Elly Eriksson
August 26, 2007 3:48 PM
End of the Year [see OOC board] by Elly Eriksson
It had been a fantastically fun year, no doubt about it. However, as Elly made her way through the school she couldn't honestly say that she wasn't looking forward to its conclusion, and with it the summer holiday. First, though, there was something she had to do.It had taken Elly several research sessions in the library and a lot of effort to finally get this spell to work right. If she only put as much effort into her studies she’d be at the top of every class. Somehow it didn’t seem so fun when the teachers had requested it, though.
It was now the last proper meal of this term – the evening before all the students would return home for the summer. Elly headed down to the Cascade Hall dressed neatly in her uniform – probably the neatest she had been all year with the exception of the Opening Feast. In her arms were a number of origami cranes, crafted from an assortment of different colours of paper. Elly’s first attempts were ironically the neatest, as she’d painstakingly folded each one by hand. The later attempts had been done with the aid of a much appreciated creasing spell, which was faster but a little less accurate.
Each paper crane had a message written over its wings: ‘Have a great summer’ on the left, and ‘Love from Elly xxx’ on the right. She had also written the name of the intended recipient, and this is what had caused Elly the most trouble. The spell she had mastered with great difficulty was like a sort of tracking charm in her mind, and sent the crane flying off to the right person. Hopefully. With a bit of luck.
Elly had lovingly made cranes for several of her school friends, including each of her roommates, Echo, Matt, Saul and Brett, Irene, Hyana, Talitha and Josiah, and Briony. She now carried them over to her usual seat and set them on the table before her. One by one she tapped them with her wand, incanting the spell, and watched in wonder as the flock of multicoloured birds took off to find their new owners.
“Cool,” Elly said to nobody in particular.
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Subthreads: Now that this was posted forever ago, I'm going to reply by Echo Elms and Brett Hodges with Elly, Echo Elms, Irene
We got a valentines (Briony) by Saul with Briony
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End of the Year [see OOC board]
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Echo Elms and Brett Hodges
September 01, 2007 9:02 PM
Now that this was posted forever ago, I'm going to reply by Echo Elms and Brett Hodges
Echo lifted his bowl with both hands and savored his last splatters of chili. No more of that until September. That was fine with him, really, because it would be replaced by good homemade food and, anyway, he'd be back soon. Summers always went by so quick. As he set his bowl aside and started as something large and yellow alighted on his hand. He shook it off like a bug and smacked it onto the table. Brett looked up at him from his rice like he had suddenly gone mad for no reason.The thing lay on the table. Echo poked it cautiously with the back of his spoon. It moved its wings awkwardly and tried to sit back up.
"It's a piece of paper," Brett informed him.
"Yeah, I can see that," Echo returned, picking it up. It looked like some kind of oragami bird with "Have a great summer. Love from Elly xxx," written on the wings. It had probably been really crisp and pretty a couple seconds ago. It was still kind of nice. He held it up and wondered how she folded it up like that.
"She loves you," Brett teased.
"She must be around here somewhere," he said, the thought occurring to him as he said it. He looked around and spotted a couple other paper cranes in the air. One of them came closer and perched on Brett's head.
"Check it out. She loves you too," Echo laughed and kept looking for his red headed friend. She was never too hard to spot and today wasn't any exception.
"Hey, I'll catch you later," he said to Brett, and hurried across the hall to meet with Elly before they all left for summer. He hoped Meredith wasn't far either. They still hadn't decided where they were getting together this summer. He wouldn't mind taking them in Sundance--that would be sweet--but he was pretty sure Caedence was staying Elly so he didn't know if either of them would want to come out to Wyoming.
"Hey El!" he called when he was a few feet to her side. He held up his crane and grinned. "These are pretty cool. You gotta show me how to do that sometime."
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Now that this was posted forever ago, I'm going to reply
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Elly
September 02, 2007 10:00 AM
It wasn't forever ago, but thanks for the reply anyway :-) by Elly
“Hey El!” Elly turned at the sound of Echo’s voice, and grinned wildly at him as he came over. “These are pretty cool. You gotta show me how to so that sometime,” he said. Elly glowed at the praise, though at the same time noticed that Echo’s crane was oddly wrinkled.“Echo, did you squash it?” she asked, half laughing. “They’re not to hard to make, it was getting them to fly that was the issue,” she told him, shaking her head. Elly didn’t mind the occasional bit of hard work, though, especially if it was for personal projects. Hard work in lessons was a different thing entirely, and often not worth the bother.
“Glad you like it anyway,” she said, as she took a seat, indicating that Echo should do the same. Elly picked up a samosa from a plate on the table, and then took a large bite. “Mm, I’m going to miss the food,” she told Echo through her mouthful. Elly rarely had such good food at home, seeing as her mother didn’t cater for her vegetarian diet. Elly herself wasn’t a bad cook, though, and didn’t have any severe objections to living on pasta and salads, except the monotony. This summer she might have to make more of an effort, though, at least for the time that Caedence was staying. Which reminded her…
“Plans for the summer?” she asked Echo, between mouthfuls. The two of them and Meredith had discussed meeting up this summer, but no plans had been finalised. The question was indirect enough to cover any ideas that Echo had regarding their meeting up, as well as asking about his summer plans in general.
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It wasn't forever ago, but thanks for the reply anyway :-)
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Echo Elms
September 02, 2007 11:35 AM
My pleasure! by Echo Elms
“Echo, did you squash it?” Elly laughed."Yeah," he admitted, scratching sheepishly at his big hair and looking down at it. "I think I thought it was a mutant bug at first." He laughed too, and followed Elly's lead in sitting down. He'd already eaten, but he found a bowl of corn chips on the table and helped himself to a handful. "It landed on my hand and I was all like, agggh!--smack!" he redramatized the scene for her because, in hindsight, he thought it was pretty funny. He broke a couple of chips in the process. "Brett though I'd lost it. It was great. And his landed on his head."
“Plans for the summer?” Elly asked while he was picking up the chip fragments on the table.
"Go home. Play soccer with Brett's possee." That was really about all he had planned right now. Maybe another summer with them and they'd be his possee too? Probably not. "Maybe I'll try to see Saul sometime. We should try to get together again, too." Meredith was implied in that we as well as him and Elly. And then there was Caedence. She could be in the we, or not, he'd let Elly decide. Probably she'd have to be if she was staying with Elly this summer.
"I could ask my parents if you could all come out?" He got to see Meredith's place over Christmas, and Elly's place briefly. He was hoping maybe to get to see more of Elly's or to show them around Sundance this time. He wasn't sure, though, how his parents would feel about him bringing home three girls. He'd have to ask. There'd be room at his dad's house for two of them in the living room on the fold out bed. And then another could stay in his room... and then maybe he could sleep on the floor in his dad's room. That was about all the space there was. At his mom's house, they could maybe set up a couple tents outside. He'd use one of the tiny backpacking tents and they the three person tent...
They'd figure something out.
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My pleasure!
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Elly
September 02, 2007 12:14 PM
Well cool. by Elly
Elly could help but laugh at Echo’s tale of his initial response to the paper crane. “Mutant bug?” She raised her eyebrow in questioning disbelief. “You’re weird,” she told him, smiling, though she guessed he probably knew he was weird already. Mutant bugs would be kind of cool, though.Elly nodded as Echo relayed his summer plans, vague though they were. “I could ask my parents if you could all come out?” he suggested.
“All of us?” Elly repeated, reaching for a handful of the corn chips. “Like me, you and Meredith, or like us and Brett and Saul as well?” She munched a few chips before continuing. “I got Caedence over for the last bit of July,” she told him, “for two or three weeks. Then the last two weeks I’m at my Grandma’s like last year.” She poured some fruit juice, smirking at Echo as she did so – he had every right to be nervous around Elly with juice – and took a quick swig. “Or I could stay with my Grandma for one week, then come over to yours for the last week, if you like, and we could get the wagon back together.”
That last idea actually sounded rather fun, but then Elly would have to find some way of getting all her school stuff to her Grandma’s, and then leaving from there to get to Wyoming without her Grandma noticing any of the unusual magic-related stuff, which would be sure to freak her out. Plus if Echo wanted all of them over together, everyone else would have to be free that week, too. And what if he was inviting them for less than a week – or more, for that matter?
“What do you think?”
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Well cool.
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Irene
September 02, 2007 12:56 PM
Mind if I drop in? by Irene
Irene was sitting in Cascade, knowing full well she had to enjoy this last meal at Sonora (until next year that is). Uncle Mike's idea of a home-cooked meal was a peanut-butter and jelly sandwhich. Ah well. That's was pizza delivery is for, right? Renaye had informed her many times in her letters that she had insisted on making dinner rather than suffering another Mike-Meal. Apparantely she thought she'd done very well. Josh had written her a few times saying that he need her back for reinforcements. Can't wait till summer. Raye is trying to cook, but her food is only a little better than Uncle Mike's.Irene reached out to pull a plate of chicken towards her. As she reached out, though, something flutter by her ear. She lept up with a yelp, looking around for... well, she really didn't know. On the table lay what she reccognized as a paper crane. Grinning, she picked it up and examined it. One one wing, summer wishes were written and on the other informed her that it was Elly that sent it. How. Cool.
Looking around, Irene saw Echo already up and talking to her. Irene, still holding the crane, headed over.
"Elly!" She called as she approched. "I love the crane. Creative!" \r\n\r\n
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Mind if I drop in?
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Echo Elms
September 02, 2007 1:16 PM
As you like by Echo Elms
Echo turned to see Irene coming toward them and he waved while he thought about summer. Elly seemed to have a lot of hers planned out. It would depend on his parents, really, and what they wanted, and if they'd made any plans they hadn't told him about."I don't know," he told Elly, carefully eyeing her juice just to be smart. Elly hadn't spilled anything on him in over a year. "I'll have to ask mom and dad what's okay with them and find out when everyone's free. I'll email you, okay?" He turned to Irene, "What about you? Summer plans?"
He bet Brett would love to have Irene visit this summer. If she came too, they were definitely talking tents (and where to stop? If Irene came, than Hyana definitely should, and Saul, too and then it was all just getting huge--which would be awesome, but probably not possible). His family had three, two backpackers and a 3-4 person. He could ask Brett if his mom still had that huge 5-7 person tent that had belonged to an uncle. The roof leaked on that one, but you could always throw a tarp over the top of it. That's what they did the time Brett had a campout birthday party.
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As you like
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Elly
September 02, 2007 2:43 PM
We're not exclusive :-) by Elly
“Elly! I love the crane. Creative,” Irene called out as she, too, headed over.“Hey,” Elly replied, “I’m glad you like it.” She grinned at Irene, and nodded at Echo to let him know she’d heard what he’d said about e-mailing. She hoped they would be able to get together at some point over the summer - Elly missed her friends while she was away from school.
It was cool that Echo and Saul could e-mail. Elly had passed their addresses on to Meredith, too, just in case their less Muggle-savvy friend found a computer over the summer. Owls were cool for staying in touch when you couldn’t get to a computer, but they took much longer, and Elly didn’t have an owl, anyway. She’d thought about getting one, but knew she couldn’t keep it at home because her parents didn’t let her have pets. Well, her Dad knew about Custard, her puffskein, because he’d given his permission for Elly to keep it, but only on the grounds that she never brought it home with her. On that note, Elly made a mental reminder that she had to get her puffskein to Josiah for him to look after over the summer. She hoped it was still okay – he hadn’t said otherwise, but Elly hadn’t spoken to him recently, and didn’t know if maybe he’d changed his mind.
Elly tuned back into the conversation just in time to hear Irene start talking about her plans for the summer. She sipped her juice while she listened.
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We're not exclusive :-)
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Irene
September 02, 2007 3:05 PM
Alright! by Irene
As Irene walked up, she caught a few phrases that hinted they were discussing the upcoming summer. Irene was really excited. First thing she was going to do was tackle hug Raye. It had been an entire year since she'd seen her! That was way too long! Not only was she going to be reunited with Uncle Mike, Renaye, Josh, and Elaina, but she was going to hang out with Caedence for a bit too.Elly grinned in response to Irene. “Hey, I’m glad you like it.” Irene gave her a grin back.
"What about you? Summer plans?" Echo asked. Irene shrugged. "Just two. Quidditch, as much as possible, and Caedence is actually going to drop by for a few days. Other than that," she said, "I'm just chilling at home."
Now that she got to thinking about it, it would be great to get together with a bunch of Sonorins. She had been planning on a normal summer, but now that summer was upon them Irene found herself wanting more excitement...
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Alright!
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Echo Elms
September 02, 2007 3:32 PM
Woo by Echo Elms
Echo nodded to the tune of Irene's excitement and wondered at the two of them. Maybe it was being in Quidditch together that made Caedence more likeable to the girls? Or maybe it was because they were all girls and that made them know each other better? In his experience, Caedence was a hard person to get to know, and didn't even really like the people she did know, so it kind of surprised him that she seemed to have a great busy summer planned."I'd still like to try Quidditch sometime," Echo mentioned before he could stop himself from saying it. Ever since he'd cowarded out of trying out for Quidditch earlier that year, he liked to avoid topics that put him and the sport in the same sentences. Still, a nice friendly, low key round of quidditch in someone's backyard would be great fun.
Speaking of fun... mom and dad were probably going to set him to studying something or other this summer. Somehow, that didn't seem like an ideal use of time anymore.
"Do you have email?" he asked. It was unlikely that she would, he thought, since she apparentl lived somewhere she could play quidditch without attracting unwanted attention of the muggle kind, but it was worth asking. He certainly didn't have an owl.
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Irene
September 02, 2007 4:00 PM
So how about this weather? by Irene
Irene smiled at Echo's wish to give Quidditch a go. Maybe they could all play at her place sometime? Renaye and Josh would be thrilled and she was sure Uncle Mike wouldn't mind... She'd probably bring it up later."Do you have email?"
Irene nodded. "Yeah. My Uncle had a muggle job before and he used a computer for it."
Irene thought for a moments and said, "How cool would it be if everyone was able to get together over the summer? We could play Quidditch or soccer at my house or something." She looked to Elly and Echo for reactions. "If you have plans it's fine," she added. "Just food for thought."
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So how about this weather?
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Elly
September 02, 2007 4:07 PM
What a mess! by Elly
Elly blinked when Irene said that Caedence was going to visit her over the summer, too. She thought she’d heard Caedence mention it, but had put it down to her imagination. She couldn’t think of two more unlikely girls to spend summer days together, but, on the other hand, they probably did have a fair amount it common. Quidditch, for starters, and fathers they disliked, if the rumours that had floated around about midterm about Irene’s family held any truth - Irene herself had told Elly that she lived with her uncle. Elly also couldn’t help the twinge of jealousy that Irene would be playing Quidditch over the summer. She knew that Mere often played with her brothers and friends back home. Even if Elly didn’t live outside Muggle London, there was no way you’d even space to fly a broom in her back garden, let alone a whole Quidditch game.“I’d still like to play Quidditch sometime,” Echo said, surprising Elly slightly. Other than signing up for extra flying lessons, Echo had never shown any noticeable inclination to play Quidditch before.
“Really?” Elly said, trying not to sound too surprised. “You should try out for the team next year, Echo,” she suggested, even though she knew the Pecari team was more than filled already. They weren’t a bad team, either – the chasers just tended to have rather bad luck with bludgers, that’s all. “Wish I could play Quidditch over the summer,” Elly moaned, before taking another handful of corn chips to nibble on.
Irene said that she did have e-mail. “We’ll have to give you our addresses,” Elly said immediately, rather excited at the prospect of having another contact over the summer. If they were really organised, maybe they could all meet up somewhere for a game of Quidditch altogether? It was a crazy idea, Elly knew, but it might be doable.
“How cool would it be if everyone was able to get together over the summer?” Irene asked, voicing Elly’s thoughts exactly.
“It would be awesome,” Elly agreed, grinning, “but I can’t see everyone being free at the same time. Plus your uncle might have something to say about it,” she added, laughing.
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What a mess!
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Irene
September 02, 2007 4:25 PM
*phew!* Jeez... by Irene
“It would be awesome,” Elly agreed, grinning, “but I can’t see everyone being free at the same time. Plus your uncle might have something to say about it,”Irene nodded. "I can see what you mean about scheduals, but honestly, I don't think Uncle Mike would have a problem with it," she said with a laugh. "He's a big people person, likes company. I think we could work something out."
“We’ll have to give you our addresses,”
Irene grinned and nodded. "Definitely!"
It was so great that she didn't have to worry all the time. She could have friends over during the summer, she could go down to the arcade with the twins, and not have to worry about her dad. She suddenly found herself having a fondness for those guys in suits. Irene let out a happy sigh.
"I am so ready for summer! No offense to this place, but I'd like to get home for a bit."
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*phew!* Jeez...
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Echo Elms
September 02, 2007 6:22 PM
Posting Fury! much? by Echo Elms
"I'm in," Echo said, referring to the monster group gathering. "And I bet Brett would be too, especially if it's just a day or two."“We’ll have to give you our addresses,” Elly said and Irene agreed.
"Got it," Echo volunteered, and dipped into one of his side cargo pockets for his assignment book and tore out a blank. On it, he jotted his email address and Elly's too. He slid it across the table toward Irene and left it about halfway between them. "There you are."
"I am so ready for summer! No offense to this place, but I'd like to get home for a bit," Irene said.
"Me too. Brett," he swivelled around to see where Brett had gone off too, to make sure he couldn't hear. He grinned mischievously, "Brett gets all pouty when he's gone too long." He was glad that could be a joke now, that Brett actually had settled in by the end, "Nah, but we're gonna have some great soccer this summer. We'll catch up on all the muggleness, like movies and stuff. It's gonna be nice."
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Irene
September 02, 2007 9:41 PM
Crazy, man, crazy... by Irene
"I'm in," Echo said, "And I bet Brett would be too, especially if it's just a day or two."Irene grinned. "Awesome! This is going to be great!"
Once everyone had agreed to exchange e-mails, Echo had jotted his and Elly's adress down and slid it towards her. Irene tore two pieces off the paper and wrote her own e-mail down onto each piece. She put the paper down in front of Echo and Elly.
"And there you go."
In response to her comment about being ready to go home, Echo replied, "Brett gets all pouty when he's gone too long." Irene grinned and gave a laugh. That was cute Brett got homesick. Actually, she did too. Her family was way to important to her to be away from them this long. Really, it had been a whole year since she'd seen Uncle Mike! It was a good thing she knew Raye was there to help with Josh and Laine, otherwise she would have been acting like a concerned mother over him. He's the adult in the family, but Irene liked to think of him as a big kid.
"Nah, but we're gonna have some great soccer this summer. We'll catch up on all the muggleness, like movies and stuff. It's gonna be nice."
Irene nodded earnestly. "Definitely," she said, "I may not be the most soccer-savvy person, but it's fun to play. As for movies, we have a movie theatre/arcade in the town a few miles away."
This summer was going to be different. Before she always been looking over her shoulder, ready for her Dad to be right behind her. This summer, though, she didn't even have to bother looking, because she knew he wouldn't be there. She was going to spend this summer in the company of all these awesome Sonorins and her cousins. This was going to be pretty freakin sweet.
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Crazy, man, crazy...
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Elly
September 03, 2007 7:55 AM
For real real. by Elly
Echo was saviour with the e-mail addresses, sorting them each out quickly and efficiently with his ever-present notebook. Elly smiled to herself – he hadn’t changed all that much in two years, really. Still that weird, geeky kid who didn’t like touching people. He even had the glasses to match the outfit now, and they really suited him. Elly wondered if she’d changed all that much. She didn’t think she had – still too tall, too loud and too freckly. Still grinning like a maniac.“You guys are so lucky having friends and relatives living close by,” she told them, after hearing their plans of football and films over the summer. Okay, so Elly would probably see Vicky, her friend from hockey last year, and maybe Lauren, who Elly had gone to school with before Sonora, but somehow it didn’t seem the same.
“Apart from when Caedence is over I’ll have my mother for company.” She shuddered. “I wouldn’t wish that on anyone,” she said, but she was grinning. Sure Elly didn’t get on very well with her mother, but she was coming to understand that some people got a far worse deal with their parents, like Irene and Caedence. And Echo liked both his parents, but they didn’t live together, so Elly probably didn’t have a bad deal at all, really.
“Ooh, chocolate cake!” Elly said suddenly, helping herself to some.
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For real real.
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Irene
September 04, 2007 5:58 AM
Most Definitely by Irene
Irene reached over and grabbed some of the chips Elly had been helping herself to, running plans over in her head. They could get together earlier in the summer maybe, or later. Maybe they could do it while Caedence was there... The more Irene thought about it, the more promising this summer seemed!“You guys are so lucky having friends and relatives living close by. Apart from when Caedence is over I’ll have my mother for company. She shuddered. “I wouldn’t wish that on anyone,”
"Well then it's a good thing you have us to visit then!" Irene said with a grin. She could understand what Elly felt like. When she had first moved in with Uncle Mike she had no one to hagn around with. It wasn't until the summer before she started at Sonora that she had met Renaye, Josh, and Elaina. They had met when Uncle Mike threw a "Congratulations" party for their parents. They had just closed a big deal on a new broom which meant a big leap for the store. Ever since, they had been traveling a lot more. And, really, a lot. Her cousins pretty much live with her because of her parent's traveling... She felt bad for them, never seeing their parents, but she was always happy to have them around.
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Most Definitely
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Saul
September 04, 2007 12:27 PM
We got a valentines (Briony) by Saul
It had been a difficult decision, but Saul had decided to spend his last night at Sonora with some of the kids in his own year. Echo was with Brett, anyway, and Elly seemed intent on some kind of last minute assignment or something, so Saul looked around the Hall and his eye fell on a familiar redhead with an empty chair nearby. His face broke out in a grin and he made his way over to join her."Hey, Briony," he greeted, plopping down beside her, still grinning. "Congratulations on getting pictured for best looking in the yearbook." He grinned wider, "I voted for you." Actually, he couldn't remember who he voted for, but it was definitely either Briony or Pepper. His opinion varied by which he spoke to most recently. "I would have put the ice skating lessons as my favorite memory, but I hadn't done those yet when I turned in my survey."
Before he could decide to keep talking or let her have a chance to at least say hello, he was distracted by something fluttering near his ear. He nearly swatted at it before he realized that not only was it not a fly, but there was one going after Briony, too. "What's this?" he asked, mostly rhetorically as he caught the one going after his ear.
It looked like paper crane - no, it was a paper crane. "Oh, now that's cool," he said just before he noticed the writing on it. "Hey! They're from Elly." He turned around in his seat to where he'd seen her earlier and waved wildly at her as a thank-you.
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We got a valentines (Briony)
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Echo Elms
September 04, 2007 6:15 PM
Brett is so proud of both of you. *beams* by Echo Elms
This summer was gonna be good. Elly was right, it was cool he had friends back home near him. And unlike last summer where he was coming back from Sonora to a muggle world and had to be crazy careful about what he said, this summer Brett was all in the know and they could cover for each other and commiserate when they felt stupid over not knowing muggle stuff, or lonely with the big magic secret.And he and Elly and Irene all had email, so they could keep in touch. And they'd all be back in September and he'd be a third year. Whoa. Third. Year. That was just nuts.
Back to the summer gathering thing.
"If we have it in the middle of the summer," Echo suggested, "like early August or something, then we can catch up on home stuff and then it wouldn't be like seeing each other when we just saw each other, you know?"
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Brett is so proud of both of you. *beams*
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Irene
September 04, 2007 8:34 PM
*grins* by Irene
Now that everyone was all conenected via internet, Irene was almost possitive there would be a super-amazing gathering somewhere, somehow. She would make sure of it. It was a good thing Renaye and Josh were pureblood or she would have a seriously hard time keeping her secret from them. She told Raye everything and she was sure Raye told Josh. The may not look like it to other people, but Irene knew that those two were really close. As they should be. Really, they're twins, so if any siblings were going to be close it was those two. Josh didn't like to talk to anyone outside family, so Irene wasn't worried about him spilling his guts to some random kid from their neighborhood Quidditch team."If we have it in the middle of the summer," Echo suggested, "like early August or something, then we can catch up on home stuff and then it wouldn't be like seeing each other when we just saw each other, you know?"
Irene nodded. That made a lot of sense. It would be more exciting to see everyone after missing them all summer.
"Yeah," she said. "That sounds like a good idea! It would be better to see everyone later, that way we have something to talk about rather than sitting there doing to whole, 'Yeah... What new since last week?' thing."
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*grins*
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Briony
September 05, 2007 11:25 PM
How adorable by Briony
A familiar voice distracted the third year girl from her reading. Glancing towards it, blue eyes focused on the boy with the great smile, which Briony returned with one of her own. Also, with the familiar blush at the compliment. She would have congratulated him as well for all the categories he placed in, but he kept talking, so she kept smiling, feeling a little silly for not contributing, but was enjoying hearing his ramble. It was really cute.However, something else distracted him and she wondered what it was before she realized there was one near her too. Taking it carefully in her hand, she gave a little cooing noise. It was adorable! A light blue paper crane from Elly. How sweet of her.
"This was really nice of her," Briony commented, as she added her own small thank you wave in Elly's direction. After she turned to Saul, asking, "So, what are your plans for summer?"
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How adorable
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Saul Pierce
September 06, 2007 9:55 AM
me or the crane? by Saul Pierce
Saul stopped waving at Elly as she seemed busy with Echo and Irene and turned back to Briony as she asked the question of the day. He grinned brightly, "We're touring the country!" he told her with all the enthusiasm such a statement ought to convey. "My family's hopping into our six minivans and Regina's RV and tromping from California to Woodstock, New York, and hitting every state in between. We'll be going like this," his finger made an up-and-down zigzag as he moved 'East' across an invisible map in the air between them."It'll take months," he added, sounding like this was the greatest thing since pepperoni pizza, but then his face dropped suddenly, "so I'm only going to get to see a little bit of it before I have to go back, and I was only eight the last time we did this so I don't remember it that well." He perked back up almost immediately, "I'm hoping we get as far as Wyoming so I can drop in on Echo. Where do you live?"
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September 07, 2007 1:01 PM
And if I said you? by Briony
"Six?" Briony asked in surprise. That sounded like an awful lot. She had never actually seen a minivan, but had seen pictures of one while doing research on muggles. They looked like they held a lot of people. Then, thoughtfully, "You must have a large family. I bet it's great."In her opinion, it had to be not just great, but absolutely lovely. She adored her father, but she always wanted a bigger family, more people to share things with. She would have even settled for a sibling or two, or maybe a close aunt, but this lead to other thoughts. Why had her father never remarried? It had been fourteen years since her mother's untimely death. That was really long time to be alone. As far as she knew, he hadn't even dated anyone. It was rather disconcerting to think about, because what was he going to do when she graduated (granted, not for another four years), but he would be all alone. It was rather depressing.
Instead, she focused back on Saul to answer his question. Her entire face shining with happiness at the thought of their summer home. Her father had just purchased it last summer. "Montana. I really love it there. It's gorgeous. We live near a lake and there are trees everywhere."
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September 10, 2007 6:05 PM
I'd be flattered by Saul
"Montana sounds cool. I like the campgrounds up in Northern California that we stay in that are kinda like that. It's a lot better than Southern California, which is pretty much a desert where it's not a city." He reviewed the route as he'd last heard it, but he didn't think Montana was on the schedule until next fall. "I don't think we're gonna get that far before we have to come back though, otherwise, I'd try to get us to drop in on you.""And definitely," Saul agreed emphatically to her earlier statement about the size of his family. "It's a huge family. I think it was twenty-seven, last count? Something like that. Course, some of them come and go, like Simon," he waved absently toward the staff table where his cousin was talking (or possibly flirting, you couldn't always tell with Simon) with one or two of the other teachers. Saul took a moment to make sure Briony's father wasn't one of them and was relieved to find he wasn't. He didn't particularly want his cousin and Briony's dad exchanging notes on him, though why exactly Saul was concerned about that, he wasn't entirely sure.
"But, definitely, a big family. Cousins, aunts, uncles, and every relation under the sun. I think Simon is my, um, I know this. I've got one more generation back to Old Derwent, so it's definitely once removed but, um," His forefinger on his right hand moved in the air as if he were counting and his eyes looked up cementing the impression. Suddenly his expression cleared and he grinned brightly in success, "Third cousin, once removed. Neil and me worked that out when we figured out all the aunts and uncles aren't actually siblings." Then, because Briony probably had no clue who Neil was, Saul quickly added, "Neil is Simon's brother, and the closest I have to one."
"It's pretty cool most of the time," he continued, gathering she didn't have a large family from her almost wistful wager that it was great. "Privacy, personal property, and none-of-my-business are concepts Michael's still trying to teach me, though." He quirked a half-rueful half-unapologetic grin at her and made a vague gesture to indicate Michael Tallow, the other third year Pecari boy at the school, who sat a few dozen feet away.
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September 11, 2007 9:59 PM
You can be flattered then >^^< by Briony
Briony gave a giggle at the idea of Saul and his very large family dropping in on them. "It's okay. I think you would shock my dad. He's a bit of a loner."Though, the same could be said for her. Resolution for summer was to try and make friends with the nearby kids. It wasn't that she was shy per se, but rather conservative. With such a small family, there was never a real need to assert herself and this crossed over into other relationships. Which was why Saul was probably so outgoing. If he had such an enormous family, it was probably necessary.
As to emphasis the mass amount of people, he named the number twenty-seven. Her mouth dropped slightly. Yes, she had figured that six fans holding a lot of people would be around that number, but still, she wasn't prepared for it. To cover for her shock, she took a sip of her chocolate milk while watching the cute confused expression on his face, as he explained about his relatives.
Briony tilted her red head in curiosity, "Why doesn't Neil go here if Simon is his brother?"
She nodded at the part of privacy and such. Her dad was pretty much the same way. Come to think of it, she could relate to Michael. "My roommates and I are kind of like that. Allie, Pepper, and I don't know each other very well at all. You'd think we would after sharing a room for three years now," she mused aloud.
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You can be flattered then >^^<
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