(RoR) Before Christmas Party

[Polaris Stormwrath]

Polaris laughed as she stuck her tongue out at Ace playfully, flashing a round ball in the center of her tongue. Her expression turned into a more serious one as she pointed to the door. "Ash said he was going to the lake when he stormed out." Polaris was lucky she was blessed with such good hearing, or that she happened to be in her wolven form at the time.

[thatsace]

Ace looked from Mark to Pol and back again, waiting for an answer. It came from Polaris and Ace looked at her. For a moment she thought she heard wrong. "Wh-where?" she said, "the lake?" She had heard but the disbelief was so great that she doubted she had heard right. Looking around frantically, Ace couldn't see Ash. He must have gone, Ace thought and quickly jumped to her feet and rushed towards the door. "I'll be back in a sec," she called over her shoulder, "with Ashton. Don't stop the party while I'm gone."

She pulled the door open and disappeared into the dark corridor beyond it.

[Polaris Stormwrath]

Giving a sigh while still sitting on the floor, Polaris leaned against Mark and closed her eyes. "Sometimes people are so confusing. Is it always like this here, Mark?" She asked in general concern, her accent contrasting with Ace's. Polaris was honestly concerned with Ash and Ace, and was sure that the two would make it up, hopefully.

[thatsace]

And just as Ace had said, in no time, Ashton and Ace were back at the party. Ace opened the door for Ash as he could not do it himself and Ace left him carry her in. She was certain that Ash was tired by now so she tapped him on the shoulder and as he past the thresh hold, Ace jumped off his back. She quickly closed the door and looked around. Nothing much had changed since she'd left, Pol and Mark and Maxi were still together. "Perfect," Ace said to herself.

Ace stood in front of Ash and took his hands in hers. "Now, are you ready for this?" she asked in earnest. "coz if ya want we can leave- no, sorry we can't do that. Alright, I'll go with you. Come on!" She dropped one hand but kept hold of the other, pulling him along to were the group was. Ace cleared her throat and pulled Ashton in front of her. "Ashton would like to say summit ter ya guys. Go on," this last bit she whispered in his ear and pushed him forward gently.

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Ash bit his lip nervously, "Um, I just wanted to aplogize for the way I've been acting tonight. It was completely uncalled for, and I'm really sory." He turned to Mark, "I'm sorry I lost my temper with you Marky."

[arabella]

<sup>Arabella stood there as the drama started and ended. Feeling slightly ignored, she turned back to the sitting area and headed for the couch. With a groan, she plopped herself down and stared at the group.

As far as Ari could remember, the only boy she ever had a crush on was Jake, and of course, it was nothing but a child thing seeing that it happened when they were five. But nontheless, ever since than, she couldn't remember ever liking another boy, until tonight.</sup>

[briar]

Briar was sitting in the commonroom when she heard someone whispering about a party and her face lit up. "Party? Where?" she kinda screamed at the now frightened student.

The student stared at her, mouth opened, "Um... the Room of Requirement, I think," said the shy upperclassmen.

Bry jumped up, "Well sorry to make your little pow-wow even more uninteresting, but I'm outta here," she said heading towards the commonroom doors. "Au revoir," she said as she let the door slam behind her.

It took her a while to find the Room of Requirement, but non the less, she found it. With much force, Briar pushed the doors open and strutted in. "The Party has arrived," she said loudly. Briar headed over to the bar and poured herself some pumpkin juice. After taking a drink, she pointed her wand at the jukebox and suddenly a loud, upbeat song came on and Briar jumped up on the bar and started dancing.

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Ashton turned at the sound of a voice, and gave a small laugh as a girl burst in and announced that 'the party had arrived' Ashton gave a sigh, as he sat on a couch and sank back into the cushions. I wish I had my guitar with me he thought to himself, he had learned to play over the summer and played as often as he could. Suddenly his guitar appeared in front of him, it was white with black snowflakes falling down around a bare tree. "Cool." With a smile, Ashton picked up his guitar and started singing softly to himself.

How did I get here?
I turned around and there you were
Didn't think twice
Or rationalize
cause somehow I knew
That there was more than just chemistry
I mean I knew you were kinda of into me
But I figured it's too good to be true

I said pinch me
Where's the catch this time
Can't find a single cloud in the sky
Help me before I get used to this guy

[Chorus:]
They say that good things take time
But really great things happen
in the blink of an eye
Thought the chances to meet somebody like you
were a million to one
I cannot believe it
You're one in a million
All this time I was looking for love
Trying to make things work
They weren't good enough till
I thought I'm through
Said I'm done
and stumbled into the arms of the one

You're making me laugh about the silliest stuff
Say that I'm your diamond in the rough
When I'm mad at you
You come with your velvet touch
Can't believe that I'm so lucky
I have never felt so happy
Every time I see that sparkle in your eye

They say that good things take time
But really great things happen
in the blink of an eye
Thought the chances to meet somebody like you
were a million to one
I cannot believe it
You're one in a million
All this time I was looking for love
Trying to make things work
They weren't good enough till
I thought I'm through
Said I'm done
and stumbled into the arms of the one

I said pinch me
Where's the catch this time
Can't find a single cloud in the sky
Help me before I get used to this guy

They say that good things take time
But really great things happen
in a blink of an eye
Thought the chances to meet somebody like you
were a million to one
I cannot believe it
You're one in a million... one in a million
All this time I was looking for love
Trying to make things work
They weren't good enough till
I thought I'm through
Said I'm done
and stumbled into the arms of the one
You're one in a million


Ash smiled softly as he sang, this had to be one of his best songs. And of course his personal favorite.

[arabella]

<sup>Arabella's heart skipped a beat when she heard a voice that was way too familiar to her. She jumpped up from her seat and looked around the room.

There she was, Briar, and dancing on the bar none the less. Arabella walked to the bar and looked up at her sister, "Briar! What in Merlin's name are you doing here?" she screamed in anger. "Get off the bar! Don't you have any respect for yourself?" she asked, trying to grab her sister's arm.

Failing to get ahold of her, Ari stomped her foot in rage and walked over by Ashton. Ari had to use all of her self restrain to stop her from screaming her head off and sending a hex to Bry. "Do people these days have any respect for themselves?" she asked Ashton, a growl in her voice.

Arabella sighed, "Nice song by the way, it's very touching," she told him, honesty in her voice.</sup>

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Ashton looked up startled that someone had actually heard him, "Um, thanks." he said as he blushed slightly. "Do you play or sing?"

[Mark Alméida]

"Whoa, hey! Enough with the Marky! I get enough of that from Max, please if you really want to torture me, stick makeup on me or something" Mark laughed, his way of saying, Its okay forget about it. Mark smiled again and looked away, apologies werent his thing, he would have been fine with Ash anyway come tomorrow once they had settled down, "Besides, its not me you should be apologizing to, is it?" he said, inclining his head a little towards Ace.

Mark looked behind him and to the left just in time to see someone dancing on the bar, this caught his attention as he folded his arms and watched the unknown girl. He smirked slightly, but the smile was wiped off his face when he saw Ari pulling her down, the likliness was there and he turned to Max, "There's two of them" he spoke quietly, "And i though one was enough to contend with" Though only loud enough for Max to hear.

"And i think that song was sickly sweet" he smiled at Ash, "Nice i mean, i just dont do soppy things" he smiled awkwardly and said to Max, "Im'a shut up now"

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Ash looked up at Mark and grinned, "Yeah, well what do you know about romance?" he teased, playfully sticking his tongue out.

[Bradyn Reed]

Bradyn heard about the rumors of a party in the room of requirement when he was in the library with Shay so of course, that's where they ended up. Pushing the door open for them he went in and looked around. "A lot of people here," He said, speaking loudly to him over the music. There was Ash and a couple of Gryffindors, A bunch of Ravenclaw girls like Arabella and Polaris and Ace, and Bri. So far it was a pretty good turn out.

Bradyn walked over to the bar where Bri was dancing. He got himself a cup of pumpkin juice and leaned against the bar. He looked around to try and recognize more people or just wait for them to come to him. Most looked to be upperclassmen from him, which wasn't surprising. "Don't be a stick in the mud, Shay, I know you hate parties for some reason."

[shafer]

Shay saw the twinkle in Bray's eye when he heard about the Christmas Party. He grumbled, knowing he would be forced to come along. Within minutes, he was being basically dragged to the Room of Requirement. He shuffled his feet as he followed after Bray. "Merlin. i hate parties.." He grumbled, pulling out his wand, and conjuring himself a hat to hide his face. (Basically the hat in his signature.)

As Bray opened the door, Shay placed the hat on his head, and hid his face. The sounds were loud, and he could barely hear Bray talking to him. "Whatever." He grunted, following him towards the bar, and sitting down. He got himself a pumpkin juice as well, and began hiding his face more and more as he saw familiar faces.

"Why did we have to come here?" He grumbled. Parties weren't his thing. They were loud. Annoying. And someone was bound to get hurt. He hated it. He wanted to leave. But he wasn't going to if Bray wasn't. Bray was his best friend, and he didn't feel like leaving him here with a bunch of people.

[briar]

Bry jumpped off the bar after the rather embarrassing interruption from her sister. Briar didn't mind the attention, in fact, she rather loved it. She just didn't know what her sister's problem was. "Alright, Alright. Don't get your panties in a bunch," she yelled over at her sister.

Briar grabbed some more juice and smiled at the two boys that had just entered, "Well, well. What do we have here?" she asked, a mischeivious grin playing on her face. "Can I be of any service to you guys?" she asked, wrapping a strand of hair around her finger.

After a moment, Briar gave a goofy grin and laughed. "I'm just kidding," She looked at Bradyn, "How's it going?" she asked.