Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jan 22, 2008 19:15:37 GMT -5
When they made up? Drew didn't know he and Celina weren't talking when the girls had made up. "I thought we were talking..." he answered, just getting more confused.
"Why would she feel like an extra person?" Drew asked, still unclear on that particular argument. "Three friends can't do something together? If anyone's the odd man out, it'll be me being the only guy and I don't care." He really didn't get why Felicity was pushing this. She was so concerned about Celina being left out (which Drew totally disagreed with) that she was ignoring the fact that he said he'd be uncomfortable with Alfonz there.
"But I'm not inviting Allegra. I didn't even consider asking her. She's staff and I don't want to do this with any staff members. It just doesn't feel right to me," he told her. She had talked about compromise. Well, wasn't that what he was doing, going from a group event to just the three of them? No, they weren't doing anything wrong, but why did they need to have a staff member along? "Celina can hang out with her brother all she wants to, but he's not my brother. He's a staff member and I don't want do this with staff." Why didn't she get that?
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Jan 22, 2008 19:39:35 GMT -5
Shrugging, Felicity didn't know what to say. Celina told her they weren't talking because Drew had said something or other, and that was all she knew about it. The dark-haired girl wouldn't go into detail beyond that.
"Because I think she does around us," the blonde admitted. "Feel left out I mean. When we were...back when we were in the Forest, I'm pretty sure she didn't like being around us." And then he brought another point to her mind.
Three friends.
That's right, that's what they were, friends. Nothing more, and in that moment Felicity felt all hope of ever getting back together with him crash through all the stories of the castle floors, probably right through the dungeon floor as well. They were friends and he still didn't understand what she was trying to tell him. He didn't understand when they were dating, he didn't understand when they were just friends, did it matter if he understood anymore?
And she didn't understand why Alfonz couldn't go with them, Drew never said he'd be uncomfortable, he just said it wasn't a good idea. But why not? What was wrong with having Alfonz around? He was a professional Quidditch player, surely Drew wanted to talk to him about Quidditch, or something. And to top it all off, well...he just answered her question of why.
"Fine," she told him, standing up, afraid of looking into those blue eyes any longer and giving in to all the tears that were swimming along the brims. "You, me and Celina, we'll take a walk and all just be friends."
It was his thing anyway, if he wanted to just be the three of them, then fine. Why did he ask if she wanted anyone else to go then?
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jan 22, 2008 20:02:24 GMT -5
He didn't like the way she spat out the word 'friends'. Well, part of him did actually. It meant that she didn't like that word. So why didn't she change it? She was the one who had deemed them friends.
"That's not what I meant," Drew told her as he sat up quickly, just getting more confused by the second. She said she wanted to be just friends and now she got mad at the word. He tried to make a reasonable compromise and she just got upset. "Now you're mad at me. I don't know why you're mad at me."
Why did he even bring up the stupid hike? Maybe they should just forget it. It didn't sound like much fun anymore anyway. Felicity would be mad, Celina would feel like a third wheel, and Drew would be the fault of it all.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Jan 22, 2008 20:15:26 GMT -5
What wasn't what he meant? He said three friends could take a walk, and that was exactly what she'd repeated to him. Three friends. Hadn't they already been through the whole friends thing anyway? She hadn't like it much then, other than it didn't feel like they were just friends, and now they still didn't feel like just friends, but he said it himself, three friends.
Was she mad? No. Highly upset, feeling broken all over again, feeling like the world would just crumble away and leave her withering alone in the cold chill of the wind with no one to comfort her, that was what she was feeling. But mad? Hadn't crossed her mind in the last few moments.
"No, I'm not," she answered plainly and flatly. Turning, Felicity made an attempt to step over Drew's legs so she could walk a bit away and get the tears out of her eyes without making it too obvious, but in the process, her toe caught his leg, ending with her flat on her face...again.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jan 22, 2008 20:23:47 GMT -5
She might not have been mad, but she was definitely something, and it wasn't happy. So if she wasn't mad, why was she unhappy with him? And how could they ever fix anything if she kept leaving? Maybe she didn't want to fix anything. Maybe that was the whole problem. Being with him wasn't worth all the trouble. Why was he not surprised?
She moved to leave, but tripped over his leg, and of course that was his fault too. He had to stretch out across the whole hall, knowing darn well that he was in the way. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry," he told her, scrambling over to her side, sure she was just going to be more upset with him now that he tripped her. "Are you okay?"
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Jan 22, 2008 20:31:49 GMT -5
Humiliation wasn't an emotion she associated herself with often, and this was one of those times she didn't. At least she wasn't wearing a skirt...again. How many times had she fallen over in a skirt? Too many to count, a good reason not to have to wear them. And she still didn't know what to think about that comment the new boy made near on to a month before.
But why was he apologizing? It was her own fault for tripping, it was her foot that didn't rise high enough to get out of danger zone, not his fault.
Sitting up, so her legs were underneath her, the blonde held her nose and nodded slowly. Then she changed her mind and began shaking her head vigorously. No, she wasn't all right. She was hurt, not just physically, and she didn't like him not liking her. Not that she could control him liking her or not, that was his choice, but did she have to screw it up so badly as she had done?
"No. No, I'm not all right, Drew."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jan 22, 2008 20:43:12 GMT -5
He put a hand out to her, not sure if he was allowed to hold her, but wanting desperately to do so. He wanted to kiss her nose better, kiss it all better, but he didn't think she'd let him. He wanted to tell her that even if she had broken up with him, he still pretended that they were together sometimes, but was afraid she'd just get more angry at him.
"Can we fix it?" he asked quietly, needing that answer more than anything.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Jan 22, 2008 20:54:46 GMT -5
Keeping her eyes down-cast, due to the tears, she couldn't see his face, could see his eyes. And while she loved looking into his blue eyes, she didn't want to, afraid of seeing the truth of what they were, just friends. She'd said it in an attempt to try and get thing back on track, and then he'd just confirmed it. Were they really just friends? After everything?
But his question sounded so tentative, and caught her off-guard. Her nose wasn't broken, surprisingly it hadn't ever broken, no matter how many times she'd hit it into something, but she wondered if maybe, just maybe...but it couldn't be. He didn't like her anymore, he wanted to just be friends.
"I don't know," she told him truthfully. What did he want to fix? And while she didn't want to think about it, she wondered if there was that chance that he was talking about what she was thinking about.
"I want to..." she admitted. "But what do you want to fix?" An admission that she wasn't sure they were on the same page, and that she wanted to know where he was, if he was willing to let her find him.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jan 22, 2008 21:09:09 GMT -5
Her first answer disappointed him before he realized he shouldn't have asked if it was possible. He should have asked if she even wanted it fixed. If she didn't, then there was no point in asking if they could.
I want to... and that was the best news he had heard in a month. Because somehow he knew that when she said she wasn't all right, she hadn't just been talking about her nose. He had thought from that day in the rain that nothing had been right about any of this.
"Everything... stuff that shouldn't have been broken in the first place," he said quietly, wishing she'd just look at him so he could tell if he was allowed to hold her. And why couldn't he just say it? If he was off base, could he feel any worse than he did now?
"You... me... I want to fix us," he finally answered, speaking quietly. Maybe if he had been wrong, he could do that pretending he never said it bit again.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Jan 22, 2008 21:33:33 GMT -5
Very slowly, light brown eyes began looking upward, at the blue eyed Ravenclaw before her. Was it possible she'd really heard what he said? He wanted to fix things that shouldn't have been broken to begin with? Did that really mean...? The pained nose didn't even matter anymore, not when he had that look on his face, was talking like he was, and sounded like he was talking about what she was thinking about and really thought he meant.
And then there was confirmation.
The fifth year's hand flew from her nose, releasing her arms to wrap around the Ravenclaw's neck in a tight embrace. He meant exactly what she thought he did.
"I do too," she told him, trying not to let the tears fall too rapidly. She wanted to be with him, she was sick of her stupid idea, and most importantly? He sounded, no not just sounded, but wanted to be with her again.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jan 22, 2008 23:30:38 GMT -5
Drew pulled her into his arms, hugging her as tight as he dared without crushing her. It was if a huge weight had been lifted when she confirmed what he had been suspecting... hoping. he breathed a huge sigh of relief and gave a single sniff befoer stroking her hair and gently wiping the tears on her cheeks.
"We can fix this," he told her softly, confident that if they really wanted to, they could do anything. "I know we can."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Jan 22, 2008 23:59:08 GMT -5
Loosening her grip just enough to be able to pull back and look at him, Felicity began nodding, ignoring his hand on her face, trying to wipe the teary trails away, she even ignored the hand in her hair, the slightest sensations when he tickled her accidentally. None of it mattered, he was talking to her again, he wanted to be with her again, and that meant he still liked her, right? It had to mean that.
"Mmhmm," she answered, her own hands finding the ends of his hair and her fingers gliding through them gently. It was soft as she remembered, being in his arms hadn't felt quite so good since the day she jumped out of the tree at him, and he really smelled extremely nice. Leaning her forehead against his, she closed her eyes, wanting to just feel the niceness of it all. "We can, right? Because if I want to, and you want to, we can get through it all, right?"
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jan 23, 2008 0:44:43 GMT -5
Drew gently rubbed his nose against hers, and while she thought nothing of the gesture, to him it felt very intimate. He didn't believe he had permission to do that until that moment.
Her fingers ran through his hair and the warm tingles he got extended to his toes. It was true. She wanted to be with him, he wanted to be with her, they wanted to be together.
"If we do it together, I know we can," he told her. He was willing to work at this. Nothing of value came easy.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Jan 23, 2008 0:55:30 GMT -5
Their noses touched again, the little thing he'd been doing since he first kissed her, what she'd done after she'd knocked him to the ground when she jumped on him, and whatever it could mean, she really loved it.
No, she wasn't entirely sure they could do anything together, but she was willing to try again. And if it wasn't meant to be, even at the time, then they would know for sure, right? Felicity hated not being with him like she wanted to be, it was miserable, made her feel horrible, and she still felt a little bad that he wanted to be with her after she was so mean. But she didn't want to think about it either, not when he was holding her so close, telling her what he wanted.
Nodding slowly, Felicity bumped her nose gently back against the sixth year's, and snuggled her body right in close against his. No, physical attachment wasn't everything, but it felt nice to be able to be that close to him again without worrying that he didn't want that.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Jan 23, 2008 1:09:57 GMT -5
She snuggled in closer and while he had held her like that just a few minutes agao, this time it felt even better. He pulled her in tighter and leaned his head on hers, enjoying her sweet, soft hair.
"Does this mean... you'll consider... maybe... letting me... be your boyfriend again?" he asked tentatively. He really didn't care about the physical stuff if she wasn't ready for that. ...Okay, maybe he did care a little... But it wasn't nearly as important as just being with her.
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