Open Post Practice Peace

[Felix Layton]

Felix was curled up on a couch in the student lounge, pressing an ice pack to his shoulder given the number of bludgers that had hit him during the practice, primarily at the hands of his best friend. He let out something that was a cross between a moan and a wail, immersing himself in his own misery of the moment. He'd tried to take a nap to sleep off the pain, and no doubt the bruise that was about to appear, but it was to no avail as sleep was utterly evading him. He'd only caught the snitch four or five times, so it was no big deal really, besides he was only an alternate so he would be unlikely to play in the real game. Still, he'd done his best and he'd paid the price for it.

 

[Cassandra Cohen]

Cassandra had come to the student lounge with the means to perhaps hang out perhaps study, whichever seemed more appealing in the moment honestly. She’d brought a few books with her just in case the second was the end result of her trip. Though as soon as she walked in she could have sworn someone was dying, for the moans and wails were definitely suggesting a great injury had taken place. Walking further in the brunette looked around the room curiously, noticing a blond boy on the couch with an… Ice pack? He was somewhere between wailing and moaning, looking like a mess on the couch if she were to be truly honest about it. Walking closer Cassie stopped a good few steps from the couch, tilting her head and raising an eyebrow. “You good there?” She asked as a way to asses the situation.

 

[Felix Layton]

Felix's eyes flashed open and someone seemed to pay him a little attention, and he glanced across to see a girl he didn't recognise. Certainly not a third year, and too old to be a second year. "Just battle wounds," he told the girl, trying to sit up a little, wondering whether it would have been considered arrogant to flaunt his success. He told himself it wasn't often he had success, so maybe it wouldn't be such a terrible thing to make the most of it when he did. "I'm Gryffindor's Seeker," he told her, conveniently leaving out the part about being an alternative and hoping Arora didn't walk in. "Practice can be brutal, but we do what we have to do to win," he grinned, feeling hopeful about their next game.

 

[Cassandra Cohen]

Cassandra raised her eyebrows as the boy called his apparent injuries battle wounds. A tad dramatic in her opinion. As he told her he was Gryffindor seeker she gave a nod, that was a position in Quidditch she knew that. The one that was following the snitch if she was correct, honestly she never really cared for the sport that much. "Oh, I bet don't the smack you with all those angry flying ball things? My old roommate used to always complain after practice. Said it was terrible but that's why she loved it." Weird thing to enjoy in Cassie's opinion. "Mind if I sit with you then? Or are you in too much pain to have company?" The fourth year questioned with another raised brow. "I can help hold the ice pack in place?" She offered, wouldn't hurt. The boy was sort of cute and she was due to have something interesting happen. Well she supposed that meeting with the Ravenclaw boy had been interesting in its failure.

 

[Felix Layton]

"Sounds about right," Felix raised his eyebrows, wondering whether this girl had ever actually played a game of Quidditch in her life or whether she was pretending to be ignorant. "Course you can," Felix was secretly glad for the company, if not just because his recent awkwardness with Lilith was ready to be put behind him. "Never in too much pain to be distracted by a beautiful lady," he grinned, sliding the ice pack into her hand before she had the chance to retract the offer. "A kind one too, huh?" he didn't think there were many out there who would be quite so selfless. "Are you new around here? I don't think I've seen your face before, and frankly I think I would have remembered," apparently the situation with Lilith had given him a boost of unwarranted confidence.

 

[Cassandra Cohen]

Cassandra went and took the seat gladly with a smile. "Oh my, you flatter me too much." She said jokingly while placing a hand on her chest in an attempt to show how flattered she was by the compliment. Taking the ice pack she looked at the boy a bit before placing the pack where he'd previously held it. "Pfft just doing what I, does it hurt elsewhere?" She asked trying to see if she should put the pack onto his other shoulder for a change. "Yeah, I am an exchange student from Hogwarts Scotland, but I'm personally from London in case the accent wasn't obvious enough." Cassie confirmed, though her accent should have been the first flag she didn't mind being told her face was sort of unforgettable.

 

[Felix Layton]

Felix was happy to hear the girl thought he was flattering her, because clearly his compliments were working. "Mmm, here hurts too," he motioned to another point that had been battered by the recent practice. Honestly he was just a little surprised she was willing to help him out at all. "You went to Scotland?" he asked, turning his head to face her a little better. He'd figured out she was from England at least, but only because there was a short period of time when Felix thought he'd have ended up in Scotland too. "My parents went there, and so did my sister for a year or so," he would have asked her more about her experience and whether she knew Ten, but Felix didn't really want to talk about the redhead right now. "You must.. miss your friends?" he asked, knowing he missed Tori too since she'd changed school.

 

[Cassandra Cohen]

Cassandra looked at the boy and then the spot he pointed at around his ribs. Moving the pack there she looked back up at him again with a smile and a nod. She tilted her head when he said his parents and sister had gone there as well. "I don't blame them, it's a nice school." She said with a grin, as if it was much different from this one. Raising her brows at the question the Gryffindor considered. There was Mila, her roommate, that she sometimes missed but other than that nobody significant and she'd see them soon enough. "Nope, not really. Besides I came here to meet new people and get away from the same old boring sh*t back there. I wanted to try something new." Cassandra said with a shrug, careful not add too much pressure on the ice pack. "So far I have not been disappointed. By the people I mean," If you didn't count that failed attempt to kiss the Ravenclaw boy but she didn't count it so nobody else should either.

 

[Felix Layton]

Felix giggled, the ice pack cold against him, even through the fabric of his gear. He cleared his throat, trying not to seem so childish. "Yeah?" If Scotland was so nice, why had she come here then? Perhaps it was another case that this girl wanted to see what it was like somewhere else, that at the end of the semester she'd leave with her experiences. There was a lot of that going around. "New people? You don't get enough new people from one school?" he gave her half a smile, although knowing it really was half the reason Tori had gone to Durmstrang too. Honestly it wasn't something Felix thought he could ever do, and not only because of the time restraints. "I admire that, although I think it can help to get to know people on a deeper level, you know?" he asked, eyes glancing up to her face. "It's all well knowing lots of people, but what about those that you know better than anyone else? How many of those are there?"

 

[Cassandra Cohen]

Cassie raised her brows a little as the boy giggled, either he was ticklish or something else. She just nodded, it was a nice school what more could she say. Narrowing her eyes and smiling Cassandra shook her head lightly. "Not really, not after second year anyways because in your third year hanging around first years feels odd and then hanging around older students too, but also a change of scenery is nice. Not that I don't like it back there but you know something new and exciting." At times she did wonder whether or not leaving for a year had been the right choice, but quickly refrained from such thoughts. "Getting away from things can also help you get a new perspective on things, perhaps while you are away you'll realize what truly mattered and come back to that." Not that she'd know anyways, but it was a fair thought. Cassie turned her gaze away for a second and bit the inside of her cheek, did she truly know anyone on a deeper level? Yeah her best friends back home but did she really want to sit down and waste all her time at such a young age moping around someone particular when she could also be out there experiencing life? "I have my friends but I am not looking to box myself into a situation and restrict my social connections with focusing only on something or someone in particular. Why not experiment, feel and see the world a little more while I'm still young?" She said with a shrug turning back to the boy. "What about you, got anyone you know better than anyone else and vice versa?" Cassandra questioned him back, shifting to sit a little more comfortably.

 

[Felix Layton]

Felix knew what the girl meant when she mentioned it felt weird to be hanging around with the first years. It was true, even hanging around the second years now was strange, even though he knew a lot of them through Finley, they all seemed a little more annoying than he'd ever been as a second year. He nodded as though understanding the change of scene, although frankly he thought the school probably looked the same as it did here. He knew his sister had certainly felt something similar, feeling as though she missed something when she'd left, but in truth for Felix he wasn't sure he had that sort of connection. This girls attitude about not taking things too seriously was certainly a reflection of how he'd been taking things this year. "Focusing on one person? No, no," he leant back a little into the cushions, "I tried that but it's not for me." He'd wasted enough time on Esme, only for the whole thing to collapse around him despite it not being his fault. "Sure, I have my friends, and they're there for me, but I suppose over all I'm pretty open to just seeing what happens with those I know," he glanced back toward the brunette, "and those I don't." Felix shifted a little, turning his body although still giving the girl plenty of access to his ribs. "I want to help people," he told her, "I want to help people like me," it didn't really matter if she didn't know what he meant, "and I think in order to do that, I have to put myself out there. Sort of like networking I suppose. It's good to know people, and not spend too much time focused on just on one."

 

[Cassandra Cohen]

Cassandra raised her brows at the fact that he'd tried focusing on one girl already, he looked far too young to have had anything serious. She herself probably still was too young, but who was she to judge. Giving a hum in response just to let the boy know she was listening the Gryffindor let her eyes take a look around the room they were in. As he kept speaking Cassie listened slowly returning her eyes to the boy as he shifted. She could understand what the boy was saying, about being open and seeing how things went with everyone. She herself was that way too. "Help people?" Cassandra asked, wondering what was his definition of helping people. "Yeah putting yourself out there is always good, making connections and all that sh*t adults talk about," Her dad always spoke about things like that. How the right connections would help you in the long run, she'd always have to remind him that she was still young and didn't need to make connections like a gods damned politician or something. "Suppose that's what I'm doing, getting to know people and who knows maybe I'll stay in touch with some of those that I meet here. Certainly wouldn't be opposed to it." She gave a shrug, she'd thought about it before. It's be nice to make friends that could last longer than just the year she was spending here.

 

[Felix Layton]

A smile spread over Felix's face the more he listened to the way this girl spoke. It was like she cared very little about what others thought about her, and it was a refreshing change. Honestly he could have learnt a lot from someone like that, someone who was willing to let their hair down and go with the flow. "Adults don't know what they're talking about," he told her truthfully. It was why he was there to help students in the first place, because the majority of adults couldn't be trusted to help out themselves. "So what are you? A Gryffindor? You're not in third year, I would have recognised you," he grinned, trying to place her. "And if we're going to stay in touch, I think I'm going to need your name." He added. She may have been holding an ice pack to his torso but that wasn't going to be particularly helpful if it came to seeking her out again in the future.

 

[Cassandra Cohen]

Raising her brows Cassandra chose not to ask further on the jab at adults. In her situation adults weren't much help when she found out about Magic, she'd tried to ask her parents of course but well they were just as stunned as her so no can do. "Gryffindor, fourth year." She stated with a shrug and a soft smile. Letting out a small laugh she shook her head, "I see, already trying to make the list of people I keep in touch with?" Whether it was during the year she spent here or after she went home she didn't mind really. "It's Cassandra, but I go by Cassie and you?" Only her Head of House back in Scotland and parents ever really called her by her full name and that was the way she preferred it honestly.

 

[Felix Layton]

Ah, she was an older girl. Felix hadn't really spoken to an older girl outside of Ten or Ned, neither of whom counted. His grin only widened hearing she was a fourth year, although he hoped she wouldn't leave knowing he was the year below. "Of course I am," he shrugged, "You seem pretty cool and there's not much of that going around these days," Felix added, "Well it's nice to meet you Cassie, I'm Felix. Short for Felix Felicis," he wasn't joking, but he didn't mind if Cassie thought he was. He edged a little closer toward her on the couch, if not just seemingly to get into a more comfortable position. "I love your eyes," Felix was looking into hers now, her dark brown orbs were startling and very beautiful, and they only added to her features.

 

[Cassandra Cohen]

Cassandra let out a small laugh at the boy, he said of course he was. Pretty forward for their age, boys back home seemed a bit different if everyone was this forward over on this side of the ocean maybe she should stay here. "Ah, your parents like potions then?" She asked when he mentioned what his name was short for, remembering having read about the potion before. As the boy got closer to her and complimented her eyes Cassie bat the lashes surrounding those eyes a few times before smiling and speaking again. "Oh you do? Yours aren't that bad either," Looking at his eyes she thought they were quite pretty though. The hazel might have looked even lighter in the sun, her eyes scanned over the rest of his face before getting just a bit closer and then going for a kiss because unlike last time this boy had been giving subtle hints of flirting throughout the whole conversation.

Spoiler: Faye rn

 

[Felix Layton]

Felix smiled, a large toothy smile, as Cassie laughed. It was infectious really, seeing others laugh made him join in with them and it was very hard not to feel connected at that moment. "That or they knew I would just be very lucky," he smirked. He'd been indifferent to his name, until he realised he could use it charm the girls, playing off the meaning. Felix wasn't sure if Cassie was aware of how pretty her eyelashes were, especially when she seemed a little bashful. Not bad? Not bad?! He'd take it, given that now she was moving closer toward him still. She could have told him he had the worst eyes she'd ever seen and he'd still take it. He had enough confidence of his own to not feel like he needed it from others, but he supposed it was a bonus that she thought so. Felix wasn't surprised but he was feeling somewhat successful in his flirting attempts when Cassie kissed him. It wasn't like kissing Tori, nor Esme. This felt like it was more just for their own enjoyment than anything serious, which quite frankly was enough for Felix. He kissed her back with more passion than he'd kissed anyone else before, instantly forgetting about the sting of the ice pack on his ribs.