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Post by Nikki Ridley on Jul 30, 2007 13:24:52 GMT -5
Nikki was making her way through the corridors of Hogwarts. Although nobody could tell, she was looking for someone. For Severus Snape.
She really did mean it, asking him to the ball. Just that he wasn't anywhere around... |
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Post by Severus Snape on Jul 30, 2007 13:42:32 GMT -5
A familiar Slytherin male made his way along the corridor briskly, his arms full of heavy books he'd gotten from the library. He looked rather nervous, his cold black eyes scanning the corridor as if expecting Potter or Black to leap out of no where and hex him. It's happened before, and he didn't want it to happen again. Especially since he carried so many books on Dark Arts that he didn't want anyone to see.
His long greasy black hair fell down around his face, looking as though he hasn't washed it in ages. He jumped when he heard someone speak further down the corridor and stepped sideways into a portrait that really was an entrance to a hidden passage way and hurried along there, almost tripping over the hem of his robes as he burst out into the corridor below, only seeing Ridley along there.
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Post by Nikki Ridley on Jul 30, 2007 15:27:14 GMT -5
Nikki finally noticed him, and waved her hand at him with a smile. Then she walked closer to him. He seemed nervous, and she couldn't help but wonder whether James Potter or Sirius Black had bothered him again. Really, sometimes she wanted to come up to them and slap the hell out of them.
"Hi!" She smiled at Severus. Then she realized it would be weird if she just asked him to the ball right now. You don't go around approaching guys, saying, Hi, would you like to be my date? Small talk is required first.
"Whate have you been up to?" She said pleasantly. |
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Post by Severus Snape on Jul 30, 2007 15:44:16 GMT -5
Severus narrowed his eyes slightly. "What do you want?" He asked bluntly. He was not used to being showered with friendly greetings, even with another Slytherin. He adjusted the way he was carrying the books, as if hoping no one could see what they were, although it was widely known he was interested in Dark Arts. Still, he never really talked to Nikki before, and it did make him wonder if she was mocking him somehow.
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Post by Nikki Ridley on Jul 30, 2007 16:03:11 GMT -5
His cold, blunt greeting came as a surprise to her. Well, he probably was unused to it...This made her wonder, how was he going to react when she asked him to the ball? What if he turned her down?
"Well...I just thought I'd say hi..." She made a brief pause, before finally deciding to say it; "And I was wondering...would you like to go to the ball with me?" |
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Post by Severus Snape on Jul 30, 2007 17:00:27 GMT -5
Severus nearly dropped his books in surprise. She was asking him to the ball? Whatever it was he'd been expecting, it wasn't this. Severus had heard about the ball though had brushed it aside, as it wasn't anything important he'd have to attend and it would be a joke for him to go anyway. He then grew suspicious. Why was she asking him? He was quite sure there were many other guys she would prefer to be going out with, or others who would have asked her. Perhaps this was a joke. Yes, that was it. No one in their right mind would ask him to a ball, unless they were just trying to humiliate him. That sounded about right. Now all he thought about was who had set her up to do this, was it Potter? Offering something in return to help humiliate Severus? That seemed likely, though she was a Slytherin and didn't see why she would fall for that.
"Who set you up to do this?" He finally said suspiciously. "Was it Potter and Black? Well you can tell them I'm not falling for it," he said rather angrily, his hands shaking slightly.
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Post by Nikki Ridley on Jul 31, 2007 5:42:36 GMT -5
Nikki's eyebrows raised.
"Potter? Black? Why on earth do you think I'd ever talk to them? I hate Gryiffidnors in general..."
She shook her head;
"I really want to go to the ball with you." |
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Post by Severus Snape on Jul 31, 2007 12:58:42 GMT -5
Severus shifted the weight of the books he was carrying, his face flushing with embarrassment. She was being serious then? Doubt still lingered in his mind, but he brushed it away. "Er..okay then..I'll go with you," he stammered, still looking quite embarrassed, at the fact that she'd said she wanted to go with him, and the way he'd accused her from trying to humiliate him.
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Post by Nikki Ridley on Jul 31, 2007 13:11:47 GMT -5
Nikki noticed he was blushing, and she smiled when he said yes.
"Great!" She exclaimed, "Then...we'll see each other there?" |
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Post by Severus Snape on Jul 31, 2007 13:15:29 GMT -5
Severus nodded, still looking rather embarrassed. Seeing as it looked Nikki had nothing else to say, he began heading back down the corridor, wondering why he had said yes. He hadn't been planning on attending the ball, he had no reason to before, and he doesn't even know how to dance. He'll most likely end up humiliating himself further in going anyway.
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