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Odette hadn't felt this nervous since her first game as a Macaws beater, but just like back then, she had to push through and do what she had to do. She put one foot in front of the other, taking each step deliberately with her hands stuffed in her pockets and her hood over her face. She...

Tyler had reconsidered this idea at least a hundred times, but here he was in the end anyway. He couldn't believe he was in front of Blake's door, holding a stupidly expensive bottle of wine as if that would fix the friendship he broke when they were boys at Hogwarts. But he couldn't ignore that...

Oskar wasn't sure what possessed him to try and make an appearance at the Valentine's day dance after the Yule ball had been a bit of a disaster. He had been able to make things right in the end even if it wasn't his best moment. But as avoidant as he tended to be he was really trying to give...

Open after Rowan posts. Miro was excited to have his cousins finally attend Hogwarts, not only so he had more friends to hang out with and so he could be the cool older cousin and show them around the castle, but also for the chance to attend all the Hogwarts events with them. Namely, he was...

Lilith felt a little nervous walking through the library, she knew this would be good for her in the long run but what but it still didn't lessen the anxiety of having to actually talk about it to yet another person. Lilith reminded herself that this was the only way she'd learn to navigate...

After the graduation ceremony Eric knew he wanted to congratulate Penelope as a family, he knew it would mean a lot to her and he felt responsible for her. Their dad not being there was a glaring obvious thing, and it infuriated him on her behalf. So the least they could do was be there for her...

Emery had been seized by the fear of losing Raawhiti forever after graduation, as he realized how much easier it woud be for him to slip away after they left the castle. So once the graduation ceremony was over, Emery had left his seat and pushed his way through the row so he could corner...

After the yule ball, Vanity hadn't honestly wanted to go to the Valentine's Dance with Holden, but to her surprise he had seemed to assume they would go together. She hadn't corrected him, mostly because it was better to show up with a crappy date than with no date at all. She did remember how...

Alicia had never had a girlfriend before, but she was really enjoying it. She and Marama had agreed to date after the Yule Ball, so this was their first real event as girlfriends. Alicia had put on a flowery dress for the occasion and had met up with her girlfriend at the common room. They had...

Ezra was angry. He was angry with Gregory, he was angry with their teachers, but mostly he was angry with himself. Gregory had finally told them what was going on with him, and Ezra felt incredibly stupid for not realizing his friend (roommate?) had been unable to hear for at least a whole...

Vanity stood in the entrance hall, watching happy couples leave and still hearing sounds of the dance in the background. She had left the great hall once Holden had left her. The date had been a disaster. She told herself it didn't matter, she had looked cute on his arm and he had looked...

Alicia wasn't completely inexperienced when it came to romance, but she had never gone to a ball with someone before. She had known about the dances at Hogwarts beforehand, so she had brought a dress, but she had never thought she would get asked out by a cute girl. A cute girl who also happened...

Open after Rowan posts with Nessie Arachne Westwick didn't really see the point of the daycare she and her sister sometimes went to. It seemed like adults thought it was 'good' for them to socialize with other children, but neither her nor Nessie wanted to do that, so they mostly didn't. They...

Diana thought to herself that it had been too long since she had seen Lucy. They had never been as close as they could have been, their age gap of more than a decade creating a natural barrier between them. The twins had been born right around the time Lucy went to Hogwarts, adding even more...

It had been months since Vanity had received the mysterious pink rose from 'hm', and it had taken her a while to figure out those letters were probably an initial, because the whole note had lacked any punctuation. It had taken her even longer to make the connection to Holden Marshall. It wasn't...

((open after Rowan posts with Thistle)) Ezra thought he looked pretty neat in his costume, it was scary and cool. Though he quickly realized no one could actually see it was him, which was a slight problem. After walking around for a bit and waving at people in his year who just looked confused...

Lysander really wasn't sure how he had managed to get here, as his eyes apprehensively wandered over the front door to Rupert Cresswell's home. Not here physically - he'd apparated most of the way - here as in this point in his life. Expelled, cursed, and now at the doorstep to the home of the...

Penelope had been surprised by how busy the library was and had decided to head to the student lounge to do her homework instead. Unfortunately, it seemed to be just as busy. She grimaced, wondering if she should head back to the library or maybe to the common room, but she was wasting a lot of...

Vanity knew Emery never talked to her about anything important, and she honestly didn't mind that, but it still felt a little strange and hurtful to hear he was dating someone from a random person gossiping instead of Emery himself. Apparently, the person he was dating was pretty cool, which...

and with a final round of applause and cheer, the ceremony was over. The air, which had up until then been fairly calm or with just the turbulence of applause, suddenly became agitated with the sounds of chairs moving along the floor and people and the voices of a hall full of people overlapping...