Lively Lisa

And I can't tell just what you know
Because you've known it the whole time
Yeah, you've known it ( the whole time... )

It's good to be home again. Mum and Dad are taking us all to the ballet tonight, and I'm really looking forward to it. It makes me wish we had a dance class or club at Hogwarts. It's a little too late for me to be any good. I read that dancers usually start before the age of 3 and by the time they are my age most who will become professional are already in major programs. That seems a lot of pressure to me, but they look so graceful. For something done without a bit of magic, it's amazing they can move like that and make it seem so effortless.

It doesn't seem like nearly Easter. I mean, so much has gone on, and yet the year has gone by so fast. Break seems slow though, no one is getting their eyebrows hexed off, or forced to fall in love or carry around fake babies I miss him though, he was really sweet. And Robb with the baby...fuck I can't think about that.


Slytherin 6th girls

I miss every one of your faces. Girls night in London at our flat? We have a whole loft that's just a big T.V. and movies and things...da loves everything to do with muggle technology. He wanted to get a cell phone but mum thought he was crazy. She still thinks the t.v. is nuts, but it's fun all the same. What do you say?

Robb

I miss you, dammit. It's been kinda hitting me that you're going to be gone in a few months. It fucking sucks. I don't want you to just break up with me because you're graduating...

Audrey

Do you think that when the year is up that...I mean, do think Robb and I have a chance?

While I still maintain there must be something cruel about randomly pairing us up and managing to pair me with the person I had a potion induced infatuation, I actually have been enjoying this little assignment. Despite having to make a few sacrifices (such as just letting go about the mohawk, which is kind of cute I will admit), I've been enjoying this assignment. Robb and I have been having play dates, and I must say, he is so adorable with his baby.

First, here is Marcus Jagger Rookwood-Davies:

He IS rather precious.

But the best part are pictures of Robb with both of them.
( Click for so much cute you can't handle it )

If there is something sexier than a man good with a baby, I have no idea what it is. Much as I don't condone violence, I couldn't help but smile this morning at breakfast. That's my Robb, and I love that fucking boy.

This is such a weird day.

Private to 6th Slytherin girls

I'm freaking out. I...I think I might be in love with...this sounds so fucking stupid, but I can't get SEVEN out of my mind. This is totally fucking ridiculous, but I just-it's so intense, and I can't explain it.

I don't know what this means for me and Robb. I still care about Robb, and he's so hot, but...oh Salazar, but Sev has Didi, but he used to hit on me a lot, maybe I have a chance? Should I just pretend I don't feel this way?

What should I do about Robb?

Fuck, I have a type don't I?

Seven

You-would you maybe fuck this is so stupid....

Uh, hi.

OOC: added after Audrey's comment, if he read it before she crossed it all out it would be readable

The best part of mock Wizengamot was getting an idea of what it might be really like to work in law. I always knew I wanted to do something in the Ministry...maybe doing law would be interesting!

And can we just wait-only a couple weeks until Sex Ed! Maybe eventually this will be less hilarious.

Warned to Slytherin Girls

I'm bored. I think now is the perfect time to liven things up with a little fun.

Let's prank the boys! I'm open for suggestions...shall we charm feathers to fall all over them when they walk out of the room? Turn all their shirts pink? SOMETHING FUN??


I want to LAUGH!

( Private to Robb )

I wish I could get excited about the upcoming Quidditch game, but I can't really muster the strength. Not that I don't care about Durmstrang and Salem Well, I don't actually..., but I think somehow the Quidditch gene skipped a generation. You'd think with a Quidditch coach father, total star in his day, Glamour Plate of Ravenclaw, that at least a little of that would rub off. Nope. I am 100% my mother's daughter, down to my scent obsession. She doesn't cross her i's and j's with hearts though.

Dex, Penny, Royalle, Audrey

I think Robb is ignoring me. It kind of hurts, actually. Do you think I'm just boring? I need to do SOMETHING, I think. I've tried to get distracted by clubs and things but it just keeps making me think about him and how I want to joke around, but he's just...not around.

Am I just being overly sensitive? I am bad at this shit. I kind of just want to put crackers in his bed, but I don't think pranks are the answer.

Robb

So...what's the deal?

Is it just me, or am I the only person who wouldn't prefer to know LESS about the sexual preferences of most of my peers? Like whomever you like, do whatever you need to do, but unless I pry, I probably don't want to know.

I never thought I would ever say I was so tired of talking about sex.

Book Club Members

Okay, Book Club, I suggest we hold a contest of some kind. What if we did a read-a-thon? Whoever reads the most books of a minimum length (say, 200 pages), gets an awesome literary prize? Like I need more motivation to be a nerd, but it could be fun. I bet we could come up with a charm to track book reading progress so people don't cheat.

Slytherin 6th Year Girls

All right, we need to get the fuck together and talk and just be together, because we've been back forever and I don't know if I've even seen Royalle, and I know I've only talked to Dex once and this is unacceptable. I vote we have a night dedicated to all things female: porn and facials.

Genius? I thought so. Saturday?

Robb

So. I haven't seen you except for the train really since we've been back. I sort of miss your face. And other parts... Am I alone in that?

Also, what the fuck is this Handsome Man bullshit, and why are you not its poster boy?

So I'm another year older-17 finally! And it was so uninteresting that even I didn't remember.

Happy birthday to me.

Edited to add later when she returned to her room:
I have the best fucking boyfriend.

Even if he is sneaky.

Okay, very funny, who made these crackers? Because I sound like a chipmunk, and it's getting a little annoying. How long is this supposed to last again?

Actually...Robb, you should come hang out with me know. You know you want a chipmunk to tell you how sexy you are.

Now I'm back to thanking this anonymous prankster...

Ahh, the play is the thing! To think that this will be the last time I get to plot and scheme against Eli Goldstein, and sigh with happiness at the end when everyone gets married. Mostly, I'll miss getting applauded for acting like a bitch. How often does THAT happen?

Now it appears that there is more drama going on in the halls of Hogwarts than on the stage. Truly, the Bard would be proud of all the intrigue. If people aren't wandering around ranting on drugs they are sulking or being slipped sleeping potions or kissing without asking or...goodness, we should write this all down, it's positively golden.

My life seems rather boring and tame now. I might as well start a sewing circle.

Actually, that's not a terrible idea. Any ladies interested in a Stitch and Bitch group? Probably would have been better to think of it before hols, but we could take it up after. It'll still be scarf weather for a while yet.

Ophelia &all the directors

Thank you for all your hard work, and everything you've done for giving us theater obsessed folks something fabulous to be a part of. I won't ever forget it. My mum also told me to tell you she's seen far worse on the East End, which is meant to be a huge compliment. Mind, she told my dad he was an awful excuse for a wizard, just to give you what passes as her praise.

Dex, Audrey, Penny, Royalle

Oy, loves. Why have we not spent time together sharing everything? I feel like I have no idea what's going on in your lives and this is UNACCEPTABLE. We must remedy this immediately. Tell me what I have missed whilst wearing Elizabethan dress.

Robb

You're adorable. And I miss you. Can we fucking fix this before I become a ridiculous sap?

Slyth boys she considers friends (feel free to think that's you)

What the fuck do boys like? I'm at a goddamn loss, help me, you're my only hope and all that.

I really have to hand it to Ophelia, Sam and Jon for keeping their sanity as the play reaches closer and closer to its opening. I've never been part of something like this, and it's exceedingly fun. I'm memorized, I've been fitted for my costume, the sets are coming up nicely...all in all, it seems like this is real and will be coming together soon. For those in the cast, I feel it only fitting for us to have a cast party to celebrate our hard work. I'd be happy to organize it, since Ophelia/etc seem to have much bigger things on their plate, but if any of you would rather I don't want to be presumptuous. I think the Bard would be proud of our efforts, dropped lines and crazy accents aside (though, personally I think the random French or eastern European accent really makes it interesting), we're amazing.

Robb

I don't...you know I'm not actually going to push you to do Dex's calendar, right? You can if you want, but I wouldn't ask you to, even if she is one of my best friends. I don't even want to do it myself, so it would be rather hypocritical. I can't imagine I would sell many calendars anyway.

Also, I've never bought Christmas gifts for a boyfriend before, this is HARD. I'm just buying shit I think will make you laugh, I hope that's a good tactic.

Also...my mum really wants to meet you. She's invited you to a non-scary dinner at our flat in Chelsea with my dad and sisters.

I can't believe it's almost December. What happened to the year when I wasn't watching? Also, remind me never to piss Corbin off. I like all of me exactly where it is at the moment.

Robb

So...Essie's party. I really want you to come with me. I know that's not normally your scene, but we had fun at the Halloween ball didn't we? I mean, we dress fancy and dance close, it will be at least 5 kinds of amazing. I promise a fucking ridiculous dress and will make it worth your while.

So, will you be my date Robb Flanigann?

There seems to be an inordinate amount of crazy going around for my liking. I know I'm one to talk, but I didn't realized this was Days of our Hogwarts and there had to be snogging and dramatics at every turn. Did I miss a memo or something? Someone let me know when it's safe to leave the Slytherin dorm, I have practice and classes to attend.

Might be a couple other reasons to leave my dorm, but I wouldn't want to be too much of a hypocrite.

Private to Audrey

Can I talk to you about stuff? I just have a lot of questions...

Robb

I hate that we keep having weeks where we don't get to see each other. It probably hasn't been so long, but the weekend makes it seem like it's been forever. Can I sneak by and see you?

That was quite the bonfire. I definitely appreciated the heat, you know, cold night and all.

I'm reading another book, and this one is a scorcher- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I think about how awful it must be to keep a secret and have that secret be something that defines you. What would it be like to live in a world where you couldn't say what you truly thought and where the very act of owning or reading a book is a crime worthy of death.

Then I remember our parents lived through such a time. Utterly baffling.

Private to Penny, Dex, Audrey

So. I'm a woman.

Private to Robb

You. You.

Can't stop thinking about you. And smiling.

I am not the world's biggest Quidditch fan, but...congrats? I don't really pay attention normally, but it was pretty fun either way.

I'm incredibly excited about the play though! It's so much fun to take on a persona, and Maria I think is similar to me in a lot of ways. She's sassy like me, at least.

Robb

I miss you. It seems like forever since Halloween.

I dreamed about you last night again...it was quite a bit sexier than the last dream.

Sev

Are you feeling better? I hope the ice cream helped.

I might be an idiot here, but I'm actually looking forward to this challenge. Cooking isn't that different from doing Potions, right?

Plus...I have to say, I'm really looking forward to the play. I spend all day yesterday reading Maria's scenes by myself making up all the voices and it was hilarious! The whole cast is great, but Eli, I think I will have a lot of fun working off you. Ophelia & crew, thanks for the hard work needed to put this together.

Private to Slytherin except Garrett

The fuck is with Flint today?

Private to Dex and Audrey

Where can I go if I wanted to have alone time, maybe with a gentleman caller, and didn't want to be interrupted?

Hypothetically speaking, of course.

Some things are just a little too perfect. Like how much fun it was dancing at the ball? I personally had an amazing time, especially the end of the evening. Thanks to alllll my dance partners (Penny, where DID you learn those moves??), it was brilliant.

Private to Sid

So, I guess that whole thing about never touching my boyfriend under any circumstances wasn't completely accurate, hmm?

It's okay, he IS amazing after all.

Private to Dex

Was it you? The little craziness? I love it. It was worth it just to see Sid dancing with Robb. What happened with Corbin?

Private to Robb

I had fun. I'm going to be busy the next week or so, I think. Maybe we can meet up towards the weekend? You know you'll miss me, but absence and fonder or some shit.

So many people have asked me, "What the hell do you see in Robb?" and "Robb? Are you insane?". On some level, I understand the confusion. To the untrained eye, Robb looks like your typical frowny-faced jerk, but under the veneer of scowls and swear words, there is such a fun person.

Let me take you on a pictorial journey, which I like to call "Around Hogwards in 180 minutes" or "Why I like Robb Flannigan".

( The following is spell-o-taped inside with commentary from Lisa )

Well that was quite an evening. Happy birthday again to both our birthday girls! There's nothing I like more than music and dancing. Except maybe Robb dancing with me and..

I'm excited about auditions for Twelfth Night. I even said way back in September that I wish we could have an active acting troupe/theater in Hogwarts. I LOVE the idea of doing a comedy too. I wouldn't even mind playing a boy (and now I even have experience BEING a boy).

I just finished reading Asimov, and now I'm curious where I should go next for my reading. I want something sci-fi, but maybe more recent. I would love something really dark and scary even. I love books that freak me out and give me nightmares!

Halloween is just around the corner and I think I FINALLY have my costume together. It really feels like we've been in school forever but it's only been a few months.

Oh, and I guess congrats to the Durmstrang team/good luck next time Beauxbatons. I wish I liked Quidditch more, but I just don't really get it. I do like yelling for my friends, so there's still fun in following the game, I suppose.

Audrey

Thanks for letting me borrow the dress. You're right, it WAS a little too short on me, and that is exactly what I liked about it.

Dex

So...I didn't have sex with Robb, but we did a lot more than kiss. Holy Salazar, that boy is beautiful and oh goodness. I need to stop thinking about it because it's distracting and I have this potion's essay to finish but...

Robb

You. Stop being so hot. It's making it so very hard to concentrate.

Now that we have slow dancing down, maybe we can try our hand at other styles. I can teach you a thing or two. Also, I heard from a little bird that your birthday is coming up. I want to do something for you, but not something sappy or stupid or some shit like that.

Maybe it ruins the surprise to tell you, but fuck that.

Also, I like you a lot.

Well this is certainly an exciting morning. No more worries about losing valuable silky underoos to monsters, attacks of various types at a minimum, let's hope we can keep the momentum!

I wonder though, for those using the match service, wouldn't it be less awkward to either go with a friend or go alone and meet someone there? I don't know these things, which is why I ask. There may be a side to this that I'm not seeing.

Also, Sev, is there a reason you felt the need to send my boyfriend Robb a whole bunch of condom balloons? Is that a shot at me?

Robb

Okay, here goes...will you go with me to the Halloween to-do? I have an awesome costume and won't embarrass you, and more importantly, you don't have to wear one if you don't want to. You're fine sexy great sexy enough as it is.

I will make it worth you while, I promise. And don't I always follow through on my promises?