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Lucy Abernathy (withdiamonds) wrote in tng_hogwarts,
@ 2008-02-15 00:31:00

Who: Lucy and (gasp!) Chuck
Where: Outside the Great Hall (ball)
What: Bickering and eventual reunion
When: Valentine's day, when else?
Rated: Who knows?

Lucy sat, slumped against the wall in her dress. She didn't care if it got wrinkled. A dress was just a dress. She was more concerned about herself than a piece of material, anyways.

Basically, Lucy had spent the entire evening up until then, sitting in the very same spot comtemplating an entrance. Sure, many couples and a few singles had past her already, some giving her fleeting looks of concern, others not even bothering to look in her direction. But she wasn't really occupied with their thoughts. Only a certain boy's thoughts. Certain ex boy's thoughts, rather. And whether or not he had a charming young lady friend by his side.

Lucy couldn't bear the sight of it. Seeing him with Nat had turned her stomach and positively made her sick. How could she stand to see him dancing and touching someone else? No. No, she couldn't.

And so it was decided. Lucy Toots was not attending the ball she was sitting outside of. But, in attempt to not look desperate, she decided to wait just a bit longer, minutes really, before going back to her dorm. She didn't want to look pathetic and foolish in front of the younger years.

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chuckrhymeswith
2008-02-15 05:57 am UTC (link)

Yes, well... Judging by Chuck's less than shiny attitude lately, he wasn't really winning anything but sympathy points with the female population. It was depressing really. No, really, he was depressed. For the most part, no one was aware just how depressed he happened to be, but he was in pretty rough shape. If he let himself go alltogether, then maybe people would cue in a little, but he still looked good. He just wasn't quite as cocky as usual. And that smirk of his was replaced by a more neutral, blank stare. Not a dead stare, but more of a nonchalant I-could-care-less sort of stare.

Unfortunately, that kind of stare only makes you look cool and not depressed. Oh well.

Long story short, Chuck was dateless, and incredibly (as in beyond fashionably) late. He hadn't even planned on going, but he had to do something, right? It would look bad if he didn't go anyway, so he'd talked himself into getting dressed up and doing the general population the honor of making an appearance.

Another thing about being depressed is it had him looking at the floor a lot lately. Normally, he probably wouldn't have noticed Lucy sitting on the floor, but tonight he did. And he stopped jus short of walking into the dance. He didn't actually say anything. Just... Stopped.

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lets pretend that chuck pulled august off lucy in the kitchen ahha

withdiamonds
2008-02-15 06:08 am UTC (link)

Lucy had this problem before. Not tonight, not yet anyways. But... before. She was used to people staring at her. She'd been spending alot of days slumped on the floor or against walls or crying in kitchens.

Tonight, she'd been fortunate enough to be surrounded by lovesick people or people who wanted to be lovesick. Their paths to the ball were usually straight in, with, like I said before, maybe a glance her way. Though, as her luck would have it, someone just had to stop and be concerned for her.

Great.

"Yes. I'm on the floor. No, I'm not ill. Keep moving, please." She didn't even look up.

	chuckrhymeswith 2008-02-15 06:25 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, real shocker, right? It wasn't really working in his favor either. But at least Scarlet thought he was funny, which was a bonus. Kinda. "Oh." Well that explained... Nothing. Whatever. Chuck shrugged and took a small, calculated step closer. "I don't really know. I just do. Does it matter?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withdiamonds 2008-02-15 06:32 am UTC (link)
	"A bit, yeah. It all matters, doesn't it? If your standing here, it matters for something." She closed her eyes, kept them shut for a minute and then opened them, finally looking up at him. "Everything matters." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chuckrhymeswith 2008-02-15 07:50 am UTC (link)
	Nothing had happened to Natalie, and almost nothing had happened to Scarlet. You know, all in all, he'd been pretty well behaved aside from the cheating. Which really doesn't make up for it. But I'm just saying. "Niether am I." He agreed, feeling as sad as he looked. They were definitely quite the pair. A sad one, but a pair all the same. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	withdiamonds 2008-02-15 07:52 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not exactly happy with you, either. I mean. I am. But. Sometimes you have this way of making me feel stupid, or like I don't matter. But then, there were times when I felt like I was the only one you ever saw." She frowned. "I'm miserable without you. How pathetic am I?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)