Common Room Lounging *OPEN*

[rosier]

Evan spread out on the sofa, his feet propped up on one arm, his head on the other with his arms under his head. It had been snowing all day and so the common room was rather crowded, but he wasn't about to give up his place on the sofa. Or, rather, all the places on the sofa that he was taking up. He was considerate enough to have kicked his shoes off before putting his feet up, that was something.

[Seth Inophen]

Seth walked into the common room, dragging his feet. He had just come from the owlry, where he recieved yet another dissapproved letter from his father and an "I-told-you-so" letter from his brother. Seth glanced at both letters, each scolding him for chosing to date a muggle-born, hufflepuff girl, before tearing them to peices and throwing them in the fire.

Seth let out a great sigh before turning toward the couch, where he had wanted to sit, when he saw Evan Rosier. The Second Year was sprawled out, taking up the entire couch. "Comfortable Rosier?" Seth asked before sitting in one of the less comfortable chairs.

[rosier]

Evan watched Seth with mild interest as he torn some letters into tiny pieces and threw them into the flaming fire. They seemed to admire the burning parchment in completely different ways, Seth was annoyed or possibly angry. Evan was intrigued.

"Very. Thanks for asking Inophen." Evan completely ignored the sarcastic tone that laced Seth's room, though it did not escape his notice. Evan gave a crooked smile, his eyes flickering quickly toward the hearth then back to Seth. "What was that all about? Angry ex-girlfriend?"

[Noah Malfoy]

Noah threw his books on the couch across from Evan and snapped them shut as they fell to the floor. His homework could wait until he felt like doing it, if that was ever. Noah was above most of his classes, and didn't feel the express need to complete anything his teachers assigned him.

"Hello, Rosier. I see you're doing quite well," Noah eyed the burning letter with interest. He had seen Inophen rip it up right as he had entered the common room. "Inophen." Noah gave a curt nod.

[rosier]

"Quite. What are you doing Malfoy? Clearly not homework." Evan pondered not letting Noah have a seat, and continuing to stay reclined across the couch. But Noah was a sixth year and could effectively make his life hell, even if he was a Rosier. Evan gave a heavy sigh and propped himself up on his arms before adjusting to a sitting position. "Take a seat."

[Noah Malfoy]

"I'm a little curious on why Inophen is so frustruated. Aren't you, Rosier?" Noah smirked at the little boy. Not only was Noah four years older then they boy, he was also pretty tall. He sat on the couch and stretched out, pushing Rosier a little farther.

He wasn't sure what he thought of Rosier yet, and if he'd be any help to Noah at all in the future. He'd never know, so he shrunk back and gave Rosier back a bit of room. "Are you OK, Inophen?"

[Seth Inophen]

"Yea fine," Seth said shortly, watching the letters burn in the fire place. He wasn't truely sure if he like Noah or not, so he kept it short. "Just my brother being an arse, 's all." He didn't look at the boys, just continued to glare at the fire. His brother and his father had no right to tell him who he could and couldn't date, no matter how many letters they wrote. His mother, at least, kept her mouth shut about it.

[rosier]

Seth was definitely hiding something. No one glared at flames over silly sibling stuff. And had his brother written him two letters in one day? Doubtful. "What's the bastard done now? Come on and spill it already. You know we'll get it out of you soon enough. Might as well let it be on your terms and not ours." He glanced over at Noah. "Malfoy here likes to mess with people... I wouldn't encourage it."

[Seth Inophen]

Seth rolled his eyes, not really in the mood to talk, but not in the mood to fight either. So he chose the route that took less effort. "My dad and my brother are just pissed I'm dating Maxi Borale..." Seth said. "But what do I care what they think?" He tore his gaze away from the fire and looked at the boys who were watching him. He raised an eyebrow, almost daring them to tick him off further.

[Noah Malfoy]

Noah smirked. "Maxi, that Hufflepuff girl? Isn't she the house champion?"

Seth had done the right thing, shosen the right path. Noah could tell he wasn't happy about it, but it was better to be for then against Noah. Rosier had him right, he did like to mess with people, like they were toys. But then again, playing with people's emotions didn't seem like a good thing to do now.

[rosier]

Evan made a low whistling sound. "Gone against daddy's wishes? That's not smart Inophen. But, I will say, Maxi is quite the looker. I suppose if you have to upset your parents you could do much worse."

[Axis Thorne]

Axis walked into the common room and saw the other guys talking. One of his roomates Noah was there as well so he went to join them, though more out of idle boredom than anything else. He sat close enough to hear the conversation and join in without interrupting whatever they were talking about already. He didn't say anything, so as not to cut into their conversation, but he did nod to them as he sat back and crossed his ankles in front of him.

[Severus Snape]

Severus walked into the common room and almost regretted it, but he was already there so he made himself comfortable on another one of the chairs and listened with great interest. At least Inophen was getting the same chat as he had been getting. He personally thought Borale was like a wild pig, with a deadly charge like one too, but he just took in the conversation and laughed with Rosier said she was a looker.

[rosier]

Evan acknowledged the presence of the newcomers one of whom, Severus, was his best mate. He knew Severus was probably feeling as though he could relate to Seth's little issue and it made Evan throw a wad of paper from the floor at him. "Don't just try to saunter in here like you own the place, man." He laughed as the paper zoomed towards Severus.

[Severus Snape]

Severus quickly took out his wand and flicked away the wad of paper, "Not quick enough Rosier." he laughed and shot him a look.
"So Borale's a looker? Did you see her fight Montgomery?" He wrinkled his nose and waved his hands away from him.

[Ophelia Burke]

(I decided there were entirely too many boys in one place. You need a girl to shake things up.)

Ophelia entered the Common Room, carrying a copy of the new designer wizard wear catalogue in her hands. Instantly seeing that the room was filled with boys, a tiny smile appeared on her face. She deliberately looked away, holding her head in the air as she moved further into the room, not making eye contact with any of them.

She chose a seat in a corner, close to the window, where she was within their sight range but couldn't quite hear everything that they were saying. Acting for all the world as if she didn't even notice their existence, she sat down, with her long legs draped across the arm of the chair. It didn't have quite the effect she would have wanted, with the annoyingly long Hogwarts robes covering her legs, but no matter. She opened up her catalogue and did her best to look completely immersed in the lastest wizarding fashions.

[Seth Inophen]

"Don't talk about her like that," Seth growled at Severus and Evan. Any normal day he would have just blown the boys off, let them talk, see what Seth cared. As long as they didn't hurt Maxi or his friends. But Seth was already basically angry at everything, and Severus, Evan, and Noah weren't helping the matter.

He saw a group of people enter, one being Ophelia Burke. Seth knew that a lot of the boys in the house thought she was pretty, and he hoped as she sat down near them, that the others would leave him alone and go talk to her.

[Noah Malfoy]

"Jeez, cool it," Noah raised an eyebrow, and stratching his arms around the back of the couch. "I don't care who you date, it's your life, and you can do whatever you'd like to do, whether your family agrees or not." He didn't feel the express need to harass Inophen at this moment in time, he seemed ruffled enough.

Noah leaned back even further, his head bending back to turn his world upside down. He saw Ophelia, who had set herself up just so he could see her legs off the edge of the chair she was in, "why, hello, Ophelia. How are you this fine afternoon?"

[Ophelia Burke]

Ophelia glanced up innocently, as if she hadn't seen the group of boys all sitting together. "Oh," she said. "Hello, Noah. I'm doing just fine. And you?" As if she cared. She was practically related to him; or would be once Narcissa married Lucius. Behind him, she spotted Evan Rosier. Another cousin. Sometimes she swore you couldn't throw a stone in Hogwarts without hitting one of her relatives. Between the Burkes, Blacks, Scotts, and Rosiers, she was related to almost everyone in the school that mattered. It was all so dreadfully dull.

Still, she was bored, and she liked the attention. It wouldn't hurt to flirt a bit, would it? She wasn't related to him yet, and they shared no blood relations. Where was the harm?

[Noah Malfoy]

"I'm quite fine," he nodded politely. He could see her lack of interest in an actual conversation, so he leaned back up, playing with the hem of his pocket where the shoe was. "What was Montgomery's fight with Borale? I didn't attend the match. It seemed a tad trivial."