Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Open

[The Sea]

Loosening his tie, Alek bounded up the steps, planning to head to the top, and enjoy the view. He hummed the tune the Sorting hat sung; even though it'd been a few weeks since the sorting, it was still stuck in his head. Catching sight of an older girl bent over a textbook, Alek put up his hand, waving cheerfully. "'Ello!" He called, heading up towards her.

[Farronheit]

Aurum blinked, then looked up from her textbook. She sighed, as she saw a fourth year bounding up the stairs towards her. She placed her book to the side, tightened the laces on one of her heels, and stood up, leaning on the wall as he bounced to her landing. "How can I help you?" she asked, as much sarcasm in her voice as she could possibly muster while in a good mood.

[The Sea]

Unfazed by Aurum's slightly hostile response, Alek reached the landing, sliding across the landing for a foot or two, before stopping and bouncing on his toes for a few seconds. "You're Aurum, right? I've seen you before." The tips of his converse poked out from beneath his black robes, and he had a small smile on his face. "What're you doing up here? most of the school is packing for the Quidditch World Cup."He tilted his head, looking at the girl.

[Farronheit]

Aurum blinked at the kid, then smirked. "Aurum Uryu. All I know about you is that you're some overly excited kid Ravenclaw, so forgive me for not knowing your name." She pulled some of her blonde hair back over her shoulder. "I'm up here to spend some... quality time with a... friend. I finished packing last night."

[The Sea]

Alek frowned, his brows knitting together. "I'm a Hufflepuff, thank you very much. My name's Alek. Aleksander Faulkner." Shoving his hands in his pockets, the fourth year continued, "Why would your 'friend'," He emphasized the word,"be up here? Unless they're in the infirmary. Are they in the infirmary?" Normally Alek wasn't quite this energetic, perhaps it was something about him being able to go to the Quidditch World Cup, and he had the opportunity to see his favorite players, in the flesh, that excited him.

[Farronheit]

"Ah, right. Hufflepuff," she said, the tone of her voice making it very obvious that she could not care less. "Well, Alex. Alek. Whatever. Sometimes girls need their privacy, mm?" Aurum chuckled, sitting back down. "She is very much not in the infirmary. Mm, maybe she should be, though... oh well. I'm sure she'll live." She stretched her legs out, and crossed her ankles, settling them as nicely as she could while wearing five inch heels. "But the real question is, what are you doing up here? Nobody comes this way unless they're on their way to the infirmary, and you don't look on your way to the infirmary."

[The Sea]

Alek plopped down without invitation, sitting cross legged his robes pooling around him. "Right. Sorry." Pulling a small bag out of his robes, he held it out to Aurum, saying "Licorice Snap? My mum sent me way too many." He took one for himself, making sure to hold it's tiny mouth shut, so it wouldn't be able to bite him. Popping it in his mouth, he chewed and swallowed, before saying; "I was planning to go up to the top, the view's nice. It's calming, and there's no one chattering in your ear up there." He smiled slightly, realizing 'chattering in your ear', was pretty much what he was doing to Aurum.

[Farronheit]

Aurum raised an eyebrow at him, then chuckled, and took a licorice snap, popping it into her mouth. "Thanks, kid." She picked her book back up, and settled it in her lap, but didn't open it yet. "Mmmm, yeah, not wanting to be bothered is generally why people come up here." She shrugged, tapping a green fingernail on the cover of her book.

[The Sea]

Tilting his head to read the title of her book, Alek tucked the bag back into his robes. "You're taking Divination? I personally think it's a giant ball of uselessness, but that's just my opinion." He blew a strand of dark brown hair out of eyes, mentally reminding himself to ask one of his friends to cut it for him later. It hung about an inch short of his shoulders, at its lowest point. "What other classes are you taking?"

[Farronheit]

Aurum groaned. "Oh, trust me. It is useless. I spend all my time trying to think about what's the worst thing that could happen to me and Vlad when I'm in the class." Then she shut her mouth, a little embarrassed she had started going on like that. She coughed. "I'm only taking it because of my father.... Mainly I'm in advanced potions, and all sorts of useless things that I'll never use the second I get out of this stuffy castle." She hmphed, sticking her nose up in the air.