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ChanceCoeur Noelle glanced at him and smiled as he agreed the moon was indeed beautiful. At least, she thought that's what she thought he meant. Although, Sabbie was always giving her compliments. It wouldn't be abnormal for him to be throwing another one out there.
She continued to look up at the moon, enjoying it. It was breath taking.
But then Sabbie had to ruin all the fun about mentioning going back to the dorms. She made a face. "Well that's not fair... How come you get to stay here and I have to go back?" Because it wasn't.
Not.
Fair.
At.
All.
She was staying.
Noelle made her own fort of pillows and grinned wickedly. "Im staying." Sleepover time!! She had sleepovers before. This would be fun! "But what about blankets? And will we get caught??" Okay... So now the fear was rolling in. She didn't want to get a howler from her mum for breaking rules. Her Hufflepuff mother expected more from her.
Sabbie smiled at her decision to stay. He wasn't going to argue with her, she was 12 after all and in his culture, teens were considered adults. He figured she was close enough and knew her own mind. He was silently pleased she had opted to stay with him but she was worried about blankets. It was comfortably warm inside the treehouse anyway, he imagined it must have been magically charmed at some point.
"Don't worry, Nells, we have a couple of throw rugs and if we get cold, well, then you'll just have to cuddle me", he replied, looking at her and grinning.
As for her next comment, he wasn't really worried about getting caught, he just needed a change of scenery from being couped up in the castle. Besides, he thought his grandmother wouldn't truly disapprove of him getting up to cute stuff, as long as she believed he was keeping himself for marriage at 16. His uncles, on the other hand, would probably be somewhat amused if he were to be caught in the treehouse with Nells, and take a more realistic viewpoint in remembrance of their own boyhood antics. He guessed Nells' parents might take a different stance.
He could see her hesitation over getting caught though, so he said,
"Look, its up to you, Nells. If you're really worried, I'll walk you back". As he said it, a smile played at the corner of his mouth and he gave a pout and puppy dog eyes and said,
"But, I'll be really lonely without you".