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Post by Sarah on Aug 6, 2009 6:39:53 GMT -5
Bailey rested her legs on the table in front of her, while she tipped back her seat, with content. Would a Professor come? Pfft, no. They were use to her like this. "I wouldn't know, either way. If he were dead or not. Don't know the bloke," Bailey said, trying to look where he was looking. She didn't find anyone that stood out. Just regular students she saw almost everyday. Bailey wondered if they would change the music style soon.
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Post by Sarah on Aug 6, 2009 9:58:19 GMT -5
"Oh, haven't seen him. Just got here," Connor replied. Looking around. He saw Francesca and turned back. Jordan nodded to Blair, whom he didn't know, and said, "Yeah, he's in Ravenclaw," recognizing his housemate's name.
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Post by Chan on Aug 6, 2009 13:37:52 GMT -5
Well, this promised to be a fun evening.
And yes, that was sarcastic.
It wasn't that Sirius didn't like parties - it definitely wasn't that! It wasn't that he didn't want to go, either. Going to a ball could be fun, especially when you're Sirius Black and you have about a hundred girls that might just faint if you ask them to dance. That he always looked forward to. But there was no one to celebrate with that he knew.
Marlene was going with Gideon. Oh sure, they were going as friends, but... when you "go" with someone, aren't you supposed to spend time with them? Who cares if you're "going as friends" or not? So she was out. Thalia was going with Phil - not even just as friends, either but actually going - so she was out, too. James was sulking about in his dorm, having failed yet another attempt to ask out Lily Evans. Peter... well, Peter was no fun without James. Remus he hadn't seen yet... maybe they could meet up?
But then there was the matter of Ethan. Ethan, one of his best friends, who had been completely avoiding him for the past two weeks. Not that he could blame him. He hadn't exactly been making a huge effort to talk to the boy after what happened at that end-of-year party. Why was it so awkward, again?
Sirius sighed heavily as he reached the Great Hall. He glanced around, looking extremely bored, trying to locate someone that he was friends with, or at least could carry on a civil conversation. ... And he didn't see anyone. Sighing again, he leaned against the stone wall and watched the ball without interest.
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Post by Haine on Aug 6, 2009 14:29:37 GMT -5
Ara smirked slightly, entering the great hall. She felt like a right prat, coming to the ball by herself, not even with friends. But still, it was better to come to the ball by herself and not miss anything interesting than sit in the dorm by herself and hear all about it tomorrow.Well... she was here. Now what? The only option Ara could think of was to look for other miserable sods who came here by themselves and try and strike up a conversation. Leaving was no longer an option. She had not put on these ridiculously painful shoes and almost killed herself getting down the staircase for nothing. ... ooh. She'd found her 'victim'. "Well well well. Now isn't this a rare opportunity." She said, approaching Sirius. Ara picked up a camera off a nearby table - she didn't care who's it was, she was only borrowing it for a moment- and took a picture of him. "Sorry, yet we need evidence that even the almighty Sirius Black can get bored and lonely too. Plus I can sell it to your fanclub for a few galleons. Or do you prefer to call them stalkers?" Ara grinned, leaning against the wall next to him after putting the camera back where she'd found it. "So what's the excuse? No one wanted to go with you or too many to choose from?"
If one thing Ara could pride herself in, it was her sociable-ness. If that's even a word. Well, it is now.
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Phil grinned. "Ten Galleons it is." He paused for a moment, pondering a situation. "Fifteen galleons says that Marlene's stood him up. She'd probably be here by now if that wasn't the excuse." Gideon groaned. "I'm right here you know, so I wouldn't appreciate you two betting on my ball situation." "And?" Was Phil's response. "Your ball situation is going to make one of us very happy." Gideon just chose to respond with a glare. Instead he turned to Francesca. "Hey. Haven't seen Marlene, have you?" Phil laughed softly. " Hey Francesca. The poor bugger's worried that he's gotten stood up."
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Post by shay on Aug 6, 2009 14:58:28 GMT -5
Chase jogged in to the great hall, just a minute of two behind Gideon. Almost fifteen minutes after he told Blair he'd be here. Oops? He instantly saw Gideon with a group of people, including his brother and a few others. He started to make his way over there when his eye caught Blair (in a sexy silver dress, nonetheless) leaning against a wall, talking with another Hufflepuff. Chase ran a hand backwards through his hair, allowing it to fall back in to place, ran both hands down the front of his suit - man, was he ever ready. He made his way through the crowds until he reached her. Leaning against the wall next to her, he bent over and whispered, "Oh would you look at that, we match... Don't suppose you snuck into my dormitory to take a peek?" He grinned, and straightened himself back up.
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Post by Becca on Aug 6, 2009 15:08:05 GMT -5
Nex had noticed Marlene still hadn’t appeared, they were talking before whilst they got changed for the ball so she couldn’t have stood him up, she nodded hello to Francesca with a small smile and mentioned to everyone “I’ll see if anyone has noticed Marl anywhere, if I’m not back in 15 minutes presume I’m dead” she thought for a second “If that happens I’ll haunt the ass of anyone who isn’t sad enough!” adding on to the sentence and looking around for anyone who might possibly have at least heard of Marl. Ah Sirius! Did Marlene know him? Either way Nex was already half bounding her way over,
“Hey, have you seen someone called Marlene around? Possibly with or without a kitchen knife... personally I’d prefer if you’d seen the knifeless model.” she asked him before noticing the other girl, for some reason she felt like they had met before... but she mentally shrugged that thought of.
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Post by Dea on Aug 6, 2009 15:25:40 GMT -5
"I saw Marlene earlier..." Thalia chipped in. Wow, it seemed a few people were M.I.A. "Hey...Where's Damocles...?"
Damocles was rather happy. He was lounging on his bed, finishing the book he'd lost a few months back. Ah, being sick was amazing.
Thalia laughed. "Aw, poor Gidi. Stood up." He wasn't the only one, it seemed. Mr. Sirius Black was by himself...Well, there was Ara. But she doubted Ara had gone with him. Woah. Stop the presses. She burst into laughter. "Sirius is alone!"
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Post by katelyn on Aug 6, 2009 15:31:12 GMT -5
Oh damn. Damn, damn, damn! Marlene was late for the ball. She hadn't been able to find her left sanal (she didn't trust herself enough to wear heels and live to actually get to the ball). And after a few minutes of searching had found it. The cat had chewed it up. Not her cat. It was the cat. It always slept in the corner of their dormroom. She didn't know why, seeing as it didn't belong to her or any of her dormmats, but oh well. So then she'd had to wear trainers. Which was actually fine with her. They were dark green and well worn. But, oh well. It was better then going to the ball barefoot. Andddd, now she was late. Excellent. Gideon probably thought she was standing him up or something. She entered the Great Hall, feeling increadibly self-cautious. She never wore dresses of any kind, and she kept playing with the hem of this one, wondering if it was too low or something. Her eyes scanned the hall for Gideon, or even a single familiar face. Gah. She couldn't see him. She could however, see Sirius leaning against the wall, with Nex, Thalia, Ara Cunningham. She'd spoken to Ara a few times - she seemed pretty cool. Marlene wandered over. She gasped, faking shock. "Could it really be," She teased, "That the amazing Sirius Orion Black doesn't have a date?" She teased. She smiled at Nex and gave a small wave. "Here I am. Forgot my knife, though...." She grinned. "The cat decided to take my shoes so I had to improvise." She laughed and gestured to her feet.
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Post by Haine on Aug 6, 2009 15:47:36 GMT -5
Gideon grimaced at Thalia's words. "I have not been stood up" Phil nodded in agreement. Gideon looked suprised and suspicious at the same time. "You actually believe that I wasn't stood up?" Phil shook his head this time. "Of course you weren't stood up... that just sounds too harsh. How else can we put this? Abandoned, blown off, rejected, jilted, left hanging..." "Jacques- shut up before I shut you up." Luckily Marlene chose now of all times to arrive."So who said I'd been stood up again?"
Phil just stared as Marlene finally entered the great hall. Dammit. Damn Damn Damn and Damn again. "Dude. We never made a bet for if Marlene was late..." Gideon smirked. "And that is what you both get for betting on me."
Phil was surprised. "Sirius Black of all people is alone? Bloody hell, it really is the apocolypse...Or he could have stolen Gideon's date. In which case he'd be stood up, and that'd mean fifteen galleons for me."
"Damocles? Ah crap. I meant to bring him down here too... He's 'sick', apparently." was Gideon's reply, still watching Sirius, Marlene, Nex and the other girl. Ara... somethingorother. Why was it that Gideon could never remember last names?
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"Hey Marlene! That's exactly what I said to him. I even got pictures to sell to the stal- fangirls." Ara smiled before turning to the other girl. "I don't believe we've met... Nex, right?"
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Post by Dea on Aug 6, 2009 16:04:05 GMT -5
Thalia huffed. "Sick. Yeah right. More like, no one asked him. Or he's embarrassed...Or...Oh my GOD. Maybe his mum sent him those dress robes. Oh my GOD please let that be it. They're all frilly...My GOD." Thalia said, laughing again. It really was that funny. "Gideon. Phil. Fabian. Whoever. Go find those robes. So I can laugh again."
Thalia raised an eyebrow. She was getting good at that. "Betting? Oh. how lovely. That must really help his self esteem. Maybe Marlene will actually come. Maybe...A rabid owl flew off with her shoe, her dress broke, y'know, something that would make her late. And see? There she...Is. With Sirius. Wow. Maybe she's...Double booked? Whoah. Not like that. My god. Shutting up now."
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Post by melly on Aug 6, 2009 18:38:52 GMT -5
Ethan was seriously not cut out for this whole ball thing. All around him people were dressed in fancy dresses or suits. He glanced down self-consciously and winced as he remembered his shoes. He'd just known he'd forgotten to pack something when he left home. He wasn't about to wear his school shoes to a ball - they were old, scruffy, potion-stained, and they smelled like Thalia's cat and Herbology class (something that no amount of cleaning charms would ever fix). Not a good combo, really. Anyway, he'd wound up wearing the only other pair of shoes he'd bothered to pack - a brand-new pair of bright red converse that Hadi had bought him as a laugh. He actually really liked them, but not enough to want to wear them with a goddamn SUIT of all things. Speaking of which, he was actually wearing one - it was a sort of lightish grey and it was all suit-y and just gah he hated the thing. Stupid Hadi and his stupid horrible suit-picking abilities. Why had he let him convince Ethan to let him pick out the thing again!? Seriously Ethan should've known not to trust Hadi with ANYTHING regarding fashion. He should've just picked out the bloody thing himself. He probably looked like a complete idiot, standing by himself. Then again, there were quite a few others doing it too. He saw a few girls standing by themselves, giving the cuter guys hopeful expressions. Most of the girls were looking hopefully in one direction, though. Ethan looked over at what they were practically drooling over to see what was so interesting and felt that familiar pang in his chest. Shit. Sirius. Well, maybe not so familiar - since lately it hadn't just been that pang. It'd been a slightly guilty one too. Okay, so majorly guilty. But still. 'I have no reason to be guilty,' Ethan thought defiantly as he joined the girls in the ogling-of-the-Sirius. 'It's not like we're TOGETHER or something. It was one snog. One extremely drunken snog. He doesn't even like me like that. I mean so what if he kissed back - he was drunk too!! He probably thought it was the polite thing to do or some rubbish like that. I'm allowed to - to - I don't even know what I was doing with Hadi but I was allowed to do that. Why the hell am I justifying myself to myself anyway!? Argh. I need to stop thinking. Now.'
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Post by Taylor on Aug 6, 2009 18:45:42 GMT -5
Blair nodded, "Ohh, okay.". She smiled to Jordan,"Mhm.". Then she smiled bigger as Chase came over and whispered back,"Ooh, or have you been spying through the window?". Mm, he smelled good though. She excused the fact he was late, at least he was here. Running a hand through her curls, smiling. "mm." She hummed rather quietly, liking this one song. ~ Francesca smiled, looking at Phil. "Ah." Francesca said nodded. She looked around,"Ooh, Bets?". Looking at Thalia, cocking her head. So..he had no date. Cool. "Eh. I don't have one either." Francesca said with a shrug, forcing the thought of Connor out of her head and thought of cats. Francesca looked around, shrugging. She'd probably go get ice cream later. She smiled big, spotting Ethan. Walking over, she smiled to him. "Hey." She said happily, looking at Ethan with her I-really-need-to-tell-you-something look. Looking at his shoes, she smirked. "Nice shoes." She said teasing. Francesca looked around,"How are you?". ~ Fabian frowned,"Damn.". He turned, smirking at Marlene. "OI! MARLENE! THE DUDE WHO FOUGHT FOR YOU OVER HERE NEEDS TO TALK." He yelled, looking at Gideon. "You killed my owl. You can't get revenge for this, Gidibear." Fabian said, smiling happily. He smirked to Nex, when would they do their plan? It was getting oddly impatient for it. ~ Ashton didn't care about her legs on the table, it was probably relaxing. "Hm." Ashton said, nodding. They probably would change the music soon. He looked around, noticing they didn't supply hot chocolate here. Damn. That didn't help anything.
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Post by melly on Aug 6, 2009 19:09:29 GMT -5
Ethan blushed an extremely interesting shade of red as Francesa commented on his shoes, glancing down self-consciously at them once more. "Shut it," he muttered, completely embarrassed. Once his blush had calmed down a bit, he smiled at her. "Hi, by the way. And I'm okay. What's going on, though? You have that....look on your face. The 'something-just-happened-and-I-need-to-tell-you-about-it' look.
((It's short. It's crappy. And yet I am still posting it. Why? No bloody clue xD))
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Post by Sarah on Aug 6, 2009 19:14:26 GMT -5
"Hey, Chase," Jordan greeted him. Connor nodded, not exactly knowing this boy much. Of course they had classes together, but they didn't know each other. Connor noticed that Jordan had nearly given up on looking for someone to dance with, and relaxed into his usual self.
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Post by Sarah on Aug 6, 2009 19:16:47 GMT -5
Hmm. Bailey thought. This kid wasn’t much of a talker. She decided that she should take the job of starting a conversation with him. Worse comes to worse, she’ll scare him off, but what did she care? She could talk about nearly anything, but settled on being civil and sane. “So, what house are you in?” she asked, casually.
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