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lilium_evansiae) wrote2011-01-08 02:05 pm
lilium_evansiae) wrote2011-01-08 02:05 pm
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OOM: Valentine's Day, 1976
Lily looks into the mirror again, like she's checking her hair one last time.
Actually, she's wondering for the fifteenth time this morning why she thought this was a good idea.
She's barely knows Jeremy Flourish. And it's Valentine's Day.
And, yeah, all right, she's spent some time with him since he asked out, but mostly, they've studied together. They haven't had to talk.
God, what the hell are they going to talk about?
"You look fine, Lily," Mary says.
Mary is sitting cross-legged on her bed, braiding her hair. Cliona and Glynis and Perdita have already gone. Mary is, as Mary generally is, running just slightly behind.
Lily is just stalling.
"Thanks," Lily says, turning away from the mirror. "I guess I should ... unless you want me to wait for you ... " she adds, hopefully.
"No need," Mary says. "I'll be along in few minutes."
"Oh. Well, um, all right," Lily says. "I should go, then, shouldn't I?"
"Lily?"
"Yes?"
"Look, do you want me to tell him you're not feeling well and you can't make it?"
"That obvious, huh?" Lily says.
"To me, yeah. But if Cliona and Perdita and Glynis had noticed, they'd be here, right? Well, maybe not Cliona, what with Fenton waiting for her," Mary says, laughing a little. "But Perdita would be here."
"True," Lily concedes.
"I will tell him you can't make it, if you want me to."
"No," Lily says. "No, that's a fairly horrid thing to do to him at the last minute. It'll be fine, right?"
"Of course it will," Mary says. "Just forget that it's Valentine's Day and try to have a good time, all right?"
"Right," Lily says.
"Come on, I'll walk with you," Mary says, grabbing her cloak.
"Thank you."
Jeremy is waiting, when they get to the entrance hall. He comes over to meet them at the bottom of the steps. "Hi."
"Hi," Lily says. "Um, you know my friend, Mary, right?"
"Of course," he says. "Hello, Mary."
If he finds it at all odd that Lily has arrived for their date with her roommate in tow, it doesn't show.
Mary smiles. "Jeremy," she says. And then, "I'll see you guys later. Have fun."
She starts to move toward the queue of students waiting to check out and leave for Hogsmeade.
"Mary," Jeremy says, and she stops. "Will you be all right on your own?"
"Yeah, of course," Mary says. "I'm meeting Perdita and Glynis. Perdita says they'll be holding a table at the Three Broomsticks. Thanks, though."
Jeremy nods and turns his attention to Lily.
"That was nice of you," Lily says.
Lily worries, a little, about leaving Mary on her own, after what happened last fall. Mary thinks she's worrying needlessly, and has told her as much, but Lily worries anyway.
Still, it's unlikely anything will happen on a well-traveled path full of their fellow students, and she'll be coming back with Perdita and Glynis.
Jeremy smiles, looks down at his feet, and then back at Lily. "You look really nice."
"You, too."
"So, um, we should go, right?"
"Yeah," Lily says. "Yeah, we should."
"Right."
"Okay."
Oh, God.
It's the last thing either of them says, until they have to give their names to Filch.
And then ... well, at least walking in silence is slightly less awkward than standing in silence.
Sort of.
She'll think of something to say, right?
Before Easter?
Actually, she's wondering for the fifteenth time this morning why she thought this was a good idea.
She's barely knows Jeremy Flourish. And it's Valentine's Day.
And, yeah, all right, she's spent some time with him since he asked out, but mostly, they've studied together. They haven't had to talk.
God, what the hell are they going to talk about?
"You look fine, Lily," Mary says.
Mary is sitting cross-legged on her bed, braiding her hair. Cliona and Glynis and Perdita have already gone. Mary is, as Mary generally is, running just slightly behind.
Lily is just stalling.
"Thanks," Lily says, turning away from the mirror. "I guess I should ... unless you want me to wait for you ... " she adds, hopefully.
"No need," Mary says. "I'll be along in few minutes."
"Oh. Well, um, all right," Lily says. "I should go, then, shouldn't I?"
"Lily?"
"Yes?"
"Look, do you want me to tell him you're not feeling well and you can't make it?"
"That obvious, huh?" Lily says.
"To me, yeah. But if Cliona and Perdita and Glynis had noticed, they'd be here, right? Well, maybe not Cliona, what with Fenton waiting for her," Mary says, laughing a little. "But Perdita would be here."
"True," Lily concedes.
"I will tell him you can't make it, if you want me to."
"No," Lily says. "No, that's a fairly horrid thing to do to him at the last minute. It'll be fine, right?"
"Of course it will," Mary says. "Just forget that it's Valentine's Day and try to have a good time, all right?"
"Right," Lily says.
"Come on, I'll walk with you," Mary says, grabbing her cloak.
"Thank you."
Jeremy is waiting, when they get to the entrance hall. He comes over to meet them at the bottom of the steps. "Hi."
"Hi," Lily says. "Um, you know my friend, Mary, right?"
"Of course," he says. "Hello, Mary."
If he finds it at all odd that Lily has arrived for their date with her roommate in tow, it doesn't show.
Mary smiles. "Jeremy," she says. And then, "I'll see you guys later. Have fun."
She starts to move toward the queue of students waiting to check out and leave for Hogsmeade.
"Mary," Jeremy says, and she stops. "Will you be all right on your own?"
"Yeah, of course," Mary says. "I'm meeting Perdita and Glynis. Perdita says they'll be holding a table at the Three Broomsticks. Thanks, though."
Jeremy nods and turns his attention to Lily.
"That was nice of you," Lily says.
Lily worries, a little, about leaving Mary on her own, after what happened last fall. Mary thinks she's worrying needlessly, and has told her as much, but Lily worries anyway.
Still, it's unlikely anything will happen on a well-traveled path full of their fellow students, and she'll be coming back with Perdita and Glynis.
Jeremy smiles, looks down at his feet, and then back at Lily. "You look really nice."
"You, too."
"So, um, we should go, right?"
"Yeah," Lily says. "Yeah, we should."
"Right."
"Okay."
Oh, God.
It's the last thing either of them says, until they have to give their names to Filch.
And then ... well, at least walking in silence is slightly less awkward than standing in silence.
Sort of.
She'll think of something to say, right?
Before Easter?