02-04-2011, 02:21 AM
Nikholas bid his friends goodnight before Claire approached the goblet, turning around to face her just as she dropped her piece of parchment into its flame. He grinned at this, clapping a little bit, and not surprised to see that her old schoolmates were clapping for her as well. After all, his had also done so. For a moment he wondered if anyone else had entered the tournament that night, but tried not to think about it, not wanting to get too worked up over the thoughts of the Triwizard Tournament since the fact remained that he may not be admitted into the competition. In fact, he had a bit of doubt that he would be, but he stayed determined. As Claire talked with her friends, Kayla stood, gave Nikholas a quick hug, and mumbled something along the lines of 'good night' before scurrying out of the Hall with her friends. Only was it then that he felt exhaustion kick in, not having noticed how late it was and how long and exciting his day had been until realizing that they were heading off to bed now. Nikholas had a feeling that with everything on his mind, he wouldn't get much sleep, but he still wanted to see the Gryfindor common room rather badly.
For that reason, Nikholas smiled when Karen brought it up, nodding in agreement. Even if he couldn't sleep with everything going on, he wanted at least take a bit of rest right now. The welcoming thought of rest coupled with the knowledge that to go about and explore Hogwarts over the weekend he would need his strength obnly encouraged him further that sleep would be best right now. As Claire and Karen came to stand over by him as Claire said her goodbyes, Nikholas smiled, "Well, off to the common room?" That felt odd saying, but Nikholas had a feeling that the saying would soon grow on him.
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