General Disclaimer: No I'm not J.K. Rowling and no I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters.
Chapter Three – Unauthorized meeting
"Sshhh. Lower you voice." The boy standing beside Shaeleigh said.
"We're heading down to the lake." The group paused hidden by the shadows of one the towers from the view of McGonagall's window. Behind some thick hedges was a stack of brooms lay. Shaeleigh grabbed her Nimbus 2001.
Without saying anything Shaeleigh saddled the broom and hovered low to the ground. Once a few of them were ready Shaeleigh took off. They headed toward the pond in groups of 3 and 4 so there isn't a large trail of them.
Shaeleigh had been riding her broom since she could walk and whipped through the trees faster than the boys who were in group, including the Seeker for the Ravenclaw team.
A fire had already been made and a group of 5 students were already there. Shaeleigh circled around on her broom, hovering only about 4 feet of the ground. She had heard about the great sneak out from the boy at dinner.
She never really set down. Unsure if she wanted to be attendance. She figured she would make an appearance and then leave. She had gotten into much mischief at her last school and knew she couldn't get into any here or she would be in serious trouble.
They glided through the air on the clear quarter-moon night looking for the group of shadows. Gunny spotted the group of about three or four students over the lake first with his seeker eyes and the pair banked in that direction toward the body of water. They followed them at a distance.
Kyle whispered, "alright lets frazzle dazzle these dummies. We'll drop in on 'em. You take the right, I'll go left!"
The old friends broke there minuet formation.
Hearing something Shaeleigh looked around. Her fellow classmates were oblivious to it because of their chatter. Shaeleigh rose up and headed more into the tree line to see what was going on. She knew some one was flying up there, but who?
Kyle swerved through the high brush of the forest and he stopped inline where he saw Gunther stop. Gunny nodded and they dive bombed at the group full speed. Kyle drew his wand doing a smoke spell as they landed quietly amongst the group. Gunny being really good an impersonating professor's voices did his best Snape, "And what would you group of students be doing in the forest at this hour of the night.
"DETENION FOR YOU ALL!"
Shaeleigh heard the voice she feared too much. But knew something was wrong. Her skin didn't crawl. She looked down from her high vantage point to see what was going on.
Kyle bites down on his fist to keep from laughing from where he crouched between a very worried looking couple. Some of the Slytherin stood there fright. Few straight up and fled the area. Shaeleigh looked around and saw the loud boy from dinner. Gunthar was his name she was told.
Kyle let out one of his chants scaring the couple out of there skins: "I'M BIG, I'M ROUND, I'M WORTH A MILLION POUNDS!!!" he broke his chant, "and I'm just here to hang out."
The couple had already split before he could say his last bit as they jetted off on there brooms, the boy seeming to leave the girl behind. The smoke screen finally faded and the two Gryffindors lay rolling on the ground splitting there guts laughing. Shaeleigh watched from her hidden vantage point. She didn't know what Gunthar had to with all his. She assumed it was another Gryffindor attempt to sour the fun of her house. Or at least that's what she thought. Shaeleigh thought one could scare deserving.
She knew how to ride fast and being smaller than the boys it helps. She leaned forward and took off heading directly toward the laughter. Shaeleigh did her impression of Snape, which was more than just convincing. She had fooled her mother several times with it.
"Now boys I think Detention is the least of your worries." Shaeleigh spoke sounding just like Prof. Snape. The black hair flowing in the darkness, the solid black suit helped to look the part. She knew she would have been scared if she was on the ground right then.
Kyle kept laughing and managed to get out, "alright, Gunny. That's enough, your just beatin' a dead horse now... But very convincing none the less."
Kyle was laughing to tears now.
When Kyle's laughter finally subsided enough for him to talk he called out to one of the Ravenclaw's, "Oy, Kip. You're fast. Go round up those scaredy cats and bring 'em back here!" Kyle broke down into another bout of laughter.
Shaeleigh whipped back into the trees. Hidden from sight. She turned to face ready to fly out again. She steadied herself again on the brook. She recognized the voice of the second person, or at least she thought she did.
Kyle lay on the ground holding his sides which hurt and he could barely breathe when Kip came back with the ones he had managed to catch up with. Shae was just about to fly down until she saw on of her house mates. She waited. She wanted to hear what they said to the housemate. So Shaeleigh remained hidden high up a tree near the boys. She could easily hear them, but couldn't quite see all of them.
Kyle grinned up at the tall boy he knew as Muland Wolfe who now stared right back at him scowling and grunted, "you know, you weren't invited, Quodrono! How dare you crash our rendezvous."
Kyle sat up and turned facing him as he brushed dirt off of him saying, "Oh, I'm sorry. Gunny and I here figured the owls sent with our invitations hadn't gotten lost. We meant no offense. Shaeleigh picked up Kyle's name. She immediately peered out a bit more. So she could see the boys more clearly. She waited to see what else happened before she made her move. Plus she wasn't given the opportunity to listen in to a candid group of boys conversations vary often.
Shaeleigh knew the boys hadn't been invited as it was a Ravenclaw and Slytherin only party. And Kyle and Gunthar were Gryffindors.
Kyle stood up jubilee still in his face. "Look, Muland. We'll make you a deal. If you don't have fun with us tonight we'll walk around or should I say hop around a whole school day with leg locker curse..."
Shae listened in more hoping to pick up something note worthy.
Muland seemed to be thinking it over and looked around at the other Slytherin and Ravenclaw students who were nodding there heads. Kyle not sure if he had sold them on it offered, "You can even put it on us." Muland at that instant threw out his equally large hand saying, "deal!"
Before Kyle shook interjected, "but this whole deal is void if any of us get caught."
"Wait." Aleason Wolfe, Muland's young sister called out. Two boys turned to look at her. "Deal? Don't take the deal. You know the Gryffindors; they'll go back on their word."
Shaeleigh decides the time is right and flies down. She lands directly behind Muland, who happened to be the one who told her about the gathering. Shaeleigh lands gracefully.
"Actually the deal is halfway decent." She said and then smiled at Kyle.
Kyle smiles back.
"But make it so you get to choose the date the curse is placed."
Kyle shrugs, "well I thought it was agreed it was on a school day."
"And it should have to be a 24 hours curse." Shae added in.
"Well of course it will be a school day, but Muland should be able to choose which date. It's only fair." Shaeleigh smiled a mischievous grin.
Kyle shrugs again nodding his head. "Alrighty then. So we have an accord?"
Shaeleigh looked at Muland and let him answer as she took her position back behind him a bit. Gunny comes up behind Kyle crying out, "you bloody idiot! They'll pick the date of the Quidditch match."
Shaeleigh's grin slowly fades as she looks upon Gunthar. Muland looked down at her and she shrugs her shoulders. She looks back to Kyle a faint smile is on her face. She raises her eyebrows in wondering there going to do. Shaeleigh wondered where Gunthar had hidden himself.
"Well Quodrono is that what you're offering? If we don't have fun I get to put a leg curse on you and Kelligan for a full 24 hour period of my choosing."
Kyle holds up his hand to Gunther in a calming gesture. "I've flown with leg lock before. My dad's team you know? Any way, it sure will be damn fun to watch wouldn't it? But, I have every confidence in our ability to entertain." Muland stuck out his hand to shake on it.
Kyle grinning took his hand. Shaeleigh smiled and looked up at Gunthar softly giggling. Then turned her attention to Kyle. Her smile softened a bit.
The group around didn't seem to notice the exchange between Kyle and Shaeleigh (with maybe the exception of Gunther). As most of them were approving of the situation and laughing about all that had happened.
Turning to Gunther, who still had a look of what the fck are you doing on his face, Kyle says, "alright you magic up the booze and rum and I got the blankets!"
Shaeleigh walked with Muland to put their brooms with the others. She softly spoke to him before he turned off and heading toward Gigi his girlfriend.
Everyone seemed to couple off immediately around the fire with the blankets and a bottle or a pint. Gunther had already charmed Aleason who got a stern look from Muland as he said, "You try anything and your dead!"
Shaeleigh watched the group open up the coolers of drinks and stereo. Music filled the air. Kyle stood next to Shaeleigh they exchanged thoughtful looks. He stepped closer putting his hand on her cheek. Shaeleigh softly giggled. Shaeleigh smiled. She didn't flinch back nor did move into his touch. "What do you think you're doing?"
Shae softly asked.
Kyle replied, "Wooing you... How am I doing so far?"
She knew what he was doing. Shae thought she would put the spotlight on him and see how he reacts.
"You're doing.........." Shaeleigh went silent for a moment as if she needed a moment to think about it. "Ok-ish." Shae was just being brat, but that was in here nature. She faintly chucked and then smiled.
Kyle cocked an eyebrow turning his head to the side saying with mock exasperation, "Ok-ish? Well I guess I'm gonna have to get serious..."
He takes his hand back and walks over to the stereo changing the song and picking up the microphone. He began to sing much like in the movie Top Gun.
"You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips... Gunny back me up… And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips. You're trying hard not to show it-"
Shaeleigh pulled out her wand quick changed the microphone and stereo into a bouquet of flowers. The night blew and the east wind picked up a few embers from the fire. They danced into the sky like fire flies as Shae grabbed her broom and headed off into the wooded area Partial embarrassment fueled her speed as she jumped on her broom and lifted up into the air.
Kyle looks dumbfounded for a second before saying, "well folks, I hope that was fun for you to see that," people are all splitting a gut, "and now I'll leave you in the capable, entertaining hand of Gunny, as I now take to the air to chase after that gal, wish me luck!"
Kyle grabs his broom kicking off hard zooming off in the direction Shae went.
She knew Kyle would probably follow and really, that wasn't an issued for she somewhat liked the boy. Well as long as he wasn't around Gunthar. Shae hovered around before making the circle back up into her tree tops where she was hidden. The spot gave her a prefect place to change back the flower into a microphone, with a sudden loud feed back as it seemed Gunthar had put the rose in his mouth like a tango dancer with Aleason.
Kyle took out his wand and shot several flares into the under brush of the forest to illuminate his search. Shae remained hidden looking to see where Kyle was. She noticed he wasn't around the rest of the students. She saw part of the forest light up a few feet to her left. She guessed that was Kyle. She swung down on her broom and with such fast speed swung past down by him behind his back. By the time he turned around she was gone again, hidden. He went lower firing more flares. In the flares dying illumination he saw a golden glint in a bush. He pretended he hadn't seen it as he moved closer and hovered over head in mock searching as darkness settled in.
Shae swoosh passed him again without being seen. This time she tugged on the back of his shirt. Back up in the thick tree cover she hid. But this time she also looked back at the school. The school was all but pitch black. It looked like even the Professors had gone to sleep. She turned her attention back down to Kyle. He looked around gropingly in the darkness. She tilted her head to the side. She decided to see what he was up too. She descended toward him. She sat on her broom alongside of him. "What'cha doing?" Shae asked hoping to catch him off guard.
"Looking at the stars, comparing them to your eyes," he said softly as he turned his head looking at her.
Shae smiled and softly laughed, "Is that what you're doing? I thought you were trying to get us all in trouble with the illuminating of your wand in the brush."
Kyle shook his head, "Naw, if you shoot directly up in to the sky you could attract some attention, but other wise the forest is too thick."
"It also looked like you were searching for something else." As they stared up there. Shae said "And my eyes are..." Shae stopped, as she hovered on her on her broom at eye level for the first time all night.
Kyle looks into her eyes not quite sure what to do next.
"So let's say you were actually doing what you said you were." Shaeleigh smiled "What did you come up with?" Shae batted her eyelashes and then giggled some more.
Kyle sat back on his broom with a deep sigh, "well first like the cosmos there among the most beautiful things I've ever seen as far as eyes go. There what first caught my attention, you know? Second, in the right light, they do kinda sparkle." He looks side long to glimpse her reaction.
Shae's cheeks start to rosy up a bit in a faint blush. She smiles at him with a very sweet smile. "You really think so?" Shae asked eating up the attention he was giving her.
He chuckles, "if there was one thing my dad beat into me it was, 'say what you mean, mean what you say." He put his arm about her shoulders drawing her closer.
Shae smiled. "You're doing much better at courting now," Shae jokingly said to ease a bit of the emotion between them.
Kyle laughs, "Yeah? You think so? I guess it just takes me a bit to warm up I suppose."
"It's a good lesson your father taught you. I learned it too at home from my mother."
Kyle begins massaging her neck with the hand that was around her shoulders. "Really? I think that's a lesson that's often missed by parents."
Shaeleigh slowly started to turn into putty as he messaged her neck. After giving her a quick peck on the cheek he asks, "Well shall we get back with the others. I'm sure they might be getting ideas about us by now..."
Shaeleigh agreed and the turned back toward the lake hold each others hand. Just as the pair started to get close angry voices rang out.
"I don't think we have to worry about what they think of us," Shae said hearing what sounds like the voice of Muland and Gunthar arguing.
"Well be better hurry and see what's going on, anyway." Kyle said in a concerned voice.
Shae knew it was probably over Muland's sister. She picked up some speed letting go of Kyle's hand and she found her conclusion to be true. The two boys appeared to be in a heated argument.
Kyle was right behind her and he landed on the ground with a thud running over to break them up. "Hey guys, what'd I miss?" Kyle asked in a lighthearted tone to take some of the friction out the air to no avail. Aleason stood there uncertain of what do.
Muland looked up at Gunthar. Then at Aleason and Shaeleigh who stood beside her. "Well it looks like you're getting a leg curse as I'm not having fun nor is Aleason, Quodrono!"
Kyle stood beside Gunther trying to get things worked out, "so what happened you guys?" Neither boy said anything.
"Come on Slytherin let's head back." Muland called out without answering more of Kyle's questions. Aleason jumped on her broom and one by one Slytherin started to head back following Muland.
Kyle sighed, "Gunther why don't you head back to the dormitory. Shae? You wanna hang a little longer here?"
Shaeleigh looked at Kyle and shrugged her shoulders as she didn't know what was going on. Gunther grunted something about traitors before he kicked off back towards the castle. Shaeleigh was called to join the house. She walked over to Kyle who looked after Shaeleigh longingly. Shaeleigh stands up on her tip toe and returns Kyle's kiss on the check. Her lips are soft and as she pulls away she leaves a lip print mark on his cheek. Shae's called out for again this time, Muland has come back for her.
"Come on Shaeleigh. Let's go." Muland calls out to her
He wonders what choice she will make. Either way is okay with him as he realizes loyalty to house comes first although staying with him would be gravy too. Shaeleigh looks at Kyle and the Muland and then Kyle again.
"I'm coming." she calls out as she hops on her broom.
She looks back at him taking a last look before putting on speed to catch up with her housemates. Kyle looks back with a wave. She mouthed the word bye as she floated up in the air and headed out.
"We had a deal Quodrono remember that." Muland reminds Kyle as he leaves.
Chapter Three – Unauthorized meeting
"Sshhh. Lower you voice." The boy standing beside Shaeleigh said.
"We're heading down to the lake." The group paused hidden by the shadows of one the towers from the view of McGonagall's window. Behind some thick hedges was a stack of brooms lay. Shaeleigh grabbed her Nimbus 2001.
Without saying anything Shaeleigh saddled the broom and hovered low to the ground. Once a few of them were ready Shaeleigh took off. They headed toward the pond in groups of 3 and 4 so there isn't a large trail of them.
Shaeleigh had been riding her broom since she could walk and whipped through the trees faster than the boys who were in group, including the Seeker for the Ravenclaw team.
A fire had already been made and a group of 5 students were already there. Shaeleigh circled around on her broom, hovering only about 4 feet of the ground. She had heard about the great sneak out from the boy at dinner.
She never really set down. Unsure if she wanted to be attendance. She figured she would make an appearance and then leave. She had gotten into much mischief at her last school and knew she couldn't get into any here or she would be in serious trouble.
They glided through the air on the clear quarter-moon night looking for the group of shadows. Gunny spotted the group of about three or four students over the lake first with his seeker eyes and the pair banked in that direction toward the body of water. They followed them at a distance.
Kyle whispered, "alright lets frazzle dazzle these dummies. We'll drop in on 'em. You take the right, I'll go left!"
The old friends broke there minuet formation.
Hearing something Shaeleigh looked around. Her fellow classmates were oblivious to it because of their chatter. Shaeleigh rose up and headed more into the tree line to see what was going on. She knew some one was flying up there, but who?
Kyle swerved through the high brush of the forest and he stopped inline where he saw Gunther stop. Gunny nodded and they dive bombed at the group full speed. Kyle drew his wand doing a smoke spell as they landed quietly amongst the group. Gunny being really good an impersonating professor's voices did his best Snape, "And what would you group of students be doing in the forest at this hour of the night.
"DETENION FOR YOU ALL!"
Shaeleigh heard the voice she feared too much. But knew something was wrong. Her skin didn't crawl. She looked down from her high vantage point to see what was going on.
Kyle bites down on his fist to keep from laughing from where he crouched between a very worried looking couple. Some of the Slytherin stood there fright. Few straight up and fled the area. Shaeleigh looked around and saw the loud boy from dinner. Gunthar was his name she was told.
Kyle let out one of his chants scaring the couple out of there skins: "I'M BIG, I'M ROUND, I'M WORTH A MILLION POUNDS!!!" he broke his chant, "and I'm just here to hang out."
The couple had already split before he could say his last bit as they jetted off on there brooms, the boy seeming to leave the girl behind. The smoke screen finally faded and the two Gryffindors lay rolling on the ground splitting there guts laughing. Shaeleigh watched from her hidden vantage point. She didn't know what Gunthar had to with all his. She assumed it was another Gryffindor attempt to sour the fun of her house. Or at least that's what she thought. Shaeleigh thought one could scare deserving.
She knew how to ride fast and being smaller than the boys it helps. She leaned forward and took off heading directly toward the laughter. Shaeleigh did her impression of Snape, which was more than just convincing. She had fooled her mother several times with it.
"Now boys I think Detention is the least of your worries." Shaeleigh spoke sounding just like Prof. Snape. The black hair flowing in the darkness, the solid black suit helped to look the part. She knew she would have been scared if she was on the ground right then.
Kyle kept laughing and managed to get out, "alright, Gunny. That's enough, your just beatin' a dead horse now... But very convincing none the less."
Kyle was laughing to tears now.
When Kyle's laughter finally subsided enough for him to talk he called out to one of the Ravenclaw's, "Oy, Kip. You're fast. Go round up those scaredy cats and bring 'em back here!" Kyle broke down into another bout of laughter.
Shaeleigh whipped back into the trees. Hidden from sight. She turned to face ready to fly out again. She steadied herself again on the brook. She recognized the voice of the second person, or at least she thought she did.
Kyle lay on the ground holding his sides which hurt and he could barely breathe when Kip came back with the ones he had managed to catch up with. Shae was just about to fly down until she saw on of her house mates. She waited. She wanted to hear what they said to the housemate. So Shaeleigh remained hidden high up a tree near the boys. She could easily hear them, but couldn't quite see all of them.
Kyle grinned up at the tall boy he knew as Muland Wolfe who now stared right back at him scowling and grunted, "you know, you weren't invited, Quodrono! How dare you crash our rendezvous."
Kyle sat up and turned facing him as he brushed dirt off of him saying, "Oh, I'm sorry. Gunny and I here figured the owls sent with our invitations hadn't gotten lost. We meant no offense. Shaeleigh picked up Kyle's name. She immediately peered out a bit more. So she could see the boys more clearly. She waited to see what else happened before she made her move. Plus she wasn't given the opportunity to listen in to a candid group of boys conversations vary often.
Shaeleigh knew the boys hadn't been invited as it was a Ravenclaw and Slytherin only party. And Kyle and Gunthar were Gryffindors.
Kyle stood up jubilee still in his face. "Look, Muland. We'll make you a deal. If you don't have fun with us tonight we'll walk around or should I say hop around a whole school day with leg locker curse..."
Shae listened in more hoping to pick up something note worthy.
Muland seemed to be thinking it over and looked around at the other Slytherin and Ravenclaw students who were nodding there heads. Kyle not sure if he had sold them on it offered, "You can even put it on us." Muland at that instant threw out his equally large hand saying, "deal!"
Before Kyle shook interjected, "but this whole deal is void if any of us get caught."
"Wait." Aleason Wolfe, Muland's young sister called out. Two boys turned to look at her. "Deal? Don't take the deal. You know the Gryffindors; they'll go back on their word."
Shaeleigh decides the time is right and flies down. She lands directly behind Muland, who happened to be the one who told her about the gathering. Shaeleigh lands gracefully.
"Actually the deal is halfway decent." She said and then smiled at Kyle.
Kyle smiles back.
"But make it so you get to choose the date the curse is placed."
Kyle shrugs, "well I thought it was agreed it was on a school day."
"And it should have to be a 24 hours curse." Shae added in.
"Well of course it will be a school day, but Muland should be able to choose which date. It's only fair." Shaeleigh smiled a mischievous grin.
Kyle shrugs again nodding his head. "Alrighty then. So we have an accord?"
Shaeleigh looked at Muland and let him answer as she took her position back behind him a bit. Gunny comes up behind Kyle crying out, "you bloody idiot! They'll pick the date of the Quidditch match."
Shaeleigh's grin slowly fades as she looks upon Gunthar. Muland looked down at her and she shrugs her shoulders. She looks back to Kyle a faint smile is on her face. She raises her eyebrows in wondering there going to do. Shaeleigh wondered where Gunthar had hidden himself.
"Well Quodrono is that what you're offering? If we don't have fun I get to put a leg curse on you and Kelligan for a full 24 hour period of my choosing."
Kyle holds up his hand to Gunther in a calming gesture. "I've flown with leg lock before. My dad's team you know? Any way, it sure will be damn fun to watch wouldn't it? But, I have every confidence in our ability to entertain." Muland stuck out his hand to shake on it.
Kyle grinning took his hand. Shaeleigh smiled and looked up at Gunthar softly giggling. Then turned her attention to Kyle. Her smile softened a bit.
The group around didn't seem to notice the exchange between Kyle and Shaeleigh (with maybe the exception of Gunther). As most of them were approving of the situation and laughing about all that had happened.
Turning to Gunther, who still had a look of what the fck are you doing on his face, Kyle says, "alright you magic up the booze and rum and I got the blankets!"
Shaeleigh walked with Muland to put their brooms with the others. She softly spoke to him before he turned off and heading toward Gigi his girlfriend.
Everyone seemed to couple off immediately around the fire with the blankets and a bottle or a pint. Gunther had already charmed Aleason who got a stern look from Muland as he said, "You try anything and your dead!"
Shaeleigh watched the group open up the coolers of drinks and stereo. Music filled the air. Kyle stood next to Shaeleigh they exchanged thoughtful looks. He stepped closer putting his hand on her cheek. Shaeleigh softly giggled. Shaeleigh smiled. She didn't flinch back nor did move into his touch. "What do you think you're doing?"
Shae softly asked.
Kyle replied, "Wooing you... How am I doing so far?"
She knew what he was doing. Shae thought she would put the spotlight on him and see how he reacts.
"You're doing.........." Shaeleigh went silent for a moment as if she needed a moment to think about it. "Ok-ish." Shae was just being brat, but that was in here nature. She faintly chucked and then smiled.
Kyle cocked an eyebrow turning his head to the side saying with mock exasperation, "Ok-ish? Well I guess I'm gonna have to get serious..."
He takes his hand back and walks over to the stereo changing the song and picking up the microphone. He began to sing much like in the movie Top Gun.
"You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips... Gunny back me up… And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips. You're trying hard not to show it-"
Shaeleigh pulled out her wand quick changed the microphone and stereo into a bouquet of flowers. The night blew and the east wind picked up a few embers from the fire. They danced into the sky like fire flies as Shae grabbed her broom and headed off into the wooded area Partial embarrassment fueled her speed as she jumped on her broom and lifted up into the air.
Kyle looks dumbfounded for a second before saying, "well folks, I hope that was fun for you to see that," people are all splitting a gut, "and now I'll leave you in the capable, entertaining hand of Gunny, as I now take to the air to chase after that gal, wish me luck!"
Kyle grabs his broom kicking off hard zooming off in the direction Shae went.
She knew Kyle would probably follow and really, that wasn't an issued for she somewhat liked the boy. Well as long as he wasn't around Gunthar. Shae hovered around before making the circle back up into her tree tops where she was hidden. The spot gave her a prefect place to change back the flower into a microphone, with a sudden loud feed back as it seemed Gunthar had put the rose in his mouth like a tango dancer with Aleason.
Kyle took out his wand and shot several flares into the under brush of the forest to illuminate his search. Shae remained hidden looking to see where Kyle was. She noticed he wasn't around the rest of the students. She saw part of the forest light up a few feet to her left. She guessed that was Kyle. She swung down on her broom and with such fast speed swung past down by him behind his back. By the time he turned around she was gone again, hidden. He went lower firing more flares. In the flares dying illumination he saw a golden glint in a bush. He pretended he hadn't seen it as he moved closer and hovered over head in mock searching as darkness settled in.
Shae swoosh passed him again without being seen. This time she tugged on the back of his shirt. Back up in the thick tree cover she hid. But this time she also looked back at the school. The school was all but pitch black. It looked like even the Professors had gone to sleep. She turned her attention back down to Kyle. He looked around gropingly in the darkness. She tilted her head to the side. She decided to see what he was up too. She descended toward him. She sat on her broom alongside of him. "What'cha doing?" Shae asked hoping to catch him off guard.
"Looking at the stars, comparing them to your eyes," he said softly as he turned his head looking at her.
Shae smiled and softly laughed, "Is that what you're doing? I thought you were trying to get us all in trouble with the illuminating of your wand in the brush."
Kyle shook his head, "Naw, if you shoot directly up in to the sky you could attract some attention, but other wise the forest is too thick."
"It also looked like you were searching for something else." As they stared up there. Shae said "And my eyes are..." Shae stopped, as she hovered on her on her broom at eye level for the first time all night.
Kyle looks into her eyes not quite sure what to do next.
"So let's say you were actually doing what you said you were." Shaeleigh smiled "What did you come up with?" Shae batted her eyelashes and then giggled some more.
Kyle sat back on his broom with a deep sigh, "well first like the cosmos there among the most beautiful things I've ever seen as far as eyes go. There what first caught my attention, you know? Second, in the right light, they do kinda sparkle." He looks side long to glimpse her reaction.
Shae's cheeks start to rosy up a bit in a faint blush. She smiles at him with a very sweet smile. "You really think so?" Shae asked eating up the attention he was giving her.
He chuckles, "if there was one thing my dad beat into me it was, 'say what you mean, mean what you say." He put his arm about her shoulders drawing her closer.
Shae smiled. "You're doing much better at courting now," Shae jokingly said to ease a bit of the emotion between them.
Kyle laughs, "Yeah? You think so? I guess it just takes me a bit to warm up I suppose."
"It's a good lesson your father taught you. I learned it too at home from my mother."
Kyle begins massaging her neck with the hand that was around her shoulders. "Really? I think that's a lesson that's often missed by parents."
Shaeleigh slowly started to turn into putty as he messaged her neck. After giving her a quick peck on the cheek he asks, "Well shall we get back with the others. I'm sure they might be getting ideas about us by now..."
Shaeleigh agreed and the turned back toward the lake hold each others hand. Just as the pair started to get close angry voices rang out.
"I don't think we have to worry about what they think of us," Shae said hearing what sounds like the voice of Muland and Gunthar arguing.
"Well be better hurry and see what's going on, anyway." Kyle said in a concerned voice.
Shae knew it was probably over Muland's sister. She picked up some speed letting go of Kyle's hand and she found her conclusion to be true. The two boys appeared to be in a heated argument.
Kyle was right behind her and he landed on the ground with a thud running over to break them up. "Hey guys, what'd I miss?" Kyle asked in a lighthearted tone to take some of the friction out the air to no avail. Aleason stood there uncertain of what do.
Muland looked up at Gunthar. Then at Aleason and Shaeleigh who stood beside her. "Well it looks like you're getting a leg curse as I'm not having fun nor is Aleason, Quodrono!"
Kyle stood beside Gunther trying to get things worked out, "so what happened you guys?" Neither boy said anything.
"Come on Slytherin let's head back." Muland called out without answering more of Kyle's questions. Aleason jumped on her broom and one by one Slytherin started to head back following Muland.
Kyle sighed, "Gunther why don't you head back to the dormitory. Shae? You wanna hang a little longer here?"
Shaeleigh looked at Kyle and shrugged her shoulders as she didn't know what was going on. Gunther grunted something about traitors before he kicked off back towards the castle. Shaeleigh was called to join the house. She walked over to Kyle who looked after Shaeleigh longingly. Shaeleigh stands up on her tip toe and returns Kyle's kiss on the check. Her lips are soft and as she pulls away she leaves a lip print mark on his cheek. Shae's called out for again this time, Muland has come back for her.
"Come on Shaeleigh. Let's go." Muland calls out to her
He wonders what choice she will make. Either way is okay with him as he realizes loyalty to house comes first although staying with him would be gravy too. Shaeleigh looks at Kyle and the Muland and then Kyle again.
"I'm coming." she calls out as she hops on her broom.
She looks back at him taking a last look before putting on speed to catch up with her housemates. Kyle looks back with a wave. She mouthed the word bye as she floated up in the air and headed out.
"We had a deal Quodrono remember that." Muland reminds Kyle as he leaves.