your lips touching mine in the photobooth [open]

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i remember when the days were long.

Aaryn was walking up the steps. Why? She felt bad. The paper was in her hand, and that was part of the reason she felt bad. But it wasn't because her reputation was ruined, that was quite alright with her, she felt bad, because she was sure she had hurt Dezi's girlfriend. Or were they still an item? Probably not. She had probably broken up with him by now. Aaryn frowned. This was all wrong. She hadn't meant any of this to happen. She hadn't meant to let temptation get the best of her. But it had. And she had to pay. She knew that much.

She looked up at her happy owl flying above her. He had no clue to what she was feeling. As he landed on her shoulder, she had a feeling he was sensing it. She patted him on the head. He hooted mournfully. It was almost as if he was announcing her presence. "Sad girl coming!" She rolled her eyes and Barney hooted again. He was playing the part of protector now. He would be her savior. He was almost like an older brother. She laughed. Her older brother was her owl.

She reached the top of the steps and sat down. Barney flew and landed on her knee. She opened up the Prophet and looked at Barney. She gave him a half-hearted grin.

"Hey Barney," she said, "listen to this: The impression that Dezi is cheating on Alessa, with a lot of help from Aaryn. Honestly Aaryn, did you have to stoop as low to steal another girl's boyfriend? What kind of Slytherin scum are you to go creeping around and ruining someone's relationship? And take it personal as this is coming from a Slytherin housemate."

She stopped. She was crying a bit now. Not because of what he said, but because of thinking about Dezi. She had to stop this. It was stupid. He was just a stupid boy. Barney hooted again, mournfully. Aaryn grinned a little. "You wanna see what else they said?" she asked, her voice cracking, but there were no more tears, "So I'd watch your back, and your little Aaryn's too. I'm his "little Aaryn" now. Not really, though."

She felt horrid. More tears now. She had fallen for a boy. A stupid boy. She didn't even know his full name. Just that he was Dezi. The Dezi that had protected her from Akito. The Dezi that had laughed as Ms. Kohn was yelled at, the Dezi that had traded papers with her, the same Dezi that had hated Ms. Kohn with her. Of course she had fallen for him.

What did they expect? After all that. But they had agreed they would give up on each other. Because he had a girlfriend. And hopefully still would after this. And they weren't meant for each other. So she had to give up on him. She had to. But she didn't want to. She really didn't want to.

Her mind kept wandering back to the wonderful kiss. It really had been absolutely great. Not only had he been a good kisser, but it had felt right. No matter how wrong it had been. It had felt so right. And she wanted it to happen over and over again. She really wanted it. So badly. And that made her feel even more guilty. Because she was now a "boyfriend stealer". Just great.

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy was wandering aimlessly around the grounds. When she was sitting on the bench by the lake Brad showed up and she finally got to see him after such a long while, but something was bothering him. That really bothered her, but she didn't show it she just asked what was the matter. Either way she was quite happy with him showing up again. He kept dissappearing and each time for longer and longer. Sometimes it scared her because she was worried something happened, but he always showed up in the end.

Lizzy hadn't really been paying attention to where her feet led her, but she soon found herself at the steps to the clocktower. Shrugging to herself she started up the steps. Her mind wandered to the prophet for the day, and she frowned. The whole Dezi and Aaryn cheating bugged her. She knew both people and even if Aaryn and herself got off on the bad foot she knew that Aaryn wasn't the kind of person to do something like that.

To her it was most likely the truth stretched way out of proportion. Rolling her eyes at the thought she shoved her hands into the back pockets of her dark jeans with rhinestones on the pockets and walked upward still.

When she was nearing the top she could tell someone else was up here. Not minding the fact of company she went on and saw upon getting nearer that it was none other than Aaryn herself. Smiling a small sad smile to herself Lizzy walked the rest of the way to the crying girl. Sitting down on the steps a few below Aaryn she saw that the fellow Slythie had a copy of the prophet. No wonder she was crying.

"Hey." she said softly. After a moment she said, "The prophet twists things way out of proportion, and make things seem ten times worse than they already are... If you want to talk about it I'm here." Sure they weren't the best of friends, but she knew what it was like for things to be stretched until they were mere lies hardly showing the true facts.[/size]

[xxbrokenheartxx]

and the nights when the living room was on the lawn.

Footsteps. Oh. No. She wiped her eyes hurriedly and opened up the prophet to cover her face. Barney began hooting loudly. He started flying around in circles, Aaryn being in the middle. She smiled behind the paper at Barney. She loved her owl. He was the greatest. And he would be a splendid father. She was sure Barney had even tried to convince the mother, whoever she was, to let him sit on the eggs. But, perhaps to no avail.

The footsteps stopped, but she could feel someone standing over her. It was Rock Jade. She realized she had down nothing to hide the fact that she had been crying. At least she had had the sense to buy waterproof makeup, so it didn't look lame. But her face still looked like a bright red cherry. And there were still tear stains running down her face. She looked awful. This was only the second time she had cried at Hogwarts. The second! The first time she had been caught by her best friend, but this time... She was caught by someone she hardly even knew.

Hey. The prophet twists things way out of proportion, and make things seem ten times worse than they already are... If you want to talk about it I'm here.

Aaryn had to grin at this. It was true, most of the time. But the Prophet got it just about right this time. "No, no," she said, "the prophet got it just about right." She probably looked odd, half grinning, but tears rolling down her cheeks. She hastily tried to wipe them away, but more came. "I'm not crying because of them, I'm just thinking about Dezi..."

Okay, now she was saying to much. This was a girl she hardly knew. "Of course, I'm hardly Dezi's 'little Aaryn', if you know what I mean..."

She sounded like a loser...

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy waited patiently for an answer. Once hearing it she shook her head, "Ya well either way everything seems way worse in writing... well most things. Especially this." she said not even phased by the fact that the prophet was right. Glancing up at Aaryn she saw that even through the tears she was grinning.

At the look on her fellow Slytherin's face an old memory came back to her that she had managed to push from her mind. Almost laughing herself Lizzy replayed the memory in her head. It was about a year before she came to Trio's. She had slipped on some ice and Dameon had caught her, and to thank him she was going to give him a kiss on his cheek, but he turned his head at the last moment and she got him full on the mouth. They were both surprised at the whole thing, and ever since the two stayed pretty much away from eachother. No wonder he was so mad when she had shown up with Brad after her first term there to get the rest of her things.

Pulling herself out of her memories she nodded. "I understand. By the sound of it anyways it was an accident." she said shrugging and glancing up at the owl flying around behind Aaryn. It was a beautiful owl. Which reminded her that she should go visit her own owl Aerin. Either way she'd do that later.[/size]

[xxbrokenheartxx]

constant quarreling the childish fits

Aaryn appreciated her fellow Slytherin trying to comfort her. It was really nice. But she didn't want to be seen as someone she wasn't. Ya well either way everything seems way worse in writing... well most things. Especially this. Aaryn nodded. She wouldn't contradict her on this point. She'd let her have something right. Especially when it made her feel better. But she wasn't crying because of the paper.

She remembered back to yesterday. The excitement. And then, the trip. And the lips. It had been an accident. A complete accident. She hadn't meant it to happen. But it had, and then she hadn't stopped it. Not once. She had just went on kissing him. He had stopped it. Very much so. But then again, he had continued on with it. He had at one point, kept kissing her. It had felt good. So good. So right. But it hadn't been. It was very wrong. And yet she wanted it to happen again. Over and over again. It would be so wonderful if she got that feeling again. Minus the guilt.

I understand. By the sound of it anyways it was an accident.

Aaryn snorted. "No, it was no accident," she said, "the trip, that was an accident. But the kiss, that was no accident. Were you there? That was no accident."

She shook her head. She was reminded of the kiss again. It was simply a wonderful kiss. She couldn't deny that. It was an amazing feeling. So perfect. He had been a wonderful kisser. Beautiful. And it had been a damn good kiss. But then that stupid N.H. had to go and post her personal life. And she had to hurt Alessa. A girl she hadn't even met. She had to go and hurt her. Hurt her really badly. Not even on purpose. It was a total accident. But she had still done it. And there was no taking that back.

No way. At all.

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy smiled happy Aaryn didn't contradict her at her first comment. That was a good thing. She thought anyways. As she sat waiting she wondered if there was anything she could do to make Aaryn feel better, "Is there anything I can do for you?" she asked pretty much thinking out loud.

Giving Aaryn a small smile Lizzy shrugged, "Either way. What they said in the Prophet was just plain rude." she said looking at Aaryn still thinking of when she had done something similar with Dameon. At the time she had kinda sorta liked Dameon, and she felt good about it, but now she was just disgusted about the memory. Not only because of the fact of Brad, but also because after her first term when she and Brad went to the house to get her things Dameon ws such a jerk to them.

Though now that she thought about it Lizzy realized that Dameon was probablhy trying to make up for his behavior by bringing Brad to where she ended up during the last term change. She smiled inwardly at the thought, but looked back up at Aaryn.[/size]


[[sorry that's a bit short and lame]]