Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 22, 2007 2:09:03 GMT -5
Drew had no problem just digging in, figuring Felicity to be the kind of girl who wouldn't freak out over a little greasiness. He certainly was no stranger to messiness.
"I'm okay with just using fingers but if you'd rather do it up proper I can conjur up some plates and silverware," he offered. Sometimes it seemed they spent a lot of time worrying about what the other one wanted. It was kind of nice, but sometimes it kept either of them from just making a silly decision. With that thought, he pulled off one of the drumsticks and waitied for her to do the same, holding the chicken leg out in preparation to offer cheers before eating.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 22, 2007 2:38:51 GMT -5
"I don't mind making it finger food," she smiled. At least he hadn't called her out on it. When he tore the leg off, she didn't think anything of it, as long as he was willing to go for it, why shouldn't she? Taking the other leg, she giggled at the thought of how unproper it was, used to using tools to eat with, not her hands, though she enjoyed the chances she had to dine with her hands.
Going into another bout of laughter, she held hers out to his and waited for the toast. While she was hungry, she didn't mind being a little silly with him, it was always fun, and it took her mind off of what she was over-analyzing. She knew she'd told him she'd talk to him about anything that was on her mind, but it could wait a moment, or two. "Cheers?"
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 22, 2007 3:05:29 GMT -5
Drew grinned and echoed her cheers as he tapped the drumstick she held with his own. He took a good bite of it and decided that yes, starting with the chicken had been the best choice. Still, he couldn't help but think it wasn't as good as some others he'd had.
"Needs cinnamon..." he said with a crooked smile. He took a swig of butterbeer which was deliciously warm in honor of the season. "So what's next?" he asked her as he finished off the leg and remembered not to wipe his hands off on his pant leg.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 22, 2007 3:22:22 GMT -5
Her cheers was met, and she giggled again at him, thinking about how much fun it all was. Taking a bite, she thought the chicken was good, or at least enough. It was chicken, not many could screw chicken up, too badly at least. A wide smile spread over her lips when Drew said what he did, which was followed by a light blush. Cinnamon chicken, she liked it well enough and was glad he seemed to have as well.
"Pie?" she asked, hopefully as they smelled deliciously mouth-watering. "Or...something a bit nicer?" she asked with tease. He wasn't across the table, as per usual, so it was easier to try to get a kiss from him, if he wasn't against kissing at a table. Felicity knew Jared's wife was against it, but everyone else she knew seemed all right with it, and she was. Leaning in a little, she waited to see whether he was or not.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 23, 2007 0:49:56 GMT -5
"Nicer than meat pies?" Drew asked as if the mere idea was perposterous. But then he grinned and met her kiss, keeping it small and light. He doubted that anyone in the near vicinity wanted to see a full on snog during their dinner.
"You taste like chicken..." he told her with a wide grin as he broke the kiss and he took the liberty of one more before pulling back completely.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 23, 2007 1:03:02 GMT -5
A snog was definitely not what she was going for, she just wanted a little kiss, which was what he gave her. If he'd tried for something of the sort at a table, it would've been over before barely starting. And she learned what she wanted to, he didn't mind kissing at a table.
"Same could be said for you," Felicity replied with a giggle before using a napkin. The chicken really hadn't been that horrible, especially right then. Her confidence was high again, but she was still curious about what he'd meant. If it had been meant to mean what she thought or not. Taking one of the pies, she placed it in front of her and waited for him to do the same.
"Drew..." she started, feeling horrible for not doing so before when she'd been the one to ask him to talk to her about things. "I've got a question, about what you asked me," she hesitated, not wanting to go on, for fear she was wrong. "Do you really mean it?" He had said he was hers from a long time ago, but did that actually mean...?
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 23, 2007 1:15:25 GMT -5
The kiss had been nice and he wondered if he could expect that between every couse. He'd have to wait and see and in the meantime took a pie as she asked her question.
"About the chicken?" Drew asked, totally confused. He had asked a few questions that evening and even if he had figured out what she was talking about, he thought of it more as a clarification than anything.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 23, 2007 1:40:26 GMT -5
"No, not the chicken," she answered with a shake of her blonde head. She forgot he wasn't on the same train of thoughts as she was, the same page, paragraph and whatnot else, but not the same train.
"I mean...well, about..." lowering her gaze to her hands, she paused, trying to think of how to say it without actually saying it outright and being wrong about what she thought. There'd be less disappoinment if she didn't have to say it aloud. Well, not really, but she could hide it better that way.
Lifting her gaze back to Drew, she sighed a little. Why not just get it over with, that way it wasn't all balled up inside. "I mean about what you asked about me. If I was...well...and if you really meant...and that you really wanted to be..."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 23, 2007 2:05:50 GMT -5
"... your boyfriend..." Drew finished tentatively, wondering if he had totally messed things up and she had agreed to something entirely different. Of course, that was what he had meant: she was his girlfriend and he was her boyfriend and while they had already agreed that they wouldn't be kissing on anyone else, this made it more official.
At least if it was what she had agreed to in the first place.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 23, 2007 2:22:07 GMT -5
He said it. He actually just came right out and said what she'd been hoping for, what she'd been waiting for, sometimes more impatiently than not, but he said it. A little bit of relief swept over her, a lighter feeling in her chest making it much easier to breathe. Smiling, a little nervously, from the thoughts she'd had previously, she nodded her head in agreement, to show Drew that was what she'd been getting at.
"You mean it then? You want to be?" she asked, more than hopefully. "Because I want you to be, have for a while," she freely admitted quietly. Really, she thought of herself as being taken for quite a time as well, it just made things more peaceful if he really, really meant it. And, she thought her dad my approve a bit more if they weren't just dating and not actually a couple.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 23, 2007 12:14:59 GMT -5
He watched her nervously, just waiting for the uncomfortable laughter that signaled he had totally misinterpreted everything and she had actually been talking about something totally different. But she smiled and nodded back and he had to break out into a smile of his own.
Of course he was still worried he hadn't been very clear the first time and he got serious again quickly, needing to make sure they were both on the same page of things. "And you're my girlfriend, right?" he asked, making sure she understood that he was expecting a two-way thing.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 23, 2007 12:35:59 GMT -5
His smile was a good sign, at least she thought it was. He hadn't laughed at her, he hadn't gotten angry with her, he was smiling. From what she knew, smiling was good, it meant enjoyable things, unless the smile was a crazy one, but his looked genuine. Yes, even after a quick analyzation, it looked genuine. But then he sobered a little, and she wondered if she'd been wrong after all. However, his question was still good, and boy did it make those butterflies flair again; even if she wasn't sure why he was asking when he'd just clarified that he was her boyfriend.
"I'd like to be, " was Felicity's reply. Didn't him being her boyfriend make her his girlfriend? In her mind she was pretty sure it did, even if in some movies she'd watched it didn't always mean something like that, but she wasn't one of those kinds of girls, or at least she didn't think she was. And she was more than sure Drew wasn't one of the kinds of guys either. With a smile, she began nodding her head, for clarification that her answer was yes. "I want to be, have for a really long time."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 23, 2007 13:16:16 GMT -5
"Okay then," Drew answered, nodding a little as if they had just agreed to have cobblers for dessert. He gave a lengthy sigh and smiled at her, just letting it all sink in.
She was his girlfriend then. Was he ready for that? He thought he was and while he wasn't going into it with expectations of white picket fences and happily ever afters (and he was pretty confident he would scare Felicity off in an instant for even mentioning such things), but he was happy to see where this would lead them for however long it lead them.
"A long time?" he repeated, letting his smile grow wider. No, it didn't feel all that great that he had kept her hanging, but it felt pretty good that she had stuck around anyway. He wasn't sure how long he had been wanting to ask her, but he knew for a while that he'd get there eventually.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 23, 2007 13:48:27 GMT -5
"Long enough time," she giggled in response. She knew from the moment she talked to Celina that she liked him, and that had been in late September, and she had wanted him to ask her the day they got in the fight at the lake, but that hadn't gone well. And after that, she avoided him at most costs, until she realized she didn't have much of a choice but to get his help with her wandwork, after all, he'd made her promise. And she wasn't entirely sure she wanted him to ask her that day, she felt horrible about everything, but it wasn't long after that she had wanted him to ask again.
"Not as long as I'm sure I liked you, but still quite a long time." Grinning at him, she turned her focus on the pie in front of her. It really felt good that he had asked, and that she'd been right about what he'd asked, and that it was now clarified. It was kind of funny, a new year, a new school, new friends, a new addition of a boyfriend in her life. If the end of October had been good, November great, well...December was superb. No question or hesitation about that.
"So..." she smiled and looked up at him again. He was her boyfriend! It was taking a lot of self-reservation not for her to squeal at that moment.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 23, 2007 14:06:32 GMT -5
"So..." Drew repeated, grinning back at her, and he couldn't help but lean over and kiss her again. It was his right, not just by a mutual agreement, but as her boyfriend, wasn't it?
And now, he didn't have to worry about another guy coming in ahead of him... or did he have to worry more? He knew there were other guys after Felicity. Would they back off now that she was officially spoken for or would they double their efforts? He knew there were girls out there who didn't care about the girlfriend/boyfriend thing and would still go after a guy who was spoken for. He didn't doubt for a second that some guys were like that too.
"Any more questions?" he asked as he let his own roll around in his head. He didn't ask them though, pretty confident that he didn't have to worry about Felicity going off with another guy. And she really had no control over the other guys, but he was sure she'd set them straight as well.
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