We'll Be Countin Stars [Mel]

[AARON JAMES THOMPSON]

Aaron was glad that he had managed to find a break from classes. That had been a relief as he was really starting to wear down from all of the homework and classwork he was saddled with. What also bothered him was the limited amount of time he had seen Mel during that same amount of time. It was definitely disappointing, but what else could he do? They were both busy in a way that they just weren't able to find time to hang out at all. There just wasn't much that could be done about that, but that was in the past. Thankfully they had been able to work out a chance to see each other, and he was definitely looking forward to that.

Dressed in a navy blue t-shirt with black designs, blue jeans, and black and blue sneakers, he headed down to the Black Lake, which was where they were going to meet to start the day off. What happened after was up in the air at the moment, though it was probably going to be more fun than homework or studying, which even he had to admit he needed to get away from all of that, and he was a Ravenclaw for crying out loud! Sitting down on the grass, he skipped some rocks across the surface of the lake, just watching the ripples left from the skipping rocks. Time passed relatively slowly it seemed like, but it wasn't too long before he heard a familiar voice from behind him.

MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON

[MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON]

Mel was a bit, what was the word for completely bored and sick of people? Yeah well she was that, she barely had time to goof off with Aaron like last year. Maybe that was because she was actually paying attention and doing her home work. It was OWLs and she was sure her dad expected her to well. She was dressed in a pair of black shirt and a superman shirt, which she got from muggle london during the summer. She snorted at that, Mel's summer camp of fun happened to be really weird and fun. Though Matt managed to worm his way out of it.

Skipping towards the black lake where she was supposed to meet her boyfriend she whistled innocently to herself as a basket of junk food trailed behind her. A sign that she was totally up to something, and she was. She needed a relaxing day of awesomeness and she as at least a bit sure Aaron did to. Unless he wanted to take a nap by the black lake because that was boring. "Oooh Aj guess what I got?" she asked as she came to a halt in front of her boyfriend.

AARON JAMES THOMPSON

[AARON JAMES THOMPSON]

"Hm? Lets see, based on that basket, I'm gonna guess some kind of food?" he replied with a grin. If anything Aaron wasn't sure what kind of food Mel had in the basket, as she could have brought anything. At any rate, he had to just wait and see what she had brought. Guessing wasn't really his favorite thing to do anyways, so he usually just found a way to get the other person to admit what they were wanting him to guess. Granted, that probably irritated people, but if they didn't accept that not guessing was part of who Aaron was, then oh well. He just didn't have time for that, no matter who the person was or how important the thing was that they wanted him to try and guess. If it was really important, why didn't they just say it anyways without having him guess what it was?

"Anyways, how have you been? I hate that we haven't really been able to talk much this semester," he said somewhat sheepishly. It was rough due to the homework and classwork all being in preparation for OWL's, yet Aaron figured there should have been a way for him to meet up with Mel to hang out some despite all of that. Thankfully they had that chance now, but how long would it be before they got this kind of chance again? Aaron tossed those thoughts from his mind, knowing just how pessimistic those thoughts were, and thus how unnecessary they were since that really wasn't who he was at all.

MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON

[MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON]

Mel smirked and nodded "Yep, we're gonna sit down relax and eat our way to a sugar coma, or rather untill were to full to do anything 'troublesome' least my brother show up." she laughed at that, even though she and her twin weren't joined at the hip she still felt close to him. Though Mel figured someone needed to even out the moral compass of the twinship, he could be the goodie-two shoes and she could be the adorable trouble maker because she really was the better looking one. She smiled at him and sat down, patting the spot beside her as she looeked through the basket for a bag of M&m's. "Help yourself" she said pushing the basket towards him.

"Yeah, I agree...despite the fact that im not entirely anti-social im not that comfortable around people and Matt never wants to get in trouble with me. Plus im really sick of other people and bored, im glad we can hang out, I missed you. Eh, im pretty much okay, sides the fact im plotting the demise and or pranking of half the school. What about you?"

She asked popping and m&m into her mouth and kicking of her shoes to show her superman socks. She really did have a thing for the super hero, plus his colors were red and blue...she coudld do without the orangish yellow but both the boys she cared about wore red and blue on the regular...sappy she knew it but it didnt stop her.

AARON JAMES THOMPSON

[AARON JAMES THOMPSON]

"Matt needs to relax. I get he wants to be an Auror, but seriously. He acts like it's martial law and he's the enforcer for it," he replied with a shake of his head and a chuckle. Matt was way too serious at times,, and in Aaron's opinion, needed to learn yet again to just relax, smile, and laugh. It was almost as if he found a different style of shell to wear. Was it Matt's interactions with Roxy Weasley that had caused this? If so Aaron wasn't surprised. After hearing what happened the last time the two were in the same vicinity, Aaron noted that he'd have done exactly what Matt did during that, even if it pissed Roxy off. Some times common sense was more valuable than having fun. Then again that wasn't all the time, as having fun right now, just hanging out with Mel, was more valuable to him at the moment. And so when she offered him the basket, he dug out a few snacks and began munching away.

"Just getting through the year. Planning on pranking that many people? That bored or something?" he replied with an amused expression. He then remembers the rest of her response before replying. "I've missed you too. Been kinda crazy so far this year. probably because it's fifth year and that means OWL's and only Merlin knows what else," he said with a shake of his head. OWL's were just not fun to prepare for. He was already feeling the stress and exhaustion from all of the studying and homework he was having to do for the upcoming tests. It was as if the tests were made to drain the students of all energy and willingness to get through the year! All he wanted to do was relax and sleep, not study and study for days on end without much of a chance for a break. That alone made him enjoy the fact that he was getting this break right now, especially with Mel.

MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON

[MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON]

Mel laughed and shrugged her shoulders "Well balance each other out, he's just very opinionated but lacks subtlety...its Gryffindor thing sadly" Even if she did secretly agree she still felt like she should try to standby Mathew...at least he didnt try and talk her out of her schemes too much.

"Not that bored, its just theres alwhow'sa lot of people around, plus the people I dont like its not my fault if they caught in mix..." In truth Mel was just unsympathetic towards most people, she only had time for the people she cared about.

"Yeah, I actually stay awake during classes now, its a mircale" she said laughing, she knew her dad would want her to well in her classes but she was enjoying the leniency she had now that she wasn't with her previous guardian, and the fact she had friends and could have them even if she didn't like too many people.

"Anyways, lets not talk about school, im not sure what but anythings better."

AARON JAMES THOMPSON

[AARON JAMES THOMPSON]

"One would hope," he replied with a sigh and a shake of his head. Matt's erratic martial law enforcement shtick was getting old, but his hope was that Matt found himself a girlfriend or something so he'd calm himself down. It wasn't his job to enforce the rules of the school as he wasn't a prefect, the head boy, a teacher, the caretaker, the headmaster, or the groundskeeper. Well, patience was all Aaron could have with something like that, which meant waiting on Matt to finally get over Leyshell and get himself a new girlfriend. Well, that would probably take a while, and Aaron had Mel to keep his attention towards anyways.

"Careful there, love. Collateral damage is the worst one to get into trouble for. Best bet is to keep only the ones you don't like off-balance rather than putting unnecessary damage in the path," he replied with a raised eyebrow. He was quite sure she''d at least consider his words to a degree, but with Mel he really couldn't say for sure sadly. She was a bit unpredictable at times, but that was part of what drew him to her anyways, so he couldn't complain about it could he?

"I barely manage that myself somehow. Tend to get caught mostly out of snoring if nothing else, and that is probably the most embarrassing thing about it," he replied, laughing. He needed to avoid getting so bored in class, as it led him to get detentions for falling asleep. He was surprised Mel hadn't noticed that in the one or two classes they shared, but he just couldn't say for sure. He was usually asleep, and thus blind to what everyone else in the room was doing until the teacher went over to his desk and woke him up.

"Agreed. Lets just figure out what before I go stark raving mad," he replied with a laugh. School talk was driving him sort of crazy anyways, but the question was what to talk about instead of school? Well there was a lot of possibilities, it just came down to picking one.

MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON

[MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON]

Mel snickered before giving aaron a smirk "He just needs to visit a broom closet with certian slytherin and leave others alone" she laughed taking out a can of soda she opened it and shrugged "Of course I am the better looking twin so, that might be a bit hard for him, its easy to see why he's so stressed" she shook her head sadly at her brothers misfortune, though she was joking one could never tell with her. She was still having a hard time adjusting her personality to fit interacting with people. It was still a bit hard to be nice, except when she was with Aaron or Matt...her and Matt still help.

"Well if they just happened to walk into it, I'm not taking any blame but I guess I can plan more carefully" she really did fell like that was good compromise. She had been raised to believe that people getting caught in the crossfires was there own fault. She was cautious, shouldn't every one be caution? Carefree attitudes got you into trouble more often than not.

"Yeah, I noticed you look adorable when your sleeping" she said with an innocent smile on her face. Even if she did contemplate drawing on his face more often than not. She figured that she shouldn't prank the one person she was extremely close to, sometimes even more than Matt.

"We could go swimming again! It'll be fun there's barely anyone around" she offered with a smile.

AARON JAMES THOMPSON

[AARON JAMES THOMPSON]

"I dunno if that's smart, because he and said Slytherin probably wouldn't leave that broom closet. Hard to say for sure though. He does have a strong moral core about him. Though then again they'd probably snog anyways, just hopefully not beyond that," he replied with a shrug. Matt would probably go mental if he went all the way, mostly because of that moral core that he had. Aaron was almost certain that Matt would be struggling to accept the decision, unless there was more to Matt than even he and Mel knew. Hearing Mel say she was the better looking twin, Aaron chuckled, knowing he couldn't disagree as that would be weird even if he wasn't with Mel.

"If they walk into it on their own accord, it's their fault I will give you that one," he replied with a sigh. She really couldn't avoid collateral damage if said collateral walked into the damage, that much was true. Well, no point arguing that case, as while she could make sure things were controlled, that wouldn't stop people from walking into the line of fire. Aaron just had to hope that she didn't get expelled for the crazy idea she cooked up.

"Why thank you," he replied with an roguish bow, chuckling as well. He knew she had probably considered drawing on his face. Most people seemed to want to do that to those who were slumbering away, yet thankfully few ever actually did. It was just considered bad form ultimately, and that was the relief of the whole matter. It was when she mentioned swimming that he let that train of thought fade away.

"Swimming sounds like a pretty good idea actually," he replied with a smile. Well, the only problem was that they would be swimming in somewhat cold water, but heating the water wouldn't be that big an issue, right?

MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON

[MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON]

Mel shrugged "Well Matt's a boy and well boys like snogging, or at least they're supposed to I think but it'll still be fun to lock them in a closet. It'll give me time to pull a prank or two...maybe set up a secret party it'll be fun." She said as she got caught up in preparation of what she wanted to accomplish, she realized she should probably be studying for potions because she was pretty sure she needed it for her career choice. Then again, she managed to pass last year, which was probably thanks to Aaron studying with her, her attention span was awfully short these days.

"Okay good, now it's just picking who to mess with and then i'm set, and i'm too lazy to do that." Mel stretched out drinking her soda and contemplating on what she was going to do, the Gryffindors were always a fun bunch to prank and she could probably get Matt to loan her the password. She was kind of glad Aaron didn't go into a lecture about being wrong and evil and all that. The fight she had with Matthew last year still bugged her a lot, especially because she was only joking about Aaron and Thomas fighting to deaths in the hallways. Was it even the hallways? At any rate she didn't particularly

You're welcomes, come on are you gonna swim in your clothes?" She asked him smirking as she kicked off her shoes and walked towards the edge of the lake. They had already did this last year but they were prepared. She was sure, that Matthew would blow his top if he knew what they were going to do. It made it all the more fun for her.

AARON JAMES THOMPSON

[AARON JAMES THOMPSON]

"Don't forget you're talking to a boy," he replied, laughing. He had to admit, her observation was right, but did she realize it was right about him too? Or was she glossing over that possibility by worrying about keeping Matt and Relina in a closet and then pranking a few people? Well that one was the bigger possibility knowing who Mel was. He liked her a little too much to really care though. It was humorous to say the least, but it still made him wonder if she fully thought through everything she said to him. Well, she'd probably reveal that to him with her reaction.

"Eh, hard to say for sure. Just pick a couple of people at random and do something harmless. Build up to something big or you lose luster," he advised, noting that it was odd that he would be giving advice for something so irrational. Granted, he was dating a Slytherin, and that was the farthest thing from rational on the planet. If nothing else though he really wasn't too much a stickler for what was rational against what might be irrational. Irrational was a Slytherin and a Gryffindor dating, but then again that seemed to be happening more and more these days. It was almost like the world was dang near its' end.

"Not really. Would be a pain having to dry off with wet clothes on, much less having to dry my clothes afterwards," he replied with a chuckle. He then undressed to swim, He kept his boxers on, knowing that drying those off would be much easier versus drying off his whole attire. He then walked towards the water, ready to get in before remembering their swim last year. "This is pretty much a yearly tradition for us at this point eh? Well then again this is only the second time in two years we've done it," he said with a chuckle.

MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON

[MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON]

"Kind of hard to forget, you're hair is too short" Mel said giving him a cheeky smile and ruffling his hair. Okay maybe she just wanted an excuse to touch his hair because she was weird like that. Could you just walk up to someone and say hey can I touch your hair. Maybe it was different because it was Aaron and Aaron usually laughed off her weirdness and went alone with it. Still she would be embarrassed if she asked and she wanted to avoid that because it was Aaron. For some reason she always seemed to blurt out the first things that came to mind around him. Which wasn't a bad things, she always censored herself around her dad and brother because she felt like something she said showed how differently she was raised from Matt.

"Might work, though don't let Matt find out you're giving me advice. I think you're supposed to be keeping me out of trouble" She said laughing. She wasn't sure it was actually possible to keep her out of trouble seeing as she loved being in trouble. It's not because she liked causing her dad to worry or anything she had just spent years trying to stay out of trouble. Maybe she was a bit excited about having the freedom to be herself, it hadn't been two years since she was brought to live somewhere other than France. Then again she kind of did miss Russian and Beaubaxtons not that she would ever want to go back to her old life.

"Good, because then it would've been awkward" She said as she stripped down until she was just wearing her bra and underwear. For some reason she felt like this was slightly different than wearing a bathing suit and just going swimming. She couldn't exactly put he finger on why as she casted a warming charm on herself and tossed her wand towards her pile of clothes. "True, that would be fun seeing as we only have two more years at this place. It'll be fun stories to tell when we look back on our school days

AARON JAMES THOMPSON

[AARON JAMES THOMPSON]

"Oh trust me, I've seen some guys have long hair. It's normal among the Indians out in America," he said with a chuckle. It wasn't all that amazing to him the amount of things he chose to study and read about rather than what he knew he should be studying in terms of homework, but he was a Ravenclaw because he was able to study so well. He had often times wished to have been a Hufflepuff or a Gryffindor, but definitely not a Ravenclaw. Well unfortunately he had no choice in that matter, so he had to just grin and bear it for the most part. Otherwise it wouldn't have done him any real good.

"He can't keep himself out of trouble. No way he'd be able to think that I could have any luck keeping you out of trouble anyways," he replied with a shake of his head. Some might think what he said was mean, but Mel knew he was teasing when he said that, or at least he hoped she did. He really wasn't all that able to keep her out of trouble no matter how hard he tried anyways. He was better off just letting her run rampant with her pranks and just advising her to be as moderate as possible to minimize the trouble she was in. It was the best he had.

Aaron chuckled in response to Mel's observation that things would have been awkward had he kept his clothes on or if she was the only one swimming. Using a warming charm on himself, Aaron then went towards the water after tossing his wand to his clothes. He was quite certain that if it wasn't for the warming charm, it was going to be a very cold day in the water. Hearing her agree on the fact that swimming at the end of the year was their tradition, Aaron nodded and smiled before replying. "Yeah, definitely," he agreed, wondering just how those stories would be received later on.

MELFINA MARIE JOHANSON