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Week Name/Date/Time:'Promises and Plans'/Thursday October 15th, 10:15am
Location: Study Hall
Open To: Lauren!
Currently Involving: Avery, Lauren
( Isn't one supposed to be studying during Study Hall period? )
Location: Study Hall
Open To: Lauren!
Currently Involving: Avery, Lauren
( Isn't one supposed to be studying during Study Hall period? )
Deciding it would be nice to go out for a walk before lunch, she headed straight to the main entrance, walking past the Great Hall and peering in at the suckers who were stuck in Study Hall. Heh. She was glad she hadn't chosen to pick an early Study Hall, hers was at 1.
Oh, but look who she spotted! Little miss Avery -- one of the few Gryffindors who she hadn't had a chance to speak to! And boy did she feel awful for that. After all, Lauren thought of the younger girl as a little sister, and she didn't want Avery to start thinking she'd gone and forgotten about her! No, that wouldn't be good.
So, skipping into the Great Hall, but making sure not to draw too much attention to herself, seeing as she wasn't sure if she was allowed into the room without being signed up for that session, she took a seat next to the ( ... )
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And speaking of notice board...
"Lauren, wasn't there a post on the notice board about you, just a few days ago?" Yes, there definitely was. She wondered if that was why Lauren didn't quite answer her question when she asked about being unsure about one's feelings and telling the other person about it.
She let out a soft chuckle as Lauren nudged her, playfully jabbing the older girl lightly on her side. "You think so? This book right here," she said, reaching out and pulling the book towards her, "seems to imply that I need to be able to grab his attention. Difficult ( ... )
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Every time someone mentioned the notice that had been up in the Gryffindor common room, she turned bright red! Why? Who bloody knew, but it was starting to drive her mad.
Lauren never blushed. NEVER! So why in the world was she suddenly blushing all over the place? Oh goodness... maybe she liked Cyrus more than she had let herself believe. This was not good.
"Er, well, yes. There was a notice about me... sort of." Lauren bit her lip, shifting weight once more, but this time because she was suddenly very, very uncomfortable, "But it was only really a joke, or rather, a misunderstanding." Mental note: Talk to Soren SOON, and get this mess cleared up!
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Her eyes widened but her face showed how amused she was that the older girl kind of alarmed over this tiny information. How could Avery had forgotten about the notice? Well, it could be that she only saw it twice, and both times she had been in a rush. All she remembered was that it mentioned Lauren.. and Cyrus, wasn't it? She remembered Cyrus. They had met briefly at the Quidditch Pitch the previous week. Quite a nice bloke.
"Well, I suppose it could be a joke, seeing that it was Soren who wrote it," she assured her, tapping her knee lightly under the table. She seemed extremely uncomfortable, and this made Avery wonder if the rumours had been somewhat true. Or maybe there something going on between those two, even if it wasn't a real relationship?
"I've met Cyrus, though. I think he's a very nice bloke," she added, almost as an afterthought.
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Lauren proped her head up in her palm, her elbow resting on the table as she looked over at Avery, "Oh, you've met him?" Goodness, why was she smiling so big? Why was just the thought of him making her go crazy? Murr.
"He's a very nice bloke, yes. One of my best mates, to be honest. He taught me all I know about photography."
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Again, her thoughts went back to the talk she had with Cyrus -- how Cyrus hadn't said anything in regards to Soren's assumptions. Had he honestly done that because he wanted to keep Niki secret? Or did a small part of him want to be associated with Lauren in that way. It was so hard to tell, and Lauren wasn't sure if she had ever been this confused.
"Oh, you two went flying together?" She grinned, running a hand through her hair, "That's nice and... yeah," Lauren bit her lip, knowing what he must have been distracted with, "He's been going through some hard times as of late... he's not usually so distant."
As Avery complimented her, she smiled feebly, waving her hand in the air to show that she wasn't that good, "He is really good... and, you haven't seen any of my work? How sad! I have to show you my latest, from the ( ... )
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"He's probably just being his usual self, trying to stir up some scandal." Probably getting bored of having scandals which revolved around him, too. But if Lauren had not been reading Fi's journal, she wouldn't have seen what she wrote about fish and Soren anyway, so Avery chose not to mention that to her.
She nodded at her question. "Yeah, I didn't know you know each other that well, or I would've said something." Her mouth formed an O as Lauren spoke about
Cyrus having problems, but didn't say anything more since she didn't really know Cyrus thatwell, and probing any further would just be.. well, rude.
"Oh I'd love that! Nope, I don't believe I've seen any of it. I could go up to your dorm one of these days," she suggested, smiling and nodding excitedly.
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"Yeah," She smiled again, wishing the goofy grin would just GO AWAY, or else Avery would suspect something. Which really, was just what she needed. Except not. She'd already told too many people about it... "We met on the train our third year... he was taking pictures, like he always does, and me being the curious cat that I am, just had to go ask him about it!"
Giggle.
"Well, next time I catch you in the common room, which better be soon," She gave her a stern, yet teasing look, "Then I will show you!"
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Avery studied Lauren's expression for a while longer, amused at the grin plastered on her face. Surely, something was up. She could recognize that look anywhere... it was on Erik's face as he talked about Juhi, on her own father's face as he reminisced about her mother.
There was no doubt about it. Lauren did feel something for this Cyrus ( ... )
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Yes, she continued to giggle, not caring about those lame Ravenclaws who were staring them down. Lauren simply turned to them and gave them the same glare, a look that could kill. Good times!!
She turned back Avery, leaning her head in as she brought her voice to a whisper, "Oh, this is fun yeah? Let's see who can stare each other down the most! We're bound to win, Gryffindors are the best, after all."
It was so good to spend time with this girl. Lauren truly did love her. Although she had younger siblings, she hadn't ever been really close to them, so she seemed to adopt a few of her own while she was at school -- Erik and Avery being two of her favorite young'uns.
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She turned away and covered her face with both hands as the other girl turned to glare back at the students on the other table, her body shaking slightly with laughter.
When she had contained her laughter, she looked back at Lauren. "Sure, we could. We've you, don't we? I'll just.. cheer you on while you stare them down. Support is always good!" Avery teased, covering her mouth again.
She was having too much fun with Lauren. While Bran was the type who would tease her and at the same time dote on her, Lauren was always the one who could made her laugh and that was good, too.
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Ok, so she totally could if she really wanted to. Lauren was bloody great at giving people death glares -- it had been an art she perfected with all those encounters she'd had with certain Slytherins. One had to get tough when there were such pureblood snobs around; she had learned at an early age never to take any of their crap.
And although she was pretty much teasing, those darn Ravenclaws were still mad dogging them, and that was not on! Screw it, if they didn't like their giggles, who were they to judge? It was just a bloody study hall, it wasn't the end of the world if they didn't finish their bleeding homework.
"Do it, Avery. Just glare at them. I know you can do it. Just... once, that's all I ask!" Gigglesnort.
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But when Lauren almost whined at her, she giggled inwardly and slapped her forehead with the back of her free hand, unable to control herself. Well, at least she wasn't as loud as she was earlier, and Lauren wasn't giggling uncontrollably anymore. That was a relief.
"But, Lauren... I can't!" Giggle. "Ok, ok, I'll try." She took a deep breath and started to turn around, but before she could turn all the way, she closed her eyes and giggled again. What was wrong with her??
Shaking her head and trying to catch her breath, she looked at Lauren, "I can't do it!" But wow, was that fun or what? Avery never knew giggling so much could be so fun. She just... never giggled that much before.
"It's unfair! You must've brought.. giggling essence with you or something."
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"Don't be so afraid!!" Lauren hissed, trying to remain as quiet as possible(which was such a hard thing for her to do) so they wouldn't draw even more attention to themselves, "Ya gotta live a little. You don't want people to walk all over you, do you? Just because you can't simply glare at someone! Glaring is the least of your worries; all Gryffindors know how to glare... it's like a right of passage!" Ok, so that wasn't so true, but maybe that would get Avery to actually do it ( ... )
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