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Emma Alfie noded and before she knew it, Theo had jumped up quickly almost in a Gryffindork way. Wait.. No. Probably Theo was picking up some of Brae's readiness and jumpiness. Once on their feet, they headed to the castle.
But why were they going so quickly? Had Theo realised that she was not Alfie? That something was wrong with Alfie? Merlin's Beard.. She'd have a lot of explaining to do to Alfie Emma, when she met up with her. "Theo! Where are we going?" asked the blonde, her blue eyes looking around at the passing scenery.
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princess of*hp* Theodore, still retaining the outward appearance of his Gryffindor mate, pushed open the doors of the castle and entered the pleasantly warm entrance hall, one sweaty hand still awkwardly grasping Emma Malfoy. If only the poor kid knew that he was in fact holding onto Alfie Port, then things would have been easier on his worried head. All that he knew was that if he didn't make a run for it soon, the polyjuice potion would wear off and he would shrink back into nerdy little Theodore Dumble, which would give Emma, a.k.a. Alfie, the shock of her life. The only question was: how to shake off the girl and find Brae to explain things before they got out of hand?
"Emm?" He asked, his eyes travelling up the stairs. "I... I left something in my common room. I really need to, erm, uh... go and get it, yeah, and then I'll meet you back, um, here for... for dinner?" How convincing, He sardonically thought. His lanky limbs felt like trembling as his nerves strained to the breaking point. Biting his lip in a most un-Brae-like manner, Theodore had to hold back from tapping his foot with impatience.
It wasn't until Emma spoke, that Braeden realized he'd kinda been dragging her with him while he went 74565 miles per hour. Oh, oops. That wasn't very Theo-like now, was it?
"I--I'm sorry, I, uh... I just... I'm so excited for this date!" lied the boy, "I just... I can't wait! The smell of books! Oh, beautiful, beautiful books! And... and all their valuable information! I just can't help myself!" he went on dramatically. He felt pretty proud of his performance on that one - Theo liked books, didn't he?
After this, Braeden began to slow down. Theo's legs weren't built for much speed-walking anyway, so the boy was beginning to grow a little exhausted. Not only that, but he was really actually kind of dreading this whole study date... He needed to figure out a way to get out of it without hurting Alfie's feelings or making Theo look bad.
As he burst into the Entrance Hall in a typical-Braeden kind of way, the boy came to an abrupt halt. There was a blonde girl standing just by the foot of the stairs.
Braeden could recognize that blonde hair and that frame
anywhere.
Without realizing it, his hand abandoned Alfie's as he came up to the Slytherin blonde with the goofiest of his happy grins.
"Emma!"
Oh Merlin, how he'd
missed her! Why did it feel like it had been years since he'd last seen her?! Who cares, she was here now and everything would be just fine.
Lost in this sudden state of euphoria, Braeden forgot completely of his appearance, and, without giving it a second thought, he enveloped the blonde girl (who seemed unusually tall for some reason) in a nearly bone-crushing hug. "I've missed you so much..." he confessed as he pulled back with a sort of dazed look on his - Theo's - face. He was just about to lean in and greet her with a kiss, like he always did, when he noticed... Braeden Stonem was standing only a few steps away, on the first steps of the stairs. Braeden Stonem.... Theodore Dumble
as Braeden Stonem!
Eyes wide as saucers, Braeden froze completely, and his eyes gazed at his arms around the girl for a moment. These. Were not. HIS. ARMS. LKSJDKFJDF.
HE'D JUST HUGGED EMMA.
As THEO. In front of ALFIE!
Oh. My. GOD.
"Uh... uh... uh... uh..."
Could someone just please conjure up a hole on the ground and let him fall through it? All the boy wanted at that moment was to disappear off the face of the earth.