Dazed and Confused | Mihaela

He basked in the sunlight with his eyes closed, sighing happily and raising his arms to rest them behind his head before darkness covered him. Someone was suddenly blocking his sunlight. He opened one eye to see who it was before they started to speak. "Now... pray tell, what would you do if the sky answered back?" It was the very lovely Mihaela Howard, one of the eighth years of his house and a fellow chaser on their quidditch team. He didn't know her super well, mostly from playing quidditch, but she was cute and obviously smart; she was back again this year which meant she was doing thesis work. She had to be one of the smarter people of their house.

"Why, I'd have a conversation with it of course. And ask why the sun has to go away. It feels great out here, don't you think," he asked her, a grin lighting up his features as he spoke. He stood up and stretched his arms out, yawning just a bit before grinning at her again. "Are you out here because you are feeling anxious about the Quidditch season?" He couldn't wait for practices to start. Just being up on his broom again in his uniform would feel amazing. She had to be feeling the same way. He imagined anyone who had the experience of playing Quidditch felt that way. "Or were you just bored and I have the honor of being your entertainment for the evening?"

Tag; Mihaela Elisabeth Howard

When she reached up towards him he knew exactly what was coming. She had a habit of ruffling his hair when she saw him, even during Quidditch practice. There had been plenty of times he'd come down to the ground after flying for hours, hair thoroughly ruined by the wind. He'd then fix and she would promptly come over and ruin it all over again. When he tried to fix it back she'd pout and he wouldn't be able to take how adorable she was and he'd end up ruffling it back again. He was such a push over when it came to her. She was fun to be around and nice to him though so he couldn't help it.

When she talked about how she was both ready for the Quidditch season to start and how bored she was, his grinned remained a permanent fixture upon his face. He knew how she felt. Boredom was what brought him out here in the first place. Her ramblings about what they should do now were mildly amusing right up until she started talking about him not having a girlfriend and trying to find him one. He burst out laughing instantly. Finding a girlfrind wasn't nearly as easy as she was making it seem. Yeah sure, he flirted with a lot of the girls in school. He liked cute girls. Finding someone he wanted to call his girlfriend? That was bit more difficult wasn't it? He wanted to get to know someone first. He wanted to be friends first and lovers second. He wanted someone who wanted to go on adventures with him but someone he could hold and relax with. Someone who wouldn't mind taking a nap or three with him. He decided to laugh it off as a joke. "Find me a girlfriend? I thought that was your position," he waggled his eyebrows at her jokingly. "Really though that's a lot harder than you're making it seem. I am up for practically whatever. I'm bored too and sitting in that common room makes me feel anxious when it's so nice out," he ignored the fact that he probably had some form of homework he could be doing. He'd think about all of the tedious stuff later. What mattered was that he was outside with someone equally as bored. The possibilities were endless.



Tag; Mihaela Elisabeth Howard

Chen clutched his stomach laughing when she asked if she should go beat everyone else up. She was an athlete which meant she had all of the stamina and strength to do so. An all out brawl with the school, she'd get pretty far, even without her wand. "Just considering how hard you throw the quaffle in Quidditch I know there isn't a soul in the school that wants that," he said after his laughter died down a bit.

When she mentioned mischief, his eyes lit up with delight and he rubbed his hands together. Now she was talking. With a quick look around, he suddenly wished he had brought is broom out with him. There was nothing like a race around the grounds, granted some would say that was dangerous. With other students walking about someone bad a flying might crash into someone or crash into the building or fall off. It was him we were talking about though. Playing Quidditch had honed his flying skills to a fine point so he was an expert flyer and posed no threat. Still didn't have his broom though so that idea was out.

"Oh... are you good at building? We could make a tree fort!" Her excitement had him grinning. Sure, that didn't seem like a bad idea. Not necessarily on the side of mischief but he hadn't been in a tree fort in years. It was even better because now he could actually build his own. "Well I'm not the best at Transfiguration but sure. Let's do it. We can build it super big too. Out here in the middle of the Quidditch pitch? Should it float? Just say the word and we can get to work," he grinned at her.

Tag; Mihaela Elisabeth Howard

Her mention of the Equuleus Keeper/Head Boy/All around good guy and how, apparently, he enjoyed being hit with a quaffle made him laugh out loud once again. "He actually might want to get used to it considering we're going to be the champions this year," he snickered. New year, same amount of confidence that he and the Vulpecula team would dominate the Quidditch Pitch this year. That's why he couldn't wait to see the line up this year. He already knew he and Mihaela were there. He wondered if they would get any new talent this year. He was excited just thinking about it.

"C'mon. We can't build it in the Quidditch Pitch, they'd make us take it down." He snickered. That'd be the fun of it though. Having to keep rebuilding it would be a pain but just the joy of them coming outside to a brand new floating tree house in the middle of the Quidditch Pitch everyday only to have to rip it down and do it all over again the next time. "They don't have to know it was us. I can see the annoyed faces of the professors having to come out every day to check and see if there's a new tree house in the middle of the pitch," he hadn't even given her the full detail of what was going on inside of his head so his words sounded odd but he laughed anyway.

He allowed her to pull him away towards the forest to a spot where there were fallen branches and a few high up trees. She talked about how they didn't have to transfigure much and he nodded along with her words at the appropriate places. He took a look around and imagined a tree house there. The idea was growing on him the more he looked around at the spot. She was right, it would be nice to have somewhere to hang out outside of the castle while still being on campus. "This is actually not a bad idea. Alright, madame, I am yours to direct. How can I help since I'm actually not sure of the mechanics of a tree house or how one is built," he watched her take out her wand and start moving some of the limbs so he took his out to, ready to get to work. "I know I should probably know this but I don't so now is as good a time as any," he followed her lead, using his wand to lift some of the tree branches that were on the side and placing them where she placed the ones she had.

Tag; Mihaela Elisabeth Howard

He couldn't stop himself from laughing once again over her outburst. Granted she was older than him by at least two years, he didn't actually think of her as old. He'd date her. She was cute and their age difference wasn't large enough to be strange. To him anyway, he was sure people would think it was odd. He killed his laughter to listen to her explanation on tree house building. It didn't sound too complicated and with her helping he was able to assist in building the foundation. With a flick of her wand, a rope ladder fell to the ground to give them a way up. "C'mon, the rest is easiest from up there so we can see where we want windows and stuff!"

He waited until she was a little ways up before he followed and listened to her talk about how they should find a way to keep others out and how one of the Hogwarts houses had a similar security measure. He was pretty sure she meant Hufflepuff as it was known as the nicest house. Both his father and mother had attended Hogwarts and both of them had been in Hufflepuff. They'd never told him about that security measure, probably because they never had an issue with getting into their common room. Some people wondered why he didn't attend Hogwarts himself but his mother wanted to be closer to his aunt so they'd moved out here and started up their own bar. At first he'd been a little disappointed that he wasn't able to attend Hogwarts and explore the huge castle but he liked Beauregard. So much that he would rather be there than at Hogwarts any day.

Reaching the top of the foundation they'd created was the best part. The view was actually quite nice. He'd definitely be coming to the tree house when he didn't have anything else to do. He laid out in the floor as she began jumping up in down in a few spots to test the stability. "Okay, that wasn't the smartest of ideas," he groaned in pain. The flooring was hard and he should have known better because he was laying on plain old wood. "I agree though about the security thing. I'd prefer something different than vinegar being poured on the victim. We'll have to smell it after they leave," he scrunched up his face in mild disgust. "Is this just going to be a me and you thing or are there other people going on this exclusive list? Maybe the team might like to hang here since it is near the pitch? What say you, milady," he smirked at the end. "Is that one better? Is 'milady' better than 'madame'?"

Tag; Mihaela Elisabeth Howard

The Whomping Willow was one of the things his parents had talked about from Hogwarts. His mother had talked about it in great detail, his father only in passing. His dad might have had a nasty run in with the tree, he thought anyway."Yeah no trees with the power to murder people. That sounds like a really complicated thing to enchant anyway. How would it know not to attack us? What about the animals? Plus, I think that might actually get us kicked out. And on some kind of Ministry radar," he snickered at the last part. He knew she was joking. He hoped he knew she was joking anyway. She didn't seem like the 'merciless killer' type anyway. Too nice and such. "And while that last part sounds mildly cool to me, I am not meant to be on the run. As confident as I am that I could outrun the Ministry."

This was one of the rare times he didn't see her ruffling coming. One minute he was laying there peacefully with great hair, the next he had a messy bit of fluff, feeling the hairs on his forehead criss cross. He groaned in good nature and tried to fix it as best he can, listening as she called him adorable. "Well adorable is just a step away from 'hot, handsome and charming' so I will take that and run with it," he laughed, still trying to get his hair into some mirror of the state it was in previously.

"Abbie won't be too big of a deal," he stated simply mentioning their Quidditch Captain."On the matter of a security measure though, I think we could do something that makes the treehouse disappear. We could do a password and then if the person gets it wrong the treehouse disappears? Or maybe it could be like an alarm system that if they get too close or grab the ladder a bunch of water shoots out at them," he said deep in thought. He wasn't really sure what he wanted. He didn't want something that would hurt whoever, or whatever, approached the treehouse just something to keep them away. He sat up and looked around at the foundation. "Maybe we can think about it while we finish. We should think about furniture and stuff like that too. We definitely need some type of carpeting or a rug in here," he spoke as he stood up, rubbing his bum from the hardness of the floor.

Tag; Mihaela Elisabeth Howard