Home is where the yellow is.

[seanna]

(January 18th, 8am)


And it certainly was. For Seanna, anyways. One day after they had been released, the Hufflepuff had took a shower, slept in the common room and woken up in the common room, one brown eye searching the room, making sure she was in the yellow room and not in the great hall. If Seanna could manage it, she was going to avoid that place as much as she could.

Seanna felt safe for once, not entirely safe, but safe just being back in the warmth of the yellow room and she allowed herself a tiny, happy smile before she sat up properly in her seat, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Allowing the smile to continue, she held her hands out in front of the fire and warmed them. "Hello fireplace, it's nice to see you again" Seanna mentioned to the fireplace, giving it a wider smile. Yes, Seanna was just a little beyond happy that she was back in the Huffle common and she felt the need to say hello to everything in it, considering she was too tired last night to say so.

"Hello happy yellow room, it's nice to see you, too" Seanna continued her hello's, but merely just whispering them instead of shouting them like she normally would. Figuring being quiet was better, she still felt like someone was going to come out from behind her and shout boo.

Standing on the chair, Seanna looked around the yellow common room and did a little swirl in the chair, being careful not to fall off it. It felt good to be finally back home in the safe confines of the Huffle common room. "Hello new day, it's nice to see things can get back to normal again" Seanna said more softly and more to herself, wondering if everything was going to go back to normal, for she felt like that everything had changed.

(open!)

[cronon]

(I thought this would fit well with the conclusion to our other thread )

Alexander had practically lived in the showers since the time they had been released, to when the clock struck eight that morning. He only got out then because his body started to ach from standing for so long, and from the fact that everywhere he looked he was more pruned than he had ever been. It hurt his sensitive skin, and no matter how dirty he still felt he couldn’t bring himself to stand under the hot water any longer. His body longed to breath the fresh air of the common room that hadn’t been used since everyone’s return.

What he didn’t realize was that he wasn’t the only person that would be up so early that morning, and that he had dropped his boxer shorts out in the common room when he had gone into the bathroom. Wrapping his towel around his midsection to cover himself, he searched everywhere in the bathroom for his missing under-trousers. “Bloody…” he muttered to himself as he looked even under the toilets and urinals, being careful the entire time about not touching anything that anyone else could have used.

Alexander defeated like, stuck his head out of the bathroom only to find that his smilie face underware was located just about fifteen feet away from the bathroom door, on the bottom step from where the boy’s dorm was. “Damnit…” he said to himself, then noticing the other huffle in the room. Immediately, Alexander tightened the towel that wasn’t even visible around himself and his body as well as his face turned a bright red as he hoped that she didn’t catch him or his runaway under garments.

[seanna]

(Three words: Oh my goodness )

Seanna, who was still continuing to do swirls around in the chair while trying not to fall off it, finally fell off it when she heard somewhere swore and her yellow-clad body somersaulted of the back of the chair and the prefect landed on her stomach with a "oof" when she felt some of the pain from landing in a quick motion. Did she say that everything was back to normal? Yes she had, but now, someone else was in the room and she hoped that it was a fellow Hufflepuff and not anyone else.

The unfortunate fall that she had succumbed too, made her land somewhere near the vicinity of the stairs that led up to the boys dorm and her head was now on... wait, had her blond head landed on someone's underwear? The thought nearly made her gag and she knew she had landed on some sort of clothing, but she wouldn't be able to find out until she opened up her brown eyes.

Pushing herself up slowly and wincing at her aching elbows, her brown eyes finally opened up and searched frantically over to the item of the clothing she felt that was different then the carpet feeling and it had been someones underwear! Nearly gagging, she hoped the pair had been clean and she hadn't been facing in dirty underwear, though, she was wondering just who exactly dropped their underwear in the common room. It had to be Mike, she was sure of it.

"Hello, smiley face underwear" Seanna greeted the underwear. Yes, she still had to greet the underwear, it was in the common room after all. It was a question of finding the underwear's owner, now. "Hello, to the person that just swore" Seanna greeted out loud to the other, unknown person. The girl was yet to find a face in the common room, but she was sure it had been Mike, considering Mike was the only boy in Huffle that swore.

[cronon]

( )

What a predicament Alexander always found himself to be in. And in front of all the girls, too, what was his life becoming? His words made Seanna fall from her chair, and Alexander gasp and looked away. That had to smart…but when Alexander looked back, the color in his entire body drained out of him. A pure white statue of a boy stood with his head sticking out of the bathroom as he watched Seanna fall, face first into his clean…very clean boxers. At least they weren’t the ones with lips on them….

Alexander cleared his throat loudly to signal to Seanna that he was the person who had swore, but with her face landing on his underwear and now her holding them up and greeting them…clearing his throat was about all he could do without wanting to pass out from embarrassment.

“They’d say ‘hi’ back,” Alexander managed to choke out, “but they’re a bit mortified at the fact that your face just landed upon them. Sorry, ‘bout that…” Alexander said as he held the towel tightly and reached out of the bathroom with a free hand. “I have my clothing, except for that piece…would you mind to hand them here?” Alexander asked, keeping himself as much in the bathroom as possible without sounding as if he were pleading.

[seanna]

"Well, you know, with a little bit of magic, I could probably make them talk back to me, but since you all ready did, I'll leave that to another day" Seanna answered the voice, which she immediately recognized as Alexander's and was glad it wasn't one of the Deva members, or Mike's. That would have been truly embarrassing for Seanna to land on her exes boxer shorts.

The Huffle was glad that they had been Alexander's, now she knew that they had to be clean, seeing as how she knew that they boy was cleaner that what she normally was. It was partly the reason why Seanna hadn't fully spewed up on the boxer shorts when she first fell on them... they hadn't really smelt that bad.

But now, she was in a predicament. To give them back or to keep them for a while and make Alexander sweat just a little? Not worrying much about the pain that the fall had caused her, she looked over at the bathroom door where Alexander's stood out. The boy was yet to meet the evil side in her that only came out now and again. Seanna felt it was time he did, she was feeling particularly happy and she did feel like playing a game for awhile.

"Erm... hand them back to you?" Seanna repeated to Alexander, smirking a bit in his direction, her eyes dancing with amusement. "Not just yet, I don't think" Seanna mentioned playfully to Alexander, now knowing that the underwear was clean, she didn't feel disgusted by them as she sat on them.

[cronon]

Alexander’s mouth dropped a bit as his body started to regain the red color it had lost when he saw Seanna face first on his boxers. Now she was sitting on them?! “Er…what?” Alexander asked her, trying to laugh it off, not wanting to go out there and get them for himself. He knew he should have brought his wand with him…leaving it upstairs was a foolish idea after everything that had happened.

“Seanna, my friend,” he tried to be serious and talk in a serious tone as he stood up straight, holding tight to the towel, and leaned back against the open bathroom door that he just opened. “…now, why don’t you be a nice lass, and hand over the underwear…how do you know those aren’t the ones I’ve been wearing all week?” Alexander’s body crawled and itched again with that remark and he had to restrain himself greatly from running back in and taking a shower.

The clothing he had been wearing that week were now in the trash. Alexander couldn’t stand the thought of ever putting any of them back on again. The only thing he didn’t throw out were his shoes, but that was because they cost more than just the outfit itself. He shook his head at that one, but nevertheless had kept them.

“I mean, what’s so fun in teasing poor me?” Alexander playfully shied away with the saddest face he could muster, the water still dripping down his torso from his hair. Maybe he should have dried off before looking for his underwear, then again he did look pretty pathetic standing there if he didn’t think so himself.

[seanna]

"Well, I don't know if they have been the same pair of underwear you've been wearing all week, but Alexander my friend," Seanna continued to smirk at the figure that was standing between the bathroom door and the common room, "my nose has all ready unfortunately smelt them" So she knew all ready that Alexander was telling her a fib, given with the fact that she also knew how clean that her friend liked to be, she somehow seriously doubted that he would be still wearing the same underwear that he had been wearing for over a week.

Especially considering that it looked like he just came out of the shower, as well. It was plain as day that Alexander would have to get undressed to hop into the shower... unless he actually showered in his underwear? At the same time, Seanna was putting some things together and she hoped the mental image she had in her mind was all wrong. Oh, she really hoped that the certain image that was floating in her mind was all wrong, while it was okay for her to think it and it was a shame that she hadn't seen the image she was thinking off, she so hoped that no one had seen Alexander do that... especially not any of her younger years.

"I hope no one saw you when you decided to go to the bathroom... " Seanna trailed off, deciding to ignore the question of why she found it fun teasing him while he stood there dripping water all over the yellow carpet. There was much more pressing details to figure out then to answer that question. Like how Alexander's underwear had found their way onto the yellow carpet in the Huffle common room in the first place.

[cronon]

Alexander said nothing as Seanna said that she'd already found the boxers to be clean. He gaged a bit to himself as he thought of how disgusting it would have been if in fact they were the dirty. Alexander was really glad he had thrown the other ones out...there was no saving them. He was only sad that they were his green boxers with the money signs on them. Those boxers had been his most comfortable. Oh, well.

It was when Seanna stopped talking however, that worried Alexander. It looked as if she were thinking hard about something and the facial expressions coming through only made Alexander shuffle some more in his place. He knew he should have checked his clothing he took with him to get dressed into before his shower before he had hopped in.

"Seanna?" he questioned just in time for her to say I hope no one saw you when you decided to go to the bathroom... A confused expression past over Alexander's face. What would that have mattered any? He was dressed when he went to the shower, towel and clothing in hand. What was she inferring? "Why's that?" Alexander asked, completely bewildered and hoping that he was misunderstanding something Seanna was saying. All the while, he secretly started to plot how he was going to get his boxers back.

[seanna]

Seanna fell silent when she spotted the confused expression on Alexander's face, which now matched her own confused expression. Could it be that she had jumped to conclusions too fast and what she was thinking and imagining of how the underwear got to the floor of the Hufflepuff common room, could be the wrong thing that actually happened? It wouldn't exactly be the first time that the sixth year had jumped to conclusions too fast, she seemed to have done that a lot over the last year.

But how else did the boxer's get there? The sixth year blond couldn't really imagine Alexander just dropping his pants in the common room, he was probably the only male she knew that actually picked up after himself. Maybe one of the animals had somehow sneaked in and grabbed Alexander's underwear? Seanna nixed that thought, she really didn't think that any animal of hers or Krissy's or any other Huffle's would do that, they were very well behaved Huffle animal's.

The only thing that was worrying her now, was how to respond to Alexander without him thinking she was thinking any kind of thoughts she shouldn't be thinking... but then, it really wasn't that hard not to think those thoughts when there was a pair of underwear just dropped unceremoniously on the Huffle floor. Really, her imagination just kind took over her thoughts for awhile.

"Uh huh?" Seanna replied, deciding to play dumb for the mean time. Really, she could pretend that she hadn't heard Alexander say that last bit of his sentence, right? "What did you say?" Deciding to stall for the meantime while she came up with a reason why she thought what she was thinking.

[cronon]

He really had been dressed when he had gone into the bathroom, so why then was Seanna questioning if anyone had seen him? "I said, 'why's that?' as in why do you hope no one saw me going into the bathroom? I was dressed when I entered," Alexander gave a fake little laugh. He was too embarrassed at the moment to really laugh and mean it, and then a little offended that Seanna would think of him as o disrespectful toward the others in the house. He didn't normally go places in just a towel...it was just the one time, and this time....and this time was a very big mistake. He'd dropped a part of his outfit that was quite crucial in his mind to have. He wasn't about to go commando.

"Here...wait..." Alexander held up a finger, and went back into the bathroom to grab his pants, shirt, and sweater. "I'll get..." a few more muffled words came from the bathroom that were inaudible but then he quickly returned with his clothing in his hands...both the dirty ones he went to the shower in, and the clean ones he meant to change into. Flashing Seanna a smile, he shook his head. "Is this what you were worried about, my dear?"

[seanna]

"Uh huh" Seanna mumbled, nodding her head and now feeling the heat of a blush that was now rising on her cheeks as Alexander made his way over to her with just a towel on and nothing else. Oh boy, had she been definitely thinking the wrong thing. Trust her to think of thoughts that she shouldn't be thinking, but then, it really wasn't hard not to think those thoughts when someone had found a pair of underwear just thrown on the floor.

Seanna returned the boy's smile, though, her smile was trying to tell Alexander somehow that she was sorry. But yet, she really wasn't that sorry, she kinda liked imagining those thoughts she was thinking. Oh, this was more embarrassing then being covered in owl dung. The prefect really didn't want to know what Alexander must be thinking of her now, thinking those kind of thoughts of him.

"So, no one definitely-did not-see you?" Seanna asked, finally finding her voice, though her speech came out in whispers, as she was still choking on her embarrassment and blunder that she had made. The prefect was just glad that it was Alexander standing in front of her and not Mike, that would be even harder to explain if someone came along and saw them.

[cronon]

Alexander shook his head, and finding that he had no free hands, what with one holding onto his towel and the other holding all of the clothing he had brought out to show Seanna, he gestured with his lavender eyes to the pile of clothing, and nodded his head. "So, may I now have my clothes back?" Alexander looked around hoping that no one would walk down to where the prefect and him were standing. He wouldn't know how he'd explain such a stance, especially him dripping wet in a towel and her holding on to his underwear.

"Or, do we have to take this to somewhere more private?" he jested, not meaning any of what he was suggesting, but Alexander couldn't help himself as he saw Seanna's slightly redder cheeks and her question of no one seeing him. What was going through the crazy Huffle's head, he'd never know, and only wonder to himself. He chuckled a bit and fidgeted a bit, his own uncomfort coming to the surface. He really would rather just get dressed and be done with this whole mortifying scene.

[seanna]

"What?" Seanna asked, if she wasn't red before, she was bright red now. Take what somewhere more private? What did he mean? Wasn't he just showing her his clothes to make a point that she was wrong? Oh, she knew she was wrong, but now she was seriously confused. "No, I don't think we need to take this to somewhere private" Seanna stated, finding her voice a bit more, which was now with a stronger edge to it.

They were friends, nothing more. There was no way she wanted to jeopardize that friendship by doing something that would ruin that friendship. The girl had learned from her mistakes, learned the hard way. To add to that, the Huffle really couldn't read Alexander, she couldn't tell if he was being serious or being funny. "You got clothes, there, haven't you?" Seanna began, not sure if she wanted to give back his underwear just yet.

Okay, so maybe she would give back the underwear soon enough to stop this trial of confusion, but as it stood, she still was confused and she had no idea what was going on. "'Sides, do you really want to wear underwear that I've sat on?" The girl asked the half-naked boy, and yes, she really was being serious. Just imagine all the dust that would be now on the before clean pair of underwear.

[cronon]

The Prefect got even more red and Alexander couldn't help but let out an even bigger laugh. She was a riot if he ever did see one, and it was cute to see her so flabbergasted at just whatever she was thinking. Though, Alexander knew by that time that his statement hadn't helped any, but how could he help himself? She stood there with his underwear in her hand, him half naked except with his towel, and though he was just as embarrassed as she was, Seanna was opening himself up to be even more embarrassed than him. Was it cruel to bathe in someone's embarrassment to cover one's own? Ok...so, yea, it really was and Alexander started to feel a bit worse about it as he thought of it.

"Alright then, nothing more private. It's pretty alone in here any ways....though, I'd like not to go commando all day...." Alexander tried to hold all of his clothing in his one hand and the towel in the same hand as he tried to reach over to his underwear that Seanna was holding. "Yes, I'd really like my underwear...." he trailed off. In trying to grab the underwear, he dropped all of the clothing (not the towel) and almost fell. "Oops!" he said as his nicely folded clothing landed all over the floor and he found himself closer to Seanna than he had ever been.....

Clearing his throat, he tried to back up a bit, but he found his feet to be frozen. "Sorry, 'bout that....almost knoc...knocking...ya over an all...." Alexander grinned sheepishly, and his face now matched the color of the setting sun.

[seanna]

(I like to officially state that I'm sitting on the underwear, not holding them )

Through her embarrassment, she could see a slightly funny side to the whole situation. Alexander had to be kidding if he thought that the Hufflepuff common room was anything but quiet. Fair enough, it had been louder in the past, but there was still that threat that someone would magically appear out of nowhere and think worse thoughts than what she was actually thinking.

The Prefect really wasn't sure why Alexander was trying to get to her hand, when all along his underwear was underneath her bum. Though, she was really glad that he agreed not to go anywhere else and still, she had no idea what that comment meant. Oh, she could probably think of a dozen thoughts on what that comment meant, but she just wasn't sure which one would be the right one to ask Alexander... 'Sides, she had to save face somewhere.

Knocking her over? Whatever did he mean by that? Okay, so she had shifted slightly when he almost fell, but she wasn't hurt or anything. "It's okay, I'm okay" Seanna told him, trying to smile, but it was more like a frown. What was he playing at? Or was he playing at all? This would have to be the most confused the poor young Huffle had ever been in her whole time at Hogwarts.

"Are you okay?" Seanna asked, still concerned for her friend, even though he was acting all weird. "Oh, your clothes are all on the floor... " Seanna trailed off, still not noticing that she was now only half sitting on the underwear, being more concerned now that all off Alexander's clothes were now on the floor and wondering if he was going to still put them on.