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A musty old closet under near the grand staircase contains brooms, mops, and various other cleaning supplies, including that amazing soap and softener from last term's laundry days. So maybe somebody should make use of them!
OOC NOTE: All SS Board Rules and School Rules apply in this closet. Violators may be punished both IC and OOC for any inappropriate behavior taking place in this thread.
This had been way easier than she'd ever anticipated this conversation would be.
Once they got through the initial awkwardness of uncertainty toward the other's feelings, Sophie was visibly more relaxed, and she was still giggling even when they secured the deal with a pinky promise. "I like this." She slipped her pinky from his and pulled his hand into what seemed to be a handshake, but then she pulled herself over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek, then ended up sitting right beside him.
...What? She still wasn't used to being allowed to kiss him properly. Give the kid a break. Hehe.
"Y'know," she said, looking straight ahead at the wall in front of them, then at Tobes, "Culloden's gonna be so smug he 'finally,'" with the air quotation marks again, "made this happen." She hated that. He'd tease her about it and want a 'thank you' and probably an apology for being so annoyed with him back in the office, too, but... she was still smiling a little. The big dummy. He did give them the push in the right direction, even though he'd embarrassed them - or her, at least - but she still wanted to get him back.
Maybe Tobes would help her think of a good prank later.
"Y'mind if we don't tell him just yet? He's gonna ask - can we draw it out? Torture him a bit?" Sometime while she was talking, she had slipped her hand into his hand closest to her, and she gave it a squeeze. Girlfriend. Boyfriend. The labels came back to her, and she grinned the biggest of grins at the thought.
She was his.
Did he have a goofy smile when she kissed him on the cheek? You betcha.
Toby was quite consent to sit there with Soph a little while longer, even as his feet tapped and his fingers kinda waggled and he carried on with his ever constant almost-infinitesimal bobbing of the head while they sat. The usual.
She was right about Culloden, though, but Toby secretly figured he didn't really mind Culloden being smug or whatever. The man had seemed pretty pleased with himself, and if it made him happy, Toby didn't mind going right along pretending that he'd made all this happen. It WOULD have happened eventually, without the nudge from Culloden, so no harm no foul really.
But for Soph's sake, he nodded along, watching as she took his hand and squeezed. "For sure. We can do that," he grinned, because Toby could totally get behind that.
...
"... Shall we go get lunch?" Toby suddenly asked, unable to keep himself from thinking about the hunger pains that were growing with intensity. "I'm starving."
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Did he have a goofy smile when she kissed him on the cheek? You betcha.
Toby was quite consent to sit there with Soph a little while longer, even as his feet tapped and his fingers kinda waggled and he carried on with his ever constant almost-infinitesimal bobbing of the head while they sat. The usual.
She was right about Culloden, though, but Toby secretly figured he didn't really mind Culloden being smug or whatever. The man had seemed pretty pleased with himself, and if it made him happy, Toby didn't mind going right along pretending that he'd made all this happen. It WOULD have happened eventually, without the nudge from Culloden, so no harm no foul really.
But for Soph's sake, he nodded along, watching as she took his hand and squeezed. "For sure. We can do that," he grinned, because Toby could totally get behind that.
...
"... Shall we go get lunch?" Toby suddenly asked, unable to keep himself from thinking about the hunger pains that were growing with intensity. "I'm starving."
"Thanks," Sophie beamed, stroking her thumb against the back of Toby's hand contently. She was a little surprised Tobes never really questioned the father-daughter relationship she had with Culloden, nor did he seem to mind that one of her favorite pasttimes was poking fun at the professor. Tobes just didn't know yet how funny the man's reactions were. He was such a good sport about Sophie terrorizing him and he ate up the attention, so how could she resist? He made it so easy.
Rising to her feet without further question, Soph kept hold of Toby's hand to help him up. "Lunch sounds wonderful," after a moment she added quietly with a giggle, like it was some grand secret, "boyfriend." Hehehehehe.
There was a closet right here, near the staircase. Leah opened the door, to find brooms and cleaning supplies. Did people enter this place? It felt awfully cold though, so she entered the broom closet, plopping down on a box. Contributing to society, this was.
Directing her wand at a wall she was facing, Leah said, "Caelum Saepio." She waved her wand, making the infinity sign. Hmm. Nothing happened. She tried again. "Caelum Saepio?" the girl pronounced the syllables clearly, repeating the wand movement. Wow, FOG. It was getting cool everytime. The broom closet felt weird though, so she stood up, clutching a broom. She realized that it had been a while since she had saw a broom.
Leah opened the now warmer closet door and exited, looking for another place to insulate.
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