Noelle was a very picky eater as of late and that marshmallow had been turned and burned to the exact way she wanted to eat it? Noelle's mouth dropped and she stared at her while she roasted another marshmallow and gave it to her. One thing needed to be said. "Rude."

But then she grinned and took a bite of the marshmallow.

Ugh. Hope. Her overprotective cousin. "Ill be fine some for Valentine's Day. I had a valentine last year. Actually two. Sabbie and Noah. This year, I don't need one. I just need my books and charms." Noelle didn't need a boy. She was quite happy to be by herself.

"Yes only once." it was just that one time over the summer. Jose and Hope really hadn't spent all that much time together. Unlike Sabbath and Noelle. Hope was a little younger and although she was Noelle's cousin, she was alot pike her, which meant when it came to guys she was shy.

She smiled as her cousin got a little mad at her for stealing her marshmallow. "Here's another one. Love you cuz. I think I got it the way you like it." She handed her the burnt marshmallow. "I won't steal anymore of them." She smiled.

"I really like Spencer. He is really sweet, and very artistic. He's also super cute." Hope started to turn a little pink talking about her boyfriend. She knew Noelle needed to catch up on her studies, so she dropped the date thing.

She took a piece of paper out of her pocket and wrote "be my valentine? Check yes or no" and folded it up and sent it off after Spencer.

The only once thing seemed to surprise Noelle. She shrugged. They only did spend the couple nights over summer with them. Those had been fun nights though. The whole family there. Music. Pool. And the caves they ventured into. "Well whose a better kisser. Jose or Spence?" Important question there.

This felt like old times. Noelle could actually breathe and no shadows of the dark dungeons hung over her. She giggled as she took the marshmallow from Hope and ate it. "mmmm almost better than the one I just made."

Noelle saw Hope take a piece of paper out. " What are you doing? Who you writing to?" She saw the bird take off after it was written.

Hope put another marshmallow on the poker. She turned it in the fire. She didn't want it too burnt so right when it caught fire and had spread a little over the marshmallow she blew it out. Immediately putting it in between a graham cracker and chocolate. Taking a bit the sticky mess was all over her face. It was amazing!

Wiping her face off she answered her cousin. "Ummm I don't kiss and Tell. She giggled. They were both different in the kissing department. She wasn't about to choose between the two. "And I was taking your advice and asking Spencer if he wanted to be my Valentine."

As soon as she got done saying that, the piece of paper she had sent came fluttering back in at her. It read " 'you should already know that by now, you don't have to ask." With a check on the yes. Hope immediately smiled. And showed it to her cousin.

Noelle grabbed another marshmallow and started roasting it. She wasn't much into the s'mores. She much rather would take the marshmallow than everything else.

Noelle giggled. "Ive only ever kissed Sabbie so I wouldn't know."
meaning that she hd nothing to compare it to. But Sabbie was a good kisser. Thinking about Sabbie though made her upset. She felt like her rock was breaking and she didn't like it.

Noelle watched as a bird came back in. Only it was paper. She peeked as Hope showed her what t was. "Awww! See? If I ever have a boyfriend or girlfriend, I want them to be like you two. Cute. Supportive. Loyal. "

"I'm sure you will find someone like that. We are so young. I'm suppose to think guys are yucky. And everything is still new for me. But if I figure anything out I will definitely tell you. Spencer has older brothers." She teased about the older brothers thing. Hoping it would cheer her up. She needed to move on from the topic of guys. Apparently something was going on between her and sabbath. If Noelle wanted to vent she could, but Hope wouldn't force her.

"so have you caught up on your studies? I can help if you want. Well I can try to help, but I'm not that great at school." She gave her a smile.

Noelle wouldn't have to worry about finding someone else because she was swearing off boys completely. She wanted no part in the hormones of boys and that was that.

"Hows classes going by the way? Are you learning things? Have you learned any spells outside of class?" Because that was what really mattered. Not boys. "I have a few friends showing me spells and helping me learn." Of course most of them were boys but she wouldn't get into that. She didn't like them like that.

"Do you wanna try some spells ?? Practice a bit?" Noelle was always up for practicing. It didn't matter. She had never get vulnerable until she found herself in the dungeon and couldn't get herself out of it. She didn't like the feeling.

"sure! Let's practice! What are some spells that you are practicing now? She knew that Noelle needed a distraction. And her studies were distraction.

"My studies are going good. I'm doing OK in them. I keep up. I can always use some extra practice." She got h
Her wand out.

"So what do you want to work on first."

For Liv/Kerri
 

For Cedric
 

Magical Soul
 

Sam was being his usual studious self, only even more so. Because exams. It called for extra studying.

What? It's not like he was a nerd. Everyone was studying more lately!

Well, almost everyone.

While he was in the midst of pouring over his Transfiguration text book, someone not only burst loudly into the common room, but did so while singing some weird, old song. The worst part about it was that Sam recognized that voice.

He stared at Genny for a sec, then quickly turned a little more than he had to in order to get his whole back to face her. Yes, maybe she wouldn't spot him. She was caught up in that stupid song, anyway.

Genny reached a part of the song where more drama was needed and so she hopped up onto the window's small sill and gestured wildly with her arms to the entire common room ignoring some looks because the song was almost over so older people should stop being so obnoxious.

"Sam!" She squeaked when she finished, recognizing Sharksy's head and jumping down from where she was perched up. "It's very nice out, Katherine and I took a long stroll by the courtyard. It smells like raspberries there." Her eyes scanned his nest of books trying so hard not to judge (and failing).