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xxxThe Current League Siblingsxxx

Wendy bristled at the statement of her name by Dani and glared at her and said, "Don't. Don't touch me. I'm not Miss Cathaline who apparently has no sense of boundaries." David tensed and took a long breath as he realized the problem of the fact Cathy could be friends with anyone. Danica was a Gryffindor and though he knew nothing about Dani-which was probably for the best-it could be problematic if something Wendy knew the Head of the Avery Family might not agree with about Danica existed. Actually judging by the sheer amount of ridiculous ideas the family had it wouldn't be all that hard to find something, especially if you were looking for it.

Cathy meanwhile glanced to Danica and listened to her response about the charm Silencio, "Our parents? Mum makes a living altering memories, I think something as temporary as Silencio isn't that big of a deal. The only reason he might not have is because our grandfather might not be happy about it. And, I'm not entirely sure if he considers it detrimental or not. Considering it is temporary maybe he'd actually hex it. I don't maybe he's deciding on whether using it on her counts as hurting someone or not?"

"As for injuries, I'd say we'd be more or less safe. And doesn't the quidditch cup help a lot in winning the House Cup?" Cathy asked before wrinkling her nose and said, "Besides maybe it would be nice if another house won the House Cup this year? I mean I don't think Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff has won the cup in a while." She nodded with a smile and a shrug. In all honesty if Gryffindor earned the points they deserved it, after all it was their hardwork that should pay off, it wasn't fair if hardwork wasn't rewarded.

Wendy glanced over at Danica who asked about skipping a class and asked about how you could do it and not get expelled. "It's flying. That isn't a real class. Worst they can do is not give you a flying license which is useless or keep giving you detentions but they have to actually notice it. If you skip from the first day and every day after what professor would actually notice unless they were ridiculously kept up with their paperwork. Psh... I'd like to see them try to expel me over such rubbish."

Cathy rolled her eyes for a brief second and then glanced between her friend and Wendy and frowned slightly when Danica asked about why they would let her brother dictate what classes to take and what was acceptable. "Oh, uh..." Cathy began.

"Oh, have you not been mentioning it to people yet?" Wendy asked David. She glanced back at Danica and said, "It was decided last year around this time that he'd be the Official Secondary Conditional Heir of the Avery Clan. It is his responsibility to uphold the dignity of such a family and make decent decisions when it comes to anyone on the tree younger than him until he inherits. It is only natural to respect the decisions."

"You don't respect my decisions," David pointed out.

"I do since the head of the family is trusting your decision. You'd think I would question that?" Wendy said, with mock offense. "My agreement or liking of a decision matters not at all. It should be the same with Cathaline. It is about respect and knowing your place and family, right?"

Cathy raised a brow at her redheaded relative and said, "I wouldn't argue that the suggested classes are valid. I'm taking Healing, but he totally is not complaining if I fail the class or end up passed out in the hospital wing if we have to see blood."

"Bring smelling salts," David said sarcastically. "Seriously, the professor was-is a healer. You'll be fine. Or her vulture will start eating your liver. Who knows? I doubt the second though. It was either take that or quit quidditch, I gave you both options. I'm not a tyrant, and don't make me into one Wendy. I'm not my grandfather. If I was I wouldn't have dropped the branch family several years ago in the same position. Worst investment the family ever made, I argue-actually more so one of the worst."

Wendy glared at him but fell silent and crossed her arms and looked away irritably. David let out a small sigh of relief thankful Wendy got annoyed enough to just ignore the lot of them, including Cathy's friend Dani. Cathy let out a small whistle and sighed muttering something in French about the whole thing just being weird and hoping the game would start soon.

xxxThe Current League Siblingsxxx

Wendy rolled her eyes at Dani's apology and said nothing. All the while David let out a long sigh as he pulled out a bottle of muggle headache medicine and swallowed a couple pills dry. Cathy glanced between Wendy and David a bit concerned and quickly tried to change the subject with a small laugh as she responded about quidditch and getting hurt. "That makes way more sense. And yeah, Hufflepuff has had its troubles- it was probably one of the reasons I was able to be first string this year, but things are no doubt just going to look up for us! I have faith. But we are losing our captain at the very least this year..." Cathy trailed off with an innocent shrug and smile.

Cathy and David both then paled slightly at Danica's question about the normalcy of the situation with wizarding families and then her far too innocent statement about just finding out last summer about being a part of a wizarding family and so she wouldn't have any surprises later. "Any respectable family will of-" began Wendy her eyes narrowed suspiciously when David quickly stood and interrupted with: "What Danica meant was she was adopted by extended family members as her own family were unfortunately under the impression much like in Cathy's case that she was a squib. And when she-"

"-got her Hogwarts letter, her family totally understood their mistake and blessed their good fortune she did have magic," Cathy quickly completed with a large smile at her brother as she finished the lie.

Wendy glanced skeptically between the two siblings and David raise a brow at Wendy and said, "If I can keep tabs on who you are around and your activities, I sure as Hell can keep up with my little sister and who she is around and what she does with her time." The redhead made a scoffing noise and David sighed glancing looking at the game already quickly wrapping up as the Gryffindor seeker shot closer and closer to the snitch, He watched the snitch get caught and said nothing as a cheer from the Gryffindor fans broke out. Glancing back to Wendy, David said, "Anyways, the game is over. You didn't have any good reason to be here in the first place so no reason to linger, right?"

Wendy shrugged and stood up as well. She cast a suspicious glance at Cathy and then Danica and finally said, "Well, lovely to meet you Miss, I am sure." With a toss of her redhair she began to head out.

David paused briefly, scowled at his sister who was looking at her brother a bit like a deer in the headlights and then her brother returned his attention to Danica, "By the way for old enough families the naming of an heir young is normal. It was abnormal it took them so long to name the second heir actually. And more abnormal for them to have named the son of the youngest daughter and a squib-no matter how pure the squib's blood may be. Regardless, congratulations about the game."

Once both her brother and Wendy were lost in the crowd Cathy took a long sigh of relief and looked to Danica and said quickly, "I am so, so sorry about that... I mean I should have warned you or something about... and I just went along with what my brother said because he is a way better liar than me about this sort of thing and I had to say something. Thank God he was here though, I mean..." Cathy trailed off and quickly bowed her head and said to a rush almost begging, "Just don't mention this to like anyone ever, please! I- the whole thing isn't something that looks good. And, Wendy doesn't really know better. It was just how she was first raised by her father and then by David and my maternal grandparents once her father got sent away. I mean the whole thing is kind of sad. I sort of feel sorry for her..."

The blonde Hufflepuff nodded and gave a small smile to Danica, hoping that her friend wasn't going to start hating her or avoiding her because of the whole situation. And it was true about Wendy, it was at least painfully obvious to Cathy that Wendy wasn't raised to think any other way or even for herself on something like that. "Sorry again about the mess... uh, maybe next year when Gryffindor plays any game except Hufflepuff, of course," Cathy added with a small laugh, "I'll be sitting in the stands and able to watch you play on the field."

"And, as for the elective thing with my brother and I, David did offer to tutor me in healing as that's the field of magic that comes easiest to him, but I'm going to refuse his help and just do as horrible as I do while trying my best out of my own stubbornness. Besides, I can at least laugh at the fact I'm pretty sure my brother can mess up making something as simple as an omelet in the kitchen and he's taking Cooking with Magic right now."

"I... uh yeah," Cathy said blushing and biting her lip. "You're lucky my brother is like he is though, he could have fully thrown you under the bus and dismissed it like I didn't know better. That would have been just as believable if not more so to Wendy... and the rest of the Averys. Luckily, David considers himself half-blood and things the Averys are stuck in some bygone era and need to move on. I think he mentioned he asked to get disowned this summer. He is pretty angry about the whole thing."

"It kind of makes sense why he's so grumpy all the time if he grew up having to deal with them. I'm happy I was thought to be a Squib and didn't have to deal with them growing up," Cathy said, forcing a smile and giving Danica a shrug. "Anyways, I just hope your grandparents, the Quinns, are nothing like either sides of mine. I wouldn't really wish that on anyone. My Dad's family barely speaks to anyone but my mother, who they coincidentally love, and well Mum's parents are well-Wendy lives with them and that sort of thinking is encouraged."

She shook her head and bit her lip, lost briefly in thought when Dani hugged her and Cathy looked over to her friend and smiled largely when Danica said she hoped they could meet up over the summer. "That would be great! I'll be in London all summer so I'm more free to have guests. And, David won't be there most of the summer because he'll be in Tinworth, but I figure it'll be more fun than having to listen to some baby crying or whatever. I mean I'm sure my new little sister is adorable, but I liked being the youngest," She added, with a large smile. "David is the one who likes little kids. Anyways, he had Leo and her sisters over for a couple days so there shouldn't be any reason you can't stay at the house for a few days. Well, that is if you don't mind a baby, who apparently already is showing magic."

David had been so distracted about the rumors going around and studying he had forgotten a book to bring down to the quidditch pitch to read. It wasn't like he had a particular interest in quidditch. But, his sister and his girlfriend (for that matter) were playing his game. He was in away obliged to go. He sighed, scowling, and looking very much as if he'd like to murder someone if given the chance, as he watched as the two teams got onto the field. Though, he wasn't paying all that much attention as he tapped his fingers on his knee. No, instead, his mind kept going over the argument he had with Sapphire in History of Magic, which made him stuck over an hour in detention with Professor Powell who taught the most boring, useless, pain in the arse subject known to man. Or that was his conclusion. He was sure some classes like divination or mythology or muggle mythology were that much worse-two of which his sister was taking. Probably just one of those other things that fueled the snide additional remarks about the fact that he and Cathy were half siblings at most. Sure she was blonde, but it wasn't like they didn't have the same brown eyes, and actually their expressions were similar-the only difference is he spent his time scowling or frowning (and he really at this point didn't care about the extra wrinkles he was giving himself which both his mother and father were quick to point out) and Cathy almost always had a smile of blissful innocence and happiness on her face. It wasn't that Cathy was always happy or even ignorant, it was Cathy liked to be the center of attention and liked-being a bundle of sunshine tended to work in her favor. It was actually sort of manipulative if you got down to it, because the only reason she wanted to make everyone happy by always being happy herself was so she was that much more popular. So she was basically a likable vain little creature-meanwhile David didn't care about what he blurted out or being liked all that much so he was seen as an arrogant arse. And of course, some idiots thought it was funny to make remarks on how different him and Cathy were. Sure they were, but it wasn't like siblings had to be exactly alike.

And then there was that rumor. The apparent pictures of him and Sapphire together with his baby sister Leah were floating around. He hadn't seen the pictures but supposedly Sapphire was blushing-he had trouble believing that part to some degree but in others not quite. And the question is if the pictures did exist how the Hell did they end up floating around the school in the first place? And then there was the rumor of them kissing. Sapphire had kissed him at the museum so he supposed that it could have looked like it was a mutual thing, but the question was who had seen that one and who bothered to spread the rumor? Obviously eyes were everywhere but the cafe hadn't been that busy, he'd have recognized someone from school he would like to think, and he knew his grandmother didn't know about that happening. Oh, she would have mentioned it a long time ago. And, Wendy didn't have the sort of connections to find that out nor the interest from what David could gauge. So, that pretty much left him and Sapphire knowing anything about the kiss in the first place. David knew he sure as Hell didn't say anything, he was fully planning to pretend it never happened, he still did-despite what he may have said in snapping at Sapphire in History of Magic. He knew he didn't mention her kissing him. And, Sapphire? Would she have spread a rumor of that sort about herself? It was partially true, but still... but she was the type to play dirty.

He muttered a few curse words under his breath and how he'd really, really love to know what complete arse was spreading those two rumors. Well, the one about him and Cathy he was fairly sure was a snide joke beyond a rumor, but there was the other one-the one people were believing about him and Sapphire. Leo hadn't asked him about it but... he doubted she hadn't heard it. He still stood on the assumption that as long as it wasn't brought up directly to him by Leo he had no reason to bring it up himself-it was asking for a very, very awkward discussion that he didn't want to get involved in. But, he knew he'd have to confront Sapphire on the issue eventually. She should just leave him the Hell alone. She claimed she could read him so well, then she should know he wasn't the type to just sit back and ignore her remarks, and she sure should know he was still pissed about the kiss. The crush was her problem-her making a move on it while he was dating Leo made it now his problem. He didn't like unnecessary problems, but, if he didn't mention it to Leo and she never mentioned it to him it wasn't a problem, right? They could pretend it never existed as long as Sapphire would just go away.

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Tʜɪʀᴅ Yᴇᴀʀ |❸| Gʀʏғғɪɴᴅᴏʀ |❸| Hᴀʟғ-Bʟᴏᴏᴅ

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Focused as she was looking for Eli, she didn't notice Celaena and Sapphire until they were right there with her. As her teammate sat down, Dani offered her a warm hug."Hi, I was just thinking the same thing," she said with a smile. "Right now, I'm really hoping Julius doesn't need me to sub for him any time soon."

In truth, she couldn't say she'd ever met Celaena's older sister, but she certainly knew of her. Sapphire was a gorgeous blonde, and if the stories were true she was competing with Leo for David's shriveled heart. Not wanting to cause either of her teammates pain, especially if the stories proved to be no more than that, she figured it was best to be friendly and give Sapphire the benefit of the doubt.

Dani smiled, as she took the older Slytherin girl's hands in her own, and said, "Its a pleasure to finally get to meet you, Sapphire."




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OOC:

Your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say


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Tʜɪʀᴅ Yᴇᴀʀ || Rᴀᴠᴇɴᴄʟᴀᴡ || Mᴜɢɢʟᴇ-Bᴏʀɴ

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Eli probably looked like the oddest person walking into the stands, considering he was dressed in not only his regular robes (hey, they kept the sun off of him), sunglasses and cap, but he also had on a Gryffindor scarf and a Hufflepuff tie. He'd borrowed both from Dani and Cathy, mostly because he didn't know which to really cheer for. He knew if either team played Ravenclaw, yeah, he would root for his house, but at the moment, they were playing for each other and he just stuck with cheering for his friends, not just for a house. He noticed Dani sitting in the stands and made his way over, keeping an eye out for Jean if he should happen to show up. He sat down next to her and smiled at Celaena and the other girl near her. "Hey Dani, hey Celaena. Uh, nice day for a match?" Not like he'd know the conditions. half an hour in the sun on a broom and he'd be a crispy critter. He didn't fancy trying to rub aloe on sunburns today.



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Location: Quidditch Stand
Thinking: Hey, there's Dani and Celaena.
OOC:




Now how many lovers would stay
Just to put up with this s**t day after day
Now how did we wind up this way
Watching our mouths for the words that we say
As long as we stand here waiting
Wearing the clothes or the soles that we choose
Now how do we get there today
When we're walking too far for the price of our shoes