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Funny Faux Sweater:
Kennedy awoke to the sun shining on the wall across from her bed. This is great, I've missed the trip to Hogsmeade. Man why'd I have to pick now of all times to run into a wall! How the heck did I run into a wall in the first place! She thought to herself in digust. She had really been excited the night before about being able to go the Hogsmeade, on a date, with Rook. Oh well, this all my fault anyway. If I hadn't been so stupid I would be getting ready to go to Hogsmeade. She thought this rather bitterly.
Kennedy had just sighed when, once again, just like the day before, Rook's figure appeared in the door frame. He was grinning and then walked toward her bed. Kennedy smiled back and then felt down when she realized if she hadn't run into that stupid wall she would have been going on a date with this particular person. She tried to prevent her disappointment from showing on her face.
"You ready to go?" He grinned mischievously.
"What exactly do you mean? I ran into a wall remember?" Kennedy replied quietly looking at her hands in her lap, not able to look at him. She felt embarrassed that he'd seen her run into a wall and then brought her to the Hospital Wing.
"Well Madame Pomfrey said you could go to Hogsmeade, but only if you're very careful," his smiled remained as he stabbed his thumb in the general direction of Madame Pomfrey's office. "I love having aunts in high places, or the Hospital Wing of Hogwarts, as it were." He laughed at the expression on Kenn's face, one of extreme shock. She hadn't know that Madame Pomfrey was Rook's aunt.
"Your aunt?" She was raised her eyebrows and stuck her tongue out at Rook, which made him laugh even harder. She was flabbergasted, but she said to Rook, "I don't have my clothes. They took them when I ran into a wall." She put a great deal of emphasis on "into a wall".
Rook still trying to recover from his laughing fit handed her the clothes one of her Slytherin friends had given him to give to her. There were muggle clothes, he had a few of them himself, being a half-blood and all but none exactly like this. The girl had handed Rook a pair of low rise jeans, faded in the front. And a black top that was, basically, a faux sweater. She had also given him another shirt for her to wear underneath the strange faux sweater thing. She had also received a scarf and coat.The friend had given the other parts of a female's clothing to Madame Pomfrey, in person, the night before.
Madame Pomfrey came in and shooed Rook away, then gave Kennedy the other part of her wardrobe. Kennedy blushed seeing Madame Pomfrey giving her, her underclothing. Then, when Madame Pomfrey had left, she got out of her hospital gown and put on the clothes that had been given to her. She and her friends had been planning what they were going to wear for a while now, and she had told Skera Mortif, the person who had supplied Rook with my clothes, what she would be wearing. She was sweet enough to ensure that what Kenn had planned on was what Kenn was wearing to Hogsmeade that day. Kennedy made a mental note to buy something for Skera, to thank her, also because Kennedy didn't have any muggle clothes, being a full-blood and had to borrow Skera's clothes, who was also a full-blood, but had muggle clothes.
Kennedy emerged from the curtain around her bed and smiled at Rook who was examining her from head to toe. He smiled and made his comment, "You look nice," he nodded and got up from his chair.
"Thanks," she said, blushing lightly. She looked at the floor to try and hide this. Rook started to walk and Kennedy fell into step with him. Since he was so much taller and had longer legs then her, she had to take two steps for one of his. They talked on the way to check in for going to Hogsmeade.
Once they arrived at the gate Mr. Filch asked for their names and Rook responded with, "Kennedy O'Riley and Rook Spencer." She looked at him in disbelief, he can't have remembered that from when they were sorted could he have? They walked past Filch and started to talk again.
"You know my last name? Like nobody knows my last name." She stated matter- of-factly. She didn't remember telling him what her last name was, and even if he did have a good memory, he can't have remembered that from the sorting six years ago.
Rook kept his eyes forward, but Kenn could see a smile on his face, as they entered the sacred land that was Hogsmeade. "Yeah! How could I not? Plus, Elle told me, again today, so I wouldn't forget and have to ask you what it was." He laughed and asked her where she wanted to go.
"Um... You wanna go to that café? I can't remember the name... darn... oh well, it's, like, right around the corner, do you know what I'm talking about?" She asked hoping she didn't sound like an idiot. It must have shown on her face because Rook started to laugh. His laugh was really attractive, not to deep but not high enough to make it girly, it was also rolling. It was a very nice laugh, thought Kennedy and listened to his reply.
"Yeah, I know what you're talking about," Rook was smiling as they turned the corner and entered the café. The café was filled with people sitting at little tables with there heads bent towards each other. Kennedy blushed when she saw this. They walked up to the counter and Kennedy was pulling out her money pouch and Rook put his hand up and said, "No, no it's on me." He smiled, which made Kenn blush even more.
They ordered and got their drinks. Rook and Kennedy decided not to drink in the café, but walk around the city and visit a few other shops. They walked outside and Kennedy was amazed how much snow had fallen on the ground, it was a good thing Skera had given had her a scarf and coat. She pulled them tighter around her to fight the cold, which was a task considering the tea she was holding. She sipped her tea and could feel the warmth go down her body and warm her.
They were visiting the trick shop when Harry Potter and Ron Weasley came in. Kennedy gave a polite wave and turned to look at something Rook was messing with. Harry came over smiled at Rook, examining what he was holding at the same time Kennedy was. Kenn walked away from the two boys, not liking Harry in the least. Rook must have sensed this because he came up to Kennedy and whispered in her ear, "Do you wanna go some where else?"
Kennedy nodded and walked out of the shop with Rook right behind her. She turned to him once they had rounded another corner and said to him, "Thanks, I don't really like him that much."
Rook looked at her his eyes now a strikingly deep blue color, he was smiling, that beautiful smile that made Kennedy's knees turn into jelly. He raised one of his perfectly formed eyebrows and was obviously aware of her great contempt for Harry. "Really? But everyone likes Harry. I mean Draco doesn't, but he's a very special person. Maybe it's the Slytherin thing." He was smirking now.
"Oh thanks!" she said sarcastically, "Well I've just never liked him, he tried to hit on me a couple of years ago, and I didn't really like it all that much. I've never been a big fan anyway." Kennedy looked at the ground as she said this and felt the shame rise in her for having to admit this fact to Rook. She then felt familiar warm fingers under her chin, making her look up. She looked up into unfathomably deep blue eyes that were watching face intently. She realized that she was suddenly very close to the boy she had liked for so many years. She had never been this close to any boy before, except for when her father used to hold her, but that isn't the same thing. Rook's arm was wrapped around her waist before she even realized what was happening. She wasn't sure if she would be able to hold herself up if he were not holding onto her. Kennedy could feel his warm breath on her cheeks and shivered. Rook was bending his head down to hers when they heard voices coming. They immediately jumped apart and started walking; trying to look like that had been what they had been doing the entire time. Kenn felt herself blushing as she walked around yet another corner; she tried not to let Rook see. Kennedy glanced sideways at Rook to see that he wasn't blushing, he was cool and calm. Of course this only made Kennedy feel more embarrassed, but she tried to regain her self and stop blushing.
Very soon after she had regained her composure and they were walking down the road to another shop when the bell that told the students they needed to come back sounded. Since they were already going in that direction, they just didn't stop at the shop they were heading towards.
They were approaching the gate to leave Hogsmeade when Rook turned down an alley way. Kennedy followed him and almost knocked Rook over when he stopped abruptly. He turned around and took her face in his hands. Leaning down, his lips brushed hers and sent a shiver down Kennedy's spine. She'd never been kissed before and had never expected she ever would. This moment was like heaven to her. His lips were warm on hers; Kennedy felt like time had stopped and the world was only this very moment. She could feel the heat radiating from his body and liked it because it was really cold out. Rook broke the kiss and smiled down at her, Kennedy smiled back, now blushing. (A/N:Hmm... who woulda thunk it! I mean I may as well say she is constantly blushing! Considering the fact that she does that more than anything else! Geez!)
"Well I suppose we should go back now?" She said still blushing.
Rook nodded and kissed her gently once more than took her arm, steering her to the gate. They checked back in and headed to the castle.
"Good-bye Kenn," Rook said in a low voice, "I had a great time." He smiled and started to walk in the direction of the Library.
"Rook?" Kennedy called after him softly. He turned around, still smiling.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks, I had a lot of fun." She smiled. He nodded and turned around again to head to the library. Kennedy ran to were the group always met after big events, a room they had discovered in their second year.
The room was behind a portrait on the second floor. They had been exploring one day and had stumbled upon this little room they now had as a "club" room. They didn't really have a club but there was really no other way to describe the happenings in the room. It was a cozy little room that was just big enough for two very plush sofas and two love seats. The walls had been a nice pale yellow color since they'd found it. On the wall was a portrait of a man none of them had ever heard of, his name was Winston Greply. They often would look at the picture and try to figure out what else it could be, since Winston was very ugly, this might have explained why his portrait was in this hidden room. They had even managed to sneak in a little cooler to put drinks in, Autumn had done a spell so the ice wouldn't melt unless it was put into a drink. There was a small, square coffee table in the middle of the room; it currently held four drinks, all of them stolen from the dinner table and most likely stashed in the cooler. They were Kennedy's favorite drink, Butterbeer.
"Hey guys, nice steal," Kennedy said, referring to the Butterbeer. As she walked in her friends had been talking about their own trip to Hogsmeade, they stopped talking when she entered and smiled at her.
"Hey-o Kenn-o, so," Elle asked wiggling her eyebrows, "what did you to do?"
"Oh you know, the usual, went to the café, walked around, talked, stuff like that," Kennedy stated, excluding their kiss. She shrugged and grabbed her mug of Butterbeer then plopped in one of the love seats.
All her friends raised their eyebrows in disbelief, but Elle was the one to speak, "Come on Kenn, I told you guys when I kissed Shane for the first time," she whined.
"How do you know that we even kissed? How do you know that we even got along? How do you know that I don't hate him now?" she questioned, keeping a straight face, but she was laughing on the inside. She looked at her friends and then took a healthy swig of her Butterbeer. Her friends looked at her in disbelief, they were sure that they would get some juice out of this situation and it wasn't possible that she hated him. She had liked him from afar for so long it didn't seem plausible. Kennedy was the one it took work to be friends with, since she didn't open up very easily, but once you were her friend, she told you everything and was one of the best friends any person could have.
"Well, if you didn't kiss him and if you do hate him, then just say so, quite beating around the bush," April said, tired of all the procrastinating.
Kennedy sighed, she was hoping April wouldn't ruin her fun so quickly, April didn't like it when people, as she put it, "beat around the bush", but too late for that she would have to tell them all of the juicy details from her date with Rook.
"Thanks for ruining it for me Pri," she smiled at her friend, who smiled in return, "I don't hate him, I had a great time. He was really nice and bought me tea at the café! It was really good tea too. Yum-"she never got to finish her sentence because her friend interrupted her.
"Kennedy Blayse O'Riley! Stop with the incessant chattering and get to the details! Like the kiss!" Elle shouted at her, being the only one to ever know Kennedy's middle name. Kennedy didn't like her middle name and made Elle promise she would never tell another soul. She now sat across from Elle staring at her and not believing what she had just heard. Elle had her hands clasped over mouth with a shocked expression on her face; she had never repeated Kenn's middle name before and it had been a long time since she had actually called her friend Kennedy instead of Kenn.
"Oh my god, Kenn, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! I swear!" Elle sputtered not able to fathom how she had just done that.
Kennedy looked into her Butterbeer, "Swearing is not a good thing, Elle," she said. She looked up and was smiling "I don't recommend doing it all the time." Elle's face relaxed and she threw a pillow at Kenn.
"You butthead!" She said and smiled to.
Kennedy blocked the incoming pillow with the hand not holding the Butterbeer, "Hey, I've got a valuable beverage here, and at least I'm not Beavis!" She laughed at her friends reaction, a shocked expression with her hands on either side of her face.
"Beavis is better than Butthead, but anyways this is a weird conversation, we're talking about a stupid muggle show," Elle stated looking very unconvinced that she had actually had an argument about something like that.
Kennedy nodded and agreed, "You're right this is a stupid conversation," she had a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Wow! You're middle name is Blayse? I didn't know that," this was April, with the delayed reaction as usual.
Kennedy looked at April and nodded, "Yup, has been since I've been born, I just don't like it so I don't tell it to people." She shrugged and finished off her Butterbeer.
"All of you shut up and Kenn just tell us what happened," Autumn said finally tired of listening to them blabber.
"Ok, ok the cheese stands alone, wow, that was random, ok anywho, I'll just answer the question your all simply dying for me to answer. The verdict is, dun dun dun, we kissed, twice," she smiled in remembrance of those moments of pure happiness. Her friends squealed so high and loud one almost had to be a dog to hear that they were making any noise at all.
They all talked at the same time, "Oi Kenn, our little baby grown up! This is sooo exciting! Oh my god! I can't believe this! Wow! Your first kiss! EEEKKK! Ex-cell-ent!" This was all rather jumbled, having come from various friends, one could not decipher which one had said which thing. Her friends were hugging her, and she could barely find which way was up after a short while.
Her friends finally, backed off they were all beaming at her and she couldn't help not beaming back.
"So tell us allllll about it," April said sitting back down on the couch.
Kennedy proceeded to tell her friends "all about it" in excruciating detail, down to the fact that she had to stand on her tiptoes to reach his lips, considering he was over six feet in height. When she was done she was still smiling about the whole affair.
"Wow, that's pretty amazing Kenn," Autumn added after her friend started to, very obviously daydream, again.
"Yeah, it is, isn't?" Kenn agreed, she sighed sliding down in her love seat.
All her friends nodded their heads. Kennedy looked at the clock on the wall and noticed that it read 8:28. They were supposed to be in their common rooms in two minutes.
"Holy Krups! If we're not in our commons in two minutes, we're in deep doodoo man!" Kennedy almost shouted as she jumped off of her sofa.
"Oh my god! Bye Kenn! Nice talking to ya!" Elle said as she ran across the room. She opened the door and everyone filed out and ran in the direction of their dormitories. Kennedy had the farthest to run, considering her house was in the dungeons. She ran at full speed across the Main Hall to go down to dungeons, checking behind every corner to make sure the coast was clear of Prefects. She turned the corner and ran into something not exactly hard, so it wasn't a wall, but not exactly soft either. Kenn stumbled backwards and looked up at what she had just run into, to see none other than Rook, smiling at her mischievously. (chapter) "Hello Miss O'Riley, why are you out and about so late?" He asked, his eyes now a blue-green color. This entranced Kennedy for a short moment before she was able to reply.
"Oh, Hi Rook, fancy meeting you here," she said not really sure what she should do, other than she had to get to the dungeons, and away from the main floor.
"Really quite strange, eh? Well Miss O'Riley, you know you're supposed to be in your common room right now?" His eyes were glittering in the light given off by the candles floating in the air above them. Kenn probably would have thought this would have been romantic if she weren't out past the students' curfew, causing all romantic thoughts to leave. She discovered that she liked it when he talked her and instead of using her first name used her last name.
Kennedy smiled guiltily, "Um... Yeah, I do, I was just going there now," And I'd probably be there right now if I hadn't happened to run into Rook, she thought to herself. She continued to smile and started twiddling her thumbs innocently.
"I should hope," he was pretending like he didn't have personal relations with Kennedy, but right now he was actually very nervous. He didn't want to send her to the headmaster's office or take points away from Slytherin because she'd been out past curfew because he didn't want her to never go out with him again. Such a predicament!
Kennedy looked down at the ground; she knew he had every right to use he Prefect authority and that he should so she said, "Rook, you do what you have to." She didn't want to look at him she kept her eyes on her feet.
This surprised Rook, but he shouldn't have expected any less. He could feel his eyes changing color; they often did this around Kennedy for some weird indescribable reason. Score one for contacts, she wouldn't be able to tell! He thought to himself.
"Ok Miss O'Riley, have you ever done this before and I trust you to tell me the truth," he asked pushing aside his changing eye color.
Kennedy thought for a moment, have I ever done anything like this before? No, no I haven't, I've never broken one rule before in my life, well except for that one time I threw an egg out the window at my house in a fit of fury, and it hit that old guy, hmm...that was a big mess... anyways that didn't apply to this situation at all. She thought to herself, then replied to Rook's question, after about five seconds, "No, I haven't done anything like this before. Why?" She asked not sure what he would say.
"Well, I could let of you off with a warning never to do it again, or you'll have to answer to Dumbledore, unless of course you want to go now, which I highly doubt," he raised his eyebrows at her.
Kennedy shook her head, "I'll take the warning," she smiled. Kenn could have kissed him at this point, but wasn't sure that she should and she really did have to get back to her dorm.
Rook nodded and said that he would walk her to her dorm, but didn't know where it was and it probably wasn't smart he find out either. Kennedy agreed. She didn't think people would much enjoy him knowing, not that he'd tell anyone.
"Thanks Rook, I can't tell you how much this means to me," she said and had starting walking when Rook grabbed her arm and turned her around.
"Here take this, it should get you down to the dungeons, without anyone seeing you," he said reaching into his robe and pulling out a silvery piece of cloth, Kennedy having a delayed reaction, like April had had early that night didn't know what it was until Rook unfolded it. The cloth, once not longer fold, turned out to be a cloak, and invisibility cloak at that.
"Oh my god, Rook, where'd you get one of these," she looked up at him and he looked pretty serious, "I can't use this."
"Now, now Kennedy, who said you couldn't use it, not me, and it is mine, so here take it," he threw it around her shoulders, causing her to disappear from his view. "Bring it back to me next chance you get, that's all I ask, Now, bye, bye Kenn," he's kept his hands on her shoulders and whispered in her ear, "I got it from my dad," he said giving her a little push in the right direction.
Kennedy stumbled, but continued toward her dorms, she'd have to ask him about this. She had had no idea he had anything like this, and they knew each other pretty well after their first date, they'd talked about everything. She'd already known some other things about him before their date, but he told her a lot about his life and visa versa. Which was amazing considering the fact it usually took her a long time to actually open up to someone. Sure she'd be kind of popular since the beginning, but it took her almost the first half of second year to finally except the fact that Autumn, April, and Elle wanted to be her friends. Since they had all already been friends, Kenn had been reluctant to open up to these particular people, but in the end, their little group had become inseparable. She didn't really become the best of friends with Elle until half way through their second year when Autumn and April had been hurt during a quidditch match and Kennedy had confided all her problems and secrets in Elle who, in return, did the same thing. It had really brought them together.
While Kenn had been reminiscing she had also arrived at the entry to her commons.
Their password was the most ludicrous thing Kennedy had ever heard, but she wanted to go to bed so she said, "Duidelijke kubus," God forbid they should get a password that's easy to pronounce like cheese or pie, or even antidisestablishmentarianism, but NO they had to get some Dutch word that translates to mean something like "clear cube". What's up with that? Kennedy knew what this meant because of excessive language classes, courtesy of her mother. She was never good at Dutch, but was able to speak it well enough to reach her bed.
Kennedy changed into her pajamas once she had reached her dormitory. She fell into bed and was asleep within the minute, and had a dreamless night accompanied by a wonderfully sound sleep.
A/N: I've noticed a trend most of these end with Kennedy sleeping.... Oh well i hope you enjoyed it!!!! lotsa luv Brittany! P.S. Please review!!
Disclaimer: I don't and never own the Harry Potter series, sadly enough! Here's the story!!!
Funny Faux Sweater:
Kennedy awoke to the sun shining on the wall across from her bed. This is great, I've missed the trip to Hogsmeade. Man why'd I have to pick now of all times to run into a wall! How the heck did I run into a wall in the first place! She thought to herself in digust. She had really been excited the night before about being able to go the Hogsmeade, on a date, with Rook. Oh well, this all my fault anyway. If I hadn't been so stupid I would be getting ready to go to Hogsmeade. She thought this rather bitterly.
Kennedy had just sighed when, once again, just like the day before, Rook's figure appeared in the door frame. He was grinning and then walked toward her bed. Kennedy smiled back and then felt down when she realized if she hadn't run into that stupid wall she would have been going on a date with this particular person. She tried to prevent her disappointment from showing on her face.
"You ready to go?" He grinned mischievously.
"What exactly do you mean? I ran into a wall remember?" Kennedy replied quietly looking at her hands in her lap, not able to look at him. She felt embarrassed that he'd seen her run into a wall and then brought her to the Hospital Wing.
"Well Madame Pomfrey said you could go to Hogsmeade, but only if you're very careful," his smiled remained as he stabbed his thumb in the general direction of Madame Pomfrey's office. "I love having aunts in high places, or the Hospital Wing of Hogwarts, as it were." He laughed at the expression on Kenn's face, one of extreme shock. She hadn't know that Madame Pomfrey was Rook's aunt.
"Your aunt?" She was raised her eyebrows and stuck her tongue out at Rook, which made him laugh even harder. She was flabbergasted, but she said to Rook, "I don't have my clothes. They took them when I ran into a wall." She put a great deal of emphasis on "into a wall".
Rook still trying to recover from his laughing fit handed her the clothes one of her Slytherin friends had given him to give to her. There were muggle clothes, he had a few of them himself, being a half-blood and all but none exactly like this. The girl had handed Rook a pair of low rise jeans, faded in the front. And a black top that was, basically, a faux sweater. She had also given him another shirt for her to wear underneath the strange faux sweater thing. She had also received a scarf and coat.The friend had given the other parts of a female's clothing to Madame Pomfrey, in person, the night before.
Madame Pomfrey came in and shooed Rook away, then gave Kennedy the other part of her wardrobe. Kennedy blushed seeing Madame Pomfrey giving her, her underclothing. Then, when Madame Pomfrey had left, she got out of her hospital gown and put on the clothes that had been given to her. She and her friends had been planning what they were going to wear for a while now, and she had told Skera Mortif, the person who had supplied Rook with my clothes, what she would be wearing. She was sweet enough to ensure that what Kenn had planned on was what Kenn was wearing to Hogsmeade that day. Kennedy made a mental note to buy something for Skera, to thank her, also because Kennedy didn't have any muggle clothes, being a full-blood and had to borrow Skera's clothes, who was also a full-blood, but had muggle clothes.
Kennedy emerged from the curtain around her bed and smiled at Rook who was examining her from head to toe. He smiled and made his comment, "You look nice," he nodded and got up from his chair.
"Thanks," she said, blushing lightly. She looked at the floor to try and hide this. Rook started to walk and Kennedy fell into step with him. Since he was so much taller and had longer legs then her, she had to take two steps for one of his. They talked on the way to check in for going to Hogsmeade.
Once they arrived at the gate Mr. Filch asked for their names and Rook responded with, "Kennedy O'Riley and Rook Spencer." She looked at him in disbelief, he can't have remembered that from when they were sorted could he have? They walked past Filch and started to talk again.
"You know my last name? Like nobody knows my last name." She stated matter- of-factly. She didn't remember telling him what her last name was, and even if he did have a good memory, he can't have remembered that from the sorting six years ago.
Rook kept his eyes forward, but Kenn could see a smile on his face, as they entered the sacred land that was Hogsmeade. "Yeah! How could I not? Plus, Elle told me, again today, so I wouldn't forget and have to ask you what it was." He laughed and asked her where she wanted to go.
"Um... You wanna go to that café? I can't remember the name... darn... oh well, it's, like, right around the corner, do you know what I'm talking about?" She asked hoping she didn't sound like an idiot. It must have shown on her face because Rook started to laugh. His laugh was really attractive, not to deep but not high enough to make it girly, it was also rolling. It was a very nice laugh, thought Kennedy and listened to his reply.
"Yeah, I know what you're talking about," Rook was smiling as they turned the corner and entered the café. The café was filled with people sitting at little tables with there heads bent towards each other. Kennedy blushed when she saw this. They walked up to the counter and Kennedy was pulling out her money pouch and Rook put his hand up and said, "No, no it's on me." He smiled, which made Kenn blush even more.
They ordered and got their drinks. Rook and Kennedy decided not to drink in the café, but walk around the city and visit a few other shops. They walked outside and Kennedy was amazed how much snow had fallen on the ground, it was a good thing Skera had given had her a scarf and coat. She pulled them tighter around her to fight the cold, which was a task considering the tea she was holding. She sipped her tea and could feel the warmth go down her body and warm her.
They were visiting the trick shop when Harry Potter and Ron Weasley came in. Kennedy gave a polite wave and turned to look at something Rook was messing with. Harry came over smiled at Rook, examining what he was holding at the same time Kennedy was. Kenn walked away from the two boys, not liking Harry in the least. Rook must have sensed this because he came up to Kennedy and whispered in her ear, "Do you wanna go some where else?"
Kennedy nodded and walked out of the shop with Rook right behind her. She turned to him once they had rounded another corner and said to him, "Thanks, I don't really like him that much."
Rook looked at her his eyes now a strikingly deep blue color, he was smiling, that beautiful smile that made Kennedy's knees turn into jelly. He raised one of his perfectly formed eyebrows and was obviously aware of her great contempt for Harry. "Really? But everyone likes Harry. I mean Draco doesn't, but he's a very special person. Maybe it's the Slytherin thing." He was smirking now.
"Oh thanks!" she said sarcastically, "Well I've just never liked him, he tried to hit on me a couple of years ago, and I didn't really like it all that much. I've never been a big fan anyway." Kennedy looked at the ground as she said this and felt the shame rise in her for having to admit this fact to Rook. She then felt familiar warm fingers under her chin, making her look up. She looked up into unfathomably deep blue eyes that were watching face intently. She realized that she was suddenly very close to the boy she had liked for so many years. She had never been this close to any boy before, except for when her father used to hold her, but that isn't the same thing. Rook's arm was wrapped around her waist before she even realized what was happening. She wasn't sure if she would be able to hold herself up if he were not holding onto her. Kennedy could feel his warm breath on her cheeks and shivered. Rook was bending his head down to hers when they heard voices coming. They immediately jumped apart and started walking; trying to look like that had been what they had been doing the entire time. Kenn felt herself blushing as she walked around yet another corner; she tried not to let Rook see. Kennedy glanced sideways at Rook to see that he wasn't blushing, he was cool and calm. Of course this only made Kennedy feel more embarrassed, but she tried to regain her self and stop blushing.
Very soon after she had regained her composure and they were walking down the road to another shop when the bell that told the students they needed to come back sounded. Since they were already going in that direction, they just didn't stop at the shop they were heading towards.
They were approaching the gate to leave Hogsmeade when Rook turned down an alley way. Kennedy followed him and almost knocked Rook over when he stopped abruptly. He turned around and took her face in his hands. Leaning down, his lips brushed hers and sent a shiver down Kennedy's spine. She'd never been kissed before and had never expected she ever would. This moment was like heaven to her. His lips were warm on hers; Kennedy felt like time had stopped and the world was only this very moment. She could feel the heat radiating from his body and liked it because it was really cold out. Rook broke the kiss and smiled down at her, Kennedy smiled back, now blushing. (A/N:Hmm... who woulda thunk it! I mean I may as well say she is constantly blushing! Considering the fact that she does that more than anything else! Geez!)
"Well I suppose we should go back now?" She said still blushing.
Rook nodded and kissed her gently once more than took her arm, steering her to the gate. They checked back in and headed to the castle.
"Good-bye Kenn," Rook said in a low voice, "I had a great time." He smiled and started to walk in the direction of the Library.
"Rook?" Kennedy called after him softly. He turned around, still smiling.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks, I had a lot of fun." She smiled. He nodded and turned around again to head to the library. Kennedy ran to were the group always met after big events, a room they had discovered in their second year.
The room was behind a portrait on the second floor. They had been exploring one day and had stumbled upon this little room they now had as a "club" room. They didn't really have a club but there was really no other way to describe the happenings in the room. It was a cozy little room that was just big enough for two very plush sofas and two love seats. The walls had been a nice pale yellow color since they'd found it. On the wall was a portrait of a man none of them had ever heard of, his name was Winston Greply. They often would look at the picture and try to figure out what else it could be, since Winston was very ugly, this might have explained why his portrait was in this hidden room. They had even managed to sneak in a little cooler to put drinks in, Autumn had done a spell so the ice wouldn't melt unless it was put into a drink. There was a small, square coffee table in the middle of the room; it currently held four drinks, all of them stolen from the dinner table and most likely stashed in the cooler. They were Kennedy's favorite drink, Butterbeer.
"Hey guys, nice steal," Kennedy said, referring to the Butterbeer. As she walked in her friends had been talking about their own trip to Hogsmeade, they stopped talking when she entered and smiled at her.
"Hey-o Kenn-o, so," Elle asked wiggling her eyebrows, "what did you to do?"
"Oh you know, the usual, went to the café, walked around, talked, stuff like that," Kennedy stated, excluding their kiss. She shrugged and grabbed her mug of Butterbeer then plopped in one of the love seats.
All her friends raised their eyebrows in disbelief, but Elle was the one to speak, "Come on Kenn, I told you guys when I kissed Shane for the first time," she whined.
"How do you know that we even kissed? How do you know that we even got along? How do you know that I don't hate him now?" she questioned, keeping a straight face, but she was laughing on the inside. She looked at her friends and then took a healthy swig of her Butterbeer. Her friends looked at her in disbelief, they were sure that they would get some juice out of this situation and it wasn't possible that she hated him. She had liked him from afar for so long it didn't seem plausible. Kennedy was the one it took work to be friends with, since she didn't open up very easily, but once you were her friend, she told you everything and was one of the best friends any person could have.
"Well, if you didn't kiss him and if you do hate him, then just say so, quite beating around the bush," April said, tired of all the procrastinating.
Kennedy sighed, she was hoping April wouldn't ruin her fun so quickly, April didn't like it when people, as she put it, "beat around the bush", but too late for that she would have to tell them all of the juicy details from her date with Rook.
"Thanks for ruining it for me Pri," she smiled at her friend, who smiled in return, "I don't hate him, I had a great time. He was really nice and bought me tea at the café! It was really good tea too. Yum-"she never got to finish her sentence because her friend interrupted her.
"Kennedy Blayse O'Riley! Stop with the incessant chattering and get to the details! Like the kiss!" Elle shouted at her, being the only one to ever know Kennedy's middle name. Kennedy didn't like her middle name and made Elle promise she would never tell another soul. She now sat across from Elle staring at her and not believing what she had just heard. Elle had her hands clasped over mouth with a shocked expression on her face; she had never repeated Kenn's middle name before and it had been a long time since she had actually called her friend Kennedy instead of Kenn.
"Oh my god, Kenn, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! I swear!" Elle sputtered not able to fathom how she had just done that.
Kennedy looked into her Butterbeer, "Swearing is not a good thing, Elle," she said. She looked up and was smiling "I don't recommend doing it all the time." Elle's face relaxed and she threw a pillow at Kenn.
"You butthead!" She said and smiled to.
Kennedy blocked the incoming pillow with the hand not holding the Butterbeer, "Hey, I've got a valuable beverage here, and at least I'm not Beavis!" She laughed at her friends reaction, a shocked expression with her hands on either side of her face.
"Beavis is better than Butthead, but anyways this is a weird conversation, we're talking about a stupid muggle show," Elle stated looking very unconvinced that she had actually had an argument about something like that.
Kennedy nodded and agreed, "You're right this is a stupid conversation," she had a thoughtful expression on her face.
"Wow! You're middle name is Blayse? I didn't know that," this was April, with the delayed reaction as usual.
Kennedy looked at April and nodded, "Yup, has been since I've been born, I just don't like it so I don't tell it to people." She shrugged and finished off her Butterbeer.
"All of you shut up and Kenn just tell us what happened," Autumn said finally tired of listening to them blabber.
"Ok, ok the cheese stands alone, wow, that was random, ok anywho, I'll just answer the question your all simply dying for me to answer. The verdict is, dun dun dun, we kissed, twice," she smiled in remembrance of those moments of pure happiness. Her friends squealed so high and loud one almost had to be a dog to hear that they were making any noise at all.
They all talked at the same time, "Oi Kenn, our little baby grown up! This is sooo exciting! Oh my god! I can't believe this! Wow! Your first kiss! EEEKKK! Ex-cell-ent!" This was all rather jumbled, having come from various friends, one could not decipher which one had said which thing. Her friends were hugging her, and she could barely find which way was up after a short while.
Her friends finally, backed off they were all beaming at her and she couldn't help not beaming back.
"So tell us allllll about it," April said sitting back down on the couch.
Kennedy proceeded to tell her friends "all about it" in excruciating detail, down to the fact that she had to stand on her tiptoes to reach his lips, considering he was over six feet in height. When she was done she was still smiling about the whole affair.
"Wow, that's pretty amazing Kenn," Autumn added after her friend started to, very obviously daydream, again.
"Yeah, it is, isn't?" Kenn agreed, she sighed sliding down in her love seat.
All her friends nodded their heads. Kennedy looked at the clock on the wall and noticed that it read 8:28. They were supposed to be in their common rooms in two minutes.
"Holy Krups! If we're not in our commons in two minutes, we're in deep doodoo man!" Kennedy almost shouted as she jumped off of her sofa.
"Oh my god! Bye Kenn! Nice talking to ya!" Elle said as she ran across the room. She opened the door and everyone filed out and ran in the direction of their dormitories. Kennedy had the farthest to run, considering her house was in the dungeons. She ran at full speed across the Main Hall to go down to dungeons, checking behind every corner to make sure the coast was clear of Prefects. She turned the corner and ran into something not exactly hard, so it wasn't a wall, but not exactly soft either. Kenn stumbled backwards and looked up at what she had just run into, to see none other than Rook, smiling at her mischievously. (chapter) "Hello Miss O'Riley, why are you out and about so late?" He asked, his eyes now a blue-green color. This entranced Kennedy for a short moment before she was able to reply.
"Oh, Hi Rook, fancy meeting you here," she said not really sure what she should do, other than she had to get to the dungeons, and away from the main floor.
"Really quite strange, eh? Well Miss O'Riley, you know you're supposed to be in your common room right now?" His eyes were glittering in the light given off by the candles floating in the air above them. Kenn probably would have thought this would have been romantic if she weren't out past the students' curfew, causing all romantic thoughts to leave. She discovered that she liked it when he talked her and instead of using her first name used her last name.
Kennedy smiled guiltily, "Um... Yeah, I do, I was just going there now," And I'd probably be there right now if I hadn't happened to run into Rook, she thought to herself. She continued to smile and started twiddling her thumbs innocently.
"I should hope," he was pretending like he didn't have personal relations with Kennedy, but right now he was actually very nervous. He didn't want to send her to the headmaster's office or take points away from Slytherin because she'd been out past curfew because he didn't want her to never go out with him again. Such a predicament!
Kennedy looked down at the ground; she knew he had every right to use he Prefect authority and that he should so she said, "Rook, you do what you have to." She didn't want to look at him she kept her eyes on her feet.
This surprised Rook, but he shouldn't have expected any less. He could feel his eyes changing color; they often did this around Kennedy for some weird indescribable reason. Score one for contacts, she wouldn't be able to tell! He thought to himself.
"Ok Miss O'Riley, have you ever done this before and I trust you to tell me the truth," he asked pushing aside his changing eye color.
Kennedy thought for a moment, have I ever done anything like this before? No, no I haven't, I've never broken one rule before in my life, well except for that one time I threw an egg out the window at my house in a fit of fury, and it hit that old guy, hmm...that was a big mess... anyways that didn't apply to this situation at all. She thought to herself, then replied to Rook's question, after about five seconds, "No, I haven't done anything like this before. Why?" She asked not sure what he would say.
"Well, I could let of you off with a warning never to do it again, or you'll have to answer to Dumbledore, unless of course you want to go now, which I highly doubt," he raised his eyebrows at her.
Kennedy shook her head, "I'll take the warning," she smiled. Kenn could have kissed him at this point, but wasn't sure that she should and she really did have to get back to her dorm.
Rook nodded and said that he would walk her to her dorm, but didn't know where it was and it probably wasn't smart he find out either. Kennedy agreed. She didn't think people would much enjoy him knowing, not that he'd tell anyone.
"Thanks Rook, I can't tell you how much this means to me," she said and had starting walking when Rook grabbed her arm and turned her around.
"Here take this, it should get you down to the dungeons, without anyone seeing you," he said reaching into his robe and pulling out a silvery piece of cloth, Kennedy having a delayed reaction, like April had had early that night didn't know what it was until Rook unfolded it. The cloth, once not longer fold, turned out to be a cloak, and invisibility cloak at that.
"Oh my god, Rook, where'd you get one of these," she looked up at him and he looked pretty serious, "I can't use this."
"Now, now Kennedy, who said you couldn't use it, not me, and it is mine, so here take it," he threw it around her shoulders, causing her to disappear from his view. "Bring it back to me next chance you get, that's all I ask, Now, bye, bye Kenn," he's kept his hands on her shoulders and whispered in her ear, "I got it from my dad," he said giving her a little push in the right direction.
Kennedy stumbled, but continued toward her dorms, she'd have to ask him about this. She had had no idea he had anything like this, and they knew each other pretty well after their first date, they'd talked about everything. She'd already known some other things about him before their date, but he told her a lot about his life and visa versa. Which was amazing considering the fact it usually took her a long time to actually open up to someone. Sure she'd be kind of popular since the beginning, but it took her almost the first half of second year to finally except the fact that Autumn, April, and Elle wanted to be her friends. Since they had all already been friends, Kenn had been reluctant to open up to these particular people, but in the end, their little group had become inseparable. She didn't really become the best of friends with Elle until half way through their second year when Autumn and April had been hurt during a quidditch match and Kennedy had confided all her problems and secrets in Elle who, in return, did the same thing. It had really brought them together.
While Kenn had been reminiscing she had also arrived at the entry to her commons.
Their password was the most ludicrous thing Kennedy had ever heard, but she wanted to go to bed so she said, "Duidelijke kubus," God forbid they should get a password that's easy to pronounce like cheese or pie, or even antidisestablishmentarianism, but NO they had to get some Dutch word that translates to mean something like "clear cube". What's up with that? Kennedy knew what this meant because of excessive language classes, courtesy of her mother. She was never good at Dutch, but was able to speak it well enough to reach her bed.
Kennedy changed into her pajamas once she had reached her dormitory. She fell into bed and was asleep within the minute, and had a dreamless night accompanied by a wonderfully sound sleep.
A/N: I've noticed a trend most of these end with Kennedy sleeping.... Oh well i hope you enjoyed it!!!! lotsa luv Brittany! P.S. Please review!!