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Benjy Fenwick is a Keeper (bwick) wrote in loremrpg,
@ 2011-03-19 02:03:00

Current mood:	contemplative
Entry tags:	benjy fenwick, dorcas meadowes, remus lupin

Benjy woke up to a washed out, mint green hair color. Unfortunately, after a quick shower and some insults from the mirror, there was nothing he could do to get his natural blonde back.

Instead of fighting it (or shaving it off, as some of the other students were considering), Benjy just opted for a hooded sweatshirt and kept the hood up to cover his hair, and made his way down for breakfast. It was earlier than most of the students got up for Saturday breakfast, but there were a few students already digging into sausages or cereals. Benjy had to laugh a bit at some of the students and professors trying to cover up their rainbows of hair. A couple of poor second years looked as if, in an attempt to charm their hair, they actually singed the ends of off.

Finding a couple of open seats, Benjy sat down, began filling his plate, and amused himself watching all of the other students.

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bwick
2011-03-22 10:31 pm UTC (link)

Benjy had a pair of scissors inside a small medical kit in the Ravenclaw dormitory, but figured mentioning this to Remus would probably just exacerbate the situation. That and the silence that hung over the table was suppressing any words that may have formed in Benjy's mouth.

But it was nearing the time he had to be at the Quidditch pitch. He checked his pocket watch, as much to check the time as it was a nervous habit. "Please excuse me, but I need to meet my teammates at the pitch." Benjy stood up and pocketed his wand. "Please let me know if you figure out a solution to this problem. I'd be most interested in any information."

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dorcasjmeadowes
2011-03-25 03:25 am UTC (link)

Dorcas glanced up at Benjy and smiled slightly as he excused himself. "Good luck with Qudditich practice." She said rather quietly before putting her head down to concentrate on her food while Benjy addressed Remus again. Dorcas wasn't sure how long it took Benjy to walk away, it could have been seconds or more like minutes. She had busied herself in the meantime, not wanting to interrupt whatever was being said amongst the two boys or step on anyone's toes. She waited for Benjy to finish up his conversation and leave on his own accord before saying anything to Remus.

When she looked up to notice Benjy's departure she scooted along the bench to settle in a little closer to Remus and placed a chocolate frog in front of him. She breathed out, hoping this wouldn't sound too dorky. She looked at him, her eyes filled with concern and after a minute that felt like a year she spoke softly. "I'm giving you my last chocolate frog." She paused as she collected her thoughts. "Its not just any chocolate frog, you know? Its a lot more than that. I'm giving you my very last chocolate frog and I'm obsessed with the things." Her eyebrows creased as she realized she was getting off the point and probably overusing the words 'chocolate frog'. "My point is, you need this," her head motioning towards the frog on the table, "more that I do. And like I said, its more than a chocolate frog. It means that I care enough about you to give you my very last chocolate frog." She sighed, beginning to grow frustrated with herself for getting besides the point. "What I'm trying to say is that whenever you're in a 'shitty' mood I'm here, for whatever.. Even if you feel like yelling at someone." She shook her head at her stupidity and rolled at her eyes as she blushed slightly. "The frog was supposed to be a symbol. And it didn't sound that ridiculous in my head." She rambled on trying to make sense of it all.

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prefect_wolf
2011-03-25 10:32 pm UTC (link)

Remus waved goodbye to Benjy, feeling slightly worse than ever. "Thanks..." he muttered, nervously fidgeting with his mane of hair. It was simply awful, he didn't know what to do.

When Dorcas scooted next to him and placed the chocolate frog in front of him and before he could ask any of the rather stupid questions bubbling up in his mind, she was speaking to him. The words were bouncing rather oddly off his ears; it was sweet, and adorable that his made him blush ever so slightly. He knew that she loved chocolate frogs (course he just assumed most of his friends did because the Marauders always had a constant supply in their trunks but that's beside the point) but it was very touching along with everything else she had said. Promising to be there for him, for whatever. As someone who had been ignored by his peers to so many years of his childhood, well, it meant a lot.

"Thanks, Dor, really," he took the frog box in his hands and smiled as he sighed, but it was a happy sigh. But he furrowed his brow when she started getting frustrated. "I mean, well, I'm here for you too. For whatever, I know I'm not always around but, if you ever need anything, I'm here."

His mind started to wonder as to whether or not it meant that it was a friendship thing or a more than that thing but he tried not to think about it at the moment. Before he lost his nerve he reached out and gave her hand a squeeze, hoping she'd take it for what he meant it, which he wasn't even sure what that was.

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dorcasjmeadowes
2011-03-28 11:53 am UTC (link)

Dorcas felt her body immediately relax as he smiled at her, giving her the reassurance she was after. For whatever reason, Remus' mood had impacted her and when he smiled her concern slowly, but not fully, began to diminish.

She returned his smile with one of her own, only one that didn't quite reach her eyes. Her mood this morning was beginning to confuse her and she became puzzled when she thought of how easily Remus had affected her. Brief thoughts of him had passed through her mind over the past few days but she didn't over analyze them at all, which surprised her. Whenever it came to Dorcas fancying anyone she found it simple, this however, was uncharted territory for her. "You're welcome," she said softly as his words sunk in. She met his eyes for a moment before raising an eyebrow. "Be careful Remus, I'll remember that." She teased, pausing for a moment before growing sincere, "Thank you."

Her eyes fell down to their hands as she felt his hand on hers and her eyes lingered there for a moment before they returned to look at the boy. Dorcas concentrated on him for a moment before she felt a sincere smile spread across her face, her first for quite a while. She dropped her eyes in hopes he wouldn't catch the slight sparkle that began to fill them. Dorcas was surprised how calm she was considering all of the thoughts that had just passed through her mind. She glanced briefly at their hands again before they separated. She looked up at the boy once more trying to understand at least one of the many thoughts that were swirling in her mind.

She took a quick sip of pumpkin juice before returning to look at Remus. She pushed all her thoughts to the back of her mind, anxiously waiting to try and decode them later. "So, what have you got planned for today?" She looked around anxiously, praying the conversation wouldn't take an awkward turn.

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prefect_wolf
2011-03-29 03:01 am UTC (link)

Remus couldn't do anything other than smile, feeling normal beside the fact that he had a head of long lavender hair and was going to turn into a beast tonight. If she remembered that he was there for her, well, that was a good thing right?

There was a small moment of silence and Remus felt like he may have pushed the line too far. As he removed his hand and the conversation moved to their plans for the day he got a bit nervous.

"Um, well, I actually have to meet with McGonagall about all this mess," he said rather casually. "You know, what to tell the students, what spells they shouldn't try, keeping them in line, all that stuff."

And...ripping my skin off and hiding in a broken down all shack of the rest of the night... his face fell a little at the last thought.

"What about you, anything fun?"

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dorcasjmeadowes
2011-03-30 04:14 am UTC (link)

A slight 'oh' escaped her lips when Remus told her what his day would entail. "Oh, the duties of a prefect." She said wryly and rolled her eyes playfully before munching on a strawberry.

The discussion of their plans reminded Dorcas that she was supposed to be seeing her brother today. She looked up and down the Ravenclaw table to see if she could spot the familiar blonde amongst the first years. "Well, I'm supposed to be spending the day with my brother.. If I can manage to find him." She paused and turned her eyes to Remus before continuing. "I'm supposed to be seeing Kira and Lily tonight, which should be fun." She sighed and shrugged her shoulders.

She frowned when she realized she ought to get going and she sighed as grabbed another strawberry. "I ought to get going, I mean for the sake of humanity I better go track down Arcas before he gets into any more trouble." She bit her lip as she began to worry. Her brother hadn't adapted to Hogwarts as well as her parents had hoped and now it was up to Dorcas to get him settled. She got up from the table, eating her last piece of fruit in the process. "We'll speak later?" She asked as she slowly began to make her departure.

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prefect_wolf
2011-03-31 09:46 pm UTC (link)

Remus was a little sad when Dorcas said she needed to be going. She had actually made him feel not crabby for the first time this morning, and it had been a distraction from everything that was bugging him. He watched her grab another strawberry and he smiled at her.

"Have fun, tell the girls hello for me," he smiled at her. "And thanks, really. We'll talk later, yeah." He hoped one of the Marauders would show up at some point, but then again he probably would have to actually meet with the staff to get caught up on what was happening with their hair. As Dorcas left he nibbled on a strawberry, his eyes wandering around the hall.

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