Riley - Chapter Nine - Now he thinks I'm weird
"H-Hi Riley." I turned around and blushed,
"H-Hey Neville." I stood up and put my sketch book back in my bag.
Kiss him, you know you want to :)
Hush, you!
Ah-ah-ah! I can make you do whatever I want.
You wouldn't dare.
Wouldn't I, sweet Riley? How about you give cutie-pie a hug?
Like she - well, I - promised, my arms flew around Neville's neck in a tight hug. Just as I went to let go, he hugged me back.
O_o
He smells like rain.
Oh, I luff the way rain smells.
Well, not lightening and thunder.
That scares me a bit.
"Um, are you . . . s-sniffing m-me?"
"What?"
Dang it, Destery!
:)
"What? O-Oh, s-sorry." I let him go and brushed hair out of my eye, "I-I d-didn't m-mean to . . . i-it's just that-"
"What?" I blushed even more and looked away from his eyes, "Do I-I smell b-bad?"
"Oh, no-no! It's w-wonderfull, r-really."
"Oh, okay?"
"C-Can we get to the Great Hall?"
"Yeah, come on."
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MADE ME SNIFF HIM, DESTERY! NOW HE THINKS I'M WEIRD!
Nah, you'll thank me later :)
:(
Anyway, we walked into the corridor and down to the Great Hall.
"HAI RILEY!" I jumped and turned to Jaye, who waved like a lunatic. Neville and I walked over, sitting down at the Gryffindor table.
I thought Jaye was a Ravenclaw?
Oh, she's just sitting with us :P
Blonde moment.
Professor McGonagall gave us our timestables and I had basically the same classes as Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Jaye.
O_O
It's my first year here.
Oh, no, extra classes :(
I'm terrible at school.
Hermione and Jaye had this weird conversation where Jaye called her mommy and she accepted it O_O
"Ne, Riley, Neville, wants ta go do something during break?" Jaye asked us on our way to Transfigurations.
"U-um, s-sure." I stuttered.
"W-what would w-we do?" Neville asked. She shrugged.
"I don't know. Mess with Filch? :D"
Our faces literally looked like "O.O"
"Pwease?" Neville glanced at me and I blushed,
"B-but, wouldn't y-you n-normally do that w-with Fred a-and George?" Neville asked. She shrugged.
"They've been busy doing some other things and besides, if we do get into any serious trouble, then I'll take the blame and say that I forced you two to do it." We looked at each other again and nodded.
"Okay." I mumbled, smiling slightly.
"YESH! I LUFF YOU TWO! :D"
"Jaye, stop yelling in the corridor and hurry up!" Hermione called back. "Fine!" Jaye let out a huff of air and stormed behind the trio.
"I-I'm r-really sorry about earlier." I whispered, looking down at my feet. "I-It's just that . . . I-I really like the way rain smells, a-and, um," I sighed.
"It was a bit weird."
Great.
He thinks I'm weird.
GOD :(
No he doesn't.
How do you know that?
:)
-_- Oh, lord.
"S-Sorry."
"N-No, it's, uh, i-it's fine. I-I kind of smelled you too."
O_O
SEE?!
HUSH!
"R-Really?" He nodded with a small pink tint to his cheeks. "O-Oh."
"Yeah, i-it's weird."
"W-Well, . . . I-I don't th-think it's weird."
"Really?" I nodded,
"I-I like the way you smell. . . . I-It's nice." I blushed even more and looked back to my feet.
"R-Really?"
"R-Really."
Is it too early in our friendship to say that I like him?
Maybe it is :S
I just met him a few weeks ago, I should hold off on the whole "I like you" thing.
O_O
When'd we stop walking?
"Um, R-Riley?"
"Yes?"
'There's something on your glasses." My vision became blurry as he removed my glasses from my face. I squinted and could barely make out Neville wiping them off with his sweater. "H-Here." My vision cleared as my glasses returned.
"Oh, thanks." He nodded and we started walking again. A while later, we entered the classroom.
Professor McGonagall started a roll call.
"Bones, Susan."
"Present."
"Boot, Terry."
"Present."
"Brown, Lavender."
"Present."
The list went down to the G's.
"Granger, Hermione."
"Present."
"Greenly, Jaye."
"EL PRESIDENTE!" McGonagall sighed before continuing the list.
"Longbottom, Neville."
"P-Present." Neville mumbled from beside me.
Names.
Names.
"Potter, Harry."
"Present."
"Varner, Riley."
"P-Present." McGonagall put the scroll down and started the lesson.
I really didn't understand anything.
My eyes must've been crossed because I heard Neville chuckle beside me.
"What?" I whispered,
"Your eyes cross when you zone out."
"O-Oh." I blushed and slowly took out my sketchpad. He chuckled again. "What is it this time?"
"N-Nothing." I bit my lip and got back to doodling.
O_O
HOLY CRAP!
I JUST WROTE HIS NAME!
ERASE ERASE ERASE ERASE ERASE ERASE!
I glanced over to see him taking down notes.
Good.
Hopefully, he didn't see it.
The rest of the classes, I spent doodling.
Well, all but Potions.
It seems interesting.
Professor Snape frightens me a bit.
And he took some points off of our house because Neville forgot something important in a potion and it melted our desk. Luckily, I grabbed my sketch pad before the potion touched it. Anyway, after that, we had a break before dinner.
I had changed into different clothes - skinny jeans and a Falling in Reverse shirt - and sat in the common room drawing.
There was a soft meow and my kitten walked over to me.
"Hey, girl." I rubbed behind her ear and sighed, "You need a name. What about . . . Boots! Yeah, I like it. Do you?" Boots meowed and cuddled into my side. "I'll take that as a yes."
Neville's P.O.V.
I sat in the common room reading about a plant called Devil's Snare. I know we learned it three years ago, but maybe I can tell Riley about it.
Speaking of Riley, I can hear her talking.
"You know what, Boots, I think I can tell you something." She named her cat Boots?
:)
Cute.
O_O
I didn't think that...
"There's . . . there's this guy. I just met him, b-but I think I like him. We don't really talk much, I get too nervous. The thing is, my mind wants me to kiss him . . . but we just met." She laughed a bit, "I'm going mad. I'm talking to a cat as if you'll answer. Well, Boots, if you could answer, I know you'd be shouting at me to do something." I closed my book and stood up.
Don't fall, Neville.
Don't fall.
Oh, I'm trying not to fall in front of her.
"H-Hi Riley." She looked up from her notebook and blushed.
"H-Hey."
"Um, I heard you talking."
"Really?"
"Y-Yeah. I-If you like him so much, just say something."
I'm hoping it's me. I mean, she's really pretty and nice :)
"O-Oh, um, al-lright. M-Maybe I will." I nodded and it got awkward.
"Have you heard of Devil's Snare?" She shook her head. I sat down and started telling her about it. I only stopped talking when her eyes crossed. "Um, R-Riley?"
"Yeah?"
"You've zoned out."
"Oh, s-sorry. I don't find this stuff interesting. . . . Do you know about potions?"
"N-Not really, n-no."
"Oh," she looked down to her notebook, "alright."
Is she...
Is she drawing me?
"Is that me?"
"Um, y-yes. I-I needed someone to draw and-"
"Don't worry." I smiled, "I-I like it."
"R-Really? I-I don't think it looks like you."
"May I?" She nodded and handed it to me. I got a closer look and . . . gosh. She's really good.
Normal P.O.V.
His facial expressions kept changing.
One second, he was smiling.
Then a frown.
Then he bit his lip - which made me blush.
Then his face went blank.
"I-I like it . . . a-alot."
"Oh, thanks." He nodded and handed me the book back.
"No problem." It got quiet.
Awkwardly quiet.
"Should we g-get to d-dinner?"
"Yeah, we should." He stood up and held his hand out to me. Even though I blushed, I still took it. When I stood, we were a bit too close.
KISS HIM!
Please don't make me O_O
Do it :( NAOW!
NO!
Fine! Prepare to be embarrassed.
Like she said - yet again today - I ended up being embarrassed.
She didn't make me kiss him on the lips, just the cheek.
BUT STILL.
"Um, s-sorry. I-It was an accident."
"It's f-fine." We started walking and I didn't realize we were still holding hands until we got to the Great Hall. "HAI RILEY!" I sighed.
Jaye's retarded.
I walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat next to Fred and George.
"Is there a reason why your face is so red?" Fred asked,
"Yeah, you're blushing more than Neville." George added. I just shrugged and ate my soup. It was hot, so it burned my tongue. I started choke/coughing - don't ask _ - and they all gave me weird looks.
Mainly Neville.
Great.
Now he thinks I'm even weirder.
Nice going.
Shut up. :(