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Tanya's grinned widened as Echo explained himself amused at his blush and rambling. "Calm down I didn't mean anything by it! I'm happy you've found friends in Ravenclaw. It just proves that they see the same thing me and Elsie first saw." she winked with a chuckle. And she was, having listened to his older sister speak about him she had been a tad worried he wouldn't actually interact with his fellow peers. When he suggested that maybe they all hang out her smile brightened as she nodded excitedly. "I'd like that! I could introduce you to Kayla, she's a Hufflepuff and really nice." Leaning back against the cold bench her dark brown eyes found the cover of his book and read it curiously. "'House of Leaves'? What's it about?" Tanya asked.

Tanya blushed at her blunder but nudged Echo back laughing. "Gah you're right, it must be all this reading. Especially Astronomy and History, I've never been so bored in my life before touching those things!" she shivered exaggeratedly. She listened, or at least tried to listen, as her friend explained his admittedly complicated book which at least sounded a bit interesting. Much more than those texts that's for sure! She brightened as he offered for her to borrow when he was done making her grin and nod excitedly. "Sounds great! I'd offer mine but Elsie's borrowing it and the only other copy I have is the old movie and erm...not sure movies work at Hogwarts." Tanya chuckled thinking back to when she asked her Mum. Although she and her brother had been raised in a semi-magical environment they had some comforts of the muggle world which included a television set and movie player. Her mum had been raised around muggles so she knew how to use them and taught them but wasn't into Sci-fy and adventure movies like she was nor the superhero movies and cartoons like her brother. Tanya blinked for a second before realizing she didn't know if Echo even knew what movies were or not or if he was pureblooded or half-blooded like she was. "Um, do you know what movies are?" she asked delicately.

Tanya jumped as her friend burst out into laughter making her wonder what it was she said to make him laugh like that while simultaneously thinking that his laugh was rather nice and she wanted to keep making him do it. Her eyes widened as Echo spoke about his father's work and about all the things he had at home. Merrliinn..."Your house sounds totally and completely wicked! My Mum was raised around muggle things and she got me and my little brother a telly and some videos. My favorite is usually sci-fy or adventure movies, Cookie likes superheros." she shrugged with a grin. She didn't personally mind horror movies but she didn't explicitly like them either. There were a few she could watch and some that made her whole body crawl unpleasantly. It was then Tanya noticed her friend's blush and wondered what made him do so. Was he embarrassed of what genre he liked? Or maybe that his house was too big? Either way it was being stupid. Shaken from her thoughts by his words she pouted as he spoke that such movies wouldn't work here before bringing up his collection. "Well that sucks, it's not like there's a lot of books here for entertainment. And it sucks about your collection. What all do you have in it? The only horror my Mum would let me watch was the Nightmare Before Christmas. But I've seen a lot of Alfred Hitchcock movies though. And this one about a creepy leprechaun!" Tanya grinned.

Tanya nodded at his description of his movie collection while giggling at Echo's explanation of some movies. Sure, like he never watched one of his mother's romantic movies. "It's alright if you did, I won't tell." she winked and giggled. She agreed that the library lacked casual reading material and was impressed that he and his mom developed such as system before grinning at his offer. "I'd like that, thanks." she didn't know what she was suddenly blushing or why a pleased hum seemed to erupt within her but she couldn't very well ask now could she? Tanya pouted at his laugh of her Mother's version of horror but even she started laughing. Her Mum liked to keep her and her brother sheltered, which she could understand considering their father, but sometimes it became rather bothersome. She also laughed as he went on about how he could watch all the horror he wanted around his parents and why. She couldn't imagine a sneaky little Echo running around watching horror movies at night but she could imagine a sneaky little Echo running around scaring his older sister with horror movies. Though who would've known that tough Gypsy would be scared of zombies!? "Well that was cool of them, they could've just forbid it all together. My Mum did the same with Cookie and reading, she tried keeping to books in his age level but he just got bored quicker and would sneak some of the more dangerous or waaay older ones. Now he can read whatever as long as he asks my Mum. He's as big a bookworm as you are, you've gotta meet him!" Tanya suddenly exclaimed thinking of how well her Cookie and her...friend would get along.

The feast ended without any major incidences, and when all of the other students were in their respective common rooms, Sun was outside because screw curfews. The Gryffindor walked to the courtyard, where he had promised Chloe, his girlfriend, that he would meet her there. And there she was, standing there alone. Sun walked up to her with a gentle smile and greeted, "Hi Chloe."

{ooc; i'm sorry i'm such a d**k orz}


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Okay. Breathe in. Breathe out. This was just a meet-up between two teenagers, between boyfriend and girlfriend, so there was absolutely nothing to be afraid of. So why was Sun nervous?

He shoved his hands into his pockets and bit down on his tongue just to hide his anxiousness. Was he smiling? Or did he make a constipated face? Slightly unsure. What he did know though, was that he slowly relaxed when he found out the subject of discussion was about quidditch. Although relieved of whatever the heck Sun was thinking, he had something new to worry about: Chloe getting hurt. There really wasn't a "safe" quidditch position, per se. Seekers end the game, and are possible the first target of beaters. Beaters smash each other around. Chasers are physically brutal, not to mention occasionally beaten around the bush by beaters. Keepers prevent chasers from scoring, so getting bashed over the head with a bludger is a harsh reality.

As an ex-beater, he understood how dangerous quidditch was. He was scared of being involved in the sport again. But he shouldn't project his fear onto Chloe: that would be unfair. Sun still had the right to worry though. "Wh-which position are you thinking trying out for?" he asked.


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Sun blinked. He just couldn't imagine Chloe behind a beater's bat, sending those bludgers spiraling towards the opposing members. It required an enduring and aggressive mindse--who was he kidding?

"Being a chaser is definitely safer," he said. Almost. At least Chloe would be able to avoid being in constant contact with those iron ores. No chances of accidentally pelting oneself with those balls. "I don't think it's a bad idea. Just a risky one." No one has died from quidditch, right? A sport could help someone in different ways, like stress, health, etc. It could be fun too.

{ooc; orz}


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