"Oh!" Anna lightly taps herself on the forehead. "Of course! I thought you wanted to talk about something." She laughs cheerfully as she starts taking her clothes off. "I didn't realize we were here already."

A heated blush warms her cheeks as she fumbles with her uniform.

Kalli laughed, "Poor Anna, mesmerized by our dear Liam. You two look cute together. But you should know.. no, never mind, you'll find out when you meet Lucinda." Noticing Anna's blush, she smiled as she began to undress as well, "I take it you've never bathed like this before?"

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Liam quickly bathed and dressed in the pajamas the house elves had left once he had disposed of his clothes and laughed, "Ye would think they would give us more than one uniform."

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Drew called to Saiyuri and Leane from across the sheet, "You about finished? You've been in there forever, you'll prune!"

Josh laughed, "Plus the door is on your side, so we can't leave yet!"

Leane and Saiyuri laughed as they got out of the tub. Upon casting a spell to dry off faster, Leane called back as the girls slipped into their pajamas, "Yeah, we'll be done in a minute."

Leane waited for Saiyuri to finish buttoning her shirt before she cast the spell to take the towels down from the air, disappearing and reappearing in the House Elves washroom.

"They really need to give us more than one uniform," exclaimed Leane, "It doesn't feel like school in this.."

Saiyuri laughed, "We were quite messy, it's probably taking them awhile to get the stains and such out. I'm sure we'll have our uniforms back by the end of our study session."

The group continued to speculate when they would have them as they walked out of the Prefect's Bathroom, heading back towards the Great Hall since Lunch has ended ten minutes prior.

"Eh? Ah, no," Anna smiles lightly, shaking her head as she finally manages to pull of her robes. "I don't mind much, despite not being used to it."

Carefully, she steps into the tub, putting her glasses and hairband aside - which causes her hair to fall in thick tresses around her face. "I mean, Liam seems nice and all - but I was more surprised that he called my bluff than anything else." Her interest is piqued, now, and she looks behind her at Kalli; "What do you mean about Lucinda, though?"

Kalli laughed as she slipped into the opposite end of the tub. The tub was half the size of the prefect's bathtub but the two fit in quite comfortably with room to spare. "Yeah, I wasn't really expecting him to ask so out of the blue like that. Although, he's probably thinking of our first trip to Hogsmeade. As for Lucinda, she's his little sister. Her friend is a bit... obsessed, to put it mildly... with Liam. She's in your year, a Slythie I believe. Though that may be her twin Leigh, and Shiera may be a Gryffie.."

After pondering about it a few moments and not being able to decide which was in which house, she continued with a laugh, "Well anyway, they're in your year and Shiera's been friends with Luci since they came to Hogwarts. And since second year, Shiera's been obsessed with Liam. Liam, on the other hand, doesn't really notice her - treats her more like a sister, you see. But Shiera's got other plans, who knows if they'll work though! Knowing her though, they'll end up failing and she'll be left to wallow in self pity, the poor girl."

Teasingly, Anna kicked at Kalli underneath the water, softly laughing along with her. "That's so mean! I mean, the poor girl." Ponderingly, she dipped her head underneath the water for a moment, resurfacing not much later. "Maybe I should play for cupid between them? It sounds like she's a good kid..."

It seemed as if Anna had forgotten the girl in question was her age - and that she, herself, sort of fancied Liam.

As she tilted her head lightly at Kalli, her brown hair hanging in long streaks unto her shoulders, she asked, "Maybe you could introduce me to them sometime? You know, to expand my social network? Then I might be able to help."

"Well, think of our poor Liam! Having to deal with her day after day, summer after summer. No wonder he was willing to give Luci head chaser in Quidditch! If he did that, Luci would find someone else for Shiera to latch onto, but until then Liam's stuck with her," laughing she washed the fruit and such out of her hair.

"You really shouldn't encourage her. Liam has no interest what-so-ever. His heart is still back in the muggle world I hear. Though, judging from the way he acts around here, you'd never notice it. But yeah, I'll introduce you. Though they're in your year, and one is in your house. Why don't you check around the common room? I'm sure you'll find one of them."

Smiling she looked over at the brunette, "Besides, I thought you had a little crush forming? What's wrong, think you can't beat Shiera for Liam's heart?" Splashing water at Anna, Kalli laughed and added, "Compared to you, she doesn't have a chance! Liam's giving you attention, that's much more than he ever does for her."

Laughing cheerfully, Anna splashed Kalli in return, throwing a good amount of water over the edge of the bath, too. "You're so mean!" Dramatically, she places the back of her hand against her forehead, swooning against the back of the bath. "Mocking my insecurities, how horrible of you."

To herself, though, she had to admit that Kalli had been right about her - though Anna's mind was more with that "poor Shiera" than anything else. 'Still', Anna thought, grinning brightly at Kalli as she picked the last bits of fruit out of her hair, 'I'll have to talk to Luci and Shiera sometime...'

Splashing water at Anna before getting out of the tub, Kalli laughed and stuck her tongue out, "I'm sorry Anna, maybe I should hook Shiera and Liam up!" she teased as she got out of the tub and cast a spell to quickly dry herself off. Slipping on the pajamas she turned and smiled at Anna, "Come on now, don't be so glum! I know Liam likes you, he'll prove it in time. If ya like him all that much, don't be afraid to show it sometimes," Kalli added with a wink.

Following the blonde, Anna steps out of the tub, smiling at her with sarcasm. "Oh yeah, because I've known him for AGES already." Tossing Kalli a towel, she starts to dry off herself, shaking her head a little as she adds. "I mean, honestly though, he's cute - but I don't know him enough to actually fancy him. And if this girl you talked about really likes him that much, I think it'd be unfair to push myself in between."

Throwing the towel back at Anna, Kalli laughed, "True, but that's what hanging out with him is for! Technically he's not in our group, but he's practically family so he hangs out with us a lot. As for as Shiera's concerned, she's a twerp who's really gotta lay off of the older guys. Her prior obsession was Josh, it so was not fun. But really, there are many guys her own year who like her, she could just choose one of them. But, she's pretty blind when it comes to who likes her.. Kinda like Saiyuri now that I think about it!" Kalli added with a laugh as she finished buttoning her shirt.

Biting her lower lip, Anna quickly dries her hair before slipping back into her clothes. "Maybe I'll just have to help her open her eyes?"

Kalli laughed, "Well aren't you quite the match maker! Observe your year a bit, you'll see who likes her in no time. Ready to go? The other's should be done by now and waiting for us."

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Saiyuri and the rest of the Prefects in the group made their way down to the Great Hall after going back to the common room and getting their DA books, a few sheets of parchement, and a couple of ink sets. As they began to set up, Liam walked in and took a seat with his belongings.

"Where's Kal?" asked Josh, looking towards the Great Hall door, expecting her to walk through.

"Still in the bathroom I suppose."

"Anna with her?" inquired Saiyuri and Leane.

"Yep! Those two were gossipin' 'bout sumthin' as they walked in so I'm sure they're still gossipin'"

"We were doing no such thing," Anna calls out to them as she saunters in along with Kalli, an arm linked through the blonde's. As they near the group, the brunette smiles teasingly, "Though, not anymore since we left the bathroom."

Kalli laughed as she sat beside Josh and kissed him on the cheek. Josh smiled and kissed her on the lips before inquiring after what they were talking about in the bathroom. Giving a wink to Saiyuri, Kalli smiled, "Oh, nothing of major importance. Just girl stuff."

Catching Kalli's meaning, Saiyuri giggled and opened her DA book. The boys and Leane looked at each other, not really understanding, and shook their heads. Opening their books as well, Liam opening his Muggle Studies book, and took out a sheet of parchment and dipped their quills into the ink. Kalli sighed, "Anyone remember what DA homework was?"

Slipping unto a seat next to Liam, Anna started to get out her own things - pointedly also getting a piece of parchment for the DA homework. "Uses of the Conjunctivitis curse in a wizarding dual, both on the giving as the receiving end." Reaching down, Anna pulled out her notes on the class, handing them across the able for Saiyuri and Drew. "Here you are, by the way. You missed quite a bit when it comes to the side effects of the spell."

The parchment was made up neatly - important things underlined in a bright orange or marked with stars in that same colour. "I think we just have to work out a sample or something, and see what it'd do."

After a moment of silence, she turns to Liam, a cute smile on her lips as she looks at him over her glasses. "Also, saturday sounds fun."

Kalli's head immediately hit the table, her hair falling around her face. Her nose pressed against the table along with her forehead she mumbled and groaned.

Josh laughed and rubbed her back, "What she means is her life is over and she's going to fail."

Leane smacked the back of his head and ruffled Kalli's hair, "Come now, don't be so hard on yourself! You'll do fine. Let's do it together okay? That way you know you have the same information in there."

Pouting, Kalli raised her head and nodded, "Fine..."

The girls began working as Saiyuri and Drew smiled and copied the notes. "Saturday?" inquired Saiyuri, "You two going on a date in Hogsmeade Liam?"

Liam laughed, "I dunno what Anna'd call it, but yeah, I guess ye could say that. If she has her form signed that is."

Lucinda, hearing the words 'Liam', 'date', and 'hogsmeade', turned around from the Ravenclaw table and looked at who Saiyuri was talking about. Noticing the girl was in her year, she scowled. 'Why is he giving her attention? He should be giving it to Shiera!'

Saiyuri stiffled a few giggles as she finished the notes and whispered, "I think we spoke too loudly, Luci's giving us her death-stare."

Turning and looking at his sister, seeing her jump around as he turned, laughed and turned back to the group, "Ah well, she'll get over it I'm sure."

As Saiyuri mentioned Lucinda, Anna immediatly turned around, studying the girl in question for a while and offering her a kind smile. Looking back at the table - more precisely, at Liam - her smile broadened. "Oh, yeah - it's signed, no worries about that. Also..."

Her eyes twinkled as she tilted her head to look at Saiyuri, indicating she was just teasing. "I think it's more of an educational date - to teach Liam here how to take a future girlfriend on a date."

Grabbing her quill, she reached over to ruffle Kalli's hair. "No worries about the paper, either - we'll all help out."

Kalli laughed, "Why do we have to write both sides? We shouldn't have to... we should only have to write on one side or the other. I swear, the professors are trying to kill us with these assignments!"

Josh laughed as he put his non-writing hand around Kalli's waist. Kissing her cheek he whispered, "You'll do fine, just don't think so much. Write how you would cast the spell, and write what would happen to the person."

Kalli sighed, "But I don't remember how to cast it.. All I remember is that it makes your eyes all pink and puffy and it's really contagious.."

Saiyuri laughed, "And it lasts for three or four days after."

Leane smiled, "Do you at least remember the spell?"

Kalli shook her head, "No..."

Drew, half done with the assignment, smiled at Kalli, "The Conjunctivitus Curse, causes the Muggle virus Pink Eye. All you have to say is Conjunctivitus and wave your wand as you do with the Wingardium Leviosa spell."

Kalli smiled and began work on her paper, "Thanks you guys. I really appreciate it!"

Smirking at Anna, Kalli stuck her tonge out teasingly, "It'll definitely be educational, but not for future girlfriends!"

Saiyuri laughed as Liam ruffled Kalli's hair and called a few teasing names, "Oo, looks like Kalli's let the cat out of the bag!" Nudging Anna she smiled, "Well? You two together or something?"

Lucinda stood up and walked over to her brother, "O' course they're not Sai. She's my year and he hardly knows her. Besides, he's already taken."

Liam rolled his eyes, "And who, may I ask, has taken me?"

"You know very well who Liam O'Reily!"

"No, I'm afraid I don't Luc. Now will ye knock of the nonsense? Ye don't know what yer talkin' 'bout."

Lucinda stomped her foot, scowled, and stormed over to where she was sitting. Picking up her books, she stormed off to the Gryffindor table and sat beside Shiera. She began motioning over towards Liam and Anna as she told of the events she had just heard. Shiera burst out into tears and ran out of the Great Hall, Luci following her with all of their books.

Liam sighed and idly played with the feather of his quill, "Sorry, my sister's always been one for drama."

"So I notice... this is not good, though." Worriedly frowning, she watches as Luci and Shiera run out. "I mean," looking at Liam, she smirks lightly, "Second day here and I already have detention, snuck into a class room - now the rumour will spread that we're dating - which, with your fan club, will make me very much disliked - and I just made your sister and her friend hate me."

Helplessly, Anna burst out in laughter, surprisingly excited at the current chaos, "Can it get any worse?"

Liam looked at her curiously, "Fan club.. what fan club could I possibly have?"

Leane smirked teasingly, "Oh, it's just made up of quite a few fourth years, a few 5th years, and many 6th years."

"I think there's even a 7th year in there!" added Kalli with a smile.

Drew and Josh burst out laughing, "You really are oblivious - worse than Sai and Drew here!"

Saiyuri stuck her tongue out teasingly at Josh and giggled, "How so? He's probably never met half the people who like him!"

Liam rolled his eyes, "Most likely not!" Turning to Anna he smiled, "They don't hate you, they're simply not happy about my hanging out with you. But I don't mind so much, they'll be over it soon."

"And we aren't even really hanging out yet!" Anna shakes her head a little, disbelieving. "Talk about jumping to conclusions." Her fist supports her cheek as she looks at everyone at the table, a small sigh escaping her - along with something she really didn't want to say: "Honestly. What if we actually hit it off and they catch us kissing?"

Her eyes go wide at this thought, and a small blush colours her cheeks as she squirms. "Um... I mean... "

Saiyuri tickled Anna's sides as Liam blushed. Josh and Drew smirked at each other and began teasing Liam while Leane and Kalli began teasing Anna.

Laughing because of the tickling, the brunette squeals, "GAH! No fair! No ganging up on me! Go back to harrassing Drew and Saiyuri!"

"Hey!" Saiyuri and Drew exclaimed, both ganging up on Anna and tickling her, "What did we ever do to you?"

Leane and Kalli laughed as they continued teasing the poor brunette as well as Liam. Josh, while teasing Liam, noticed girls grouping together at the tables surrounding them and gossiping. "Hey Liam," Josh addressed as he nudged his arm, "Looks like your fanclub's grouping."

Still squirming, Joshs' comment escaped her, and Anna fell off of the bench in her attempt to escape the tickling. "Aye~! -giggle- You guys... -teehee!- owe me!" Still squirming, she hid underneath the table, hanging unto Liams leg. "No fair!"

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For young Deacon, finding Anna proved to be more difficult than he had thought. He spotted a group of girls talking on one end, then recognized Saiyuri as a friend of Anna's on the other, laughing loudly. Uncomfortably, he walked into the great hall towards them and ended up bumping into the Gryffindor prefect. "Oh! I'm... ", he started to apologize, but stopped after seeing the thundercloud on Fynns face, "...sorry?"