Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR

It suprised Sebastian about how long they were retaliating back and forth about the honor to kiss each of them. Ugh, it was disgusting now that he thought about it in depth. Maybe he was thinking about this way too far. "Okay, uh, how about we drop it. If we talk about it any longer I might get sick." He said putting his legs upon the chair next to him, laying back in the chair that he is sitting in. This was the life.

He raised an eyebrow as Sel said that the sandwhich was the first time she made it right. "The first time you made a jellybean and peanut butter sandwhich, correctly? How do you even mess that up?" He asked, trying to figure out how you actually could. He shrugged. Maybe he did take a bite of the sandwhich, hmm, who cares? It was a while ago anyways. "You should make me another one soon, by the way, I'm getting hungry again." He said finishing off his apple.

Seb swallowed and shook his head. "No, Sel, I am settled down with one of them as you say. Sophie is my girlfriend, but I'm having problems with Bonnie, the one who I like as well. Which I shouldn't be liking anyways." He stated, hoping now it would make sense to munchkin's small brain. It wasn't that hard to cooperate in his brain, then again he was older. Hah. "Wait, people get mad at me too often? What is that supposed to mean?" He asked confused. Only Bonnie and Evan had been mad at him, well so far. ShortPerson didn't know what he was even talking about! He rolled his eyes at her idea of giving them both presents. "Fine, I'll bring you. But there's a condition. You have to get the presents, with myself, because I'm not a good present type of person." He nodded, hoping that she would agree. Ugh, her plan better work!

Then, ShortPerson started talking about her life and Sebastian could tell why she never spoke up about it. Her life was so boring compared to his! Eh, but he might as well act concerned and understanding as she was towards him. Not!

;D

"So what ever happened to your family, if you hate them so much?" TallPerson asked, flinching a little bit as she brought up that her parents are divorced. Yeah, his parents were divorcing in a month, and he couldn't even do anything about it. "Oh and Emma, I think, mentioned that you have a little boyfriend." He teased.

...

"Well I'm awesomest times infinity times infinity plus one! So hah!" Seb laughed. Oh goodness, fun times.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

Ivan walked over to the Room of Requirement not having to go very far since he had been in the common room. Looking around he didn't spot Mia so leaned against the wall to wait for her. He wasn't sure what was going on anymore. Was he dating TJ? Why did he agree to that he didn't want a serious relationship. Though she didn't exactly know the difference so maybe it would work out.

And then there was Mia who was dating another guy and who was a great friend that he liked to mess with. Hmmm.

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Why did she agree to the RoR? Especially when it was on the seventh floor and her common room was in the kitchen level. Walking up all those stairs did nothing to improve her mood at all. She wanted to go home. Her second home. In Russia.

Stepping onto the seventh floor landing, Mia spotted Ivan halfway down and she made her way towards him doing her best not to drag her feet as she walked. She was here because he was going to cheer her up. Hopefully.

"Hey." She said coming up beside him and giving him a hug. "You really don't have to do this if you don't want to." She was already feeling a little better just having her friend around.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

Ivan looked up as he heard someone coming and grinned as he saw Mia though it faltered. She really wasn't in a good mood was she. He hugged her back as she came up to him, "I promised to make you happy so I will."

He turned toward the wall and after walking back and forth thinking hard a door appeared and he grinned. He remembered how to do it. Well it wasn't every day he got something right.

Grabbing Mia's hand he pulled her into the room and looked around. At least it wasn't his father's office again. Merlin knew Mia didn't need to deal with a mopey Ivan. Nope instead it was actually one of Miles' sitting rooms. Heh. Stupid twerp. Dropping into a chair he looked at Mia, "So what's wrong?"

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Even though she was still feeling blah, Ivan's comment did bring a small smile to her face. "You sound like a man on a mission." Which was nice that he was so determined to make her happy.

Once the door was up, she allowed Ivan to take her hand to pull her inside and her eyebrows raised as she took in their surroundings. This was supposed to make her happy?

Sitting down on a chair opposite him, she curled her legs underneath her and heaved a deep sigh. "I miss Nik." She said simply as she looked at Ivan and her bottom lip might have quivered a little. There were other things as well but being away from Nik for so long was taking its toll. She should have gone to see him during the Easter holidays.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

"I am, your happiness is my mission," he said with a firm nod though a grin came to his face. He noticed her look at the room and he sighed, "I'm sorry. I haven't gotten the hang of the room thing yet and Miles' house was the first to come to mind."

He hated that she was upset. It made him sad and want to hug her or hold her but that might not be a great idea. Though when he saw her lip quiver he got up and walked over to her. Sitting on the arm of the chair he held her tightly. "Well, I'm sure he misses you too." Sadly. Usually he'd flirt with her to make her feel better but somehow he didn't think that would go over real well.

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Now she felt bad. He was doing his best to help her and she was not being appreciative at all. "It's a great room. Really. I wish I had one like it." She said truthfully. And she did because she was over having to live in a tent.

Mia wished he hadn't done that. She was just barely holding her emotions in check but the moment he hugged her again, she felt a couple of tears slip down her face. "I know." She sniffled. "It's been almost six months since I seen him last and I have to watch all the other happy couples. And then I've got people coming to me for advice about their own love lives. Not to mention that some people don't like me for all the wrong reasons and I feel as though my friends are slipping away."

Yeah that about summed it all up.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

He looked around and shrugged. "Well it was either this, my common room or my room at home and somehow I didn't think that last would go over well," he said with a smirk trying to get her to laugh.

When he saw tears fall his heart clenched at the sight. He wished he could help her. He slid off the arm of the chair and kneeled down in front of her. Raising an arm he raised her chin to make her look at him, his thumb wiping a tear from her face. "Well I like you. You're my favourite person." He looked at her and swallowed, "I...um...your dance. That's right."

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Well that did make her laugh more to cover up the shock of him actually considering conjuring up his bedroom. "Yeah you're right there." Yes this room would do just nicely thank you very much.

Looking into Ivan's eyes only made Mia want to cry more. He was such a good friend to her. She gave him a watery smile when he told her that she was his favourite person, not thinking anymore about it.

Mia was about to tell him that he didn't have to do anything but the mere thought of Ivan, Mr Cool Himself would actually do a dance to cheer her up, well this she had to see. "Do you need music?" She asked a little twinkle appearing in her eyes through her tears.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

Ivan grinned as he heard Mia laugh. Progress!!! Now if he could keep the smile and laugh there he would have succeeded in his goal.

"I'll do the chicken dance if you promise me a real dance," he gave her a smirk and crossed his arms the very picture of determination. "And yes I'll need music. How..." he looked around with a puzzled expression before looking back at her.

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

A real dance?

"I'm not sure I even know how to do a real dance." Was it like one of those waltz things? Eh maybe he could teach her and then when it came to dancing with Nik, she would know how to do it properly. "But okay."

At the look on his face, Mia let out a small giggle. "I'll hum the tune for you. But no slacking off now Ivan. You promised me a chicken dance."

Hehe.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

"Don't worry I do. Wasn't made to take all those dance lessons for nothing." He smiled at her and then rolled his eyes. Radio. I need a radio with the chicken dance. Radio. he thought desperately knowing that she was going to start laughing and then stop humming. On a table appeared a radio and he grinned. "I love this room."

As the music started playing he took off his jacket and threw it into the chair. "Alright let's see if I remember how to do this." Facing Mia he started doing the dance, albeit not really very well since his forte was in waltz and stuff. He was sure he looked funny but he'd do anything to make her happy again.

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Right. Of course he'd had lessons which meant he was probably a professional at dancing. And she had two left feet. Mia was starting to regret agreeing to dancing with him now. She was going to look like a total tosser.

When the radio appeared, Mia stuck her tongue out at him. Obviously her humming wasn't going to be good enough. Although once the jacket came off, she had to cover her mouth with her hands and her eyes widened as he began to dance.

She managed all of fifteen seconds before she burst out laughing at his awful attempt at doing the dance. Another minute of hysterical giggles and Mia held up her hands. "Stop." She gasped out, still giggling a little. "Oh Ivan that was awful. But totally hilarious." Like really, really hilarious. Her sides were aching from laughing so much.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

And as he predicted Mia started bursting out in laughter but he kept up the horrible dancing until she told him to stop. "Thank god. Because that...is a horrible dance." Though he was grinning as Mia kept laughing. That made him happy so it was worth the embarrassment.

"Now, how about some real dancing," he said as the music changed and he held out his hand to her. "Come on, I'll lead it's easy." Though he really shouldn't but when did he ever do what he should do. "Please," he said pouting slightly though he couldn't quite keep the smirk off his face.

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

It was a horrible dance made even worse by Ivan's attempt at it but she didn't say that out loud. She didn't want to hurt his feelings especially after since he had done it to make her happy. And she did feel better. A whole lot lighter in fact.

But then he was holding his hand out to her and Mia felt herself hesitate. She was nervous about this whole dancing thing but of course he had to give her a pout and she groaned inwardly.

With a deep breath, she took hold of his hand and rose to her feet. "Don't say I didn't warn you." She said while she stood there awkwardly.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

He raised an eyebrow as she didn't take his hand right away. Why was she hesitant? Didn't she trust him? Well...why should she when he didn't trust himself.

Finally she took his hand and he smiled, "Duly noted." Though he wasn't really worried about her dancing skills. Wrapping one arm around back he brought her hand to his shoulder and held her other hand out in the way he'd been taught. "Just follow me," and slowly he started leading her in a waltz around the room. A smile was on his face the entire time as he spun her around and caught her again then dipped her. "My mum made me take dance classes. Said I had to learn and represent my family like a gentleman to fit my title, or something like that."

Spinning her again he caught her the closeness between them getting to him. He looked at her and without thinking leaned in and kissed her.

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Oh my.

They were kinda close. She could actually smell the spicy scent of his cologne as she stood in his arms. And it made her slightly uncomfortable but before she could do or say anything, Ivan began to move and she tried her best to keep up with him.

The spinning was making her rather dizzy and she had to blink a couple of times when he dipped her to focus. Only when she was able to focus properly, Ivan's face was quite close to hers. She swallowed hard and stammered a little. "You...um...you have a title?"

And then he was spinning her again and Mia decided she was going to have to tell him to stop because she couldn't take the dizziness any longer. But fortunately he did finally stop and then did something she was quite unprepeared for.

He was kissing her!!!

It took her a couple of seconds to get over the shock of what he was doing before she pushed him away with her hands and she took a few steps back almost falling over the chair that was behind her. "Ivan! What the hell?"

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

Realizing what he was doing he took several steps back. Damn it. "I..um..." He what? It was pretty obvious what he had been doing. "I better go. I'm...I'm sorry."

Seriously what had be been thinking?! She had a boyfriend for Merlin's sake and he knew it. Grabbing his jacket off the chair he slid it on. Had this really been worth their friendship? Rubbing the back of his neck he looked at her, "I didn't mean to.... I'm sorry." He sighed and headed toward the door. Way. To. Go. Genius.

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Why did this keep happening to her?

Mia watched Ivan as though she had never actually seen him before. She was in total shock as to what had just happened. She took a few deep breaths as she ran her hand through her hair, still watching Ivan as he tried to make a getaway.

She gave herself a shake and narrowed her eyes. "Stop right there!" Her tone was rather demanding and very no nonsense. This time she wanted answers. Mia wanted to KNOW how she kept getting herself in these predicaments. "Come here and talk to me."

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

Ivan stopped as his hand reached for the doorknob when he heard Mia order him to stop. He had a choice, ignore her and leave or do what she wanted. Well it wasn't really a choice because he always did what she wanted and he found himself turning toward her.

"Talk about what Mia? I shouldn't have done it and I'm sorry." If she wanted to yell at him he wasn't in the mood for it. "I like you and I don't know when or how but it went from you being like my sister to...I don't even know. And I know you have a boyfriend and I wish I'd met you before and..." He was babbling now as he walked over to the chair he had been in and sat down. "I'm sorry."

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

Well that was obvious. She was pretty sure that Ivan didn't go around kissing girls he didn't like. Mia watched him walk back and take a seat and she felt herself sink into the chair opposite him. Her legs wouldn't hold her up any longer.

She leaned forward and placed her face in her hands, her hair falling around her shoulders like a curtain. "Please stop saying you're sorry." She knew that he regretted what he did, so she didn't need to keep hearing it.

After a long moment of silence, Mia brushed her hair back and looked at Ivan. "Tell me something Ivan. What am I doing? Because you're not the first guy to tell me that they like me. Am I sending you signals that I shouldn't be?"

Because she really needed to know.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

He rubbed the back of his neck feeling tense and irritated at himself and when she told him to stop apologizing he sighed, "I'm....right." No more sorry. He wished he didn't have to apologize but as it stood he didn't have a right to kiss her.

Looking up at her he frowned not because of what she asked actually but because other guys telling her the same thing. He wasn't even original. Faaaaantastic. He dropped his head into his hands and rubbed the back of his neck, "No. You get me. I'm happy when I'm with you. You call me on my stuff. I'm just.... I'm not sure. Everything I should feel for someone else," like TJ. Ugh. "I have come to feel for you." And he really didn't know when that had changed. And he reaaaaaally didn't want to be doing this third degree right now. He felt like going to hide in his dorm and come out like...never. Staring at the floor at his feet he sighed. He had come here to make her happy and he had succeeded until he ruined it that was. Maybe his uncle was right and he was just a failure.

Originally Posted by aussiegirl

There was just nothing she could say to that. She couldn't tell him that he had to stop because Mia knew that you just can't shut off your feelings like that. Okay she would have rather he talked to her instead of kissing her. Even though she hadn't asked for it, she hadn't even expected Ivan to kiss her, she felt like she had betrayed Nik somehow and she felt quite sick about it.

Rubbing her hands over her face, Mia heaved a deep sigh. "You're still my friend Ivan. But I think we need to give each other a little space right now." She wished it didn't have to be like that but there was no way that things weren't going to be awkward between them now.

Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

Ivan kept his eyes glued to the floor not even wanting to see the expression Mia had on her face because everything in him told him he wouldn't like it. And then the words he hadn't wanted to hear but knew were coming left her lips and he stood up. He didn't know why he was angry, he had expected it after all, but he was and he clenched his jaw. Was he angry at himself? At her? He couldn't answer that either. "Right."

What else could he say to that? He had stepped over the line and now he had to deal with it. MI don't regret it. Just so you know. I only regret your reaction." Which by her expression looked like she wanted to be sick, "and the fact I didn't get sent here last year." Grabbing the handle of the door he threw it open and slammed it closed behind him. He was an idiot just like everyone called him. Leaning against the door for a moment he sighed. This was his fault. He made the bed so he better lie in it just like his mum always told him. He pushed off the door and walked swiftly down the hall to his common room. Back to his old routine it seemed. No way did he want to see anyone even TJ right now.