Take My Hand [Part III] [Closed]

[Holden J. Caulfield]

Reserved for Amanda Larsen.

Take my hand.
Lets go somewhere we can rest our souls.
We'll sit where it's warm.
You say look we're here alone.

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Walking out of the kitchens with her hand in his they began walking out into the hall. Their new destination was going to be the Hufflepuff Common Room to get their brooms. Flying to Hogsmeade seemed like the best idea for now; till they found something better to do. Hogsmeade would be fun as long as they didn't go into Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop.

Holden put his other hand into his hoodie pocket as he walked. This kind of odd holding her hand. It wasn't so bad as he was making it out to be. It was Amanda of all people. There was plenty of times where he held Avery's hand and she wasn't even dating him. There were times when Avery and him exchanged kisses on each other cheeks. But the thing was he didn't like Avery like he kind of liked Amanda. Avery was a sister; this Hufflepuff wasn't.

"I can't believe we're going to be seventh years next month. It's going to be so sad to leave this place." Holden was honestly going to miss this place. There had been so many good memories that he had over his seven terms at Hogwarts. "Then we'll be off doing whatever we want." I wonder if I'll ever see you again after we graduate.

Getting to the Hufflepuff Common Room Holden said the password and he walked in along with Amanda. He let go of her hand as he went off to the Boy's Dorm to get his broom. Holden walked up the long cold steps to the dorm and walked in. Only Donny was in the room. They exchanged greetings and salutations and Holden grabbed his broom. While walking down the stairs he thought about what Amanda and him could do in Hogsmeade.

Back in the Hufflepuff Common Room he waited for Amanda to come back. Holden sat on an arm of a black sofa. His foot tapped against the ground waiting patiently. For once he was glad the day was going slow - he could savor the memory. Holden minimized his wand and stuck it into his pocket.

Amanda eventually came back with her broom and they walked out of the common room together with watching eyes. Caulfield and Larsen? Green Giant & Small Fry? Yellow Highlighter & Pink Highlighter? When did this happen?

With their mini-brooms in their pockets Holden walked with Amanda outside to the grounds. Soon they would be on their brooms flying to Hogsmeade. He figured they would start walking when they got to Rose Petal Lane since that was the longest lane he had ever been on. Maybe Amanda had another idea in mind but he would go with the flow if he had to.

Holden still held Amanda's hand in his hand still. She had taken his hand from him since they were leaving the kitchens. He really didn't mind this at all but it kind of made him question things. Hold didn't know what to make of his feelings at all. But for now he just wanted to have fun with his friend and make the day good as best as he could.

An idea came into his head and he let go of Amanda's hand. Then he put his arms around her and began wrestling her to the ground. Holden laughed and tried tripping her feet from under her. "Fall Amanda fall," he teased her. He was going to make sure she didn't bust her bum or get hurt. "Nooo. Fall you loser. Gosh."

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[amandalarsen]

As they walked out of the kitchens, Amanda looked up to Holden, smiling as they walked down the corridors to their dorm. It wasn't unusual for Amanda to receive stares from passing students, nor did she realize that holding Holden's hand symbolized something in this school. It was just an automatic gesture she made toward him all the time. It's not like Holden has cooties.

Though it has crossed her mind several times that Holden was the best thing that's happened to her the past two terms. And she wouldn't know what to do after they graduate. Would she ever see him again? London was a big city and there were many job opportunities out there. Where would Holden end up? Where would she be?

Amanda was unsure of how things were going to be in the long run. She nods her head, sighing quietly to herself because she's come to love Hogwarts as her second home. The students and teachers were like another part of her family. "It's going to be weird. One more term and we fly the nest," she says slowly, her head lowering because it's a depressing thought.

But she would be able to explore the world more. There are more things she can delve into, more freedom! Though, would she ever see her friends again? A part of her ached because of these thoughts. Another part of her yearned to stay here, with Holden. They could just be students forever, but eventually... they'd have to grow up. The hardest transition in their life. Growing up.

Her hand gripped his more, feeling slightly overwhelmed by all her thoughts. Amanda shouldn't worry. All the alumnis have done it and turned out fine. They're all enjoy the adult life, right? They came to the Hufflepuff tower and entered inside. She went into her dorm to retrieve her broom while Holden did the same, and both left afterwards with their minimized brooms.

The long walk down the corridors normally took a lot of time, but time passed by so fast like her life. It had only a little over a year ago when she came to this school. The times have passed by with so many fun-filled memories and some ones that she'd like to forget. She'd like to forget most of her first through her third terms at the school, the ones where she had no life at all.

Finally they were outdoors in the cold chilly weather. Rose Petal Lane still looked glorious as ever with charmed roses that still bloomed in the frosty scenery. They still held hands which kept her warmer than ever and comfortable. Perhaps she was liking it too much, especially with Holden around. But she couldn't think of the possibilities. They were friends and always will be.

As they walked down the pathway, she was suddenly surprised when Holden began wrestling with her. She kept strong and tried hard not to slip and fall on the ice. "Ugh, Holden. You cheeky git!" Her hands held onto his arm. If he wanted her to fall, he was going with her. And his wish came true. Her foot slipped on a small patch of ice and she fell backwards. "Oomf! Ow... that's gonna leave a bruise."

[Holden J. Caulfield]

He continued to hold onto her as he wrestled with her in the snow. Holden could feel her nails hit his skin a bit through his hoodie. It didn't bother him one bit for now. As long as she didn't pierce any skin there would be now foul. The Hufflepuff laughed a bit more as Amanda began slipping.

Amanda had lost her footing and fell to the ground. Like her wish she wasn't going down alone. Holden hit the snow with an ugff. He turned around to lay on his back. His head turned to her as she mentioned that that was going to leave a bruise. A frown formed on his lips at the thought of it. "I'm sorry. I won't wrestle you again then."

He moved his arms and legs up and down. Snow began seeping through his clothes and his shoes. Holden began to feel the cold snow on his skin and he shivered. Maybe it was way too cold to be making snow angels. He got off the ground and brushed the snow off his clothes.

Holden grabbed Amanda's hands and pulled her off the ground. He brushed the snow off her jacket without a smile. The way he felt was pretty sad since Amanda had gotten hurt. It made him feel pretty rotten about the whole affair.

When Amanda's jacket had no more snow on it Holden let her go. He put his hands into his pockets and looked at her. "I'm sorry," he said again. "I didn't mean to leave you a bruise." Eventually he would have to make it up to her - someday.

In his pockets he pulled out his wand and his mini-broom. Tapping his wand on the broom and uttering a spell the broom became regular size. Holden put his wand back into his pocket and got on top of his broom. His gray eyes looked back to Amanda to see if she was going to do the same thing. This way it would be a lot faster and they could get their sooner and have more time to walk around.

"Ready to go miss?," he asked her quietly. Taking his hands off the broom he put them back in his pocket. Holden blinked then took out his hands again to fix his hat. It was being weird so he had to fix it correctly. His hands went back into his pockets and he blinked again. Did she forgive him for wrestling with her?

From the cold he could feel his skin prickle. His skin also felt very hot yet extremely cold. The weather was a very odd thing that no one would understand. Personally Holden didn't care much for weather updates when he could look outside and figure it all out on his own.

"If you wish to get to Hogsmeade before curfew I suggest that we go now," he smiled jokingly. Curfew smurfew.

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[amandalarsen]

Amanda laughed when Holden had joined her in the snow. He did fall just when she did, so it was almost like payback. However, as she laid there on her back while he glanced over at her, she saw something unexpectedly across his face. She hadn't meant to be that serious, but he took it that way. "Holden..." she bit her bottom lip gingerly.

What was bothering him? She wasn't that delicate. Why was he taking things she said so seriously? He helped her up on her feet and she brushed the snow off her back side, thanking him with a small smile as he helped with her jacket. It seemed that something was bugging Holden. Was it her? Did she do or say something wrong to set him off?

She shook her head to his apology, almost grabbing his arm to stop bim, but she motioned back. "It's okay Holden, I'm not literally bruised," she murmured to him. Doing the same as she took her broom out and returned it to it's regular length, she hopped on it and nodded to Holden. "Yeah, I'm ready," she replied to him in a lower tone.

Shaking her head, she smiled to him faintly. Curfew? "Riiiiiight, well then we better get a move on," she motions and then kicks off the ground, hoping that Holden was right beside her. The scenery was quite beautiful as she zoomed on down the lane toward Hogsmeade. Everything just had that very wintery touch. Before the start of the shops, Amanda slowed down to a full stop and finally jumped off.

Amanda glanced around for Holden just as he arrived next to her. Already minimizing her own broom into her pocket, she inserts her wand into her coat and soon after, her hands were snug inside too. "So maybe we should splurge all out in Honeydukes. What do you think?"

[Holden J. Caulfield]

He chased after her as she speed off on her broom. Holden could feel the snow and wind whip against his face. This was way too cold for this type of thing. Suddenly he was glad that the broom ride to Hogsmeade would be a short one. I think next time I'll walk.

In Hogsmeade Holden got off his broom and stuffed his hands and mini-sized broom into his pockets. I need to get some gloves soon. My hands are going to turn into hand-cicles. Holden took another step to be next to Amanda. His gray eyes looked around the small village.

"We can go where ever you want. I'll follow." Holden breathed with his mouth and saw his breath in the air. It made him smile a bit. He put his arms around her shoulders and began walking toward Honeydukes. "I know what you're evil plan is. It's to get me all fat by eating sweets so you can eat me later. Just can't get enough of that Holden flavor. Yum.

"So yeah. Human flesh tastes of chicken. Cannibals say human flesh tastes of chicken. And chicken of humans. I'm glad you're coming with me on that," he teased her as they walked.

Getting near Honeydukes Holden removed his arm from Amanda's shoulders and opened the door for her. "Captains first," he said jokingly. When Amanda walked in he walked in after her and closed the door. Nice. It was very warm in here. Holden put his hands back into his pockets and looked around the sweet shop.

"Blood pops?," he asked looking at it. "What is that?" Holden picked up the package and read the back. "So this will taste of copper?" "Gross much?" He wrinkled his nose at it and sat it back down on the table. "I've never been in here before till now. How odd is that?"

[amandalarsen]

Oh so it was follow the leader time. Amanda nodded her head. "Alright then, Honeydukes it is!" She grins as they walk off toward that direction. She really needed a sugar fix since she was getting low on her stock back in her dorm. Actually, her bag of candy was completely gone. Some sneaky Hufflepuff stole her goodies and she wasn't happy about that.

She looked to Holden and bit back her laughter. "Oh you've got me Holden. You figured out my plan," she stood up on her toes and kissed Holden's cheek gently. "Mmm, you're just about right. Still need more sweets, I think." Weird facts about cannibalism was actually interesting. Chicken was weird enough and now Amanda was going to think everytime she eats chicken, she's tasting human flesh.

"So do you think that perhaps the house elves could have been feeding us human flesh!? I mean, come on, you say it tastes like chicken. We may be eating some bad student who couldn't cut it at Hogwarts," she snickered. It was something that they could think about, but just for fun of course. "Me too..." she nudges him in the ribs as the near the shop.

"Thank you kind sir," she nods as she walks through the door into Honeydukes. Of course the place was sweetly intoxicating. The candies were just a wide variety of everything. "I think the vamps will like those blood pops Holden. They're especially made for them, unless you have a blood sucking fetish that I should know about," closing in on him, she eyes Holden curiously, but laughs.

"But you're right, mustn't taste pleasant to us of course. Can't stand the taste of blood, even if I bite my tongue. Yuck." Retrieving a basket for herself, Amanda chose some other lollipops, but stopped next to Holden at the table. "Say what? Wow, you've been missing out on some good candies. You must try the chocolate frogs, jelly slugs, and the treacle fudge. Definitely delightful."

[Holden J. Caulfield]

His head tilted as Amanda explained the Blood Pops. His nose scrunched up in disgust. "That is humanly gross," he said shivering. "Just lovely." Holden nodded in agreement. "I hate my blood taste too. Tastes like copper. I hate the smell of it too."

The Hufflepuff gave her a confused look. Chocolate frogs? Jelly Slugs? His mouth opened a bit in horror and his nose scrunched up again. "You're joshing me? Right?" They couldn't be chocolate covered frogs. People ate chocolate covered ants didn't they? Jelly slugs? The horror? Wasn't that a bit slimey?

"People really don't eat that stuff. Do they?" What kind of people were these?! Holden figured he rather be a cannibal than eat a chocolate frog or a jelly slug. His mouth closed and he shivered again. Which was worse? Blood Pops, chocolate frogs, or jelly slugs? The Hufflepuff couldn't decide at all. But he knew for sure he wasn't sticking any of these things in his mouth.

"Don't they have any normal candy here?" "Like Mars Bars for instance?" How could you not like Mars Bars? He walked beside Amanda and began playing with the tip of her blonde hair. Holden was not into whole candy thing at all. Positively disgusting in his opinion.

His gray eyes looked at the other pieces of candy. Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Jelly Beans. Was that sanitary? Were they good. Holden reached up on the shelf and grabbed a box. He turned to the back and read the flavors. His eyes became wide in shock. EAR WAX?! VOMIT?! BLOOD?! SLIME?! BOOGEY?! WHAT KIND OF SICKOS ARE THESE PEOPLE?

"I feel sick," he said putting back the box. You people are sick.

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[amandalarsen]

Amanda looked at Holden weird. "No I'm not. It is what is it Holden. Though they're not really frogs. They're in the shape of frogs silly, and they are charmed to hop around and ribbit and such," she giggled. What was he thinking anyway? That they were real. That'd be very gross. "And jelly slugs are just like those gummi candies. They come in different fruity flavors too, but lime is the best."

Honestly, he was making this a bit more interesting with the shock on his face. The candies sounded gruesome, but she didn't expect him to take the names too seriously. Amanda rolled her eyes and nodded her head. "Of course they eat this stuff. Why wouldn't we?" She opened up a packge of the jelly slugs and dangled one infront of Holden's face. "It's not alive, see," then she took a big bite out of it.

It was chewy with yummy fruitiness. Looking around for other candies, she picked up a few more jelly slugs for herself, handing the one she bit to Holden. "Just try it. The candies here are practically normal. They just have creative names Mister Caulfield," she snickered again as she goes off to get some chocolate in a jar and a box peppermint candies.

Returning to Holden, she sees the box he put away and now understood why he wasn't feeling good. "Yeah, those I would definitely watch from. They really do taste like what they are said to be. Some people find it to be their favorite for some reason, but not me. Bad experience with vomit and spaghetti flavor. Ick," she wrinkled her nose. "But come on, there are some lemon drops in the other aisle and chocolate bars."

[Holden J. Caulfield]

His eyes looked at the jelly slug that dangled in his face. Holden gave it one of his weird looks. The type of face in a half scrunched up nose with a disgust look with a bit of curiousity mixed in. His mouth gapped open as Amanda ate one. She was nuts! XD

Holden closed his mouth again as he took the slug from Amanda's fingers. He continued to have that face expression as he stuck it in his mouth. At first he felt like gagging. This wasn't normal. Not in the slitist. Who in the hell came up with this stuff? They had to be out of their minds. St. Mungos please.

He began chewing fast so he could swallow. Grape flavor. Holden gagged. He hated grape flavor anything. If it wasn't a grape he didn't touch it. There was one reason why he never ate cherry flavor or grape flavored stuff - it tasted of ROBITUSSIN! I need some water or something.

Amanda left him go down another aisle. Chocolate? He liked chocolate? Dark chocolate was amazing. French truffles were amazing. Holden could live off that stuff for the rest of his life. He got up to follow the leader. "Lemon drops?" Were they like Lemon Heads? Holden was curious once again.

He looked down to Amanda. She was a strange girl but he liked it. "Is it sanitary?," he asked. Holden didn't want to taste test anything. Not after that Robitussin-flavored jelly slug. His hands went back into his pockets as he looked at the other candy. CHOCOLATE FROGS. A step back was taken from the teenager. Holden walked behind Amanda in fear. Who would eat such a thing?

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[amandalarsen]

This was too good. Amanda wasn't going to be easy around Honeydukes now that she knows that Holden wasn't accustomed to wizarding candy. She'd have to get her favorites for him to try out. The jelly slug didn't go so well, but he had grape. "Sorry about that one. Lime or lemon is much better," she patted his shoulder. At least the slug didn't go to waste.

The lemon drops were much better of course. She loved citrus flavors. While walking down the aisle, she stops for the transparent bag of regular lemon drops. "They're hard candies Holden. Flavored just like lemon. A bit tart, but very good if you ask me." She takes a bag and inserts it in her basket. "And they're sanitary. Sheesh Holden, you should really give some of these candies a try," she giggled.

Well what would be best to start him off with. Her eyes sifted around and landed on the chocolate fountain with goodies in bowls and skewers. "Come with," she takes ahold of Holden's arm and drags him across the store to the chocolate fountain with candies. "Not everything is so bad around here. Marshmallows, fruits, and other candies you can dip in this fountain. It's the best. Try it."

With that, Amanda took a skewer and poked it through a marshmallow. Then running it under the fountain, it came out dripping. She hurried popped it in her mouth and she chewed it for awhile before swallowing. "I'm so going to be hyper later. Try it, it's really good."

[Holden J. Caulfield]

He shook his head. Holden hated citrus flavored. Tasted like vitamins to him. When he was just a small fry [much like Amanda [maybe even shorter]] he would be given vitamins to take. And do you have any idea what he did to them? Holden stuck them into the couch. >=]

Based upon my real life story.

The follower followed the leader over to the chocolate fountain. Now this looked good. Why didn't she take him here before? Holden smiled at the thought of something. No. He wouldn't do that. Or maybe he would. With a smile playing on his lips he put his finger into the chocolate. He picked his finger out of the chocolate and rubbed it all over his lips. Bending down he kissed Amanda's cheek with the chocolate on his lips. Now she was just as sweet as him. Not really. She was double sweeter now. Yummy = Chocolate flavored human chicken.

"Hum," he said to her being hyper later. Holden really couldn't imagine Amanda hyper at all. She didn't seem like the hyper type to him. But never judge a book by their cover or skin for that matter.

He licked the chocolate off his lips. "Now this is what I call candy." Holden liked it. But the thought of yukky food was still in his mind. Ew. Finding a napkin he whiped the chocolate off his fingers. His hands went back into his pockets.

"Any more disgusting candy you wish to show me?," he asked jokingly.

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