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Tweak says, "I need a girlfriend"

book_bound (book_bound) wrote in wished,
@ 2009-09-13 03:41:00

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!1997: 09, !complete, alfred cattermole, julien dorny

Who: Alfie & Julien
What: Random meeting in the library, Jule's drools. No really. Okay, not really, but he's certainly asleep.
Where: The Library
When: Saturday?! Wtf Julien?
Warnings: TBA

School had barely started and Julien was already in over his head; he'd done all his own homework already but was working on some test papers and some extra curriculur stuff all of his own. He still didn't feel like he knew enough tough - he hadn't been able to answer any questions in class and all he'd wanted was to slip away, let the floor open up and swallow him because for all his studying he couldn't give an answer when it was needed.

He wanted a Daydream Charm really, that's what he needed. A charm to just let him disappear into a nowhere land for a while, somewhere where nothing happened and he could just be himself and have that be good enough.

He'd been up so late the night before, groggy and grumpy from want of the things that his head drooped lower and lower to the page he was studying until ten minutes later found him asleep, silent and breathing softly with his head pillowed on his arm, the other lax with a quill slipping from it.

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alfiecat
2009-09-13 02:51 am UTC (link)

Alfie was in the library because he had to be. There was already an essay due for that stupid new History of Magic professor - who actually seemed a lot more interesting than Binns except that he insisted on actually learning people's names and you couldn't sleep through the class anymore.

But he couldn't find anyone he wanted to write about, so he was just walking through shelves pretending. When he saw Julien, he considered leaving him be. Because he looked sleepy and he'd be the second person this week that Alfie had scared awake. Also, because even after hours of showering, Alfie still smelled a little bit like acrid cauldron much from his encounter with Peeves.

In the end, though, he ended up dumping himself into the seat beside him, then shaking him a little. "Julien? Hey. Wake up."

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book_bound
2009-09-13 02:59 am UTC (link)

Julien stirred a little as Alfie sat beside him, but he woke up with a sudden intake of breath, blinking confusedly around as Alfie shook him awake. "Hmmwassa?" he asked, acting more like the teenage boy he actually was than he ever did when he was already awake. He looked around, his hair standing up everywhere, his eyes all sleepy still. "What time is it?" he asked for some reason.

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	alfiecat 2009-09-13 03:05 am UTC (link)
	"Not time for bed," Alfie answered, and he smiled easily - wide - at the sight of Julien. Whatever weird feeling he'd had was missing now, but Julien still was a sight - hair all mussed and face all red from where it had been on his arm. "You know you're in the library, right? So boring you fell asleep on it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

book_bound
2009-09-13 03:12 am UTC (link)

Julien sighed heavily, then stretched and yawned, a huge one that had him still blinky by the end of it. He looked down at what he'd been doing and then swore, 'oh crap!' and picked his quill back up. "I'll never get this done now!" he said, upset, but stopped to be polite to Alfie. "Sorry... thank you for waking me up." And why was his friend here? "Everything okay?"

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	alfiecat 2009-09-13 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, just bored. Saw you over here..." He frowned at Julien looking like he was going to go right back to work though. "Mate, it's Saturday. Won't you have all day tomorrow to do that? Is it even something that's due?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	book_bound 2009-09-13 01:04 pm UTC (link)
	Julien rubbed a hand through his hair and then sighed. "Yeah, but then I'll be a day behind." he explained. "And it's not really actually due for class... but you know, if I start slipping on my study timetable now I'll get really behind and then I'll fail and then, well, I don't know what'll happen if I fail." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alfiecat 2009-09-13 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	Alfie frowned again at the worry. "You're not going to fail if you get behind one day in extra work. You already read all the books for class!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	book_bound 2009-09-13 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah but I'll forget everything if I don't revise." He wished he could remember stuff but his memory retention was actually terrible. He only did so well in his classes because he pushed himself like that, he only took the classes he did because he was so afraid of lacking in something and all of this was underscored by the disappointment his parents had in him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alfiecat 2009-09-13 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	"So... revise it tomorrow?" Alfie turned so that his shoulder butted against his friend's. "Come on! It's Saturday. You should do something fun." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	book_bound 2009-09-13 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	"I've got other stuff to revise tomorrow..." Julien said, but he was dislodged a bit when Alfie nudged him. "Fun like what?" he wanted to know. His distaste for outdoory sports things left his options limited when fun was involved with other people in his year. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alfiecat 2009-09-13 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	"We could go out and fl - oh." Alfie slumped back in his chair and looked a little pained - it was the way he generally looked when he had to think hard about something. "Right, you don't like to fly. Hrm... well, when you're not studying, what do you like to do?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

book_bound
2009-09-13 04:37 pm UTC (link)

Julien wasn't really sure why Alfie was so keen on spending time with him, but there was something about the other boy that made it difficult for Julien to cut him free the way he knew he should - he liked the other boy being there, even if they weren't doing anything more than just sitting opposite each other in a train carraige.

"I kinda tend to study when I get any free time..." he said a little awkwardly, although his mind was shoting 'Daydream Charms, Daydream Charms!' at him at loud volumes - he didn't want to reveal that for some reason. "Otherwise I read or..." he shrugged. "I don't really do much." he had to give Alfie something for trying though. "You like flying right." he said, checking what he knew. "I'll come and watch you." Oh... "If you wanted."

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alfiecat
2009-09-13 04:40 pm UTC (link)

Alfie thought of the Quidditch Pitch and then thought of Evie's run in with Draco. He wouldn't mind a fight, really, but he didn't think Julien should be there if that happened. "That wouldn't be any fun for you," He said with a shake of his head. The pained, contemplative look didn't go away.

"There must be something people can do in the castle that's fun. Oh! Do you play Gobstones, or Snap?" He liked Snap better, because of the explosions. He wasn't too keep on getting gunk on him from the Gobstones after the recent experience with Peeves.

	alfiecat 2009-09-13 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Hufflepuff rumour," Alfie said with a shrug. "I heard some seventh year bloke talk about snogging his girlfriend in here once." He was glad he'd remembered where it was. There was a wide table with some plush, if dusty, chairs, and a couch. "Perfect for card games!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	book_bound 2009-09-13 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, I didn't mean that..." Julien said hurriedly, not realising how it would sound. "I mean no one's wanted to play it for so long, and I haven't had time to play it... I didn't mean that it was a baby game or, or anything like that." Oh crap, foot, mouth, insertion. What did he always have to ruin things with his big fucking mouth? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)