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Benjamin wasn't one to turn down hanging out with his quiet friend, especially if it involved going to the kitchens. After all Benjamin had already invested two years in trying to teach the elves how to make some decent Paraguayan staple dishes. Benjamin was fairly sure that the British managed to invent some of the most god awful dishes in existence that no matter how great of a cook one might be just was bland. Benjamin was happy to report between Benjamin figuring out how to translate some of the recipes his Mum used and apparently picked up while they lived in Paraguay and his investment of time with the house elves that they were slowly figuring out some better recipes to make-or at least something they presented him when he showed up in the kitchens (which was quite often).

Benjamin also had decided to spend a fair amount of time in the House-Elf living quarters where he found it to be a fairly cozy place to catch a nap and it wasn't that hard to convince an elf to escort him there (usually on the agreement that he'd not cause havoc when he was there). Also, he was fairly sure the house elves rather him sleeping than getting in the way pestering them about ways to make food more flavorful and bemoaning British food. However, despite Benjamin's frequent visits to the kitchen, it was rare that Timothy felt like spending an afternoon down there, so Benjamin was looking forward to it. Besides, there was no Princesa Mira hanging around. Which, he supposed wasn't that big of deal, it wasn't like Mira was that bad, and it was fun to annoy them about their so obvious crush on each other, but Benjamin was also to the point he just wanted them to go ahead and snog like he had pictures of them doing (doctored, of course, but still he had the photographic evidence none the less).

Stepping into the kitchen ahead of his friend, he looked over his shoulder at Timothy and said with a smirk, "So I don't know if they've mastered the Guiso popó recipe yet I translated for them, but they make some pretty decent Kivevé." Benjamin hadn't a clue what was really waiting for him in the kitchen and would never dream his quiet, shorter Ravenclaw friend would actually have the audacity to con him into some horrific talk which was waiting for him. Seymour Benjamin Ryans after all, despite his joking that Timothy and him were twins, would be the first to say if they were twins it was obvious that Timothy was the good twin. Good twins didn't plot things, right?

Benjamin was caught completely unaware by the Expelliarmus spell and being thrown into a chair and quickly experiencing a sticking charm. He narrowed his eyes as he recognized Timothy's very obnoxious Amazonian sister-the overly tall stick she was. He had assumed that somehow the crazy Gryffindor got in her head to ambush him in the outing for something ridiculous like him borrowing Timothy's notes (hey it wasn't like Benjamin didn't help out some-and Timothy would totally fail Astronomy if it wasn't for Benjamin he'd like to point out), but as she began and said Timothy had come to her with a concern he glared at his friend and hissed, "Traidor! Eres el bueno! No se supone que ir detrás de mi espalda..." He paused to listen as Tanya went on to say he stunk to high heaven talking to girls which Benjamin scoffed at aloud, until she clarified it wasn't in general but apparently about females he happened to be attracted to. And that was when she said she was going to give him some crash course on how to talk to women without them wanting to disembowel him.

"You're kidding me," Benjamin scoffed. "Woman, if you are worried about anyone in this place having trouble talking to girls they like you should look at your brother. I mean, Hell, Mira and Timmy have been mooning over each other ages and I don't think they've even gotten past holding hands and its been like how long? And, furthermore, I have no issues talking to females I'm attracted to. Hell, there are plenty of hot girls in my house I talk to all the time... Camila, Gunilda... like I said plenty," He added with a roll of his eyes before asking Tanya. "Anyways, not listening to this nonsense... you want to undo the sticking charm or am I going to have to head out in just my boxers?"

Benjamin raised a brow at Tanya as she said that she was sure it wouldn't come to him going pantsless to escape, and Benjamin chuckled slightly, already unbuttoning his pants and working on his zipper, beginning to wiggle to try to move out of the pants that were very much stuck on the chair, as he started he glanced back to the older Gryffindor as she said she had convinced the house elves to be on her side because they thought it was funny, well he'd expect as much from the little guys. "Poreno... They would. Too much work to bother trying to get out of these pants right now, anyways..." Benjamin muttered before zipping his pants back up and buttoning them, deciding he could just go to sleep-or at least try to. He wouldn't put it past her to get one of the house elves to keep putting ice cubes down the back of his shirt or something as horrid.

Crossing his arms he listened as his comment about her brother suddenly sparked some idea in her head and turned her attention to Timothy, who she quickly disarmed and stuck to a chair right beside him. Benjamin raised a brow at Timothy as Tanya rambled on about some nonsense on approaching a girl and talking to her and finally stopping to ask if they had any questions so far, and Benjamin smirked at his friend and said, "You know, you getting stuck here beside me you totally deserve..."

He glanced back at Tanya and said, "Yeah, that all sounds really boring, Vieja. The only reason I would care about how someone's classes were is if I was trying to get notes form a class or answers-and I have Timmy for that... well except for my electives and I wouldn't trust his answers without checking first in astronomy, but whatever... besides it isn't like I'd ever have an interest in shagging some boring Ravenclaw or nerd girl that care to talk about classes. And, working in a small compliment? Pfft, that's like trying way too hard. I'm not that desperate. Never will be."

He waved a hand and continued, "And, I'm way too awesome to stoop to some lame advice una vieja like you will come up with. Also, just because mejillas regordetas son monas doesn't mean too much grasa is. Granted, a few extra pounds is a whole lot healthier and attractive than some stick like you, but whatever... I was listening obviously, not that I'm going to actually do any of that rubbish, like I said I'm awesome enough I don't have to, and I don't have any particular girl I like, I'm sure..." He paused and frowned as he thought of his entertainment at annoying Morven and how he had purposely sought her out at the feast but figured it was just because she was more fun to annoy than most and it was like annoying what a little sister might be if he had one, after all she did sort of look like his Mum. He frowned slightly and then glanced back at Tanya and said a bit irritably changing the subject, "Can I go now? Or if you plan to bore me longer can you at least un-stick me from my chair? Mi nalgas will get sore from being stuck in this position too long."

Benjamin rolled his eyes as Tanya demanded if he was sure there wasn't some girl he liked. Saying there was a redheaded Slytherin he had been bugging for the past two years and that she had other sources beyond Timothy. "There are plenty of pelirojas who are Slytherins I bug on a regular basis-starting with my own mother. Hell there is that obnoxious bruja in my year la Princesa that Timmy has the hots for hangs out with. There's Gatita Mori... Hell, I even make sure to make a detour once a week at least to find the painting of Lady Burke who was a Slytherin and tells us to be awful to muggleborns and blood traitors and halfbloods just to flip her off. And, I usually, then go into details how Dad totally hooked up with Mum who was apparently from this old pureblood family or whatever. And Dad's a halfblood Gryffindor I always remind her. It's fun and I get bored easily. So what redheaded Slytherin is it your sources-which no doubt are totally lame compared to mine-were you referring to?"

He shook his head sighing as he knew the follow up was going to be this whole 'I'm not going to release you till I'm at least somewhat happy with the response I get'. Sighing, Benjamin raised a brow as Tanya compared him to little boys who would pull pigtails of a girl he liked because he didn't need to vocalize his feelings and something about 'house training' and working with 'what they have' and then demanded to know what type of girls he typically likes. "Uno, soy bilingüe... actually..." he signed 'almost triningual, now' and continued aloud, "and know a fair amount of Guarani vocabulary, so I'm pretty confident I can vocalize whatever the Hell I want just fine..."

He smirked and added, "And, two, do you want to know who I actually find hot or who I actually like to spend time with? Because, unlike Timmy I don't find rubias attractive at all and let's see... oh... there was this one woman in Bewitchings I think back in June this year... she looked a bit like this one actress on a telenova Mum liked when I was a kid and wow... now, talk about muy caliente," He joked-it wasn't like he spent his time looking at the must be 17 to buy magazines behind the counter at his Mum's bookstore all that much, but he figured if he annoyed the stick sister of Timothy enough she'd shut up.

Raising a brow he continued in a challenge with a smirk, "You want to know what details makes her so hot because I try to not corrupt Timmy's innocence too much... and besides, do you really want to annoy me? I've got some interesting pictures of you and Echo I'm sure Daddy Whitethorne really would be interested to see: remember I do live in Diagon Alley after all."

"Oh wow, a guy too afraid to do anything. Really impressive," Benjamin smirked. "Are all Ravenclaw guys afraid to seal the deal or something? I mean there's Echo apparently and we all know Timothy's little issue with la Princesa Mira." He glanced at his friend who was settling into a plate of snacks and hot chocolate that the elves were happily providing him and Benjamin said, "No offense meant, of course, Timmy, but I am serious about being able to put up with her if she is mi cuñada through you, but otherwise... pfft it is just sad and painful to watch. Just saying..."

He sighed and glanced back at Tanya who had pulled up a chair in front of him and began some long speech about how Timothy wanted him to be happy and 'well rounded' and went on to say they were going to work on his presentation. He crossed his arms and raised a brow at her remaining silent for a while before sighing dramatically and saying in a very fake stage whisper to Timothy, "La vieja won't shut-up unless I half play along, will she? I mean viejas son así."

Shaking his head he looked to Tanya and said, "Well, if the girl is cute, naturally, if I'm in the mood, I'll just sit down next to her or come over to her and chat her up like any normal person. Anyways, let's face it, I'm not attracted to sticks like you or Gryffindors, so what would work for you to sweep you off your feet-which is apparently awkward as Hell geek boys who are afraid of everything-sure as Hell isn't going to work for the girls I would have interest in. Happy now? Because, seriously, I think Timothy should be the bigger concern. I mean he has a girl he's crazy about...Dios sabe porque...and she obviously has the hots for him-Hell she's told me that even-but he won't do anything about it. I mean, he'll lose la Princesa if he doesn't do something soon. And then I'll have to spend like six months consoling mi amigo, which I so don't want to have to do if there is a simple solution-which there is. But, Timmy won't listen to me about that... noooo..."

Benjamin shook his head and said with a wave of his hand, "Besides, Stick-sister-of-Timmy, it isn't like I have any particular girl I like or anything. Hell, if I did, I would be snogging her already because anyone easily recognizes my awesomeness and I'm not afraid to seal the deal or anything." Benjamin figured, he'd keep turning the table to Timothy, after all Timothy and Mira was obvious the pressing issue. And, just because Benjamin may have his favorite girls to annoy-or girl-it wasn't like he was crushing on her or anything. Or at least that is what Benjamin was going to keep telling himself and ignoring the fact that once Morven would give him the cold shoulder it would annoy him unlike when she would give him the typical threats and glares and that adorable annoyed face she did. Nope, not a crush, just him finding his typical entertainment and happen to find an amusing target for his entertainment that was all. Most definitely.

"You mean her becoming an actual princess?" Benjamin asked his friend with a smirk sighing back. "I totally agree on that one." Still smirking he added, "And she wouldn't be mi cuñada only because I don't think your Mum or Dad would ever actually want to adopt me to make us hermanos legales..." He shrugged, referring to Mr. Whitethorne as Timothy's father because the guy might as well be. And the guy was sort of scary-in that stern boring, stuffy way, but still. Benjamin was sure that he was the last sort of individual a man like that would want as a son, which was fine with Benjamin. Though the guy seemed to be a pretty great father, and way more responsible than Benjamin's joking Dad did. Granted the fact Benjamin's Dad could make his Mum laugh and they could have some dark humor they shared was pretty impressive-especially for a Gryffindor.

Regardless, Benjamin smiled genuinely as his friend agreed about his sister and the fact she was going to go along. And Tanya meanwhile looked very annoyed about the fact. Well, what could he say, Benjamin was the awesome friend and Tanya was the obnoxious big sister-she'd get over it. However, that obnoxious big sister of his friend went on to demand from him why he hadn't 'sealed the deal' with Morven. Benjamin chuckled, "One, I'm thirteen, I have plenty of time to worry about girls. Two, I'm sure if there comes a point I want to shag Mori la Gatita or anyone else, I will have reached such epic levels of awesome they will be begging to hook up with me. I'll have to get a stick to beat off all the girls," he ended appearing to be not the least bit ruffled though he internally was wondering was his interest in Mori just because he thought she was most amusing to pester-after all Mira was fun to pester but the though of kissing her just was like eww... she was so not his type, he'd not mind if it was... Benjamin turned red and glanced away thankful when Tanya turned the tables onto Timothy.

Benjamin turned his head to his friend and raised a brow, his own blush fading as his friend's flush and embarrassment about the interrogation about Mira turned on him. Though he was a bit surprised that Tanya decided to add intelligent to describe Benjamin-if he wasn't careful the girl and other people would start expecting him to make an effort. He was happy with his slacker reputation. Being overly confident and way too relaxed is what defined him and it also kept him from having to worry about people picking apart his not fitting in and making it into a bad thing. If he embraced any quirk of his as being awesome if someone acknowledged the quirk it only served to add to his repetition of being as awesome as he was. Simple really. Benjamin smirked, "Come on, you, unlike me, you totally have a specific target and like I said Mira has totally said to me she likes you. You got her in the bag, amigo. Now snatch her up while the going is good and is in your favor!" Benjamin advised, figuring as long as he kept the topic on Timothy's and his feeling it kept him from being dragged into the discussion. Besides, Timothy and Mira so needed to get a move on-it was annoying to Benjamin just to have the two make eyes at each other. Like how lame!

Though, Benjamin kept talking he did note the blush Timothy got when he joked about Mira not actually being a princess, playing on the nickname he gave Mira ages ago-the one that drove her nuts but she sort of embraces (well at least when Timothy called her that, granted Benjamin figured for most girls being called Princess by the guy she likes was considered a good thing). Benjamin decided not to nettle his friend about it and probably didn't want to know exactly what Timothy thought when blushing about him commenting on Mira being a princess. Yeah, those two needed to sort things out and the quicker the better.

Smirking when Timothy signed back to Benjamin about his mother adopting Timothy instead Benjamin laughed and with a shrug signed back fairly quickly, "And have some epic fight between our Mums about who got the right to call you a son... doesn't sound too safe for anyone..." Also, Benjamin was quite afraid what his mother would talk Timothy into in regards to keeping an eye on Benjamin if she ever did officially adopt Timothy.

He sat back, as well as he could considering he was still stuck on a chair and without his wand, and looked to his friend as he waited for Timothy to say something. When Timothy finally relented with a sigh and an exasperated signing of his admittance to liking Mira as more than just a friend and then going so far as asking how to tell her and pointing out he was not exactly the prince charming type. Benjamin laughed and waved a hand and answered aloud, "You seriously expect me to be the type to tell you how to tell a girl you like her? If it was me I'd just go ahead and bluntly say 'you're hot, you have a decent personality, and I totally want to be your exclusive snogging buddy and maybe someday get into your pants... so hey can we start dating'?" He quickly shot a look at Tanya and held up his hands and said, "What? I didn't say it was a good idea for your brother to try that line!"

He looked back at Timothy and frowned before signing, "You are way more the typical prince charming type than I am, as you can obviously tell on my way more blunt and honest lines I would use. But, you could still just tell her you like her-just without my extra commentary. Just ask her to go to Hogsmeade for a cup of tea with you or something without me and offer to pay for it and whatever else she wants from the menu and just tell her you've liked her for a while and what you like about her. You are polite and smooth enough, I'm pretty sure whatever you pull out won't make her hex you or kill you or hate you forever, which you seem the type to want to avoid at all costs."

He shrugged and raised a brow at his friend crossing his arms and waited to see what Timothy would answer on what he'd like to consider was quite reasonable and practical and appropriate advice.