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Jul 30, 2006 22:21

Week Name/Date/Time: 'Settling Down' / Thursday, November 24th, 2005 / 3:00 PM
Location: Library
Open To: Avis
Currently Involving: Jory

( Yeah, STUDYING )

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avis_abernathy July 31 2006, 02:51:45 UTC

Directly after Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Avis rushed over to the library so she could return a book she had checked out earlier on charms for getting posters to talk to you. If she had paid attention during charms class, she may have known how to do this without reading a book on it. Of course, that was not on her list or priorities at the time. . .paying attention in class.

With a sigh from such rushed walking, she bounded on into the library like a bull in a china shop. Obvious, as always, she swerved through aisles and corridors with the book under her arm.

Until she saw Jory Elecott alone. Without Mayloski.

She stood still for a moment, wondering as what to do. Pass him by? Or apologize? Well, she knew that she felt saying sorry would be a good move so perhaps she could be over this odd phase of hers.

"Right," she muttered to herself and sashayed over, holding the book to her chest like a security blanket. Avis stood directly in front of him, not saying a word, just kind of biting her lip and waiting for him to

jory_elecott July 31 2006, 03:14:11 UTC

What with tailwind statistics and all, it would take any bloke a little while to take notice of anything else and Jory had a tendency to verge on nonresponsive, especially if his attention was on Quidditch-related things.

After a moment, he took note of the shadow falling across his magazine and realised someone must have been standing over him. Drowsily, he raised his head and blinked as though coming out of a deep sleep. Which he sort of was, only it was Quidditch-like.

"Avis, hey," he greeted. His smile was faint because she didn't seem very... well, she hadn't even said hello. His lips twitched into a frown as he gestured for her to sit in the chair across from him (if she wanted). Her demeanor made him want to ask if anything was wrong, but he lingered in more neutral territory instead. "Uh, how's Cedric?"

avis_abernathy July 31 2006, 03:25:30 UTC

Avis nodded at his greeting, wondering 'You prat, Avis, why are you HERE?!' as she sat down. She plopped into the chair, still holding the book close to her.

And then he brought up Cedric. A blush of embarrassment fell on her cheeks, along with that sick feeling in her stomach, remembering about the previous Saturday's. . .encounter. And how she didn't KNOW who Cedric Diggory even WAS. And had to have it POINTED out to her (or SCOFFED) by Saffron Mayloski, of all people.

"I finally learned where I recognized the name from," she said monotonously. "Cedric Diggory. He was killed in the Triwizard Championship back in the 90's." She winced saying it. "A bit awkward to think about it, really. It's morbid, too. If I would have known I named him after a Hogwarts TRAGEDY. . ." She stopped herself. "Well, I feel like a prat. I suppose it counts to pay attention in class."

She hated making small talk. She really did. She also felt feeling awkward and guilty for going off at Saffron Mayloski over Jory.

jory_elecott July 31 2006, 03:45:55 UTC

Jory swept his fringe across his forehead, looking at her thoughtfully. "Oh, well, yes..." He trailed off. Oh. So she hadn't known.

"Um... yes," he said slowly, biting his lip. "I'm sorry, I thought you knew and that's why you were-- um, well, don't worry about it." He offered her a smile. "It's a good name and really, Cedric's a hero. Shouldn't we name things after heroes?"

He supposed he forgot sometimes that things that were common knowledge to him were not by default common knowledge to someone who wasn't raised in the wizarding world. It was probably his fault for not pointing out the snake's namesake, but he also hadn't seen anything wrong with the name anyway.

"Anyway, you aren't a prat," he went on, "and I can't very well encourage paying attention in class, of all things. Not with a good conscience anyway." He smiled weakly, apologetically.

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jory_elecott August 7 2006, 20:43:20 UTC

"Ah, see," Jory said dryly, "you can't expect a bloke to kick a wonderful addiction like napping. Wouldn't be right, I think. Although, for Quidditch..." Quidditch was something one could get up for in the morning. And at a reasonable hour and everything. "And yeah, I reckon I've enough friends who'd be willing to help me." Since Jackie Zhang, for example, had a broom permanently attached to her and clearly didn't mind his tagging along.

The eyebrows went up higher. "You were?" Finding Avis' laughter infectious, he laughed too; he was having a lot of trouble imagining Ben hugging anyone. "I sort of wish I was there," he said through his laughter.

The abrupt change in topic seemed not to faze him, and he smiled. "Ah, well, yes. It's a bit large, but really, only provides more incentive to get myself to grow," he said cheerfully. The fact that he could joke about the usually touchy subject of his being small for his age said a lot about how grateful he was for Avis' gift. "But it's the Falcons, so clearly, I wear it all the time ( ... )

avis_abernathy August 7 2006, 23:39:11 UTC

"For Quidditch, you'd walk to the ends of the EARTH, man," she smiled. "Well, at any rate, I BELIEVE in you," she smacked her hand on the table forcefully, laughing a bit boyishly. "And if you want, I can help put together an Elecott Quidditch Training Camp or summat. Just say the word, I'll get it all together." She laughed to herself. That might not be a bad idea, actually. . . Then maybe she could get help flying and kill two birds with one stone ( ... )

jory_elecott August 10 2006, 04:55:53 UTC

"Training camp, huh." Jory stroked his chin as he attempted to think it over. "As long as 'training camp' doesn't entail getting up at... times of day that are earlier than noon, I'm in." Perhaps if he wanted to be a useful Quidditch player (or indeed, a useful human being) learning to wake up at earlier times would be ideal, but really, he'd rather not think about it.

"Ah, that's all right, I'll just stick with the mental visual," he replied, amused. Again, he did not wish to incur the wrath of Ben Connelly... really.

Shaking his head, Jory chuckled. "Well, no, but it'd be nice if I could... grow a bit," he said vaguely, looking distractedly down at the table. He had grown a little, but he was still the smallest boy in his year and every so often, he went and reminded himself of it. "Anyway," he said, grinning, "I'll probably give it a try soon; as long as I do it while I'm awake-like, my charms are all right."

Speaking of awake-like, he tilted his head at Avis as she yawned. "Uh, tired?"

avis_abernathy August 10 2006, 18:10:19 UTC

"Well, it would give me summat to do, now wouldn't it?" she joked. "Psh, but I don't have the energy to put together a li'l club. The Flying Club. Well, there is a dueling club, but. . ." she shrugged. Avis was always getting these grand ideas and then never following up with them. It was better to daydream, anyway ( ... )