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[juhi_saraf]

Week Name/Date/Time:'Promises and Plans'/Thursday, 13 October, 2005/6:45 PM
Location: Courtyard
Open To: Skippy
Currently Involving: Juhi Saraf and Erik Cohen

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[erikcohen]

Erik walked slowly to the courtyard, thinking about his week so far. It was dull in a sense, but almost in a positive way. Although he was still worried about the threats made against him, he had sort of had time to think and form conclusions with a clear state of mind. It was calming, but now he was bursting with energy.

He could see her sitting on a bench not too far away from him and grinned wider than he thought was possible. Instead of sneaking up on her as he usually did, he ran straight for her and scooped her up as best he could into a hug.

"Where have you been all my life?" he asked her jokingly, his face sort of pressing into her neck.

He didn't care. He'd missed her.

[juhi_saraf]

There! Juhi grinned back at Erik as he ran toward her, suddenly aware of exactly how much she HAD missed him. Definitely been too quiet, yup. HE'D been quiet too, and she hoped that everything was okay. She knew he had a lot to think about, and several completely horrfying things had happened all in a row so...she'd been giving him time to think.

But then last night she'd wondered if that hadn't maybe been the wrong idea, and been slightly panicked when it occured to her she had no idea WHAT he had been thinking, exactly, and what if he needed someone to talk to and was waiting for her to ask? Or maybe he didn't even KNOW he needed someone to talk to, that could happen too! Maybe being a girlfriend meant you couldn't trust your instincts?!

The grin was reassuring though. And she was only mildly surprised when he scooped her up. "Hmmmn, where HAVE I been? I don't remember!"

Happy.

[erikcohen]

He didn't let her go, but instead played with the ends of her hair. He hadn't really shown this much affection just in greeting her before, but something seemed terribly wrong about the fact it had been more than a day since he'd seen her last. How long had it been? Somehow it felt even longer than when he'd gone home for Nik's funeral.

"How can you not remember? Did someone hit you over the head? Dear god! How much have I missed? I am a terrible boyfriend," he said, laughing a bit.

Though, he was slightly worried. Juhi would have told him if something was wrong, right? She wouldn't try and keep him out of things because he had 'enough to worry about' or some nonsense? Of course not. She must have been fine.

He'd called himself her boyfriend now without any hesistation. He couldn't remember if they'd talked about that or not.

And he still was holding on. He hoped she was breathing!

[juhi_saraf]

Juhi laughed. "No, I did not get hit on the head. And you haven't missed ANYTHING, that's the problem! NOTHING has been happening!" Well, nothing too important, anyway.

She pulled back just enough to try to get a look at him. "You're not a terrible anything, Erik Cohen. Well, except you'd make a miserable 'quiet, introverted person'. And how are you? Has everything been...okay?"

She tried to squeeze him tighter, but his grip on her was such that she had no clue if it was working. This seemed like it was maybe slightly ridiculous, but she didn't care very much. Juhi felt more comfortable with Erik right now than she had in a while, so she wasn't about to question it too much.

"Sorry I didn't owl you sooner! That was apparently a mistake!" Juhi gasped.

[erikcohen]

Erik watched Juhi play with his hand, an amused smile on his face. Every once in awhile she'd pull a finger back too far and it would hurt, but it made him chuckle. Apparently her hold on him had gotten worse. Merlin.

"You are a brilliant prefect! I watched you patrol, remember? And well... don't worry about that, I'm just good with the stalking. Anyway, I need you in a position of power. Means I can go on adventures and not get into too much trouble," Erik told her and smirked.

Yes, her being a prefect did him loads of good. Not that he was going to take advantage of it or anything. Much.

"I should hope not. I've frightened people, amused people, and angered people... but BORE them? Surely not."

Erik Cohen was not boring. Ever.

[juhi_saraf]

Juhi gasped. "That's right! You DID watch me patrol! I can't believe you did that. That was a little strange of you." Right. A little. A little strange, and a little creepy? "It wasn't so much WATCHING as it was STALKING." She smirked at him. "Were you that desperate to see me, then, hmmmmm

[erikcohen]

"Oh, it was definitely stalking. I even said so, you obviously don't listen," Erik responded, poking her in the side.

His logic at the time had been he could stalk his own girlfriend without it being too strange. Plus, he'd been bored. Not to mention he proved that she needed to be more aware as a prefect! Honestly.

"Fi McFinn doesn't back down. I'm not surprised she kept lying, even if it was an obvious fib. No harm done, yeah? It's only the real trouble makers, evil doers you have to worry about," Erik stated and took a deep breath.

Technically, they were already taking advantage of her prefectness by being out after curfew, but he didn't point this out.

"Hilarious," he said simply, rolling his eyes at her joke. Yeah, yeah. Make fun. She knew he was right!

Though, he probably was a bit tiresome.

[juhi_saraf]

"I know you said so at the TIME, but just now you tried to call it watching. Rewriting history, as it were. You would have left it at that too, if I hadn't said anything, Skippy." She wrinkled her nose at him in response to the poke. He'd probably just been bored anyway.

Juhi raised her eyebrows at his deep breath, and resisted the urge to grab his hand again. "No harm done, no. But that was before I knew people actually got hurt wandering the castle alone; it'd probably be different, now." She was silent for a moment, and then allowed herself a small smile. "And I think Sebby may never recover from having to take points from someone, so I guess if that counts as harm..."

Oh, fantastic. Juhi chewed the inside of her cheek. If he wasn't going to fight back was she supposed to feel weird about teasing him? Maybe that had been a pathetic 'joke' in the first place. That was probably it, right? Hit too close to home? She would have rolled her eyes at herself, if that wouldn't have looked completely insane.