Not That Surprised

Elijah Tine

Elijah Tine

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OOC First Name
Emzies
Blood Status
Muggleborn
Relationship Status
Married
Sexual Orientation
Heterosexual
Wand
Alder Wand 13 3/4" Essence of Dragon Heartstring
Age
4/2013 (34)
One thing was for sure, Elijah was not a studier. Studying made him fall asleep, and yet exams made him stress. And stress wasn't something Elijah enjoyed feeling. He tried his hardest all year to avoid all kinds of Stress, and yet as soon as exam season hit, he felt like the stress would drive him insane. He was pretty sure that for the OWLs he had in the next year, he would be a wreck around exam time. Once exams were over, Elijah was a happy bunny. He could play his guitar without feeling guilty. Not that he felt that guilty, but the moment before going into the exam was the point where he seriously regretted not picking up a book. However in this fourth year of school, Elijah was actually attempting it. He'd been fairly good with attendence. Sure there were a few lessons he had missed. But, it was a lot better than most other years. He wasn't sure why this year he had finally pulled up his socks and started working, he half believed it was too late for him to really improve on what he'd done. His reputation in school, he was sure, was that he stumbled into class and slept through it. Not this year. This year he had taken part. Raised his hand and done the homework. It was a change from the Hufflepuff who had once thought the word work meant all the seconds in which he didn't play his guitar was work. Now he knew what work really was, and that playing the guitar was something he shouldn't be doing so often. Sure, it was the best way to pass the time, but he needed to focus. It was why, as much as possible Elijah tried to study anywhere but the Dorm room he shared with the few others in his year. He had even once spent three hours just sitting outside the door of the Hufflepuff common room, reading throw the notes of the Herbology course that semester. Herbology, now that was an interesting subject. Neither that interesting, or that boring. The professor who made Elijah pretty much petrified to even breath, actually made him enjoy the lesson. It was just that kind of air that made Elijah focus and that meant he was actually doing fairly well in that lesson. Which actually helped Elijah feel better about school, and the way things were in school. When he thought he wasn't good enough for the school, he reminded himself that he was good at herbology and that made him feel pretty happy.

Since Elijah wasn't actually stupid he realised he needed an environment where he had to study. Where he couldn't be distracted, and while for others this wasn't the case, the library was the place where he studied fairly well. Sitting outside the Hufflepuff common room was a just as effective way, but the seats in the library were a lot more comfortable than the floor. Perhaps that made him study better, either way, he didn't really care. He preferred being comfortable over doing a lot of work. No matter how hard he tried to be studious, his slightly less focused self always shone through. He had his Divination book under his arm. His worst subject by far. He didn't even see the point in him attending the lesson when he a) didn't give a sh!t about it, b)he thought it was a load of bullsh!t and c)he was awful at it. He needed to work the hardest at that, but keeping focused with that was hard. As he wondered through the library, the Hufflepuff, was looking for a distraction rather than a quiet place to sit. Perhaps he should've gone somewhere else to do less studying. The soft green eyes of the Hufflepuff, already showing how bored he by just thinking of the lesson. He turned a corner, and saw a familiar site. The Ravenclaw boy, Logan studying. To be honest, Elijah would've laughed out loud at himself if had imagined not finding Logan studying. He barely knew the boy, but this boy seemed like the most dedicated to school person he'd ever met. Him and the other Ravenclaw boy. If Elijah hadn't attended just as many lessons, he would've never even bothered to glance at them. Geeks. But he could hardly say that considering how he was actually just as likely to be at the lessons as they were. Elijah decided that this would be the best form of distraction. He coughed slightly. "Logan! Why am I not surprised." Elijah said in a friendly tone, taking a seat in front of the boy. He knew that Logan probably wouldn't appreciate him interupting him studying, but Elijah didn't really care. "Hows the studying going?" He asked, in a friendly and calm tone, hoping that Logan wouldn't hate him too much for talking in a library during study time.​
 
Exams week was showing its marks on everyone. You had the people who had not done any revising until this week and had bags under their eyes from the sleepless nights due to last minute studying. Others were locked away in their dorms doing nothing but working, preparing themselves for their next exam although they had been studying all term. Some had not even bothered to study and were enjoying the warm Summers day with their friends. Other people like Logan were making the most of their free day from exams to do a bit of light studying, just to put the icing on the cake. He had a tranfiuration test for tomorrow and he was just going over switching spells. He wanted to practise the spell as it was one which he found hard because it required no incantation which meant he could not reply on his perfect pronunciation. He had to reply on his own concentration and magical skills. It was not that he was not skilled with magic or that he had little concentration because he was good at both of those things, it was just out of the ordinary for him and slightly out of his comfort zone so he had to work on it and he was determined to get better at it until it was just like second nature to him. He didn't know what it was about himself but he always wanted to best his own skills and prove to not only himself but everyone else that he was good and that he could do something. Maybe he was just a little over the top and obsessed with his own desire to do well in school and after school. He was not sure but eh did know that it would all pay off soon enough after he past his O.W.Ls with flying colours and had the whole world ahead of him waiting for him to explore it all. That was what he was working towards when he spent all of his time studying and working hard.

With a heavy blink of his chocolate brown eyes Logan turned a page in the book he was studying from. It was then that he decided to put his studying into practice. He pulled out a quill and placed it on the table, then pulling out his wand and beginning the switching spell. Picturing the other quill in his dorm and imagining it switching with the one in front. After a few attempted the spell worked and Logan grinned widely at it. Putting the book away and getting another one to study from. He had just begun to ready the first few sentences of this book when he heard a voice saying his name. Looking out instinctively to see who was talking to him Logan recognised the Hufflepuff boy who was in some of his classes and who he had met properly at the Halloween feast. He seemed like a nice enough boy although Logan had never taken him as the type to be in the library or to study, even though he was in most of the lessons. "I don't know. most people say the same thing so im guessing i just look like the book worm type." He said in a friendly tone like Elijah had used towards him. He knew too well that he was in fact a book worm and he would not deny it if asked but he didn't care about it, it would be him with the grades when he left at the end of the day. "Its the same as always. Long and sometimes tedious but hey, it will pay off in the end i guess." He said shutting the book seeing as the boy had sat down on the table he was sat at so Logan guessed that he was staying here for a while. It was a nice distraction for him so he was not about to complain about it. "Have you done much studying? Its transfig tomorrow." He said giving the boy a heads up just in case he did not know. He didn't want to see him fail when he could have done something to prevent it. He may not know the boy that well but Logan was caring towards most people and a fellow class mate for sure. "Iv just been practising my switching spell skills if you want to try." Logan said looking at his new quill in front of him as he pushed it over in Elijah's general direction in case he wanted to give it a go as well. He was now confident about the spells if they came up in the exam, practise made perfect after all so thee young Veela would make sure to practise everything he had learnt this term in the subject so he would be better by tomorrow. For once he would not care about the first years keeping him up until stupid o'clock in the morning as he would be anyway by his own accord
 
It wasn't really that normal for the Hufflepuff to be in a sense normal for any extended period of time. Since the exam season had begun, Elijah had in fact not really touched his guitar and his music. Coming from a boy that did nothing but play and write, it was surprising. In many ways his change in family situation had completely changed his views on many things. While school work had always come last in his list of important things, it was now the first, tied with his music. But, he didn't have anything to revise for with his music, not really. Sure he practiced often, but it wasn't like he was creating music and then would be going to record it. He was just writing down all the ideas he had and then putting them into somewhat coherent musical verses. But, Exams were now, and while he had close to no future plans, he didn't know if his mind would change down the road. He had to do well so that he'd be able to do something other if he decided to walk away from music. Elijah walking away from music was pretty unlikely but, that wasn't the issue at hand. It was just in case. He wondered what Logan wanted to do after school. He seemed like someone who was working towards something. Perhaps an Auror or a Healer. He didn't think that the boy would work so hard to want to do something like Music. Or drama. He seemed like the type that would stick to magic. Elijah didn't generally assume things about people, but he thought that Logan gave off that vibe. If he didn't then it wouldn't surprise Elijah. he was probably the type that would take people by surprise. With no real academic goals, and yet he attended the lessons, and always did the homework. Dressed pretty messily, and generally looked a mess, most would not even think that his parents were rich beyond belief. Elijah had of course just remet his parents so there was that. He was stubborn so changing ways that he'd been like for years wouldn't be easy and it would take a while. The only thing that Elijah was good at was changes in where he slept. One thing about Elijah that would surprise no one was that he could sleep any where, at any time. He smiled as the boy said that he looked like a bookworm type. Elijah gave a light laugh. "It's not personal, All Ravenclaws are bookworms to me." Elijah had a very relaxed tone when he spoke. It was easily achieved but it was also just the way Elijah spoke in general. It was why most professors believed that Elijah didn't care and didn't know what he was doing when it came to there class. It wasn't necessarily true. He didn't have to have a caring tone to show he cared.

"In the end. Hopefully" Elijah nodded agreeing with the Ravenclaw boy in front of him. He placed his divination text book onto the table along with the notes that he had for the class. It was clear from the amount of words around the pages that the notes did not just contain things from the Divination class. When it came to an idea, Elijah did not bother getting a new bit of paper. What he did was just write his thoughts down on whatever he was already writing on. After a few days most of what he'd written didn't make sense to him, but if he stared at it long enough he remembered. He had lyrics to songs he was writing. Lyrics to songs he couldn't remember the name of. Musical notes, reminders. He didn't make an attempt to hide all this. if he was going to be friends with Logan, then he had to not really hide how bored he could get while in a class or how his mind worked at a break neck speed. "I have tried to study, but I'm awful at it. I can't stay awake." Elijah said shrugging his shoulders slightly. He wasn't too bothered about Transfiguration. He would study that night for it. For as long as he could before falling asleep. "I'm studying that tonight. Well attempting to. I was going to go over Divination. I'm awful at it. It means bullsh!t to me." Elijah said, flicking through the book. He didn't understand why he'd picked it as a class. He'd been delusional in thinking it would be easy. "How are you finding the switching spells?" He was just hoping for luck during the practical section. He knew it would either be extremely easy or he would find it difficult. All he was really hoping for was something that he would be able to do. He couldn't understand why an incantation couldn't be said or made up to help, because when practicing he felt silly pointing his wand and staring intently at something hoping for a change. Hoping for it to change. "I f##king hate exams" Elijah was a little more developed than most his age. The small stuble showed this, and his swearing was something else. Not many people in Hogwarts swore as much as Elijah did, but it was just the way Elijah expressed his feelings when he wasn't singing or writing. However one thing that Elijah noticed was the fact that Logan had gathered more in the looks department. Elijah knew that most had, and he didn't really look into it, he couldn't help but notice it. The soft green eyes that belonged to the Hufflepuff glanced back at his work, slightly embarrassed over his internal thought. "You know all you and I talk about is school. The few times we have. What do you do other than studying?"​
 
The low hum of student's talking quietly among themselves was so very loud to Logan. Because he wanted quiet and found it harder to study with noise even the slightest of sound was amplified to him. and not to mention he was now having to listen to Elijah talking to him. He knew as well as anyone that no matter how some tried they could never stay quiet and the boys in the corner who's voices had not yet broken were quite loud and annoyingly high pitch. He could not believe that he too had sounded like that not so long ago. He found it so fascinating how he had changed so much since he started his first year here. When he started he was a shy little boy who would never do anything out of the ordinary to attract attention to himself. Now he was quite sociable with everyone and he was on the houses Quidditch team. He was really getting involved in a lot now, and felt a lot better about himself for doing so. It was all well and good just staying in your studies all of the time but everyone needed a social life and it was healthy to do a sport and have fun from time to time and Logan was trying to spread his time out between school work and friends. It was making him feel a lot better at school knowing that he had friends and good grades which he could be proud of. An example of his sociable friend making was the boy in front of him now, there had to be something between the pair if he had felt the need to come over and talk to him. He didn't mind in fact he liked the opportunity to make friends with a fellow class mate seeing as he and Jeremy had had that small fight because of Georgie and he did not want to pour salt in to the room by spending more time with her now just because of it. He spent all the time he could with her and with him but he was not Merlin and because of his unusual up bringing he was not skilled in such an area.

A quiet chuckle escaped Logan perfectly sculpted lips as he process Elijah's words about how he classed all Ravenclaws. He was not surprised most people in the school alway s sorted peoples personality by the house they were in and he would admit that he was just like a typical Ravenclaw but he knew students who had the complete opposite personality to what one would expect from that house. "Don't worry i guess everyone is used to being classed by their house. I just happen to be the typical Ravenclaw." He said with a small shrug of his small shoulders. He did not take it personally, he never really took anything personally. For the plain fact that he did not care what most people thought about him or what he did, the only person who's opinion really mattered was his own. As the young Hufflepuff told him about his difficulty about studying Logan nodded and thought for a second before answering. "If you fall asleep studying then you must find it boring. You should try making it more interesting for yourself. I can see from you work that you write songs and iv seen you with a guitar so i take it you play. Make a song about the thing you want to study and that could help. Or make it in to a game like matching questions with their answers. If you want i can help you with it." He said with a big grin on his face as he thought of the different ways to study. He must admit making it in to a game had always been fun for him and when he had done it with friends it had always been twice as fun and it actually worked really well for him. He found that if he enjoyed himself more then the more he would remember. But that was just him, Elijah could be totally different in how he learned. "No really, it just means that your not good at it and that there is room for improvement. Everything is important in its own way. You just need to find how it effects you in a good way to get an interest in it and once you get interested in tit you become better at it." He said turning his whole body in Elijahs direction as he was talking to him properly now and he didn't want to make his neck get all crooked up and swore by constantly turning to look one way. When he was asked about his skill in switching spells Logan pursed his to think about how good he actually was. "Im okay i guess. I can get the objects switched quickly enough with success so thats a plus but i think i can improve on my time as it takes me a few attempts to actually get the objects to switch because i usually rely on an incantation which i will rehearse in my head but this spell in all in the mind and your concentration." He explained as he thought about where he was going wrong and where he could improve. He thought it was a really strange feeling when he evaluated his own performance on something, it was usually left down to the Professor to do and then tell him. He couldn't help but notice how much this boy swore in normal conversation, it was uncommon in this school and Logan was not sure how to act about this having never really sworn as he was raised not too and he always thought it bad grammar that people only swore from lack of a better word to say. "That it true, i guess thats the only thing i know we have in common." He said as he ran his hand through his brown hair as he thought about what else he did other than studying. "I play Quidditch on the team. Im the chaser. I have recently taken up surfing after doing it on holiday." He said wondering what else he did which was of interest. He couldn't really think of too much from the top of his head but he was sure more would come to him once he got talking more. "What about you?" He asked, interested in what else this Hufflepuff boy and him had in common

Logan found it so strange that even though the two were in the same year and had had so many lessons together and yet they had never properly met until Halloween and they knew so little about each other. With most other people you learnt a lot about them from what you over heard them saying to their friends but Logan never spoke much in class and he had never heard this boy say much either. The young Veela did not think that Elijah was bad news though, apart from the bad language he seemed pretty cool. He never got in to much trouble in lessons, only really for his tone of voice which the Professors said was uninterested and that he should be doing better but listening to how he always spoke, even now, he didn't think it was down to him being uninterested but just how he always spoke normally. However Logan could still be wrong, he was not the best person in the world when it came to figuring people out by body language or anything like that.
 
If there was ever a time, to not be connecting with a person in his year, now was then. Sure, it was always good to meet new people, and goodness knew that Elijah Tine could use a few more friends. But with exams looming, Elijah hardly wanted to distract someone else from their work. It was mainly why he didn't go often to the library. He spent more time trying to find someone to talk to in a place like this than anywhere else in the entire school. Mainly as in most other parts of the school, Elijah was slightly more bonkers, he didn't feel like all eyes were on him, so all normal inhibitions that others would have, just did not exist for him. he was run around, dance, sing and laugh all to himself. Having once been an only child, Elijah had pretty much been brought up to do things alone. He made his own entertainment. It was where his music had originally stemmed from. Obviously now, he wasn't an only child and there were plenty of people around him. It still didn't mean he didn't do most things alone. It was built in. Now, he sometimes prefered to just do things on his own. Studying was a necessary thing to do by one's self. However here and now, he clearly wasn't going to be able to get any studying done. Not that it bothered him that much. He didn't have a study plan and if he didn't do that well, then that was all right. It would be okay. He didn't need to score the highest. He didn't need to be the best. He was the kind of guy who was probably too laid back for his own good. Sure, when the time came to it, he could probably prepare fairly well, but it would be because his general knowledge was pretty big. It wasn't like a small amount. He listened to music, and read lyrics, he knew things that no one else knew. He just didn't always know how to properly split his time effectively. Which was clear that the ravenclaw could do. Elijah didn't always make such assumptions about people, but there was a vibe that came from the other boy, that told him, that if he had distrupt his studying, when it was a little more intense, then he was sure all his attempts at conversation would be shot down. Elijah nodded, he wasn't sure if he was a typical Hufflepuff, he didn't know what the definition of a typical Hufflepuff was. "I wouldn't be able to tell you if I was a typical Hufflepuff, We'll just pretend I am" Elijah shrugged slightly, it didn't bother him, the whole housing system. While he did see Logan as a typical Ravenclaw, he also realised that he probably had a lot more to offer than brains.

"Write a song about what I'm revising. Not a bad idea, Logan." Elijah said. He had never thought to make music about what he was learning. Sure, it was because he didn't feel passionate about anything he was learning, so he would find it difficult to write anything on the things he had to. The subject they did at hogwarts were not boring as such, but just required a lot of work, and it would take a lot for him to come up with a song for them. But, then it was most definitely an idea. He wouldn't write it off completely. He wondered if Logan played or sang. Or if he was just one of the people who prefered to watch. It didn't bother him, if he was, but then it would be a loss. If he couldn't sing then fair dos to him, but if he could then it was a pity to let it go to waste. "Do you sing, or play?" Elijah asked. He half wanted to break out into a dance here and then. In the library. But he was pretty sure that if he did, he'd get kicked out, and Logan probably would never want to be seen with him ever again. Like the Dizze Rascal Song, he'd probably be named the most bonkers student. He actually liked that song. He shook his head slightly. He had never really been that good at school subjects and considering he was the kind of person, who just lived one day at a time, the future wasn't the thing that he actually liked. "Or it could just mean, that I'm really bad at it, with little hope. Not too bothered by it, if I fail, I fail." Elijah shrugged once more. He didn't think that made a huge difference to him if he did well or not. The only thing that mattered was if he was happy. At the end of the day, that was what actually mattered to the hufflepuff. He knew that it wasn't what most his age were like, and while in some respects Elijah acted much less like a fourth year, happiness was the one thing that he paid extra attention. It wasn't like he cared for much apart from music. he knew that true success was in happiness, and if this meant he played more than did his work, then he was perfectly happy with it. It wasn't something that made him sad or annoyed if he didn't work hard. Sure, bad marks made him a little disheartened, but he knew how to joke about himself, just like how he joked with others. It was a fairly simple thing to do. He liked to laugh in general. It was something that made him smile. Laughing was the best cure. "Switching spells are fun. Tricky but fun." Elijah gave a small laugh. "I like learning spells. It's about the only shizer I can really do." Elijah flicked through the notes, not really reading anything in front of him. He stopped when Logan began talking about out of school. He had to admit, it was odd they were in the same year.

"Surfing, now that is cool" Elijah nodded approvingly. "Me, I'm not on any team. I would get too distracted. I swear sometimes I think I have ADHD. Which could actually be true, I was never tested. Apart from studying, I play my guitar, and I sing, and I write songs. Nothing really that interesting, if I am honest. I mean I can get crazy involved in my music. I will stay up half the night just playing my guitar. I swear, my roommates always kick me would actually kick me out the dorm room, if they still stayed there. So little Puff 4th year boys, I have the room to myself. Well, I shouldn't but, you know, they see my mess which is like a sea of paper, and they turn so quickly, you'd think I had swine flu" Elijah was smiling as he spoke. His tone was light. "If it wasn't for alarm clocks reminding me what time it is, and that I should be else where, I'd be so f##ked it's unreal." Elijah half the time didn't even realise he swore. It just came so naturally. He realised that he probably didn't have much in common with the Ravenclaw, but this hardly bothered him, they didn't need to have things in common to be friends. If anything, they could help each other, Logan helping Elijah be less laid back and more driven in school, and Elijah was sure he could help Logan relax more and also show him the crazier side of life. Elijah was sure that he could, it wouldn't be that hard. However for now, finding more out about the boy was the first task "What about family? I mean if you aren't comfortable talking about it, it's cool. I have a pretty weird family, not in the sense that they are weird, they are, but that's not my point. Just my whole family life has been pretty crazy. Even though things are more settled, it's weird. Any siblings?"​
 
Studying had gone from being a top priority to a low one in the space of a few minutes for Logan. It was only top of his list when he was doing it with no distractions but once something more interesting and fun turned up in its place then Logan was soon uninterested in his books until the distraction was gone. Although the distraction now was someone who he did not really want to leave, he wanted to get to know his class mate a little better than the name basis they were on now. Maybe he should get to know everyone else he did not really know in his classes, seeing as they would be working together for another three years almost. It was still a rather long time to work with people who you don't know and it would be slightly less awkward if he got paired with someone he knew more than just a name basis. Well there was that and because Logan wanted to get a few more friends and it just made more sense to make friends with people in his own year than other in for say their first. Yeah his girlfriend was only a second year but that was nothing to him, he had met her by chance and it would have been rude to ignore her. It was not until after that he became friend with her and then more. He didn't mind talking to the younger students but it was just that the older he got the more he noticed how immature some of them could be. An example of this was when a little first year Slytherin boy started mouthing off at him even though there was a three year age gap and experience gap between them and he thought he was better. It was ridiculous to him. At least with his own age group it was more of a challenge in such situations. He must admit that it had been a rather long time since he had actually been in a duel, they were quite fun for him when he could show his skills at casting spells. He had never done one as part of an argument, only in lessons or just a friendly duel. They were the ones he only wanted to be in, less dangerous. He was not stupid enough to get in to a fight with an older student, only a fool would challenge someone who knew more spells than he did.

As Elijah told him that he couldn't say whether he was a typical Hufflepuff or not Logan thought for a second about what the typical Hufflepuff actually was. "Okay then, sounds good to me. Both typical house mates." He said quietly as he wondered if Hufflepuff was the house this boy had wanted to go in to. He himself had either wanted to be a Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. He had not been brave enough for Gryffindor and he was not full of himself to be in Slytherin. And in a way he was glad because he liked his head of year, although he did like Professor Weasley because he knew her outside of school as well but the head of house for Slytherin was not a Professor which he liked overly. He was happy with Professor Professor Spencer, he was really laid back and easy to talk to. A smile crossed Logan pale face as the stubble faced Hufflepuff said his idea had been pretty good. A Ravenclaw was always pleased to hear that his ideas were liked. Whether or not the boy would actually take action about the idea was another matter entirely but at least he liked it, that was all that mattered to Logan. A slight laugh broke through his lips at Eli's words asking him if he played or sang. They were two things which he had never even actually attempted, even if both of his previous girl friends had played an instrument, it had not captured his interested him much as he could not really see where all of that time and effort would lead him. After all there were a lot of unemployed musicians out there and he did not want to add to that figure. He liked the idea of knowing if he carried on like he was right now then he would leave school with the grades needed to go further with his life and be able to find something which he liked doing and be well paid for it. That was what he was aiming for when he graduated. "No no iv never really tried to play an instrument, my girl friend plays though and my cousin plays the piano quite well but me, im more of a school boy." He said looking at the book by his side to hint his school work ways before looking back up to his classmate. A slight frown indented itself on Logans face as his eye brows knitted together when he said that he was just not good at it. He didn't believe that. "I just think your doubting yourself. Saying your not good at something enough you will start to believe it and reflect that." He said leaning on his his hand as his eyes started to feel heavy from all the work he had been doing by looking at the small print in the books for too long. He would have thought he would have been used to reading book with such small font after doing it for so long. Or maybe it was down to him over working himself this week because of the exams. What ever the reason he hoped he would be back to normal soon enough, he didn't like the constant tiredness which had over thrown him recently. Nodding his head Logan answered. "Yeah they are fun, complicated to think about though dont you think." He said remembering how confused he had gotten when he had wondered about the mechanics behind the spell. Switching two object which could be miles apart and without saying anything you can watch the objects swapping places with each other. "I like both spells and the theory behind them in lessons. Spells are fun and the theory helps me know how they work and help me cast them better." He said realising he just made himself sound like more of a boffin than he usually was. He couldn't help it but he was just like that and he didn't exactly care if people thought he was strange because of it, most likely chances were that once he left Hogwarts he would never see them again so what they thought did not matter to him.

A grin crossed the teenagers face as Eli said that surfing was cool. Logan had to admit that he had wanted to try to for a while but had never had the opportunity to do so and once he had when he had gone on holiday it had been a turning point of his liking of the sport. It was a lot more difficult to do than he had first thought but it was good once you could actually stand up for a bit. Of course it had taken him a while to stop falling off as soon as he tried to stand up but it was all good fun. "Yeah it is pretty cool. It really hard though, i mean i thought it was easy before i started but boy was i wrong." He said with a laugh. It was very rare that Logan admitted being wrong, even in a joking sense like it was now but the words were still like a different language to him. "When i started here i said that i would join the team because i didn't like Quidditch but i was urged by my cousin to do it when he went professional and when i got on to the team something in side of me sort of clicked and not i love it." Logan explained. He wondered whether he would still be on the team now if Riley had not join the Ballycastle Bats. He didn't think he would because he would have had no inspiration to join and would not have seen the point in it otherwise. "you should get tested then in that case, see if you do have it." He said listening as he told him about what he did other than studying in school. He sounded like he really was very passionate about his music more than anything else. It was really quite inspirational how he seemed so passionate about it. Logan had to hold his hands up to the boy that he was doing what he loved rather than following the crowd. The last bit he did not fully understand though, he had not actually heard of Swine Flue before but he understood the context of how he said it and he did laugh at it. "Nah with me its the other way around, im very neat and tidy but my room mates are first y ears and have found a great amusement in keeping me up all night with their loud talking and pranks. It gets quite annoying but i think im going to get my own back soon. Maybe move dorms after this semester and plant stink bomb all around their dorm." He said as he thought of ways to get his own back on the younger students. They sure did deserve what ever they got and Logan would have a good time thinking of his own pranks to pull on them for the rest of the next semester. Being in the above year he had the upper hand in the situation. "No im fine with talking about my family. They are a pretty cool bunch to live with. I was recent adopted by my older brother though so im living with him and my cousins. Its a lot of fun when they are all so laid back. One of my cousins actually works here as a Professor. Professor Smith. He is a Quidditch player as well you know." He said with a smile as he imagined himself being a professional player. He was not aiming for that sort of career path but it was a nice picture to paint in his head. The fame and the money and the fans cheering you on all of the time. "I have two siblings but i only see one. I have only recently found out i have an extended family. When i came here i met my brother and thats when i became aware of the rest of my family. It was a lot to take in at the time i can say that much." He told Eli as he shook his head at the memories, it was still a lot to take in even now. After all he had grown up thinking that he was an only child with no other family and yet he was not living with his big brother and many cousins. It was strange and amazing at the same time.

As Logan thought about his family and how they had influenced him so much in such a small space of time he could not help but wonder how Elijah had been influenced to become so involved in music and if his family had played a role in it or if he had just picked up an in instrument at one point and enjoyed playing it. "So how did you become so involved in music and singing?" He asked wanting to know the answer. He liked to think that everyone was influenced by something, whether that something and a someone or just an object. Each one was just as important as the next. Logan before hand had been influenced by what his parents told him to do and what he thought was the best thing to do until he met Mark and he had shown him how to have fun and do work at the same time. It was down to him that he was where he was now. Sure his grade had dropped slightly and he was getting E's in stead of O's but that was fine by him. They were still great grades and he was having a lot more fun with everything now and felt a heck of a lot more free to do what he wanted rather that what others wanted him to do. That too showed how much he had changed since he had started Hogwarts in his first year and how he was now in his fourth year. He had his priorities and his hobbies. Hobbies which did not only consist of studying all of the time like he had done in his first and half of his second year which had cost him his first ever girl friend. Still he had Georgie now and he was grateful for everything which had happened to lead him to where he was right now talking Elijah and being sociable and happy more times than not. A breath of fresh air for the Veela
 
If there were some things that Elijah knew for certain, one was that a friendship with Logan was possible. Sure, Elijah knew they'd have a lot that wasn't in common, but he wasn't bothered by any of that. He wasn't really bothered with if they would be the kind of friends, who had everything in common, at 14 Elijah wasn't at all fussy about people. As long as they could hold a conversation, better than he could, and was friendly, he saw no reason as to why they couldn't be friends. He didn't believe that people had to have something in common to get along. he was the type who didn't really care about where the person came from and of they liked the same things as him. He liked very little, it wasn't like there was much to say that they had in common. It was just how things tended to go. He had to be sure to make it seem like he was a lot more interesting in the beginning. Then as time went on it would become more clear that Elijah really only had passion for one thing. It didn't make him feel annoyed that he had so little to show for his spare time, but others would not understand the passion that Elijah had for his music. It wasn't like he had tried it and was liking it a little only to give up in a few years. Never, they day that Elijah Tine gave up on music was the hell, there was something truly wrong with him. Considering it was the only thing, he actually believed he was 100% good at, it was the only thing that he worked for with intensity. Any office job or field job would not cut it for him. He was the type who was deemed by most a flight risk. The fact he was still at Hogwarts this much into the term and didn't feel the need to run, was pretty surprising. Elijah was a hufflepuff for many reasons. He hadn't ever though he'd be anything different. There were times when he struggled to understand what a hufflepuff was, but he was hardly any of the other houses. He was by no means mean or self centered enough for Slytherin, The Hufflepuff had a heart of gold. He wasn't a Gryffindor, at the sight of anything scary he was out of the place so fast, you'd think him traveling at the speed of light. Which of course, is pretty impossible. But, the Hufflepuff gave that impression. And last was Ravenclaw. Elijah had known for a clear fact that he would never in a million years get into that house. While he could remember complex tunes of his guitar it had always been clear to him that he was just not that smart. It was easy to get caught up in the fact that music was a way of showing brains, but it was about all he could do. As Logan spoke again, of a girlfriend, Elijah could not say he surprised. Elijah didn't currently have any girl. He had had one, and wasn't sure if it still existed. It had been interesting to get to know her better and spend time with her, but that had been in first year and since then Elijah had barely seen her. A part of him was annoyed about this. It hadn't been love but e had cared about her a lot, and it wasn't like he hadn't also lost a friend when he hadn't refound her upon his return. His thoughts lingered on her, as the boy continued speaking. Elijah laughed and nodded. "I think that has already happened to me. I know you probably believe everyone has a smart gene but, it's like marmite, either you love it or you don't. Only in the case of smartnesses it's you either have it or you don't. I'd just drop it Logan. Just man up and admit the fact that you are smarter than me. I have" Elijah said, smiling.

Despite his very friendly exterior, Elijah wasn't all smiles and games. Words did not bother him, he could easily laugh at himself and he wasn't bothered by what others said. But, he knew that he probably wasn't well liked, and it didn't help that his entire family was entirely unreliable. He loved most of them, but it was difficult when they had hardly been in his life. He really was the kind of guy who'd been alone for almost all his time, now suddenly he was really surround by a busy family. Both his parents worked. His father moved the entire family from home to home, every other day. His mum had a tendacy to go in stages similiar to Elijah with his music. However she wasn't musical, she was artistic, as was his little sister. He had never met a bigger brat than his sister. The girl who looked like the Hufflepuff in many ways. Naturally curly hair, and pale complexions. The only different being her dark blue eyes and his being a soft green colour. It was the only thing (apart from sex) that split the two apart. The resemblance had been uncanny. he had seen it straight away when he had arrived at the house. She hadn't been that happy to see him. That Elijah could completely understand. Here he was a boy, older than her, her brother. But, no one had even bothered to explain why Elijah's parents had suddenly come into the picture. His foster family whom he'd had no real contact with since he'd left weren't in contact with his parents, as far as he was actually aware. The green eyed boy, ran a hand through his messy curls. Elijah agreed with what he said about the switching spells, he'd be glad to see the end of those in a class. Not that he would never try them after school, but he wanted to keep with the option of just not. It wasn't that he found them overly hard, just that he found it difficult to always know why he to do them. In what situation would he feel the need to switch something into something else. And surely there were limitations to this. These would make it pretty boring. All that Elijah really needed was a pen, plenty of paper and his guitar. The fact he reused bits of paper, over and over until there was abosllutely no space left, which was not in fact a bad thing. he was rather kind to the environment. Well, he wasn't in the sense that he never recycled any of it, but he was in the fact he did in a weirder sense. "I like DADA for the magic. Unforgivable curses are quite something. You wonder how they managed to even form." Elijah had been fairly taken by the unforgivable curses. It had proved very interesting for him. He knew he would never use one, but the temptation was there now he knew more about them. Although he wouldn't say that to anyone. It was be like saying they had the weirdest urge to eat their own arm. It was weird, but would still be reported. "I can't imagine surfing being easy. I'd go, if I lived near the coast. I may have been brought up in Aussieland, but, I am a terrible aussie." Elijah shrugged slightly. He had known a few people who could surf, but that had been a while back. And now elijah could not even remember names. As for quidditch, it had never really taken his fancy.

Having learned how to ride a broom, Elijah had stopped at that. He didn't feel the need for sports. He had his music and sports meant that he could hurt his hands, which would put him out of playing, and this was most definitely something that he didn't want. He didn't want to have to put up with watching others play and have to get back into music. While Elijah had learned to distance himself from his guitar, it didn't mean he could live without it. That was one thing he really could not do. He could never go a whole day without doing a small strum, he doubted he could spend time away from it, and really, he feared losing the ability of playing. Losing the only thing he was actually decent at. "I would never play sports. I'll dance around, and run. But If I break my hand, or something like that. I'm f##ked. I can't go a long time without playing. I'll lose it. I'm that interested into sports either" Elijah smiled. "You know, from what I'm saying you'd think I was into nothing." Elijah wondered how it was possible to be adopted by an old brother, surely he just became the legal guardian, instead of the parent. He wondered how old the brother was. "Professor Smith is your Cousin? Wow. Nice." He couldn't claim to know many of his cousins. "I just moved back in with my family. It's why I was away. I have a sister. She's at beauxbatons. She's kind of a spoiled brat. To put it nicely. As for extended family, as I remember, my parents said, but I have an awful memory. My mum has no siblings, my father had a brother and a sister, but they died. I think the brother died, when they were children. I don't really know." Elijah shrugged, he'd never met any extended family, it was difficult to say if apart from what his parents had said there was any. He didn't bother going into much detail about his family. Since he had been adpoted, then had been living in a variety of places, until going to the Half way house for HNZ students, and his family finding him. It wasn't something generally just talked about in normal conversation. It was like the fact, that Logan hadn't explained what had happened to his parents. While open, Elijah really only talked if questions were asked. Which none really had. It was just the way things were for the Hufflepuff, he didn't like talking about himself, but he didn't like people who were closed off and didn't bother to connect with anyone. he couldn't understand how those people functioned well. Elijah always used his music as a way of venting. Doing anything else, would be weird for him, but at least he did something.

"Me and Music. It goes way back." Elijah smiled at the thought. "I always loving music. Like I loved it. CDs, recorders, on the laptop. Just music. Lucy had noticed I loved music, she helped me find CDs. It was when I was like six, I was walking down the street with my muggle primary, some field trip, and I noticed this guitar in the window. It was a second hand store. And I went in, and I have no idea how I had the money, but I did, and I bought it. It wasn't that expensive. I did however manage to lose my class, and I got into so my trouble, when I turned back up at the end of school. Myles had looked ready to strangle me. They let me keep the guitar." Elijah wished he had his guitar with him. It hadn't just been left in that state, his foster parents had taken off his for a small night, to be sure it was usable. Now Elijah realised they'd probably fixed it. However, after Elijah began playing he had taken to writing and his guitar was now like paper, writing all over it. "I taught myself. Lucy and Myles, were great, but they had jobs, I mean I couldn't ask them to be around all the time, so I taught myself, and I guess I just spent so much time playing it at home, it didn't change when I came here. Singing, well, that came when I started learning songs" ELijah had been given a fine voice. He could hold a note well, there was no denying that fact. He knew he could. And it was the only thing that he ever talked about himself being good at. Everything else, was just him fairly good. "I've worked so hard at it, it's hard to not be completely obsessed by it. It's like how dedicated you are to school, and school work. That's me and music" Elijah knew that porbably wasn't the best example to use, but it was the only one he knew, it seemed good before he'd said it. Elijah just nodded. "So, tell me about this girlfriend of yours? What is she like?" Elijah smiled slightly, "Happy?" Elijah figured that a guy like Logan would have a girlfriend and be happy with her. Happy to be with her. Elijah wasn't great with girls. He could talk to them, but they tended to not be interested in him. Not in that way anyway. he was forgetful, and he spent too much time on his music. He enjoyed his music more, than he would most likely enjoy the girl's company. It was the sole reason why his girlfriend from first year, had been perfect for him. She had been just as obsessed. "I am happily single. Girls also don't go for dorky, messy haired music freaks. Which I, am cool with." Elijah was the type to put himself down a lot, but it didn't cause the smile on his face to ever wipe away. Because if Elijah was honest, he did not give a sh!t.​
 
The general conversation between the two class mates was going rather well, considering the two were just like chalk and cheese. But who cared about having things in common, that was just common and if there was one thing which Logan did not really like it was being common. Take him and Georgie for example, they did not have a whole lot in common and that made their relationship just that bit more exciting and special. Yeah having a lot in common would be good in conversation but when you both knew about it there was not a lot you could say that would keep the other party interested but if you spoke about something the other person did not know much abut they were more likely to be interested in it. Like Elijah when he spoke about his music. Logan may not have known much about it but he was interested about what he was being told. He was intrigued by how one person could have not the slightest interest in a subject and another person could have the biggest obsession with it. Example was Logan and his studying and Elijah with his music, neither had a big interest in the other person's pass time and yet they were both willing to listen. He wondered what they did actual have in common though, something which tied the two. Logan believed that no matter how different someone was that they must have at least one small thing in common with each other. He frowned slightly as Eli said that he should just admit that he was smarter than him. Of course he knew that he was smarter, he spent most of his time studying and perfecting his own knowledge but he would never actually admit that to anyone. He was not the sort of boy to brag about things, mainly because he always got annoyed with other people who bragged to him. "If you say so but your a lot better at music and being laid back than me." He said not wanting to make the boy feel bad and he wanted to sort of even it out so to speak. Half admitting he was smarter but making him feel better by saying he was better at something. Although Logan had a feeling that this boy was most probably better at a lot of things other than music. He knew that his area expertise were spaced around knowledge and his was more life, well he thought it was more life skills.

Logan could not help but let his mind wander as the silence spread for a few moments between the two boys. He wondered what he would have been like right now if he had been raised under different circumstances like if he had grown up with the family he was with now and not been expected to be perfect in everything that he did. He wondered if he would be totally different, more fun and more sociable than he was now. It was a really strange thing to think about, to imagine oneself in a different way. He was not sure if he could even try and be that sort of boy now, being so stuck in his ways like he was now made even the slightest change feel like a big change. Still at least he was in a better house now with people who actually cared for him and had time for him, even if Adele's company was nice but only in short doses, she was a little too....Girl for him and slightly too immature sometimes for him. Don't get him wrong though he did know that she had grown up a lot since she got together with Riley and he did respect her a lot for standing up and stepping so well in to the married mothers role and she was a really good mum to Lowan and Riley a good dad. He got three jobs just to provide when before she told him she was pregnant he didn't even have one and he went out every night and bedded a different girl. Now he was a Professor and a dad. It was a huge difference that kid had made to both of their lives. A good change for certain.

As he zoned back in to real life when he heard the Hufflepuff's voice shatter the silence which had seemed like a life time to the young Ravenclaw. His liking for DADA was something they both had in common although he had not expected their common likes to be school related from the way the boy spoke about it. "Well there is one thing we have in common. I like that less too but not just because Riley teaches it, i liked it before hand, he just makes it a lot more fun than Professor Rowan had been. She was slightly scary don't you think." He said with a little quiet laugh as he gossiped. It was an odd thing for him to do seeing as the last Professor he had gossiped about had been the new Transfiguration Professor because she had made everyone stand in front of the class. But he was over all of that now and she was not so bad, he still did not like her though he just put up with her annoying personality when she taught. "It may not be easy but then again anything worth while never is. It is a lot of fun to do believe me. You should try it." He said happily as he spoke about his most recent hobby. It was very easy for Logan to be in a happy mood, he was always so up beat and open to so many things he just found that mastering new things made him happy, hence why he always tried hard in lessons and took up new hobbies and such. Life was just too short to be wasting your time doimng something which you did not enjoy. This was why Logan was so determined to not waste any time doing something that he did not find fun. Luckily for him he found school fun so he didn't need to worry about time wasting when he was studying. Back when he was a little first year he would have said that not much interested him, only grades. Now there was such a wider range of different things that he found most interesting, school, sports, animals, friends, family. The things which were more important served the better of his interests. In fact the friends side of his interests was what he was looking in to now. He would not go so far as to say that he and Eli were friends, more acquaintance than anything right now but with a bit more decent conversations and a bit more laughs they could potentially be friends. It was not a goal which Logan would work hard to achieve, he knew that making friends was not a job which needed to be done but something that happened over time and with ease. The best friend are those who are with you for years and would do anything for you. He would have said like him and Jeremy but he was not so sure where their friendship was right now after their little argument over a reason which he was not too clear about any more, he knew it was something about how he was speaking to Georgie but what ever had caused that. He was afraid that in his determination to not choose sides that he had actually chosen a side and lost his best friend as a consequence. He didn't know if he should if he should regret it or not. Sure he lost his best friend but he still had his girl friend and that was what mattered to him. She was what was most important to him.

Listening carefully as Eli began to tell him about how he got in to music. It was quite a funny story. He had gone to a muggle primary school as well, that was because his parents wanted him to have a little knowledge about the muggle world as well as the wizarding world. So when he was not at muggle school he was being home tutored. That is probably the reason why he does a lot of hard work and does not feel affected by it, because he is just so used to it after so many years of being over worked. Luckily for him doing muggle studies meant that when he went on about CDs and records and laptops that he could understand what he meant. He could still remember when he had gone of a field trip and seen a key board. It had been so confusing and complicated to look at he had given up trying to figure it out and moved on to look at other things. Although he had been raised in a muggle world there were still many things which he did not understand about muggle life. So you have always been in to music. That pretty cool though. Iv never been one for it but the fact that your still playing is good. Do you want music to be your job when you graduate?" He asked curious to see what his ambitions were when he had finished with school. He did not get the feeling that he would want to work in a place like the ministry or anywhere like that. More in the muggle world but Logan could always be wrong, never been one to be good at judging people like that. Although his people skills were getting better but they were not great and he didn't think that they would ever be too good but then again he was familiar of the phrase, practise made perfect, and he would happily practice until he was good enough for his own happiness. That was what counted really.

What made Logan even more impressed by his musical back ground was that he said he had had to teach himself most of the time. He knew that it was hard learning something for the first time let alone having to teach it to yourself. But it did make the whole experience when you did learn it that bit more special. He had learnt some of the things he knew by himself, mostly things he did for hobbies like he had taught himself to fly before starting Hogwarts but most of the things which he knew now he had been taught by others, mostly from Professors and family but there were small things which he had picked up from a few fleeting friends. And after all it was the small things in life which made the biggest difference. Logan would gladly disagree with that fact any day of the year though. There was a bit of a difference between learning something small like how to turn paint from blue to red and learning how to defend yourself again a dark wizard. In his opinion he knew which one he thought was most important. "Huh. That shows a lot of talent, teaching yourself a skill and then turning out to be really good at it." He said admiring this boys talent and determination. It took a lot of time and patience to teach oneself such a talent and taking in to account this boys age and when he started it was truly remarkable. Usually at that age kids worked towards being something like a superhero or playing pirates. Or what ever it was which normal kids did when they were growing up, not having a normal upbringing he was not too sure what kids did. He had never been given the chance to have fun and be immature, let loose. He had had to be the adult all the time. Some people said it was sad how he was brought up but honestly Logan was grateful for it, he liked being mature and adult like, what was the point in not acting your age.

When the subject about his love life came in to the picture Logan instantly smiled slightly as he thought about Georgie. It was strange, just thinking about her brought a smile to his face. He knew that most people said that he was too young to be in love but he would gladly prove them wrong now. He was in love with the brown haired girl and he would challenge anyone who said otherwise. "She is a second year Gryffindor but only a year younger than me. She plays Quidditch as Keeper. Her name is Georgiana but her close friends including me call her Georgie. She is the most amazing girl i have met." He said still smiling as he spoke about her. He still laughed at the fact that he had had to buy an extra Ravenclaw jumper so that she could wear it at games when she wasn't playing. The whole route for his team unless they were against her house thing made him feel better when he was flying. Nodding to answer his question. "Very." He said honestly. He would have said more but one word was as descriptive as it could be. What more did Elijah want to know, he could never understand why people would be in a relationship when they weren't happy in it. He didn't think it made much sense. "You shouldn't put yourself down Eli. Im dorky and messy haired. Im sure if you put yourself out there you could easily get a girl friend." He said not liking how he was shooting himself down like that. He was a nice boy and Logan thought that it should be easy for him to get a girl friend if he really tried. Although Logan did not have a ton of knowledge when it came to the dating game. He had only ever had two girl friends, Lily and his current. "I mean there isn't a single girl in this school that your interested in?" He asked leaning forward as he spoke. He was curious to see if his new acquittance was interested in any girl. Although he may not have a lot of experience he could still put in a good word or help him out. Logan being the caring type never let a chance to help someone if they needed it, even if that help was something like dating. If Elijah was going to be a potential future friend then there was no harm in asking him if he wanted help or if he liked any girls, or at least he didn't think that there was. Not having lots of friends he was not overly experienced about what was good to talk about with someone and what was not. That was still more or less lost on him. "I mean you don't have to say if you don't want to. I don't mind, it is your business after all." He said quickly covering his tracks just in case Elijah did not want to talk about it. He didn't want to impose on his person information, even if he was only trying to help him
 
If ever there was a time to be not making friend, it was the time when the first set of exams for the people a year from sitting the first set of most important exams of their school career. The OWLs were something, that Elijah had begun thinking a while before, but it was only now, that he sat with someone who'd clearly do well in them, that his mind cast more than just a day into his misty blurry future. Exams like that, Elijah Tine knew would cause all of his hair to fall out. Through no fault of his own, the stress would just get to him. As he thought of this, his own stress levels began to increase. He could almost feel his heart beating faster, and a fear building in the pit of his exams. It was safe to say that, Elijah was not looking forward to the exams. It was right to think that Elijah would either be driven insane with the pressure, or he'd just shut it all off, and just not feel anything at all. It hadn't even hit him, that he was at the mid point of his school career. He'd been so busy with his guitar and the change of house and life style that, 4th year still seemed a million miles away. Which clearly as he was one, was completely not true. He'd be in seventh year, and still think of himself as eleven. There was no denying that at heart, Elijah would always have very childlike qualities. That he would always act more like a child, than a proper teenager or adult. Being a new teenager, he was sure, he was already getting a few things wrong. He wasn't moody. In fact it was hard to catch this teenager without a huge smile on his lightly tanned face. The joy was always clear in the soft green eyes, as were any other emotion that he felt. It wasn't like something of that sort could just be completely shut off. Elijah saw no point in hiding, even if the person wasn't in the end trustworthy, if he was open, then whatever they tried to spread about him, would be something he wouldn't mind others knowing. He wouldn't mind if Logan took everything that he would learn about Elijah during this conversation and put it on lots of flyers and handed them to everyone in the school. He didn't think he was that sort, but it also wouldn't bother him. It was the moment that someone screwed him over, that the less friendly side of the boy came out. As the boy spoke of Eli being better at music, and being laid back, the only thing Elijah could really do was shrug. He knew he was better at music, but he was also aware that, Logan was just trying to even things out, as if Elijah would feel bad or annoyed that Logan had admitted to the fact he was smarter than Elijah. Elijah knew that all humans were created different, and each person had their own strengths. He knew his, and he liked saying that others were better than him at other things. It kept him right. It kept them from trying to persuade Elijah from thinking he was better, when both knew it to be false. It was pointless to try to persuade others they were good at things. Elijah wondered if it was just him with that opinion, but he also knew he hated people who tried to change how he thought of himself when it came to book smarts. His area was music, and no matter, it was the area he would stick to. He knew his music. Songs, lyrics, tunes. There was little in the field of music that Elijah did not know. He didn't talk about it, with others, but he still knew it to be very true. He didn't brag about it. He just didn't need to be told by others that he was smart at quidditch for instance, when Elijah knew he wasn't.

As Elijah continued thinking of his music, his mind was cast to the family of his. The family that he'd found all had their little ticks. Each one, he noticed was actually quite like him. Even his little sister, had the same tendency to get obsessive and forgetful. While each person focused on something different, it was only his father that he didn't actually know much about when it came to what he liked to do. As far as Elijah had seen, his dad was the person in the family who obsessed over work. During any mealtimes, his father sat and eat, while his phone rang off the hook for the entire time. Elijah knew that his father was something called a Lawyer, he earned a lot of money, and Elijah could see that he was good at what he did. It was why, he found it easy to respect the man. If his father did something that he wasn't very good at, and still earned lots of money for it, Elijah was sure, he would barely want to talk to the man. But, since he'd seen his father work, he knew that his father was good at what he did and that he actually worked hard on every case that was handed to him. It was like making a song, Elijah had come to realise, his father made a song, of long words and important points. The versus, were the part of the case that was new information, with some evidence, and then the chorus, was just him constantly reminding the court of why he was right and why the client was either guilty or not. Elijah had begun to wonder if this nature actually came from song writing. Elijah had liked to imagine that his father deep down shared Elijah's passion. A passion and flare for music. His sister, and his mum on the other, had a flare for art and painting. His mother sold her paintings to the highest bidder, and he had to admit that they generally were very good. He'd never really been that interested in Art, so it held little for him, but it didn't mean he wasn't good at seeing what was good and what was not. His mother had also drawn a rather good picture of him. As for his sister, while her flare was still art, it was also in photography. As much as he disliked his little sister, he had to admit that she could take pictures to completely capture any moment. She'd taken pictures of Elijah when he'd least expected it. And while the latter of the bunch he'd been laughing and smiling, the very first, had shown him, as pensive. Almost as though he wasn't happy. Which wasn't completely false. Elijah had never really felt like he'd belonged in his old home, it had been why he'd left, but in the new environment where money was important, was not only new to him, but something he had trouble understanding. Why his parents and sister, believed that money would always make things better, was odd to him. he knew happiness did that. Money hadn't really been an issue, before at his old house, but, he'd felt it in the years between leaving his old house and finding his family. It was pretty easy for him to realise, that while money was useful, it wasn't everything. It wasn't what he wanted his life to revolve around. A pretty simple request. But, one not often considered. In the new house, he felt at times trapped, like he couldn't do what he wanted when he wanted. He still played his guitar whenever he wanted, but his parents weren't as keen on Elijah just leaving the house and going out alone. They hadn't really realised how much time he'd spent alone, wandering and hoping it was the right direction he was heading in. Sure he could understand where they were coming from considering that they had lost Elijah for such a long time, but, it never felt like they'd come looking for him. He surely would've had some record of where he was. So, he also thought they were being unreasonable. He'd said he wouldn't leave. And Elijah had hoped his parents could trust him on at least that note.

Hearing about the Defense against the dark arts, reminded the green eyed Hufflepuff that this was not a think about your past session, but rather an actual conversation with someone other than his own reflection a mirror. Something he had taken to talking to. Weird he was aware, but it was also something that could just be added to the long list of weird things the hufflepuff did, and had long since stopped caring about. If others thought him weird, good on them. It was weird to think that the two were cousins. It had always been him against them. Teachers versus students. But, for Logan it was less of that, since he actually knew one. He wondered if Professor Smith ever talked to Logan about the work he had to mark. He suddenly felt his cheeks warm as he felt embarrassed. If that was true, he could only imagine what Logan thought of Elijah's work. At that, he always wondered what the professors themselves thought of him. It was true that Elijah wanted to be able to read minds. The superpower he wanted was to be able to read others minds. Maybe control them while he was at it. But obviously that could never exist. "Oh god, professor Rowan." Elijah couldn't help but laugh. That was a difficult to forget. He had many run ins with that professor. The one time that stuck out in his mind, was the time he was running late for class and was half asleep. Seeing that professor upon walking into the room, had caused Elijah to literally scream, and then head embarrassedly to his seat. "I think she hated me. She was scary. Especially when you are late, and still half asleep. But not as scary as Professor Styx. I think if I was to run into him in any situation, I'd probably scream in fright. I mean, I'm easily scared, like jump up behind me, and I will scream like a girl, but with him, it's like a slightly friendlier dementor." Elijah continued laughing. he knew that his comparisons were a little odd, but it was the best way of describing anything. Make it wild and odd, and therefore it'll be awesome. Elijah doubted most thought them as awesome, but he could just pretend. It had never crossed the Hufflepuffs mind to actually start any sports. He figured that a musician wouldn't be very good at sports. A person was either good at them or he/she wasn't. Obviously he'd played football. But, that he'd been awful at. Elijah had spent so much time, paying attention to his feet he'd run right into another player. He'd play for fun, but people generally knew to not let Elijah play if it was a serious game. Since he now stayed in France most of the time, more Paris, he couldn't say that it had begun to be easy for him to pick up sports. Surfing seemed pretty cool, but he'd have to find somewhere to go. "I wouldn't mind picking up something like surfing, it seems like a lot of fun. But, I live in Paris most of the time, which isn't a city that lends itself well, to surfing." Elijah laughed slightly. He didn't actually stay in Paris, his home was really Australia, since he'd grown up their, but his family moved between the ridiculous amount of homes they did have. Something that Elijah didn't mind. But thought was also fairly silly. He had however managed to make friends where each of the homes were. They weren't people he was that close to, but it did mean he wasn't completely alone. This was odd, considering at Hogwarts he was most of the time completely alone. It was nice in somewhere like France to have friends. It also meant that he was picking up bits of french and the french boys just loved mocking his Australian accent. Something that he didn't mind at all. he actually rather enjoy listening to them mimick it. Even though it came out weird with the french muddled into it. Over it was just the way that he liked to be with the others that were his age.

Elijah had never thought of himself as doing anything other than music. A weird thought, but true, why he would want to do anything other than music was beyond him. He cared little for money, so he didn't mind if he didn't become hugely famous. He just wanted to play. He actually thought it would be better as a struggling musician. With a strong fan base, and just the pure enjoyment clear. As soon as fame hit, there was a lot more to deal with. All Elijah wanted to do was play. He wanted to write songs by day and play them by night. "I wouldn't say being a musician is a job, but it's what I want to do. There isn't much else I see myself doing to be honest. Just music." Elijah nodded. "I love just playing and writing, so I don't even care if I don't become hugely successful, Money isn't something I'm bothered about, I just want to make music and have fun. If it means I struggle to pay rent, then so be it." Elijah smiled at the thought of him playing his guitar to a cheering crowd. A crowd that would call for an encore, and scream when Elijah played a guitar solo without backing music. He knew that most around their age were considering high paid jobs with lots of pluses and more of a certainty. But, Elijah always said, screw certainty. To be truly free was to not know what was coming next. Plus Elijah didn't do suits or desks. So anything else would be completely out of character for him. As Logan, well, Elijah was sure, he'd become highly successful, in whatever he persued, if it was teaching, or being a healer, or whatever. Elijah just pretty much knew that Logan would be one of those guys who earned a lot, with a pretty girl by his side and a smile while doing it all. Sure for Elijah a desk job wasn't happiness, but he didn't know if it would be the same for Logan. They were pretty different from each other and Elijah knew that. He shrugged as Logan then continued to compliment him about teaching himself. "Well, I practiced a lot. Like, all the time. Every moment of the day, I would sit with my guitar and play. Myles, my foster family, used to get so annoyed with me, since I'd be playing until like three in the morning. He would always be livid, and ready to smash my guitar to pieces." Elijah laughed lightly as he thought of the memory. "If you practice as much as I did at guitar, then you'd obviously be good at it. I had a flare, but I had to work. My hand used to be too small to stretch to get all the chords. I used to do, like finger splits, to try to stretch. Trust me, when you live and breath guitar, it's inevitable that you become good at it. But, What would you want to do, once we leave? Also, I should say this now, I have my money on you being head boy for our year, so don't let me down, I don't want to lose my money. it'll either be you or the other Ravenclaw boy, I have never met but is also very good at being on time for class" Elijah was figuratively speaking but his tone of voice almost said that he wasn't. He was pretty certain that Logan would become head boy. Either him or the other ravenclaw. he couldn't imagine anyone else getting it. As for who'd get head girl, it was still unclear for him who it would be. "Would you work for the ministry or Saint Mungo's? Unless you end up playing quidditch. Any idea what you'd like to do."

As Logan spoke of his girlfriend, Elijah couldn't help but see the clear happiness in the boys face. It was obvious that Logan and Georgiana were very happy together. He couldn't help but feel a little envious of them. He didn't have that any more, but it was just friendly jealousy. Want what you can't have type thing. Elijah knew that a girl who was like him would eventually come along and then everything would be all right. He'd become as happy as Logan was. He almost laughed as Logan told him to not put himself down. "Yeah, but I am hopeless around girls, and I don't have fancy veela genes to help me" He was joking with Logan, he didn't think that the boy had veela genes, but it seemed about as common as it was in Beauxbatons. As for Elijah he knew that he didn't have any of those kinds of genes. It was a lack of confidence in his own appearance, that caused him to be so awkward around the other sex. He'd only been good with his old girlfriend because she'd love music, so he always had his guitar with him. So, it gave him confidence, without it, he was pretty much was as good at talking to girls as a fish. He rambled, and worked hard to try to impress them, but it didn't always help. "I'd quite like to find my girlfriend from first year. I haven't seen her since I left, and I'd like to make it right with her. But, I haven't seen her." Elijah shrugged he didn't mind sharing. "I know you probably won't believe me, but there isn't really anyone. I mean I've met a few girls that are nice, but none that I want to date. I mean I think I would need to find Hillary before I got into anything with anyone else. I know it was a while back, but I mean, I still care about her. It's not like I'm in any major rush. I can't imagine being very good in relationships. I spend way to much time with my guitar. I'd forget to meet her, and her birthday. For now, I'm happily single. How did the two of you meet?" Elijah was actually curious. He might not like anyone himself, but he was a little softy. He loved hearing about others, and if they were to be friends, he had to know a little about this girl of his. He didn't think he'd ever met her. he probably hadn't considering how often he got out, but he was still curious. "How long have you guys been going out? Are you gonna ask her to the ball?"​

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Holy Jesus, longest post ever.
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Logan smiled :r

It was obvious that these two were getting on just fine as they were, they didn't need a common ground to talk about nor did they even need the same up bringing style or house. The pair were getting on perfectly fine. It was nice for Logan to be able to talk to someone quite openly and without having to hold his tongue in case he said something wrong. This boy seemed very laid back and that made conversations a lot easier with him. He wondered if they could build up a friendship enough for them to actually want to sit next to each other in a class or work as partners. It seemed that he always seemed to work with Jeremy but he thought it would be best to give him a bit of room so that he could have a breather after their fight and because of the drama happening in his life right now it would be the best thing. Or at least that was what he thought about it all anyway, whether it was the best thing or not was to be seen. He had never been the best at handling tough situations which involved some heavy emotions but that did not mean he didn't try his best to help, that was what counted really. And seeing as Jeremy was his best friend he would really needed to speak to him properly soon, to sort things out so that they could go back to how they were before hand. He wanted to be there for him, to be able to help him out like a good friend, Logan knew he would do the same if the situation was in reverse.

A smile appearing in the young Veela's face which was shortly followed by a laugh at Elijah's words about Professor Rowan, and Professor Styx for that matter. He did have to admit that they had to be the scariest Professors ever, they should have gotten married they were obviously perfect for each other. Scary and disliked by most people. "Oh i know right, I don't think that she liked anyone to be honest. And as for Professor Styx, well he looks as scary as he is, i swear he was probably raised by the head death eater or something." He joked with a laugh following his words once again. He was enjoying gossiping about different Professors with this boy, he had never really done it before and now he was regretting it, he was finding it so much fun doing so. As Eli said that surfing was something that he would like to pick up but he couldn't because of his living place. "Well if you want, i live near the coast, i could teach you a bit. Although im still a beginner but i can stand up well enough." He said with a smile. It would be more fun seeing as they were both beginners, they could laugh at each other failing at it.

As he began to tell Logan about what he wanted to do with his life he couldnt help but admire his ambitions. It was really something rare that a person didn't care about money and just wanted to do what they loved anyway. "Thats really cool. You could be a music teacher though, thats quite a good was to mix what you love doing and a way to get good money. I mean if you have been doing it for so long you should be really good at it and some people would pay a lot of money to be able to play like that." He said offering one of his own ideas to put on the table for Elijah to think about. He himself wanted to do something like teaching but he was very unsure right now, he was concentrating on school first, jobs later. There was no point wanting a job which needed amazing grades when you were failing every subject. "I think i would be the same if i was kept awake until then every night. Oh no thats right i am anyway." He said rolling his eyes at the thought. "So just taking a wild guess right here. Your a music geek." He joked as he nudged Eli's legs with his foot. Logan was only messing around with him, he knew that he was obviously very passionate about music, he would have to be totally stupid to be missing that piece of information about this boy. When he mentioned betting that Logan would be head boy Logan was touched, he had never been told that before. "Oh i don't know, i think im too much in to my own company for any of that. Prefect possibly but i would go as far as head boy i don't think." He said scratching the back of his neck as he spoke. He had never seen himself in such a recognised position in the school, he didn't know if he was good enough to become head boy.

Shaking his head Logan answered. "I really don't know. I think i want to work in the Ministry but i want to see what grades i get before i start thinking about a future choice of jobs." He explained wondering what the Hufflepuff would think of his life plan. "You should get back in touch with her, talk to a few people who could know her." He said ignoring his comment about not having Veela traits to help him. It was only girls who had the charm to help, guys were just really good looking. "If you met the right girl im sure you would remember those things. I used to say the same things. Just before i came here i met this girl, Lily who got sorted in to Slytherin. I would meet her now and then but not nearly enough as i should because i was always studying. Of course we split up and i said i would never date again until i left school but when i met Georgie that all changed. She is top priority in my books now." He said with a smile. He did not regret this choice, he was happy with her and he was happy with where his life was right now. "We have been dating about eight months now, i asked her out on the last Brightstone weekend of last year. And of curse i am. I can't wait to dance with her." He said smiling at the thought of them both all dressed up and dancing together, even if he was not the best dancer in the world it would be funny as anything to do
 
Elijah argeed with Logan about the professors. Even him as someone who tried to be nice when in the classes always got the feeling that the Herbology professor had just hated the presence of young people. It was not something new to Elijah, he'd heard of a number of teachers of the years who were in teaching but absolutely hated the students. The best part of teaching being the holidays. But, as a musician, Elijah knew holidays were something he wouldn't have to worry about. He knew that it would silly to not start his career with a side job, but Elijah just wanted to play. He just wanted to play his music and do nothing else. Jobs and school work, were not something that really interested the boy greatly. Despite having an abundance of time to pick what he wanted to do. The Hufflepuff knew that his parents were anxious for him to do well, so that he would be able to carry on in the family business. Nothing more than being a lawyer. But, it was false to claim that the prospect of a desk job with nine to five hours was something that excited the Hufflepuff. Ever since a young age Elijah had always done his own thing. He'd never really followed the pack. He'd never made to do what everyone else thought was normal. This much was pretty clear when the boy was seen in his most natural of states. That being just awoken on a school morning, and not bothering to do anything apart from dress and spray deodrant. Elijah had a shower after class, but when he turned up to class like that, Elijah knew that people a) thought he was probably homeless, or just that he didn't ever make an effort. The first was not true. The Hufflepuff boy was ready to hatch his bets at the fact that he was richer than most of the people within his class. But Elijah neither cared for or about the money. He was happy with anything, but he had come to realise that the money his parents had, had hardly made them happy, and it had not worked out well for his sister. He had a number of life skills that his sister didn't have and would probably never have. Not because of a lack of brain, but unless she'd lived without all the money in the world, there were somethings that were hard to learn, difficult to just pick up with a snap of his fingers. As Logan spoke of surfing it was very hard for the Hufflepuff to hide his smile. Although he didn't play sports, at all, the option of surfing was still one that made the largest of smiles appear on his face. It was difficult to miss. It was hard to not see that the offer really did interest the boy. But, then he had to ask his parents. Which would be the most difficult thing. Before he would've just gone, not thought about it, and just done it. But things really were different for the Hufflepuff boy now. He had to actually think about what his parents said before he made plans. "That would be awesome. I'd have to speak to my parents about it, but I can't imagine them having a problem. I mean they would probably insist that in return you came to Paris. But, I can swing it by them." Elijah nodded. He thought it would be rather good to be able to do something completely new. Elijah was unsure if he would be good at it, But, he did have rhthym, so he couldn't imagine it being impossible. He really hoped it was not. Elijah was easily disheartened by things he couldn't do, so he was really hoping this did not happen when he tried surfing, if it ever did.

A teacher was never something that had interested Elijah. Although teaching others to play instruments wasn't something he'd thought of. Considering that he could play it was a logic thing, but, he couldn't really teach people how to play. He didn't know how to teach. He didn't know the formal techniques, and it would just be casual, which most people looking to learn might not like. But, then again it was an option. Although Elijah didn't think that he would really want to charge that much for it. He wouldn't want to take money from people for just passing on his passion. In any situation, Elijah knew that people would be better off with a formal teacher, but it was an interesting option. The soft green eyes, looked down at the scribbled words on his page, when an idea struck him. "You could be my first student. I know it sounds weird, and you said you had no talent, so If I can get you to be able to play, I can get anyone to be able to play. You wouldn't need a guitar, there are some in the music rooms. Come on. What do you say?" Elijah had gotten fairly excited as he'd spoken. He was now trying to calm himself down a little. He gave a small laugh and raised his hands while bowing his head slightly, as if confessing. "I admit it. I am a huge music geek. Better music that books." Elijah joked with Logan. A smile was clear on the hufflepuffs face. it was nice to be spending time with someone in his year. It really did make Elijah wonder how they'd gone 4 years and were only just becoming friends. "Nah, I can't think of anyone else as dedicated to classes in our year as you. You'll be a prefect first, and then head boy. I'll just happily clap for you. " Elijah knew he had no chance of becoming anything, but it was also something that didn't really bother him. He knew that it would annoy most if they didn't get something, like prefect or something like that, but Elijah was okay with being the year's obsessive musician. For the Hufflepuff, there was nothing greater. No greater feeling. He wasn't too surprised by Logan's future ideas. It was expected. Elijah he didn't think it was odd. "Well, what ever you chose to do, I'll always be around to play at your wedding. If I've made it or if I haven't." Elijah knew that marriage was far far off in the distant future, but he wanted to show he didn't really care what Logan did with his life. Since after all it was up to Logan and that Elijah would matter little in what he wanted for him. Thinking of Hillary made him feel pretty bad. He'd tried searching for her, but if he was really honest, he half didn't want to find her. He wanted to apologise. But, they'd been young, he was sure, she would understand. "She played like I did." Elijah muttered, before turning his attention back to Logan. It was nice what he seemed to have with the girl. "You'll have a great time, I'm sure." Elijah nodded. it was always nice to have company on those days."What do plan on doing for the Christmas Holidays?"​
 
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