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Astoria Greengrass (starmaiden) wrote in wished,
@ 2009-11-23 11:53:00

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!1997: 11, !complete, astoria greengrass, draco malfoy

Who: Astoria & Draco
What: Celebrating a victory of sorts & making things obvious
Where: Hogwarts Courtyard
When: After the Quidditch game
Rating/Warning: TBA

Astoria stood in the center in the small offshoot of courtyard that she and Draco had gone to last time, away from the immediate prying eyes of anyone coming and going inside the castle. She didn't usually attend Quidditch matches unless Draco was playing, she didn't really get the appeal of the sport, but even she had had to admit that today's match had been exciting and she'd found herself cheering and yelling encouragements and booing Gryffindor just like many of her housemates. She thought, although it was hard to tell with how little she watched the sport, that Draco had played much better today as well. Or, she admitted to herself, she might be just a little bit more then biased.

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dracowished
2009-11-25 12:38 am UTC (link)

Draco felt like a weight had been lifted, really, giving the team over to Vaisey. He knew that none of them understood why he'd done it, really, and that it seemed like a strange thing for him to have done. He wasn't sure why he'd done it himself, really... or, he was, and didn't want to think on it too closely.

Still, he'd enjoyed Quidditch for the first time in years, today, and had the win to show for it. Not a bad showing. He slid away from the celebration in the Common Room, though, while no one was paying attention - too busy congratulating the others or talking about Vaisey in the hospital wing - and made his way to the courtyard.

It was freezing, now that the sun was slipping, and he cast a warming charm around himself, and went in search of her.

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starmaiden
2009-11-25 12:45 am UTC (link)

Astoria was sitting on the same bench they'd sat on before, arms hugged around herself, ridiculously glad that she'd put on her warmer cloak to watch the game today, her house scarf wrapped around her neck snugly, leaning back and watching the clouds as they got pained different colors by the setting sun. She heard Draco coming and she shifted, turning to look at him, giving him a warm, wide smile, just for him.

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dracowished
2009-11-25 12:55 am UTC (link)

He stopped just as he turned the corner to what - he realized with a surprised sort of quiet terror - he already thought of as their portion of this courtyard. She was smiling so easily though, so readily, that the thought wasn't as terrible as it might have been under other circumstances. He offered a tightlipped smirking-smile of his own, and crossed the few steps to sit beside her.

True to form, he only noticed the way she was sitting after he'd sat. "You're freezing," He said, more a statement than a question.

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	starmaiden 2009-11-25 12:58 am UTC (link)
	She laughed and shook her head. "If I was freezing, I'd have put up a warming charm. I like cold weather. I like being just cold enough that going inside and getting warmed up can be properly appreciated. Besides, i was too excited about our winning to really notice. Congratulations, Draco. You flew brilliantly." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dracowished 2009-11-25 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Draco's smirk slid into something even more like a smile at that, and he laughed softly, the sound a little sharp in the cold. "I must say I did," There wasn't any humility there. "Then again, it was against Weasley, which takes a little of the triumph out of it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	starmaiden 2009-11-25 01:06 am UTC (link)
	"Oh she's not a bad Seeker, though. You're just better," she said confidently, as if it was simple fact. She tilted her head at him and studied him for a moment. "You looked like you were having fun out there, too. I can't remember the last time I got so into a match, either. It was a good game. Even if Goyle did knock Vaisey off his broom." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dracowished
2009-11-25 01:23 am UTC (link)

Draco made a face at the idea of Weasley being a good Seeker. He didn't like women playing Quidditch, and he detested Weasley. It wasn't just prejudice, the girl literally made his skin crawl - ridiculous family aside, she was so brash and loud. So easily unacceptable, and proud of the fact. Draco thought she was a bit of slut, to be honest, and that she was proud of the fact made her a bit disgusting.

The look faded, though, at that last bit. "I actually thought that was one of the better parts of game, actually. Greg ought to try to do just the same for every game. Make a tradition of it."

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starmaiden
2009-11-25 01:28 am UTC (link)

Astoria personally thought Ginny was tacky, classless and entirely too proud of the fact that she was a terrible example. That didn't mean she didn't know her way around a broom, sadly. Better then Astoria did, for certain. She had even, for a very brief period, gave serious thought to taking Quidditch lessons in her quest to get closer to Draco. Thankfully, she'd gotten over that ridiculous impulse quickly. Astoria could RIDE a broom quite well, but she was never going to be up to Quidditch ability.

She laughed. "You would. I'm sure if you asked him, he would manage it at some point in the season. Although Vaisey might wonder if it was some sort of new hazing tradition for Captains."

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	dracowished 2009-11-25 01:34 am UTC (link)
	"Definitely the proper way to introduce him to the job," Draco agreed, snorting, and he found himself wondering for a moment if Goyle really would do that if he asked him. He pushed the thought aside. Of course he would. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	starmaiden 2009-11-25 01:39 am UTC (link)
	She gave him a thoughtful glance. "Do I dare ask why it is exactly that Vaisey has the job? That was rather... unexpected of you." Mostly because she never imagined Draco would have wanted to let someone else be in charge of him once he'd made it to the top of the team. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dracowished 2009-11-25 01:44 am UTC (link)
	Draco's small smile did fade, then. He frowned just barely, staring down for a moment and then looking back up to her. "It's complicated," He said, and hoped she'd stop at that. Somehow he had that faint dizzying memory, though, that said that wasn't the likeliest thing to happen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

starmaiden
2009-11-25 02:00 am UTC (link)

She arched a brow at him, looking faintly amused. "When isn't it, Draco? We don't exactly exist in simple times." She saw the look on his face and frowned faintly. "You don't have to tell me, of course. But I wish you would."

She shrugged, and evidently deciding that she'd leave it up to him, reached behind herself on the bench and pulled out a slender wrapped package. "This is for you." Her skin pinked slightly, and it wasn't all from the cold. "It's a..." her other hand fluttered faintly. "victory gift. For winning."

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	dracowished 2009-11-25 02:41 am UTC (link)
	"It's - " Draco might have actually started to answer her, something in that plaintive note to her voice and her frown that made him more apt to it. But then she distracted him, and he quickly snapped his traitorous mouth closed and stared at the present instead. "A gift?" He asked, a bit dumbly, reaching for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)