S'mores, hot cocoa, and dancing- don't worry this aint no formal

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It was a delightful night and Michi was coming to a place in her mind where she just didn't give a damn anymore. It had been hard letting go but the facts were facts and there was no changing any of it. She wanted a damn s'more and a damn cupcake and some damn hot cocoa and she didn't care what the calorie count was. Fuck it, she said to herself, I'll work out twice as hard after Monkey is born.

With her hot cocoa in hand she scooted through the crowd. One of her favorite songs came on over the hall though and she just couldn't help herself. She started dancing and wiggling her butt to the beat.

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Mackenzie had wandered down to the hall out of mild curiosity and boredom. Free food was always a great motivator, and after Sato had been so nice to both her and Tatum over the holiday, she figured she should at least try to attend a few of the social events he planned. She had been milling through the crowd, hot chocolate in hand, debating on texting Tatum to see what she was doing when she spotted Michi dancing close by. Grinning, she made her way over to her friend and tapped her lightly on the shoulder.

"Can I have this dance?" She asked, giving Michi a ridiculously low bow before straitening up and offering a free hand. "Damn baby mama! You sure as hell haven't lost your moves."

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It was getting pretty late and she had managed to stave off her cravings for a cigarette pretty much the entire night but there came a point when her hands were shaking and she just needed a break from all the noise. With cocoa in hand and sweater warmed with a warming spell, she slipped outside.

She put her cigarette in her mouth and tried to light a match but her hands were shaking so badly that she couldn't pull it through the igniting strip successfully. She threw the match on the ground indignantly. "Motherfucker," she mumbled. Turning she struck another match against the wall of the building and snapped it half. "Son of a bitch."

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Sera had been standing not too far away, trying to keep herself hidden when she first her Meka curse. She knew immediately it was her but and took a quick look around before stepping out and calling to her. She really didn't feel like getting caught. "Hey need a lighter?" She kind of laughed, noticing her throw the match on the ground. "I don't know how you use those things."

She casually took another puff on her own cigarette that was just about half gone. Her habit had definitely gotten worse since she broke up with Jenny, her once and a while habit was now creeping up on a pack a day.

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The cooking club holds a few lessons during the social

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Sunny was frosting cookies and cupcakes left and right. She lived for this kind of thing, being able to do a baking demonstration and teach her friends new techniques was the best. And the food of course was delicious. With flour in her hair and frosting on her cheek she artfully stacked another cupcake for display.

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The art club helps students make winter decorations and arts and crafts during the social

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Apple couldn't remember what time he had signed up for the arts and crafts table. He was sure it didn't matter though, as long as he showed up at some point and started demonstrating some form of decorations. With bandaids on hand, he made his way to the little table and started making paper snowflakes. Folding and cutting the paper, he made several unique paper flakes. When each one was done he used wingardium leviosa to lift them up and set them into orbit just above the table so everyone could enjoy them.

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At King's Hall during the social the Hobgoblins play a little show

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Despite how calm he was on the outside, there was a nervousness building inside Sam as he tuned his guitar for the set. There was something mildly terrifying about playing a show in front of the entire school no matter what he told himself.

He wasn't sure what to say to Tatum as they were getting ready. She was always more nervous than him about stuff like this and he didn't want to make it any worse, so he just smiled. "Water?" he offered, holding out his water bottle. They would both be singing quite a bit and water always helped.

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Terrified didn't even begin to cover everything that Tatum was feeling. She had been feeling sick for three, practically four, days before the actual night of the show and now that it was really here, things were only getting worse. It crept up on her too quickly, but it had been a somewhat long week with orientation and things going on for her, and she was sort of glad that it would be over and done with on Friday night. It meant she didn't have to deal with any stress she didn't want on Saturday or Sunday.

So long as she got through Friday, anyway.. and didn't drop dead from fright or something.

She had been practicing, practically breathing, the song that she had chosen to open with. She wished, almost as soon as the idea had left her mouth last month, that she hadn't said anything at all. It was a dumb idea, and she didn't really sing many songs by herself, she generally did back-up or a few verses, but sitting down and acoustically playing an entire four minute song in front of the whole school was enough to paralyze her. They had played a few shows, but nothing to a crowd of their entire peer base.

Really the only reason that she got the nerve up to come down and go through with it was because of Michi's encouragement. She had started popping ativan around noon, but she still hadn't been calmed down enough by that night. Pacing her room desperately when the older girl had knocked, Michi had managed to help her pick out something to wear and convinced her that Mack wasn't going to laugh at her.

With just enough time to smoke a quick joint and apply some visine before joining the rest of the band to get ready, Tatum had tuned and fiddled with both of her guitars for a while before retiring to playing a game on her cellphone, anything to keep her mind off of the crowd waiting by their stage. When Sam spoke to her, she jumped a bit as her head snapped up. "G-Got juice," she replied, holding up a bottle and giving it a little shake. "Lot of g-good it's doing, I'm so thirsty and I feel like it's.. a t-thousand degrees in here, I d-don't know if I can even stay in here," she rambled.

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Get crafty with snow!


OOC:*You can post pictures of snowmen or sculptures that you're kids made and we can vote on our faves!*

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Throw snow!

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Hunter wasn't really used to a lot of snow, and she was in an exceptionally good mood because of it. Between hucking snowballs at other kids heads, to building an amazing fort earlier, she was feeling in especially high spirits even as the day went on. She was a bit chilled at points, but she just pulled her jacket closer and kept on.

After being pelted into submission by a group of third years who went to get back-up friends after she had been hitting them with snow first for twenty minutes, the tall blonde moved along and was skirting along the edge of the woods, her snow-ball gun still in her grip as she searched for familiar faces.

She really wanted to get Mack, but she wasn't sure that she had even come. This sort of school sanctioned brutality didn't really seem like her ginger's cup of tea, and Hunter suspected that now meant that it wasn't Mack's either.

Seeing an excellent secondary choice of target, Hunter grinned widely at the sight of Ace just up ahead, his back facing her just as planned. "Hey! Hey! Head's up, boss!" the blonde cried, lifting her plastic gun and shooting off two snowballs at the back of his head.

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Ace was stationed near to the woods for tonight's carnival and he wasn't too happy about it. For one thing, there was snow and for another Ellie had insisted he join in on the stupid ugly sweater night. The golf vest he had found in the back of his closet was a soggy heap on the floor where he had chucked it once Ellie was gone.

With his coffee and his cigarettes he was at least contented, until Hunter made her apperance. At the sound of her calling he turned around, only to land a cold snowball to the back of his neck and another to the side of his head. "Hey! Knock it off" he shouted, unsuccessful in his effort to save his cigarette which had been dangling from his mouth. "Fuck! You're fucking lucky I'm not your boss yet or you'd be fired" he grumbled, closing in the distance between them.

"What the fuck is that anyway" he asked, taking the snowball gun and inspecting it with one eye closed as snow dripped into it. "They let you have these on campus?"

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Snack food, warm drinks, and socializing- don't forget your ugly sweaters!!

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Celebrating winter in style. The winners from the earlier competitions are announced

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Come join the staff for a warm pancake breakfast in King's Hall

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Held build a giant igloo or build our own!

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Rent some skates and enjoy the day

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It was now nearly a week after New Years eve has passed, and Alex's mood hadn't improved so much as a smidgen. Charlie was still wasting her time on that little Head Girl slut, and that left Alex with more and more free time that she didn't know what to do with. It pained her to admit it, but perhaps she was a bit dependent on Charlie's company. She didn't need her, no more than she needed anyone else, and she just needed something else to occupy her time.

But it was the end of their first weekend back to classes, and she still hadn't found anything. She had been hoping that maybe she and Charlie could have gone to the skating together, sat aside and drank hot chocolate with dashes of liquor, and made fun of the first years who couldn't skate.

When she had arrived at the rink, she had been infuriated to see her friend laughing and fumbling around the ice with Jenny instead. Charlie didn't even notice her standing there watching. It made the dark-haired girl's blood boil, and she turned promptly on her heel, stalking off through the crowd at the edge of the rink and off toward the forest instead.

Not too much of a smoker usually, she wished desperately for one right them, to have something to do with her mouth and hands other than rip Jennifer Parry in two. Searching her pockets on her jacket, she didn't even realize how deep she had gone into the wooded edge of the forest, letting out an exasperated noise between a shriek and a sigh of frustration as she cigarette hunt came up empty. Great, she practically groaned. Why wasn't she just walking out there and hexing that little bitch off of her skates?

Oh yes, she reminded herself with a grimace, Charles wanted to be her friend. "Fuck that," Alex spat bitterly, to no one in particular.

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Charlie had been avoiding Alex since they had returned to school, especially after what she had said to her at new years. She had been spending most of her time with Jenny, hanging around the older girl during meals and after class. It was nice, Charlie couldn't deny that. Jenny was so much different than Alex, she actually asked about the younger girl's opinion like it mattered. Charlie knew that she was still incredibly distraught over Sera, but she was happy to just play the good friend for now. Taking it slowly wasn't the end of the world for her.

Today was a little bit different however, she had asked Jenny on an actual date. It was the winter carnival that weekend, and the older girl had been talking about ice skating all week. Charlie knew that she was concerned about seeing Sera and Max, it had been the only thing that had been stopping the girl from wanting to go. The younger girl had decided to take matters into her own hands, and had told Jenny they were going out on a date on Sunday.

She had ushered Jenny down to the lake and presented her proudly with a pair of ice skates. "I know you're worried about running into Sera," she said, giving the girl a small smile. "But I know you really wanted to go, so I thought at least this way, I could distract you if she showed up with dick head or whatever his name is." Charlie gave her a goofy grin and began lacing up her own hockey skates, she had played as a kid during the winter. When she finished, she looked back at Jenny.

"I guarantee one hundred percent fun all day," she told Jenny, her goofy grin still in place. "If I fail, then I'll do whatever you want for an entire day! I won't even let you fall, how does that sound princess?"

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Gather round the fire and listen to tales or just grab a plate to eat!

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Gemma had been itching all day, that was the only problem with making plans... she got far too excited. After her conversation with the irate girl in the woods, she was feeling amazing though. Her head was clear and she knew exactly what to do. Finding Samir was easy enough, she slipped up to him discreetly, folding her hand around his and smiling warmly. "Darlin'" she said, her blood already warm at the excitement. "Are you ready?" she asked sweetly. "We should find our good friend fer a little discussion."

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