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Mariel glanced back at Nathaniel in amusement and fought the urge to roll her eyes as she stifled a chuckle. Surely she couldn't have been pulling him that hard, she was just in a hurry to get out of the cold and take her mind off of her previous irritation. Tilting her head slightly to assess his appearance as he took off his hat, Mariel graced Nathaniel with a small smile though he wouldn't have been able to see it behind her scarf. He was sorta cute with his hair all messed up from his hat. She reached up and ran the gloved fingers from her free hand through his hair to ruffle it up some more just to even it out a bit, then turned back around to the girl in front of the fudge counter to see if she had moved out of her way yet.
As the other girl turned around, the 15 year old felt slightly embarassed as she realized that the girl was none other than her best friend. "Oh! Sarah!" she exclaimed at the very same moment the Hufflepuff girl seemed to recognize her as well. Relaxing a bit more as well as finally warming up, Mariel tugged down her scarf so that it was now draped around her neck instead of the lower part of her face.
"Uh... what?" she said distractedly as she looked down at her enclosed hand as Sarah mentioned it. She had kind of forgotten that part as well as she hadn't seen Sarah recently so she wouldn't have known about recent events. "Oh, right," she smiled back up at Sarah. "We're, um... together now." But Sarah already seemed to grasp that concept as Mariel was pulled into one of Sarah's famous bone-crushing hugs. Once that was over, Mariel stood back to try to resume her normal breathing and glanced back at Nathaniel. "Um, just last week, I guess... Huh?" Mariel turned back to Sarah at her observance. "Oh... other than the bone-chilling cold? Let's see... yeah, one of Nathaniel's friends hit me in the face with a snowball then some firstie managed to immortalize that moment on film," she said sarcastically. "Fun, right?"
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fish_kid Great. The firing squad. Fun.. wait.. she was happy that Mariel and him were together? Odd. AND she knew he liked her? Awkward hug of doooooom. Weird. Was Sarah trying to steal his SOUL or his wallet or something. After she let go of the couple Nate straightened up and checked his back pocket. Wallet still there. Ok. Still weird. Mariel was ruffling up his hair.. he restrained himself for fixing it. He hated his hair being messed up. It seemed to him that Mariel liked it.. okay. He grinned at the girls. "Yea, I guess that's it." he said in reference to how long they'd been together.
He still felt bad that Torin had hit Mariel in the face with a snowball. "He's more of just someone I know, Mariel" he said squeezing her hand. And the picture. He wanted to get one of her. For his homework. He was totally going to ask first though. [B]"That kid did it for Muggle Studies homework...["/B] he informed her. "Speaking of which..can I get a picture of you later? Please? It's for homework" he told her. He knew that keyword would hook her. Mariel, the stickler for homework and goodness.
As Mariel finally revealed her face, and explained about her and Nathaniel, Sarah's smile grew wider.
"You know it took alot of willpower from me not to say anything to you two," she beamed, loosening the top of her cloak abit as the room got more stuffy.
"I seemed to be the only one that had noticed.Mind you that could be because I sorta knew the signs from going out with Ryder." Truely, as smart as Mariel was she did seem a little oblivious to all things boys...until now.Sarah had picked up on the signs a little while ago, and the present at the opening feast was the clincher.That was ages ago, though, so Nate had taken his time.
"Snowball? Camera?" Sarah shook her head to re-adjust her thoughts as Mariel told her why she looked so glum.What on earth had been going on?.....and it was snowing? Gee she'd been in that shop a looooong time.
"Tell you what," she finally said, turning back slightly to face the stand behind them.
"I'll buy you some fudge to cheer you up.Which flavour do you want? Nate, you too...." Smiling at him as he looked suspiciously at her, Sarah chuckled inwardly at the look on his face.Was it really so hard to believe that she could be nice to him? And did he just check for his wallet?!
She gathered up a couple of boxes of milk chocolate fudge for herself, and waited for a reply from the two of them, eavedropping slightly as Nate asked to take Mariel's picture.Photography for Muggle Studies? Damn she wished she hadn't missed that class!