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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 27, 2006 12:45:38 GMT -5
Keagan looked directly into Dean's eyes and smiled a small smile before turning her gaze to their hands again. She nodded, slowly at first, but then with stronger conviction. "Yeah."
Feeling free as she had after receiving the letter had scared her; she hadn't wanted it to go that easily, to be so completely severed from a boy she had once thought she loved, especially while he apparently still felt connected to her. But she had replied to the letter as best she could; it wasn't as if she could change how she felt. It seemed she had ended up in the current situation for much the same reason. She couldn't change how she felt.
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Post by dean on Aug 27, 2006 12:57:00 GMT -5
Dean smiled a bit as her gaze locked onto his, and then her eyes going down to their hands. He held his breath as he waited. ' Yes. She said yes. ' He was suprised for some reason, but he really didn't know why. Dean turned to face her in his chair and said, " That's... that's great. " He didn't know how else to express his feelings, really. He had never been too good at explaining how he felt to someone. For some reason, Dean felt nervous with Keag. It wasn't like stage fright nervousness, more like 'wow, what next?' nervousness. If that makes any sense at all.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 27, 2006 13:04:10 GMT -5
"Yeah?" she asked quietly, looking up to meet his gaze again after he'd turned in his chair. She had done so much rambling, and now she was at a loss for words. There was a battle raging within her now, a fight between several emotions. She was scared, nervous, afraid something might happen and what happened with Dan would become a cycle. Afraid of what she didn't know yet about Dean. Fear. And yet, eager, anticipating the unknown and what might come of it. And in the middle, vulnerability.
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Post by dean on Aug 27, 2006 13:17:14 GMT -5
Dean nodded, not saying anything for the moment. As their eyes met he smiled a somewhat shy smile, abnormal for him but fitting. " Yeah. " He wasn't too sure of what was going to happen, but he was willing to find out. With this thought in mind, Dean's hand went up to Keag's cheek and he placed a soft kiss on her lips. Pulling away slightly, Dean hoped that this kiss would have better results than their first one. That had just seemed to cause trouble. God, she's beautiful. He found himself thinking as he looked at Keag, a combination of a slight smirk and a grin on his face now.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 27, 2006 13:25:34 GMT -5
Keag was tempted to look away again, but then she felt Dean's hand upon her cheek and her attention was brought back to the blue eyes of the boy before her. Her eyes fell shut as his lips touched hers, and they remained so when he pulled away soon after. A smile was painted across her face now, a soft one, but entirely apparent as she sat in the afterglow of the kiss. She had been hoping she'd get another chance at this ever since the "accidental" kiss by the lake that she couldn't bring herself to resent Dean for. Her eyes fluttered open slowly, and his grin was the first thing Keagan noticed. "I'd hoped you'd do that," she said shyly.
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Post by dean on Aug 27, 2006 13:39:01 GMT -5
Dean's grin softened into a smile as his gaze was still on her and she looked up at him. A laugh escaped his lips at what she said next and he couldn't help but respond, " Yeah, me too. " Up until this point Dean hadn't been paying attention to anything around them, but now when he looked up he spotted a small firstie staring at them. " We're being watched... " Dean whispered into her ear. He laughed softly and the boy turned a scarlet color before turning away and occupying himself with a drink.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 27, 2006 13:43:44 GMT -5
Keagan laughed as well when he responded in kind, though it didn't quite make sense. She knew what he meant by his words.
Following Dean's whispered words in her ear, Keagan glanced toward where the first year was standing. A young Gryffindor boy, the flush on his face matched the color of the chairs in the common room. Keagan's face flushed a bit the same as she turned away again quickly, turning herself so she was facing the table now rather than Dean. "You might've done better to keep that to yourself," she said, joking mostly, but shielding her face from anymore curious onlookers. What could she do? She was embarassed easily.
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Post by dean on Aug 27, 2006 13:51:03 GMT -5
As the boy walked away, Dean shook his head slightly, noticing now that Keag had turned towards the table, away from everyone else in the Hall. He, too turned with her and noted the blush now on her face as she replied to his remark. " Thought you might want to be informed. " He said with a slight smile, Dean hadn't meant to embarass Keag, only make her laugh as the little firstie had turned away so abruptly when he noticed that Dean had caught him looking at them. Their hands still intertwined, Dean squeezed her hand lightly once again. " Sorry. " He said, apologizing for... whatever he had done.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 27, 2006 14:06:46 GMT -5
"Don't apologize," Keag said lightly with a laugh, squeezing his hand in return. It seemed a habit of Dean's to apologize for things that weren't held against him in the first place. It was her own fault that she allowed such small things to get to her. "I probably should have thought to wear a mask," she stated, laughing again. "It would be a little easier to hide that way, yeah?"
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Post by dean on Aug 27, 2006 14:18:02 GMT -5
" Can't help it. " Dean said, also laughing. He usually did reply whenever he thought he did something wrong, even if he didn't. It was just how he was. " Just a little bit. " He answered with a grin and went on, " I think it would have been more fun as a masquarade.... " Dean trailed off with a slight shrug as he glanced at a clock on the wall. It was getting a little late... plus he wanted to see Keag tomorrow sometime...
" Wanna get out of here? I was thinking you and I could hang out sometime tomorrow. " He suggested to her with a smile.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 27, 2006 14:26:46 GMT -5
"Perhaps," she replied, though she liked her costume, for the most part, the way it was. Glancing toward the same clock Dean had noticed, Keagan marveled at how quickly time had seemed to fly.
"I'd like that," Keag replied with a grin, tucking a lock of black hair behind the ear closest to Dean as she looked back toward him. "What'd you have in mind?"
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Post by dean on Aug 27, 2006 14:35:07 GMT -5
Dean stood up and took a drink from his goblet. Setting the cup down on the table again he answered, " Me too. I was thinking maybe just going on the grounds or somewhere... Alone. " He wiggled his eye brows when he said the last bit to show Keag that he was joking around with her. " Wherever you want to go. " He answered seriously with a slight shrug. It didn't matter too much to him where they hung out, as long as they did and had a good time while they were at it.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Aug 27, 2006 14:41:52 GMT -5
Sliding her chair back a little bit, wondering how they had bewitched the devices to look so flimsy and yet support the weight of an adult, Keag stood as well. She had only taken a few drinks from her own goblet and only thought of it again when she saw Dean drink from his. Plucking it up from the table on which it sat, she carried it with her, hoping to limit the clutter the house elves would have to clean up once everyone had gone off to pleasant dreams of ghouls and goblins.
Recalling the slight interruption of being watched, Keagan grinned. "Alone sounds nice," she replied, joking as well and giggling at Dean's attempt to wiggle his eye brows. It always looked silly to Keag when people did that. "I'll think on what I'd like to do, though." She was starting to regret not dancing with Dean earlier when he had asked, but she also knew that she would much rather do so in private somewhere; she had had that experience once before.
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Post by Matilda Wentworth on Aug 27, 2006 15:36:27 GMT -5
"I know the decorations are always worth coming to have a look at," Jynx said with a smile looking around at all of the decor. One of his favorite holidays was Halloween, it had been ever since he was a little boy. Returning his gaze back to the Gryffindor, "How long have we been here at the ball? Well we came earlier when it was just getting started then went and did something else for a while and now here we are. Just been back a couple of minutes, well since we saw you actually." Jynx said smiling and thinking that it was nice to talk to one of Matty's friends since he really hadn't meet that many of them. Standing silent on the wall, Matty kept a smile across her face. Listenting to Jynx's and Verina's conversation, she finally piped up. "I love this years decorations. The mist really puts a style on things." taking a step off the wall as she did so. Then listing to Jynx's coment on their where-abouts. "Yea, pretty much that." smiling at Verina as she did so, thinking about what had just happened when they were up looking at the stars.
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Post by verina on Aug 27, 2006 16:03:52 GMT -5
Verina only returned Matty's smile since she knew she'd tell her what was really up later, "They look great," she said looking around the Great Hall, "My afternoon once i decided to come consisted of trying to put / find something to wear. I hope the girls don't get scared when they go into the dorm," she said still rocking slightly on the soles of her feet, "Wasn't sure i'd run into anyone so was a nice surprise running into you two."
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