Who: Andy Kirke and Jack Dorny When: Sunday after dinner Where: Around the Great Hall Summary: Andy wants to give Jack her birthday present. This should be good. Rating: F for *facepalm*
The distinct sound of someone pacing around in the Great Hall could likely be heard as far away as the docks. Thanks to the previous day's awful match against Ravenclaw, Andy was actually able to sleep despite ever-creeping thoughts of seeing Jack today slinking around in his mind. He had been exhausted, not so much from playing but likely from losing spectacularly. It had been a tight match the entire way through, and having to lose because the Snitch was catch by the other team was incredibly disappointing. Andy was sure Harry was beating himself up about it, because he would have done the same himself.
Upon waking this morning, however, Andy's mind reminded him that he would be seeing Jack today. He immediately shifted into insane mode. Even before he'd gotten some food into his system, he was already running around getting everything ready. Not that many things had to be arranged or anything, but he wanted to make sure that things went without a hitch. Sure, she would likely take his gift, thank him and then go off on her merry way with her friends and that Finnigan, but at least he would get a moment of her time. At least she would look him in the eye just once during their conversation. At least she would realize he existed, even though they had shared nearly every class together for the past seven years and she should have known who he was by now.
The pacing would stop every time Andy heard a sound approaching. He would look around to see if it was Jack and get disappointed when he saw that it wasn't. In one hand, he twirled around a slender box wrapped up tightly in paper, while in the other, he had nearly two dozen different flavored Bertie Bott's beans that he was nervously popping into his mouth. He coughed after chewing on one and nearly gagged at the taste. "Unnghhh... rotten eggs. Great..." Yes, because his breath really needed to smell like rotting eggs as he went to meet Jacklyn tonight.