Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 5, 2007 0:22:40 GMT -5
Drew gave a small laugh, mostly because of the simplicity of the request. He didn't think her favor would have been anything he couldn't do, but he hadn't expected something quite so easy.
"And here I was expecting you to ask me to battle shrieking eels or something," he said, kissing the top of her head quickly before standing up and offering his hand to her. The faceless made him nervous as well. He didn't blame her for wanting an escort.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 5, 2007 2:17:22 GMT -5
When she heard his laugh, at first she wasn't sure if he was laughing because her request sounded so silly, or if it was because he just didn't really know how to respond, but her worries were put to rest when he spoke.
A nervous giggle escaped as she took his hand and pulled herself up. "No, nothing dangerous like that, just asking if you'd walk me there and wait for me," she told him. Even to the blonde it sounded silly to ask a boy, a boyfriend to be more correct, to walk her to the bathroom, there was a reason girls were supposed to walk around in a gaggle, just for such occasions. "Besides, it's pretty dangerous just doing what I asked, isn't it?"
Really, asking him to walk a short ways to the loos and waiting was pretty dangerous. There were a ton of the scary faceless figures lurking about, or so it seemed, and she was asking him to stand guard in a way, by waiting for her.
Lacing her fingers with his and bringing her other arm around so she could clutch at his hand with her free one, she walked down the corridor, resisting the urge to dance on the way there, and turning to him before actually walking inside. "I'll only be a minute," she told him and kissed his cheek quickly, a sealed promise that it wouldn't take long.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 5, 2007 22:07:07 GMT -5
Drew smiled back, doubting they were in any more danger just because she wanted to use the girls room. And it deffinitely wasn't half as scary as going to the boys room. Drew wasn't sure exactly what made the ladies bathroom better, but for the amount of time they usually spent in there, it had to be, right?
As she slipped inside, he took a seat on the floor just outside the door, not really sure how long "only a minute" was in girl language. He watched the Deva watch him and he afforded a nervous smile in their direction as he waited.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 5, 2007 23:18:26 GMT -5
This was not good. Not good at all. It was horrible timing, absolutely so, but there wasn't much she could really do about it either, it happened. Felicity didn't really know, but she really didn't think either, that the faceless figures would even think to let it happen. It was something she rather needed, and it was absolutely horrid timing.
A disgruntled look on her face as she exited the loo, she had to have looked miserable, how could she not? Why in the world did it have to happen then? The Deva would have to do something about it, wouldn't they? The blonde was pretty sure there were female faceless figures, the hair looked about right on them, and they would understand wouldn't they?
Looking down at her feet, she didn't really want to look at Drew, didn't want him to touch her. It was so disgusting.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 5, 2007 23:33:19 GMT -5
Drew had pulled up a pretty decent bit of extendable ear while he had been waiting and shoved it into his back pocket. Of course they wouldn't dream of listening in on the girls room (though Drew had been tempted after hearing from Felicity what was discussed in there) But there was a nice length of the network running along the base boards on the way to the Staff Room. He had just taken what he felt he could, tucking the loose ends away so as to reamain unseen, when Felicity exited.
He scrambled to his feet, a wide grin on his face that quickly melted away when he saw her expression. "What's wrong? You okay?" he asked, wodnering what could have happened in the bathroom to make her so obviously upset.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 5, 2007 23:39:51 GMT -5
"I'm fine," she replied truthfully. The brown eyes were kept directed at the floor, just very disgusted she thought. As long as Drew didn't touch her, she'd be fine. All she had to do was find someone, even the leader of the Deva would do quite well, she just needed someone.
There was something wrong though, absolutely wrong. How could it not be? The week really was off to a horrible start, and it was just getting worse. Mandatory feast, take-over, emotions, arguments, crying, and now this on top of it all. Really, two things on top of it all. But she couldn't tell him about one of those two things, nope, that was strictly female business, not that she hadn't discussed such things with the male gender before, but that was different when it wasn't family. But, it would explain the emotional rollercoaster.
"There isn't any soap though," she told him. That was what had really got her down, no soap. "So please don't touch me."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 5, 2007 23:56:41 GMT -5
No soap was a problem, but not a big enough deal for her to be acting this upset and he reached out to touch her arm in hopes of comforting her when she said not to. His hand fell back to his side and his worried expression deepened.
"If you want, you can go into the boy's room," he told her, wondering if that might fix the problem. Then again, it may just make it worse. "I'll make sure no one goes in there, no problem." He'd also check about kicking some house elf butt if he had to. Granted, the whole school was now using one bathroom per gender, but still it wasn't much to ask to keep those restrooms stocked now, was it?
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 6, 2007 0:13:36 GMT -5
Chancing a glance up at him, she wasn't entirely sure he wasn't joking. But he looked really serious, he wouldn't mind keeping the boys out of their own loo for her, that was kind of heartening.
"You'd really let me use it to wash properly?" she inquired. Of course, she doubted he'd say no, but really, he'd keep all the boys out just so she could wash up? "And you don't think they'd care if I was in there to get some soap?"
But even after that, she'd really have to find a girl. At this point it didn't matter who they really were, as long as they'd understand.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 6, 2007 0:19:07 GMT -5
"If that's what you need, yeah," Drew told her, still not sure this was all abotu a lack of soap. But the offer to use the boy's room had cheered her up a little, so that was good. It would be easy enough to sit outside the door and keep any guys out for a minute or so.
And if they really had to go, he'd send them to the girls room. Half the guys didn't use soap anyway afterwards.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 6, 2007 0:34:30 GMT -5
Nodding, but only slightly, she tried a small smile. If it was all she needed, it would've been grander than grande, unfortunately, she needed a bit more. And in order to get what she needed, she needed another girl, even the one that had gone away only moments before would've suited well. But at least it wasn't a dire need, she was prepared enough for the time being.
"It would make me feel a little better," she told him. However, it concerned her slightly, what would the faceless figures think of her entering the boys room, and would Drew really be able to stop them from entering as well?
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 6, 2007 19:53:40 GMT -5
Drew answered with a corrked grin before hopping over to the boy's room and checking inside to make sure it was empty. There wasn't much he could do about the writing on the walls, but at least he knew there was nothing about his girlfriend in there.
"S'all good," Drew told Felicity, holding the door open for her. He wasn't sure how good she'd actually find it, but it was good enough, considering it was empty and fairly well stocked at the moment.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 6, 2007 20:18:06 GMT -5
Biting her lip lightly, she entered the boy's room. At least she hadn't had to wait for anyone to exit, it really was getting to her that she couldn't wash her hands, and the bit of anxiety of what she'd have to do, find another girl, if this ridiculous thing kept going on and they weren't allowed to sleep properly, properly wash, or anything of the sort, it was horrid.
Heading directly for the sinks, she knew all she had to do was turn the faucet on, grab a bit of soap, and then wash. However, after she'd washed her hands she decided to wash her arms while she was at it, there was quite a bit of soap in there, it wasn't as though none could be spared. And after her endeavor with that, she decided to wash her face and neck as well, there wasn't any harm in it, other than Drew might have to keep a person out for a moment longer.
That being done, she turned to the door, on pretense of leaving, but was distracted by a bit of ink on the walls.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 6, 2007 20:33:31 GMT -5
Instead of sitting off to the side like he had before, Drew set himself right in front of the door with his back against one side of the frame and his feet propped up against the other, making a rather large V on the threshold. It was still possible for someone to get in by just stepping over his stomach, but Drew wasn't about to let that happen. Any guy who tried would find himself face down on the bathroom floor.
He heard the water running and tried to focus on other things, feeling like he was evesdropping when he shouldn't. It was a while before he realized the water was still running and then, once it finally turned off, even longer for her to exit.
"You okay in there?" he called out, hoping she wasn't doing anything really personal in there. He really didnt' need to know what she was doing, just that she wasn't having problems of some sort.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Sept 6, 2007 20:47:17 GMT -5
There were some interesting things written, not nice things, but some things were compliments, in a few ways or others. Some of the things were a little hard to read, having been smudged, or crossed out. There were a few other things, but those things were really bad things to have been written, and Felicity wished she had something to cross them out with. While she didn't know anyone they were written about, she really didn't think it was nice to have such things there for everyone to see.
"Yes," she called back, tearing her brown eyes from the dirty walls, but catching something in the process and freezing. It was Drew's name.
Pulling the door open, she didn't see Drew's legs until it was too late, and toppled right over. Groaning a little, she tried to straighten up quickly, skirts were not a good thing. "There were some really interesting things in there."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Sept 6, 2007 21:13:45 GMT -5
Drew had expected her to come out after she answered, but not quite so quickly, planning to have time to move out of the way so she wouldn't do exactly what she had done. He tried to reach out and catch her, hoping to break her fall at least a little so she wouldn't get hurt. Now that she had washed, he figured it was okay to touch her again.
"Sorry! Sorry!" he cried out, feeling bad he had caused the fall. She seemd to be alright though, talking about the graffiti instead of injuries. "Yeah... you weren't supposed to read that stuff..." he said with an embarassed smile.
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