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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2014 16:36:06 GMT -5
When she said big family, Rollo assumed that meant four or five people. He had never met anyone with a huge family so had no idea such things happened so much. So with this assumption he continued. "Yeah I've often wondered what it must be like to have a sibling. Doesn't it feel crowded to have to share a bathroom with someone?" He might have flushed a tiny bit on his cheeks. "Um, thank you, you seem very knowledgeable and sweet about helping with questions. I appreciate that!" Very helpful, more so then he had been expecting. He did however frown over the career part. "I guess we could. The thing is so many things change over time and I've still got a couple of years to go. I might decide on something right now and next year there could be some huge news story about whatever and I might find I was entirely wrong about what interests me. It's more like I am only thinking guidelines right now, you know?" Although it would probably help for him to talk about it; there were just too many things to think about when it came to classes. Heck, he didn't even know what his favorites classes really. Her reaction to the books surprised him however! "You've heard of them? Wow! I just had them given to me as suggested reading, I'd never heard of them really, but yeah." He nodded, sort of abashed now that he thought of it. "I found some family names in there and I can vouch they seem very real to me. They got the details right." How a fourth year had heard about those he wondered, but it was still interesting. "Do you have an interest in that sort of thing?" Vampires, he thought was clearly the subject. @jiale
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2014 19:37:55 GMT -5
Jia Le laughed about sharing a bathroom.
"We'll we have four bathrooms in the house, so it's not too hectic," she said. She then smiled when Rollo complimented her. "Thank you as well. You're also very well-mannered, and if I may be so bold, quite handsome too. I bet you have a very lucky girlfriend."
Jia Le had to agree about the career thing. She could change her mind several times as well. She had three years left after all.
"Well, in any case, we can look at some for fun, maybe produce a few options to weigh later," she said. "Maybe even have a laugh over some careers we would never try to take on." To be honest, she just wanted to spend more time with Rollo. "Guidelines work though!"
Jia Le rolled her eyes a bit about the books.
"Of course I've heard of them," she said. "Anyone who appreciates good magical literature has has heard of those! But wow, that is just amazing that you recognized names in them! Just boggles the mind!"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2014 1:05:27 GMT -5
He sat up in surprise, giving her a sketchy look of suspicion he was being played. "Four?! That would handle any crowd I would think!" Four! Two would have been a freaking luxury to Rollo who thought the huge bathrooms at Hogwarts were high styling in the first place. Then again he had never had money nor had his mother. They traded compliments and he felt his cheeks maybe a tad warm though it didn't really show. "I get the idea you are often bold so I would say go ahead, and thanks," he said glancing at his feet for a moment, "I don't think I can agree with you without appearing to be a jerk though." Rollo grinned as he looked back at her, his ego quite intact. "I'll just say she likes being around me and that's good for me. How about you?" Not realizing that could be taken as a play, "Do you have a boyfriend? Or do your parents think you are too young still?" In his mind most adults were picky about when their child could date and his age and younger was the iffy line for many parents. She spoke about looking for fun and he slumped back in his chair a bit as he answered, relaxing more again. "Oh sure, that would work too. So much of the time people are serious about that stuff so I wasn't sure how you meant it."A laugh. "Ha! Yes, like dragon tamers! That just sounds way too dangerous..." Her reaction to the books surprised him though. "Oh really?" He didn't realize that. "Yeah, my uncle has told me a lot of stories and he was born in New Orleans so his father knew a lot of older generations and told him a bunch of them too." It was weird, really, finding your family names in books written a long time ago and guessing which ones were tied into which stories. Weirder yet was coming across one and within the first sentence thinking 'Ah, I know this one...' Even stranger reading the other side's perspective on it. @jiale
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2014 10:40:11 GMT -5
Jia Le laughed when Rollo seemed so shocked about the bathrooms. She supposed she was used to it by now and it never struck her as odd.
"Yes, I know," she said. "But they do come in handy, especially when we're all home and going on some big family trip that we're rushing to get ready for in the morning."
Jia Le should her head when rollo said he was sound like a jerk for agreeing with her.
"A little confidence never hurt," she said. "Be proud of who you are, Rollo." She gave him a warm smile then. Jia Le frowned a bit when Rollo spoke of a girlfriend, but she just said he must have a lucky one, so it shouldn't have been a surprise. She sighed about a boyfriend. "No. Lots of nice guys around here, but they seem to shy away from me when I lay on the wisdom. Guess I can be a bit of an annoying know-it-all sometimes." She blushed a bit.
Jia Le laughed again though when Rollo spoke of them being dragon tamers.
"Yes! That's a great one!" she joked. "I call dibs on the Chinese Fireballs! Hmmm... what's next? Troll-Catchers!"
Jia Le was really interested in Rollo's family history now. He was more and more intriguing by the minute.
"That is just... incredible," she said. "I'll never read those books the same way again."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2014 18:38:23 GMT -5
Living in the dorm, Rollo was often one of those in the last minute crowd not because he got up then so much as he got up usually right before the rush. That meant often he was nearing the end of being done in the bathroom when everyone else crowded in! So seeing the way his housemates rushed stuff upon waking too late for a comfortable time, he understood what she meant then. "Huh, so it's like living in a dorm basically in a way?" Her family certainly seemed bigger when described that way, but he figured he was misunderstanding something. She shook her head about his words, but spoke about pride. His chest swelled a little bit as he said back confidently "Oh I have pride, don't you worry about that," before he deflated a little bit, "but Mama always said it was rude to praise yourself. And that's what that would have been." Oh he knew he was good looking and smart, there was no issue there. But hearing it from others not his mother was always a good deal for the ego. Her words about boys caused him to glance around the crowd and think for a moment. "Well then maybe you need to learn to hide it more? Like, maybe only give half of what you know to most people and save the real detailed stuff for those closer."But he laughed when she caught onto it. "Gah, trolls catchers? Yipes, very tough to beat up one of those I bet! How about...Doxie dust collectors?" He'd heard about how nasty those little poisonous creatures could be! A glance back to the far corner and he tapped her arm saying "Ha, I bet not. It's one thing I would think to read them thinking it was fiction. Come on, follow me a moment." He led the way to the nook which led to the dorms tucked in behind the bookcase in the oval room. It was just dark enough on one side to be out of direct view from the party. Stepping into it he motioned her closer. @jiale
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 0:07:47 GMT -5
Jia Le chuckled about her home being like a dorm.
"Very much so I think," she said. "Only we have just about all the Houses represented in one place. That got very strange at first, like walking into the laundry room and seeing Dewei and my Ravenclaw robes beside Shen and Qiao's Hufflepuff ones."
Jai Le blushed a bit, as she tended to toot her own horn a lot. Rollo certainly had a way of humbling her though, thought she knew his intentions were good and he was just trying to help.
"Yes, I should probably tone it down some," she agreed. "Maybe be a bit more... girly too." Jia Le was never one to bat her eyes and pucker her lips at the sight or a boy, or to flirt a lot... if at all.
Jai Le laughed about being a Doxie Dust Catcher. She had to try and think of one to top that.
"That could be loads of fun," she joked. "Oh... oh... here we go... Hippogriff Bather! I'm sure they like those baths as much as most animals do."
Curiously, Jia Le followed Rollo, wondering what he was up to. She was nervous and excited at the same time to find out what.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 19:50:30 GMT -5
Chuckling about the robes he nodded in return, seeing how that could be something to make you do a double take. "I'm sure the elves find it tricky too down in the laundry. All those colors, bet they have to do them by houses to keep them all straight!" He had managed to sneak into the laundry once on a dare, but he had no idea how the door worked; he had been let through by one of the older years for the bet which, actually, he had one. The memory made him wonder what the older year had wanted with the young the lady's shirt but whatever. He had won the galleon so who cared? She actually blushed a bit which gave him an idea which he could feel himself smiling inwardly about. "Oh sure, and like place a hand on their arms when you talk to them like it's something personal. Bet that would get most of them." He grinned at her knowing it worked on those who had crushes mostly so surely it was a good clue, right? Ha, but maybe he could encourage her anyway to open up more... "Well see, I think the thing is most guys are just as nervous as some of the gals so if you show a guy any interest it usually encourages them."Another laugh. "Another good one! Spray everywhere and soaked clothes! Um..." He screwed up his face for a second thinking about it. "Ah! Thestral brusher! Got to be hard when you can't see them, am I right?" He grinned widely before he led her towards the dark corner and saw her nerves. "Don't worry, I just wanted to tell you something without embarrassing you in front of others, Jia!" Leaning forward as if to tell her a secret he moved towards her ear and then spoke very quietly so she had to lean in a bit further to hear. "You really shouldn't give up because I think if I wasn't dating someone," he kissed her softly without warning on the cheek and caught her cheek with his other hand so she couldn't pull away in surprise as he said with a nice sound into her ear directly "I think you would be pretty hard to resist." Feeling somewhat like a player (and he did wonder about his Uncle Miles now even more then so before as he had imitated him a bit here) he leaned back, his hand sliding off her cheek like a caress and down her throat with a finger before he pulled away. Just in case she was about to run. @jiale
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 23:05:00 GMT -5
Jia Le laughed about being careful and washing the robes correctly.
"I used to think if we were to wash them together, the blue and yellow would mix and they could all come out green... and everyone would think we were all Slytherins," she joked.
Jia Le listened to Rollo's advice. She had touched guys of course, but never in a really affectionate way... well outside of her dad and brothers, but family hugs were different.
"Um... guess I could try that," she blushed.
Jia Le was loving the job game. She could have gone on and on with silly ideas, and she was sure Rollo could do. However, now he was going to show her something... something that apparently would embarrass her in public.
The next thing she knew Rollo had complimented her... and then the handsome boy kissed her. She just froze and stared at him for a moment.
"Oh sweet Nicholas Flammel..." she said before fainting.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2014 23:22:44 GMT -5
The idea that anyone could be mistaken for a Slytherin for their robes caused him to grin a bit wider. "Ha yes, I can see why you would think that! I don't think I know any of your siblings, I'll have to keep an eye open." She blushed at his advice and he waved a hand in the air, showing she didn't have to take his advice on that. "Just my opinion, of course, you can always ask your siblings who are dating for advice about it as well. I just think that would work on most guys. Unless you don't want them to know you are interested in them..."It was a good point however. How did she feel about her family knowing? "Do you have any siblings dating? Seems you could trust one of them the most, right?" He listened to her answer before he led her to the stairway, an inner smile at the thought of what might happen. He figured she would run away from him or kiss him back or something like that. The last thing he would have thought was her fainting! Because of that, he nearly didn't catch her in time! As her knees folded, Rollo's face turned suddenly aware of what was happening! A half jump, half grab for her meant he caught her, but only her upper arms, keeping her head from hitting the floor but unable to keep her from collapsing. That pulled hi down to his knees trying to stop her as a passing Ravenclaw ran forward as well when she saw the problem. "What happened?" Rollo was at a loss for a second before he said "I don't really know! I told her she was really pretty and if I wasn't dating I'd think she was a catch! And then I gave her a friendly kiss on the cheek and she just...fainted!" The older girl's eyes came up to his and it was clear she was trying not to smile. "Seriously? Well here, help me get her to sit in the step here." Together they got her on the step and the older girl helped her to sit upright, checking her eyes to see if they were rolled up in her head. "Here, help me hold her head up a moment while I get this stuff from Susan... Hey! Susan! Toss me those smelling salts you have!" A few people watched on this side as Rollo held her head gently as the girl caught the tube, opened it, made a face upon smelling it, and waffled it under Jia Le's nose. @jiale
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2014 15:02:04 GMT -5
Jia Le didn't know if she could agree about asking her siblings about dating advice. That would be a bit awkward. She especially didn't want to risk Shen going on about YiXue again.
"Um... I'll think about that," she said.
Jia Le fainted, but she wasn't out for long. The smelling salts woke her up, and she quickly regained her awareness of what was going on. She then blushed about her reaction to Rollo's kiss. She sat up and sighed.
"Now I really feel silly," she said. "How am I ever going to date anyone when I can't even survive a friendly kiss on the cheek from a handsome boy?" She then looked over and frowned at Rollo. "I'm sorry, Rollo. And you're very sweet for what you said." She formed a slight smile and hugged him. "Thanks."
Jia Le then decided the party was over for her that night.
"Guess I'm going to go to bed," she said. "But... we should meet for breakfast in the morning, Rollo, and talk about things more. That good with you?"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 12:50:15 GMT -5
Feeling quite proud of himself and impressed he had gotten a girl to faint on him (which seemed somehow special) Rollo watched the older girl use the smelling salts and Jia Le wake up. Smug, might have expressed it better really for he had a feeling if he and his girlfriend ever broke up (which he certainly hoped not) he would find this one interested in taking her place! Knowing he would be writing his uncle for advice on this moment, he helped her sit up again and smiled at her words. The older girl said "Ha, well you're not the first I would say either!" Closer to her ear as Rollo stepped back she whispered "And now you know whose you have a crush on I think..." And then released her stepping away as she stood with laughter in her eyes, but no semblance of gossiping. At her words about handsome boy however, most in the room who had been watching either smiled or turned back to their previous conversations with grins. "See, I think that proves my point. You need to practice dating at the very least to get used to it. We have to find you someone soon." She could not go through these years without knowing at least something about casual dating! Otherwise there would not only be consequences, but she would be a sucker for the first guy to give her attention, falling into his traps easily. Even Rollo knew guys looked for that sort of girl on purpose to get farther then the girls were likely ready to go in the first place. She hugged him and Rollo hugged her back as he responded. "Thanks! And of course, but by then I suspect you may have a few guys giving you the eye. Maybe from our own dorm..." He grinned at her as they parted, wondering if she understood what sort of step into the dating ring she had started with... @jiale
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2014 21:14:56 GMT -5
(Hogwarts' Term Is About Over So... End Thread!)
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