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sarahkbarrett 
It looked like Alex was having an internal fit, but Ellie just smiled at him. It was cute. Then he asked her about... School? Hmm. Not exactly what she had in mind as a date opener, but she laughed lightly. She looked down at her hands and twirled her snake ring. "Well uh... I've already got one Professor to hate me." One down, six to go. "But other than that it's great." She chuckled. She looked back up at Alex. "And you?" She smiled again.
Faacepalm!
Alex chuckled nervously and scratched his neck, she had already gotten one teacher to hate her and he was bringing that up. What a way to ruin the mood, Reed. Way to go.
"Oh yeah right, the uh, Charms professor." He couldn't pronounce his name, teheh. But don't tell the prof that.
"Oh you know, school is school." he cringed slightly with a playful grin.
Honestly, Alex didn't want to leave the corridor. Because leaving the corridor meant they had to start the official date and Ellie would see what he had planned for them... She would laugh at his silliness and he would die. Not a very promisin evening at all. Oh well, it was all or nothing.
So here goes nothing.
Loosing up some he smiled warmly and let his arm drop around her shoulders casually, like it was the most natural thing in the world. Even though their contact gave him shivers.
"So how have you been?" he asked her looking down at her with a small smile as he started to walk down the corridor.
That was also a lame question. It hadn't even been long since they'd met each other. Couldn't Ellie see how lame he was? He really hoped not.