Serpentine Sextet

"You think you're a Prefect." Elijah grinned, looking up from his sketch. "But really you are a bird, as free as anything until said bird gets shot down but Muggle poachers. Just go with him, it's not like your head will explode unless Shacklebot has put some kind of spell on the Prefects."

Eli didn't get the point of dates. Sure he would pluck up the courage to ask Amelia if she wanted to go with him as friends of course but that wasn't the point. It was just a ball and even if you were dateless then you were bound to get some lone girl willing to dance with you.

"You'll be going with Elv won't you?" Eli asked Nick, knowing the answer anyway - or at least he hoped he did. "Uh, y'know Amelia Lyons? Okay, I've gathered some kind of friend-ship thing with her do you think she'll go with me or will she have issues with the whole touching aspect of dancing?"

Eli honestly wondered. She was adverse to physical affection so how the bloody hell would she be able to handle going to the Yule Ball. Eli guessed she'd probably disappear somewhere and not go but he wanted her to. If would be as if he were tearing down one of the turrets on her defences or making a wall explode and letting his army through.

"Of course he won't be going with her, she's my girlfriend," Selwyn interjected. "I don't have time to find another one, and Jen's creepy."

It was true. What sort of sixth year cracked onto a fourth year? She had definite mental issues.

Moving on.

"Who the hell's Amelia Lyons? Of course she'll go with you. Even if she doesn't like dancing, every girl likes to be asked to a ball. Are you sure you guys are all pureblood because I learned this stuff, like, long before I was even allowed to go to a proper ball."

Nicky laughed. "Nah... Shacklebolt wouldn't do that. He needed us, anyway." he said and laughed again as Elijah thought that Nicky would go with Elv. And how Selwyn interrupted Elijah. Nicky laughed again and nodded. "See? She already got someone." he said.

Nicky thought for a moments. "I would probably ask Miseria Manson. Elv's best friend." he said finally. "You should ask her, Krum. Before anyone else ask her. And she's great, anyway. I'm in her class for some lessons."

"I am Pureblood!" Eli pouted. "I just never paid attention to all that crap, waste of time anyway." Eli shrugged.

He was slightly confused by the whole Elv, Chase, Mis love/hate triangle thing going on but he ignored it and let Nicky get on with it. Besides it was easier than just sitting there looking extremely confused.

"I don't actually go to many balls. Last one I went to I got completely wasted and the only part I can remember is stumbling into my dorm back at Durmstrang with a pretty blonde. After that god knows what happened."

Elijah smirked and looked back at his sketch before beginning to shade it in.

"I'm just a little apprehensive about asking Amelia ‘tis all. Don't really know how she'd take it to be honest."

Selwyn rolled his eyes. No wonder his mum was always so hot about sending him to Beauxbatons and had never once considered Durmstrang instead.

"Right, and that's why you don't know how to ask a girl to the ball with you. Because it's a waste of time."

This was getting boring, with Elijah's whole "I'm an edgy artist who had sex in my dorm" thing and Nicholaus' obsession with minors.

"Nick, why don't you ask Jennifer Hutson? Everyone knows she's desperate," he suggested.

"I never said I didn't know how it's just a case of broaching the subject to Amelia. She isn't exactly the run of the mill girl you see around Hogwarts. She's... different." Elijah mumbled. "Besides, there is only so much you can take of a banshee yelling at you all day to hold your hands there and move your feet a specific way. It does tend to get on your last nerve."

That came out slightly harsher than Eli had meant to but he shrugged it off mentally. He didn't need to start any arguments but he wasn't the most conversational person when it came to anything to do with his mother. He would have gladly lived in the Dark Ages and claim his mother to be a witch.

"What year is Jenifer in anyway?" Eli asked. He'd seen her around but hadn't thought to speak with her which wasn't particularly good on his part. He'd been taught better but in the end he didn't really listen to a lot of it.

Nicky grinned. So, Durmstrang is the rebellion one? He asked that question in mind. "Yeah, right... It's just hard to ask girls to go out." he said. He doesn't really problem with that. But still, it need more courage than fight a dragon.

"Jennifer Hudson? Have i met her?" he asked. Nicky tried to remember a girl named Jennifer. But his mind went blank, which means he didn't know her at all.