Heading On Back To SinglesVille (Lucas)

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Oh Merlin, it was Asher all over again. Nina had broken up with Austin. It was a mutual decision. They had a lot of fun, and did a lot of snogging, but it just turned out that was as far as the relationship was meant to go. Austin was a nice bloke and she wished him the best. She hoped he wished her the same.

But that didn't stop the hurt. She was now trying to stop that with a plate of cupcakes in the Great Hall. It wasn't helping, but damn were they tasty.

"Okay, Nina, slow down," she said to herself. "You have to be in shape for your try-out for Saffira Mynk soon." A talent scout from the Wanderers had watched Nina play and recommended her to Saffira. So at least there was some light at the end of the tunnel. But still... she had lost her Austin.

"Ah bloody hell, I'll make up for it later," she said, and starting on her next cupcake.

LUCAS RYAN MACMILLAN

[LUCAS RYAN MACMILLAN]

Lucas had not really had the chance to meet up with Nina much since their big prank had been set through the school. They had spent a lot of time planning the pranks together beforehand and if he was honest he actually missed their secret planning sessions. It had been a lot of fun.

He sat in the common room and chuckled to himself just thinking about the prank and all the reactions to it. Suddenly he felt his stomach growl, bringing him back to reality. "Alright, alright, I hear ya." he said to it before getting up to head to the great hall to grab a bite to eat.

As he walked in though, he saw a familiar face. One which seemed to be upset and busy eating cupcakes. He raised an eyebrow and ignored his stomach and chose to head straight over to her. "Mind if I join you?" he asked her from the other side of the table.

He looked down at the plate of cupcakes. "Something happen?" he asked her with curiousity and concern.

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Nina had a big mouthful of cupcake when Lucas walked and asked to join her. Nina liked Lucas a great deal since meeting him and plotting the prank with him. He was a lot like her- mischievous when it came to pranking, but really sweet too and all around genuine. He had come to be a great friend in a short time. With her mouthful, she just nodded to him, permitting him to join her.

When he asked if something happened, she finally took her goblet of milk and washed down her cupcake.

"No... well yes... well it wasn't bad... but it was..." she said. She then broke into tears and hugged Lucas without really thinking about it. "Austin and I called it quits and I'm bloody single again!" Being single wasn't terrible for some, but Nina had been one of those girls who had a number of boyfriends over the past few years. It was a bit tough for her to be without one because of that.

LUCAS RYAN MACMILLAN

[LUCAS RYAN MACMILLAN]

Lucas sat down next to Nina and waited for her to respond and tell him what was wrong. He didn't expect her to hug him but it felt nice so he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her close. When she said that she and Austin broke up and that she was single again he rubbed her back affectionately. "I'm so sorry Nina." he said. And he hugged her tightly.

"What happened that you broke up?" he asked curiously. He had only had a handful of girlfriends himself, but he knew how getting your heart broken felt. "And is there anything I can do for you?" he asked, not really sure what else to say or do at the moment.

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Nina really tried to block out the first thing she noticed when Lucas hugged her... that he smelled really good. She had to quickly focus. She was in the "mourning process". No paying attention to how good other handsome boys smelled!

After the embrace was broken, Nina listened as Lucas asked her the question about what happened.

"Well... nothing... really... well I mean nothing particularly bad," she said. "It just wasn't working out. I mean, we liked talking about Quidditch and snogging and stuff, but... well that turned out to be it. The rest of the time was just... well... it didn't work out."

She wiped her tears and blushed and smiled at Lucas, realizing she probably looked like a total dramatic nutter right then.

"Sorry, Lucas," she said. "Just was a bad time, what with exams and graduation and all that happening. Thank you for caring though. You're very sweet." And handsome. And funny. And he smelled girl.

Bloody hell, Nina, get a grip!