SPOILER!!: Ethan
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Originally Posted by
emjay
Ethan gave Minerva an appreciative smile as he accepted the plate. He knew it had to have been quite a bit of work to pull together but he was very thankful that she did it. It made the day even more special.. not that he really wanted her to go through a lot of trouble. "Well, this all is just very sweet," he said with the hint of a grin. Though that was just like her..
He knew he had at least been trying to spend more time studying with his exams right around the corner, which made it even more sweet that she had spent that time planning this dinner for them instead of just hanging out with some of her other friends that he was sure he took her away from. He shrugged a little at the question. He didn't want to worry her, but the truth was that he was having a more difficult time studying for these particular exams than he did for his OWLs for some reason. "It's going alright, I guess," he admitted. "A little slower going than I'd like, but it's getting there." He was often having difficulty focusing and he supposed that was why it seemed to be taking him longer to get through certain subjects to feel like he knew them well enough to be tested on.
Ethan allowed a nostalgic smile to form on his lips as he thought about their first date. "Well.. I did enjoy the nerves as well, I think. You were just so cute about everything.." He always did seem to like how nervous she could be around him, not in a bad way really, but that playful sort of tension there was sort of fun. He chuckled a bit as she mentioned the Divination professor. "I don't know that I have any sort of gift for sight.. but I do think that much has come true at least.."
His smile began to falter a bit as he noticed her beginning to tear up. "Oh.. don't.." he started, then smiled a bit as she squeezed his hand. He could see she was being sentimental and he was definitely feeling that way too, with memories of their first date surfacing and thoughts of how much they would always really be there for each other.. or at least he hoped. "I love you, too.." He hugged her back, holding her against him for a moment, as she wrapped her arms around him. Smiling at her words, he nodded. "I know you would.. I do know that.." Even with some of the fights they had, Ethan knew deep down that she really was his biggest supporter and would do pretty much anything for him.
Green eyes landed on the bag as she picked it up, then he looked back curiously at her as she handed it to him. "This is for me? Oh.. you didn't need to get me anything.." But he smiled a little, thinking how sweet it was, as he peered inside. First he pulled out a letter, which he began to read. Wow.. this was really just touching.. Once he finished reading, he looked back at her with a bit of awe in his eyes. "Min.. I.. don't even know what to say.. this is really.." He looked back down at the letter for a moment, then back up at her. "This really means a lot to me.. thanks." Other than that, he was just sort of speechless.
Minerva felt so many emotions she was happy and sad, but that was nothing new for the term this term. She smiled as he seemed so taken by everything, but her smile didn’t last and a frown became apparent.
“Ethan.. I’m sorry.. I won’t bug you anymore. I have distracted you way to much this term.” She knew he had his mind towards her way to much and she appreciated everything he had done, but she needed to be there to support him more. She felt like she was failing as a girlfriend not helping him study more or pushing him to study more.
Minerva felt herself blush as he talked about the nerves. She felt so stupid for as much as she blushed and how nervous she was, but he was so cute that night and it was so perfect. She never could figure out why he made her so nervous, no other guy had made her that flustered.
“Well that made one of us. I hated it.” She chuckled a bit to his reaction to her divination comment,
“I don’t think. I know. This has been a wonderful two years even with some of the stuff that has went on.” They didn’t have perfect, but close enough for her. She thought of some of the issues that had come up, she knew that all of them were from her being dumb, but he always stuck by her.
She wiped the tears as he said not to.. Sorry love to late. She had just too many emotions going through her with all of this. Watching his face with the letter she couldn’t help but shed a few more tears knowing what it said and knowing what all this meant. She didn’t mean to cry, but the realization that he wouldn’t be here next term was way too strong in her head.
“I.. I wanted to do it Ethan. You deserve much more, but I hope you like it. One of the items I need to explain.” She felt a bit nervous, scared even that he might think it was silly. She watched as he pulled things out,
“Well the herbology gloves I think don’t need explaining, nor the frame, or the Ravenclaw panting, or the eagle stuffed animal.” she smiled at the last item knowing it was something silly, but she had liked it when she saw it over Christmas. Watching him pull out the pocket watch she smiled a sentimental smile.
“That is going to need some explanation.. It.. It’s part of me.. Something so important to me that I want it to be with someone that is so important to me. It… It’s my dad’s.” She bit her lip trying to control her voice.
She watched his face was he going to think it was stupid… maybe.. it was pretty silly wasn’t it, but she wanted to show him just how important he was to her. How special he was..
“It is from the military..See the symbols.” Of course he saw the symbols, he wasn’t blind.