Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 3, 2007 22:32:31 GMT -5
Drew gave a short laugh at Lily's tirade. This bit had been very similar to the battle she had put him through a couple of years previously. He had broken down in tears then but now he just figured it was typical Lily. "Wow... I'm a jerk!" he responded, the only emotion he gave was that of feigned surprise.
"There never was an 'us', Lily," he told her bluntly. "There never was and there never will be. So go ahead and tell yourself those little lies about how I led you on and 'made' you kiss me. I wasn't the one who messed you up. This is so not my fault." It was pretty much what he had told her that last time too, only this time without the tears.
A little bit of sunshine entered the Hall and Drew broke into a smile as she caught his eye, rushed to where he was and plopped at his feet. It felt like a scene out of a storybook and Drew gently tugged at Felicity's hair in a very unWestley-like fashion.
"Hey, Pretty Girl," he drawled, breaking into an easy grin and switching the conversation away from Lily's outburst with very little effort. "You guys doing okay at Gryffindor?"
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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Sept 3, 2007 22:53:30 GMT -5
"I didn't mean an us like that," Lily muttered under her breath. "Us as in friends us. For a Ravenclaw you aren't very smart. Maybe you're right. Maybe I do belong in Gryffindor for thinking more with my head than my heart."
And that was when this girl, came out of nowhere and just ever so rudely interrupted. She noticed what Drew did and the way he talked to her. She knew what she was. So there was no Alhana anymore . . .interesting. Lily could have never messed with Alhana's mind, but perhaps this new girl she could. Drew made her see red; Lily was out for blood and she didn't care who suffered at the cost. Drew was too many curse words that Lily couldn't say.
"Oh hi, who are you? See you got bored of Alhana, Drew. What was her issue? Was she too clingy? Too needy? Did she have issues and expect you to see her as human. Was that the issue? Was she too human for you? Did she make one too many mistakes? Because if you haven't noticed, Drew doesn't forgive and he doesn't believe in chances. So better watch your number, pretty girl." This whole new self-assertive, self-confidence thing for Lily? Well apparently there was a downside.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 3, 2007 23:49:44 GMT -5
There seemed to be something wrong, and she wasn't sure what it was, but it didn't really matter when Drew tugged on her hair and called her pretty. The blush crept up to her cheeks, it was a little embarrassing having him call her out like that. Felicity didn't mind, but she didn't even know this girl, and here he was being really cute as if it was nothing. Grinning, she nodded in response before answering.
"Yes, Gryffindors holding up well enough," she told him, letting her eyes flit back and forth between the two. "There are a few not doing as well as others, but we're trying. There really isn't too much we can do when there really isn't much to take people's minds off of things." If they had cards, or something, at least for the younger ones, they could get them involved and have their minds momentarily focused elsewhere than just on the roaming faceless figures that really gave the blonde chills.
Turning back to the other girl, she smiled a little and was ready to greet her when she started her own conversation to her. Opening her mouth to answer the first question, she didn't even get a chance; the girl just kept going and going and going. It was like one of those bunnies from the battery commercial, and Felicity wasn't too sure she liked what the other girl was saying either. And it really didn't help too much that she did have to use the loo.
What did she mean, got bored of Alhana? Felicity had heard the name before, but she wasn't entirely sure. Drew had never really said Alhana, he usually referred to her as his ex-girlfriend to Felicity, never a name. And Felicity really didn't understand the whole too human thing at all. When the blue-eyed girl started talking about Drew not being forgiving or believing in chances, this blonde started frowning.
Drew had given her a chance, actually a couple, and he'd forgiven her quite a bit really. Every time she didn't understand, or he got mad at her, he forgave her; and they'd had some nasty arguments.
But anything she said was nothing compared to her last comment. The girl had absolutely no right to use what Drew called her, and in such a way.
"For starters," she began, pulling herself up from the seated position she'd taken. "Hello, my name's Felicity, but I don't think I really care to know who you are. And I don't really know what you're talking about, but I don't like it." She had no right to say such things about Drew, none at all. "It isn't very nice to say such things, and you really shouldn't, especially when it isn't true."
Drew forgave, he believed in chances, otherwise he wouldn't have asked her to be his girlfriend, right? "And I really don't want you to call me that," she told the girl with a small growl edging on her words, feeling confused, but also angry. "Especially when it sounds like a threat."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 4, 2007 0:25:49 GMT -5
After hearing Felicity's answer, Drew had every intention of introducing the girls properly... nicely and calmly, with no extra titles or judgements attached.
But when Lily just went off, Drew stared at her blankly, letting one raised eyebrow give away how incredulous he found the situation. He almost had to laugh at what she spat out. Alhana, too needy and clingy? Well, that couldn't have been farther from the truth. In fact, nothing that had come out of Lily's mouth was even close to being right.
Drew almost stepped in, was about to speak up and call Lily out for spouting off nonsense, when Felicity did it on her own. It wasn't often he got to see the pretty Gryffindor stand up for herself... but he liked it.
"Lily, you're making yourself look really foolish right now," he told her calmly and maybe he did have some feelings left for the seventh year. Right now it was mostly pity mingled with a touch of disgust. "But you speak to my girl again like that and you will answer to me." He wouldn't resort to hitting her (though he had come to the conclusion late last year that he wouldn't always be able to stick to that principle), but he would find some way to make Lily pay if she hurt Felicity.
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Post by hermione7lunaroc on Sept 4, 2007 6:40:52 GMT -5
"Well maybe then I should answer you. Would you like it if I went and egged the Deva on? Get them to take care of your which you've been wanting to do for years. Would you like the Drew? I've watched; I know the unstable ones, it would be all too easy." Lily didn't know where she had gotten so mean. She just felt hurt, incredibly hurt and her anger stemmed from there. It was her way of defending herself, but her defenses were breaking fast. The hurt was showing through and she didn't even care if it did anymore. He wouldn't feel anything anyways, though her eyes filled with tears and the break in her voice was evident by a slight shake that only got worse.
"Do you know what's bugged me all this time? Why did you do it Drew? When you met me back then there was practically an 'I have issues' stamp on my forehead. You knew I was unwell and you know that being around guys made me nervous because I told you that. I told you of lot things. You never had to be my friend and most of the problems of our friendship, I blame myself, and I've told you that. Because I used to run away and I used to have a lot bigger issues than that and I didn't know how to be a good friend because I had never had any. Why did you do it Drew? Was it to show me the ultimate truth? I had hope today, when I came into this conversation that maybe you had forgiven me, but now I know the truth. I could deal with indifferent Drew, but I couldn't with nasty Drew. And you've just showed me one very important thing today Drew. I was wrong to trust you, because what I said before about being on par with those other guys I didn't mean, but now I do mean it. Everything else from what used to be a friendship, comes on my fault for wrecking. But I will never trust another guy again. Because eventually they're all gonna hurt you, thank you showing me that. Everything else may be on me, but your hands are not clean. And they will always be red. Always."
She didn't know what it was that had made her go off that day. When Drew was mean like that, something inside Lily just snapped and she knew she had to protect herself. But it seemed she couldn't even do that, because her inside tears were visible for the world to see and her voice had shaken like she had a little earthquake. And she felt sorry for what she said to that girl because she wasn't Drew and she probably didn't deserve that. If she was anything like Drew though, Felicity wouldn't accept her apology. Not that it mattered. She got up and walked away, looking for some place to be alone. She wasn't running away and she wasn't going to either, but she needed to take herself out of the situation before it got worse, before Drew had time to reply.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 4, 2007 9:22:51 GMT -5
Drew just smirked as she spoke of the Deva. Yet more proof that she didn't know what the heck she was talking about. How could she? She had never listened to him, never taken his feelings into consideration, never stuck around long enough to deal with any problems like he had. He had tried to be her friend, tried to be there for her when he needed her, but she didn't knwo the meaning of friendship. She had not once been there for him. He had learned quickly not to trust her.
She ran off and Drew let her go. Yes, he did still have feelings. It bothered him to see her upset, but he hid it well. He wsn't going to let her get to him again.
He turned to Felicity, no smiling, no emotion of any kind. "That was Lily," he told her.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 4, 2007 9:30:36 GMT -5
There was hardly any time to even think about Drew calling her his girl in front of this other one, but then again, with the things this girl had to say...Felicity didn't really care.
It was at the time the other blonde mentioned something about the Deva and what Drew wanted, and she was ready to flip. How dare she say something of the sort when Drew had already had one experience with them? Who in their right mind would even think of wanting something to do with them? And again with the threat. Felicity really wasn't too sure she liked this particular girl, whoever she was.
Opening her mouth to retort back, she didn't get the chance. The Energizer Bunny just kept going and going and going... It really was like a never ending thing it seemed, and just about everything the girl said, Felicity didn't understand.
When the one-sided conversation continued, Felicity was really, really lost. Something about the girl have an issue with postal stamps, being on a runway, something she did understand and didn't like about the girl not trusting Drew, then a wrecking ball, and she had dirty hands. Needless to say, Felicity's head was hurting.
But before she even had a chance to ask for clarification, the girl took off. The only logical conclusion, that really wasn't all that logical, she could come to was the girl was an ex-model working for a construction company and she didn't like stamps. And the girl didn't like Drew.
Frowning, she watched as the girl got up and left. If Felicity hadn't been quite so confused, she might've asked the girl to stop, but her head was reeling from what she just said that made no sense to her, other than a few parts about Drew.
When he spoke, it made he jump a little,just from the sound of his voice, the way it was and whatnot. Well, now she had a name, and it was a pretty one.
Sitting back down carefully, she pushed herself as close to the stairs as she could without being on his feet, not liking the way the guards were throwing curious stares in their direction. "Is she your friend?"
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 4, 2007 21:59:08 GMT -5
"I guess that depends on your definition of friend," Drew answered with a bitter smirk. He shuffled around a little so that she was sitting between his knees and he could drape his arms around her shoulders from behind.
"She came here and really needed a friend and I tried to be there for her, but she just took advantage of it all," he said, leaning his chin on the top of her head. "It took me a while to realize she was never a friend to begin with."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 4, 2007 22:18:42 GMT -5
Wasn't there really only one definition to the word friend? Felicity thought so, people were either friends, or not. There were no inbetweens in her mind. There were of course acquaintances, and such, but even then they had potential to be either friend or foe.
The faceless figures were still eyeing them, and she wasn't none too happy about it, but with Drew's arms around her she at least felt safe. The poor girl still had to use the loo, but the only girl student in the corridor as far as she could see had just left, and she wasn't about to go by herself, nope, she was all right for another moment or so, until another girl appeared.
Turning slightly, she wrapped her arms around his leg, merely for security reasons of her own, and leaned into him as much as possible, still afraid of one of the guards approaching them.
"How did she do that?" she wondered aloud about how the girl had taken 'advantage.'
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 4, 2007 22:42:46 GMT -5
"A lot of taking and never bothering to give," Drew answered, not sure he wanted to get into the specifics. He would tell Felicity if she wanted to know, and in actuality, there were a few things his girlfriend should know about Lily, but if he had a choice, he'd rather not focus so much energy on the seventh year.
"My fourth year... she knew I had a serious girlfriend... she had to know that I just saw her as a friend... and she tried to kiss me," Drew said, knowing it didn't sound half as bad as it actually had been. "It was like she thought we had a chance and I'd just up and leave my girlfriend for her. I flipped out... ran and told Alhana right away. I got angry because it was like she didn't care how I'd feel about it. She was just after whatever she wanted. Didn't matter who she hurt."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 4, 2007 23:09:38 GMT -5
No, Felicity wasn't entirely sure that really constituted a friendship, it was a lot of taking and giving, but she was curious about what, Lily had he called her?, took and never gave. Some people did that, for their own reasons, but the blonde was curious to know why Drew thought that.
It was a hard concept for Felicity to really understand Drew having a girlfriend in his fourth year, especially when she hadn't ever liked anyone until then, in her fifth, but then, there really wasn't much difference between fourth and fifth, was there? And Cherry was thirteen and had a boyfriend.
When he continued to explain, saying the girl had tried to kiss him, she gulped and tightened her hand around his calve. That was something she really didn't like, a part of the reason for her argument before, she was afraid of other girls. Felicity knew what some girls thought of him, merely from the bathroom, she'd told him that before, and while she knew he wouldn't act on that, she wasn't entirely too sure about some girls being the same way.
Drew was extremely charming in a way, much like Alexander was, but Drew had his own way about it. There was something about him that was attractive, and it wasn't some of things girls made comments on that she really didn't like.
However, he said he told his girlfriend, Alhana, that was her name. And she must have not blamed him, they'd stayed together from what she knew for a while. Pressing her lips against his knee for a moment, she just sat there silently, trying to think of how to say what she wanted to.
"I doubt she was just after what she wanted, love," she replied finally. "If she tried to kiss you, she probably liked you. She might have just been reading into something too much, like I did before." It was kind of an apology for what she'd been saying, but she still didn't like the idea of him with his arms around Celina.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 4, 2007 23:32:17 GMT -5
Drew smiled when she called him 'love'. It was nice te hear her say it even if he knew it was just a regular sort of pet name. Heck he had heard her call Celina that. It still didn't take away the niceness of it.
"How could she when she didn't even know me?" Drew answered, still resting on her head. "She didn't know anything about me and most of the time treated me like I was an idiot. I don't know why I ever thought she was a friend to begin with. After she tried to kiss me, I never trusted her again. I didn't hold the kiss against her and I was friendly towards her... but I realized I couldn't trust her anymore."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 4, 2007 23:45:17 GMT -5
His first statement confused her a little, she thought he had said they were friends, and had assumed he meant they were friends before she tried to kiss him, but she brushed it off. Felicity really wasn't sure she was going to like this girl too much, not if she was mean to Drew, and if she'd treated him like he was saying she did, well...it would make it all that much harder to like her.
"But you're very likable," she replied. "I've told you before what some girls say in the loo, they all have their own reasons for liking you," she went about explaining. "But, they like you nonetheless. And I'm pretty sure a few of them, if given the chance, would try to kiss you, too."
That's how it was for some girls, they liked a boy and they went for said boy, not caring what others thought, or being caught up in a moment they believed to be there. But, before she could continue the conversation, there was pressing issue.
"Drew, I'd love to continue this right now, but I've a favour to ask," she told him. She still didn't want to go there by herself, and no other girls had come out of the Great Hall yet.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 4, 2007 23:50:14 GMT -5
Drew, on the other hand had very little desire to continue. The only reason he kept on topic was to warn Felicity about what Lily was capable of. Now that he had gotten the biggest part of it out (though he wasn't sure she really understood the seriousness of the situation-- it so hadn't been like a few bathroom girls), he had no problem moving on to another subject.
"What?" he asked with a small smile, pretty sure she knew she could ask him for anything.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 4, 2007 23:56:48 GMT -5
At least he hadn't desired to continue, allowing her to slip her question in. But, it was a somewhat embarrassing thing to request of her boyfriend, especially with how old she was, but the figures with no faces really did terrify her a bit, how she ever got into Gryffindor, she wouldn't know.
Felicity didn't really catch his smile, from the position they were sitting in, but she turned a little more into him so she could ask without being too loud about her request. If he would, she was pretty sure there was going to be some snickering from those without faces, there was no reason to have them start before she even reached her destination.
"I'm still afraid..." she started, darting a look towards where the loos were. "And I understand if you say no...but will you walk me to the girl's loo?"
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