A tender smile grew as he looked Laura's photos, he especially liked the one of a seemingly younger Laura and her sister, Lana. "You will meet my family," Mick affirmed, gazing into her sweet eyes. "And they will like you, just as I like you." He stopped at his tracks when it dawned on him that his face is so close to Laura's face. His mind went a million places at once. He wanted to kiss her, but is too soon? And if he skips out on kissing her, would it make her upset? OH MY GOD! Are my lips dry? What was the last thing I ate? Pizza? Cookies?! Does my breath smell chocolately from the cookies I had? Or does it smell like pepperoni? Why didn't I brush my teeth before I came down here?!

He cleared his throat and quickly turned his head away, looking down at his folded legs. "So, um, yeah...My family is important to me and I love them. Ana is like a mother to me..." His sentence dropped again, due to feeling bothered by his emotions. He didn't know what to do - kiss her or not kiss her. Mick felt unprepared and inexperienced, maybe she wants someone with more experience. He couldn't tell what she was feeling and that drove him crazy the most, he doesn't know what girls think. "I'm being lame right now," he accidentally said outloud.

Laura smiled at Mick. "I can't wait to meet them." Laura was so excited, it was going to be an awesome summer but why was Mick acting a bit strange. "You like me?" Laura had no idea what Mick meant, boy could be so cruel. "You don't think I'm stupid or ugly or anything like that then?" Laura continued to snuggle upto Mick.

Laura looked at Mick and smiled. "My family are very important to me and I hope that you in the summer you can meet them, but daddy is always busy and most of the time he is out." Laura sighed, her daddy was a sucessful business man, then Mick said he was being lame. "Don't ever say that, I don't think your ever lame." Laura sighed.

Mick ran a hand through his hair and sighed, Laura asked if he like her and there's no turning back. He wasn't planning on lying, he has to tell her the truth. He just silently prayed that she won't punch him in the face like the last girl did, broken noses suck. "Ye-yes. I like you," he muttered to the floor. Mick raised his head so he could look at Laura. "I like you," he said in a audible tone. "I think you're beautiful and nice, you play Quidditch, you don't think it's weird when I take spontaneous pictures of you...We met not too long ago, but I enjoy getting to know someone like you. And I hope we can continue that. I want you to know all there is to know about me too."

It was amazing. He managed to say all of that without thinking in between, and he said it with confidence. This summer is going to be great because he'll have his best friends to share it with. Laura will meet his family and he'll meet hers. He hoped, deep down, that her parents will see that he's a good person. If only he gets through today, because Mick still has to hear what Laura thinks in regards to his feelings.

Laura looked at Mick and smiled. "I like you too," Laura looked at Mick and smiled. "This summer will be awesome, we can hang out and get too know each other loads more." Laura couldn't wait for that, though she was away for a week on holiday with her cousin and then she would have all the time in the world to spend with Mick and of course she would have to spend sometime with her twinne.

Laura giggled as she thought about quidditch. "I love quidditch but like I said I'm scared of height, so how I play I don't know, half the time I think I pretend I'm somewhere else or I'm invincable." Laura know it wasn't true but it did help her sometimes.

At that moment, Mick finally figured out what to write in his letter. It was so simple and self explanatory, he didn't know why he didn't think of it before. He picked up his notebook off the floor and jotted down his final draft:



He looked over at Laura, knowing how curious she was before about what his three previous drafts, leaned the page towards her so she can read the finished product. It may not be anything special, but it felt good enough to Mick. And he didn't much feel like writing a 4 page essay or anything - just something short and sweet, right to the point. He flashed her a smile and ripped out the page, folding it to fourths before putting it in his pocket. "I think it's my best work evah!" he humorously remarked.

After putting his notebook back on the floor, he took one more look at his dear friend. She is so cute. His face leaned in to hers...Noses touched and his heart pounded rapidly. His trembling body grew hotter by the second. He took Laura's hand and held it against his chest so she could feel the heart beats. The moment felt right and everything inside of him told him to do it. But all he did was quickly kiss her forehead and giggle. Sorry, but Mick wanted his first kiss with Laura to be someplace a lot less drabby than the kitchen corridor.

Laura looked at Mick and smiled as she read the letter he was showing her. "That is awesome." Laura then quickly took out a piece of parchment and smiled as she wrote on it.



Laura smiled as she handed the thing to Mick. "What do you think?" Laura really hoped that the letter was okay since it was small, she was really hoping that Mick wouldn't mind sending it for her, she was a bit scared.

Laura could feel Mick's heart pounding, she snuggled upto him some more and then "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Laura had this funny feeling that he was about to kiss her, but then he just kissed her forehead which made her blush a bit. "Your so cool Mick." Laura smiled and kissed his forehead. "Eh I know we've just met and things but next Hogsmeade Weekend do you want to go for a walk around with me and maybe get a bite to eat?"

Looking down at the letter, all Mick could do was smile. Seriously though, he has been smiling all day and it didn't freak him out at all. He was fine with it. She didn't have to write his father a letter, but it was a sweet gesture. And he was happy to send this with his own letter, what could be better? Oh, he knew something that would top it - Laura asking him out. I always thought that was the guy's job. Ah, who cares! "I would love to go out with you," Mick said.

He checked his watch as he began gathering up his notebook and their letters. He need to catch some sleep before the match. "I have to rest, but I'll see you later Laura." He kissed her once more on the cheek, and waved bye as he headed back the way he came. Of course, he did so while over-thinking everything (again). What do I call us now? Friends? A couple? I'm so confused. I like thinking of her as my best friend -daaaahhh, forget about it. I'll figure it all out later.