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Fortunately, some of the tension was gone now; she felt much more comfortable talking. So Hailey encircled her hand in his once more and said, "What do you mean, you're not going to deny me?" She asked with a half-grin. But he was right--that would be mean. Except Mikey wasn't mean--he was a teaser. |
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So were they official now? Mikey couldn't tell nor did it feel like it. To him, this relationship seems the same; two best friends and kissing is just added. No big deal. |
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When he explained about the denying part, she smiled and leaned in to rest her head on his shoulder. "Good because I want to date you," She whispered in his ear. It was getting dark outside; she could tell because all of the owls had suddenly started waking up and rustling about. "Let's just stay here for a while," Hailey said. Just to get away from the hustle and bustle of the school. |
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"Um, we should go somewhere else," he finally said, not wanting to hear more owls hooting and whatnot. "Somewhere cleaner and with fresh air," |
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With her arms crossed, she listened to her twin. "You know I could never disown you, even if I could or wanted too!" They were family after all and there was no getting around that fact. They were stuck together for life, good or bad really. Shaking her head again, she frowned again. "Yes, Claws and Puffs fight and so do sisters. What difference is that? You know we are going to fight from time to time. To be honest, if we didn't fight; mummy and daddy would be worried about us." There was bound to be some amount of fighting between them. There was no way that they could get through their childhood with out fighting on some level, right? Watching her sister, she nodded as she apologized. She knew Laura was better than that and she didn't want people to start to think that she was rude or anything. That just wouldn't do at all for either of them. Laura wasn't at all how some people saw her and she didn't want people to get the wrong idea about her. They were fighting, but that didn't mean that she didn't care how people viewed herself and her sister. Shaking her head, she frowned. "I didn't say I wanted you to leave. I just don't want to talk about this right now." All this arguing was getting nowhere fast and maybe it was just best to let it go for now. "I think we should just talk about this all another time, that's all." |
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"Well when we fight at home we always made up straight after because we see each other always." Laura said truthfully. "But here i'm not so sure, because well we hardly ever see each other." Laura really wished that her sister was in Hufflepuff, then things wouldn't be like this. Laura was glad that Lana wouldn't disown her, she would miss her sister, even though she teased her she loved her sister loads, she just wished there was a way to go back to how they used to be. Laura smiled as she looked at her sister and then hugged her. "I love you Sis." Laura said seriously. "I know I can be a pain and tease you sometimes but I won't do it so much, if it annoys you." Laura was glad her sister didn't want her to leave. |
SPOILER!!: Twinie Lana didn't want to fight any more but she knew this wasn't completely over by any means. They honestly didn't think that they were going to be separated like they were, but it had happened and there was no way around it now. They were after all two very different people to and the sorting hat saw that and placed them accordingly. Lana was a 'Claw and Laura a 'Puff, but they would always be sister. Fighting sisters it appeared. "We make up because mummy and daddy make us make up," she added. Okay, they also made up because they wanted to make up as well; but in the grand scheme of things, being angry at each other at home was just something that could work. Their parents would not allow that for one moment. Yet, they weren't at home and being angry and fighting here was a different thing completely. "You know I'm happy to be a 'Claw and I would never change that." It needed to be said. She was proud to be in her house even if they weren't well liked at times. She loved her house mates and her team mates as well. They were her family here. "You know maybe us being apart is a good thing." It could all be a blessing in disguise now that she thought about it. Return the hug to her twin, she smiled. "I love you too, but do try to lay off all the teasing please." It was one thing to tease at home, but the teasing here just didn't seat well with her at all. |
SPOILER!!: Laura Laura walked to the owlery to see her owl. She was about to leave, when she spotted this. Hey, she had met her before. Her name was...Laura tried to recollect...yeah Laura! She was a Laura too. She walked up to her and said 'Hi Laura'.It was weird to be addressing someone with your own name! SPOILER!!: Lana She spotted the girl sitting next to Laura. 'This must be Lana,' Laura thought. 'Hi...I'm Laura,' she said. |
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Laura sighed. "I think it might be, we have to learn to cope without each other, but can we please try and talk before we end up like this again?" Laura sighed, she didn't like fighting, "I hate fighting with you sis, your my best friends as well as my sis." Laura said truthfully. Laura looked at her sister. "I'll try and remember not to tease you as much here." Laura smiled, though at home she might have a few teasing sessions with her but she was sure that her parents would stop her when she was annoying her sister too much. Laura was about to say something else when Laura turned up. "HI Laura, This is Lana a Ravenclaw like you, you should be friends." Laura giggled, it was weird calling someone by her own name. |
SPOILER!!: The other 'Laura' ! Laura smiled. 'Oh! so this is your sister? I thought! Hi Lana!!,' she said. |
For K 'n' K. Yo! Lewis was keeping to himself a lot lately, even more than he usually did. He tried to convince himself that it was only because he had so many things to do for school what with OWLs and finals just around the corner. But there was definitely more to it. He was avoiding...people. One person in particular really. And if anybody had asked him why, he wouldn't even have had a answer. Not a very conclusive one anyway. So he did what any rational human being would do. He avoided the confusing things and concentrated on...well, not so confusing stuff. Like homework. Or sending letters. Though the latter proved not to be that easy after all. He was still sitting there, in the Owlery with an empty parchment on his lap, a quill in his hand and a blank look on his face. What was he supposed to write about? His mind kept on drifting off to things he wasn't sure Valerie would be interested in. Or would like to hear about in the first place. Maybe writing a letter hadn't been such a good idea after all. |
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Which was impossible for the Gryffindor these days. Entering this part of the Owlery, Kurumi scanned the rows of perched owls hoping to spot his owl here...but no such luck. She should have known that she wouldn't, but its absence still brought a deep frown to her face and her eyes to slightly water. It was all happening again, just like with Adam. No matter how many letters she wrote...none of them came back. If he really wanted to write her, he would have found a way, wouldn't he? It hurt her. A lot. She had never felt this sort of pain in her heart before and at times she felt as though it were literally breaking into bits and pieces. She needed him so much right now... Walking forward a bit more, Kurumi was too distracted by all these thoughts to see where she was going and ended up bumping into someone as she made her way towards the exit. "S-S-S-Sorry," she said quickly with a polite bow. "Oh, Lewis...hi!" Her expression noticeably lightened and the corners of her lips even curled up into a slight smile. |
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Only the problem was that these things were only a yes, considerably large part of the reason he hadn't written her sooner. There was something else too, though. Something he had felt he couldn't not mention but didn't really want to write in a letter. Which was also the reason his quill just still hovered a few inches above the parchment and the only thing he'd written so far was Dear Valerie. Completely lost in his own thoughts, Lewis didn't notice that he wasn't alone in the Owlery anymore until that somebody literally bumped into him. "No, I'm so...rry." He trailed off upon noticing WHO it was who had bumped into him. Kurumi. And while it felt like his heart made a little YAY-sort dance in his chest, the words oh no immediately came to his mind. "H-hi." This was not good. Or was it? She was smiling. So maybe it was all good after all. So smiling back sounded like a good idea, right? Right. |
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So...Kurumi looked at the ground, missing his return smile. She noticed the parchment and quill in his hand and her own hands fumbled in her pockets for her own letters that she needed to send and swayed on the spot. She should probably act normal in this situation, right? That might help make Lewis not seem as awkward and help her feel more at ease as well, yes. "Hey...I've missed seeing you around," she said. Way to act normal, Hollingberry. |
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It was a miracle he was even able to speak, it seemed. Even though she was presumably intentionally not looking at him, Lewis just couldn't stop looking at her while he thought of something to say. When she started fumbling about with her letters, he automatically folded his own so she wouldn't see who he was writing to. Not that it would make any difference. Or he had any reason to do that. But it was just like how he couldn't think of what to write into that letter. "I've been...busy, you know." Right. And that was true too! Then, biting his lip but still not averting his gaze from her face, he added a little more quietly, "How are you?" Like with all that was going on. He was still feeling extremely bad for just abandoning her down at the lake. |
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Kurumi blushed. She still didn't know what to think about that. Not only what he had been feeling and thinking, but her as well. If made her uncomfortable and it wasn't Lewis' fault for that. "I've been...alright," she finally replied. Neither good nor bad, just sort of coasting through every day life and studying for OWLs to keep her distracted. News from home was always the same thing, the disease was progressing...but Kurumi didn't think that Lewis wanted to hear about that. "Lewis...I'm sorry for...putting such a burden on you." You know, all the emotional stuff which was probably what caused....that to happen in the first place. |
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Well, except for the fact that somehow he just liked looking at her face. Which he shouldn't. Glancing back up at her when she did finally reply, Lewis frowned, actually frowned at what she said. "What, no! You don't have to apologize. I'm...glad you told me." He had even got up from his seat as if that would help her see that there was absolutely no need for her to be sorry. No need. He kept his distance, however, so it would be a little easier for him to say what he said next. "I'm sorry for just...leaving you down at the lake." He muttered, this time pointedly not looking at her but rather down to the ground. |
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"Lewis...what...happened?" she asked, averting her eyes as well. "I mean...why did you run away?" Kurumi bit her lip again, both wanting to know and not wanting to. She felt confused, more confused than she had been for a long time and her right hand gripped the letter in her pocket - the one to Jonathan. Why couldn't he just be here right now? She felt like a firecracker ready to explode. Even if the Slytherin wasn't much of a talker, he was a good listener and his arms was really all the comfort the Gryffindor needed. But...he wasn't here...and she needed that emotional connection...which frightened her. She looked up now, towards Lewis that is, and waited. |
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Lewis only glanced up at her again for just a second upon hearing the question he had dreaded the most. Yes, what HAD happened? And even though he really wanted to take a step forward he instead took one back, almost stumbling over a little stone on the ground in the process. "I...nothing. Nothing happened." He started pinching the bridge of his nose absently, still not looking up at her. He wanted to leave. Badly. "Nothing. I'm sorry." At this he did finally look back up and met her gaze, biting his lip subconsciously. No, nothing had happened. Nothing at all. And nothing would ever happen. Right? |
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Kurumi pouted her lips for a moment, not necessarily disappointed, but more because now she was even more confused than before. She had been known to be rather clueless when it came to boys and reading signals. Not to mention that she was even more clueless when it came to her own feelings. She had told Jonathan that she liked French bread for Merlin's sake! Her pout was a little more obvious when he took a step backwards, clearly meaning that she had done something wrong. Why else would he avoid getting closer to her? Kurumi didn't want to think about that, so she tried to focus her eyes on something...anything else... but not even the beautiful snowy owl up in the rafters was enough. "Nothing..." she repeated softly. "It...didn't feel like...nothing..." Had she misunderstood what was going on? Was she being toyed with? The latter seemed very unlikely, Lewis was no Slytherin, so it must be the first one, yes? She had misunderstood what was going on. Subconsciously, Kurumi's have went to her nose and she touched it while she continued to chew on her bottom lip. |
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Oh. He had hurt her feelings?! Really? How? "No...I meant...it's not that it didn't-" Lewis struggled for words, not really sure what to say or what she wanted to hear. And the fact that he could feel his cheeks flushing with color and his heartbeat increase wasn't helping. Of course it hadn't been nothing. But he couldn't exactly SAY that, right? All he wanted right now was to be anywhere else but here. Or well, all he dared to want right now. "-it wasn't nothing." He finally ended up saying softly, averting his gaze back down to his hands. After a short moment of silence he cleared his throat and added, "I just meant...it's fine." Whatever it was. All he knew was that this conversation wasn't going to end well. Or at least he couldn't really see a way for it to do that. So it was probably best to just stop talking about this now. |
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Suddenly, Kurumi looked up and her body untensed just in time to hear Lewis say it's fine. Wait...what was fine? Kurumi realized that her hand was still on her nose, and she quickly removed it and shoved it back into her pockets, her cheeks flushing more. What...did Lewis mean by it's fine? Confused, Kurumi cocked her head to the side and debated sitting down. She wasn't feeling too well all of a sudden. "What do you mean...it's fine?" she asked slowly. "You mean...we are still friends?" Kurumi squirmed uncomfortably in the crate she was now sitting on. Her left hand began to play with a few strands of it, twisting it around her finger and glancing between the floor and Lewis. He was going to say yes, right? |
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So why on Earth could she not just let it go?! After a moment of just watching her while chewing on his lip, Lewis ended up just nodding in reply to her question. "Yes. Friends...just friends." He hadn't intentionally stressed the just but it had somehow come out that way anyway. So now that they'd defined their err relationship, things could just go back to normal, right? Only why was it still not any less difficult to be in the same room with her, then? Lewis barely contained a small groan of frustration as he rubbed the back of his neck absently, his eyes now on the grate Kurumi had sat down on. This normal thing wasn't going to be easy. And what was 'normal' anyway? |
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