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"Oh," he said quietly. "Maia, you are pretty. And nice, you seem smart. You have to understand that feelings are a complicated thing and I'm not sure I've discovered mine quite yet," he said honestly, looking at his feet the whole time.
"I have a really difficult time admitting to even myself how I truly feel," he added, messing up his perfect hair. He looked at Maia, who was looking at her feet too.
"Forget I said anything, but can we be friends without mentioning that ever again? You don't have to feel that way about me. I think you're fun to be with even if it isn't that way." Maia said almost disappointedly. She wanted to crawl into a corner and hide. She was humiliated, but didn't want it to be awkward between them.
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Robin scratched the back of his head. "Yeah," he said quietly. "Of course. I don't know how I feel, Maia. I like you too, just I don't know how." he admitted, fiddling with his hands.
((Mine too, but I might end it here.))"Um. Yeah." Maia said softly, playing with her hair. "I have some homework I should really get to. Bye?"
She wanted him to like her more, to be more sure of it. She stood up blushing.
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He stood, brushing off his robes, they rippled black around him.
"Goodbye, Maia," he said awkwardly, escaping the library, weaving between shelves.
Evan walked in the Library with his teeth chattering. He had just been at the Quidditch match- Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Gryffindor won and Evan cheered so much that his voice was hoarse. Ally wasn't there yet so Evan went and went looking for some books. He found a book on sleep potions. He took it out of the shelf, but the book next to it fell out when it didn't have anything to support it. The book that fell out was blank on the front and was thin. Evan put it back on the shelf carefully.
He went to start looking for more books, but the door creaked open and Evan had a feeling he knew who it was.
Ally came in, looking tired. She'd just spent two hours explaining fractions to another Hufflepuff. She looked around and spotted Evan. She waved and walked over."Hey Evan." She whispered. "So..." To be honest, Ally felt so awkward having nothing to talk about. She wished they had something to discuss, but didn't so she decided to talk about things that'd happened since the last time they'd seen each other, or just general banter.
"So... I just explained fractions to someone." Ally said, trying to start a conversation. She hoped Evan had something interesting to say, since she didn't really have anything interesting that'd happened since their last "meet".
"Oh, hi!" Evan said noticing Ally. "Wow. My parents sent me to a muggle school when I was younger. I hated it, but I fractions I understood. My parents aren't wizards. Well actually, I'm not sure." Evan didn't like talking about his past. He didn't mean to start a conversation on it, but supposed she might be wondering so he told her. "I was adopted and I'm not exactly sure if my parents were magical." He motioned for her to follow him and they sat down by a window displaying snowflakes falling gently from the sky. Luckily they were near a blazing fireplace to keep them warm.
Ally followed Evan to the window and sighed happily, watching the snowflakes. "Oh. I wish I could help you, but I'm not sure where to start." She continued staring at the snowflakes, feeling awkward-ish."So...anything new?" Ally asked, placing her hand on the window, then sliding her finger down, her palm brushed against Evan's by accident. "Oh! So sorry." She said. Her face turned an embarrassed shade of red. She thought of Evan as a new friend and didn't want to make the feelings go too far.
"You're good." Evan said, blushing faintly. "No, not much is new. Just, you know. School." He knew that she felt bored and Evan thought desperately of something interesting to say. "So... What's you're family like?" As he said it he knew he shouldn't be asking just in case it was a sore subject.For the Christmas holidays, Evan was going home to visit his parents. He'd been missing them ever since he left for Hogwarts. He was excited to see them and hoped she was seeing her family too.
"I-I-I don't want to talk about it." Ally said, her eyes hardening. As much as she wanted to tell him, she didn't want to make it complicated. Her parents had died when she was five, leaving her an orphan."I wish Christmas would get here faster." She said, looking out at the snow, changing the topic.
"Me too." Evan felt guilty about asking her about her parents. He had the urge to pry, but knew he shouldn't. "I love Christmas. It's amazing that when it's Christmas everyone forgets their worries and differences in order to celebrate." Evan pictured his parents around a Christmas tree opening presents and he willed them days to go by faster. "Isn't it just amazing?" Evan said in awe. He had no idea what he was meaning. He just felt amazing at that moment, dreaming of Christmas.
"Yeah. I love Christmas too, it's the only time that I feel fine." Ally said, eyes softening. She smiled at Evan."A time to celebrate with your friends, f-f-fam-, other people." Ally said, remembering the bow she got last year from her orphanage master's daughter, her best friend.
"Yeah." Evan was growing more curious by the minute. He finally got up the courage to ask her. "I'm really sorry, but do you think you could tell me about your family? You don't have to. I would never tell anyone." Evan hoped she was alright. The thought of family seemed to make her upset. He felt bad for asking her. He just wanted to know and maybe comfort her.
"Well," Ally said uncertainly. "I don't really remember much. My parents got killed in a car crash when I was five." She turned away from Evan, soaking up a couple of tears with the corner of her sleeve."But I do know that both my parents were wizards, I know that much." Ally said.
"Oh. I guess we're kind of the same in a way. It must've been hard." Evan was dreadful at comforting people. Her experience was probably worse since she had spent a few years with her parents. "Where did you get sent to? I mean, did you have like a relative to live with?" Evan said curiously, hoping the answer was good.
"I was well, brought to an orphanage by my nanny, I think." Ally said, drawing the memories from the deepest parts of her brain. "I'm not really sure though, since I was just five."Ally smiled weakly at Evan, then kept staring at the snowflakes. "So..." Ally said.
"That's kind of cool that we told each other our deepest darkest secrets." Evan said with a laugh. "It's also cool that you're so happy with that sad past. He admired her for that. He always was wished that he had known his parents and that always made him grumpy.
Ally smiled. "Thanks, but it'a not always easy, I'm sure you're great at many other things than staying positive, I mean that's such a tiny thing in life." She hoped that she hadn't made Evan feel down or bad.
((Oh! Yes! I guess I wasn't quite off my Christmas break, but now I definitely am back in it;))"Right." Evan thought she was one of the nicest people he had met so far at Hogwarts. She always made you feel appreciated and happy. "Do you play any instruments?"
((Thanks!))"Yeah... I can play the piano and a couple of notes on the guitar, bass and ukulele." Ally admitted, blushing.
"Wow! I myself only have had a few piano lessons when I was younger. I wish I had any musical talent, but sadly no." Evan laughed softly. His adopted parents had tried to get him to take after them being amazing piano players but he couldn't play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to save his life.
Ally smiled softly. "Egh, we all have talents in life." She said. "If everyone should have musical talent, the world would be boring! Besides, you're great at other things like jokes." Ally said positively.
"Yeah." Evan agreed automatically but not truthfully. "My mum always says I'm never serious, but I don't think that's true. I'm serious that I'm really happy I met you." Evan said truthfully this time. He blushed a little and smiled.
Ally smiled, her cheeks going red. "So..., well I'm glad too! But, you can't just be great at jokes, you're probably great at magic too!" She said.
"Oh. Er, I'm not sure if I mentioned this before but I'm ADHD. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disporder. Have you heard of it? Because of it I...don't do the fantastic in school or even doing magic." Evan looked away. He was sure he was blushing bright red. He hated being ADHD because no witch or wizard he had ever know had really understood. His constant shout-outs, his fingers tapping on his desk, knocking his chair over "accidentally" to get attention. They made Evan clench his fists just thinking about it. He realized he was probably a sight and tried to relax a bit.
"Oh. I'm sorry." Ally said, feeling terrible that she'd brought that up. "It must be hard." She felt awfully sympathetic and empathetic for Evan.She felt terrible that she'd brought it up, and even more terrible when Evan blushed red. "I'm really sorry." Ally said. "I didn't know." Her eyes watered a bit that she'd made Evan uncomfortable.
"Oh. Don't be sorry. Besides, I'm used to it and it makes me who I am." Evan smiled to show that he was okay with talking about it. "People make it sound worse than it actually is sometimes. I don't mind it and sometimes I even forget I have it!"((Would you like to end it soonish?))
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((Yea :P ))Ally smiled, blinking out her tiny tears. She liked that Evan was quite positive. "And I thought for a moment there that you said you weren't positive." She smirked at the unexpected achievement.
"Haha. You got me, I guess I can be at times!" Evan laughed with her for a bit. Suddenly they heard the a chime five times coming from the clock tower. "What?! 5:00 already? Wow, time sure flies." The book on his lap slid off when he jumped up. "I have detentions with Professor Weiss at 5:05!"
"Oh yeesh. You should probably go." Ally said, rubbing her arm sheepishly. "You don't want to get in trouble. I should-uh get-uh going now, too... Come on. You don't want more detention!" Ally chided Evan. She moved towards the exit. She turned away and sighed. But we just got here. She whinned on the inside.
Kristen was perched in a cushioned armchair, her long graceful legs dangling over the edge. She was currently trying to look dashing while reading from the latest and most boring charms book she had ever had the displeasure of reading. She was being cursed with another mid term before the winter break and she just couldn't focus her mind to study the logistics behind the silencing charm. She was a firm believer of studying for everything. She had to keep her image pristine, and she couldn't do that by failing. The old library smelled of used books and she could feel the anxiety streaming from the others in the room as they too studied for exams. Ugh, she didn't know what she would do. She was sure she had mastered the thought process behind the incantation, but when she attempted to cast it, she always fell short. Her spindly, graceful fingers flipped through the wrinkled, yellowing pages as she sighed. Her cascading dark hair contained under a maroon cap. It wasn't the prettiest peice of headwear, but it was chilly and draft in the capacious library, so she had to make do. She felt as though the sense of fashion in the wizarding world was exceptionally poor and vowed to change that one day. But for now, she had some studying to do.
Deep in her studies, Kristen hadn't even seen anyone come sit next to her. Startled, she reached for her wand. An instinctive measure. Of course, this was Hogwarts and there was no immediate danger present but she knew to be on guard. She was a future Auror. She dropped the book she was holding out of her lap, it tumbled to the floor and closed. Great, she'd lost her place. Her dark eyes looked the boy up and down, inquisitively. She whispered, "You made me drop my book!". She hadn't seen this particular boy before and he was rather bland looking in her opinion. She didn't have any intention of carrying on a conversation, she wouldn't be distracted from her studies, at least not by someone who wasn't even that cute. She glared at home pointedly, picked up her book and looked for her page. Her narrow nose scraping the edges of the page as she held it up higher for her to see.
Kristen lowered her wand but didn't put it away. Not like she was scared of this French Fry but she saw the impression it made on him and she liked that. She looked him up and down, reconsidering ignoring him. He looked a little older, not that much older, but old enough to know something. Maybe she could use him for help? Brushing her long hair back and exposing her V line even though the clunky robes didn't do much for her beauty factor; she fluttered her eyes at him flirtatiously. "Ugh, you know, I'm usually really good at this stuff but today has not been my day!" she said, dramatically rolling her eyes. She pulled the book closer to him, "See, I need help with this silencio charm." she finished, pursing her lips.
Kristen gleaned from the confused, dismissive expression on his face that he wasn't interested in her. Oh well, she didn't need his approval and she didn't care if he liked her. If she wanted him, she'd have him. She withdraw her book from him and nodded, ignoring his eye contact. She shook her head at all the diagrams, just rubbish. She certainly didn't have time for this. With her wand in her hand, she peered down at the drawings, duplicating the hand movements. Outward thrust, followed by a quick inward jab of the elbow. Got it. She pointed her wand at him and practiced it, knowing that a human was way harder to silence than the practice frogs and Ravens they used in class. "Did it work" she said, excitedly.
"Humph!" Kristen crossed her arms and shook her head. She was usually the one who knew all the charms and spells first, she couldnt understand how she wasnt grasping this spell. How was she supposed to be a prominent Auror when she couldnt even cast a 5th year level basic charm? "Okay, so I move my thumb like this." she repeated, shifting her thumb from above the shaft to below the grip belt (Idk, I'm making this up as I go). Her brow knitted in concentration, she had to get this right, especially with her charms exam so close. Professor Cuthbert held her in high esteem compared to many of the other 5th years, she couldnt bear losing that trust over not being able to carry out a simple spell. "Silencio!" she shouted, repeating the same wand movements as before. Her voice, unintentionally, carried throughout the library, earning her a few glares from the librarians who held up a finger to shush her. She returned their gestures with a highly unlady-like gesture of her own.
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Nora was sitting in the Library in far corner with a stack of books and a box of quills in front of her. She had an essay to write in Transfiguration which was required by Proffersor Fiona the next day itself. She was very upset that she couldn't enjoy the evening with her friends.She was having her A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration placed in front of her accompanied by a book she thought would be useful in completing her essay. She was searching of something to write in her essay because she hadn't listened anything that Proffersor was teaching.
The Library was very quiet at that time which was suitable for concentration but Nora was unable to concentrate. She was sitting there for last one and a half hour and her mind was bursting out. She wanted some break.
Alisia came to the library cause she needed some help with her potions homework. She wanted to impress Prof. Slughorn as she wanted to be in the SlugClub.The Library was deserted but a girl. Alisia had probably seen the girl in the Great Hall. " Maybe She is a 5th year" Alisia thought. The girl seemed to be thinking over something reallyyy...deeply. First Alisia thought not to disturb her but her 'friends-making-ability' denied her to leave her alone without a talk.
So, she asked her,"Hey, Are you from Slytherin?"
Nora was deep in her thougts and was startled by the new arrival. She looked in the face of new girl for a few seconds like a dumb and then came back to the real life. "Ohh....Hello. I am sorry for that. I was thinking something." she said apoligising."Yeah I am a Slytherin." She was thinking hard to recognise the girl infront of her but couldn't. She was not from her house that was clear. She looked a year older than her. She thought that it would be better to ask her rather than thinking so hard with her mind which was already bursting from Transfuguration.
She made some place by shifring and keeping her stuff aside because she wanted a break and talking to someone might make her mind light. "I am sorry, I can't recognise you but it will be pleausre to talk to you."
Alisia felt happy on the welcomed response."Hey, I am Alisia...ummm.. a Ravenclaw. I seem to have interrupted a deep thought. I see it growing smaller in your eyes ((if you remember- HP part 7))." and set down beside the girl.She perceived the book kept on the table alongside all the other belongings of the girl. Recognizing it she says," I trust you studying my least favorite subject."
Nora grinned as Alisia regarded Transfiguration as her worst subject. She liked it sometimes when the topics taught were interesting. She bottled the ink bottle as she was in no mood of writing write now. She was also very careful not to spill the ink on her essay which was no longer than half page but took the double time. It happened vey often.She closed the textbooks and asked, "Well, in which year are you now.?" Nora observed Alisia's eyes whuch were completely blue that looked beautiful. She herself wished her eyes to be blue
She saw that there were Potion books in her hand and was completely thrilled. She loved Potions. She was going to exclaim loudly when realised that they were in the Library and controlled her emotions. She asked with excitement in her voice, "Hey! are you doing potions? I will like to accompany you if you won't mind."
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((I don't think Alena will post now. ))
((I m sorry for such a late reply.. I caught a serious illness))((I am continuing))Alisia caught Nora staring into her eyes. She has seen people staring her many times, especially her eyes. Even her own sister envied her because of the color of her eyes.
"Well, why not. I totally needed someone to work up with me!", exclaimed Alisia with excitement.
((It's fine, no need to worry about it and take care))"That's very kind of you." Nora thanked her politely. She loved Potions. Nora kept her books aside and observed that Alisia was a 7th year by her books. Nora was worrying how she will complete her own essay. She thought that spending some time with her wouldn't make any difference.
She did really like him, but felt like it wasn't necessary to tell him. The words just floated out of her mouth without warning.
((Sorry, short one also. Do want to end this soon?))