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SlytherclawPoet · 03-01-2014, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

The berries really weren’t enough, but Lily hadn’t felt like eating most of what else was there. At least, she hadn’t felt like a heart-shaped sandwich, or any of the cookies that were there. She’d eyed the chocolate, but chosen the berries instead. Maybe it was that they were missing cream, but she’d make do. Either that or she’d steal one of Austin’s chocolates while they were sitting there talking. Actually, she’d probably ask first, but for now, figuring out what exactly had happened earlier was more important. Munching on berries was easier when she had to actually discuss things. Plus, it was easier to make sure he didn’t think she was ignoring him, even if she was also half-listening to the music still. It was hard not to, since the band really was doing an amazing job. Just not amazing enough for her to want to interrupt the talking in order to dance some more. Dancing could happen after they finished talking, as long as the event was still going on. “Maybe,” she agreed. “I mean, I introduced you to Astrid and that seemed to go okay.” It was just the situation with West that had gone horribly wrong, but then she wasn’t sure she was really to blame there. Since it really shouldn’t have been up to her to make sure he got along with his dorm mates.

At least the stuttering hadn’t come back, which she was going to assume meant he didn’t feel threatened anymore. Honestly, she’d rather he not have felt threatened anyway, and she wasn’t sure why he would have. Plus, his answer to her simple question had only confused her more. Of course, there had been every chance he wouldn’t have answered it at all, but she still didn’t quite understand when he did. She’d popped another berry into her mouth as she tried to make sense of it all, though. It still didn’t make sense after the stalling. “Um, how do you expect me to not worry if I have to wait for an answer?,” she asked quietly, blinking a little. That was the part that didn’t make sense. The rest of it had just made her feel guilty. “So I made you stutter.” He hadn’t technically been talking to West, so that meant it had been her. It had been her, and her irritation at feeling like he’d ignored the fact she’d been talking to West when he had walked up to her. That wasn’t really something she’d ever wanted to feel, not after all the guilt she’d dealt with at the end of last term and then over the summer, but there it was.

Maybe finding another way to explain things was needed since Austin kind of figured that his wording only would have caused Lily to misinterpret exactly what he had meant and that definitely wasn’t something he wanted to have happen especially when he knew that she ended up going through enough earlier and he didn’t want to make her upset or anything like that. “Good point. I guess I just meant that there isn’t a point in worrying while I explain exactly what’s up especially considering there’s no point in hiding the truth.” he replied then grabbed a chocolate and ate it since hopefully that would have been able to allow him to think. It was hard to reconsider the point, since figuring out how to mention the reason behind his stuttering outside of what already had been said. His girlfriend deserved nothing but the truth and that had unfortunately meant delving into things which he permanently wanted to keep a secret. Couldn’t happen that way though.

After hearing her speak, he blinked and then realized how things sounded; dear Merlin, lately it appeared that he was incapable of making things better. Just worse for everyone that was important to him, whether it be friends or the one that he loved more than anything. “No.. I.” he tried to explain but only took her hand anyway so that he had her attention. “It’s not your fault Lily. It wasn’t your fault that I got upset, if it was anyone’s fault; it’s mine because of the fact that I had started to ignore your conversation which started all of this. You’re not to blame, you just have to believe that.” This was supposed to be a happy day, not one that ended up causing both of them to be annoyed and frustrated. “The stutter only happened because of something when I was younger, I just haven’t explained that to anyone before.” Hopefully she would have believed him since there was nothing else that could have been said.

03-01-2014, 06:39 PM	#258 (permalink)
SlytherclawPoet Formerly: Mandana Acromantula Join Date: May 2008 Location: Canada (GMT - 5) Posts: 30,862 Hogwarts RPG Name: Zach Clarkson Fourth Year x1 x1	♥Matella\|\|Epic Canadian\|\|Awesome Shipper\|\| Music Lover\|\|Senators Fan\|\|Kendrick♥ Quote: Originally Posted by SilverTiger The berries really weren’t enough, but Lily hadn’t felt like eating most of what else was there. At least, she hadn’t felt like a heart-shaped sandwich, or any of the cookies that were there. She’d eyed the chocolate, but chosen the berries instead. Maybe it was that they were missing cream, but she’d make do. Either that or she’d steal one of Austin’s chocolates while they were sitting there talking. Actually, she’d probably ask first, but for now, figuring out what exactly had happened earlier was more important. Munching on berries was easier when she had to actually discuss things. Plus, it was easier to make sure he didn’t think she was ignoring him, even if she was also half-listening to the music still. It was hard not to, since the band really was doing an amazing job. Just not amazing enough for her to want to interrupt the talking in order to dance some more. Dancing could happen after they finished talking, as long as the event was still going on. “Maybe,” she agreed. “I mean, I introduced you to Astrid and that seemed to go okay.” It was just the situation with West that had gone horribly wrong, but then she wasn’t sure she was really to blame there. Since it really shouldn’t have been up to her to make sure he got along with his dorm mates. At least the stuttering hadn’t come back, which she was going to assume meant he didn’t feel threatened anymore. Honestly, she’d rather he not have felt threatened anyway, and she wasn’t sure why he would have. Plus, his answer to her simple question had only confused her more. Of course, there had been every chance he wouldn’t have answered it at all, but she still didn’t quite understand when he did. She’d popped another berry into her mouth as she tried to make sense of it all, though. It still didn’t make sense after the stalling. “Um, how do you expect me to not worry if I have to wait for an answer?,” she asked quietly, blinking a little. That was the part that didn’t make sense. The rest of it had just made her feel guilty. “So I made you stutter.” He hadn’t technically been talking to West, so that meant it had been her. It had been her, and her irritation at feeling like he’d ignored the fact she’d been talking to West when he had walked up to her. That wasn’t really something she’d ever wanted to feel, not after all the guilt she’d dealt with at the end of last term and then over the summer, but there it was. Maybe finding another way to explain things was needed since Austin kind of figured that his wording only would have caused Lily to misinterpret exactly what he had meant and that definitely wasn’t something he wanted to have happen especially when he knew that she ended up going through enough earlier and he didn’t want to make her upset or anything like that. “Good point. I guess I just meant that there isn’t a point in worrying while I explain exactly what’s up especially considering there’s no point in hiding the truth.” he replied then grabbed a chocolate and ate it since hopefully that would have been able to allow him to think. It was hard to reconsider the point, since figuring out how to mention the reason behind his stuttering outside of what already had been said. His girlfriend deserved nothing but the truth and that had unfortunately meant delving into things which he permanently wanted to keep a secret. Couldn’t happen that way though. After hearing her speak, he blinked and then realized how things sounded; dear Merlin, lately it appeared that he was incapable of making things better. Just worse for everyone that was important to him, whether it be friends or the one that he loved more than anything. “No.. I.” he tried to explain but only took her hand anyway so that he had her attention. “It’s not your fault Lily. It wasn’t your fault that I got upset, if it was anyone’s fault; it’s mine because of the fact that I had started to ignore your conversation which started all of this. You’re not to blame, you just have to believe that.” This was supposed to be a happy day, not one that ended up causing both of them to be annoyed and frustrated. “The stutter only happened because of something when I was younger, I just haven’t explained that to anyone before.” Hopefully she would have believed him since there was nothing else that could have been said. __________________