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Originally Posted by
Leeness
Good. It appeared Oakey had given up on that ridiculous duel thing, although he had expected him to blabber on about it for far longer and in turn hurt Elijah's head even further. In fact, it was a little suspicious that the little twerp had given up so easily... hmm...
ANYWAY.
Louisa was talking now and they were about to get to the bottom of what was so important that she felt the need to strangle him with his own shirt collar. As the Head Girl went on and on, Elijah's left eyebrow rose higher and higher. THIS was what the girl had her knickers in a twist about? Elijah had practically forgotten about the occurrences on the train already.
When the Ravenclaw girl was quite finished, Elijah returned a smile back to his face. "On a scale of 1 to 10 how much do you like a bad boy, Louisa? I mean what Vickers did was preetttyyyyy bad boyish. IS that why you want to talk about this? Is it because you were so attracted to Vickers and his rule breaking?"
Elijah practically bounced on the spot, shaking Vickers as he did so, "See, Vickers? What have I been telling you all this time?" There wasn't really an answer to that question, it just seemed like something he should say. "Okay, Louisa, now that we know the real reason for this charade of yours," because the only thing Elijah found funnier than Professors trying to reprimand him, was students practically his own age trying to do so, "we can start talking about when your first date will be. Hogsmeade is good because it has the coffee shops and the pub and stuff... but perhaps an abandoned classroom with a house elf made picnic? That sounds barfingly romantic!"
Elijah stared, first, at Vickers then at Louisa and continued to do so, back and forth, beaming. "I think this is awesome that this is happening right now guys and," he took a deep sigh, his hand on his heart, "I would just like to say, you are both very, very welcome." Stepping forward, he placed an arm around each of the 'Claws necks and hugged tightly, "You two will be SO cute together."
"OI! PUFFS! Can I get a round of applause for our new cute 'Claw couple?" Quote:
Originally Posted by
Steelsheen
Oh Merlin... this is it.
His gaze shifted to the floor when Louisa rounded on them and launched with her reprimand. At certain points he wanted to jump in and protest but the second he'd look up and open his mouth he would hear something that makes absolute sense and he'd go back to staring at the gleam on his shoe. Indeed what ARE they going to do for the rest of the term? Scuttle away whenever they see the Headmistress and the Board of Governors walking along the corridors? That wasnt exactly his idea of making
good impression. Or the chance to get a stellar recommendation letter-- which is REALLY important at this point in his academic life. Then again that idea got flushed down Myrtle's toilet the minute he was introduced as somebody else.
Oh no--Lewis and Spike.... he was so caught up with his own worries
justifiably! that he hasnt even considered what the real Prefects felt. Would they just laugh it off? Charge them with something? Lewis wouldnt do that to him right? They... bonded. Kinda. He can keep Spike at bay right?
Aaaand THERE is the end to that speech. But before this Ravenclaw can get any two syllables in Elijah started yakking again. Rating him? Bad boy scale? Whaaaaat?
"ShutupShutupShutupShutupShutupShutup!!" he grumbled back through gritted teeth as the Curly One bounced and babbled on about a date in a classroom. Can he whack him at the back of the head now? Have Oakey deck him already? He steals a glance at Oakey, who was talking to the Fat Friar. He had that LOOK. Whatever it is can he do it now?
Wait... what
'You're welcome'? Before he knew what was happening he was getting a hug from Elijah as the Hufflepuff said those words....
O___________________O
Did he just.... did he just say?.....
Vickers froze on the spot. Shock. That was his first reaction. Shock like the kind when he read that Aparecium article about what he thought was a very private party that no one would know about other than a select few. Which of course has now spread like wildfire. And now this....
His brain was still catatonic, but his hand started gripping the crook of Elijah's neck-- was he gonna hug him? Strangle him? Do that Vulcan neck pinch thing?
He zeroes in on a particular clapping-- Aspen Odessa. She... was smiling. And clapping. Unexpected? Yes. Then again he has always thought Aspen was one of the GOOD Claws
who he still believed got framed in Charms so seeing her seemingly smiling at the news was a good thing. At least he hopes so.
BUT there was a Hufflepuff loudmouth to deal with....
Vickers plasters a smile for the crowd then pulls Elijah
roughly to the side so that they were some ways away from everybody else. Still not releasing his grip he mutters into the Curly One's ear
"Very funny buddy." There was nothing buddy-like about that statement
"What the heck do you think you're doing?!?" Finally he releases that deathgrip. Still muttering he jerks his head towards where they stood earlier
"Maybe as far as you're concerned that was good for laughs... but its not to ME." he said it with such blazing intensity in his blue eyes, which steals a glance at Louisa before focusing back on the CurlyPuff.
"You... have... NO IDEA what you just did." he stammered, unable to enunciate the jumbled mess of FEELS. There was a reason why things were
complicated between the two Claws. Things they need to sort out. A public announcement-- even when meant as a joke-- did NOT help their situation any.
…breeeeeeeath. She took a deep breath after the first half of her lecture that was; Laying out facts & ask questions to trigger the logic process in one's mind. She had the next parts ready somewhere inside her head but she figured that waiting for them to talk would be fair. Only it wasn't the smart one who talked, it was the curly haired mastermind.
And she might as well has been talking to the Fat Friar all this time because he didn't seem to hear or acknowledge a word she was saying.
Bad boy? She was here because Vickers' attitude attracted her? "
I am?" she asked, genuinely confused. But it wasn't why she was here, no. Like she wouldn't come to the Huffie table to the Huffie fraud to express the-- waaaaaaaaait a second. She caught up to Elijah's "play". Her cheeks quickly gained their red shade color as she dropped her head, scowling at ELijah from under her eyelashes, and crossed her arms nervously. What in Merlin's FILTHY shoes was he doing!?! She wanted to look at Vickers, see his face and study his reaction to every word his FRIEND was saying, but she didn't. Simply because she didn't want him to see how much her face was burning... it was times like these when she hoped that her hair hid--
Aaaaaaaand her neck was squashed in a hug.
O_O
Louisa squirmed and pushed Elijah away, almost stomping on his foot but Vickers dragged him to the side... was he strangling him? She looked with concern at the two of them when she heard the clapping...
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Originally Posted by
Mad Eye Touz
She wasn't exactly taking in all this. Mostly, it was safer for Aspen to avoid the Jelly Fingers Louisa that apparently had turned Head Girl. BUT when Elijah started yelling over the roar of the Hall, Aspen obliged in clapping upon his request.
She clapped.
And smiled.
And ran her tongue over her teeth.
And smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiled.
Hoorah, New Couple. Indeed. Smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile.
SHE'S HERE.
The seventeen years old just looked at the smiiiiiiiiiling and clapping Odessa. Was that... a genuine smile? Was she amused? Is she planning something? Was this an olive branch extended toward the Head Girl? Scoff, no way. The last thing Odessa would do was get intimidated by badges or titles, she had her own officials in her head.
Louisa pouted and averted her gaze away from the girl back to the boys. Yet another riddle presented itself; Why was Vickers mad exactly? She could name a couple of reasons, some she would like to mention, others... not so much. He could be mad that 1) Elijah made a joke of their bond, whatever it was. 2) Elijah made a big deal out of nothing, technically, forcing Vickers to take a solid
bold? move in her direction. 3) Vickers had to actually voice his refusal to something he wasn't even considering, since as far as Louisa knew he didn't mention anything about going out on a date with her after what happened. 4) Elijah doing exactly what Vickers wanted to do but at the wrong time. THAT, now that last reason was Louisa's favorite and if she ever prayed, it'd be for it to be that reason.
As for her, she was mad because Elijah DID put them in a horribly awkward situation, and in one way he rushed the procrastinated discussiong of certain...things.
SIIIIIIIIGH. She approached the boys again, seeing Vickers had taken a glance in her direction, and gently – gingerly even – she put a hand on his arm, "
It's okay, Vickers. Everybody knows he just jokes around…" She wanted to go on, tell him that it meant nothing and they still had to talk but she didn't want it to mean nothing. D: So she just halted there and moved her glare toward the said Joker, "
And you!" Eyes squinting. "
That was not funny! Nor theatrical!" She STOMPED on his foot, pushed her nose up in the air and spun on her heels walking back to her table, ignoring anyone still clapping or smiling at the announcement.
HUFFIES.