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Tweak says, "Curses! Foiled again!"

Elena Goyle (elenagoyle) wrote in landing_rpg,
@ 2008-09-29 20:46:00

Entry tags:

elena goyle, phoenix malfoy

Who: Elena and Phoenix
What: Elena needs a shoulder
Where: Slytherin boys' dorm
When: Monday afternoon
Rating: TBD

Elena had been a mess since Sunday night. She had never felt this humiliated before, not since her first year when she realized everyone was laughing at her. She wasn't entirely sure she wouldn't have preferred that situation to the one she'd landed herself in now. It hadn't been nearly so personal.

She had admitted her feelings for Jacob to his face, she'd kissed him and told him she cared for him, and he'd only done so because he'd had something slipped into his drink. How was she supposed to face him now? She didn't want to see the pathetically piteous look on his face, and she certainly didn't want to hear him utter the words "just friends". She might vomit.

She'd planned on shutting herself in her room for the rest of the year, but Phoenix's reply in her journal had her thinking otherwise. Maybe she'd just refuse to leave the dungeons ever again. Jacob couldn't come in there, after all.

Knocking gently on the door to the boys' dormitory, Elena peeked her head inside. "Phoenix?"

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phoenixabraxas
2008-09-29 11:14 pm UTC (link)

Slender but strong arms closed around the other's seeming too fragile form, Phoenix's chest constricting painfuly as he listened to the other speak. "I had heard of it. Thankfully, I didn't experience it first-hand." he said, his pity for the affected parties reflecting in his tone. After, he listened to her continued, his expression only making subtle changes from his blank mask. When she buried her face against his chest, his arms moved to pull her closer as if they had done so on their own accord, before resting his chin lightly on the top of her head. "You have to consider that he, along with perhaps the majority of the school population, were acting because of a spell. It was something he couldn't fight." Though Phoenix was biased to Elena, he ha a natural tendency to see things in perspective. His voice lessened to a whisper. "I don't think he meant to hurt you."

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elenagoyle
2008-09-30 01:03 am UTC (link)

"I'm not angry at him," she told him. And she wasn't. Elena couldn't possibly blame him for what he had done, as she had already told Jacob. She did, however, blame herself for being stupid enough not to notice how different he was acting, to let herself believe that he cared about her that way and that she had been idiotic to the point of opening up to him that much.

"I'm just... I can't believe I told him I liked him when he doesn't even..." She sighed, relishing in an embrace she hadn't felt from Phoenix for quite some time. "I'm just so bloody stupid sometimes."

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phoenixabraxas
2008-09-30 04:47 am UTC (link)

"I never said you were." Phoenix said. She sounded more as if she was trying to convince herself than him, but he refrained from mentioning it. He stood and listened. Surprisingly, he started to feel more comfortable having her in his arms with the passing seconds. "Don't." he said sharply in disapproval. "You're not stupid, Elena, and you know it." he said in a softer tone, hating how the other was bringing herself down.

"Talk to him at the opportune moment." Phoenix felt it could be a good start. "You will know when it is, when you're ready. Now, it seems, is not the time." His fingers lightly danced down the other's back. "Tell me what I can do to make you feel better. I don't like seeing you like this at all..."

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elenagoyle
2008-09-30 06:44 pm UTC (link)

"I want ice cream," she mumbled pathetically. "I never want ice cream." Stress eating had been one of the reasons Elena had gotten so large before her first year. With no one to moderate her habits, it wasn't hard to gain the excess weight. Ever since losing it all, Elena was very careful about what she ate. Although she baked many a plate of cookies, they were all given to others rather than being eaten by herself.

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phoenixabraxas
2008-09-30 07:00 pm UTC (link)

Phoenix, of course, was oblivious to her logic. He only assumed she had meant that since she has been happy, she didn't need the indulgences to make herself happy. "Would it make you feel better if I got some for you?" he asked. He truly didn't like leaving his room anymore, but if it was something that would help make her feel better, he would gladly brave the halls for her. He hold on her loosened so he could look at her, his expectant gaze locked on her face...

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	elenagoyle 2008-09-30 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	"No!" she exclaimed, eyes wide. "I can't eat ice cream! Are you crazy?!" True, she was being considerably more dramatic than usual about her eating habits, but she was certainly unwilling to add fat on top of her unhappiness at the moment. If only celery was as appealing as chocolate chip cookie dough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

phoenixabraxas
2008-10-01 01:22 pm UTC (link)

Phoenix's wide eyes met hers in slight panic, her reaction having caught him complately off guard. His hands loosened and retreatd from her for a second but a long breath after, Phoenix was able to compose himself and get over the temporary confusion. He's the crazy one? Careful, long-fingered hands reached up and gently cupped Elena's cheeks. His eyes bore into hers as his thumbs brushed the top of her cheeks. "Then tell what you want me to do." his tone was as sincere as the others he has used before. "I'll do it for you. You know I will..."

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