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"June 30th? Reid, that's in like, a couple weeks!" Rachel exclaimed, eyes widening as she realised that she would now have to find the perfect gift in under a month. Even the cookbook had taken three weeks to think of! She was DOOMED.
When was her birthday, he asked. Lucky guy had A WHOLE YEAR (almost) to think of a present. "April fifth," she replied absent-mindedly, her brain working a mile a minute as it tried to come up with a good present. Guh - this was SO not fair.
AHA! Distraction - good. "You told them about me?" she asked slightly rhetorically, a huge grin smothered all over her face at the thought. That means that he's liked her for a while just as she's liked him. Laughing at his 'cool people' comment, Rachel couldn't help but inquire, "And? Are there cool people here Reid?"
What he said next made Rachel's brain go slightly fuzzy. She'd had NO IDEA that wizards tended to perform in muggle films... Running through a list of muggle celebrities in her head, she wondered how many of them were actually wizards in disguise. Jake would so LOVE this. "I'm sure I'll like them - after all, they're your friends right? Which means you like 'em, which will mean that I will like them. . ." she nodded with a smile, not really imagining Reid's friends as the type of people that she wouldn't like.
There really weren't very many people Rachel Rider could say she didn't like... Those two Huffie sixth year girls, her parents (but that was something ENTIRELY differnet) and... Well, that was kind of it. Ooh and that Slytherin girl that she'd disagreed with in that DADA class in her second year - but other than that, none.
"I'll stay VERY close - don't you worry. Those girls will not know what hit 'em!" Rachel replied fiercely, a slightly comical determined look in her eye. No girl was going to get close to Reid Hemingway this summer - that was for sure. Well, unless he had kissing scenes in the movie. But for those, she'd politely excuse herself from the set and go sight-seeing or something. Or she'd stay and make the actress's day a living hell No no! Sightseeing! Shopping!
Standing there in Reid's arms did wonders for her mood. She could not seem to hold onto any negative emotion for long and the fifth year was SURE that someone had slipped her a Calming Draught in her water earlier today because there was just NO WAY she was this relaxed. Well, as relaxed as she could get. No matter where she was or in who's arms she was in. . . Rachel Rider would always remain slightly insane. In so many more ways than one.
"Yea I know. I'll be eighteen, which is actually kind of scary." he said, looking back, briefly, at his life up until this point. He just couldn't believe that he would soon legally be an adult in the muggle world. From the tone of Rachel's voice he could guess that she was slightly panicked at just how soon his birthday was. "But it doesn't matter really. I'll be working and so wont really get to celebrate it this year, although my friends do want to take me out somewhere."
"April?" he asked, pulling away slightly and looking down at her. "That wasn't that long ago. So you turned sixteen then right?" he asked slightly confused. She was a fifth year after all so he had assumed she was fifteen at the start of the year but he thought he better confirm it right now. So you know he didn't right something stupid on the card he'd have to give her next year.
"It depends on your definition of cool. Their definition tends to be models. If we're going off that then no. But if we go by my definition then yeah there are 'cool people' here." he replied, letting her grab hold of the distraction, seeing how happy she was that he'd mentioned her to his friends. "They can be quite pretentious sometimes and tend to think that they're better than others. Probably because most of them are stuck up models." he mused. "But when you really get to know them and if they like you they'll pretty much protect you like your family."
She seemed extremely determined, it was cute really. Although he was sure he wouldn't think it was cute if the look was actually directed at him... He just knew that there wouldn't be many if any fangirls invading his private space this summer. It warmed his heart to see that Rachel felt so strongly on that issue even though they'd only just got together. He hoped that she kept that determination as time wore on and they got closer to each other.
Humming an old, familiar tune Reid let himself relax more as he just enjoyed the feel of the night air, the fire crackling not far away and the feeling of Rachel in his arms. If every night could be like this he would be in heaven.