The Ginger Kid Eyes
Dan and Emma. Emma and Dan. I’ve always watched them. Since we were little, since we became ‘The Golden Trio’. And from the very beginning, they’ve always had this ridiculous connection. Of course we were all friends… But the two of them, there was always something more. Like if they were always together in their own little world. Everyone noticed… From Columbus to Yates, from Jo to me…
Everyone. And everyone talked about. Everyone asked.
Every year on Regis&Kelly, he asked Emma and Dan (separately, of course) if there was something going on. And the exact same answer came from their mouths: ‘We’re just friends!’. The same boring cliché.
The weird thing, was that they never asked If there was something going on between me and her, since I was her romantic interest in the movies. However, that never bothered me.
I knew it from the start, since the first audition the three of us made together… But I was only sure that time, when he grabbed her chin in his hand.
God, we were so young… How could it be possible? So young and with this level of connection flowing between them…
“Why are you determined to embarrass me?” - Dan asked pretending he was mad, when he was obviously amused by her.
“I’m not determined to embarrass you. I’m determined to make myself taller than you!” - Emma answered smiling at him.
She had this smile, I noticed. She never used it with anybody else… Not even with her future ex-boyfriends. Only with Dan. It was almost as she was born with this smile, knowing that she would only use it with Daniel Radcliffe.
Dan looked at her, let go of her chin and looked down, using that smile that he used for himself, when the subject that was going on in his mind was her.
I caught her eyes and she smiled at me. A totally different smile, a smile that she used for everybody. The eye connection that she used with everybody. Just as sincere, but with everybody.
And that was when I knew. It’s weird when you see two people made to be together happening right in front of your eyes. It’s kind of special, to be honest.
Because even though I was just a kid, I knew.
At the premieres, they were always together. Always touching, every little thing that happened was a reason for them to touch. The interlaced hands. Giving those looks, God, the looks. I just wanted to scream: ‘WE HAVE PAPARAZZI TAKING PICTURES HERE! BE A LITTLE MORE SUBTLE’. But of course it would have made no difference. They didn’t care actually, they were there for them. The matching clothes, and the flirty eyes. It was endearing, but sometimes it got to my nerves, sometimes I felt left out.
Through the years, It was something I got used to. It was something everyone got used to.
Because at the end of the day, It was always Emma and Dan.