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Who: Chase Trimble and Cornelia Stalk
What: Their Birthday Visit
When: After the party ends but before bed time
Where: Hufflepuff Sixth Year Boy’s Dorms
Status: Incomplete.
Rating: n/a

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Cornelia had been on his mind all evening, and with every hug he gave he wished more and more that it was she he was hugging, but besides that, he'd kept an eye on her occasionally, watching her interact with everybody, hoping he wasn't being too apparent about his observation. Timmy had once asked him where his mind was while they were sitting eating some cake together and chatting about quidditch, and Chase had snapped his attention back to what they were talking about with a blushing face. Toots and then decided to tease him about being off in la la land, but Chase waved him off

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At least she knew him that well, because as much as every time she'd mentioned taking off her shirt in his presence in the journal, and he really had no idea how serious she was on that, he had managed to react both favorably but highly nervous at the same time. So nervous in fact that he probably could faint if if it happened. He was starting to hate how inexperienced he was, and how shaky he got around girls...okay around Cornelia. He had to admit that to himself. It was not not just girls in general. He couldn't call Morag beautiful and have Lucy massage his hand with such ease if it was just any girl. When Cornelia crawled up next to him he automatically put his arm up to have it around her shoulders. He wasn't sure why it was automatic, but it felt nice to have her so close

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Cornelia had previously had an idea for something else to do for Chase, before the idea for the pin came to her mind. She had initially been planning on asking Perpetua to write 'Happy Birthday' on the skin just below her neck, skin that was normally covered with her shirt. Somehow she'd have to rip it off in some sort of clever way for Chase to see, but once she couldn't think of a clever way to do so she soon decided on the pin and placing it in the same general area that the words would have been. As inexperienced as she was, she almost seemed to radiate a confidence that was overwhelming, but in some aspects of the matter she was confident, just often puzzled and curious and wary of other people and how unpredictable they were. Once Chase's arm was around her she could take notice of how good he smelt and how warm he was, and she immediately tried to curl herself side-ways into him

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Having Cornelia in such close proximity made Chase work even harder to remain a gentleman. He didn't want to upset her or make her feel like he disrespected her. She was so precious to him, and that happened so rarely that he didn't want that to be ruined. Though when he felt her snuggling in to him he did give a silent sigh of contentment and relief. At least she wasn't upset at him for having finally a little bit of guts to do something that wasn't normally something Chase Trimble would do, at least without a copious amount of encouragement.

He liked that Cornelia's picture hugged Chase as hard as the real Cornelia did every morning. Lucky bloke. Gooseflesh rose then when he felt her lips near his ear. A small shiver ran through is body and he sighed again. Her lips...oh her lips. "You can go first if you like...tell me a secret." He said softly, matching her tone.

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This was almost a different side of Chase that she was seeing, for she had become rather good at picking up on the small things he did, like how his expressions changed with his mood and how he carried himself when he was nervous or happy or relieved. She sensed that sigh, and somehow seemed to know it was a sigh of relief. He was so different than all the other boys that she wished she knew everything about him and the way he worked, but she wanted him to know that there was nothing short of hexing her head off that would scare her away from him