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Post by James Potter on Aug 27, 2009 20:14:44 GMT -5
"No no, It's fine. Thankyou." she said. James wasn't completely convinced because of how she reacted when he said the spell. He knew it had hurt for just a moment. He gave a small smile as he put his wand away. Then before he could think any more or try to contradict her, she leaned in and full on kissed him right on the lips.
There was a quick intake of breath on his part, mostly from surprise. He felt her squeeze his hand and he squeezed hers back only for a minute. His eyebrows disappeared into his hairline and his glasses were slightly askew. But then it was over before he could even completely register what happened. Sure he had been kissed before, only once, but not by someone who he had feelings for. It was just some random girl he met on holiday. She recognized him as being the son of Harry Potter and ran right over and planted a wet one on him.
"Uhm.. Sorry just got caught up in the moment..." her voice echoed from some far off distance. James was still focused on the soft feel of her mouth on his. And how her breath smelled so sweet. He felt warm, and his heart was beating a little faster than normal. It was hard for him to accept that she really did kiss him, even if it was just a little peck. Perhaps she was just being really really friendly. Some folks in other parts of Europe kissed as a greeting. Maybe she was... just saying hi. Or thanks. Why would she even kiss him anyway? He thought that she didn't like him like that.
James didn't realize it at first, but he had a stupid grin on his face which he wiped off right away. He found it hard to look Penny in the eye, and continued to stare at their interlocked hands, which suddenly made him feel self concious. Should he let go? He didn't really want to... James finally got up the courage to look at Penny. "Uhm," it kind of just fell out of his mouth that's how bad he stuttered. Finding some little amount of composure he said, "Right. Okay. Caught in the moment." His voice sounded a bit higher than normal. He unlatched his hand from hers and looked down. James wasn't sure if he should feel happy or disappointed. He loved the fact the he and Penny just kissed. But she was just caught up in the moment... obviously it didn't mean anything. Don't get used to it, James. he thought. But how he wished he could.
He looked back up at her again. Should he kiss her back? Maybe then she would know how he felt. Hell, she probably all ready knew, it was that obvious. James didn't want to make a fool of himself though. What if she really didn't like him back? Maybe she pretended he was someone else when she kissed him. He could wait it out and see. But what if they didn't have another moment together, alone like this? James would have to make sure of it... He just needed a bit more time to figure out if she felt the same way. Or make her fall for him. How the heck would he make her fall for him though? He was just James.
Tired of having an internal arguement with himself, James awkwardly stood back up. He put his hands into his pocket and bit on his lip, staring around at all the things in the room. His gaze came back to Penny when he finally found the words to say to her. "So, uh," he ran a hand through his hair then replaced it in his pocket. "Did you want me to walk you back to your common roon? Or..."
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Post by Penny Matthews on Aug 27, 2009 21:01:42 GMT -5
"Right. Okay. Caught in the moment."
Damn. What did she have to go and say that for? Now James probably thought she was just some easy slut who was just always getting caught in the moment rather too often.. "James, I didn't mean-.." She tried to explain, but was cut of when James spoke again,
"So, uh, Did you want me to walk you back to your common roon? Or..."
"Oh.. um.." Penny didn't know what to say. She'd blown in, that was for sure. She watched James as he stood there awkwardly, not even wanting to look at her. Sighing heavily, she stood up from the chair, feeling her arm twinge slightly with the movement, causing her to scrunch her eyes shut just for a moment..
"I'm sorry... Did I do something wrong?.." She asked with a questioning frown.. Best to settle it now, she thought. If she left it and then they began awkwardly avoiding each other for the rest of the wchool year, she'd hate herself for not just asking it right out at this moment.
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Post by James Potter on Aug 27, 2009 22:02:56 GMT -5
"Oh.. um.. I'm sorry... Did I do something wrong?.." she said after she stood up. He noticed her cringe in pain, making him look concerned again. James forgot about the awkwardness for a moment and put his hand on her shoulder to help steady her a bit. It was only for a moment, then he let his arm fall back to his side.
"No... I, uh..." Crap. Now what? James felt at a loss as to what to do or say. He couldn't just flat out tell her his feelings. He wasn't sure if he could deal with the rejection. "Its just..." he sighed and fidgeted a bit.
He knew what he wanted to do... what he had to do. Speech was failing him at the moment, and he knew actions always spoke much louder than words. Slowly he inched his way closer to Penny. This could go either way: good or bad. But James was about to take a risk. He remembered when Penny said that he had to be more confident, so now was his chance.
The space between them grew even smaller, and he could feel her breath on his skin ever so slightly. This was not the time to be awkward or shy. He had to be how he always wished he could be. Someone sure of himself. He looked at her, studying her face as if he were staring at the most difficult arithmancy problem. She was beautiful, no doubt. But there was something else there that made her unique, and he couldn't quite pinpoint it.
Taking one last deep breath he shifted his head slightly to the side as he moved in towards her. One of his hands rose up to touch the side of her face, helping to guide the way. Not nervous anymore, he allowed his lips to touch hers. Nothing too hard or forced. Just simple and soft. It felt even better than the first time to him, because he anticipated it this time. He could consciously take in the slight mintyness to her breath and how he could feel the warmth of her on his own mouth.
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Post by Penny Matthews on Aug 28, 2009 8:26:43 GMT -5
"Its just..."
Penny stood there before James with tired eyes, even a little annoyance was starting to creep into her consciousness.. Why was he so reserved ALL the time?! for crying out loud he was smart, he was funny and he was also good looking! Why was he so unself-assured?!
Getting ready to voice her irritations, Penny took a breath to speak, when something pretty extraordinary happened. Suddenly all her aggrivations seemed to melt away, as James moved towards her, oh gods, he going to kiss me! her mind squeeled, and she took a tiny step closer, so that their body's were almost touching and her eyes moved down to his lips before they met once more..
She felt his hand gently touching her cheek as they kissed, sending a shiver down her spine.. He was being gentle and Penny wanted to kiss back harder, but she also didn't want to scare him off.. It was obviously a big deal for him to even consider kissing her, she wasn't sure how he would react if she suddenly tried to take it up a level..
All these thoughts passing through her mind, and they were still kissing.. Not that she minded, it was very nice.. She slipped her good arm to his shirt, resting it around his waist, and pulling herself that little bit closer, testing the water... She thought.
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Post by James Potter on Aug 28, 2009 21:03:35 GMT -5
James felt lighter than air. And his head started to spin a bit when Penny boldly put her hand on his waist. Holy crap! She's not freaking out... she's still kissing me... he thought excitedly. There was a rush of adrenaline in him, spurred on by her bravery. The hand that was on her face slid down her neck and arm, then pulled her closer to him. Close enough that their bodies were flush against one another.
This was perfect, exactly what he wanted. Okay, being a typical boy he wanted more. But for right now, he was happy to be able to be even this close to her. He sighed, wrapping his arms fully around her waist now. James was quite new to this, but he still felt comfortable. He let his mouth open to hers as he held her close. But he wasn't sure how much or how far he should take it. There was a little bit of doubt left in the back of his mind, but he ignored it. He was too happy to doubt things.
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Post by Penny Matthews on Aug 29, 2009 14:36:36 GMT -5
Penny felt James' hand slowly travel down her neck and arm, leaving a trail of tingling sensations in its wake..
James pulled her closer, and their bodies pressed against one another. The butterflys were really going crazy now in her tummy as she eventually pulled away slightly from the kiss.. Though their faces were still only inches apart and their bodies remained close.
Her eyes searched his for a moment, though she didnt really know what she was looking for.. She just hoped with all her heart that this wasnt going to turn horrendously awkward any second and ruin their friendship forever..
"Let me just-.." She said quietly, biting her lip with a little grin as she reached up and took hold of James' glasses, lifting them off his face and holding them in one hand, resting her arms on his shoulders.. "Now I can see you," She grinned wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him again, though this time, harder and with more purpose..
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Post by James Potter on Aug 29, 2009 17:29:22 GMT -5
James felt his stomach turn over about a hundred times, sad that she backed away. He looked at her expectantly as she stared at him. Her expression gave no clue as to what she could have possibly been thinking. He felt a little bit of nervousness creep up on him from the silence between them.
"Let me just-.." she said as she lifted his glasses off of his face. He raised his eyebrows looking surprised. "Now I can see you."
He blinked a few times, letting his eyes adjust. The glasses weren't completely necessary, only for reading. He just tended to wear them all the time because that was what he was always doing. "Uhm," James chuckled softly, feeling a bit sheepish as she looked at him.
In a swift motion Penny had kissed him again, making him stumble back a little from taking him off guard. James was smiling to himself at how well this all seemed to be going. It was completely unexpected. He had no idea that Penny even thought of him in that way.
His arms were wrapped around her and his hands were pressed against her back. He sighed happily as he broke the kiss for a moment. "Wow, Pen..." he whispered with a goofy love-struck smile.
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Post by Penny Matthews on Aug 29, 2009 18:02:14 GMT -5
Penny had to suppress a giggle when James stumbled backwards alittle, "Wow, Pen..." He whispered a mixture of shock and happiness..
Penny bit her lip again and withdrew her arms from around his neck, "Sorry.." she said somewhat bashfully, "It's just I- I like you and I duno, I thought maybe.. I thought that maybe you liked me too but I wasnt sure! so Umm.." She bambled at high speed trying desperately to rationalise her behaviour, but for once, failing..
She was left speechless, mustering a few vowel sounds, before giving up all together and succoming to silence and now was one of those rare occassions that Penelope Matthews actually blushed..
"Okay, now I'm embarrassed." She laughed alittle nervously and covered her face with hands, resting her head forward and into James' chest..
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Post by James Potter on Aug 29, 2009 18:38:39 GMT -5
"Sorry..It's just I- I like you and I duno, I thought maybe.. I thought that maybe you liked me too but I wasnt sure! so Umm.."
James' small grin turned into a broad smile as he listened to her talk. He found it extremely cute that she was getting embarrassed. Normally she was so confident and carefree. He watched her cheeks turn a rosy color, and chewed on his bottom lip wanting to just kiss her again.
"Okay, now I'm embarrassed."
He hugged her tight when she rested her head on his chest. "Don't, its just me," James reassured her as he rested his cheek on the top of her head. He let out a small laugh. "Besides, isn't it me who supposed to be the awkward one?" he joked. It was true, but oddly enough he felt comfortable. Especially now that she knew how he felt. And because they just spent the last few minutes snogging.
James lightly pulled her away from him so he could look down at her. He gave her his signature lopsided smile. "We should go on more exciting adventures more often..." he said then kissed her forehead. One of his hands let go of her waist and found its way to one of her hands and laced his fingers throug hers. It was another bold move, but he was sure Penny didn't mind...
"You probably already figured this out," he began with a sarcastic tone. "But... I like you too." He smiled again feeling all of his previous nervousness melt away.
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Post by Penny Matthews on Aug 29, 2009 19:24:49 GMT -5
"Besides, isn't it me who supposed to be the awkward one?"
Penny laughed into his chest, did this qualify as irony? She egging him on for ages about building up his confidence and courage, and then when he does, she's the one that gets flakey.. Penny allowed James to push her upright once more, so they could look each other in the eye,
"We should go on more exciting adventures more often..."
She nodded with a grin, "Yeah, I'd like that.." she giggled as he kissed her forehead and faught out her hand with his..
"You probably already figured this out," he began with a sarcastic tone. "But... I like you too."
Penny bit her lip and grinned, "I am a Ravenclaw youknow, picking up on the subtlties of communication is a speciality.." She matched his sarcasm and laughed, "So.. do you want to try to get into the room of lost things again? or do you want to stay here for abit longer?" she grinned, involuntarily blushing again at herself...
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Post by James Potter on Aug 29, 2009 20:15:16 GMT -5
James smirked at her. Stereotypes tended to amuse him sometimes. A typical Ravenclaw joke. He got on better with Ravenclaw students more most of the time. He liked to study, they liked to study. And they weren't as loud as some of his Gryffindor friends. Time and time again James pondered why he wasn't wearing the blue. His mind drifted and started to think of how it would be to share a common room with Penny... and being able to see her more often. Not that it was possible or anything. Well he did have his father's invisibility cloak...
Penny's next comment completely yanked him out of his fuzzy day dream. Try and look for the room of disappeared things again or... what?! Stay... a bit... longer? There was the most odd expression on his face. His eyes were wide, looking surprised and excited yet nervous at the same time. His mouth was slightly ajar, making him resemble a fish, though the corners of his lips were curled upward in a goofy way. James shook his head, trying to clear out the cloudyness.
"Eh... what?" he stuttered, with his ears matching the color of Penny's cheeks. It was finally really seeping into his brain that she, Penny, wanted to stay there... and continue what they were doing. Kissing, that is. His stomach flipped over a million times and his heart was in his throat. That is exactly what James preffered to do. Forget the room of what-ever-its-called. His brow furrowed for a minute, trying to figure out how to reply to her. He didn't want to sound too eager.
James looked down and back up at her in a slightly flirty way. Well as flirty as a guy like James could be. It was more of a suggestive glance. One of his eyebrows were cocked as smiled at her. "Well, we could... look over here at some things," he said mischievously nodding his head down one of the isles. It was strange how brazen he was acting around Penny. She just brought out a more courageous side of him.
He laced his arm around her waist and guided her down one of the isles, knowing exaclty where he was headed. He could feel nervousness bubbling in his throat, but today gave him a lot of practice ignoring it. He felt a bit self conscious about how he was acting. But he kept reminding himself that Penny liked confidence, and honestly James likes feeling confident around her.
They meandered down the junk filled isle towards one corner of the giant room. Finally they closed in on the destination. It was an old dusty couch covered in ragged fabric. There was a small end table piled high with books and things, and a empty glass next to it. Sometimes James would come in here, sit on his couch and read some of the books he found in the mass of hidden objects. Sometimes he would find a really fascinating read, and other times it would be a dud. It was odd looking at his little hideaway spot right then. He never pictured himself sharing it with anyone, let alone with the girl he liked... for some quality snogging time.
"So, uh," James said, his voice a bit raspy. He looked at her and arched his brows in anticipation. She could still say no and leave, but he tried to remain casual, hiding his anxiety. "I come here to read sometimes." James chewed the inside of his cheek.
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Post by Penny Matthews on Aug 30, 2009 14:33:39 GMT -5
Penny giggled as James became alittle flustered for a moment, when she suggested staying for a little while longer, before he eventually got a grip and looking her up and down, making her giggle some more, "Well, we could... look over here at some things,"
Penny gave a questioning look at James' suggestion, though she was still grinning, she felt like nothing could wipe that grin from her face any time soon..
Feeling James' hand slip around her back, he began steering her down on particular aisle and Pennys intrigue tripled.. Where were they going?! She bit her lip as they made they way to the bottom of the aisle and saw a old sofa, with a stack of books beside it and an empty glass.. hmm someones been here before...
"I come here to read sometimes."
Penny looked up at James and grinned, before skipping over and plonking herself down on the couch, carefully placing James' glasses on the side table, before lying down on her back.. Oh my gods what am I doing?! Yelled the voice in her mind, that wouldhave a deeply disgusted and wide eyes expression, had it had a face..
Using a giggle to mask her embarrassment as her innocent yet suggestive manouvre, she sat back up and held her hands out toward James, beckoning him to join her. "Soo, any good books?" she asked, not really wanted to talk about books at all, for once in her life...
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Post by James Potter on Aug 30, 2009 15:09:40 GMT -5
The stupidest grin was on his face as he watched Penny go and plop herself on his all too familiar couch. One would think that James could at least do some transfiguation to make it look nicer, but he thought the couch had character like that. He slid his hands in his pockets as he strolled casually over to her when she beckoned him. James smiled down at her, when she asked him something about books.
"Books? What? Oh... nothing too special," he said with a shrug. "Just some old propaganda... a few fairytales. A couple Herbology books..." he listed as he sat himself right next to her on the couch... so close that their legs were touching. Of course James sat like that on purpose. He liked being this close to Penny. It was like a whole new experience for him, and he just wanted more of her. He felt he could spend the rest of his days at Hogwarts just looking in her eyes.
"This one though..." James piped up after a moment. He leaned across Penny, deliberately, and grabbed a book off of the side table. His eyes glanced up at hers as he drew his body back to normal, book in his lap. "This book has a bunch of medieval spells in it. I've tried a few..." James flipped open the book and moved it so it was on both of their laps now, the book was quite large. Not to mention dusty. "See this spell here? It conjures pie," he said with a goofy smile. It was one of his favorite spells. James loved food a bit too much sometimes. Especially if it was a nice piping hot apple pie. But nothing could match grandmom, Molly Weasley's cooking.
Right then, James had no clue as to why he was showing Penny a spell about pie. There were more important things he could be doing at the moment... Slowly he closed the book and pushed it aside. It was a futile effort, being the book ended up falling to the floor with a loud thump. James gave Penny a sheepish smile. Way to be smooth James... he thought to himself.
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Post by Penny Matthews on Aug 30, 2009 15:51:45 GMT -5
Penny beamed happily as James walked over and sat beside her, leaning purposfully across her, when she had asked about the books and locking gazes, just for a moment, (Making her heart speed up considerably) as he returned with her book in question..
"See this spell here? It conjures pie,"
That was all well and good, but Penelope wasn't listening anymore. More gazing ahead in a dreamlike fashion.. Eventually snapping out of it, when she heard a bang! and realised that the large heavy book was no longer resting upon her lap..
Glancing across to James, who was giving her an apologetic smile, Penny murmured, "Mm? That was.. really interesting, James." Before practically launching herself at James, crashing her lips into his with such a force that pushed him down onto the couch and resulted in her being ontop of him. Whoops.. Oh well!
This sudden change in positioning didnt stop the Ravenclaw even though she suddenly felt her bludgered arm sting wildly. She kissed James forcefully, running her hand along his side...
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Post by James Potter on Aug 30, 2009 16:35:17 GMT -5
"Mm? That was.. really interesting, James." she said.
James could tell that she hadn't been paying attention. And he couldn't blame her. He didn't have too much time to think about what exactly was happening just then. All he could figure was that Penny had literally catapulted herself at him, and had him pinned to the couch. She was kissing him with such force that he found it hard to breath for a second. Not that he minded or anything.
With her hand running along his side, he could feel shivers coursing through him. He had to take a quick break for air. James let his head fall back on the arm rest and looked up at her. What a sight it was to look up and she her hair falling around her face like that. His heart did a little stutter before resuming its fast paced beating. He did his best to give her a smile, and ran his hand through her hair then trailed it down her side. James pressed on her back to pull her closer again and lifted his chin to kiss her once more. This time he was a little less inhibited. He figured this is what Penny wanted... she was laying on top of him for Merlin's sake.
Finally feeling comfortable, he really let himself enjoy what was happening, instead of worrying about if he looked stupid or not. The hand that wasn't wrapped around her waist, moved up to tangle through her hair. James started to feel a bit warmer than before, and unexpectedly he let out a little sigh of a moan. Instantly his ears turned bright maroon. He looked up through squinted eyes to see if she noticed, or try to figure out how she was going to react.
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