Connor Manning
Head Boy
Slytherin Seventh Year Quidditch Captain
something in the way
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Post by Connor Manning on Apr 28, 2008 11:56:08 GMT -5
Sleep wasn't absolutely necessary. Really, it wasn't. At least not for Connor. He had attempted to get some sleep, gone to bed promptly at nine so he would have plenty of time in the morning to get ready for his lessons and then head down to breakfast. His plans of sleep hadn't worked out as well as he anticipated, though, and he was still lying awake in his bed at eleven thirty according to the watch on his wrist. He had heard of some people being able to go to sleep by counting sheep or going through the list of Ministry of magic Ministers, a long and tedious list, but Connor found that neither of these things helped. So at eleven forty five he made his way down to the common room, still dressed in his night clothes consisting of green flannel pajama pants and a plain green t-shirt. The common room was empty as far as he could see, so he sunk down into the good chair close to the last remaining bits of embers. He could see that the house elves had already come by, cleaning up the random odds and ends left by the members of Slytherin House. The common room looked nice cleaned up, and while Connor would have preferred to keep it clean and organized all the time, he knew it would be messy by tomorrow night. He began thinking of ideas on how to con his house-mates into keeping the commons clean when he heard a light tapping of footsteps coming from the dorms. He couldn't quite tell if it was coming from the girls or guys dorms, so he turned his head to see who would be joining him. (Open to more than one )
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Post by chrissy on Apr 28, 2008 19:05:53 GMT -5
Sleep never came so easily for Chris. Especially once again due to the girls in her dorm being all excited and mostly talking about boys and what not. Chris had threatened them with her wand finally and they soon shut up. By the time she had settled down they started to talk again. Finally giving up trying to make them be quite she decided to go down stairs to the common room.
Chris yawned as she descended the stairs into the Common Room. Still dressed in her pajamas of black cotton pants tied with a green satin drawstring, and a dark, emerald-green spaghetti strap tank-top, she saw a boy sitting in an arm chair next to the fire. Not really know who he was she decided to sit in the next arm chair.
Getting a shiver, Chris took out her wand and lit a fire in the fire place. The embers were bright green but didn't smell like smoke just the way she like it. Looking toward the boy, "You couldn't sleep either?"
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Connor Manning
Head Boy
Slytherin Seventh Year Quidditch Captain
something in the way
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Post by Connor Manning on Apr 28, 2008 19:18:37 GMT -5
Connor turned his head back to the slow burning embers as he listened to the footprints coming closer. They seemed lighter than that of a males, so Connor anticipated his company to arrive from the girl's dorms. Either that or a young male Slytherin. He finally looked back up to see a not so familiar face. She sat opposite of him in another armchair, lighting the fire as she sat down. The embers burned a bright green and Connor couldn't help but smile slightly as he looked into the dancing flames.
He looked towards the girl as she spoke to him now, shaking his head lightly. " Nah. You? " It was obvious that the answer would be no, that she couldn't sleep, but it would have been a little rude not to ask.
He hadn't seen her around much before, but figured maybe he just wasn't all that observant. He had been there since his fifth year and still didn't know some of the students who had attended Hogwarts their entire lives. He felt a little bad for not knowing who she was seeing as how she was in the same house as him. She also looked to be around the same age as him. " I'm Connor, " He mentioned lightly, giving the girl a greeting in the form of a small nod.
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Post by chrissy on Apr 28, 2008 20:31:18 GMT -5
After speaking to him she started to get comfortable since she can tell she's probably going to be there awhile which she didn't mind. "No not really, those girls up there can't be quite." Chris said angrily. She really hated when she tired to sleep when people talked around her. But that's pretty much everyone. "All they do is talk about nonsense and no one wants to be hearing that."
Looking at him, she really never saw him before and being here all six years. Chris doesn't really keep up with people in her house, they don't keep her interest. Unless they prove to her that they are worth her time. He looked around her age which was good because she really didn't have time for little kids; yet again it's nice to have to have someone look up to you and to get you things. He said his name was Conner, like she'll ever remember it but he looks like she can be friends with him. " Christine but everyone calls me Chris." She said in a gentle tone. Which was very unusual for her but then yet again she hasn't had any sleep.
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Connor Manning
Head Boy
Slytherin Seventh Year Quidditch Captain
something in the way
Posts: 737
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Post by Connor Manning on Apr 28, 2008 21:03:47 GMT -5
Connor readjusted himself in the chair so that he now had a light green blanket draped over his shoulders that had previously been on the back of the chair. A small smirk formed on his face as she mentioned the girls up in the dorms not being able to be quiet. " Eh, that's one good thing about the guy's dorms. We're not much for talking. " Usually when they went off to bed, that was it. Not too much random nonsense talking, usually just off to sleep. Most of the Slytherin lads weren't big on talking in general.
" Nice ta meet you, Chris. How long ya been here? " He asked, speaking up about his previous thoughts on why they had never seen one another before. It also raised questions in his mind of how he had gotten prefect over others. He didn't think he was too great of a candidate for the job, but he was proud to have recieved it. Connor pulled the green blankets tighter around his shoulders as he looked back to the fire. The Slytherin Commons could get pretty drafty at times, being under ground and all. He was glad for the fire the girl had made, but still felt a bit chilly.
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Post by fairchild1 on Apr 28, 2008 21:14:18 GMT -5
Talking girls, giggling idiots, and above all else, a small bladder to boot? Son of a… “Alright Chandra, but we have to be quick. I think that irate older girl walked down here. Yelling at all of us as if we were all talking about some fricken Ravenclaws…gross…” Selene shook her head angrily as she held on to the railing while her sister was groggily rubbing her eyes. Both Fairchild twins were cranky, tired, and above all else, sick of being at Hogwarts already. Why? One may have asked….because the stairs, the people, and above all else, the sharing a room with others. It left nights usually sleepless, and utterly annoying.
Walking down the stairs, their footsteps clomped one right after another. Their feet were bare, and the nightgown they wore had a horse on Chandra’s top and a green moon on Selene’s top. It wasn’t one of her favorites, actually, she hated it with a passion. But who could complain when they had to have clothing made specifically for them? What they could afford, they got. That was just the way it was.
Reaching the flat, Selene pointed toward the bathroom. “Over there, Chandra. Now move.” And so, they did.
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Post by fairchild2 on Apr 28, 2008 21:14:37 GMT -5
Going to the bathroom, the twins hadn’t stopped by to see the two older Snakes. “Can we please say ‘hi’? We haven’t said ‘hi’ to like anyone?” Selene just gave Chandra a look and nodded her head. Without letting her sister say anything before slightly squealing and hugging her sister, she thanked her. “Thank you, thank you, thank you! I promise this will be worth it.” Chandra smiled brightly as they left the bathroom, Selene had a look of utter annoyance on her face as Chandra couldn’t contain her own excitement. She didn’t care if the mean girl was over there, there was also someone else. Maybe that person was nice?
The first years walked over to where the seats were and such and sat down in an unoccupied couch that was near the other two. “Hello,” Chandra greeted with a large smile as Selene rolled and turned her head, eventually leaning it back against the couch. “I’m Chandra and this is my sister Selene. What’cha guys doing?” Chandra said, crossing her arms over herself and swinging her leg playfully. She elbowed Selene, whom just glared at her.
“Yea, I’m sure their charmed to meet us,” Selene said, which only made Chandra roll her eyes and laugh nervously at her sister’s comment.
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Post by chrissy on Apr 28, 2008 21:22:38 GMT -5
"Nice to meet you too." Chris said actually meaning that. Usually Chris wasn't up to meeting new people especially if she really didn't know them before meeting. "I've been her all six years actually. Which is weird since we've never seen each other." She really didn't think that was weird, she rarely was around always studying. She still thinks she should have been placed in Ravenclaw but then at heart she's a 'Proud Slytherin'.
Looking down at her arm she began to have goose bumps. She pulled out her wand and pointed it toward the girls dorm to summon her emerald silk robe. Rapidly coming down the stair is slowed down as it laid down on her lap. She grinned to herself as she put it on, bearing the 'S' on the back. Feeling a little better she gazed at the fire, watching it pop and crackle.
Other than the two of them it was rather quite, sort of the eerie awkward silence. But Chris actually liked it since normally the common room is filled with loud Slytherins. It was nice for it to be quite. She can actually hear herself think and not get irritated at the noise.
Unfortunately Chris thought too soon. She could hear feet slapping against the floor. She looked up toward the stairs and she saw two little girls going to the bathroom. 'Great the silence is broken.' she thought to herself. As she readjust herself on the armchair by sitting up and crossing her legs the little girls came down the stairs. Chris just sat there and watched the fire until one of them spoke. "That's nice, not to be rude, aren't you suppose to be sleeping?" Chris said looking in there direction even though she had every point to be rude. She could tell they were first years expecially the one that was swinging her leg as she spoke.
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Connor Manning
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Slytherin Seventh Year Quidditch Captain
something in the way
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Post by Connor Manning on Apr 29, 2008 4:33:11 GMT -5
" All six years? That's pretty lucky. I went to Beauxbatons before here. Nice place, but I prefer Hogwarts. " He said all this with a light smile and a polite nod. The room grew quiet after that, it was a wierd silence at first but Connor grew a little more comfortable in it as he stared at the fire, wishing he could sleep. He probably would have fallen asleep if it wasn't for the new arrivals in the common room.
Siamese twins? That was something you didn't see everyday. Well... Apparently it would be, though. Connor remembered seeing the girls while leading the first years to the Slytherin Common Room after the feast. That's right, he remembered them. ' I’m Chandra and this is my sister Selene. What’cha guys doing? ' Connor rubbed his eyes to rid them of tiredness and he smiled at the younger girls. " We are... not sleeping. And I see you two're doing the same? " He questioned, wondering why they too were out of bed so late at night.
' That's nice, not to be rude, aren't you suppose to be sleeping? ' Connor turned to Chris, a feint smirk on his features as she spoke to the girls. He was torn between laughing and defending the two. Feeling his role as prefect kick in, he decided on the second option. " Oh, Chris. Don't you remember being a firstie? " His tone was light and teasing, trying to get the girl to relax a bit. She seemed nice, just a little on her guard about everything.
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Post by fairchild1 on Apr 29, 2008 8:34:22 GMT -5
Well, these two were such great company that Chandra chose to want to talk to. Selene rolled her eyes about to let Chandra do all the talking when the guys started, but then right after he said what he was saying the obvious Queen of the Universe decided to speak up. Selene could feel the defeat coming from her sister and her eyes narrowed. Wait… they brought their mother to school with them? Now that was news to her.
That's nice, not to be rude, aren't you suppose to be sleeping?
“Oh, that’s cute. You still believe in bedtimes,” Selene snorted real loud. “must be real past yours then, huh?” Selene smirked, feeling pretty proud of herself. It was the first time she got to say anything against another student and it felt good to be getting back into the swing of things. “Next time, just be rude,” Selene tried to act all innocent. “It makes what I do next just that much better.”
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Post by fairchild2 on Apr 29, 2008 8:35:09 GMT -5
So, Chandra may have picked the wrong people to want to talk to, and she may just have fueled her sister’s appetite to insult and be overly cocky…and she may actually have cut a slight grin as her sister had her back…but that was all in an order that was after what she first may have done.
Chandra shrugged as the boy asked if they were not doing the same. They were too sore to really sleep, though it was amazing how the bed was altered to fit them. And then on top of that, they had to go to the bathroom, this mean girl was yelling at everyone and so…nope. “Small bladder,” she said bashfully trying to sum it all up without the girl ahead of them getting mad again. Of course then she went off and said what she did and Chandra’s small smile faded into a defeated sort of frown. Her half of her body slunk into Selene, and then Selene went off.
“Oh, that’s cute. You still believe in bedtimes,” Selene snorted real loud. “must be real past yours then, huh?” Selene smirked, feeling pretty proud of herself. It was the first time she got to say anything against another student and it felt good to be getting back into the swing of things. “Next time, just be rude,” Selene tried to act all innocent. “It makes what I do next just that much better.”
Chandra giggled and covered her mouth as she did so. Usually, she wasn’t into her sister being so defensive and mean, but the older girl was meaner. Looking at the two they sat with, Chandra wondered why they had to go to bed and the two there didn’t. An older boy, and an older girl….her eyes opened wide and she lightly giggled again.
Oh, Chris. Don't you remember being a firstie?
Both girls turned their head at the guy and then looked at each other and started to laugh. If only he knew…”Selene, she wasn’t being rude,” Chandra started lightly, but it was still audible enough for the two older students to hear. “We obviously interrupted something…” Upstairs it was sleep, though they had nothing to do with that one…and now it was the alone time between this girl and the guy. In unison, both girls turned their heads from Chris (they heard the boy give the girl’s name), and then back to the boy, Selene with an eyebrow raised, and Chandra with a silly little grin on her face. When they finally stopped looking at the older students, they turned their faces back towards each other and nodded. Yup, they weren’t going anywhere now.
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Post by chrissy on Apr 29, 2008 16:30:42 GMT -5
Right as Chris was about to agree with Connor. "Yeah..."as Chris began to speak but Selene had to open her mouth. Thats what really made Chris mad when someone cut her off in the middle of a sentence.
Oh, that’s cute. You still believe in bedtimes,” ... “must be real past yours then, huh?”
Chris looked at the little first year, "Look little girl, your lucky that Connor is sitting right there. Because you obviously don't know who your messing with." Chris narrowed her eyes as she spoke on. " See I was going to be nice since your a fellow Slytherin and all, but unless you can change my mind." Chris was fed up with the little girls and turned toward Connor, "Yeah I do remember being a first year but I got threw it." and started looking into the fire.
“We obviously interrupted something…”
Hereing Chandra speak, Chris looked at her, "Eh no, actually both of us couldn't sleep and we've just met. So whatever you were thinking was going to happen your very wrong." She mentioned then looking toward Connor with the slight no head shake.
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Connor Manning
Head Boy
Slytherin Seventh Year Quidditch Captain
something in the way
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Post by Connor Manning on Apr 29, 2008 19:59:13 GMT -5
Connor hid his need to laugh at the first year's come back behind a carefully placed smirk. She had some spunk to her, an admirable quality for someone going up against someone much older than herself. Her sister, Chandra, seemed to be the quieter one of the two and a small smile worked its ways onto Connor's face as she giggled at her sister. It was obvious that the one girl was the agressor, and more quiter one just a bystander. He looked back to Chris, wanting to know how she would react to the youngers kids' antics.
Connor had been on Chandra's side, that was until she started hinting at something between him and Chris. He couldn't hide his amusement, though, that they would think that. He gave a light shake of his head as he listened to Chris tell the girl she was lucky that he was there.
In a way he guessed she was, he was a prefect after all, and he supposed his over all goal was to keep the peace among the housemates. But this was really too funny. ' We obviously interrupted something. ' Seriously? There was nothing wrong with Chris, she was pretty and Connor was sure she was a nice girl, but he had his eyes set on someone else, so the girl's little joke didn't bother him. " Sorry to dissapoint you, ladies, but you didn't interupt anything but glorious, heavenly silence. " He was teasing them still, a small smile making its way across his face now.
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Post by fairchild1 on May 7, 2008 0:06:04 GMT -5
Selene raised an eyebrow at the older girl and laughed out right shaking her head as she did so. Bedtimes and she thought that her threats were scary? “Get fricken’ real!” Selene laughed at the girl and crossed her arms over her chest trying not to croak right there from her lungs losing their breath. “Look Chandra,” Selene mocked the girl with her tone and her eye roll. “She really thinks that anything she could do to us could be worse than anything we’ve gone through,” she snorted and continued to laugh, except the laugh became more cynical than anything else. What possibly could the girl do that any muggle hadn’t done to them? Let alone what they already going through life as.
“Tell me girl, what’cha gonna do? Separate us?” Selene’s laughing had stopped and now both Fairchild twins were crossing their arms and slightly glaring at the girl. What did Chris think she was going to do that they hadn’t already been put through because of who they were… Selene found the girl to be utterly ridiculous. And when she should have stopped she had one more comment. “You always get bashful in front of a crowd?” she snickered.
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Post by fairchild2 on May 7, 2008 0:07:07 GMT -5
Chandra wasn’t so sure she liked this Chris girl much either. First yelling at the whole dorm, then when they were just sitting with the two older snakes, she told them that they should have been in bed? Chandra wasn’t feeling the love at all, let alone any sort of respect. Was it normal? Yes. But Chandra had hoped so much that Hogwarts would have been at least a little different.
It was then she agreed with her sister slightly and crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the girl. She wasn’t being very nice at all, and her concerned eyes fluttered between the Slytherin Prefect and the older girl. Though she was glaring, it soon turned into worry when Selene started talking again. It was evident to the sister that Selene was at her brink of having enough with this older brat, and it worried Chandra with how much Selene would push the issue. They were probably really lucky that Connor was there… then again, Selene would probably make sure that it wouldn’t matter before the meeting was up.
As the two older snakes denied that anything of what Chandra was thinking was actually going on, she nodded her head. She was silently grateful for the guy. Chris seemed like a horrible match for sure. Connor smiled at the both of them, but it only seemed as if Chandra caught it and she bashfully giggled.
Of course Selene didn’t miss the bashful giggle at all, and as she turned her head toward Chandra, she smirked and thought of her own tease. “There you go, Chandra….all yours.” Chandra’s face turned a beat red and her giggling stopped immediately needing to turn the conversation anywhere but on her. “What?” she asked softly and innocently. “Can’t I emphasize how fabulous you are, Selene?” Chandra smiled and shrugged her shoulders as cute as she could make it. She just hoped that someone stopped Selene before she said her favorite phrase… oh, how annoying the phrase really was…
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