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Authors' Notes: Here's another chapter. It's shorter because I haven't written in FOREVER, but yeah... just posting it in case y'all wanted to read it.


Olive Juice

Chapter Five: Bubble Gum

---:Random:---

I put my book down, my eyes having become tired. The clock tells me that I've been reading this book for almost three hours. No wonder my eyes are tired. This surprises even me, considering that my attention span isn't really that long. Ever. Since childhood people have always made fun of me because I can't stay focused one thing for too long. My parents even had me examined to make sure I didn't have ADD. I don't and never did, by the way. One would think that, as I got older, my attention span would become greater. It hasn't. Except for when I'm reading. Maybe that's what why I became such a book nerd. I was tormented for my painfully short attention span, and then I stumbled upon reading, the only thing I could really focus on. Of course, most people wouldn't know that I am a book nerd from my outer behavior.

I walk out into the Common Room and I figure that Lamm isn't here. Her bedroom door is open. She never leaves it open when she is in our quarters. Great, now I have no source of entertainment now. How incredibly sad for me. She is probably enjoying the fact that I can't use her as a source of entertainment, but that's because she is denying her lust for me. I will just have to do something else. What card games can I play? What's that muggle game? Solicetaire, Saltitaire….something like that. I dated a muggle-born who taught me how to play. It's surprising good fun. I find a deck of cards and deal them out.

---:Jyllian:---

I came back to the common room, after a little girl chat, to find Random playing cards. I didn't know you could play cards by yourself, maybe he's insane. That can't be a good sign. Oh well, I don't really care about his mental health.

I walked past him, smiling, and into my room. I shut the door behind me. I always do. I don't want him barging in on me. I still hadn't finished my History of Magic essay. Maybe I should work on that? When is dinner? It's gotta be soon… Did I mention that they don't put clocks in the dorm rooms? I mean, they have a clock in the Prefect's BATHROOM but not in our rooms?

I walked to my door and opened it. "Hey, Random, what time is it?" I asked. Surely, Mr. Know It All would know what time it was.

---:Random:---

Damn! I have to have played this game like, sixty times and I've only one maybe three times? Where the in hell is my black six? I need it and I don't have it! This seems to be happening to me a lot lately. I don't get what I want. Oh look, I can move this pile on top of this pile. YES! I have it! The black six that has been eluding me, I can win now! I would do a happy dance only Lamm is in the area now and that would not be a good scene. I shuffle the cards and deal them out again.

An ace! Yes! Without glancing up when she asks me what time it is, I reply, "Almost six, why?" This red jack can go over here on this black queen. Why do they have to go on opposite colors? That doesn't really make sense because they will end up on the matching suit anyways. Why can't you just make the piles in the right colors or the same suits? I don't think I will ever understand. Is this supposed to make the game harder?

---:Jyllian:---

He looks frustrated. His little self-on-self card game must not be going too well. "Because I'm hungry and I wondered when dinner was. Almost six, you say? You wanna head down?" I asked him. He could use a break from his game with his imaginary friend. Why can't he be normal and play exploding snap? Grr, I'm starving. Hurry up and answer me, Insanity Man!

---:Random:---

Stupid cards. I throw my draw pile cards down on the table and stand up. "After you, Lamm." She walks to the door and I follow, closing the door behind me. Wait, I open the door and the light is still on. I close the door again, slowly and right before the door closes the lights turn off. I swing the door open again and the light goes on. I continues this for several minutes, before realizing what I'm doing and the looks I am receiving. I close the door and continue to walk. "The...um...the light turns on the door is opened. They turn back off when the door is closed..." We exit into the corridor and begin walking.

---:Jyllian:---

When we got to the Great Hall we split up. I went to sit by Arielle and Court, while he sat by… his little posse thing. I actually don't know their names. I should do that. The only one I know is Kemp and Zeke, so I guess that's about it… but there's always these girls following them around… are THEY part of their posse? Ew… MAYBE they're groupies! Yes, that's what they are. Random simply wouldn't allow them to JOIN his group – they're all too busy pining after him to notice, though. I find it amusing. Ohp, look, Arielle is talking to me, I suppose I better pay attention.

"…so there has got to be a better way!" she finished, taking a bite of toast. "Got any ideas?" she asked me. Uh oh. Um… I can't just ask her, 'Hey, Elle, whatcha talkin' about?' – so, I'll just say… er…

"Um… none here, what about you Court?" I'm so glad it's not just me and Arielle! Court is a savior. Haha. I bet she wasn't paying any attention either… but I'm covered. Mwahaha! Sucks to be here. I looked down the table to Random. They were all laughing and eating. Then, out of nowhere, one of the girls that had been following him around came up behind him and started to kiss him. I didn't feel very hungry anymore…

---:Random:---

Uh…Okay. That was unexpected. Not entirely unwanted, but unexpected. I turn around on my bench and wrap my arms around her waist. I wonder what Lamm kisses like, when she isn't being stupid about kissing. Lamm's waist is thinner than this chick's. Wait, why am I thinking about Lamm while I'm kissing some hot chick? I break way and turn around on the bench and continue eating. That was very strange. Something is very wrong with me. That girl is still standing there. I have no idea why she is trying to snog me while I'm trying to eat? I am failing to see the joy in that? All those bits of food. Unless…ew…unless you want to eat out of the other person mouth. I don't doubt that many people would do that. I am hot. Damn hot. I look down the table and Lamm and she has just looked away, I can tell. She doesn't seem all that happy. Maybe it's because girls that aren't her are kissing me. If she wanted exclusive claim she would have to say something. Those things aren't assumed. Wait, she's leaving the Hall and Kemp is speaking to me.

"Dude, what's wrong with you? She was totally hot. Oh well, maybe I can pick her up. Anyways, where's Pierre?" Kemp asked, looking back at me after having trailed the chick.

"Oh, he needs to talk to you after dinner. He is having girl problems. He should be in the dorm," I told Kemp. "Hey, I'll come hang out with you guys tomorrow, okay? I need to get back to my room. I'm getting to a good part in my book." I smiled and Kemp just laughed, knowing of my book-wormy-ness. "Oh, and you might want to bring food up to Zeke, he won't be coming down, I don't think…" Kemp smiled and I left the Great Hall and ran to catch up with Lamm.

"Feeling alright?"

---:Jyllian:---

I looked at him. 'Feeling alright?' Haha – yeah, just brilliant. I turned a corner away from our dormitories, to see if he would notice anything peculiar. He just kept walking along with me. I don't even know why I was so upset. I mean, it's not like we're DATING or anything. Ugh, me? Dating Random? That sounds… interestingly appealing. But no! It's not going to happen. I'll have to get over these things. I come to the entrance of an empty classroom and see that he is STILL following me. I go into the classroom, say, "I'm fine," and close the door behind me. I simply do not need him around me right now.

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She shut the door on my face. Nobody does that. That is unheard of. They take me into the classroom with them and THEN close the door. The door is not supposed to be closed before I get a chance to enter to room. She is probably jealous because some chick kissed me. That has to be it. I turn the knob. Oh, good she isn't in front of the door. I open it and see that she is sitting on a desk in the classroom looking very unhappy. I smirk. She wants me. It's sad for her, but very true. Everybody wants me. I should probably find out why she is really sitting in her unhappily. Most people are happy to be in a classroom alone with me. This is bad. I close the door and lean against it.

"So, what's really bothering you, Jylli? I'm not going to go away until you tell me," I inform you. I have her pinned. She can't get out of this one. I'm an evil genius. Perhaps I should be put away because I could take over the world with my good looks and charm. Yes, that's it.

---:Jyllian:---

Does he EVER go away? Urgh much. Why does he have to stand in front of the door? That's just unfair. And why do we have to be in Hogwarts? I could easily Apparate out if Professor Dumbledore hadn't freaking put a stupid no-apparition charm on the school. I sighed.

"Nothing is wrong with me. I want to be alone. You can leave now," I said. That's what he needs to do. Leave. Go hang out with his cute little snogging partner. Surely she's missing him.

---:Random:---

She SAYS she's fine, but I can tell she isn't. Her eyes haven't left the floor. She's lying and she isn't very good at it. Her acting needs work. She can't pretend to be a whore and she can't lie. I could do both if I wanted to. Well…I wouldn't really be a whore, would I? That is unimportant because I could do that better than her even though she's actually a girl. That's saying something, I should think. Mostly because she can't act. That's all I'm saying. I cross my arms over my chest and put on an expectant face. She isn't going to get out of this by trying to make me go away.

"First of all, I don't believe you. Second of all, you are not getting out of this. And thirdly," I smirked, "does this have anything to do with that skank at dinner?" If she says yes…I may tell her about my thoughts while kissing the skanky one. Maybe I should inform her of this so she knows to tell the truth. "I'll tell you a secret if you answer truthfully."

---:Jyllian:---

Oh! A secret? I'm a sucker for secrets… I love knowing EVERYTHING. It's kind of an obsession…

"The skank at dinner? Didn't look like that was your opinion of her at the time!" I said slightly loudly, finally looking up at him. "Hey, Random, do you happen to have some bubble gum with you?" I asked him. What kind of question was that? Oh well. I do really want some bubble gum. Mmm… the pink kind. Did muggles invent that? I can never remember. Surely they couldn't have. I mean, it's too good of an invention. He looked at me weirdly. What? I only wanted some bubble gum! "It might have had something to do with the 'skank,'" I muttered under my breath. "But I still want bubble gum."

---:Random:---

Bubble gum? Why the hell would I have bubble gum? Wait, I do have bubble gum. It's the pink kind. I wonder if that's what she wants. I pull it out of my pants pocket and open the container. Walking towards her I offer and pull the package away right when she is about to grab it.

"Tell me yes or no. Does this sulking thing have to do with that girl?" I smirk at her as pouts from wanting the gum, or wanting me. "I'll tell you my secret and give you some bubble gum, okay?" I get closer to her, so she can't get away without telling me what I want.

---:Jyllian:---

"Yes! Okay, now give me the gum!" I snatch the gum from his hand and pop it in my mouth. Mmmm! I love bubble gum! So, he promised me a secret. What is it? Gah! "Spill, Mister."

I sat on the desk waiting patiently for his secret, chewing my bubble gum happily.

---:Random:---

Snatching bitch.

"I'm not telling you anything until you tell me yes or no about that chick at dinner," I told her, quirking my eyebrow.

---:Jyllian:---

Either this guy was very dense or very deaf. He's such a lame-o. I answered him. I said, 'Yes!' – did he not hear me? He's evil.

"I said YES! God, do you have a problem or something?" I was probably sounding more irritated than I actually was considering I didn't even want to answer it in the first place; now I have answered it twice. I glared at him. He's such a jackass. I think my nickname of The Mutant fits him perfectly, don't you agree? I chewed my bubble gum and blew a bubble. Hehe. I love bubble gum.

I popped the bubble (it made an extraordinarily loud noise). Well this is just super duper. He's staring at me again. I blew another big bubble, but didn't pop it. It covered pretty much my whole face. All I could see was this big pink thing in front of my face, and I could smell that bubble gum-y smell. I love that bubble gum-y smell. I don't know why. It disgusts some people (like Court). I just sat there, staring at the pink sticky-ness in front of my face. Woot woot. I love bubble gum.

---:Random:---

I sighed. Where did we find this girl for the Head? I poked her face and the bubble gum stuck to my finger. I pulled it away and the gum went with it. Her face was revealed and her gum was hanging off my finger. I stuck it in front of her mouth expecting she would use her mouth to dislodge the gum, but no. She reached up and took the gum and stuck it back into her mouth. I stepped closer and we were millimeters away. I leaned down so my lips were just grazing over her ear. She shivered. I wrapped one arm around her waist.

"The entire time I was kissing her, I was thinking about you," I took my free hand and rested it under chin, turning her face up. I moved closer and stopped right before my lips touched hers. "I don't know why, though. From experience you had never kissed anyone before you kissed me." I sniggered when she gasped. Jylli didn't think I'd be able to figure this out. Ha ha. I've got her under my foot like a BUG! I could squash her at any moment, but I don't think I want to. She is dying for me to just move that little bit closer. Who am I to deny a girl what she wants. Oh yeah, I'm me.

I turn and my robes billow behind me. I was not intending on this happening, but the over all effect was brilliant, I'm sure. Leaving the empty classroom, I return the Head's Rooms. I had gotten what I'd wanted. She was jealous. This is perfect.

---:Jyllian:---

I blew another bubble. It keeps me occupied. It's like talking. When you talk, you can't really think about anything except what you're talking about. It gets your mind off things. Blowing bubbles is the same way. Did he really have to touch my gum? I mean, what if I get sick? Crap, I'm gonna get sick. It's all his fault. His high diseased hands are contagious. This sucks.

Thinking of me, though? Hm… that's interesting. Bastardly, but interesting. He's so… ugh-ness. Yes, that is a word. But seriously, he's a tease. A stupid tease. Why do I even consider associating with him? Oh yeah, because of his "mother".

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My current book of choice: Man's Search for Meaning. This is my third time reading it. It's about a man who survived a concentration camp called Auschwitz during The Holocaust. It is very sad. I am enjoying it to its fullest extent. Very well written. It's written by a famous Jewish philosopher. You may wonder why I only read Muggle books, but they are so much different because muggles don't have magic. I am, by no means, obsessed with the non-magical, but it fun to read about the differences in our world. Almost like if someone were to get our world right and the muggle got to read about it. Fun for them, yes? I heard footsteps in the Common Room and I figure Lamm is home.

I open my door and she is sitting on the couch. When I am standing behind the couch I bend at the waist so I am hanging over the back of sofa and my face is close to hers. I smile in a friendly way. Jylli is shocked when I kiss her lightly on the nose and say in a girly voice, "Welcome home, honey. How was work?" I laugh as a look of shock mixed with shear confusion and disgust crosses her face. "I'm joking, Lamm. I'm not a girl." She glares. "Okay, okay, you're mad that I walked away, but I really was thinking about you while I was kissing that girl."

She glares harder, and I whisper into her ear, "You said that I looked like I was enjoying myself, right? Well, that's a good thing for you, right?" I hop over the back of the couch and stand in front of it instead. I pull her up with me. "I think I may just like you, Jylli." I lean in and turn her face towards mine, again. Our noses touched and I looked into her eyes. She was shivering from my closeness. I closed the space between our lips and she wrapped her arms around my neck when my hands went to her waist.

---:Jyllian:---

Kissing a sex god (Random) was weird. I mean, I've kissed him before, but not like this. We broke apart and I had to make sure I wasn't making any freaky facial expressions. I couldn't make him think I was weird, or inflate his ego any more. I just kind of looked at him. That was really weird. A few hours ago, we weren't even speaking. Even fewer hours ago, he was making out with some other chick. Oh my God, I can't believe I just said "chick". Whatever. I smiled at him and kissed him again.

---:Random:---

She kissed me again and I pulled away. Her face was kind of flushed. This was the most labor of this sort she had done…ever. I could tell. I smirked and released my hold on hips. "Well as nice as that was, I think I'm going to go read my book. I'll be in my room if you need me." I bent closer to her ear. "See you in the morning, Jylli." She shivered and I walked away, pulling my left finger across her stomach as I left. I entered my room and closed the door. Why did I do that? That was most definitely stupid. Maybe I ate something that wasn't good for me. That must be it.

I read for a few minutes then decided reading wasn't working, so I went to take a shower. The water running down my body was refreshing. All thoughts of what I had done washed away. I decided to just act like nothing had happened. It was what we call a momentary lapse in judgment.

---:Jyllian:---

That was intensely weird. Seriously, do people normally do that? Let's think about this for a moment: he kissed me, I kissed him, he pulled away, he reads book, he takes shower. There's something wrong with this isn't there? This is going to be awkward, I just know it.

---:Random:---

The next morning, Sunday, I walk into the Common Room and Lamm is out there. Great. I'm screwed. I was hoping to be able to avoid her for as long as possible. This may require me to explain my "temporary lapse of judgment" which isn't something I'm too keen on doing because I might be slapped. Or yelled at. I don't want either one of these things to occur. Being hit would hurt and being yelled at is just not right. Except for THAT, but I'm not thinking about that again because that is a bad thought, and therefore wrong to think. I have no idea when perversion entered my mind. Maybe it was the first time a girl showed that she liked me. With that perversion I noticed a large amount of egotism and arrogance. You have to understand that I know have I reason to be a pompous ass. I have a nice ass, by the way. God damn. I've done it again. I've gotten into a rant in my head about the wonder that is me when my impending doom faces me.

I attempted to walk past her, but didn't get to the door before she called out my name. Damn. I scrunched up my face and turned, putting on a smile. "Yes?"