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Post by jamiecarron on Apr 13, 2008 13:53:06 GMT
JP pulled Tessa out with a lot of effort. The heaviness of his clothes, and her clothes combined made the task a lot more difficult than it seemed. Looking over to her he gave a smile and watched as she made a small fire appear before them.
"You know, I would of forgotten about that. It's a good job you've got a brain in your head" he said, taking the mickey out of himself. It was what he did best. She was a smart girl. He would of just trudged back up to the castle soaking wet, and got told off from a teacher or prefect for creating puddles all over the castle, like a wet map for him to find his way back.
They sat in the silence together for a moment, feeling a little awkward. Why he pulled away from her in the river he had no idea. If anything, he wanted to pull her closer, but he didn't want to seem like a freak. Who knows why he did what he did, but it was obvious Tessa was a little confused too...
Rubbing his hands together close to the small fire, he snuck a quick glance at Tessa before looking back into the flames. Urgh, he felt so stupid. She probably thought he was more of a typical Gryffindor than ever now... |
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Post by montez on Apr 13, 2008 14:43:45 GMT
Tessa wasn't the type to walk into the castle soaking wet, besides, with her heavy robes, she wouldn't make it far. A fire seemed to be the next reasonable thing. Shaking off her robe, she let it fall to the ground exposing her tan arms, and a black short sleeve top. Tessa wasn't the type to wear the whole school uniform, just the robes over top. "You would've thought about it sooner or later, I'm sure of it," she said sending him a sweet smile.
The silence between them was in fact awkward and Tessa wasn't sure how to break the silence or if it should even be broken. She more or less wanted an explanation but what exactly would he be explaining? Tessa could feel her heart pounding and knew that if she didn't leave now... well, she never stayed long enough to know what would happen.
"I-" Tessa turned to Jamie, bit her lip slightly, then smiled, "It's been great, but I need to go. I have- uh, things, yeah things to do." She was lying. She didn't have anything to do except kick herself once out of sight. Why couldn't she just talk to him longer. She liked him, that's why and she didn't know if he liked her back. Please stop me, she pleaded inside. Tess was fixing to stand up.
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Post by jamiecarron on Apr 13, 2008 14:52:29 GMT
"No chance. I'm stupid and bullheaded like that. I would of just walked in like this" he gave a laugh. Being Muggleborn, it sounded stupid but he forgot about using magic pretty much 99% of the time. He'd been here for over three years, but he still forgot.
Seeing Tessa pull of her robes, he smiled at her in the awkward silence and pulled himself closer to the fire. After a few moments of silence, his teeth were beginning to stop chattering and then Tessa began to get up.
"Where are you going?" He asked in partial shock. Maybe she just thought he was an idiot and wanted to be nowhere near him, but he made the effort to go over to her, and he wanted her to stay with him, even if it was in silence.
He stood up quickly and went after her, grabbing her arm lightly, but strong enough to turn her around.
"Don't go" he whispered. |
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Post by montez on Apr 14, 2008 13:23:46 GMT
Tess wished she could get into Jamie's head and see what he was thinking.. She was different around him, less shy (except when the situation became awkward for her) and she didn't mind it. This silence, however, was enough to make a mouse nervous and Tessa couldn't stand it. She heard Jamie ask where she was going and she answered with a simple shrug. She didn't know where she was going, just somewhere else.
Tessa felt a hand on her arm so instantly, she turned around. It was Jamie, though she didn't know who else it could've been. He was looking at her with pleading eyes and now it made her feel bad for even considering walking away from him. Tess smirked and raised her eyebrows, "Alright, I won't go. Happy?" she asked pushing him out of her way as she headed back to the fire. Her clothes were still soaked and all she could think about was changing out of them but that'd have to wait for a bit.
Tess looked over her shoulder and raised an eyebrow at JP, "You coming or are you just gonna stand there all wide-eyed and such?"
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Post by jamiecarron on Apr 14, 2008 15:38:52 GMT
Watching Tessa as she turned around to look at him, Jamie couldn’t help but smile at her, in an almost shy way. Dropping his hand that was on her arm, he let it fall and brush past her open hand. So badly he wanted to just grab her hand and kiss her, he decided against it and fought the temptation. That would surely make her run away and never want to talk to him again.
Sighing, he watched her walk back to the fire and sit down. He was in a daze, and only the sound of Tessa’s voice broke him out of it.
“Wha- oh, yeah...sure thing” he replied as he walked over to join her by the fire. Rubbing up the back of his hair, he sat down next to her once again. He repeated the charm to re-heat the fire a little more as it had begun to go out.
If JP was any other guy, he would have his arm around her by now and would be chatting her up. Jp was different, Tess was different. He couldn’t help but be a little quiet around her too, she was on his mind too much. Shaking his head, he decided to change the subject.
“Your birthday is coming up isn’t it?” he asked, knowing full well that it was, but he didn’t want to let on he knew exactly when.
“Are you excited? The big seventeen!!” he nudged her playfully. |
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Post by montez on Apr 14, 2008 18:53:12 GMT
Tessa didn't understand what was with Jamie. She felt his hand brush hers but mistook it for absolutely nothing. Sometimes your hand would brush another's when you dropped it and sometimes, they meant for it to happen. Though she felt her heart skip when their skin touched, she didn't take it for anything special.
Tess couldn't help but laugh at Jamie as he stumbled through his words. Once he joined her, she nudged him with her shoulder before he repeated her charm on the fire.
Suddenly, her birthday came up and Tessa gave a small sigh, "Yeah, December eleventh, can't wait," she said wide-eyed and rather sarcastically. "Eh, I guess I'm excited but I don't see the point. It will be like any other day except I'll be a year older." Tessa laughed, "It's just a birthday and I'll be spending it here. Would be nice to get a present though," she said sending him a wink. "Speaking of presents, what are you getting me?" Tessa was just asking a random question so the silence wouldn't continue but she wouldn't mind a present from the boy.
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Post by jamiecarron on Apr 14, 2008 19:03:25 GMT
"Don't be daft, it's a big thing! You gotta do something, even if I have to well, attempt, to make you a cake" he laughed. He would give it a go, but it would probably end up tasting gross. Laughing at the thought, he had to tell her.
"It'll probably taste like Troll snot though"
"Well, if I told you what I was getting you, it wouldn't be a suprise now would it?" he said with a raised eyebrow and gave her a cheeky grin, nudging her back. In truth. he had been meaning to go to Hogsmeade the past few days to go and get what he was thinking of getting her, but homework, and rather unexpected detentions with the world's worst teacher, he hadn't had the time to slip off and get it.
"So your not even getting presents from you mom?" he said, in a rather American accent. Sometimes the American Accent came out strong, other times, you wouldn't be able to tell at all that he was from California. He missed California, but mostly missed Surfing. He felt a little lost without it. He had even brought his surfboard to Hogwarts although he obviously couldn't use it. |
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Post by montez on Apr 14, 2008 19:24:34 GMT
Tessa laughed, "Well, lets just keep you away from any sort of cake mix then, shall we? I don't know if I could stomach troll snot," she said as she smiled at him. Jamie was definitely not like other Gryffindors and that made Tessa like him more. Tess looked down at the ground and moved her hand, accidentally brushing over his. What was with the two and skimming the other's hand?
"Aww how sweet, Jamie-Paul Carron is getting me a present. You know, I don't really like surprises," she said with a slightly seductive grin. It was true, because of her shy nature, surprises weren't really a like in her life.
Tessa nodded then sighed, "Well, my mom doesn't like owls and doesn't know of any other way to send me my present so I usually get it when I go home for Christmas." Tessa made a mental note to get something for Jamie seeing as he was getting her a birthday present.
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Post by jamiecarron on Apr 14, 2008 22:33:36 GMT
Jamie couldn’t help but laugh along with Tessa as she said they’d have to keep him away from any sort of cake mix. It was probably the best thing she could of done, he would just make a massive mess in the kitchen before even starting on the troll-snot cake making anyway.
“Your right there” he giggled. Her laugh was one of those infectious ones, where wherever you heard it and whatever mood you were in, it made you smile at least. Looking down at the flames of the fire, he smiled a little to himself before looking back up at Tessa.
“Still, no presents on your birthday sucks. She should get you extra to make up for it” he said mischeviously. Poor girl, JP wasn’t exactly spoilt, but he thought it would suck if he got nothing for his birthday from his family.
“Well, you’ll have to like it or lump it, because i’m not telling you your suprise Miss Montez. He grinned and began to tickle her ribs. |
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Post by montez on Apr 15, 2008 15:45:50 GMT
Something about Jamie was different when he was around her. She just couldn't put her finger on it. When he was with his friends, he acted just like them, but when he was alone, he was a completely different guy. I guess the saying 'you can't judge a book by its cover' was true with JP. Tessa couldn't help but smile at him. "That's surprising, I'm usually never right."
"They're just presents. Besides, my mom gets me a book every year so its not like its anything special. In my opinion, the best kind of present is just spending time with someone." Tessa shoved Jamie just enough so he'd tip, "And I do get extra. It's called Christmas presents," she answered with a laugh.
"If its food of any kind made by you, I'm afraid I'd have to throw it out," she said jokingly. Suddenly she was being tickled and her eyes widened before she started laughing. Falling on her back, Tessa went for Jamie's hands so he'd stop.
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Post by jamiecarron on Apr 15, 2008 19:02:56 GMT
Jamie seemed to of been persistent, which maybe nobody else had been with Tessa before. Making her stay, he could tell she wanted to, but her shyness got the better of her, like always. She seemed to be a different person to what she first seemed, and JP liked the banter they had, it made things fun.
“Presents are great, you can never get enough, even if it’s ones that you forget about in five minutes”he grinned cheesily at her. He had decided exactly what to get her, and decided he’d go tommorow to Hogsmeade inbetween classes where he had a 3 hour gap. Drifting of into his thoughts, he realised he was, and soon looked back up to her once more.
“Yeah, my food it pretty bad. I can’t even cook beans without burning them. I don’t know how I do it” he laughed, rubbing the back of his neck in a little embarrasement on how truthful and open he was about being a lousy cook.
“Haha, ticklish are we?” he gave a toothy grin, tickling her some more before she fell onto her back. Jamie leant over her and tickled her some more, when suddenly he stopped and couldn’t do anything but gaze into her eyes. Before he knew it, he had leant forward, placing a hand on the back of her head to support it, and he kissed her. What was he doing? He’d never been this brave before, or maybe it was stupidity? |
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Post by montez on Apr 15, 2008 20:13:12 GMT
Tess sighed but smiled, "Well then, maybe you can be one of my presents then I can forget about you in five minutes." Tessa was of course kidding. Jamie was a guy she could never forget, "I don't like presents like that. They end up as clutter in your closet, in the corners of your room or under your bed and its worse when trying to throw them out. I prefer good old quality time versus material objects."
Teslynne grinned, "It's a good thing that you know me then. I can cook!" she said rather excitedly before laughing, "I used to cook dinner for my mom when she came home late."
"Very, now stop!" she pleaded. Suddenly he stopped and she was gazing into his eyes. A grin was still plastered on her face as she looked up at him. Jamie's hand was behind her head and she found herself closing her eyes as his face neared hers. He kissed her and she was kissing him back. Was she insane? Her heart began to race and she pulled away shyly. "uh...." was all she could get out. Jamie was still practically on top of her so her first reaction to run wasn't logical without hurting him. But why did she want to run? She enjoyed it didn't she? It was what she wanted, wasn't it?
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Post by jamiecarron on Apr 15, 2008 20:35:03 GMT
Wow. Tessa was actually kissing him back. Every thought possible ran through JP's head, before he stopped and sat up, giving a bit of a confused look and an embarrased one to Tessa.
"Erm, I-...I'm not sure what happened there...erm" he managed to stutter. Sitting back, he rubbed the back of his head in confusion. He didn't look at her, but just looked down at his feet, unsure of what to say to her, or what to do next. What could he possibly say to her after that fiasco? She would surely think he was a total big-head now.
Giving a small cough, he decided he would just get it out in the open and say how he felt. However, whether it would come out or not would be a different story. |
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Post by montez on Apr 15, 2008 21:40:29 GMT
The moment Jamie sat up, Tessa mimicked him. Biting her lip, she stared into the small fire. So many questions ran through her head and she was even questioning her actions as well. Why did he kiss her? Why did she kiss him back? Sure she had a crush on the boy but since when did she start acting on impulses, it wasn't like her at all.
Jamie began talking and Tessa glanced over at him. He looked just as embarrassed as she felt, did this mean he liked her too? She didn't really want to know the answer to that question; it might make things awkward between them if it wasn't already. Tessa brought her hand to her lips. That was her first kiss and the realization of that made her blush even more.
She was spacing out now and a cough brought her back. Turning her head quickly in JP's direction, she realized what was going on. She didn't want to hear what was about to come out of his mouth, she didn't want to hear that it was a mistake, that she was a mistake. Standing up, she grabbed her robe and opened her mouth as if she was to say something. At first, there was no sound but she closed her eyes and put on a smile, "I've got to go, Jamie. It was nice, it really was but... I just have to go. I'll see you around." with that, she turned and headed back to the castle as fast as her legs could carry her.
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Post by jamiecarron on Apr 15, 2008 21:55:22 GMT
Staring back at the fire, he heard Tessa begin to speak. Unsure of whether to look at her or not, he decided against it, until she announced she had to go.
"B-but, Tessa" he said loudly, but it was too late, she had walked off. Not walked, but pretty much run off. Jamie had jumped up and turned around, but he wasn't quick enough to catch her. He shouted her name after her but she didn't even look back. Sighing and turning back to the fire, he sighed, and leant his arms on his open bent legs.
Watching the fire, he realised Tessa had forgotten her book. Picking it up, he patted it next to him, in reminder to give it back to her when he next saw her again...If he ever saw her again. |
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