Fabulous...Really

[Katerina Minola]

Finishing the letter, Katerina let the hand holding it drop to her side. She stared out over the lawns as she thought over it's contents and tried to decided whether to be home sick or not. It seemed her perfect little sister was having a lovely time back home. Though she claimed to miss her Katie Kat, god Kate hated that nickname. Of course little sister had to attach it her at a young age and insist on calling her it still. Frustrated already with a girl hundreds of miles away she dropped the letter and pulled her hands through her hair tugging as she got near the bottom.

After a moment her head began to hurt and she dropped her hands, unconsiously grabbing a string of beads around her neck and twisting. As much as her sister frustrated her, she also worried about being so far from her. Too naive and too trusting pretty much summed her up. Normally Kat was around to protect her and really most people knew Kat enough to know not to mess with her sister. Sitting here she could just imagine the trouble her sister could get in at home. Finally she decided she would just have to push it from her mind and think of something else.

Looking at the empty lawns she half wished for some of the noisy masses that seemed to be in the rest of the school were here. She could use with a distraction. Shaking the thought from her pretty head she smirked, she didn't really need company, just wanted it a little, she didn't need anything because she was Fabulous...Really.

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[Giuseppe Gambino]

Gio must not have been in his right mind when he asked his father for an iguana. If he knew how much time he would have to spend looking for the damn thing, he would have asked for an owl or a cat, or maybe even a ferret. Iguanas were supposed to be easy to maintain, at least that's what the shop keeper told him. There was always something about Pepe that never seemed right, like he was more aware of things than he should have been. It was probably just his imagination, but once or twice Gio really thought he could feel a presence standing over him in the middle of the night, but there was never anyone there by the time he opened his eyes, just Pepe sleeping on the pillow next to him. Pepe was also a runner. He had a knack for disappearing and usually managed to find his way back, but this time Gio didn't have time to wait around. It was time for Pepe's annual checkup with the animal healer and he had to be locked up in his cage and ready to go in an hour.

His best bet was to start with the lawns because for some reason, it happened to be Pepe's favorite getaway spot. Gio didn't really see too many people around, figuring everyone must be at the lake. There was no point asking anyone if they came across an iguana because they tend to blend in with their surroundings. Gio most likely wouldn't even come close to finding Pepe for the same exact reason, but he was bored and needed an excuse to be out and about. There was one person he took notice of, only because he knew she was in Slytherin. Gio didn't like many people from his own house. Most students sorted into Slytherin were under the mistaken impression that they had to live up to a code of evil, all because some old fart who existed hundreds of years ago was a butthead and didn't want to allow muggle borns into the school. It was silly and most kids grew out of it when they realized how ridiculous it all was. He didn't like judging people right away, so naturally he would give this girl the benefit of the doubt

"Hey, sorry to bother you, but have you seen an iguana around here by any chance?" He had already given up on finding Pepe, but didn't really know what else to say.

[Katerina Minola]

Katerina's snapped up and she squared her shoulders, standing in front of her was a boy she was pretty sure she had seen at the Slytherin table. She was preparing some haughty comment when he surprised her by speaking first.

"A what?" she asked in confusion, all pretense lost. She grappled for control but for some reason his quick question had caught her off guard. It didn't help that she had no idea what he was talking about, some brand of wand or broom she didn't know about perhaps or a bag. Overwhelming laughter bubbled up in her as she envisioned the boy wearing an over sized purse. She had the worst habit of laughing, whether it was appropriate or not, whether other people thought things were funny or not. She shrugged her shoulders at the boy and held up one finger.

After getting herself under control Kat looked back up "I don't seem to know what you are talking about" trying to snap her haughty attitude and smug look back in place. But she was finding it hard after her little insanity display. Feeling she had lost her battle with this one, she just smiled and shrugged again. She would have to try something else to get this one to like her.

[Giuseppe Gambino]

Gio wasn't quite sure how to respond. His question was simple enough and he didn't have and kind of speech impediment, so the girl was either hard of hearing or messing with him. Again, he was going to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume she just couldn't hear him. He was even willing to overlook the sudden outburst of laughter, no matter how creepy it may have been.

She simply stood there and smiled at him."Uh..I said..HAVE YOU SEEN AN IGUANA AROUND HERE. YOU KNOW, A LIZARD TYPE THING??" It was like talking to his grandfather except he felt ridiculous because the girl was no older than thirteen or fourteen and wasn't elderly. She just stood there smiling at him.

Blink.

This was getting weird.

[Katerina Minola]

First she looses her cool in front of this boy and then he starts shouting at her. This was not going well. She glared up as he stood there blinking at her. "You know I am not deaf I simply did not know what you were talking about. " she stood up automatically cocking her hip and putting her hand on it "And no I haven't seen it" she snapped continuing to glower at him.

She was wondering just how long she could keep up the glower when she noticed something moving on the ground. Involuntary she leaned forward looking closely. In the next seconds all Hell broke loose. Kat dropped her haughty pose and started screaming, pointing and ranting. She jumped up on the the rock she had been sitting and started tossing everything in her purse one by one toward the small Dragon. Luckily her aim sucked as she would have felt bad later if she killed it. Ignoring her lip gloss storm the green monster continued to creep closer. Looking at the boy she shrieked "Watch out watch out" pointing her finger franticly at the little green beast. The boy might have made her feel dumb but she didn't want to see him eaten.

[Giuseppe Gambino]

Gio certainly hit the jackpot with this one. Instead of just SAYING she couldn't understand him, she laughed in his face and had an unnecessary attitude about everything. She was annoying and he wasn't going to waste anymore time on her. "Well maybe you should get your hearing checked out because even an idiot would have understood what I said.." he rolled his eyes and turned to leave, but didn't take two steps before having to turn right back around. The sudden outburst startled him and at first he thought she was having some type of fit. Gio watched dumbfounded as she pulled out all sorts of things out of her purse to throw at...air?

"Hey what's wrong, what are you dooo---HEY STOP THAT ARE YOU CRAZY?" He dashed forward and snatched the purse out of her hand, hurling it as far across the lawns as he could. Kneeling down on the grass, he rescued Pepe from the screaming banshee and cradled the creature in his arms. "What's wrong with you? Are you off your medication or something...my god.." He'd never seen anyone react like that over seeing an iguana, not even his sister who was repulsed by the damn things. He felt around for something she'd thrown at Pepe and sent it flying in her direction. "See? Not so nice, IS IT?" he sneered.

[Katerina Minola]

Just when she thoughts this little Pratt might have some sense after all and was running away from the wizard eating creature on the ground he stopped and came at her yelling something she couldn't hear over her own frantic screams. At first she thought maybe he wanted up on the rock too and was asking her to move but again she was wrong. Instead of climbing on the rock for safety he ripped the bag from her hands and threw it far away. "What in the name of all things purple are you doing?" she shrieked in terror and amazement but her astonishment was just beginning.

After ridding her of her only means of defense, her wand which had been in her purse was now far far away near an oddly large pack of bunnies, he went closer to the evil little dragon and then... "Hey Hey what is the matter with....Oh my Goldfish don't" she slammed her eyes shut unable to watch as he tried to touch it. She felt something wiz by her face and she was sure it was a chunk of that stupid stupid boy. Slowly creeping her eyes open, she saw next to her a small slick red puddle. In her panicked state she failed to notice it was her favorite color nail polish, instead to her it looked like a shiny puddle of obnoxious boy blood. Her stomach flipped over and her knees started getting rubbery, I suppose it is going to eat me now and I am too pretty to die she thought as her knees gave out and she slid off the rock fainting before she hit the ground.

[Giuseppe Gambino]

So it wasn't quite the reaction he was hoping for. At least it put an end to the girl's insufferable wailing. With Pepe securely positioned on his shoulder, Gio stood up and slowly edged his way to the pint sized annoyance. She was definitely unconscious, he could tell that much. She didn't seemed to be injured in any way or....dead. What was he to do with her now? It really would have been too much trouble for him to go find help with it being a large castle, and not too mention the stairs. He wiggled his foot around and nudged her cheek. Nothing. He probably should have kissed her or something because everyone knows that is the only way to get a girl to wake up, at least in fairy tales anyway. Sadly, he was no prince charming and the girl, she was the farthest thing from a princess, so a kiss was out of the question. There was only one left to do. He would resort to the same method he used to wake his sister the previous day.

Gio knelt down beside the girl and gave her a light smack. He didn't want her waking up to beat his arse so he didn't put as much effort into it as he would have liked. "Wake up before I fart on you.."

[Katerina Minola]

As she lay on the ground waiting to be eaten, Katrina had visions of someone finding The Boy and her remains. She wondered if they would be able to tell them apart. She hopped they would, as she did not want to be confused with that demon, dragon touching idiot of a boy. That would just be too embarrassing. Her thought train was brought to a halt as she heard steps getting closer and saw the light shift through her still closed eyes. Had the dragon gotten bigger? Did eating that boy help it grow? If it ate her would it be even larger? Would it go on a student snacking spree? Would it be her fault because she had just laid there and let it eat her? Her apathy began to fade and her desire for life came closer to the fore front.

No longer resolved to her death, she deiced that she might as well fight back. Carefully she wrapped her fingers around a rock, one who's shape she would know well tomorrow, should she live that is, as she could feel the bruise from where she landed on it forming on her thigh. As the light above her became totally shadowed, she held tight to the rock getting ready to strike.

Then the dragon slapped her face and spoke....Wait do dragons talk? Do they fart? Really? Kat opened her eyes and there above her was that awful boys awful tush. "What the Halifax?" she shrieked. Not thinking she dropped her rock and placed her hands firmly on the offending tush, grabbed and pushed as hard as she could, shoving the boy away from her.

She sat up sputtering "What is the matter with you, you demon spawn" she cried wiping her hands frantically on her legs in a effort to remove the tushy cooties that now covered them. "First you are rude and yell at me, Then you ignore me as I am trying to warn you about the dragon behind you, then you try to get us eaten by touching it, then you throw things at me and now you try to fart on me???" She glared "There is something very very wrong with you" she snarled. Then she noticed it...the dragon... on his shoulder...Not...Cool!!! Resisting the urge to shriek she eyed the green monster carefully, obviously it wasn't going to eat them but still.. "And you twisted little ferret there is a dragon on your shoulder" she snapped not taking her eyes off the scaly beast.

[Giuseppe Gambino]

The threat of flatulence seemed to have more of an affect then the actual slap. She awoke almost instantly and to his surprise, got a little touchy feely with his backside. “Whoa there, no need to FONDLE my goodies. Next time I’ll leave you on the ground to rot, if you’d like.” He snapped back. It probably would have been best if he had gone back to the castle and left her. She was an ungrateful little wretch who didn’t deserve his good intentions and worst of all, she was an idiot who couldn’t tell the difference between a dragon and an iguana. “And will calm down already?” He lifted Pepe with both hands and held him out so the girl could get a closer look. “Is he breathing fire? Does he have wings? NO! And even if he did…he’s so small compared to real dragons all you’d have to really do is knock him over the head with something..” He gave Pepe a quick peck and placed him atop a large rock.

Gio extended his right hand and helped the girl to her feet. She looked a downright mess and any passerby would have thought she’d just been chased by a pack of wolves. Now that the arguing and misunderstandings were behind them, her appearance made him realize how amusing the whole situation actually was and he burst out laughing. The laughter was long and obnoxious, and he only stopped to mock her in between breathes.

“You….should have SEEN yourself…..so….stupid!” This carried on for the next minute or so until finally he was calm enough to speak properly. “Ahem…well anyway…I found what I was looking for so unless you need me to help you with something, I’m going to be going..”

[Katerina Minola]

"Leaving me on the ground to rot would be better then sticking your scrawny little buns in my face" she snarled back at the boy glaring with all her might "And I was not fondling trust me. In fact I am pretty sure I have to go see the nurse now so I can make sure I am up to date on my shots" She suppressed a shriek when he shoved her green tormentor in his face. Glaring in to it's beady little eyes she leaned forward and licked it "See there I was wrong I am no longer afraid of your stupid little lizard." She tried to look haughty but inside she was dying, Why had she Licked his lizard? What was wrong with her.

Reluctantly she took his hand and stood up. Trying to regain composure she was about to open her mouth to offer a reluctant apology when the boy began laughing and mocking her. Oh hells to the no she thought to herself reaching down to scoop up two handfuls of mud. "Shut...The Hopscotch...UP. You self centered Pompous Prig!" she cried flinging the mud in one hand at him then closing the few steps between them she raised the other hand of mud. Quickly she shoved it in his face, rubbing it in for good effect. Now it was her turn to laugh.