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Week Name/Date/Time: Meeting of the Minds / Saturday 1st October / 2 pm
Location: Hogsmeade
Open To: Tobias
Currently Involving: Andra
( Curse Lauren. )
Location: Hogsmeade
Open To: Tobias
Currently Involving: Andra
( Curse Lauren. )
Had they planned on where they would meet? He didn't recall actually picking a place; no, as far as he knew, he'd merely said that he would see her there. Curse him, really.
Glancing about, he saw the sign for the Three Broomsticks. Ah, well that would be as good a place as any to sit and wait. The windows had a nice view of the street, so he'd be able to see her if she passed by. Pushing the door open, he stepped inside, immediately grinning as he caught sight of her.
"It appears we have the same mindset," he said as he stepped up to the table that she was sitting at. "Mind if I sit?"
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That was what she wanted to say; the attempt to be witty that her mind had come up with. However, her mouth refused to cooperate, and she gave a warm, nervous smile as she nodded and gestured to the seat.
Scoot. Scoot scoot; she slid around, making sure there was plenty of room.
Andra looked to him, still smiling, trying to force something out. "Hi!" she chirped, perhaps a bit louder than intended. She ducked down slightly as she saw a few faces glance her way.
...Idiot.
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"Hi! Having fun here so far?"
He was actually kind of worried that he'd said something wrong; yes, even in those few first words that he'd said to her. He'd expected her to be a bit more verbal with her hello, but he supposed that she could be just tired. After all, she might have had a long day at Hogsmeade thus far, while he'd just gotten here.
Leaning his elbow on the table, he waited for the waitress to come over so that he could order a butterbeer. They were his guilty pleasure, and he didn't often get to enjoy them.
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"Ah, I actually just got here not too long ago," she replied, minding to keep her voice down. "So yes? I suppose?" She gave a nervous laugh, then looked down at the grain of the wood in the table.
Oh, this wasn't good. She was thinking so hard about what to say that nothing of interest was coming out.
"You?" she finally asked, looking up again. "Fun, I mean? Having it?.."
He looked nice in his normal clothes, rather than school uniform and robes. It didn't help her nerves to admit that to herself, though.
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Running a hand over his neck (her nervousness was making him nervous, much to his dismay), he said, "But -- I suppose that I'm having fun so far, seeing as I found you in about a minute."
Tobias couldn't help but wonder why she was so nervous. Was it something he'd said? Something he'd done? He certainly hoped not; he'd felt that she could really be a good friend to him, but if he made her nervous...
The waitress arrived at the table and he ordered a butterbeer, glancing at her as he asked, "What would you like?"
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She waved her hand, colliding with the poor waitress' notepad, before gasping and dropping her fidgeting hands to her lap. "Butterbeer, please," she murmured, feeling utterly embarassed.
She bit her lip, then let out a slow breath as the barmaid nodded and left. She looked up to Tobias, giving him a rather sheepish grin. "Little twitchy today," she confessed, though she wasn't about to tell him why.
Although, that thought did pop something into her mind! Something they could at least talk about without her fishing for a topic.
"I didn't know that you and Lauren were such good friends," she said, seemingly out of the blue.
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His words were broken by light laughter which he hoped she would understand wasn't laughing at her, but rather at the situation.
And mention of Lauren?
That perked his interest, and with a raised eyebrow, he tilted his head to the side. "Really? Are.. you and Lauren good friends?" He didn't recall Lauren ever telling him about Andra, but then again, they didn't tend to talk about the people at Hogwarts, unless someone had been hassling them.
"She and I have been friends for... Merlin, almost four years now, I'd have to say."
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As his interest peaked, she nodded. "Very," she replied, smiling. "I was pretty surprised to find out that she was such good friends with you, since I hadn't even known. Or that you guys dated or anything." She shrugged, then placed her hands on the table lightly, determined to not crack her knuckles or chew her nails or otherwise fidget.
"I was talking about you and she said that she knew you and, well, there you have it!" she added, smiling. Despite the fact that she had completely incriminated herself.
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But that wasn't something she could say, now was it? Of course not; she couldn't even tell him he had an adorable smile withou--
"Wait."
She blinked, as if trying to literally blink away the entire conversation. As if she blinked just enough, she could turn back time or take flight.
"I didn't... I was- We just were..."
There was a lump in her throat; she had absolutely no clue how to get herself out of that one. She finally looked down, shaking slightly. She was not good at this sort of thing!! "I just asked if she knew you," she said quietly. "I wanted to know what she thought of you."
Maybe that didn't sound too bad?
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With a smile, he shook his head. "It's okay, I was just kidding. I know you girls have your secret conversations that we males just wouldn't understand."
Of course, when she said that she wanted to know what Lauren thought of him, he couldn't help but wonder what his best mate had said about him. Knowing her, she'd probably called him a tosser, in the most affectionate way possible, of course. "...did she say anything interesting? Anything that I might need to deny?"
He grinned, trying to lighten the mood, perhaps make her a bit less shaky, jumpy, etc., and more like the Andra that he'd walked to the library, and to her Common Room.
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Merlin, yes.
Anything he might want or need to deny...? She smiled wide, feeling completely happy in telling the utter truth. "Nope," she replied, shaking her head. "Nothing but good things, honest."
She took a deep breath, happy that he wasn't pushing to find out just why she'd even asked Lauren such a thing in the first place. She was sure there was no way she could answer that one without either wanting to crawl in a hole and die, or lying.
She felt like she should apologize for being so utterly nervous, but she couldn't explain it. So, she tried to calm down, looking a little more relaxed as their butterbeers arrived.
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Like, perhaps, about his stupid little rocking thing. Of course, he'd not actually ever explained to Lauren why he rocked, so she just thought it to be a quirk of his. Or, well, he assumed that's what she thought, anyway.
"Good." He grinned as the butterbeers arrived, popping the cap on it. Taking a small sip, he looked at her with interest once more.
"So, what would you like to do? I haven't actually been to Hogsmeade in... almost a year now, I'd have to say. I didn't go much my sixth year -- are there any new shops that I should know about?"
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She didn't tell you anything embarrassing that I'd prefer you find out on your own?
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He's a good kisser.
Oh, she might as well just go out into the streets, paint a big red 'X' on her forehead, and declare it open season. Someone just kill her now.
She closed her eyes for a second, determined to not stutter when she spoke. She did quite well, if she did say so herself. "N-no, nothing embarassing," she replied, giving him a warm smile. "So no worries." She nodded, then busied herself with opening her own bottle.
As he asked what she'd like to do, she gave him a sheepish grin. "I'm out of Sugarquills," she confessed, taking a long sip and feeling the warmth spread. "I've been out all summer and have just been ( ... )
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He could only hope that it wasn't anything too terribly embarrassing, though from Andra's reaction, he could only assume that it was pretty bad.
Merlin.
"Okay, then." He decided to just let that subject drop, since she was looking so incredibly uncomfortable with it. Thank Merlin that he'd asked what they should do.
Nodding as he took another sip of the smooth butterbeer, he replied, "Sure! Like I said, I haven't been here in a while, so wherever you'd like to go is fine with me. I'll just trail along after you like a puppy or something."
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Which was an absolute disaster, she knew; Lauren had teased her about it enough that it didn't sting as much to realize she'd never dated or had a boyfriend. It was merely that she'd never an interest in any of the guys around school. Most of the guys back home had little interest in her because of the fact that she was away all year, and.. well. It all sort of came together to create one pitifully inexperienced seventeen year old.
She didn't even think Tobias liked her in that way, so why was she spazzing over it so much? She took a deep breath, drank a few more large sips, then smiled and looked back to him. "The shrieking shack's always fun," she offered, giving a small shrug. "They say it used to be haunted, but no one's heard anything out of it in a long time ( ... )
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