Kellen McCrea
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Jun 1, 2006 1:04:43 GMT -5
"You should look into it," he encouraged. "I mean, really, why not? And if there's not something...I guess I'd say try to do something related to Charms. Or Transfiguration. Or Arithmancy. Even if it's, like, being the secretary for the secretary of the Accidental Charms Reversal people at the Ministry. Can't hurt."
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Allegra Thornton
Hogwarts Staff
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^it's just me^
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 1, 2006 23:10:27 GMT -5
"It definitely sounds better than waiting tables at the Leaky Cauldron," Allegra agreed. She fell silent, feeling awkward and shy again. It was nice talking to Kellen like before. She just wasn't sure she wanted it to be like before.
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Kellen McCrea
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Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Jun 2, 2006 1:42:22 GMT -5
Kellen looked down at the quill in his hand, running his fingers over it a couple of times. As the conversation lapsed, all the strangeness seemed to come back to him. He sighed and shifted his weight, then looked back at Allegra. "Are you still mad at me? About the hair and the Quidditch, or, really, anything else?"
He had to ask. He didn't want to, fearing it would just make the conversation uncomfortable, but everything had been uncomfortable lately and he wanted to clear the air.
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Allegra Thornton
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 2, 2006 22:05:48 GMT -5
Allegra looked at him and shook her head slowly as she attempted a smile. She had been worried about the same thing but didn't know how to bring it up. "I'm sorry I got so mad," she said, dropping her eyes as she nibbled on her lip. "It was silly of me to get so upset over it."
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Kellen McCrea
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Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Jun 3, 2006 1:49:25 GMT -5
Kellen smiled, relieved. It had been stupid, really, their 'fight'. He couldn't even remember what he'd gotten so mad about. "I think we both kind of overreacted," he confessed, "And then didn't really know what to do about it. Yeah?"
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Allegra Thornton
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 3, 2006 23:04:41 GMT -5
She hadn't just over-reacted. She had flat out mis-reacted, getting upset over something that had nothing to do with shaved heads or quidditch or anything real.
"Yeah," Allegra answered softly. "It just bothered me when you wouldn't talk to me at the game... and then... " Then Penelope had shown up, but she wasn't going to go there.
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Kellen McCrea
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Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Jun 3, 2006 23:24:35 GMT -5
Kellen looked down at his hands again. "I think I was mad that...well," he sighed, and continued on. "I think I was mad that Lily and I suggested this--admittedly--stupid idea to change our hair before the quidditch match, and everybody laughed, and it felt terrible." He looked back up at her, confessing. "But then when you suggested something, everybody loved the idea. I don't think I was mad at you, really, but at everybody."
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Allegra Thornton
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 3, 2006 23:36:35 GMT -5
"It wasn't that stupid of an idea," she answered even softer this time as she looked at her own hands. "I just... I wished you had talked to me first. I... I thought... "
Imagined. She had imagined that they had been some sort of team, the two of them. Again, it was a silly notion and one that came from listening to silly rumors.
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Kellen McCrea
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Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Jun 3, 2006 23:45:11 GMT -5
"Lily and I thought it would be a good as a surprise, that's all," he explained, sounding a little pathetic. "I mean, there was so much going on then, you know? It was right after... it was right after the murder, remember?" he asked, a little quieter. "It was just supposed to get everybody's minds off stuff. But, I mean, you're right. I probably should have said something to you first."
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Allegra Thornton
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 4, 2006 0:13:28 GMT -5
"You didn't have to say anything to me," Allegra answered, shaking her head and shrugging it off. "I don't have any right to double guess your decisions so why would you need to run them past me first? I was silly to get angry over it."
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Kellen McCrea
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Jun 4, 2006 0:19:22 GMT -5
"Well, at the very least, because it was Quidditch related," he countered. "Anything related to Quidditch should probably be shared with the captain. And then you could have told us it was a dumb idea, and then we wouldn't have got laughed at. It would have been better for everyone involved."
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Allegra Thornton
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 4, 2006 0:38:21 GMT -5
"Maaaaybe," Allegra answered, drawing the word out as if she weren't convinced. "I mean, it would have been nice, but you really didn't have to. Besides, it wasn't like it was a totally bad idea. It just needed a little... fine tuning."
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Kellen McCrea
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Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Jun 4, 2006 0:45:02 GMT -5
"And a better presentation, probably," Kellen thought aloud. He was feeling a little confused. If she'd been so mad about him not telling her about the idea, why, then, was she insisting he didn't really have to? And, he wasn't sure if he should ask her about it, either. He didn't want to spark up bad feelings again.
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Allegra Thornton
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 4, 2006 20:07:30 GMT -5
"Better?" Allegra asked, tired of the argument subject and hoping to sidetrack the conversation onto something a little lighter. "Like bringing ballons and hiring dancing girls? Because I don't know if even that would have helped much." While it was true, it was said with a tease. She hoped Kellen would take it as such.
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
Posts: 152
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Jun 4, 2006 23:00:43 GMT -5
"I don't know, dancing girls are pretty persuasive," Kellen said with a laugh, picking up immediately on the lighter streak. It was good; he never really liked serious conversations. They always ended with someone feeling bad, he felt. "Well, at least, it might have persuaded the male population of the house."
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