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Post by charonholler on Mar 28, 2006 15:03:27 GMT -5
He shook his head and answered, "No, not really. Meeting new people isn't exactly my thing, so I've really only met the few people I've run into. So far that's been limited to a random tree-climbing girl and a random Gryffindor. And you, of course. So far I think this has been the best meeting yet--aside from me getting us lost."
Charon felt a new urge tugging at him whenver he looked at Rael. He wanted to take her hand, put his arm around her, tickle her, something, anything just so he could touch her. He restrained himself, and wondered what was with him today. he never got that sort of urge, at least not after such a short time.
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Post by princessofthieves on Mar 28, 2006 15:59:23 GMT -5
She laughed lightly at how he described the people he had met so far. Not nearly as many as she had thought. However, she felt her cheeks warm at what he said about their meeting. "A random tree-climbing girl? A random Gryffindor?" she said with a hint of laughter and amusement on her voice. "Well, you might want to scratch that last one, and make it two random Gryffindors, as I do believe our meeting could be considered random enough."
Rael wasn't sure how to respond to what he had last said, but thought she should anyway. She seen he looked a little lost in his own thoughts, so stopped so she could better view his face. After she decided he seemed alright, she responded. "Being lost hasn't been so bad," she replied feeling a little awkward. "Except for not being able to find the Great Hall, of course," she allowed her lips to form a nervous, yet charming smile.
She tucked a lock of hair behind her ear again and looked back up into his face. She felt nervous, and was sure it showed on her face. She wasn't used to feeling like this, but she liked the feeling. She continued to stare as the lock she had just tucked fell back to where it had originally been.
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Post by charonholler on Mar 28, 2006 16:10:27 GMT -5
Charon watched as she brushed her hair behind her hear and as it fell back into position. He reached out and placed it behind her ear again.
"I suppose you're right. After all, if I hadn't gotten lost we wouldn't have met. And if we hadn't stayed lost we'd not have spent so much time talking," he said, smiling somewhat lopsidedly.
He thought the brief touch would've helped, but instead it made the longing worse. It was getting harder to restrain, and he had no idea how she would react when it got to the point where he couldn't stop himself.
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Post by princessofthieves on Mar 28, 2006 16:38:03 GMT -5
Her hand stopped abruptly as she had reached up to re-tuck the lock behind her ear, Charon had beat her. She lowered her hand and looked away, she had felt his hand lightly touch her, and the butterflies in her stomach took flight. When he spoke, she looked back, only to see his smile. That smile was perfect, it made his features more striking, at least in her opinion.
Lost for a moment in her thoughts, she smiled. Rael allowed her eyes to linger a moment longer on his face, before she turned away. She wanted to walk down the corridor again--she wanted to step closer to him, but she couldn't. Her feet were again planted where she stood. She still wasn't sure how to win the on-going argument in her head, but wasn't sure she wanted to. She turned back to Charon to see what he was doing, whether he was standing still or taking steps to continue down the hall.
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Post by charonholler on Mar 28, 2006 18:09:02 GMT -5
Charon, wrapped in a mental argument, had continued three or four steps before realizing that Rael had stopped. He turned and rejoined her, wondering why. He noticed that she once again seemed distant.
"Is something wrong?" he asked, concerned.
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Post by princessofthieves on Mar 28, 2006 21:01:32 GMT -5
When she turned around, she realized he had already walked a few steps away from her, but had returned back to her. She was utterly embarrassed she hadn't been able to move, and she blushed slightly at her immobility. After he had asked his question, she didn't know how to reply. Nothing was seriously wrong, but then again she felt as though everything was wrong. I wonder if...she thought, and immediately stopped the thought. Absolutely not, it's not going to happen. He was just being kind, putting up with her because there was no one else around, and no escape.
"I'm fine," she lied. At the moment, she wished her stomach would settle, things wouldn't be so strange if she weren't so suddenly nervous. If he would just do something, other than look at her concerned. Rael looked away, still blushing from the thoughts in her head.
"Anyway, does anything look familiar to you?" she asked as she looked back up into his eyes with a small smile.
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Post by charonholler on Mar 28, 2006 22:42:01 GMT -5
Though he would have preferred to just stare at her smiling face, Charon looked around. "Not a bloody thing," he said. He looked back at Rael in time to see the last of her blush fading away. He wondered why she had been blushing, but pushed the thought away.
"I expect it doesn't look familiar to you either?" he asked as he started walking again, this time watching her to see if she was coming.
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Post by princessofthieves on Mar 28, 2006 23:00:22 GMT -5
"I'm afraid not, mate. I don't believe I ever spent this much time in this corridor." She followed Charon, and was glad her feet actually moved. She stared at them, and wondered, she had always thought her feet were too small, maybe that was the reason she hadn't been able to move. Her feet were just so small they couldn't lift themselves, that had to be the reason, not because of what she was thinking, but because they needed all of her thought to move.
She lifted her gaze back up and continued to survey the hall, there had to be a stairwell or a secret passageway around somewhere. She knew the castle was big, but she thought this was getting a little ridiculous.
As they walked further down the hall, to avoid all thoughts swirling through her mind and to maybe get a little insight into his, she decided to start another conversation, not that the last one worked very well. "So, you said earlier I was the best meeting you've had so far. Why is that?" Rael turned around to walk backward so she could see Charon's face when he answered. A light amusement was back in her eyes as she peered at him, and a curious smile caught her lips again.
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Post by charonholler on Mar 28, 2006 23:24:56 GMT -5
Charon almost didn't have to think about the question to answer it, and the response formed quickly on his tongue. "Two reasons, really. One, because you're the most interesting converationalist out of the lot, and two, because you're the prettiest," he said with complete honesty. He noticed that she was staring at him again. Why? Why does she keep staring, he thought.
"You don't have to answer this if you don't want, but may I ask why you keep staring at me? I mean, it's well within your rights to stare at whomever you want, but it's making me wonder if I have something on my face or something," he aid suddenly.
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Post by princessofthieves on Mar 28, 2006 23:54:04 GMT -5
The prettiest? He really thought she was the prettiest? She could feel the heat as she flushed a deep crimson red, which had to look odd on her fair complexion. She had been told she was cute before, but never pretty. She couldn't help it when her smile lost all curiousness and turned very shy. Her eyes remained on him though, she suddenly felt like she couldn't tear her gaze away from him.
His question startled her, she didn't expect it, like it seemed he had expected hers. "No, there's nothing on your face, other than your nose, a bit of hair, and your lips, of course." She smiled sweetly at him, still not able to believe she heard what she had. "I guess, well, I need focal points when I talk with someone, it helps to keep concentration while I listen and talk. And it helps me to sort things out," she started to advert her gaze, but changed her mind. "When we met earlier, before talking, I was trying to figure you out, decide who you were. And while we were talking I was deciding whether I liked you, or not." She allowed her eyes to trace the features of his face, while she still walked backward. "And now, well now," she paused a moment as she tried to come up with the courage to say what she wanted to. "Now, I'm staring because I can actually see what's there, rather than needing to figure anything out."
Rael stopped abruptly. "And I rather like what I see."
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Post by charonholler on Mar 29, 2006 0:08:55 GMT -5
Charon stopped, half because she had, and half out of pure shock. He looked, eyes wide and mouth agape, at her, then looked down at his feet. He had considered several reasons that she might be staring, but he had quickly thrown out the idea that she liked him.
"Well...I can honestly say I did not see that coming at all," he said softly. He felt that since she had confessed to him, he had to do the same. But even though she had already said it, he had a hard time finding the words. He quietly cleared his throat, looked up, and said, "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't flattered. Greatly. But I'd also be lying if that's all I said."
He fell silent for a second, once again trying to gather his thoughts and put them into a speakable order. He continued, "I feel like I have to tell you...I've found that the feeling is quite mutual."
He stopped there. He felt like he should try to hug her or something, but didn't know what else to do or what else to say.
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Post by princessofthieves on Mar 29, 2006 1:00:22 GMT -5
That wasn't good. He looked away, that was never good. Then things got worse, silence, an awkward silence. Then he spoke, and things sounded bad. She quickly scanned for an escape route before he spoke again. She needed to be able to make a quick escape when he was done. He was flattered, but there was more? Girlfriend. He had a girlfriend, and she was ignorant enough to have blurted out what she did without having asked first.
There was a pause before he continued. And again the awkward silence was there. Mutual? An utterly surprised look took over her face. She must have heard something wrong. What rhymed with mutual? She couldn't think straight, her head swarmed with all thoughts she had. She looked back at his face, into his eyes. Eyes were the windows to the soul, right? So they would tell her she had heard wrong. But she was completely surprised when they didn't. She had heard right. Every word he spoke had been a build-up, stepping stones.
She merely stared in awe at Charon. This couldn't be right. But what other explanation was there? His eyes told her she had heard correctly, his face expressed the same thing. This was an extremely awkward moment.
"What now?" she smiled gently as she asked. Rael could tell he was thinking, and most likely about the same thing she was.
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Post by charonholler on Mar 29, 2006 1:34:25 GMT -5
Charon smiled back at her. "'What now?' You think I have a plan for everything?" he teased. "Right now I think we continue on as we have been: looking for a way down to dinner, and talking. In five minutes, when it's sunken in to each of us what was said to the other, that's when I suggest we deal with that."
He puyt his foot forward, as though to start walking, then stopped and turned to her again. "Let me make one small change of plans," he said, his smile now a large grin. "I suggest we add 'while holding hands' to the continuing on part." HE watched her, waiting for her reaction, and hoping that he hadn't overstepped his bounds.
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Post by princessofthieves on Mar 29, 2006 2:12:01 GMT -5
Rael now knew she couldn't take her eyes off his face, the smile was back. She still felt stunned. Her genuine smile returned with what he had said. She had smiled quite a bit that day, she realized. Even before there was anything to smile about. When he suggested they continue to walk, she realized how logical it sounded, why hadn't she thought of it? However, she was a bit disappointed, but what else could she have expected?
When he attempted to take his first step, she was ready to do the same, but she was caught in utter surprise again when he made his suggestion. She hadn't expected it, not after what he had said first. The grin he wore gave him a boyish look, and she couldn't help but do the same.
Rael took a small step toward him and placed her hand in his, as she did she hoped he didn't mind she had made the move. She glanced back down the corridor, suggesting they continued onward into the unknown. "And you do seem to have a plan for everything," she said as she turned her head toward him. "So, what would you like to chat about?"
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Post by charonholler on Mar 29, 2006 2:28:11 GMT -5
Charon felt Rael slip her hand in his, and nearly breathed a sigh of content. This contact with her was something he had been wanting for a while. He could hardly believe his luck. He had found a way to kill time for a couple hours and he had managed to find a pretty girl who's interested in him.
"Ah, now you've already given me a chance to disprove your statement about me and plans. You just asked a question about which I have no plans. I'll leave that up to you," he said as he started walking. As hungry as he was, he couldn't help but hope just a little that they'd stay lost for a while longer.
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