Umm.... where am I?

Rhys couldn't believe it. She was lost... again! How in the world did this happen so often! You'd think after so many years at Hogwarts, your instances of getting lost would lower, but for Rhys, it seemed every other day she was off down the wrong corridor, staring blankly at another stretch of wall, confused, disoriented, and not to mention angry. She hated being lost, it was the worst feeling ever, not knowing where you were in your own school! It was wrong.. but when the staircases changed, and you were taken somewhere different every Tuesday, or the door you always went through ran off to a party with his friends down in the dungeons, it got annoying.

So there Rhys was... staring at a blank wall... again. She knew for a FACT she was on the seventh floor! She had counted.. or had she? She remembered getting distracted by a Slytherin hoisting some Hufflepuff in the air, and then giggling and going up the stairs again. But it was possible she had said the same number twice.. and she was on the.... 6th floor? 7th floor? No! Where was she?!

Rhys buried her face in her hands and slid to the ground with a huff. It sucked, so many things were going on. Sam was swimming around her head miserably, Alex's face kept popping up miserably, the unmistakable look in his eyes when she had stumbled away from him in the Entrance Hall. The look of having lost something, and she hated herself for it. Had she been leading him on? She had been told by her friends that she had a natural tendency to flirt, and boys didn't quite understand that she wasn't flirting when she acted like she was... sooo, it was possible Alex thought she liked him... when all she could think about was Sam. Oh well... Rhys pulled her knees to her chest, and stared at the wall. When she got in trouble later, when someone stumbled upon her, she'd get escorted back to her Common Room and she wouldn't even have to worry about it.

Kevin was lost yet again. WHYYYY?! he thought. It was getting really tiring trying to figure out where you are all of the time. He was supposed to feel at home not... alone! He started sown the corridor hoping to find someone who would be nice enough to give him directions. The last time he was lost he had been landed detention. Kevin grumbled some curse words under his breath about Felix Barker.

Soon enough, he had found a girl that looked a couple years older than him. Please don't be a prefect! Please don't be a prefect He took a chance and tapped her on the shoulder. "Excuse me. I'm lost... again! Do you know where Ravenclaw Tower is?" he said to her innocently. Kevin really hoped this worked or he'd be straight in detention again if it was a prefect.

Rhys jumped to her feet when someone tapped her on the shoulder, her hands came up to protect her face, and she did a quick karate chop in the air to defend herself. She slowly opened her eyes and her face flushed red. "Oh Merlin.. not you too.." She groaned and picked up her bag from the floor. "Listen kid.. I'm not some prefect or whatever, I don't know my way around this school any better then you do! In fact.. I erm.." Rhys coughed awkwardly and stared at him, her cheeks pink again. "I'm lost too.." She muttered under her breath and sighed, flicking her hair out of her face.

"And I'm a Gryffindor, how would I know where you're common room is.. Ravenclaws are supposed to be smart aren't they?" Rhys said, realizing she was seriously annoyed and she coughed again, taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and then opened them again, smiling at him. "I'm sorry... that was rude.." She said frowning and then sticking her hand out to shake his. "I'm Rhys... Rhys O'Neill," She said pronouncing her name like the word Rice. "I'm a Gryffindor.. if you hadn't already... assumed as much from me saying it earlier.. but erm.. I'm sorry about snapping.. I"m just annoyed at being lost.. again."

The girl seemed jittery. Ever tried switching to decaf? he thought. Kevin didn't know his way around the school all that good but... a third or fourth year? He smirked at what she said. Kevin raised an eyebrow when she intended he was dumb. Wow. Obviously I've asked the wrong person for help! he thought with his feeling hurt. "Kinda was... but it's cool," Kevin said to her. He shook her hand and said, "I'm Kevin. Kevin West. And it's cool. I would feel the same way..."

This would be a good time for the Marauders' Map... he thought. It was awkward. He just stood there looking around. Kevin could've sworn he heard a cricket! "So....." he said trying to get the conversation started.

Rhys couldn't help but laugh. "Let me guess.. first year? Come on.. I'll help you find your way okay? We'll.. find our way together, how does that sound? It's the only thing I could do after... being so rude to you earlier." She said frowning, and giving a nervous laugh, running her hand through her hair. "I get lost so easily in this place... I've been here for so long.. and it's like.. nothing looks the same every other day.. like the whole castle is out to get me.. so.. West was it? I understand being lost.. better then anyone else you could have run into." She said giving him a wide grin.

"Only problem is... you would have done better finding someone who knew their way around better.. umm... what does.. the entrance to your common room look like? A portrait.. or.. staircase.. or... suit of armor I don't know.. I've never even been near the entrance to anyone else's common room, so erm.. forgive me for asking, but... what floor are we on? I think I got confused a couple floors down and lost count.. I could have SWORN I was on the seventh floor.. but then I got here.. and I lost the staircase.. and... I don't know where I am." She groaned softly and hoisted her bag up onto her shoulder better, giving Kevin a grin.

Kevin smiled at her. "Yeah I'm a first year. And thanks," he said feeling awkward again. "It's okay. I'm lucky you're willing to help me anyway. Oh and Ravenclaw tower has a portrait of a mystical seer. You have to answer it's question correctly." Kevin smacked his mouth shut. "I've said enough. And yes we're on the.... sixth floor. Your one too long." Wow you'd think a girl being at her own school for 4 years would know her way around the place! he thought.

"How about we go down the staircase here I think we might find it," Kevin said to her. He walked down the stairs with Rhys beside him making sure not to step on a moving staircase. "That was close!'