girl you know*[THALIA]

[JASON IRVING ALBERS]

don't think this is innocent

If Jason really just wanted a date just to have a date, that would have been easy.  Someone he liked more than others?  That was harder.  Jason had so many women in his life that picking one was hard.  Not to mention that he had fantastic taste, which meant other guys were also looking at the same girl.  A hard competition really.  Anyone who knew Jason knew at the least bit, he was extremely competitive. When he wanted something, he worked hard for it.  Saying something considering Jason didn’t like working hard for just about anything.  School work?  Please.  As long as he didn’t end up being an idiot, who cared what his grades marked him as?  It was probably one of the traits that made him so irritable to other teachers.  Jason understood.  If he were a professor, and there was a bunch of lame ass students who didn’t want to be there, he would be frustrated too.  However, considering they chose the profession they did, he didn’t feel sorry for them.  It was what they got themselves into, honestly.

So that’s why Thalia was something he could brag about.  Jason loved to brag.  Loved it.  When other people rattled something off, he would get irritated for the very same reason- he wanted to be the only one able to brag.  To show what he had with or without work.  Though he was going to try his best to calm it down when he was with her.  Getting smacked aside the head really wasn’t one of his goals for this evening.  Indeed, he had goals.  Not the same goals as usual though- don’t get him wrong.  Jason was prepared to be a proper date and gentleman.  Not running off with someone else (even if he may chat with Malory, but since he heard that fucking James Potter was all over her, he wasn’t sure he was in the mood), not hitting on her to see if he could get lucky that night.  Just to be a proper date.  Probably the very rare occasions where Jason Albers was like that.  Once one had a bad reputation of being a bad date, it was all downhill, even if it was his last year of Hogwarts.  He wanted people to say ‘he’s such an ass when it comes to girls… though he does make an excellent date’  Perfect title.  Perfect.

Who would have thought out of all the people, he would also be going out with a Slytherin?  Jason tried his best not to be bias against the houses, but so many Slytherins were just a bunch of prideful gits.  Not liking someone because of their background.  Being a muggle born, one could see why Jason was so irritated about it.  He couldn’t count how many number of times he talked to someone who put their nose in the air because he wasn’t the right kind of blood.  Plus, Malory was bullied by them for some time when she was younger.  All those factors making a very unhappy boy, but here he was.  Waiting for a Nott, out of all of his choices.  She was different though.  Insanely attractive- always the main point of his investigation, but personality was the thing that made them different from each other.  Thalia was smart, she was determined.  Strong.  Proud.  Most of all, she didn’t look down upon him.  At least, that he knew of.  For all Jason was sure of, she could have just not known, but by first impression, she didn’t seem like the type.  Though he supposed he had been wrong in the past.  

He stood at the entrance- not wanting to go anywhere near the dungeon to go and pick her up- waiting to see the platinum blonde hair walk past.  He was all spiffy, in his tight tux and black plain mask in order to match his date (which she was wearing black and white, he believed, so he looked around for that).  Jason wanted to make sure he arrived early, which was not his usual, and at that moment, he realized why.  The outfit was hot.  Unbelievably hot, and it was getting worse with the amount of people they were putting in there.  Though beautiful magic forces were lighting and decorating the room.  Even after all these years, Jason sometimes could never get over how brilliant magic was.  In a world he previously thought didn’t exist to now.  Sometimes, he still felt like he was caught up in this amazing dream.  He also wished he were better at magic, but perhaps it had to do with the amount of effort he put into it.  All the classes that dealt with history and reading and stuff didn’t interest him.  He wanted to do magic.  Play with magic.  Still trying to contain himself when he was home and not show it off to absolutely everyone he knew.  

Finally, he spotted her.  With a smirk on his face, he knew that he had made the right choice in asking her.  Not even sure that she would say yes to the offer considering the pair hadn’t seen each other too many times, but it was always nice to get to know someone else, right?  Walking up to her with a confident stride, he offered his hand, ”Ah, you look dazzling.  I knew I made the right choice,”  Winking at her, noticing that her dress wasn’t quite like anyone elses’.  That he liked.  Didn’t blend it with all the others, or have scary similar cases.  No, this.  This was something he could put around his arm proudly and walk with the manly strut he was indeed very known for.    

 

allie/thalia • <333 sorry it took so long lovely • 944 words

thanks stark

[THALIA EILEEN NOTT]

If she had to be perfectly honest with herself, she wasn't sure if she was sad or mad or any of the feelings synonymous with them. At first, she had been hurt. She had almost been tempted to cry – and probably would have if not for the fact that she couldn't afford to do so all over her new dress. No, the blonde teenager merely stopped arguing and glowered at two of the three boys she had looked up to her entire life. She didn't know what problem Cole had with Jason – he was probably just upset with the reputation the Hufflepuff boy had built up for himself – nor did she even begin to understand what Darrius' problem with him. Thalia , likely, would have listened to what they were telling her if it weren't for the fact that they were forbidding her to go with him. And, while she was a pretty girl, she had turned down date after date waiting for Darrius to work up the nerve to ask her. She had just about gotten fed up with the 'ice queen' reputation that was building up when Jason had asked her.

She had agreed. He was a bit of a troublemaker, and it wasn't as if she knew him very well, but he was cute and he had asked her. He hadn't even made that big of a deal when she hesitated to say yes. She had owled her mum immediately after and asked her to pick her up something special. A pretty dress not like the ones they would have around here. The ball was all her friends ever talked about. That and drinking, and partying, and if they could please, please for the last time borrow her notes for so and so class? While Thalia looked relatively good in any color, her favorite scheme had always been black and white. Thalia had been more than just a little happy and excited to find a date. While a little disappointed that a certain Slytherin hadn't asked her, she'd been pleased to not be attending the ball alone. She found the perfect mask and had it fitted to her face during a Hogsmeade trip. She'd made special care to find the Hufflepuff and inform him of what she was wearing, but not exactly what it looked like. He would know it when he saw it, after all. She promised to meet him in the Entrance Hall. Why bother to let the dungeons fill up with the amount of people that were going to be there and pushing to get out?

So, Thalia had sat at her vanity for a good while, making sure to do her own hair. She had turned down both Alietta, Tati, and Lucy's offers for help in order to shoo them out of the room. Merlin knew they would have stayed there and gossiped about who her date was. She had neglected to tell them in order to surprise them later, in case they met on. She had trusted Scorpius and the rest of them with the information, only to have been disappointed. Her mouth twisted into a scowl as she curled her hair into it's ringlets. She had it up into a bun, but had ended up disappointed in it. She always preferred to have her hair loose rather than up. She slid her feet into the easy heels and made sure to put a cushioning charm on them. There wasn't any sense to be uncomfortable while they were having fun. It had been on her way out that she had had the trouble with her childhood friends. They'd, however briefly, wanted to stop her. She could have cursed them. Could have made it to where they couldn't attend the ball with their own dates, but she had adored Scorpius. (Bless him for being the best cousin in the world.)

She fit her mask on her face and made sure to slide her wand into her purse. She wasn't entirely sure that she would need it tonight, but she knew that she would have felt naked without it. As she made her way upwards, she tried not to wince at the amount of people that were making their way up the staircase. Thalia made sure to grab onto her dress and hold it up so people wouldn't step on it from behind her. She complimented the people around her – well, the people she identify – with a smile and nodded at their own compliments. Once they reached ground floor, she brushed herself off and looked around with piercing, blue eyes still visible. The little diamonds in the mask glittered softly under the lights around her. It reminded her of the lights her mum often set up during Christmas. Idly, the blonde wondered if this wasn't where her mum got the inspiration for all the directions. There weren't that many differences in them, now that she looked around properly. A soft smile pushed it's way onto her face. It wasn't even shocked off of her whenever Jason approached her. She hadn't seen him. And, if she was being perfectly honest with herself, she hadn't even been paying attention to the people around her when he popped up. Her entire frame lit up brightly as she beamed at him.

“Did I keep you waiting, Albers?” She asked innocently, fluttering her eyelashes at him. She raised her eyes and looked at him, appraising. Thalia took his arm without much of an effort, trying not to giggle at how polite he was. So far, he was already disproving that which she had been told. “Glad to know I didn't disappoint. You certainly didn't either.”

- tag : JASON IRVING ALBERS

- notes : sorry for the delay

- words : 953

- music : nothing right now 

- outfit : Dress ;; Mask

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