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Old 05-17-2011, 06:49 AM   #224 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Samira Malfoy Potter View Post
Samira giggled at the playful antics she and Levi were throwing back and forth. With all the stress going on in life, it was nice to just slow down and have fun.

The Slytherin raised an eyebrow. She felt flattered that Levi thought so highly of her, and a little taken aback. Samira didn't think anyone other than a few select people really thought she was fun to be around. She gave a genuine smile. "Thanks, Levi," she said sincerely. "Same goes for you." It was totally true, too. How many guys joked and called themselves the "King of Nerds"? It was so cool! Samira didn't get why more people didn't just...let loose. It was so much funner more fun and easy. "My parents say I'm really uptight, actually." Samira rolled her eyes, remembering how her pristine and proper parents who always found the negative about her. "That I take things 'too seriously'."

Giving herself a mental shake to forget about the uncomfortable topic, Samira quickly returned to their light-hearted discussion. "Our words should be totally unusual, but make sense. So we're totally original." Samira felt excitement build up as she went through all the possible combinations in her head.

Levi wasn't the type to compliment people unless he really and truly meant it. He wasn't the sort of boy who threw around sweet words to reel a girl in and then use her. That was the problem with most relationships he was surrounded by day in and day out. Guys just spat out random compliments to their girls to keep them contented or swung in the other direction, playing the sympathy card and cutting themselves down. Levi had a fair balance. He didn't have a martyr complex as most Gryffindors were associated with but he didn't have a big head either. Life was too short to pick one of the two extremes. He preferred being himself; his geeky, impatient, and easily amused self. He was glad that at least now he had found somebody who accepted him for who he was. He didn't need to pretend around his new friend.

"Uptight? You?" the fourth year repeated, making a strange face. "On what planet? No offense to your parents or anything but I don't think they know you too well. Then again, my old man doesn't know me all that much either. He could give two craps less what I do with my life, actually. I don't need validation from a drinker, though." He shook his head in revulsion. The extent of their closeness was when the man was sober and even then, he yelled himself hoarse and threw chairs at Levi if he implied one little thing the wrong way. Words really couldn't describe how free he felt back at Hogwarts.

"You're right," he said, trying to stay cheerful. "I've never had an inside joke like this with somebody before..."
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