[Owlery] Pins, Needles and a Little Prick (DANTE)

[aliceh]

”Honestly, Dante. Will you stop moving? Seriously, if-you-don’t-stop-moving-I’m-gonna-prick-you,” she said through gritted teeth as she tugged on the hem of his t-shirt. It seemed a bit long on him so Alice, like her usual self, decided she was going to fix it for him. If it was up to her, she’d ripped it off him already and thrown it out and given him a new one, but Dante wasn’t that easy to work with, not like Shaun was.

Alice moved to the left and picked another pin up off the ground before folding the hem of his shirt over once more and pinning it in place where she decided it would suit him. Of course, Dante moved at the exact moment that Alice stuck the pin in and stuck him. ”Damn it, Dante. See what you made me do?” she said with a small laugh. ”I hope you get blood all over this damn thing. It would serve you right, you know? I hate this hideous thing, I’d burn it if I could,” she continued mumbling through her words as she stuck a pin in her mouth so she didn’t have hang on to it any longer.

Pushing herself off the ground, she walked around Dante making sure all the pins where exactly where she wanted them to be. ”Right, time to take that off,” she said referring to his shirt. No, this was not another trick of getting Dante out of his clothes, she could do that without an excuse. She grabbed a shirt from her bag, one that she though he’d like, and threw it at him. ”Just, be careful, alright? Don’t stick yourself and try not to get any blood on that shirt. It’s really hard to get it out.”

Alice stood in the corner, leaning against the cold stone wall as she waited for Dante to take off the shirt so she could fix it later. They had other things to do besides sitting here in the room of requirement. That was the hard thing about being in a different house than her friends. They always had to resort to the room of requirement when it came to hanging out near a fire. Alice didn’t mind of course, gave her more time to scope out guys and pick out her prey for her and Dante’s next bet. She could feel one coming on so she had to be ready.

[Dante Nikolas]

"I cant help it Alice!" Came Dante's voice as he shifted his weight again, causing Alice to get more than a little irritated by it. He hadnt asked for her to do this, he was happy enough with the shirt being a bit to long on him, it really didnt bother him all that much. "Anyway, I thought that part was my job?" He said, sticking his tongue out as she put another pin in his shirt and instinctivly, he moved away from it. "Alice, we dont have to do this you know, I'm fine with the shirt being longer, it really doesnt bother me all that much."

This was torture for the poor lad, he was used to her dressing him up like an oversized barbie doll, but half the time he couldnt help but feel like a stand in for Shaun. The thought of Alice and Boyfriend still made Dante shake his head disbelievingly, and he was the only one who always said it would never last very long, low and behold, who was right? Of course he was, Dante was rarely wrong. Once again he felt like he had to move, standing still was not one of Dante's talents. He hated being still, but as he moved he felt a prick in his side. "Hey ow!" Dante half cried and jumped away from the pin and Alice, his hand flying to his side as he looked at her, "I thought you were good with this stuff," He furrowed his brow, "Remind me never to trust you near my body with sharp things again." He walked slowly back over to Alice, he knew if he didnt she would only threaten him with the Avis spell. "How would it serve me right if I got blood on it? Its not my fault I have an incapability to stay still you know." He scowled when she called his shirt hideous, he knew she hated this shirt and Dante usually wore it because he loved the expression on her face, "Its not hideous and dont you think about burning it Missy."

"You want me to take my shirt off?" He asked with a smirk, "You know, you didnt have to go through all of this if you wanted that as the result, all you needed to do was ask." He pulled the shirt carefully over his head and threw it to her at the same time she threw him another shirt, obviously one she liked since she didnt have any clothes that she didnt like, but he scowled as he recognised it, one of Shauns old ones. "Hell no, I'll walk around topless rather than wear something off the ex-boyfriend pile if you dont mind." He said and threw it over her bag, folding his arms over his chest. "Its not like I need it anyway," He said, picking up his brown and gray jacket, pulling his arms through it and zipping it up a little bit. "I've still got my jacket so its cool."

Alice and Dante had a strange friendship, even outlookers never really understood what they were. The two were best friends who tended to have a bit of, well fun together. Letting off a wide yawn, Dante stretched, the bottom of his jacket riding up. They always had different kinds of competitions. Dante wasnt in the mood to settle for one girl, and since Shaun, neither was Alice, so they tended to have fun at other peoples expenses. The last bet the two had had was who could get their conquest's first. Dante couldnt remember who Alice had gone after, but Dante's was a gryffindor girl, Brooke Kennedy, It hadnt taken as much work as he had hoped, she only fought for a little while so Dante had won that one. It was quite funny really, both Brooke and Dante had similar reputations, yet he didnt think Brooke realised what his game was, even less that it was actually a bet, but he had won, so Alice owed him. "Since I won the last bet, I think its my choice where we go, unless the rules have changed suddenly?"