When Krys walked into the house at 2:30am, the girls were all waiting in the kitchen for her. She laughed as soon as she saw all of them.
"Hey guys." she said.
"Okay… so how was your date?" Hermione asked. Krys nodded.
"Good." she said. "To think… I actually enjoy the fact that all he wants from me is sex. I can just use him for sex, without the attached feelings that come along. And it works. I usually have to go out with guys that are into my mind and shit because… well- I'm not the shiniest star in the sky. But he seems genuinely attracted to me. And… its so shallow, that its endearing."
"You got down on the first night?" Thai asked. She was looking at Krys like she'd never seen her before.
"No!" They all sighed. "I didn't even kiss him." Krys said. "He kind of grabbed my ass, and I was gonna punch him… when I hugged him instead."
"I will never know how your mind works." A.J said. Krys laughed.
"Where the hell is she?!" they all heard someone yell. Krys looked at the door, then hid under the counter. Harry had the phone and a bat in his hands. Behind him, Ares, Jason, Ron, Moody and Moony walked into the kitchen. "Okay… she hasn't answer-…" Harry stopped talking. "Padfoot." Krys crawled out form under the counter.
"Hey." she said. She turned to Moony who was looking at her. He looked a lot better. He no longer looked tired, and he looked kinda good with his salt and sand. "Hi." He walked towards her, and hugged her tightly. When he pulled back, he no longer looked happy.
"Okay… since when do nineteen year olds come in at 3am, without calling?" he asked calmly.
"Since the days of Mardi Gras." Krys said cheekily. He almost laughed, but didn't.
"Andromeda." he warned.
"Who's to say that I didn't call, Moony?" Krys asked, as she snapped. Harry's phone popped up right in front of her. She went through his missed calls and showed him the LCD. "He didn't pick up the phone. I called him to tell him that I'd be late." No one said anything. Krys scoffed, then looked at Moody. "Old man, why are you here?"
"You'd have been my best man on the job." Moody said. They all had to laugh at this.
"You're horrible." Krys said.
"So… what were you doing out at 3am?"
"I had a date."
"At 3am." Moody looked at her. "Muggle scum or wizard scum?"
"Wizard."
"Scum?" Krys laughed.
"Auror." she said. Moody looked at her.
"You oughtn't mess with aurors." he said. "Especially at 3am."
"Actually I was with the auror until 12am. I had something else to do. Some unfinished business." Krys said. They all looked at her.
"Well… I just came when Harry said that you weren't home. I should get going." Moony said, before he kissed Krys' forehead.
"Love ya, man." Krys said, as she waved. Moony hugged Harry, waved to the rest, then disapparated.
"I have to go do some surveillance, before I leave." Moody said. Krys looked at him.
"Surveillance for what?" she asked.
"Just because you have endless possibilities in power, doesn't mean that you know how to use it right." Moody said. "I bet that one of my first year students can beat you. Because they know how to use their power to their advantage. Potter has that up on you."
"I have no doubts that Prongs, or any of the people from your program can beat me." Krys said. Moody nodded, and threw a quick spell at her. A red light expelled from his wand. As soon as the spell shot from his wand and got close to Krys, who was walking the opposite way, she whipped around and smacked it with her hand, causing it to shoot through the middle of an 'o' on a plaque. Moody laughed gruffly.
"Pure talent. I swear… you're your mother's daughter." he said. Krys gave a small curtsey.
"Thank you." she said. "We should all get some sleep."
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That day Hermione woke up bright and early. She was lying on Ron's bare chest, and his arm was around her. She moved carefully so that she wouldn't wake up, and ran to the bathroom. After taking a shower and washing her hair, she redressed in girl boxers and a t-shirt. Her wet hair was spilling over the towel on her shoulders, as she watched Ron sleep. After what seemed like a minute, but was most likely an hour, Ron started to stir. He groaned, then covered his head with the pillow. Hermione laughed.
"Get up!! Get up! Rise and shine!" she yelled, while pulling the pillow away from him. "Up, up, up!" Ron groaned and trudged out of bed and straight into the bathroom. Hermione sat in bed counting, while he was away. When Ron walked back into the room. She hit 2529, which was forty-two minutes and nine seconds.
"Were you counting?" he asked. Hermione nodded, as she stared at him. He was only wearing a towel, and his hair was dripping wet. "Why?"
"I was bored." she said, as she took in his appearance. He brushed his hair out of his eyes with his fingers.
"So, where are we going?" Ron asked. Hermione shook her head.
"Nowhere." she said.
"And you woke me up for nothing?"
"Well… I apologize if I wanted to spend time with you, before I go shopping with Krys." Hermione teased. Ron grinned.
"What are you going shopping for?" he questioned, taking off the towel. Hermione covered her eyes and Ron laughed.
"Oh- Krys has a photo shoot and spread for Seventeen today. Then, when she's done- if she's done early, we're shopping for a dress for the ministers ball." Hermione said, as she felt Ron sit between her legs. He rested his head on her chest, and she automatically cradled his head. Ron started to rub his hands up and down Hermione's back, as he snuggled closer to her chest. "Okay Ronald, you pervert. We should dry your hair, so that you don't get sick." Ron laughed and nodded, before Hermione ran her hand through his hair, drying it instantly.
"I'm a pervert?" he asked.
"Yes."
"As if you didn't like it."
"I did not." Hermione said, in mock outrage, before they went back to their previous position. Ron laughed and cuddled up to her chest, after they lied down. Hermione stroked his shoulder lightly. "Have you spoken to your parents?"
"What about?" Ron asked. Hermione laughed.
"You need a reason to speak to your parents?" she asked. Ron realized that his words could take him to the doghouse, or it could keep him in the Elysian Fields. He blew on her stomach, and watched as goose bumps appeared.
"No." he said. "We should go visit them tomorrow. We can have dinner with them." Hermione moaned, as Ron lightly drew circles on her stomach.
"Okay." she said, as she pulled away from him slightly. Ron almost laughed at how she was ashamed to be this turned on by such small things. He got up and sat behind her.
"Are you okay?" he asked, as his hands gripped her shoulders. He started to massage gently.
"Yeah." said Hermione. Ron pressed his lips to the back of her ear. "Mmm."
"Here. Let me help you with this." Ron said, as he removed her shirt. He pressed his lips to the dragonfly on her back, as he applied gentle pressure to her lower spine. Ron kissed her lips, while sliding his hand into the front of her girl boxers. Hermione gasped into the kiss, then moaned…(What they do is none of our business.)
(Ten minutes later) Hermione and Ron faced each other in bed.
"Ron, does our relationship revolve around sex?" Hermione asked.
"That wasn't sex." Ron said.
"You know what I mean."
"Did you enjoy it?" Hermione laughed.
"Yes." she said.
"Okay then. Its natural that I can't keep my hands off you. I've wanted to do that since I was eleven."
"Really?" Hermione asked skeptically.
"Well… thirteen." Ron amended.
"Well… you know that I like it- love it. I do… but- I…"
"Hermione, we can just kiss." Ron said. "I'll keep my hands tied behind my back and I'll keep him under control."
"Like you can when I'm around." Hermione teased.
"See- that's why." Ron said.
"What's his name, anyway?" Hermione asked, as she moved closer to him.
"See- you're a tease." Ron joked.
"I am not." Hermione said in mock outrage. Ron laughed, before Hermione looked at the clock beside the bed. She kissed his cheek. "Oh- I have to go."
"What am I supposed to do today without you?" Ron asked. Hermione laughed.
"You have wonderful friends who miss you. Probably." she said. "Go hang out with them."
"You're just saying this so that you can get rid of me." Ron pouted. Hermione kissed the corner of his lips and walked to her closet.
"You're right." she said.
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That morning, Krys went to Angel's room at 4am. She gently shook the little girl awake. Angel stirred, then woke up entirely. When she looked at Krys, she pouted and made a small groan.
"I apologize, for waking you up so early." Krys said.
"No Spanish in the morning." Angel said grumpily. Krys laughed slightly. "What happened?"
"We have to go out. I'm afraid that I've been neglecting you. You came here to spend time with me, so- if you want to, we can leave now. Or… you can go back to sleep, and we can hang out the day before you leave."
"If I hang out with you today, will we hang out the day before I leave, also?" Angel asked, as she got out of bed. Krys nodded.
"Of course." she said. Angel laughed, and nodded. "Its not like you had a choice anyway. Go brush your teeth and wash your face."
"Do I have to change?"
"Where do you think we're going?" Angel shrugged.
"I don't know." she said. Krys laughed.
"Just go brush your teeth and wash your face." she said. Angel huffed cutely, then strolled to her bathroom. Krys heard small bristles moving, while the water ran. A few minutes later, Angel walked out of the bathroom. Krys put a hoodie on her and picked her up, then walked out of the house. Krys carried her to the Toyota Acura, and put her in the backseat. Angel fastened her seatbelt before Krys got to the driver side. "Okay… so- I have this friend named Ms. Banes. And we're supposed to go meet her, so that she can take us out. Or… we can just look around her place."
"Okay." Angel said.
"So… we never got to talk about how you liked Disneyland. Did you?"
"Yup." Angel said. Krys laughed and started to drive. "Ares is fun."
"He took good care of you, right?"
"Yes."
"So, what'd you guys do?" Krys asked, as she drove down the streets of Beverly Hills to get to the highway.
"He took me on every ride that I wanted to go on. And we rode Dumbo. And we ate turkey." Krys laughed.
"The gargantuan turkey legs?" she asked.
"What does that mean?" Angel asked.
"Gar-gan-tuan. Say it."
"Gar."
"Gar-gan-tuan." Krys coached.
"Gar-gan-tuan." Angel said slowly. "Gargantuan." Krys nodded.
"Yes." she said.
"What does it mean?"
"It means big. Not just in size, but in amount and numbers."
"The turkey legs were gargantuan. We washed our hands, before we ate with them. I couldn't bite it." Angel complained. Krys laughed. "And he won me a Winnie the Pooh, a Mickey, a Nemo… and he got me the Minnie Mouse ears with my name on it."
"What else did you do?"
"We talked about cartoons, and he bought me cotton candy and a friendship bracelet." Angel put her arm up. There was a small black, pink, purple and white threaded bracelet below the bracelet that Krys gave her. Krys smiled.
"So you like him?"
"Uh-huh." Angel giggled. "He's nice and handsome. And I want you to marry him." Krys laughed.
"Why?"
"Because I like him."
"Well, why don't you want me to marry any of the other guys?"
"Because J.J is with Apolla, and I like her. Harry is with Ginny, and I like her. Ares is with that lady, and I don't like her. And Ronny and Hermione like each other. You should be with Ares."
"Well, what if I don't like Ares?" Krys said. Krys saw Angel roll her eyes in the mirror.
"Look at him. Of course you like him. I like him." Angel said.
"Your three." Krys said in outrage.
"I'm four." Angel said in an annoyed voice. Krys laughed. "Why don't you want to marry him?"
"I-… why do you want me to marry him?" Krys asked.
"You guys treat me the same way that mommy and daddy do. You call me your little angel. Mommy calls me her sweet Angel. Daddy calls me his littlest princess. And Ares calls me advanced placement."
"What does that mean?"
"A.P. Ares said that it stands for Angel Princess. And we came up with advanced placement, because he said that I'm smart."
"You and that photographic memory are completely brilliant. Did your mom and dad get the IQ results back?" Angel shook her head.
"No." she said. "Krys, I don't want mommy and daddy to put me in second grade, this September."
"Well… why not?"
"Its full of big kids."
"I understand. I never went to school, but where I met your daddy was full of big kids." Krys said. "Did you tell them that you don't want to go?" Angel shook her head.
"No." she said. "Mommy seemed happy."
"Well… you just turned four. Maybe you should give it a try, before you decide that you don't like it. And when that happens, then you tell mommy."
"Okay." Angel said. "I'm sleepy." Krys nodded.
"I can wake you up when we get there." she said.
"That's okay. I'll sleep on the way back."
"Okay. You wanna hear some music to keep you awake?"
"Yes, please."
"Angel, you can do addition and subtraction already, right?"
"Yes." Angel said.
"And you learned to read on a fifth grade book, when you were three, right?"
"I read The Wish Giver." Angel said.
"So… you should at least give second grade a chance, before you decide that you don't like it." Krys said.
"Okay." Angel said. "I want to learn multiplication and division already." Krys laughed.
"Maybe you should go to second grade first." she teased. Angel giggled.
"Music, please." she said in Spanish. Krys nodded, and put on her Lion King Soundtrack. She and Angel sang every single song on their way to Pasadena. When the finally reached the town, Krys drove to an area with small houses and a bright lit place on the corner. Krys pulled up to the place, and parked. "We're here?"
"Yup." Krys said, as she stopped the car. She got out of the car, and picked Angel up, before knocking on the door of the shop. A regular sized white woman in her late thirties opened the door. She smiled brightly, as she opened the door.
"Krystathaili." she said, before she kissed Krys' cheek. "I was wondering when you'd get here."
"Ms. Banes, how are you?" Krys asked. Ms. Banes smiled.
"I'm good. Engaged life is happy." she said. Krys' eyes widened.
"Engaged?!" she yelled.
"My ear." Angel whined.
"Sorry, Angel." Krys said, before she kissed the little girls ear a bunch of times. "Better?"
"Better." Angel said.
"Who is this?" Ms. Banes asked in adoration. "She's so cute." Krys laughed.
"This is Angel." she said.
"Hi." Angel said cutely. Ms. Banes laughed.
"Hi." she said, as she walked deeper into the shop. When Angel finally realized where they were, she went crazy. They were in Ms. Banes' candy shop. Krys let Angel down.
"No eating until we get to the house. Just show what you take for you, Jamie and Thai, and I'll pay." she said, before she sat down with Ms. Banes.
"You know that your money is no good here." Ms. Banes said. Krys laughed.
"So engaged?" she asked.
"Yes. Simon proposed."
"Yeah… I love him. She was always so sweet when he came by the house." Krys said. "So- did he start on the wedding cake?" Ms. Banes nodded. "It has the white chocolate soaked in crème de menthe… and it has to look royal."
"Yes… where do you need it? Which house?" she asked.
"The North Carolina beach house." Krys said. "Is that a problem, because if it is, then you can just have it brought to the house."
"No, he can get it to North Carolina. What's the cake for, anyway?"
"Ares is getting married."
"To who?!"
"Ouch. Ms. Banes, its okay. He's marrying some blonde French tartlet."
"Oh… he always seemed like the type to like a brunette. You know… those sassy, smartass, petite brunettes." Ms. Banes said. Krys glared at her playfully.
"Well now, he's into big nosed, big, tall, busty blondes. Not even a real blonde… she's bleached. And she's awful."
"Is he still dating that Ailen girl?"
"No… that'd be better."
"Is that even possible?"
"Yes. This woman is the worst. But Ares loves her… so I… love the idea of making this wedding happen." Krys said.
"Didn't you have a massive crush on Ares, when you were younger?" Ms. Banes asked. Krys shook her head.
"It was never a crush. I was in love with him… and I loved him more than I've ever loved anyone." she said solemnly.
"Then why aren't you two together?"
"The same thing that happens in a lot of young relationships." Krys said.
"What?"
"I wasn't ready." Krys lied. Ms. Banes nodded.
An hour later, Angel was sleeping in Krys' arms, with three gigantic bags of candy. Krys touched the three bags, and they disappeared.
"I will never get over that witch thing." Ms. Banes said. Krys laughed.
"Neither will I." she said. "Okay… well- call me about your wedding. And… we'll speak soon."
"Okay. I love you, honey." Ms. Banes said.
"I love you too."
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When Krys and Angel got back to the house, Krys gave Angel one of the gigantic shopping bags of candy.
"Okay… you cannot eat any right now. I expect you to put it in the candy bank. And of course you can eat some, just in moderation." Krys said. Angel nodded, climbed back into her bed. Krys kissed her cheek, then put Angel's candy away. When she walked to her room, Ares was sitting on her couch, asleep. Krys looked at him, then threw a gobstopper at him. He stirred, then woke up fully. "Hey." Ares waved at her. "What happened?"
"Nothing… I was just wondering how your date went." Ares said. "But, when I got here, you were gone. I know how you usually check in on Angel, so I went there… and she was gone too. Then I had a nice little talk with Thai. She told me that you have a photo shoot today." Krys nodded.
"I have a shoot and interview." she said.
"How do you feel?"
"Like they'll be disappointed when they see the pictures."
"Well… that's understandable. I mean, you're not very attractive. And the interview will go horribly, because you're really not that smart or interesting." Ares teased. Krys looked at him.
"Oh God. You're right." she said.
"Krys, shut up. Its annoying when you do that thing." Ares said.
"Oh- I'm making the sound again?" Krys asked.
"No, when you act like you're not the sexiest thing ever. When you act like perfect wasn't based on you."
"Ares… all they want is some would-be-nutcase that might've turned herself into a preppy material girl." Krys said. Ares laughed.
"Well… show them that the would-be-nutcase, turned out to be the nutcase, who's also very smart, sexy, and talented. Do it for your fans." he said.
"That's another problem." Krys said. "Why the hell do I have fans? Ares, I haven't done anything worth admiration or adoration."
"Other than the fact that you're adorable?" Ares asked.
"Yeah. Other than that." Krys joked along.
"You turned something that would screw most people up, and you dealt with it. And now… you're doing things and curing things that could never be cured. And teenage girls want to know how you dealt with it, and came out to look like this." Ares said.
"I haven't done anything, though. I'm not to admired. I've done too much bad shit. And besides… there are girls that face worse than me everyday. What needs to be known is that they should get out." Krys said.
"Then say that." Ares said. Krys looked at him.
"You're worse than me." she said. "As soon as you wake up, your breath smells like watermelon jolly ranchers."
"As opposed to someone who's breath never stops smelling like vanilla and raspberry." Ares said.
"I hate that smell." Krys said, before she started to eat a Charms blow pop.
"I don't."
"Oh- I have something for you." Krys tossed Ares a big zip lock bag of Jolly Rancher lollipops. She sorted through a few bags, and filled one up with Watermelon.
"See- this is why I love you." Ares said, as he started to eat a lollipop immediately. Krys laughed, as she continued eating her strawberry charms blow pop.
"There are many reasons why you love me. And that's not even one of them." she said. Ares chuckled, and walked over to her bed. Krys patted the empty space next to her. "Reason number one." Ares lied down next to her.
"You're pretty." Ares said. Krys laughed.
"That's horrible." she said.
"Well- I spent a year and a half hating you and everything about you. That is the first reason that I started to love you again." Ares said. "Reason number one for me." Ares took her lollipop and started eating it. Krys groaned, and took his, copying his actions.
"Because you don't think its tre gross for exes to have a lollipop switch." she teased.
"That's right. You used to think that it was weird for us to share soda."
"Well- we're both weirdoes when it comes to matters of us. You don't let anyone on your bed. And you were just as disgusted with the sharing drinks thing as I was."
"Real reason number one why you love me." Ares said.
"You're easy to talk to." Krys said honestly. "Reason number two why you love me."
"You're real." Ares said. Krys looked at him.
"You mean anatomically?" she joked. "You know, about the little 't' and lot of 'a'."
"No- kind of… but you've never really been about bullshit. If I smell like hobo, you tell me. If I look like a bum, you tell me. I love that about you. I've seen you stop people on the street to tell them that you thought they looked sexy." Krys laughed. "And… unlike a lot of girls with money, you don't buy things because of the label. I've seen you go into stores with shirts that are three dollars. Reason number two why you love me."
"You have very pretty lips." Krys said bluntly. Ares laughed.
"You stole my third reason."
"Too late, you lose." Krys teased. "But yes… the lips- very sexy." Ares laughed again. "Reason number three why you love me."
"Inappropriate." Ares said. Krys looked at him.
"I'm inappropriate? Or the reason is?" she asked.
"The reason. Listen- I'll see you later." Ares said, as he took his watermelon lollipop from her mouth.
"I want my lollipop back." Krys said. Ares looked at her.
"Gone." he said.
"I hate you." Krys said, as she threw her stuffed stag at him. Ares caught it and laughed.
"Déjà vu." Ares said, as he laughed.
"Well… this time, we won't be having sex." Krys said. Ares nodded.
"Obviously." he said. "Its always going to be there, huh? You and me."
"Yeah, but I don't mind." Krys teased. "It keeps me smart." Ares walked over to her, and gave her back her lollipop.
"See you later." he said, before he left.
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When Krys woke up again, Hermione was sitting on her couch.
"Get your ass up." she said. Krys groaned, and walked to her bathroom. She took a shower and washed her hair. When she was done, she walked out and put on the clothes that Hermione had out for her. "You ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be." Krys said, as they walked to the door together.
After the photo shoot, Krys and Hermione searched all over for dresses. Krys finally dragged Hermione into Filenes, her favorite department store.
"Hermione… all we have to do is make sure that you look way better than Kay. And you don't really need a dress for that." she said. Hermione laughed, as Krys picked up a dark creamy green gown. It felt like butter. "Here. This dress is so fucking sexy. Try it on." Hermione rolled her eyes and took the dress. Krys pushed her into the dressing room, then started to look through the racks. When Hermione walked out of the dressing room, Krys whistled. "As if Ronald doesn't drool enough." Hermione's eyes turned a smoky brown, because of the dress. Her eyes almost looked gray.
"Does it look good?" Hermione asked. Krys gave a thumbs up. "Your pictures were good today. During the photo shoot. I could tell that they wanted you to be young, so they let you choose clothes from the rack. I can't believe they let you keep all of those clothes and free samples." Krys laughed and continued to look for a dress. She finally found a creamy gold gown. It was the same material as Hermione's, which made Krys fall in love with it.
"Is it my size?" Krys asked it. As soon as she said this, she felt it shrinking in her hands. Hermione laughed.
"Go try it on." she said. Krys nodded, and went into the changing room. When she walked out in the dress, Hermione smiled and clapped. "Very cool, Cookie." Krys laughed and looked at it.
"I like it. It makes my behind look big."
"Like you'd need the dress for that." Hermione teased. Krys looked at her and laughed.
"Lets just get this, some shoes, and go." she said. "Our spa day is tomorrow, and Emily said that we can get our hair done the day after… for the ball." Hermione laughed.
"You know that she's going to screw you over, right?" she asked. Krys nodded.
"Yeah." she said. "I just want to let it be known that I'm over him, and show Ares that I'm trying."
"So- you want to show him that you're over him, by getting along with his fiancé?" Hermione said. Krys nodded. "Why not just show him that your over him by not giving a damn, and not trying?"
"'Cause then it wouldn't be out on the open. It'd take time. I want it to stand out that I'm over him. His wedding is in five days."
"Well… you're already about to start having sex with his sexy boss. Why not just use that?"
"He's not noticing that."
"But if you're over him, why do you care if he notices?"
"I don't." Krys said defensively.
"Yes you do." Hermione said. Krys rolled her eyes.
"How can you tell me that I care?" she asked.
"Because I know you, and you care." Hermione said, before they walked into dressing rooms.
"I don't care." Krys yelled to Hermione. They were in the dressing rooms right next to each other. Hermione laughed.
"Then stop being so defensive. Get over what I say, and show me that you don't care by not caring."
"I've created a monster." Krys said. Hermione laughed.
"So have I. You're starting to be annoying."
"Excuse me, but I was always annoying." Krys said.
"At least you know." Hermione retorted. The rest of their change was made in silence. When they were both done in the dressing rooms, they headed to the shoe department. Hermione looked for green pumps, while Krys looked for gold round toe pumps.
"This is why I stick to colors like black and blue when I buy dresses." Krys said. Hermione laughed.
"Where the hell am I going to find dark mint green or jade shoes? Pumps at that? The dress would look weird wi- would it look weird with the stilettos that we saw in Nine West?" she asked. Krys looked at her and shook her head.
"Not really. Because the shoes had a marble base, all you'd have to do is wear a cream shawl." Hermione nodded. "You go get them and I'll wait her to pay for the dresses."
"Thank you." she said, as she rushed out of the store and ran to Nine West. Krys laughed and stood on line. In front of her were a few people, so she pulled her hat down over her eyes a bit more. When it was finally time for her to pay, she handed the man at the counter her items.
"$230.27." he said, before Krys handed him her debit card. A minute later, he handed Krys her receipt and a pen. When Krys was done, she instantly went to find Hermione at Nine West. When she got there, Hermione was walking out with two boxes of shoes.
"I found the shoes for you. But they require you to get a pedicure." Krys whined.
"Hermione… I only get pedicures because I like when my feet feel good. This would be a pretty pedicure. I never get those."
"Well… you will after we get our hair done by Kay and Emily. Who else is going? Is it just us?"
"Yeah. I don't know why though." Krys said.
"Why can't we just invite Jason and Harry?" Hermione asked. Krys laughed and shook her head.
"They could've invited us. Jason's dad was the MoM a few years ago. Prongsie saved the world. Ron's dad is now in International affairs… he's the ambassador. And Ares' mom is who she is… so we all could've been invited. She's in the top ten highest people at the Ministry. She's the highest woman. Basically it's the highest workers in the Ministry, and people who they think will be important to the world. The guys just don't want to go."
"Why not?" Hermione asked, as she and Krys walked to get frozen yogurt
"Jason and Harry are rebels now, supposedly. They're the guys that don't like to go to the school dances. And A.J and Gin are pretty much okay with that, because they get to chill with their boyfriends."
"Hey- when was the best time for you? When you and Ares had sex, when was the best time? We never talked about that… you know? Was he gentle?"
"Now I'm uncomfortable." Krys said. Hermione laughed slightly. "With us, it went one out of two ways. If Ares took charge, it was sweet, gentle, incredible, very passionate and sexy… and he drove me to the point that I… it was really good. Emily is very lucky in many ways." Hermione laughed. "And if I took charge, it was rough, demanding, still incredible and passionate, but it was like raw, animal, lust sex. They both resulted in very good times. Basically, whoever was on top did all the work. If I could've kept him, I would've. But I didn't feel right with what it would've done to him."
"So- you still didn't tell me when the best time was."
"Oh… the best time was when he got me the promise ring. We alternated that night. It was the best two times in my life… but the second time was… oh man. The boy knows what to do. There's this Spanish saying 'Its better to be small and playful than big and lazy.'"
"And what does that mean?"
"Its better to be small and playful than big and lazy." Hermione laughed.
"And what was Ares?" she asked.
"Big and playful." Krys was deep in thought. Then she started chuckling. "He was great." she whispered, before a single tear trailed down her face.
Flashback
Krys sat in their room, looking through the letters that were sent for both of them. Twelve different auror training programs wanted Ares. Five of them were offering full blown scholarships, Moody's program included. Krys almost squealed when she saw Moody's acceptance packages for both of them. "Hey." she heard a voice sound. She turned around, and smiled at Ares, then walked to him. He kissed her cheek. "Listen, can I talk to you?" His voice sounded crazily serious.
"Yeah. What happened?" Krys asked him.
"Stand right here." he said, pointing in the space in front of him. Krys nodded, and stood there. Ares smiled, and got down on one knee. Krys' eyes widened, and her eyebrows furrowed. Her hands started to shake, and her breathing got ragged. "Um… you know that I love you. You have to know that. But, there's something else that I want you to know… you are my favorite girl in the world, and I love you more than anyone else in it." Krys gave a small squeak. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Even though I don't know what tomorrow holds… I know that you're the only one in the world that I want. And it sounds horrible, but… you're the person that I love most in the world. I don't think I've ever loved another soul as much as I love you. I won't go into specifics, because it'd sound really bad… but you are the person that I'd do absolutely anything for. I'm not proposing marriage, but I am promising that I will. Will you accept my promise? When I ask, will you say yes?" Ares pulled something out of his pocket, and opened a black velvet box. Inside of the box, was a small yellow gold ring, with a single diamond. "Will you wear it, and accept my promise?" Krys nodded, and Ares shook his head. "Say it."
"Y-yes." Krys said.
"What?"
"Y-yes. I-I-I accept your promise."
"What else?"
"I-I-ha-wow. Wh-when the time comes, I'll accept your proposal." Ares slid the ring onto Krys' finger, and stood up. When he stood up, he kissed Krys.
"I love you." he said, when he pulled back. Krys nodded, and continued to kiss him. She pushed him towards the bed, before they actually fell on top of it. Ares laughed, when Krys fell on top of him.
"Um… I-I-I still have nothing to say." Krys; hands were still shaking violently.
"Did you mean it, when you said that you'd say yes?" Ares asked. Krys nodded frantically.
"Of course. I- I- I can't imagine anything without you." she said. "I-I mean, you're the person that I love most in the world, too."
"That's all you need to say." Ares said. Krys laughed, and got off of him. She stood up, and stretched, while letting a screeching, hissing, squeaky noise escape. "Oh- you're tired. Come on." Ares patted the bed, and Krys carefully crawled next to him.
"I'm not sleepy." she said.
"Yes you are." Ares said, as he rubbed her back. Krys winced and let a painful moan escape her lips. "What happened?" She shook her head.
"Nothing." she said. Ares pushed her back gently.
"What is it?" he repeated. Krys shook her head.
"Its nothing." she said. Ares nodded.
"Okay." he said, before he kissed her forehead. "I love you."
"Good." Ares laughed. "I love you too." He hugged her, and pulled the back of her shirt up a bit. But before Krys could jump back, Ares had seen enough. On the small portion of her skin that he'd seen, were numerous scars. He pulled Krys back to him, and slowly lifted up the shirt. All over her back were the most horrifying bruises, welts and scabbiest scars he imagined possible. Ares covered them back up with her shirt and pulled back to look at her.
"When did this happen?"
"Thirteen years ago." Krys said.
"What are you talking about? Your back- you fixed them." Krys nodded. "When?"
"Second year." she said.
"When did they come back?"
"This morning."
"Why?"
"Um- I had a dream about it."
"What dream was it? Was it the Shadowing dream?"
"Yeah. I just- I can't fix it." Krys whispered. Ares looked at her, and before he could say anything, Krys continued to speak. "I know that they're… hideous- and horrible, they really are, I know that. So- if you want to leave, you can- because, I understand 100. Actually- I understand 1000- completely- I understand and we can still be friends, because I can't look at them either." Ares just stared at her. "Its- its really okay. I mean, they're really bad and I can't look at them without wanting to finish the job." Krys moved up a bit on the bed, and her shirt rode up. It showed a bunch of scars on her side, and many on her stomach. He saw tears collecting in her eyes, and wiped them away, before kissing her face repeatedly. When he stopped, Krys looked at him, then wiped her face with fierce exaggeration. Ares chuckled slightly, then got very serious.
"I still love you more than anyone else. I don't care." he said, as he shook his head. He moved his hand closer to her shirt and eased it up gently. He moved closer to her, getting a closer look. He stared at the scars and after staring at them for an eternity, he kissed one. Then another, and another, until finally he gently brushed his lips over all of them. When he was done, Krys laid in his lap in silence. After a while, she stood up and they stared at each other. They were staring at each other for an hour, when Krys finally decided to talk.
"Um-"
"No." Ares said. "See- you can't take this moment from me." Krys looked at him questioningly. "The moment that you're completely bare around me. The moment where I've seen everything of you. Where I've seen you at your most… probably your most loveable. The moment where I know that I really can't live without you. All of you." Krys smiled and Ares touched her stomach. "They're gone." Krys looked at him questioningly.
"What?" she asked.
"The scars. They're gone." Ares said. Krys gave a smal smile.
"I love you." she said. Ares nodded.
"Good." he teased. "Because I love you." Krys smiled cutely. "Do you want to do something for me?"
"Do I want to? Or will I? I mean- I will. But- I'm not so sure that I want to." Krys said.
"See- you've ruined the moment." Krys laughed. "I'm just kidding." Krys shrugged.
"I don't care." Ares glared at her playfully and Krys hissed.
"Will you do something for me?" Ares asked. Krys nodded.
"Anything." she said. Ares picked up his wand, and waved it. A medium sized bag whizzed through the air and landed next to him.
"Will you model this for me?" he asked, as he handed her the medium sized bag. Krys looked inside of the bag, and pulled out a lacy pink flyaway baby doll. Krys looked at him with her eyebrow raised questioningly.
"Huh?" Ares laughed.
"You know that you want to." he said.
"And why am I modeling this?"
"I want to draw you."
"You can still draw?" Ares laughed and shrugged.
"That's what I'm trying to find out." he said. Krys looked at his cheek and nodded.
"If I can have the scar." she said. Ares looked at her and shook his head. "Please."
"Why do you want it so badly?"
"Because… you've taken everything bad away from me. And… I want to do that for you." Krys said, as she moved closer to him. Ares kissed the tip of her nose, after she twitched it, then nodded. "I can have it?"
"If you model for me."
"Oh wow- a scar in exchange for sexual favors. Can't get any cheaper than that." Ares laughed at her sarcasm, then shooed her off with the bag. Krys rolled her eyes, then walked into the bathroom. Krys studied the details of her face, then gave a long sigh. She took a shower and washed her hair. When she finished drying off, lotioning, and fixing her hair, she got dressed in the lingerie. Ares got her a lacy pink, flyaway baby doll, with matching cheeky boy shorts. Krys rolled her eyes and walked out into her room. Ares was facing the opposite way. "See- I do all of this, and I don't even get noticed." Krys said jokingly. As soon as her voice sounded, Ares turned around. His mouth hung open. "That's not a good response." Ares walked towards her slowly. Krys saw a sketchbook on the bed with a few pencils on it.
"Jesus." he murmured, before he took a deep breath. "Well, I was going to draw you- but… that's not what I want to do now." Krys raised her eyebrow.
"And what is it that you want to do now?"
"Take that off of you." Ares said. Krys' eyebrows raised.
"And the point of me putting it on?" she asked.
"So that I could take it off." Ares said. Krys nodded.
"Okay. Well- maybe you should draw first, 'cause I ain't putting this on again." she said. Ares laughed, and kissed her lightly.
"Okay." he said. Krys walked over to the bed slowly, then looked behind her to see if he was looking. Ares puckered his lips, and blew her a kiss. Krys caught it and placed it on her cheek. Then she skipped the rest of the way to the bed. She laid against the pillows, then gave a light shiver, before she reached for his sketchbook. The first page was a charcoal drawing of Krys sleeping. She smiled, then looked at him.
"I say that you are pure talent." she said.
"And what are my other talents?" Ares asked flirtatiously. Krys bit her lip and gave a cute thoughtful look.
"Why don't you come over here and remind me?" Ares grinned and walked to the bed coolly. "Okay- you can stop acting like you're cool. Because, you're not. You're a big loser." Ares laughed, and lied down next to her. Krys continued to flip through the sketchbook. All of the sketches were of her. Krys smiled and turned to him.
"I love you." Ares said.
"You love me this much?" Krys asked, pointing at the sketch of her sleeping.
"I love you that much."
"Talk is cheap." Krys said. Ares grinned and wrapped his arms around her.
"Are you still cold?"
"Not even close. Very, very warm." Ares laughed.
"Weren't you sleepy?"
"I was- but now I'm too worked up."
"I'm tired." Ares said. "You have way too much energy." Krys nodded.
"I know." she said, as she lied on her side to face him. They were at eyelevel with each other. Ares grinned, as Krys started to draw little circles on the inside of his forearm. Ares put his hand on her waist and licked his lips. "You said you were tired." Ares moved close to her, so that their noses were touching. He wrapped his arm around her waist, and pulled her body to him. Krys gave him a devilish grin, then kissed him. She kissed his top lip, then ran her tongue under it. Ares ran his hand up and down her back, and nibbled on her bottom lip. As soon as it started to get scorching, Krys pulled back. "Um- I just want to know something." Ares nodded.
"Yeah, baby? What's wrong?" he said breathily. The essence of watermelon jolly ranchers filled the air between them, because of how heavy his breathing was.
"Did you really mean everything that you said? Do you really love me more than anyone in the world?" Ares smiled.
"Of course I do." Ares touched her cheek tenderly. Krys smiled. "I- I mean… you're my Bunny. And- I've always felt this way about you." Ares' eyebrows furrowed when tears started to roll down her cheeks. "Baby, what's wrong?"
"You have to know that- you're the most important person in my life and you're everything to me. I'd do anything for you." Krys said. "I love you more than anyone… ever." Ares grinned and rubbed his thumb over her shield tattoo. "Lets pick up." She leaned in and kissed his bottom lip. Ares straddled her and Krys pulled him down, crashing his lips on hers. She moaned, when he started to kiss her neck, and fondle her as he unhooked the baby doll from the front. When the top piece was off, he kissed, licked and bit every inch of her torso, to the point that she had hickeys everywhere. He looked down at her, before he pulled his own shirt over his head. He almost laughed, when Krys bit him in anticipation. After that, they switched places, with Krys being on top. In a flash, Ares' pants were off, and all that stood between the two were their bottom garments. Krys smirked, as Ares grew more and more excited and started to take charge again. Somehow in a few seconds, Krys was back under Ares, and feeling better than she'd ever felt before. Ares' hands took to her hips, as he took her boy shorts off… resulting in her feeling the best that she ever felt.
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Ares cuddled up to Krys' chest and laced his hands with hers. They were fully clothed in pajamas. Krys was cradling Ares' head, and kissing his forehead repeatedly.
"Baby stop. You're making me feel like a woman." Ares said, as he nipped at Krys' skin affectionately. Krys chuckled.
"Do you love me?" she asked. Ares looked up at her.
"I'm type offended that you just asked me that." he said. Krys pushed him away slightly.
"It was a simple question. A simple question with a simple yes or no answer." she teased.
"Then yes, I love you." Ares said.
"I kinda just wanted to hear you say it."
"Then why didn't you just ask me to say it?"
"Because that sounds creepy."
"And the other one implies that you don't know that I love you." Ares said, as he moved out of the bed. "Now I'm mad at you."
"Really?" Krys said. Ares nodded.
"Yes." he said.
"You're mad at me?" Krys pouted. Ares nodded exaggeratedly.
"And you're cut off." he said, as he walked away from the bed and to the desk.
"You're cutting off the love supply?" Krys asked, as she got up. Ares nodded.
"Yes. Cut off." he said, as he turned his back to her and started to read some of his acceptance letters. Krys strolled over to him in her extra short girl boxers and matching tank top. They had Cosmo on them. Krys put her hands on his shoulders and wrote her name.
"You're cutting me off?" she asked, before she kissed his bare shoulder.
"Yes." Ares said. Krys gently nipped at the spot that she kissed.
"Really?" she asked, before she kissed his mouth. Ares' tongue almost touched hers, but Krys pulled back lightly.
"Yes. You get not love from me." he said, as he licked his lips.
"Oh yeah?" she said, as she lightly rubbed his shoulders. "No more?" Ares shook his head.
"No more." he said childishly. She turned him around in the chair and looked at his pout. "Don't do it, Krys." Krys sat on his lap. "Don't do it." Krys leaned in and kissed his scar multiple times. "Don't do it."
"You don't want me to?" she asked, before she used her hands to trace the scar, and all the features that defined his face.
"I don't want you to." Ares confirmed childishly. Krys nodded, after she kissed from his chin to his jaw.
"Then there's nothing that I can do." she said, as she got up and left the room. As soon as she got to her room, because of their playful fight, she fell asleep. She woke up to full soft lips kissing her. When she was fully awake, she smiled at Ares. "Hey, I missed you."
"I missed you too." Ares said, hugging her and rubbing her back.
"How long was that?"
"The longest sixty two minutes of my life." Ares said. Krys laughed.
"Am I still cut off?" she asked. She couldn't stop smiling. Ares shook his head.
"You're so beautiful." he said.
"Well… considering I probably have morning breath, drool in the corner of my lip and bed head… thank you." Krys said gratefully.
"Your breath always smells like vanilla… and you don't drool, you make this weird purring noise. Plus… your hair always looks the same when you wake up." Ares said.
"Well- I'm still weird looking." Ares rolled his eyes.
"You're crazy." Krys nodded in agreement. "But- you know what always looks good on you?" Ares asked. Krys smiled.
"Other than you?"
"Nothing." Krys laughed.
"You're a pervert." she said.
"So are you."
"Yeah, but you like it."
"Do you not like me being perverted?"
"Of course I like it. It's a big turn on, dammit. That and your lips."
"Oh yeah?" Ares said, before he kissed her. Krys moved her lips with his, and stuck her tongue through his slightly parted lips. Krys backed up, and lied on the bed, never once breaking the kiss. She pulled back.
"Big turn on." she whispered, before he leaned down and kissed her again. Krys watched him as he sat on top of her, and undressed her slowly. Every time Krys groaned, Ares took ten times slower with the foreplay, making her a hundred times more excited.
"Has anyone ever told you that you're impatient?" Ares whispered in her ear. Before she could respond, he sank his teeth into her flesh, making her pulse quicken. Ares turned her over, grabbing her coconut body oil and pouring it on her back. Krys moaned as he rubbed her shoulders and blew on her paw prints. Ares pressed his torso against her back and whispered in her ear. "Let me take care of you. Its all about you, to me." When Krys finally nodded, Ares turned her back over and kissed her mouth. When he pulled back, he and Krys stared each other down before he let her take off his pants. That night, Krys let him knock down all of her barriers and insecurities. But he didn't knock down the most important wall. She'd never let him knock down her wall to protect him at all costs. She didn't let him knock down the wall to protect him from even herself. That night, Ares didn't come close to knocking down that wall… he only encouraged her to build it up.
End Flashback
"Krys, are you okay?" Hermione asked, shaking her from her thoughts. Krys looked at her, and ran her hand through her own hair.
"Of course I'm okay." she said before she stood up. "But I've decided something."
"You're gonna tell him?" Hermione asked excitedly.
"No… I'm gonna let him go. He really deserves to be happy. I'm not gonna be the one that stands in the way of that."
"You're not." Hermione said. "Emily is." Krys looked at Hermione and smiled.
"You're a good friend. You don't-"
"Why don't you just check how he feels about you? You have that power."
"Its an invasion of privacy, just like it is to invade the future. There's a reason that I don't use the power like that. I don't invade your mind." Krys said. Hermione nodded.
"Its true." she said. "Are you really going to give him up and let him go?" Krys nodded.
"Yes." she said.
"Then you have to tell him the truth… otherwise you're just hiding things and lying to him. If he doesn't know why you broke up with him, then he's just as trapped to you as you are to him."
"I'm not trapped to him." Krys said.
"He controls the three biggest parts of you. Your heart, your magic and your ass." Hermione teased. Krys laughed.
"Now say it the corny way." Hermione took a deep breath. "I'm not trapped to him." Krys said dramatically.
"He controls the two biggest parts of you." Hermione dramatized. "Your heart and your magic." Krys mock wept. "See- that's why I don't pass on the wisdom."
"Why?"
"You guys don't appreciate my endless knowledge." Hermione said, as they got up.
"Lets go find you a cream scarf that we can pass as a shawl." Krys said.
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When Krys got back to her house, Thai and Harry were sitting at the counter, having a talk. Thai was banging her head on the table, while Harry laughed.
"What's going on, people?" Krys asked, as she hopped on the stool.
"You've been neglecting me." Harry said.
"Well… I never really showed you much love anyway, it can't be hard to go back to the way things were." Harry and Thai laughed.
"I have problems here, people." she said. Krys looked at Harry.
"Angel told her that he loved her." he said. Krys' eyes widened.
"And?"
"Then he asked her out." Harry continued. Krys nodded.
"And…?"
"Thai said no."
"Then just go tell him the truth." Krys told Thai.
"That's one the problems." Harry said. "They all left." Krys nodded.
"Okay." she said. "Not a problem… go get dressed. And make sure you look good." Thai looked at her.
"What?" she asked.
"Go upstairs and dress like you're going on a respectable date. Note the word respectable." Krys said. "Go on. Get." Thai got up and ran up the stairs.
"What are you going to do?" Harry asked. Krys smiled.
"A little midnight rendezvous can help and change anyone's mind." she said.
"You might wanna check why she said no, before you plan some Dawson's Creek getaway." Harry teased. Krys laughed.
"Why?" she asked.
"She's sticking by her decision. She said she doesn't want to be like you and Ares." Harry said.
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