There I was again tonight, forcing laughter, faking smiles
Same old, tired lonely place
Walls of insincerity, shifting eyes and vacancy
Vanished when I saw your face
All I can say is it was enchanting to meet you
Lucy Weasley leaned against the wall of the Hufflepuff common room, sipping Butterbeer. She never really liked the post-match victory parties because she didn't care much for Quidditch, but she always felt that she ought to go to be social. Although she mostly just stood around with her thoughts, pretending that she was listening to whoever was talking to her. But today, she suddenly noticed a blond boy standing on the other side of the room. He caught her eye and smiled. Then Lucy forgot about all the discomfort she had previously been feeling.
Your eyes whispered, "Have we met?" across the room, your silhouette
Starts to make its way to me
The playful conversation starts, counter all your quick remarks
Like passing notes in secrecy
She recognized him as Lorcan Scamander, the son of her parents' friends. He was a year older than her, though, and they'd never talked or been formally introduced before. He walked over towards her. "Lucy Weasley, right?"
She nodded. "And you're Lorcan. Lorcan Scamender."
"That's right."
They stood smiling at each other, but soon enough started up a conversation. As they laughed together, Lucy thought that she had finally found someone who shared her rather eccentric sense of humor. She had finally found someone who had as big an imagination as her, and who listened to her wild dreams.
And it was enchanting to meet you
All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you
Then the party was over. All the Hufflepuffs made their way back to their dormitories. Lucy and Lorcan walked together and stopped at the bottom of the stairs.
"I had fun," Lorcan said.
"Me too," Lucy said. She'd had more fun than at any other party she'd ever been to. "It was nice to meet you, Lorcan." She smiled and the two went their separate ways.
This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonder-struck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
Lucy was in a dreamlike state as she walked up the stairs, thinking of Lorcan. She wondered if-hoped that-he was thinking about her. She had said it was nice to meet him, but that didn't cover it. Brilliant, wonderful, or amazing would be better adjectives than nice. Enchantée, as they would say in France.
The lingering question kept me up, 2 a.m., who do you love?
I wonder 'til I'm wide awake
Now I'm pacing back and forth, wishing you were at my door
I'd open up and you would say
It was enchanting to meet you
All I know is I was enchanted to meet you
Lucy lay in bed, still thinking about him. At some point in the night it occurred to her that he might not be as affected by their meeting as she had been. Maybe he already loved someone, and she was just another girl he could be friends with. Wondering this kept her up for a while. She fell asleep early in the morning, only to dream of Lorcan. She dreamed that she was down in the common room in the middle of the night, and he was there with her. He said enchantéto her, and when she woke up she was disappointed to realize it was only a dream.
This is me praying that
This was the very first page, not where the storyline ends
My thoughts will echo your name until I see you again
These are the words I held back as I was leaving too soon
I was enchanted to meet you
While she got dressed, she hoped she would see Lorcan again, and she knew she would never stop thinking about him. While she brushed her teeth, she hoped that their relationship, at least as friends, would be more than one small conversation at a party. She wished that conversation could have gone on forever.
Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you
Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you
Lucy went down the stairs and saw Lorcan standing by the fireplace, talking to a pretty girl she didn't recognize. Lucy's heart stopped for a moment, and she prayed fiercely that this was just a friend. She was again filled with the need to know if he loved someone else. Just as she opened her mouth to call him over, he looked up, saw her, smiled, and walked over.
This night is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'm wonder-struck, blushing all the way home
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
"Hi," he said.
"Hi," she said.
"I was thinking about you all last night," Lorcan said bluntly. Lucy's heart leaped. "I was wondering..."
This night is flawless, don't you let it go
I'm wonder-struck, dancing around all alone
I'll spend forever wondering if you knew
I was enchanted to meet you
"I was wondering...well, you said it was nice to meet me, and then you left before I could say anything. So I was wondering if you knew that I felt the same way. It was nice to meet you. Enchanté,as the French would say."
Please don't be in love with someone else
Please don't have somebody waiting on you
They smiled at each other, and Lucy wondered how she could even have considered the possibiliy that he had someone else. She wondered how she could even have had the idea that he hadn't been, to translate literally, enchanted.
"Enchanted" by Taylor Swift. Possibly my favorite of her songs. I think that Lucy and Lorcan would probably have met earlier than this, but I had to assume they didn't for purposes of the story. I also have to believe that they are the type of people who believe in love at first sight :)