[Hogsmeade] Its Official

[Alex Doyle]

Stood in the Ravenclaw dormitory with his friend Jay, Alex was glancing in the mirror looking at himself. It was the first official date with Miss Hubbles since they had gotten together, which was yesterday, and dear old Alex's stomach was doing the flips. He laughed as he once again changed his shirt. He could see Jay shaking his head at the rugged looking Ravenclaw, who refused to shave considering he loved his beard too much.

"You know" Alex said, taking his top of and flinging it on the bed, turning to look at Jay, "Whaddya reckon?"

"To the shirtlessness?" Jay laughed, "Im sure young miss Hubbles will have you in an alleyway you turn up like that."

"Jay, you moron" Alex laughed, picking up another shirt and sticking it on, putting his kharki jacket over it, "I meant, just going as myself" He shook his head at Jay and picked up his wand off the beside table, "Never done an official date before but If I know Girt, she'd prefer for me to show up like me rather than wear a tie or something stupid."

"Though Im sure she wouldnt like you to be late," He said, putting his hand on the clock, "Now get going!"

Jay litterally threw Alex out of the dormatory door and dragged him down the steps. Though of course he didnt need convincing as he made his way over to the couryard. Puffing out all his nervousness, he had never been nervous to see Girty before but he couldnt stop himself from being, His nervousness didnt decrease as he made his way over the gravel path and out of the castle grounds onto the pathway that lead down to Hogsmeade.

She had asked Alex to meet her at their spot. The first time they kissed was here, the first time he fell into the lake was here. The first time of many things, happened there on that hill, and that made it their spot, no matter what anybody said, that was Girty's and Alex's spot. Nothing could change that.

As he got off the path and into Hogsmeade, he took the familiar route behind the shops and through the alleyways, rather than head straight through the town. He didnt want to be stopped by anyone, he was already pushing for time so being stopped by anyone wouldnt be a good thing right now. He saw the familiar sight which was the hill and made a beeling straight for it. The climb up the hill wasnt as tiring as it used to be, finding thier spot on their rock, Alex sat down and waited for Girty. 'Haha, Im waiting for my girlfriend' He couldnt help but think. 'That was totally childish Alex'

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty rolled over in her bed and as the covers dropt from over her head the light from the window shone trough to her eyes lids and as she opened her eyes she was only blinded even more. Trying to find her pillow Girty fluffed it up and rested her head against it while stifling a yawn, her mouth tasted disgusting like she had slept all night with it wide open, which knowing Girty and her incredibly un lady like way she most likely had done.
Reaching over to her bed side table Girty searched for the glass of water only to end up winching in pain as her thumbed with a head ache. It was only when she was sitting up in bed sipping on her water that Girty realised what had happened the day before. She had said yes to Alex in the courtyard and broke it off with Simon in the pub…which explained the headache.

Rubbing her forehead Girty was convinced there was something she was forgetting that she was meant to be doing today. There was no Quidditch, no detentions, no extra lessons…

“Alex!”

Girty jumped out of bed and started to search through the pile of clothes that were by the side of her bed for her watch. When she found it her eyes grew wide in horror and she swore loudly, she was meant to be meeting him on the hill in fifteen minutes.
Pulling on the nearest pair of jeans and slipping the first t-shirt so could come across Girty picked up her toothbrush, socks, shoes and jacket and ran out of the dorms, through the common room and out through the portrait. Making a quick stop at the bathrooms Girty quickly brushed her teeth, tried to make her hair as presentable as possible and finished dressing herself before running as fast as she could out of the castle, down the gravel path and towards the wizarding village. What a great way to start a relationship, late for your first date together, still suffering from the affects of the night before with your ex.

Girty was not sure how she managed it but as she was soon running up the hill, she was panting and was running out of breath. It was then she saw Alex sitting on their rock at the top, a smile upon his face as he patiently waited for her. Glancing down at her watch Girty saw that she was five minutes late but the thing that always must be remembered with Girty Hubbles is that she does not have the best balance in the world and she was not focusing on the uneven ground of the hill and misjudged her own running speed and before she knew it her face was getting very close to the green grass.

“Ouch.” Girty hit the earth and started to laugh. She was close to the top of the hill and with the hand that was not stuck under her body Girty waved at Alex. “Afternoon, hope you have not been waiting long.”

Girty looked up from the grass and grinned over at Alex, she was actually enjoying the lie down as it gave her chance to catch her breath back. Rolling over onto her back Girty looked up at the summer sky and burst out laughing once again. This really was the worst start to such a perfect relationship.

[Alex Doyle]

Alex was glancing over the hill, looking down at the village, smiling the way he did when he was happy, a smile that had failed his features of late, though now graced them once more. His house mates had seen a drastic change in him yesterday when he met them all down the lake, he wasnt the moody sit in a corner Alex anymore. He was sociable, happy and ready for a damn good laugh with his friends.

It was Jay who first commented on it, though Alex had just grinned at him. Even Stephs attitude towards him when he got there couldnt wipe the grin off his face, Tina seemed pleased with the change in him, as she said, and as had many others, they had missed the fun loving Alex, at which point, Alex simply stated he was just a happy little fella and pushed Tina into the lake. Everyone there seemed relieved to have their Alex back, since he was no longer sitting in a corner with a frown on his face.

He felt like his normal self again, with an added bonus of course, of having the girl he wanted too. At this though, in fact any mention of Girty, Hufflepuff, and as weird as it sounds, any mention of Dan made him grin like a chesire cat. Of course, any mention of Dan, made him think of Girty, since Girty was Dan's sister. The people by the lake had quickly figured out his recent turn of happyness and had taken to saying "Hufflepuff" to him, which made him grin widely and laugh like a hyena. Of course, Jay had tried to say, A hufflepuff and a ravenclaw and it came out Huffenclaw. Alex didnt think he'd laughed so hard in his life, which in turn, made Jay give him a rather violent push into the lake, joining Tina. Alex though, used all his strength and hit the water so hard that his hard turned red, but it had the desired effect since Jay was soon soaking.

Alex looked down at the grass to see a hand waving at him, which made him grin and laugh at the same time. Standing up he walked over to Girty and peered down over her with a very amused expression on his face, "What on earth are you doing down there?" He asked with a grin. It was common knowledge Girt had no sense of balance, and it didnt take much for her to fall over.

"Na," He spoke in a rather low gruff voice, "Only been here about ten minutes," But I would wait ten years He added as an afterthought. He crouched down over her, putting his hands either side of her head when she rolled over and gave her a quick kiss, it felt amazing that Alex could actually do that now, whenever he wanted. "Ah, my urge has been settled." He sat on the grass behind her, not taking his eyes off the Hufflepuff, and the smile not fading off his face either, "So, where too Miss?"

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty was studying a particularly odd shaped cloud that remained her a lot like a mandrake when her view was suddenly obscured by Alex. She tried to act affronted that her cloud watching had been rudely interrupt but when he placed his hands both side of her face and leaned closer to kiss her she could hardily moan. It felt so weird that after all this time of being together as friends they could not give into temptation when ever they wanted and just hold or kiss the other.

When Alex pulled away and laughed that is urges had been settles Girty could not help but giggle with him. She could not help but think he had been dying to do that since they had depart yesterday, she knew that she had been and for her one kiss was just not enough. Girty slowly sat up and spun on the spot so that she was looking straight at the grinning Alex, who then proceeded to ask where they were going to go.
A playful smile crept across the Hufflepuff’s face and she crawled and knelt down in front of him so that her face was only millimetres from his. She ran her finger down his jaw line feeling the stubble underneath her fingers; she stopped when she got to his lips and slowly moved her head forwards and tasted them once again.

Girty’s head was still throbbing and her chest was still pounding from her sprint from the castle to the village but there was something relaxing about Alex’s kiss that seemed to dull the pain for a short space in time. Sitting back on her heels so she could get a better look at Alex Girty placed her hands on his outstretched legs and smiled a small smile filled her face.

"Its over Alex" Girty kept her gaze upon Alex's and was surprised to see a shocked and confused expression filling his face, but after a second or two it dawned on her what she had said, Girty started to laughed and continued, "Him and me, not you and me…why would I end this.” She giggled. “I only just claimed you as my own.”

[Alex Doyle]

Alex could tell that he wouldnt regret now, telling her how he felt. If he hadnt, the two of them wouldnt have gotten here, it was amazing how far they had gotten. Seven years had passed and now the both of them were here, together, at long last. Alex knew now, his feelings for her wouldnt waver, they wouldnt stray, not now, not ever. He just hoped she wouldnt turn to him and change her mind.

Its over Alex.

"What?" Alex asked, his mind awash with confusion, how could it be over after one day? What had he done wrong? Now she was laughing, and Alex didnt see what was funny, until she elaborated on what she meant. Alex smiled, the deep breath which he hadnt realised he had been holding came out and he found himself laughing with her.

"Dont do that to me!" He laughed, looking at her, "You're going to be the death of me, arent you?" He laughed, pushing her down, pinning her arms above her head and sitting on her stomach. He looked at her with a cheeky face as she asked him why would she end this, "I dont know, maybe you're sick of me already?" He smirked and caught her mouth in his, forgetting what he was going to say next.
Every kiss of hers, every touch of hers sent a spark of electricity running right the way through him which made him shudder, in a good way though, not a bad one. She had completely caught him, mesmorized him and he didnt know how she had done it to him. Every minute without her was agony, every minute with her was heaven. Every second he wasnt touching her, was aching.

"And you think I'm going to let you go," Lex smirked at her, "Without a fight?" He wasnt possessive over her, he wouldnt stop her seeing her friends, in fact he liked most of her friends, some of them he was wary of, but most of them Alex liked. A lot of them were his friends too, Alex smiled at her, "And ive only just claimed you as my own, i'm not about to let you go yet"

((Its a rubbish one, I know))

[Girty Hubbles]

((pfffft you can shush Captain Dan, that was good!))

Dan had always told Girty about what it was like to deeply care for someone, he would describe his feelings for Dia over and over again and Girty always thought she would never feel these emotions as she never did with Simon. But sitting here on the green hill with Alex right in front of her Girty could feel the start of these emotions, the warmth that spread through her with just the mere glance of his smile, how the sound of his voice was more comforting then the biggest mug of hot chocolate could ever be and his embrace just felt right.

However although she felt these strong emotions and longing to be with Alex everyday and night Girty did not love him. She did not know what love would feel like but she always expected it to be grander then this, maybe she would learn to love Alex, she knew she would as he was everything she had ever wanted and he cared about her and to Girty that was a very important factor.

Taken by surprise by his movement forward and pinning her to the ground Girty let out a small yelp which was soon overcome by laughter. She did not bother to struggle against Alex and try to break her arms free, neither did she try to push him off her stomach; all the Hufflepuff did was look up at Alex and laugh away at his comment.

“Death by Girty….it could happen…”

Her words were cut off by Alex leaning in and kissing her and she longed for him to do it again and again. As he pulled away Girty tired to sit up as much as she could (considering the loaf of a Ravenclaw on top of her) however she only managed to lightly kiss the end of his nose before dropping back onto the floor.

“Oh a bit of drama never hurt anyone, a fight might makes things a little more interesting.” Girty grinned. “Not that I think you are boring Alex dear, I am rather enjoying you staking claim to me.”

[Alex Doyle]

Alex had been with a few girls in his time, but he had never been with one that made him feel like Girty did. The world shrunk to the size of a peanut, probably even smaller than that when he was with her. He had felt emotions for people before, but for Girty they were deeper, his feelings for her ran in a place inside nobody could touch, not even he could and he found that it usually creeped up on him when he was alone. When he really missed her.

"I think i'm rather liking living though"

Alex laughed, this day was both tense for him and the best day of his life. Tense because he didnt want to mess anything up, but the best because he was with her. He smiled as he kept her pinned beneath him, liking the fact she wasnt struggling either, though not putting up a fight just made it easier for Alex to weld her into whatever shape he wanted, though he was quite happy with this one.

"I rather like you in this position"

Alex knew the way that could have been taken, though laughing, because he realised what he just said, his hair fell infront of his face when he lowered his head. His eyes closed as he stopped laughing. He felt her wriggle beneath him, opening his eyes due to curiousity, he smiled as she tried to sit up, however she could only reach his nose before she fell back down.

"Aw," He laughed, "Did you want a kiss?"

He leant forward slowly, moving one of his hands to the underneath of his chin, but with his other hand, he caught her wrist. Holding both of them in one hand, using his other to move her chin up, he kissed her again. Her kisses to Alex were like fire, every inch of him yearned for more when he touched her, every spark that was in his body whent off like a firework. Pulling back, it registered what she had said before hand.

"Well Im glad" Alex smiled, "Because Im not giving you up to nobody"

[Girty Hubbles]

“Well I prefer to be on top, being in control of the situation…but I suppose I could give in to your powers.”

Girty laughed as she looked upon the face of her oppressor who had seemingly found something amusing even before she had finished talking. With a slight frown Girty looked up at Alex feeling a little self conscious of herself when in reality she knew that no matter what she did or what she said Alex would love her. But still in a slight panic about wanting to make the right impression (ignoring there previous 6 years of friendship) Girty thought over what had been said and it was then when it suddenly became all clear, it was simple immaturity on both their parts.

This jovialness seemed to continue when Alex teased her about her wanting to kiss him, his grip seemed to increase for a moment then he left go with of one of her wrists, but by the time she even reached up to try and brush his hair out of his beautiful eyes he had a hold of her wrist once more. It was clear that Girty was not going to get anyway with this and as he raised her chin she tried to turn her head to one side as he lowered his head to kiss her. If he was going to tease her about wanting to kiss him then she would not give him that pleasure, but it seemed that Alex had too greater control over the direction her head was facing and Girty could not help but laugh as he placed his lips against hers.

“Well I would not want you to just give me up to anyone.” Girty grinned as Alex lifted his head. “Only a devilishly handsome man, who can make me laugh at the drop of the hat and makes me feel at home…oh wait…that’s you!”

Now Girty had heard many a young student say that, even adults say cheesy lines such as that to one another and she was certain that she, Girty Hubbles would never need to say anything such as that. But when the moment came to it, cheesy seemed the only way forward as it was how she felt about Alex so why tell anything different.
Looking deeply into his eyes Girt let out a small sigh as she thought about how she could lie like this all day long, just with Alex laughing, talking and staring wishfully at the other. But in the back of her mind that was not the type of couple Girty wanted to be, she did not want to lose the friendship she had with Alex and lying on the grass doing nothing was never a big part of that.

“Come on you dozy git get off me. As much as I like being this intimate with you it was not the reason I came to Hogsmeade.” 'Otherwise I would have stayed with Simon’

[Alex Doyle]

"Well if you liked being on top that much why didnt you just say so? It's not like I would have complained"

Alex looked at her, his amused expression turning into a smirk. All those painful memories of the past few months seemed not to matter in the slightest now, she was here, with him, and they were together. Alex wasnt about to give up this happy feeling, even though Steph had tried to convince him yesterday by the lake that Girty wouldnt really give up Simon, though Alex had just laughed and told her she didnt know what she was talking about.
Alex noticed the frown and seeing that on her face made his own screw up as he wondered what was wrong. Though hearing her next lines both made him laugh and think his ego couldnt possibly get any bigger.

"Oh, hey you noticed! Only took you seven years!"

Alex like to tease Girty and stuck out his tongue at her. With another quick kiss, and a wink, he got up off the Hufflepuff. Pulling her to her feet too, Alex smiled at her. Of all the people he had expected to hear a line like that from, Girty wasnt in that equation, still it made him laugh, even today, how she could still surprise him. A gust of wind blew over the hill making Alex's hair go even more of a mess than it already was, a leaf from a nearby tree landed in his hair which he pulled out with a laugh, Like I need to look anymore wild. Throwing the leaf back to the ground Alex watched as it zigzagged through the air until it landed peacefully on the floor.

"So Beautiful, where would you like to go?"

Alex had decided he was taking her out today, the way he had been brought up, the guy always pays on the dates. His father had drummed that into him, and although Alex was a rough looking lad, much to his fathers distaste, he always knew to treat girls right.

[Girty Hubbles]

Girty could not help but laugh when he joked that it had taken her seven years to actually notice him. This was not all true, she had noticed him all those years ago he just never showed anything more to her so she hide those feelings like Girty so often did and slowly moved onto new things, although they were not exactly better. But non of that really mattered now, all that mattered was that they were here and finally they could admit to one another how they felt. With the small kiss and the cheeky wink Girty knew he was going to stand up and low and behold he got to his feet and offered his hand to help her.

With a small smile Girty reached up and took hold of Alex’s hand feeling the warmth spread through her and with a quick tug from her Ravenclaw she was on her feet just as a gust of wind blew over the lake towards them. Their hair was swept up and together they danced around in the breeze, leaves seemed to circle around them, one attacked the side of Alex’s face which amused Girty greatly. Slowly the wind died down and Girty brushed the hair out of her eyes and looked upon Alex who asked her, with a very nice compliment at the start, where she would like to go.

“Switzerland.” Was the Hufflepuff’s first answer. “They make fantastic chocolate.” She gave a small laugh and jumped to the side of Alex take his hand in hers and giving it a small squeeze. “Sweetheart I really do not mind as long as I am with you…although now I have said chocolate I could really do with some fudge.”

Girty grinned over at Alex and looked into his pure eyes, she really could get lsot in them. She had heard Dan talk for hours on end about the splendour of Dia’s eyes and she always laughed as with Simon she could never do that…they were just eyes but Alex…it made her feel warm inside to see the joy in them…the love.

[Alex Doyle]

Alex felt as though he was a leaf radar or something, leaves just seemed to be attracted to him. Well if this didnt work out, maybe Alex could built a girl out of leaves and get with her. This idea must have been funny to the Claw because a small grin spread on his face. Alex smiled down at Girty, exhaling a breath he seemed to be holding, seriously Alex didnt know he held these breaths.

"Switzerland?" Alex asked rather taken aback by her answer, though if she had actually wanted to go there, Alex would have found a way he was sure of it. "Well I cant argue with that." Alex laughed, they did indeed make fantastic chocolate but even so, Switzerland, that was a little out of the way. "Honeydukes it is then!"

Feeling Girty's hand in his as the two made their way from their little spot on top of the hill. He walked slowly, almost as if he was nervous about the day going too quickly if he walked too quickly. Alex saw the town rising up as they went down the hill, this glimpse of Hogsmeade always made him smile, just as the first glimpse of Hogwarts had six years ago.

"Well, Honeydukes..."

[Girty Hubbles]

As they walked down the hill hand in hand Girty could not help but think how perfect such a simple thing seemed. They were together and the way he held her hand it was reassuring. Alex was not holding on too tight as if he did not want to let her go because his life depended on it, neither did he hold it loosely giving the impression he really did not want to be there…it was perfect.
As they reached the bottom of their hill the small wizarding village came into view and Girty gave a causal glance over at Alex unable to stop herself from smiling when she saw the look upon his face. He got that look every time they did this trip but today was different, Girty was seeing Alex in a different light and every small bit of joy she aw upon his face she felt, but at the same time she feared that it could work in a negative way if he ever was upset.

Before Girty knew it they were entering the crowds of the masses of students that had filled up the village and she was snapped out of her thoughts finding it hard that she of all people would think of something as mushy and sentimental as that...I mean would think that deeply about holding hands?

“Honeydukes sounds lovely Alex. I need to pick a few more bars of dark chocolate…I came back from the library the other night to find Dan had eaten them all.”

She gave a soft chuckle at the memory of her brother sitting at his desk with three empty chocolate wrappers over his desk, chocolate flakes on the parchment he was writing on and the toothy grin he gave her and the soft laugh as he mentioned that he was not even sorry he had eaten all her chocolate cause it had been that good.