Re: Dinner (Open)

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Terry sounded genuinely lonely to the girl and that was just wrong. No one should have no friends at their school or in their house. She herself would have gone crazy if she hadn't met Ava and Zara and Anja and the rest.

"Well, Muhe isn't a big party place in the evening either. Tarragon is always out flying in all weather and I usually either study or we sleep. Zara and I can sleep.. a LOT." Turning to the blond boy, she said "why don't you take Terry with you when you do your practice drills in the evenings. He'll get a sense of flying and learn all about Quidditch. And by the time you guys are done, we'll meet up here for supper anyways."

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"Sure, I'd be happy to have some company." He said, before turning a little serious, "Though I train hard and don't mess about, so if you aren't keen on learning to fly or play Quidditch then you'd best not join me!"

He laughed to himself, he didn't really mind if Terry wanted to mess around a bit, but he did want to make a Quidditch team sooner rather than later.

"Besides, I can always teach you at the same time as Alys and have my own little class of willing pupils!" He laughed again, that would wind a certain someone up if he did that!

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Zara laughed along with Tarragon. She pictured him in the uniform robes, that the lehrers sometimes wore, standing as if he had just won a medal, with students flying around behind him.

"Lehrer T, those poor students," she joked, trying the name out before turning to Terry.

"I might have to join you so that you're not neglected on this date, of theirs," she pointed to both Alys and Tarragon, smirking, "that they're naming a flying lesson."

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"It's no date, Zara." He replied through gritted teeth. "Alys asked me to help her with her flying and I gladly accepted to.

He scowled across the table, quickly glancing at Alys for her reaction.

"You don't need to worry about it feeling awkward, Terry. There is nothing like that going on between Fraulein Diederich and myself. We are just friends!" He emphasised the latter to Zara.

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"Don't pay any attention to Zara, Terry. You're more than welcoem to join us down at the pitch. And just for that I'm going to be dragging little Miss Lazy here too. Maybe if we play two on two, she and Tarragon can balance out you and I?"

The way Alys saw it, the more time Terry spent away from his common room, the less lonely he would be. So the only logical chose was to ensure he wasn't alone all the time. Perhaps in time, they and Terry could become what her Mama sometimes called Alys and her friends: "pack rats".

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Terry loved the idea of getting out and being taught how to fly. He had never had a problem with heights before and did not see this as any problem.

He just loved the idea of having friends, he had spent so much time the last year trying to figure out about his real family he did not have time for friends.

"I believe that "T" will make a great teacher, and I cannot wait to be taught." Terry looked at the girls.

Terry had a feeling these guys would become the best of friends over the next years.

"So my faithful Lehrer when do these lesson commence?"

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"Well, seeing as Miss Diederich will kill me unless I state otherwise, it'll have to wait til the next year. Alys will hope that I study in the next week I am sure. And then we have the all anticipated wedding to attend. I don't think we'll have time. But I promise next year I will"

Tarragon smiled at Terry hopefully, he didn't want to upset the other guy by saying no for the rest of the year, but he also knew he would get no peace at night if Alys thought he wasn't working.

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"Well, seeing as we have finals in a very short time, I think we should do some actual flying next year. And Tarragon might be a good flyer but he does need to hit the books too. Zara and I have been revising but he just wants to take to his broom and fly off, even if there's a blizzard outside." The girl continued to nag Tarragon about his study habits, making sure to emphasize on the upcoming exams.

"And Terry, if you ever need any help with them, I'm sure Zara will love to explain the subjects to you." Alys poked the redhead beside her, winking cheekily at the blushing girl.

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Terry kept getting the feeling that Alys thinks that he should take some interest in Zara. She was very pretty after all.

"I suppose I can wait until next year I would not die too much." Terry said, sitting at the table with his arms crossed on the table.

"Seeing is I have no clue about what is going on I better work hard to get these exams past."

"So Zara would you like to join me in the archives for some studying later?" Terry wondered

"Of course anyone else can join too."

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Tarragon smiled encouragingly at Terry.

"I think Alys and myself will leave the two of you to it, wouldn't want to interfere with your two's studying now, would we Alys?"

He tried not to laugh out loud as he caught Alys' eye, he could see Zara going red with the situation. It was funny when the tables were turned!

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Alys had not forgotten the teasing Zara had put herself and Tarragon through at the music bar and therefore felt no guilt whatsoever in dishing out some teasing of her own.

"Terry, you should come with us to the Music Bar sometime, that is if Zara doesn't drag you there by the robe collar first. She's what you would call "insanely fond" of music," the witch grinned to show she was joking. "But all in all, its a great place to hang out and have fun. And during our weeks off, more than half the school is down there anyway. They play Muggle music too so you won't feel very disconnected there."

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Just having Terry and Zara studying together it would give him a better chance to know the girl that he would be escorting her to a wedding. It might be a good thing to know who he would be taking.

"Thats fine, I am sure Zara and I would be able to get a lot more done that way. If we all get together we might do more talking than studying." Terry laughed

Alys then mentioned a music bar. "I love music, in fact I play the piano, but then not many people know that. I can dance too, so I guess all is good."

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Zara's face was almost as red as her hair when Tarragon and Alys started in on her. It was in that moment that she realized that her Papa was right: payback was a Herbert. She nodded her answer to study with Terry, not trusting herself to speak without stuttering.

"Terry, you should come with us to the Music Bar sometime, that is if Zara doesn't drag you there by the robe collar first. She's what you would call "insanely fond" of music," the witch grinned to show she was joking.

A look at Alys' smirk made her glare at the girl. "I hate you right now," she mouthed before turning her attention to what Terry was saying.

"I love music, in fact I play the piano, but then not many people know that. I can dance too, so I guess all is good."

"You play piano? So do I! My Momma taught me when I was little." She said, her interest making her forget her previous embarrassment.

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Terry smiled at the fact that Zara played the piano too. Too many times he got picked on because he played.

"I am glad you play the piano, maybe sometime we can play together." Terry smiled at her.

"Hay since this is all new to me and I have never done this before, I see that there is a ball coming up. Zara would you mind if I was your escort to the ball."

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The embarrassment had returned, for poor Zara, and she could only imagine what Tarragon and Alys were thinking now, or what they were going to say. Her face returned to it's beet-red color and she answered him before her friends had anymore of a chance to pick on her.

"S-sure." 'There's the stutter,' she thought. The ball was a good idea, she hadn't been sure if she was going to go at all. However, she did like the boy, he seemed nice enough.

"Why not."

She smiled back at him.

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Alys couldn't resist grinning all over her face at Zara. Now the other witch would think twice before teasing anyone about having a wizard friend. Still grinning, the girl looked around the dining area only to see that most of the students had left. Had they all really been talking that long?

"So tell me guys, have we been chatting for ages or did everyone else just leave early to give us some privacy?" she asked, glancing at the huge clock on the wall, only to discover that it was after nine. "Wow, where did the time fly?" the blonde wondered out loud.

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Terrence was glad that Zara agreed to go with him, he wasn't sure who he could have taken if she would have said no. He did notice that she seemed a little embarrassed so he leaned over the table to whisper to her.

"No need to be embarrassed, I am just as nervous as you." He whispered to her.


When Terrence heard Alys say it was after 9 he couldn't believe it.

"I don't think they left to give us privacy, I think they just left. We just all seemed to engulfed in our conversations.

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Tarragon wasn't sure whether he was laughing at Terry's sheer bravery of taking Zara or the fact Zara was as red as her hair. He sat and giggled for a while, unable to control himself. He hadn't yet asked anyone to go, but there was still time to ask.

"Maybe we should back to the common room and leave the love bugs to it, shall we?" He asked Alys across the table, making to get up from the table.

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"No way!" Alys said getting to her feet and dragging Zara up as well. "Miss Staudt is due some major teasing. Besides, the prefects will be doing their rounds soon and we don't want to be here for that. "

To Terry she said "Well, I guess it really did get late without us noticing. And we have classes first thing tomorrow." The witch groaned exaggeratedly. "We'll see you there. And don't worry, I'll make sure Zara's on time for your date at The Archives." The blonde grinned.

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"We'l see you there. And don't worry, I'll make sure Zara's on time for your date at The Archives."
Zara's eyes narrowed at the blonde and she swatted at her hand.

Grabbing onto Alys' arm, she wished the boys a goodnight and started pulling Alys along as she left the dining hall.

"Let's go Alys," she grumbled, her feet pounding into the ground harder than they should.

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Tarragon stood up as the girls left.

"Night, girls." He bid them, "I should get going too Terry, I will catch you tomorrow in lessons! Have a good night!"

He patted the other boy on the back, and followed the girls from a distance, leaving them to their own conversation.

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