Sitting and Talking (Damien)

[Sarah Malfoy]

Sarah walked out of the castle doors and out onto the lawns. She was so tired of being locked up into the castle. When she got out there she walked around for a few moments looking for anyone who she could talk to. so far she had found no one. After a few minutes she found a spot and sat down. She then looked around again and saw one of her friends start walking over to her.

[Damien Rhean]

Damien Rhean had slept in late this Saturday morning, which was actually pretty surprising since it seemed that lately he hadn't been able to get a wink of sleep, much less a whole two hours more than normal. When he finally awoke to the sound of the dormitory door closing, someone obviously leaving the room, he sat upright and rubbed his eyes. He covered his mouth with hand to let a big yawn escape before lazily getting out of his bed and changing into a pair of jeans and an old band shirt he had gotten at a concert in Ontario with his friends.

He left the towers of the castle and headed outside. The weather was becoming increasingly colder due to the upcoming winter, but it felt nice. The only sound he could hear was his own footsteps, instead of the screaming shrieks of others. Most people stayed inside when it got colder, afraid they might freeze to death or something. Damien merely shrugged and smiled, enjoying the cool climate.

It wasn't long before he found Sarah sitting down, and thought he might as well join her. The girl was three years younger than him, but for some reason he felt she was closer than normal. Many people had told him to find older friends, but there wasn't really a point in that. If people his age wanted to hang out with them, then they could have made some sort of effort.

Damien sat down next to her and sat Indian style on the grass. He looked up at the sky before looking at her. He smiled and said, "Hey Sarah." He grasped the green grass and plucked a couple out of the ground. It was an odd habit of his to play with things absentmindedly.

[Sarah Malfoy]

Sarah watched as Damien sat down next to her. He may be three years older then her but Sarah didn't really care, Damien was one of her closets friends. "Hey Damien." She said back to him. "What are you up too? besides picking at the grass." She said with a smile, she knew that he had a habiti of picking at the grass when ever he sat on it. She then pulled her hair back out of her eyes seeing as the wind had blown it in her face.

[Damien Rhean]

Whenever Sarah mentioned the fact he was picking at the grass he peered down at his hands and quickly stopped his harvesting of the green plant. He then folded his arms across his chest to stop himself, but only managed to start tugging at the sleeve of his shirt. Fidgeting with everything was just something he did. He always had to keep himself entertained.

Damien smiled, his personal crooked smile and looked at her through his blue eyes. "I just came out here to get away from everyone else..and picking at the grass sounded like fun. But then I saw you, and here I am.." He responded, his voice unfazed.

"But more importantly, what about you?" He asked. He watched as she pulled back her hair and flicked a leaf away from his foot. Stupid little things, just asking to be bothered by his fidgeting hands.

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[Sarah Malfoy]

"Well the common room and the whole rest of the castle is so crowded that I can't even here myself think, So I came out here to get away from all of them." Sarah answered his question. She watched as he flicked a leaf away from him. "Do you know you fidget alot?" Sarah asked him.

[Damien Rhean]

People were actually starting to come around now, and he could faintly hear girls talking in the background. Whenever he tried to relax it seemed that everyone else was there to ruin it. He couldn't even get a moment's peace without someone coming up to him and wanting a chat, so he knew exactly what she meant.

"I only fidget when I'm around you.." He said that quietly. It was obvious to most that he liked this girl and couldn't help but fidget when he was around her, it made him nervous and for once he didn't want to act stupid or say something dumb.

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[Sarah Malfoy]

"Aww am I that special that you only fidget around me." Sarah said with a smile. She thought back for a minute and relized that he did only fidget around her. "So why is it that you only fidget around me?" She asked him, wanting to know.

[Damien Rhean]

Now that was a question. Damien debated whether to tell her or not. It wasn't as easy as some people made it look, and spilling his feelings for someone wasn't one of the things Damien was good at. She was three yeas younger than him, so wouldn't it be awkward? Well maybe not. He was arguing with the little people inside his head, and he was losing. Why couldn't he just tell her? Well, he'd give it a shot.

He smiled. "Yeah, really special." He took in a deep breath. It was now or never. "Because I like you, as in, more than a friend." Damien exhaled and looked at her for a reaction. He winced a little, hoping for the best. This was by far the last thing he wanted to do today.

Most knew that Damien Rhean was a hopeless romantic, and had a hard time even saying the word love. He wasn't like the other guys who wooed all the girls in the school and flirted constantly. He just tended to be friends with them, usually best friends. He might not have the most guy friends in the place, but why did that matter? He was more sensitive when it came to a person's feelings.

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[Sarah Malfoy]

Sarah looked at him when he said that he liked her. She was a little suprised mostly because he was three years older then her. She her self liked Damien and decided to tell him since her had told her his feelings. "I like you too." She told him and now it was her turn to wait for a reaction.

[Damien Rhean]

Damien had been looking down at the hole in his old jeans whilst he waited for her reply. He was scared out of his wits, mainly for rejection. He'd never done something so stupid before (Ok, so maybe that was a lie), and he was now more nervous than before. He couldn't help falling for the people he did, but a Malfoy? Surely she was out of his league.

He thought of this before she finally answered. His blue eyes shifted towards her, and he smiled. With a sigh of relief, Damien ruffled his hair. He wasn't sure what he was getting himself into. "Thank goodness.." He muttered. He gently took her hand in his and kept his crooked smile about his face. "I didn't know what I was going to do if you said you hated me." He said.

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[Sarah Malfoy]

Sarah smiled at him when he ruffled his hair. She then felt him take her hand in his. "Well if I hated you would I have hung out with you?" She asked him with her smile on her face. She was happy that he liked her and that she had told him about her feelings.

[Damien Rhean]

Damien shrugged a bit. "I guess not, but you never know." He answered sheepishly. "Well let me re-phrase that then. I didn't know what I would do if you didn't feel the same way." He smiled. Luckily, it wasn't what he expected, but he was known for being a pessimist and always looking on the bad side. He just couldn't stand people who were cheery all the time.

He had never noticed how beautiful this Slytherin girl was. It was like seeing her in a completely new way after getting this off of his chest. It was a little strange to think that about someone, especially when he was..well how he was. He gently squeezed her hand and grinned towards her. The only problem that remained was the Malfoy/Slytherin issue. He had seen what the other Slytherins were doing to Jaxxon and Kiera and that definately wasn't the road Damien wanted to take. "So do you think your little Slytherin friends are going to come hunt me down?" He asked with a small laugh.

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[Sarah Malfoy]

Sarah smiled at him "Well aren't you gald you won't have to find out." She said to him. Her face quickly changed from the smile she had to a worried look when he started talking about the other Slytherins. "I don't know. If they do they'll probably wait till they get done trying to get Jaxxon back on their side." She said to him. It was probably true her could hurt Jaxxon all they wanted but if they touched her or Damien he would probably hunt them down. So if they were going to do anything they would probably wait till they had Jaxxon back on their side.

[Damien Rhean]

As quickly as her smile had faded, so had Damien's. It was a story repeating itself. Ravenclaw, Malfoy. Ravenclaw, Malfoy. Maybe Damien should've thought about all of this before he went and blurted out his feelings. Yeah, that wasn't very smart on his part, but he couldn't take it back now.

"Well if they ever do get Jaxxon back on their side, we might have to keep our feelings hidden for a while. I wouldn't want you to get hurt for me being an idiot." He looked into her eyes, worry consuming his own.

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[Sarah Malfoy]

"Yea we might, but that is if they do get Jaxxon back." Sarah said as she looked in his eyes, "I don't think Jaxxon would let them hurt me." Or at least I hope so." She added in her mind. "but for now I don't care." She said as she layed her head on his chest.