#5 Dinner

Glancing over at Grace, Amelia shook her head. "Nah, only if you see him before me, just tell him I'm looking for him... No need to follow him, he is probably just going to the dorm." She said before she returned her focus to Jade as she grabbed some chocolate and ate some dessert that was before them.

"True... Alright... I'll take you up on the offer, but no one is to know..." Amelia was no fan of taking a handout, but Jade had a point. Her parents would never approve of this, but they didn't need to know right off the bat anyway. She could just tell her parents that a friend was allowing them the use of a broom she never used or something. Amelia hated the idea of lying to her parents, but Jade was right... It was to help the team.

Biting her lip, she watched as the food disappeared and then looked about for Tiana. "It is odd that she missed dinner... Think she is okay?" She asked as she stood from the table and looked to Jade. "So, about the plans for this evening?" She said in hushed tones as she looked about to make sure no one was looking or listening to them.

Mackenzie had always been a caring child, seeing others upset or hurt in any kind of way instantly made her concerned. Despite her younger age, she did care and did wish to help well...  at least however much help she could possibly be. She'd do whatever she could. It seemed this time at least though, she couldn't seem to do much. Although she clearly didn't much believe the older girl at first when she calmed that she was 'okay'.

Saying you were 'Okay' usually meant in translation that, 'I'm not okay but will pretend to be - because you are a child'. Well, that was at least how Kenzie saw it. But either way, she was unsure if she should continue to push or simply do something to try and make the older girl smile and feel better - if at least for the moment. Instead she was interrupted by the Headmaster making an announcement. 

She didn't fully understand what the whole Moth thing was regarding but shrugged it aside as suddenly Dessert appeared and the small first year brightened as she tried to work out what she wanted. The older girl was leaving but she offered a wide smile and a wave as she left, silently hoping she would be okay before hurriedly snagging her dessert as she got up to leave. 

Dinner was over, but that didn't mean she'd be going to head straight to bed. Maybe she could have some fun in the common room before she had to sleep. With that in mind the small girl was hurrying of the hall and heading towards the Hufflepuff Common Room.

Finishing up dessert, Grace decided that she would stay in her common room tonight, and in her dorm. She hoped that she wasn't missing out on anything important in the mirror room, but knowing she had something to do tomorrow made her feel rather cheerful. The moonlight made her feel a little creeped out, so she went up to her common room.

Jade grinned when Amy agreed to her offer. 'You might want to let your brother know - in case he writes home asking for two or something. You'd probably have to ask them for a broom still though, just let them know you're paying for it. Not ideal, but it's not as if you can hide the fact you own a broom...' she added. 'Do you know what broom you want? A Moonclaw is probably about as high as I can go, in terms of helping.'

Actually, that might be a better conversation for later. She glanced around at the emptying hall again and sighed. Still no sign of Tiana. 

'We don't know that she missed dinner,' Jade pointed out. 'We might have just missed her, or she ate earlier, or who knows? Either way though, she's not here right now and I am not going all the way to the common room to find her. So... Where should we start? The Entrance Hall? Or Main Corridor? I don't even remember exactly where Dumbledore's office was.'

She frowned, as surely she'd have visited or seen it often enough to make a better guess? Apparently not. Jade gave Amy a pointed look, waiting for her to pick where they'd be going. Once she did, Jade would follow along so they could see if they could uncover something interesting. The whole thing was really weird.