Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 12, 2007 18:43:33 GMT -5
Drew brushed the snow off of his head, needing to replace his hat after he did so. His back was covered with white powder too, but he didn't mind that so much. He carefully got to his knees, doing his best not to mess up his snow angel, and figured the best way to get clear of his masterpiece was to pounce on Felicity. He was a pretty decent pouncer and if timed just right, she would land in a nice little snow drift and he would end up above her in perfect kissing position.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 12, 2007 19:43:34 GMT -5
Being content to sit and compare, she didn't really pay attention to what Drew was doing. Yes, she knew he was on his knees, but she really hadn't expected for him to jump at her like that. However, it wasn't necessarily unpleasant. Falling back into the drift, she giggled and grinned up at him.
"What's this about?" she asked, raising her eyebrow at him. Of course, she was pretty sure she knew the reasoning behind his leap and slid her arms up around his neck to pull him a little closer.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 12, 2007 22:11:40 GMT -5
She definitely looked like a snow angel with her hair full of white powder and her soft brown eyes sparkling up at him and her cheeks flushed pink with the cold. Drew was sure it was pointless to try and resist. Who cared if they were in the middle of Diagon? "What do you think it's about?" Drew answered with a wide grin before leaning in to kiss her.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 12, 2007 23:52:16 GMT -5
"Well, I can only guess..." she told him with a bright smile. He leaned into her, and she knew she'd been right about what she thought, and didn't even think about the people walking about around them. Really, they didn't matter when she was with him, actually they didn't normally matter at any other time, but she was more oblivious to them when she was with him.
Almost eagerly accepting the kiss, she giggled a little, thinking about how this was a newer situation, as normally he was pulling her down on him, not the other way around. True, he'd laid on top of her before, but it just seemed a little different because of the prospects she was making.
The kiss was soft, gentle, like normal, and she absolutely adored it. With the snow under her, and being able to smell the crisp air mixed with his scent, it was pleasurable enough that she didn't think she'd mind staying like that for a while longer, unfortunately the noise from the passerbys was a little distracting, the aweing, snickering, and a few comments about how they shouldn't be doing as such being there were younger children about.
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 14, 2007 0:46:00 GMT -5
Drew barely heard the comments about 'kids these days', finding her giggle much more interesting. They were far enough from the main thoroughfare that he really didn't think they were bothering anyone anyway. He kissed her slowly, softly, lingering just a bit as he started to pull back to gently rub his nose against hers.
"Shees, you sure are pretty," he told her with a smile, finding the whole scene to be perfect. The shadows were lengthening and the lights that lined the streets were starting to make themselves known, twinkling against the snow in a fireworks display all their own.
He took a moment and just admired the view before realizing he was probably starting to look a little stupid, staring and not talking. "Hey Felicity?" he finally asked, starting off softly, voice filled with trepidation. "You're my girl, right?"
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 14, 2007 1:14:02 GMT -5
It sure was a good thing Felicity liked the snow and had no qualms about being in it for periods of time. But in truth, she wasn't even cold, there was no reason for her to not like being in the snow right then. Drew was keeping her pretty toasty with the way he was laying on her, and not to mention the kiss that felt like firewhiskey was being shot down her throat, not that she'd ever had any before and would know what it was like. But the sensation spreading thoughout her body, tingling into her fingers and toes was well worth the probable cold she'd have in the morning.
Drew pulled back, breaking the kiss, but not the sensations, not stopping the butterflies in her stomach from pulling some pretty fancy tricks. The blonde liked it when he rubbed his nose against her, it made her feel special, like it was something of theirs, and wasn't allowed to be shared with anyone else.
When he complimented her, she blushed, finding it pleasing. No, she still didn't like being complimented, but once more, with the way he did it, she couldn't help but love it. "Thank you," she replied softly, the words barely audible. "You know, I think you're really adorable," she continued, pausing, wondering if that was the right way to say it. No, probably not. "Or handsome, whichever you prefer." Felicity preferred adorable.
Finding the ends of his hair with her fingers, she realized that although the beginnings of the curls he had growing were gone, she liked his hair all the same. It was still soft. While he seemed to be off in his own world for a moment, Felicity didn't mind. She just watched him for that moment, letting her eyes trace over his features, her fingers play with the ends of his hair.
Falling into her own world, she was brought out by the sound of her name being called, soft yes, but still the voice calling was enough to bring her into reality at a quick rate. Letting her brown eyes look up to gaze into his own blue, she wondered if something was wrong. At first, she wasn't sure she understood his question. Actually, the second and third time she let if float through her ears she didn't think she really undestood either.
Was she his girl? What did he mean by that? Really, there weren't too many things to mean by it, but she made herself relax and count to five before she answered him. There couldn't be too many meanings, right? "I've been your girl for a while."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 14, 2007 1:54:17 GMT -5
"Yeah? Really?" he asked as a wide grin grew across his face, pleased as he was at her answer. He gave her another small kiss, the smile not fading even for a second. He was pretty sure he had really asked her what he meant to ask her and she had really answered what he hoped she had answered. "I think I was yours the moment you jumped on me out of the tree," he told her.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 14, 2007 2:13:21 GMT -5
In reality, she had been. She'd turned down Michael after meeting Drew, she'd told Lucas she couldn't have any kind of a relationship with him other than friendship, so she'd kind of made herself off limits to others, hadn't she? Didn't that mean she was his? Even if he hadn't asked her to be, by turning others down in the hopes of one day having him ask her, that made her his, right?
Well, not his in the sense that she was willing to complete his every whim, but his in the sense that she wanted to be with him.
Nodding at him in confirmation, she grinned when she saw his, not able to help herself, not wanting to either. Relishing that small kiss he gave her, she wondered if that really meant what she thought it did. Had he really just asked her to his girlfriend? Had he finally made a decision to put a label to what they were?
Did that actually make them no longer, just not friends? Felicity sure hoped so, because she would love nothing better than to be able to reply to Celina's letter with a definite answer that he'd asked her. Really, she didn't see the Ravenclaw girl being overly-hyper about it, but she'd be pleased, that was for sure.
"Way back then?" she asked throught bouts of laughter. She hadn't even thought of him as more than a friend then. Yes, he'd made her feel a little funny, and she thought he had nice eyes, but she didn't think of him as more than a friend, had she? Felicity remembered that day well, especially when she'd pounced on him and he'd scrambled out from underneath her when she bumped her nose against his, and his confession to her that hadn't made too much sense then.
"I think, I might've liked you too," she admitted, lifting her head a little to bump her nose against his. "But I also thought the school food was giving me food poisoning or something, too; because everytime I saw you, my stomach felt off, like it does now. Except, I know it isn't food, it's those wonderful butterflies, like that book Celina read said." It was one of the things they'd come across in their research on crushes and love. And although her crazy friend had read some more interesting things, she'd come out with stuff that worked for her situation.
Keeping one hand at the ends of his hair, she tightened her grip around him with the other and pulled him a little closer so she could give him a nice kiss. The kind she'd wanted to give him for a while, but had been unsure if it'd been acceptable or not.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 15, 2007 13:29:55 GMT -5
She gave him a lot of information at once and he gave a small laugh in his slight confusion. He remembered that day by the tree as well and had been pretty sure her definition of liking him at that time had been different than his.
He also remembered the stomach-turning comment she had made quite well; she had told him by the lake that he made her so incredibly sick to her stomach that it was ridiculous. He was more than a little glad that had been clarified.
And he knew she had confered with Celina. That had led to a whole other set of misunderstandings. "You guys read up on butterflies in the stomach?" he asked, finding it amusing. Celina was such a Ravenclaw.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 15, 2007 13:47:01 GMT -5
"Ummm...well...not them in particular," she told him. "We were researching something else, and butterflies, or nerves, came up. So, we figured out that what I was feeling was butterflies, not food poisoning." Biting lightly on her lip, she still wasn't ready to confess the HERO charm she allowed Celina to perform on her, of course the girl wouldn't have done it without her prodding she herself had done.
"See, I hadn't ever liked someone before, and I remember well the descriptions my sisters gave about what they felt when they had lov...liked someone." Clearing her throat a little, she pushed on. Felicity hadn't meant to say loved, of course, she was sure the same description worked, but that was too strong of a word for now. "And because I couldn't just ask them, I mean I could've written to them, but it isn't the same, and Celina didn't know. Well, we went to the library and did research."
Felicity had tried to explain this before, she was sure, out by the lake. "And apparently the research we did was right. Because, I mean, well...I like you, a lot. I haven't ever felt so funny around a person before, and I like the it, and the fact it's only around you I feel so funny."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 15, 2007 17:57:17 GMT -5
Drew caught the slip and gulped hard at the almost word. That was a big word and one he was pretty sure he'd be ready for eventually, but he was no near ready to use it now. He didn't say anything and she had retracted it so he didn't feel there was a need to go any further in that direction.
"I haven't ever felt so funny around a person before, and I like the it, and the fact it's only around you I feel so funny," she said and he had to grin back at her.
"You sure it's not laying in the snow like this for so long?" he asked, thinking that as nice as this felt, they should probably move on if they wanted to see everything. With another quick kiss and a wide smile he scrambled off of her and got to his feet, picking up her things and holding a hand out to her. "Where to next?" he asked, thinking there would probably be time for another snog in the snow later.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 16, 2007 2:46:49 GMT -5
Love wasn't a horrible emotion, nor was it a terrible word, but it was too strong of one for what she was trying to describe. Yes, she did love him, as a friend loved another, she'd known him long enough for that type of love to develop, but not nearly enough more than that.
"No, I'm fine with laying in the snow," she grinned up at him, before sitting up and brushing the snow out of her hair, yet again. Just this simple little act reminded her of the short locks, it just wasn't right, her hair being so short. Shaking it off, she grabbed Drew's hand and smiled, thinking about how it wasn't just Drew anymore, she could actually say he was more, and more than a just not friend.
Taking her cloak back, she fastened it around her and wrapped her scarf loosely around her neck. "Hmmm..." Where to next? Looking around her, she pulled her hat down, over her eyes, and turned with a smile in the direction she believed Drew to be in. "Why don't you choose? I wanted to see the vendors with you, so...you choose what's next on the agenda."
Anything worked for her, no matter his choice. There weren't too many vendors left, but there were still a few other things he'd mentioned on his list of things to do. If she remembered right, they weren't too far off from a bite to eat, which suited her at any time he wanted to feast.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 16, 2007 22:43:36 GMT -5
After her comment about laying in the snow, he was almost tempted to tackle her back down and go for another round of kissing, but once she got up the moment seemed to have passed.
Besides, he was getting hungry.
She asked him to choose where to go next and there was no question. He let his growling stomack answer for the moment and he took her hand to lead her out into the crowd once more. "Food?" he asked, looking over his snoulder at her as they got closer to the tables.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 16, 2007 23:09:13 GMT -5
Felicity heard the growling of his stomach, and she couldn't help but giggle, he was always making some kind of interesting noise or other. When he took her hand, she followed willingly, pushing her hat back up with her free hand. Food was a good choice, as always.
"When have I ever turned down an opportunity to eat?" she asked, sticking her tongue out at him as he pulled her to the tables. It was true, when he'd suggested food before, she'd never turned him down. Even at the Halloween dance, she'd gotten a second plate after she'd crashed the first one into him.
The heavenly scent of what they had going was wonderful.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 16, 2007 23:16:17 GMT -5
Drew had decided years ago that he would never be able to hang out with a girl who insisted on only ordering salads. It took all the fun out of eating if the person across the table was stuck on rabbit food.
He stopped in the middle of the food area, standing behind Felicity and wrapping his arms around her as he looked over their choices. Sausages, meat pies, kabobs, roast chickens. It all made his stomach growl louder. "So what's it going to be?" he asked her, swaying to the music that drifted from the other side of the festival.
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