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[Jasper Swift Kinney]

Jasper understood Harley's look and he nodded. He knew she had nothing to do with it. Settlign himself between Alice and the rest of the group he looked down at Drake and Oryn coldly. "Allow me to quote your words Mr. Vance. Something about being weak alone and having to threaten in packs. I assume you find yourself weak then if you feel the need to join the forces of three against one weak human girl" He said calmly, trying to control the emotional climate in the room. Someone should run after Adia

[Oryn Vance]

Oryn just laughed again. "Unhand me, you idiot," he rasped, looking back at Aiden. "Best go see to where your little wife has gone. Who knows what trouble she'll be getting herself into without a chaperone."

[Alice Brandon]

Alice agreed with both Jasper and Oryn, someone needed to go find Adia and the best person for the job was her husband. Managing a warm smile for her boyfriend, she gently nudged him to the side to get around him to Aidan. Carefully pulling the boys firm hand from the weak humans throat. "Go to her, Jasper and I can handle this.."

[Aidan Kinney]

"Stay out of it, Major" Aidan barked tightening his fingers on Oryn's throat before getting pulled back by Adia.

JAsper froze. Aidan's had never acted this way. "You're not one to give me orders, Aidan" Jasper's voice was colder than the lake in winter.

Aidan only managed to push Oryn aside before running after his wife. "I'm not done with any of you." He called addressing Oryn, Drake and Derek.

[Drake Bass]

'The problem is that your little canary wanted so badly to sing for me,' Drake sneered, 'that she was practically tearing my pants off, then the poor little thing - she gets rejected and she decides that big bad hubby is the better deal.'

Drake snorted. He also noted with wry humour the term 'human girl' that Jasper used.

My, that is Interesting.

[Oryn Vance]

"Now, be careful what you say, Drake. They won't believe a bad thing about their poor, defenseless little human, will they?" Oryn snickered, also having picked up on the term. Again, he gave that maddeningly smug smile, looking directly at Alice.

[Jasper Swift Kinney]

"Oryn, may I ask you one question?" Jasper asked relaxing a little after Aidan left. He didn't like the tone or the words. He called him Major in public. Aidan hadn't called him that for the past three years. "What is your problem? I know what is theirs. Drake is suffering from a rejection syndrome" Poor Drake had no idea Aidan's hearing was much better than humans and he heard the whole conversation. "while Derek had a problem with me. I also believe he should settle this with me, not my brother." He smirked looking at Derek.

[Oryn Vance]

Oryn shifted his gaze toward Jasper when the boy approached. For a moment, he seemed to be listening to something else, but slowly, a wicked smile crossed his face. "My problem is the same as yours... simply by association. It's poor form, after all, for a taken woman to engage so willingly with a man, only to change face when caught."

Oryn paused, then added, as if it were an afterthought. "Oh, and his hand on my neck. I can't say I particularly appreciated that. I suppose that it's considered good form by some to attack the friends of the antagonists around them. I've always found it a bit counterproductive, myself."

"Still," he said, "I suppose I can let it go for now. We wouldn't want things to get... bloody, would we?"

[Jasper Swift Kinney]

"Why not? Scared to see some blood Mr. Vance?" Jasper asked leaning forward. "Are you afraid?" He repeated in a quiet yet frightening voice. He looked into his eyes for a moment before leaning back again and smirking. "Of course this is not the best place. People come here to eat, not fight." He glanced around them.

"Now please tell me how you can be so sure that ah, as you put it: this taken woman engaged herself so willingly with a man, only to change face when caught? Were you there to witness it? Or you base only on what Bass told you? I wasn't there and therefore I don't claim I know what happened. All I know is what my brother told me, who by the way did witness the whole conversation. That's why I think you should leave it between him and Bass and don't put yourself into something that doesn't involve you, but does involve my sister. Is that clear?"

[Oryn Vance]

Oryn looked at him, and began speaking in a rather patient voice, like one would use on a two-year-old who just couldn't seem to get the point. "Kinney... don't you think it would be worth your time to address these questions to the ones who actually started this? Really... your grasp on who to lecture astounds me."

[Jasper Swift Kinney]

"Ah, no my friend" Jasper waved his finger in front of Oryn's face. "Those who started it and had a reason will settle this between them. You on the other hand are or at least weren't involved and I assure you it would be better if you weren't. Thus I advise you not to get involved. For we have no reasons to fight and it would be silly to get to that point because of other people's misunderstandings, don't you think?" He raised one eyebrow looking at him with his again golden eyes

[Derek Ritcher]

Derek smiled to himself when Harley caught onto his plan; quick as a whip his Blondie. "Be safe, Blondie.." He murmured in her ear, brushing his lips across her cheekbone before she removed herself from the Great Hall. One distraction gone and now he was able to focus. He kept silent for a period of time, watching, listening to the exchanges of what he guessed the others thought was witty banter. Frankly, he thought they were a bunch of overly puffy peacocks, strutting about, seeing who could get under whose skin the worst.

He had a score to settle. That little witch Adia had gone crying to Jasper and Christian for no reason whatsoever. Derek was not one to forget a slight. Especially when the cold, sweet dish of revenge played out to something he wanted in the end result. Then he remembered Harley drunk and with a sprained ankle, being carried in Jasper's arms. His blood boiled as his eyes hardened into dark glints and he finally opened his mouth, twisted upwards in a sly smile.

"You're right you know Kinney... I do have a problem with you. I have a problem with you sticking that nose of yours in places it doesn't belong. I have a problem with you and that little boy, Christian is it? Ganging up on myself and Harley. Oh yes, I remember that... I have a very good memory... a very nice little skill that comes in handy much of the time."

[Seniade Hawthorne]

As Seniade rose from the table, Drake did as well, his moves mirrored hers and she looked up at him when he started to speak.

'Yes, perhaps that would be best - this is a table full of snakes Seniade, never forget that.' This she already knew. Then he took her hand and looked at her seriously. 'If we find that person who steals our hearts we will fight for them until our last moment on this earth.... yet we will cut out the throat of he who stands in our way without hesitation.'

Her mouth almost opened in shock. Steal your heart, huh? For some reason, I can't believe that, as sweet as those words are. Seniade watched him, skeptical as ever as well as in a cloud of confusion.

Then Drake made a gesture of bowing to her, 'I would ask that you go and get Flyte and remove yourselves from the vicinity. Vance and I do not need distractions.'

Seniade smiled smoothly at that. "So, the pretty words and soft touches merely amount to the fact that I'm a distraction..... from what I wonder.... however... often, this is a two way street..." She reached up and ran a thumb across Drake's cheekbone, her mind putting together a plan, slowly, so slowly, daring to believe she could escape. Then Sen nodded once to Oryn and Drake. She looked over Drake's shoulder to Jasper and the other Kinneys and tried to send him an apolegetic look as she left the Slytherin vicinity in search of her friend Flyte.

[Jasper Swift Kinney]

All the girls were leaving with apologetic looks. Jasper smirked. Humans. So weak and unreliable. Instinctively he reached out and took Alice's small hand. "Harley had nothing to do with it and I don't believe there are some misunderstandings between me and her. You...yes, I'm glad your memory is so good. I only wish your methods weren't so low" He sighed shaking his head. "Seriously, if it's me you want then why don't you just come straight to me? Do you really have to attack an innocent girl? Does it turn you on?"

[Flyte Vance]

Flyte had caught the commotion out of the corner of her eye and jumped to her feet, fighting through the small crowd that was forming. Catching sight of a familiar tousle of red hair she snaked out a hand and grabbed Seniade.

'Sen, whats going on?' Flyte spoke speedily. 'Has someone had an accident or something?'

She raised herself on tiptoe and strained to look over the heads of the people around her and once again cursed herself for being so petite.