Lunch in King’s Hall
Debate Club has a small informal debate set up on the quodpot field
Book Club has a table set up on the quodpot field
Events Committee has a table set up on the quodpot field
Honor Society has a table set up on the quodpot field

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The whole weekend had been a blur for Ella. What with the amount of clubs and electives the twins belonged to, together and seperately it was a wonder she had had time to sleep. After a quick lunch Ella, Jenny and their parents had ended up at Honor Society, bringing Maurey with them for a much needed walk.

Giving her pops a quick squeeze round the middle, she turned to Jenny and sighed. "I think I'm gonna drop dead by the end of all your clubs" she joked.

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Jenny was almost completely exhausted. She had been tired a lot this year already, but this weekend had ended up being a handful and a half. Between having to make an appearance for all of her electives and clubs, trying desperately to calculate out how much time she needed to spend at each one, she had also been trying to keep her eyes open and make sure that everyone was on their best behavior. No one was going to be messing with the parents this weekend while she was Head Girl.

She had been thrilled to see her parents, but hadn't nearly gotten enough time to spend with them yet. She was walking beside their mother, using her wand and checking off Honor Society from the notebook schedule in her hands. It was the last club she had to go to, before they would go to the exhibition games. She was sure she'd see Sera there, but she doubted they'd really get to talk. She hadn't really had a chance to speak a word to her girlfriend all weekend while her father was in town. She got along with the Donnellys well enough, but that was in their home, a controlled environment. She had noticed Sera hadn't shown up at the Pride Club table all day.

Looking up when Ella spoke, the other blonde smiled. "Sorry," she said rather unapologetically, "It's just going to the games after this though, right? And cheering isn't really a hard one!"

Turning to her mother, she looked up seriously. "You guys are coming, right?"

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"I'll go to bed at 11 PM tonight I swear it, Jen!" Ella said, fighting a yawn. "But we can't miss the game. You guys can't miss the game!" she added, rounding on her parents with Jenny and pouting.

Laughing, Ron held his hands up. "Chill out babies. No need to freak out you know we'll be there." He scratched his beard thoughtfully and looked at his wife. "What time was it again?"

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"Of course we'll be there," Paula assured them, gently placing her hands onto Jenny's shoulders and squeezing them. Both of the girls looked worn out, and she really wished that they would have had some time to just relax during the day. "Eleven on the dot?" she asked Ella, raising an eyebrow with a smile. "No waking up your sister either?"

Jenny smiled at her mom, but quickly ducked away and moved over to stand beside Ron instead. "From two until four! We'll probably have to leave and go get changed soon."

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Ella grinned mischievously and nudged Jenny with her hip. "Aw, she don't mind being woken up, do you? It's always for a good reason!"

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Jenny immediately pouted, her eyebrows furrowing together. "I think we have a different idea of a good reason!" she teased her back, shaking her head. "Four AM takes all of the cuteness out of internet cats.."

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Ella looked horrified at her sister. "How can you say such a thing!" she cried, looking imploringly at her pops. He in turn looked at his wife with a puzzled expression before turning back to his daughters.

"Now. Cats are very cute, baby, but I think what your sister is saying is that she finds it uncool to be talking about them at 4 AM" he explained diplomatically. "Maybe you should just show Maurey instead" he offered, giving Jenny a wink.

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"That's exactly what I'm saying!" Jenny agreed, smiling gratefully at her father. He always had the best way of putting things into the most chilled out terms. It was one of the great things about having an borderline hippie for a father.

"You aren't staying up until 4 all of the time, are you?" Paula asked quickly, eying the two of them. They weren't helping her worry that they were pushing themselves too hard. "Not me," Jenny replied, shaking her head. "Sera goes to bed early too, so I'm never up really late!" she added, pausing for just another minute before going on. "Not that we're always sleeping together-- like, you know, slumber parties. Responsible slumber parties!"

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"Jenny! Don't say 'sleeping together' in front of mom and dad!" Ella giggled. Ron's cool was almost shaken by the words and he itched his beard awkwardly.

"Sometimes I go to bed at 5 AM" Ella told her mom proudly.

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"I didn't mean it like that! That's what I meant, like.. we don't--" Jenny protested quickly, her cheeks flushing a bit as she gave her dad a little awkward smile. She was glad that in spite of everything, her parents actually took her relationship with Sera pretty well.

"That's a awfully late on a school night El," Paula quickly warned her daughter, pouting in a way that looked eerily like Jenny for their lack of blood relation.

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Underneath all his hippy ideals, Ron was mostly glad that Jenny wasn't dating a boy. He'd quite liked that Charlie guy she used to date until he got kicked out of school. At least a girl couldn't get her pregnant.

Ella rolled her eyes. "Moooom! Dad would let me stay up 'til six! I don't even have any bags under my eyes" she argued, pulling her eyelid down to emphasise the point.

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Paula tried to keep a straight face, but had to crack a little smile as Ella pulled her lid down. "Okay, okay.. as long as you're not tired, I suppose. Though your dad doesn't always go to bed when he should either," she replied, eying him a little. How many times had she wandered out in the middle of the night and covered the two of them up on the sofa? They were a real pair of night owls, she supposed she should be used to it by now.

"Please don't give her permission to stay up until six! Quiet hour still needs to be like, ten," Jenny quickly chimed in, laughing. "Right?"

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Sera didn't care what the rest of the school thought, parents weekend wasn't actually all that bad. She couldn't wait to show her mother how great she was doing and was especially excited to check out the club exhibits. It had been her mother who encouraged her to join so many in the first place and she couldn't wait to tell her all about them.

They had spent the earlier part of the day doing just that with Tater, Rath and their father following along as well. Mick, she thought was always quite funny at these sorts of things, continually misusing and combining magical words, "Quidpot" being one of his very favorites. As in, Sera and Tatum are either one of you two dating any of those nice quidpot boys?

Okay. So maybe it wasn't always funny. She had to avoid both the pride and cheerleading tables while he had been around, she just couldn't risk him hearing something. Sera was happy to have a bit of time alone with her mother once Tater and Rath took off after their father left where she could just be herself. She really wanted to get to the debate and honor society tables, two clubs Madeline as a teenager had too been involved.

Sera and her mother walked side by side, checking out the signs for various clubs as she passed by. Despite Sera's nearly impossible schedule already Madeline was still pointing out and suggesting clubs to her youngest. She knew her mother only meant well and so she just nodded, smiling at the clubs as she pointed to them and waving to people she knew. She knew college applications were important, Madeline was always reminding her after all but she really didn't think it was entirely necessary to join every single club in the school.

Sera was more than relieved when they reached the debate table and Madeline started to talk about Tatum instead. "Why doesn't your sister join any clubs like this?" Madeline piped up suddenly very interested in the debate going on next to the table set up. "These kids are excellent public speakers it seems." she nodded to her daughter, just turning her attention away for a second. "It really couldn't hurt Tatum to learn a thing or two in that department."

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The younger brunette was definitely glad to change the subject. "Tatum in debate club?" Sera asked kind of sceptically. "I don't really think it's her thing mom, it can get kind of heated at times, she probably couldn't handle it." Sera added rather matter of factly, even if Tatum could use to learn a thing or two about public speaking, debate was her thing.

Madeline turned back towards her daughter smiling, she was so mature for her age and whenever she looked at her she couldn't help thinking about how proud she was that Sera turned things so far around since Freshman year. She still wasn't completely convinced that Hunter hadn't, infact jinxed her or something. "Perhaps you're right, what other clubs do you think would interest your sister?" Madeline asked, moving her head all around to get a good look at the field. "I don't know why she isn't in honor society like you."

Sera smiled, looking over at her mother. "I don't why she isn't either." She agreed brightly, glancing over towards the honor society booth. "We should head over and check it out?" She gestered, pointing over in that direction. "There's something I wanted to show you anyway, a project Jenny and I have been working on for it. Extra Credit for Arithmancy and everything! She beamed. "And maybe you can talk to someone about letting Tatum join too while were there, I think my student advisor might even be there." Unlike a lot of other people she had no problem with her mom talking to any of the teachers or advisors, she knew that'd have nothing but good things to say. And messing with Tatum just made it even better.

Getting to the table Sera quickly picked up the first piece of parchment from hers and Jenny's project. The page and those under it were covered in numberious charts which looked nothing but complicated. Sera laid out all the papers next to one another taking up most of the table. She hoped no once else came along with any questions. "Check this out." Sera started with pointing to the first chart and continuing into a very long winded discussion of all of the other charts and pages upon pages of information. After nearly ten minutes she was still talking but Madeline stood listening intently to her everyword. Some of it seemed vaguely formular. She hadn't taken Arithmancy during her says as a student as well, but that was a long time ago now.

"Seraphim that's amazing work" Her mother quickly commended turning to her youngest daughter with a huge smile. "You two really put a lot of work into it didn't you?" She beamed again, picking up one of the papers and giving it another quick look over. "Really quite well done." She added. "I much prefer you with a girl like her you know? Someone smart and motivated, and did you tell me she just got head girl this year too?"

The brunette grabbed the papers scooping them back into a neat pile on the table, tapping it lightly once before laying it down. "We really did, it was a lot of hard work and we kept missing up our calculations at first but we figured it all out in the end." She turned too her mother grinning again, it wasn' t the first time she made a comment like this, she was never afraid to voice her opinions about Hunter, even when they were dating. "Me too. I really like her mom." She grinned, her face turning a little bit pink when she spoke Jenny. "It's nice being with someone whos focused and actually likes to study for a change.." Sera laughed, even though she knew it was the last thing she wanted to do two years ago, and it was barely Hunters fault at all. "Yeah she is!" Sera smiled brightly, showing just how proud she was of her girlfriend. "I'm hoping to get it myself next year. I think I stand a pretty good chance."

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Sera noticed her mother glance towards Cordelia Haines, the honor society advisor who had just finished speaking to another student. "Hey do mind if I run and find Jenny before dad get's back? I want to make sure I have a chance to say hi to Ron and Paula." She glanced down at her watch, it was a quarter to one. "I'll meet you by King's Hall at one. Dad and the twins should be there by then too." Added the youngest Donnelly before hurrying off. Looking back she could already see her mother starting up a conversation with Professor Haines. She'd probably be late for lunch, knowing her mother, that women could talk the ear off of anyone.

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