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SPOILER!!: The Trio Quote:
Originally Posted by meganelizabeth 
Phew! He was in the clear.
Not that they'd gotten that out of the way, Christopher was beginning to feel able to relax. Of course he was still a little nervous, but not as freaked out as before. Still, he sat rigidly and stared out the window for a while. That way maybe he'd turn invisible or something and wouldn't have to be too social. That wasn't exactly his strong suit, socializing.
Sitting acorss from the couple, he felt more awkard than ever. They were over there... being all couple-y, or whatever, and he was sitting there, looking around, unsure of what to say. What did people usually do to make conversations? How did people find it so easy to be outgoing!? It was maddening to him, that he couldn't even talk to people with much success.
After thinking quite hard about something to say for a while, while staring blankly at the two (he was spacing out, as usual, while he thought), his brain finally produced something that might've actually been worth actually speaking aloud without sounding even more like a nutter than he already was. "So, erm, Gideon. I mean, now that you and Selina are.... yeah, uh..... I mean.... Erm..... Are you going to be visiting.....? Over... the summer?"
Yeah, good enough.
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Originally Posted by SweetPeea Oh Merlin it was actually over. Third year was really over now. Now it was time to head onto the train and head back home. Violet still couldn't believe as she had back at the closing feast. And of course on top of that her birthday was fast approaching. In Violet's arms being carried was a bigger Sadie who was seeming to be sound asleep already. Violet would softly stroke her head every now and then.
As Violet made her way throughout the train her violet eyes searched in every compartment she found looking for a familiar face. But alas, no luck so far. Violet was about to give up when her eyes settled on a compartment containing three very familiar faces. Violet gasped smiling and then opened the compartment door saying brightly,"Familiar faces! How exquisite!" Violet giggled and then closed the door behind her after her luggage came floating in and right onto the overheads above them.
Violet's heart then skipped a beat when she realized something....of course there was a seat for her sit down...but the only thing was...it was next to Chris. She didn't want to make it seem like she didn't want to sit next to him so she just smiled at him softly and took her place on the seat next to him, and gently place a still sleeping Sadie back onto her lap.
She took a moment to fix her hair and then her skirt and said lightly,"So I cannot believe that third year is over already Sely...We're going to be fourth years? And I'm turning 14 soon! It's all just so mind boggling!" Violet gasped and then said to the boys,"And you two are going to be fifth years already?!" Violet just shook her in amazement and then in the corner of her eyes she looked at the space between her and Chris for a quick moment. It made her sad, for she wanted nothing more than to fill that space and sit beside him. But quickly realizing what she was doing she quickly looked at Selina and Gideon giving them a sweet smile. Quote:
Originally Posted by meganelizabeth
Christopher's eyes were still glazed over, staring blankly away. It seems that unlike most people, the older he got, the more he drew away from society. The more shy he became. What happened to the eleven year old that could talk to people he didn't even know with confidence? It seemed that pain drew him into his shell more forcefully than his friends could pull him out.
When the door burst open, he hardly noticed at first, like when Selina came in. But the second that voice rang out, Christopher snapped out of his thoughts, and became immediately alert. However, even though he was friendly with the girl at the door now, it didn't mean they didn't have issues to work out. Issues he didn't feel like facing for now. Returning the smile slightly, he stared at the ground and watched for a pair of blue shoes to go sit next to Gideon and Selina's.
But none ever did. Slowly looking back up, Christopher saw her reluctantly inching toward him. He wasn't the only one feeling uncomfortable. Casting his eyes back on the ground, he calculated the distance in his head while she spoke. He may not have been so great with girls, but he was pretty good at math too. Their hands were 31.48 centimeters apart. He suddenly felt quite chilled.
He silently nodded when she spoke of Gideon and himself becoming fifth years and looked expectantly at the pair across the way from them to make things less uncomfortable. Their compartment was probably the most awkward on the entire train.
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict
After her awkward and completely random stand in the compartment Selina settled back down into her seat as Gideon put his stuff over head in the compartment. There was no lag in the conversation because as Gideon settled in he kept the conversation moving by answering Christopher's question about the summer time. She was actually curious about what he was doing over the summer. The only thing Selina knew with certainty this summer was that Kurumi was coming over at some point. She had never actually fleshed out if she was going to see Gideon or not, although knowing her she would most likely just pop in some days unexpectedly. Best to keep things fresh, besides she was very interested in meeting Kacie.
Once Gideon sat beside her she flashed him a smile and looked back at Christopher who was seemingly spacing out again. Her eyebrow rose in his direction and she wanted to wave a hand in his face to bring him back the world of the living but though that would be too rude. So she waited a moment for him to say something. When he finally did it was the most inarticulate mess of words she had ever heard. She assumed he was asking if Gideon was coming over at any point in the summer.
She turned her head to look at Gideon and said, "I actually don't know. Are you gonna come by at any point this summer to visit? You know you are always welcome, sir." she smirked that last bit at him. Those nicknames were starting to become second nature to the two of them. To others it might seem a bit odd... then again she didn't care.
Suddenly the door burst open to the compartment. It was as if a huge wash of energy surged into the compartment. Once her eyes readjusted to the new light and person in the room she saw Violet Le Veela standing in front of her grinning to no end and talking a million miles an hour. That was until she picked up on the other body in the compartment- Christopher. There was a whole mess of tension that was thrown into the compartment as Violet noticed that her space was beside Christopher in the compartment. Selina was about to move over to sit next to Christopher to help the awkwardness when Violet finally sat down.
Selina nodded to Violet and retorted, "Yeah, its crazy that were fourth years now. I remember first year like it was yesterday. It is a really... weird thing, getting older. And you two," she said turning her body to look between the two older boys, "you're fifth years. That is just too odd. I can't believe it."
Once her voice stopped making noise there was an awkward lag in the conversation. Obviously Christopher and Violet had very little to say to each other... and now the compartment was quiet. Would he...be visiting?
Gideon wasn't honestly sure. He and Selina had mentioned it a few times in passing but they had never set plans in motion so he wasn't sure how to answer Christopher at first. But then Selina answered first looking to him for clarification and he turned her as he mulled over the decision.
"Well I was thinking on it m'lady, though I wasn't sure the invitation was officially open...until now," he answered allowing a small smile at her. He hadn't been about to visit if Selina and even Christopher didn't want him there, not that he really thought they would have a problem with him. The now-fifth year was however aware of the fact that he would be meeting the other family including his girlfriend's father which made the situation more ackward then simply vsiiting friends as it would have been had this happened last summer.
Hearing the compartment door open once more, Gideon briefly wondered who it could be but he didn't have to as the Hufflepuff spoke in greeting. If the compartment could have gotten any more ackward, it certainly just had. Not that he minded Violet's entrance into the group, but the former couple was still re-building ties. Gideon himself wondered that if he had known she was to join them that perhaps he should have taken the spot next to Christopher to play it safe with the two boys and the two girls paired off together by gender.
Too late for that now.
"Um..aye it does feel odd a bit. Gonna feel interesting I suppose next term even more," he remarked exchanging glances with his fellow yearmate. After all now they simply had 5th year to look forward to, and the girls had 4th year. Next train ride they would be heading towards those years head on with OWLS looming in the not to distant future for himself and Christopher.
With more and more crowdiness up in the racks and company in the compartment, Corvin seemed not to like his perch anymore. So the raven hopped down to be with the four students, returning to Gideon's shoulder and silently eying the cat on Violet's lap as the quiet lingered between the humans.
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