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meganelizabeth 
"Nor do you have a beard." Christopher chuckled in agreement. This caused the boy to imagine Cass with a fluffy white beard and Santa hat. At this, he was forced to suppress a grin.
He slowly unwrapped the square box with his name on it, trying his best not to resemble a small child getting over excited at the sight of presents. But when he opened it, his eyes grew wide and he forgot all about keeping cool. He grinned broadly, holding up the book before he quickly scanned the inside, something he always did with books he hadn't read yet to get a good idea about what the book was about. "Oh, Cass! I've seen this book before! In store shop windows! Oh, I was always so curious about it, but I never could affor-" He quickly stopped himself before he said he couldn't afford it and tried to change his wording before Cass noticed. Curse his babbling! "I mean, I never had the time to check it out. But it's wonderful Cass. Thank you." And then he gave her a quick awkward side hug, because he was awkward enough not to notice how awkward he made things for everyone else he encountered.
When she opened his small unwrapped box, and looked so happy with his shabby key necklace, Christopher again supressed a sigh of relief. That, was a close one. "It's nothing, really. I'm glad you like it." But that comment made his smile considerably brighter for the rest of the day.
"Nor do I have any desire to have one." Cass said with a giggle
"But I do love cookies and milk."
Then she watched as he unwrapped her gift to him and smiled happily when he seemed to like it a lot. She watched as he scanned the book quickly before closing it once more.
"Its no problem." Cass said with another smile
"I saw it behind a shop window while strolling around muggle London and I instantly thought of you." Then she looked away as she continued
"It can comfort you during times that you think no one is there for you." As the title implies,
'Keep Calm and Carry On'
Cass was then caught in surprise when he suddenly hugged her quickly. Before she even had the chance to hug him back, he had already drew away. Then she looked down on the necklace on her palm and lifted it up as she fastened it around her neck, carefully sweeping her long hair to the side so that she could fasten it.
Then she remembered something...oh, but it would be too much to ask...but on the other hand, she really had no one to go with and the invite did say she was required to bring one..So she took a deep breath and asked
"Christopher, could you do me a really huge favor?"
Before he could even answer, she plowed on quickly "
You see I was invited to this wedding thing, insane right? Anyway, they were requiring us to bring dates and well I was wondering if you would like to come with me because I really don't have anyone else and it would suck if I show up dateless and the bride might get mad at me." She finished breathlessly, it took everything that she had to not jumble the words up into just one, long, incomprehensible sentence