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Post by mgirl03 on Jul 15, 2009 23:43:17 GMT -5
Sometimes, Al and Rory were so alike that it amazed even him. They just seemed to either do the same things, or balance each other out in the end. So he should of realized that when he cheated by getting a head start, she would have cheated to get ahead. When she pulled on the tail of the broom, his eyes widened, and he scowled at her. It was only a moment that she was by his side, and he saw her flash him a wide grin before she sped off ahead of him.
"RORY YOU BLAGGING CHEAT!" he screamed after her, throwing himself down on the broom again and speeding after her. Her tug on the tail of the broom had made it slow drastically, making the broom confused. So as he tried to coax it into going after Rory, she was steadily making her way ever closer to the pitch. Suddenly however, Al got an idea that sent an evil grin to his face, and gave him patience.
He loosened his grip, letting the broom gain speed on its own. Soon he was right behind Rory, and he came to her side just as they crossed over the walls of the pitch. Evil grin still in place, Al got as close to her as possible, and then hooked his left leg over her broom, right behind her--after he was situated he grabbed the handle of her broom with his left hand and sent her into a dive, making his broom follow with his right hand.
After they steadily dove for a few seconds, the ground rushing up to meet them, Al let out a joyful whoop and then tugged both brooms back up, sending them back into a rise. He let go of Rory's broom and laughed, looking at her face as he slowed the broom and leveled it. He watched her, wondering what her reaction to that reckless move would be.
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Post by .RORY KAY BLAKE ! on Jul 16, 2009 15:14:32 GMT -5
Laughing over her shoulder as he screamed out after her, she saw him urge her broom forward and turned back around to do the same on his. She failed to notice Al coming up behind her until she felt the shift in the broom she was riding as his leg drew it over to secure it next to his side. Her eyes widened a bit just as Al's hand grabbed her handle. He was taking control of her bloody broom! Clewing in to late to thwart his plans she gasped and started to protest ..
"Al? .. what the..."
Her original protest was cut off as with eyes widening she felt them dip into a dive, it was replaced by a much more colorful objection..
" Al?!.. no! Bloody hell.. don't you da..... !!
The rest of her comment was sucked from her as all of her nerve was momentarily sucked to the pit of her stomach. Not that she thought Albus would ever let her purposely get hurt,( hell, he usually went out of his way not to let her get accidentally hurt) but when someone other than yourself holds control of your broom and steers you at High speed towards the dirt, your guts tend to go south for the winter.
Clutching the broom with gritted teeth for a moment as they shot down and then pulled up to level she reorganized all innards with a few deep breaths. Once everything was in its proper place a smirk crossed her features..
" Ohhhhh.... you are SO gonna get it for that! "
Angling her broom at Al she flew at him ..and caught hold of his broom handle, giving it a firm tug she dragged him to a lower and safer height before flinging her arms around him and leaning her weight off her broom in hopes of dragging him off his broom the remaining few feet and landing them both on the turf.
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Post by mgirl03 on Jul 16, 2009 15:26:52 GMT -5
Usually, Al wasn't totally reckless and totally mischievious. He could be, of course, but he usually let Rory take the lead in crazy (and usually stupid) plans and actions. However, after her blagging, the whole making them both dive thing had sounded like a good idea, and fun, and it had prooved to be too. So as he floated in front of her snickering, he was feeling pretty good about himself--until she suddenly came at him. Eyes widening, he could do nothing as they both dove down lower to the ground and then she promptly tackled him off of the broom.
"Oof!" was all that came out of his mouth as the two of them landed, with Rory on top of him and Al taking all of the impact. He had wrapped his arms around her waist to ensure that she wasn't going to get squished under him, and now he looked up at her, no air in his lungs as he still held her to him.
"Rory!" he finally wheezed after he had sucked in a huge breath. The happy smile had been gone from his face, but now it was back as he rolled over and pinned her, sitting on her stomach and keeping her shoulders down with his hands. "You are a blagging, cheating, dangerous git. You are so lucky that I love you, or I'd be mad right now!"
For most people, to hear a boy tell a girl that he loved her would mean romance. But for Al, he didn't find it romantic, and hadn't meant it like that either--Rory was his best friend and practically his second sister, so of course he loved her, in the way that he loved Lily or Rose. Keeping her left shoulder pinned, he flicked her nose with his right hand and then messed up her hair, before jumping up and sprinting away.
"GIT!" he yelled, turning to run backwards. He failed to mention that what he had done had been just as dangerous, just as cheating, and just as worthy of the name 'git'.
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Post by .RORY KAY BLAKE ! on Jul 16, 2009 16:20:21 GMT -5
Flatteing Al to the ground as they landed her smirk grew when his grin returned. While she had thought he was still catching his breath he suddenly rolled and she found herself pin beneath him. Trying her best to wiggle out of his grasp she noted not for the first time in her life what a strong prat he was for being so skinny.
"You are a blagging, cheating, dangerous git. You are so lucky that I love you, or I'd be mad right now!"
All Al's chastizing served to do was cause the smirk on her face to bust into a toothy grin. When he flicked her nose she giggled.. when he messed her hair she looked happily indignent..
"Hey!.."
As he leapt up and sprinted away she scrambled to fallow, her feet slipping just a bit of the grass in her haste before she found purchase and bolted after him. With Al running in reverse she was able to catch up despite her slower start and she jumped forward to tackle him to the ground and straddle his chest in true tomboy fashion. Riled with playfulness, her eyes a perfect match for the clear and sunny sky above them, she set into tickling every spot on his chest arms and neck that she new might get a reaction...
" You started it with that dive! ... go on.. admit it or I'll not be stopping anytime soon!"
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Post by mgirl03 on Jul 16, 2009 16:28:02 GMT -5
He should have just ran. Straight out ran, like normal, because he was fast like his father and Rory never would have stood a chance at catching him. However, he had decided to run backwards like a playful little kid, and now he was paying for it. Rory was tickling him, and boy, was he ticklish. As she tackled him and began the tickling, he began to laugh, quickly loosing breath and trying to squirm out from under her.
"S-sTOP, Ro-RY!" Al laughed, still squirming as he tried to get loose. But she was in the perfect position, so he had no hope of getting free. He knew that she was iron clad on her word of not stopping anytime soon, so he tried to catch his breath while still laughing. "Okay fine, I admit it!"
After a moment he grinned at her. "I admit that you're a git," he added, before reaching up to shove her shoulders as hard as he could. This sent her off of him, and in seconds he was pinning her again, his face an inch from hers. His hair was still wildly windswept, so he didn't even have to worry about it falling into his face. He still grinned at her, now looking cheeky.
"You'll never beat me, Aurora," he said challengingly. "I am the almighty Al. Give up now, you foolish girl and I may spare you." He waited, knowing that she would probably have some way to pin him again--and he decided that he wouldn't run like a coward and would wait to see what she would do.
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Post by .RORY KAY BLAKE ! on Jul 16, 2009 17:22:10 GMT -5
When Al seemed to be giving in and admiting it, she slacked off on the tickling, ready to stop when he fallowed through.. big mistake.. Huffing out a breath as Al shoved her shoulders, she found herself pinned beneath him again, his eyes looking dead into hers, his lips practically on top of hers. ..... Bloody hell what was with that thought?! You'll never beat me, Aurora.. People using her real name irritated her, she didn't like the girly sound of it, Al knew this and was likely using it for just that reason. So why when he said it now with his face an inch from her own, did her stomach swoop in such a way to make her feel thrilled, sick and happy all at the same time? Why did she feel an incredible draw to lift her head to his instead of spiting out some clever comeback? This was nuts!! she had to get away from the crazy, life wrecking thoughts assaulting her brain.
Putting all her strength into wiggling she began trying to struggle out from under Al's grasp, as he wasn't having it, still grinning like the clueless git he was, she tried to brace her shoulders in the dirt to get the leverage to shove him off. She turned her head a bit to try and judge a good spot to root her left elbow and when she turned her head back , now raised a bit as she was propped some by her elbow, her eyes popped open as her lips collided with Al's. She froze for the briefest of seconds and then back peddled from under him using her elbows to crab walk through the grass and get away. Reaching up a hand she wiped hard across her mouth, a grossed out expression marring her face.
She knew by how she was feeling that her eyes were likely a livid yellow by now.
"ugg!!.. blach!.. "
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Post by mgirl03 on Jul 16, 2009 18:00:20 GMT -5
With his best friend pinned under him, and him smiling cheekily while using her real name that she hated, Al fully expected a head butt or a knee in the stomach. However, as he watched Rory struggled under him and tried to crawl away, he got something he hadn't bargained for. When she turned her head, his eyes widened as their lips connected for the briefest of moments, and his stomach clenched and swooped. And then the moment was over, and Rory was crawling away wiping her mouth. Al jerked away also, his left hand coming up to wipe his own mouth.
"Oh God!" he exclaimed, looking just as grossed out as Rory did, still wiping at his mouth. "Bloody hell!" He scrubbed at his mouth one last time before lowering his hand and looking at Rory, eye's still wide. Her own eyes were yellow, her sign of nervousness, and he tried to get a smirk to come onto his face, but it wasn't working.
"For the love of Merlin, Rory," he said, shaking his head and touching his mouth again, still looking grossed out. "You didn't have to kiss me to get me to get off. You could have just kneed me in the gut!" This finally brought a slight smirk from him, his stomach settling. Wow, that really had brought a shock to his system--but teasing Rory was helping his heart slow back down to normal.
"Heh, what an accident, eh?" he continued, shaking his head with a smirk still firmly in place. He ran his hand through his hair, and then flattened it back down. He knew that his own voice sounded slightly nervous, and he also knew that if he didn't quit sitting there just staring at her he would start to flush. He looked down at the grass, and then realized that he was still kneeling, so he plopped down into a sitting position.
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Post by .RORY KAY BLAKE ! on Jul 16, 2009 18:24:19 GMT -5
Wrinkling up her nose as Al joked about her purposely kissing him she just about growled back...
" Hey! I wasn't the one blocking out the sun and trying to smell the grass alright? "
Realizing she had a bit more venom behind that comment than it called for she cringed a bit and looked down, using climbing to her feet as an excuse not to look at him for a moment. She'd been read to by her grandmother once about a muggle fairy tail in which there was a world where kids never had to grow up, never had to change, and never had to worry about feelings like the ones that had her acting like a git now. She really wished she could turn things back to the beginning of last year and have her self and Al run away to that place about now. Keeping her eyes cast away from his she turned grumply towards the changing room and started walking. She spoke over her shoulder as she set out...
" Sorry.. didn't mean to snap at you... you know I hate that name though.. lets just get the ball set from the team room and practice some while we still have time.."
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Post by mgirl03 on Jul 16, 2009 18:41:40 GMT -5
Almost every day that the two of them were together, Al ended up doing something that made Rory mad and made her snap at him--on those occasions, however, he knew what he had done and the dispute was over two seconds later when Rory would grin at him and mess up his hair. But twice today already, Al had apparently done something that made her angry--and he didn't know what, and then Rory was still acting odd a few minutes later. So as he stood up, looking at her in a bewildered way, he decided that he was going to find out what was wrong with his best friend.
He jogged towards her, and slowed to a walk at her side. Staring at her for a moment, he finally sighed and looked down at the ground. "Okay Rory, what's up?" he finally asked bluntly, although his voice was still friendly, even if it did have a confused underlying tone. "I know for a fact that this isn't just because of me calling you by your name. If that was the case, you would be beating me up right now. Something's wrong with you, and we're not practicing until I know what."
To prove his point, he put a gentle but firm hand on her shoulder and made her stop, turning her to face him as he looked her in the eye again. He let go of her shoulder and crossed his arms, waiting with his face still looking bewildered. He really didn't have a clue what was going on--had he done something over the summer that she was holding against him? Did she think that maybe he had made it so that they kissed on purpose? Because he hadn't, and he would tell her that truthfully. Deciding to just see what she had to say, he mentally shook his head to get rid of all thoughts.
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Post by .RORY KAY BLAKE ! on Jul 16, 2009 19:45:23 GMT -5
Rory cringed after hearing Al. She had assumed he'd fallow her, possibly even ask what was wrong, he was her best friend after all. But she hadn't planned on him being so blunt and persistent. As his hand set on her shoulder she turned with its pressure to look into his green eyes and found she couldn't hold his gaze, flinching, she dropped her own if anything more vivid yellow than before. If she wasn't careful though they'd turn the rare aqua of plain out saddness. She hated her eyes, shes was determined to learn to damn well control them one day... so there it was then, the truth hit like a cannon ball into her heart. In asking so directly he'd forced her think on the subject instead of pushing it away. She had a bloody damn crush on her best friend! how wrong was that!? She'd sooner get hit with an unforgivable curse than lose his friendship and that's just what coming clean would mean. Even if Al liked her back, a thought that was so laughable that she felt stupid even considering it, if they dated and things went bad she'd lose him.. her heart bottomed out at the idea and she felt a bizarrely overwhelming loneliness. Breakups tended to leave both parties different, "we can still be friends" rarely ever turned out that way.. she really couldn't say who'd she be anymore without his friendship.
That was why she had been planning to start dating. Not that she was particularly drawn to be snogging on some bloke all the time..well, with the exception on the one before her, she rolled her eyes mentally, angry with her self for continuing to think on that. But if she started dating other guys maybe she would end up liking one of them enough to help her shake these damn feelings. Of course she couldn't tell Al any of this..she was going to have to tell him something though..
The random thought of the guy she'd been planning to talk to crossed her mind and she clung to it, hoping to come up with some half truth that would appease AL until she could get her head normal again. She kept her eyes down as she mumbled, pausing from time to time and she figured out what to say, praying to Merlin it would just seem like she was reluctant to share it with him..
" I've just been sorta worried that...that your not going to like the guy I'm thinking of dating.. you know? That you'll think he's a jerk or not good enough for me or something... or that he'll get jealous of the way we goof around.. and..well. that it'll make things weird between us... "
Her voice got a little quieter, bordering on sad as the only part of re reply that was total truth was spoken ..
" I don't want things to ever be weird between us..."
Well.. she chewed her lip in a very un-Rory like fashion.. she wasn't use to lieing to Al, and she really didn't like doing it.. in fact she sort of hated herself for it but what choice did she have? none really...
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