Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 27, 2007 1:18:36 GMT -5
Yeah, she had caught that bit and the fact that she pointed it out didn't make him feel any better.
"I thought it was too soon," Drew answered, dropping his eyes. "I considered it... I almost went with it... and I thought it was too soon..." Dang, he was such an idiot. Of course, if he had gone with his first thought, he would have gotten her a silver locket and it would have been another case of been there done that-- and done it better to boot. Silver was always second best and he sure as heck wouldn't have thought of putting Sammy's picture in it. He lowered his voice to a mumble, embarassed by the whole situation. "I was going to wait for your birthday..."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 27, 2007 1:43:47 GMT -5
Felicity hadn't asked for explanation, she hadn't asked that he even got her anything, she just didn't understand what he meant. Sure, her dad bought her mum jewelry when he could afford it, for special occassions, and Jacob bough his girlfriend jewelry, and Harold bought it for Fawn, but, it didn't just have to be if a guy really liked a girl, did it?
Thinking back to her beloved movies, she wondered whether she'd ever seen one where the friend bought the friend jewelry, without liking her. There had to be at least one. Right? No, actually she couldn't even think of one little one. But, she'd told Lucas she couldn't like him, he understood, didn't he? Felicity was pretty sure he did, he hadn't tried again, like Michael had.
"Drew," she started, reaching out and touching his wrist. "I like what you got me, I love the snowglobe. It's really cute, and it means a lot that you remembered I like the snow." It really wasn't hard to tell that she loved Sammy, well...it probably wasn't hard to realize she loved the snow either, but that was different. Had he gotten her a silver locket, she would've loved it, having a preference for it over gold.
Lightly, she traced her fingers over his hand, trying to get him to look at her, hoping he really wasn't mad about it. It was a gift and didn't mean as much to her as he thought it did to Lucas. "And you asked me to be your girlfriend, that's an even better gift," she smiled at him. "And I said yes, didn't I?"
Felicity had turned down Lucas because she wanted Drew, she kind of hoped that meant something to him. Drew said it was too soon, and she really didn't understand that, especially since he said he was waiting for her birthday. If he'd already planned something out, wasn't that contradicting the factor of how soon it was? "If you think it was too soon for something of the sort, then I'm glad you went with what you did. I don't want you to be uncomfortable about something."
While she didn't want him to be, that didn't mean he wouldn't be, and that didn't mean she do something to please him that didn't make her happy. She liked the locket, and she liked Lucas, she wasn't about to stop being his friend, or give the gift back becuase Drew didn't like it.
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 27, 2007 2:05:30 GMT -5
"Yeah, I know," Drew answered, still not sure she got it. He knew she liked his present and he knew she had picked him and he knew she wasn't going to go off and kiss anyone else. What bothered him is that some other guy was going around thinking he got away with giving her a locket. It may not mean anything more than friendship to Felicity, but Drew would bet money that it meant a whole lot more to Lucas.
He looked at her and tried a crooked smile. "It wasn't because I thought it was too soon," he told her. He had been working up to asking her to be his girlfriend for a month. And if you liked a girl that much, you gave her a locket. It hadn't been him being uncomfortable with it at all. "I was worried that you would think it was too soon."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 27, 2007 2:24:35 GMT -5
For a moment, Felicity was really confused, hadn't he just told her he thought it was too soon? After he finished fully explaining, she smiled at him. So, he'd been worried about what she'd thought. Really, she probably wouldn't have thought too much about it, at least not about the time it was given in due time to their relationship. Really, if he'd given her jewelry instead of the snowglobe, technically they wouldn't have been dating either. Well, dating, yes, but not have an actual relationship words could be put to.
"Drew, if I don't like something that you do, I'll let you know," she told him, knowing she'd already told him she didn't like something once before. "And you won't know unless you try something, or ask, or just something of the sort."
Letting her fingers intertwine with his, she realized, that while they still had a lot of food, she wasn't all that hungry anymore. Not because of the conversation, but, she just wasn't hungry. "I mean, I know it isn't proper to ask about a gift, but really, I don't think you should worry if something is too soon or not, I'll tell you if I think it is."
In all reality, he had a lot to worry about, how many times had he tried something only to have her end up mad at him? Well, she already knew what her resolution was going to be for the coming year, to try to be good about understanding things quickly, and to not get mad at him so quickly. Hopefully it would work out well.
"Do you think we could get a bag or something, for all of this?" she asked, not trying to be rude about the amount of food he bought, but she'd glanced at his watch, and it was getting close to six o'clock, she didn't want to miss the light show with him. And this way, if he didn't mind leaving with the food, they could pick at a bit of it later, rather than having stomach aches from trying to stuff it all down right then.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 27, 2007 2:34:46 GMT -5
She made it sound so much more simple than it had been, thinking this through while he had been shopping for her present. Yes, he was still pleased with his choice, but he couldn't help but feel jealous of the boy who had once again gotten there before he did.
"If I had gotten you the lcoket and you weren't ready for it, then I wouldn't have had a present for you," he told her, and yes, he was pretty sure she would have been nice about not getting a present, but he wouldn't have felt right about that.
It was all so complicated and he wasn't sure why. He'd have to figure it out before school started up again so that he wouldn't make so many stupid mistakes... so that Lucas Smith wouldn't keep getting the jump on him.
"Yeah, we can pack this up," Drew agreed, feeling the need to move. Sitting at the table wasn't working. He needed to get up and out of this particular mood.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 27, 2007 2:50:28 GMT -5
"I told you you didn't even have to get me anything anyway," she explained. And yes, she remembered well that he'd told her he wanted to get her something, but she probably wouldn't have turned whatever it was he'd chosen down, as long as it wasn't a ring. That was much too soon, and she knew he knew this also.
He agreed to pack up, and she stretched her legs for a moment before standing and hopping right into Drew's lap for a minute. She felt bad that he didn't seem to like it, but there wasn't much else she could do, was there? She'd already explained to Lucas that she didn't have feelings for him.
Wrapping her arms around his neck tightly, she pressed her lips against his before nuzzling her face into his neck to get some warmth. She liked him, she really did, and she didn't know what to do to make him feel better about Lucas, she'd really done all she felt comfortable doing. She'd turned him down.
Kissing his neck softly before standing, she bounced over to get something to put their leftover food in, only to return a moment later and start packing everything.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 27, 2007 2:59:54 GMT -5
Well, of course he didn't have to get her anything. That wasn't the point either. The point was he liked her... a lot... and when you liked someone a lot, you made sure you gave them something nice for Christmas. he felt he had done a pretty good job in that department. He just didn't like that someone else had done such a good job, in fact a better job, as well.
But when she cuddled onto his lap it was quickly forgotten: the locket, Lucas, and packing up the food. He kissed her back and when she nuzzled his neck he kissed the top of her head to boot. She was definitely something special and he was glad his stupid little fits didn't turn her off.
She got up too quickly and for a moment he wondered where she was going, but when she returned with the packing up supplies, he stood and smiled, helping her wrap it all up.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 27, 2007 11:29:41 GMT -5
At least he was smiling again, Felicity was pretty sure that's how she best liked him, when he had that slightly crooked smile on his face. Normally when he was smiling, it also meant his eyes looked really nice, a little on the bright side, and she couldn't stop herself from glancing at them to see if she was right.
As they packed it all up, she felt a little bad about saying she was pretty much famished, and then suggesting they pack and leave after hardly a bite or two. But he hadn't argued it, so maybe he really wasn't very hungry anymore either, and in all reality, they could always eat a bit more later. Leftovers were usually as good as, if not better than, the first time.
With everything put away safely, she slid her arm around him and moved in close. It was nice, she liked the proximity, it was comfortable. "According to your watch, we've about a half an hour before the light show, did you want to do something between now and then?"
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 27, 2007 19:41:30 GMT -5
"Uh huh..." Drew drawled before moving in for a slow kiss. She tasted like meat pie now, but that was okay. He probably did as well. Maybe he shouldn't have put up such a fuss over her buying him a chocolate frog. The argument seemed silly now, as was his jealously over Lucas. She was with him and that was all that mattered.
A small cough off to the side startled him and he looked over his shoulder at a small family, looking very annoyed that they had to wait around with food in hand while he kissed his girlfriend, blocking what was now a vacant table. "Sorry..." he apologized, taking the food up in one hand and Felicity's hand in his other before leading her back out to the main thoroughfare.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 27, 2007 21:46:22 GMT -5
A kiss wasn't what she'd expected, if anything, she would have expected him to say he wanted to look into a store, but this answer was even better than she really could've hoped for. It was slow, tender, sweet, well as sweet as meat pie was, and wonderful. Yes, this particular something was one well chosen.
At the cough, she was a bit disgruntled about the abrupt stop of it, but she understood. A family didn't want to see two young people snogging at where they could be sitting to eat. Adding her apologies to Drew's, she gladly followed him out to where the festival was taking place, but not before making sure her necklace was in her hand first.
While he might not have liked it, she did, especially because of Sammy photo. Of course, she knew she should ask him to put it back on for her, but she didn't think he'd like that too much, and decided perhaps she should leave it off for now. After their little conversation, she didnt' think he'd think too highly of her wearing it for the rest of their date, but he would have to get used to seeing it around her neck another time, just not right now.
Sliding it into her pocket, along with their bears, she squeezed his hand and stopped walking. There was a little alcove before walking directly into the main thoroughfare, preferring to continue the little rendevous they had going on before being stopped.
Putting her back to the wall of one building she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer. There weren't any little kids running around, so she didn't think there were any problems with continuing for a minute, or two.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 27, 2007 22:28:22 GMT -5
He wasn't sure where he was leading her to, but there was plenty to see and do so it didn't really matter. When she stopped suddenly and pulled him back, he was a little surprised, but pretty pleased with what she had stopped for. With her arms around his neck, he moved in as close as he could get, one hand on the wall above her and the other cupping her face gently. This was going to be a very serious, up against the wall snogging if he had anything to say about it.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 27, 2007 22:49:36 GMT -5
The wall was a bit cold on her back, but she didn't really mind when she could feel the heat rushing to her cheeks from the adrenaline of him standing up against her like he was. It was much too comfortable, but she didn't mind. And it didn't seem as though he minded her little stop. They had a good few minutes before the light show, and it wasn't as though the festival shut down right after the first one, nope it went well into the night, so they could easily see many of the other things after the show was over.
He moved up close against her and she could feel the butterflies in her stomach racing, and when he touched her face, those same butterflies sped and added fancy tricks to their race. It didn't seem like it was going to end any time soon.
Gazing into his nice blue eyes, she pulled him down a little closer and lightly bumped his nose with her own freckled one before barely touching his lips with hers and pulling back slowly. Felicity wanted this time to go a bit slowly, taking in, what she hoped to be, a very soothing, tender kiss. Or snog, if that was what he went for, she didn't think she'd mind, not even the slightest.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 28, 2007 0:05:58 GMT -5
He could feel the cold on his back but as he pressed in closer, her warmth over rode it. He could see the fog of his breath mingle with hers, count the freckles on her nose, see his reflection in her eyes. He kept his one hand clutched on the wall, forcing it to stay put and behave lest it start roaming with a mind of its own. Drew didn't want anything to break this kiss.
As she pulled back, he dove in to keep it going, taking his time to make sure he got it just right: slow, soft, and smooth. He'd have to come up for air eventually, but that wouldn't be for a while.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Aug 28, 2007 0:46:43 GMT -5
She didn't get very far, one because of the wall right behind her, and two because he followed her and quickly enough. It was what she'd planned on, him continuing the kiss, after all, she started it, why shouldn't he continue? And on top of continuing it, he was careful about it. He kept it at a slow pace, one she was comfortable with, most of their kisses were soft, little things, sometimes there were a few more, what might almost be consider, passionate ones, but she thought she might have a preference for the slow ones. That way, if he did something she didn't like, she could break it a bit easier, or at least she thought she could.
Loosening her arms from around his neck, she gently pulled his hat off with one hand, hoping he wasn't going to be mad about it, but she really wanted to play with his hair. She liked playing with it when he was kissing her, she usually got a funny noise or at least a good reaction from doing it. But, with as cold out as it was, she didn't know how he'd react. Hopefully not badly.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Aug 28, 2007 1:13:56 GMT -5
It was a small humming noise that escaped him when she started playing with his hair and he wasn't sure if tingles he felt down his spine were from the nip in the air hitting his scalp or the girl he was kissing. Either way, he wasn't about to argue. And as she ran her fingers through the shorter hairs at the nape of his neck, he wondered why he had gotten it cut in the first place.
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