The Freedom of Dance [FINISHED!!]

[daisy]

Cissa watched as he ran his fingers through his hair again, and she stopped herself from reaching out and ruffling her own hand through it again. That would just make things awkward…again. She saw his eyes drift to her lips, and unintentionally, she bit at them. What could he be thinking? Could it possibly be that he wanted to snog her or was she just imagining things again?

She bit her lip again when he said his favorite colors; one of which was the color of her eyes…which he seemed to keep looking at… Cissa mentally shook her head telling her to stop thinking if it would help. Albus Severus Potter DID NOT like Narcissa Cassiopeia Malfoy. He couldn’t…Scorp would kill him and neither family would accept the other.

“Either baby blue or light green…” Cissa replied, shrugging. Despite what most people would think, she didn’t like those colors because of her family or the house she was in, she liked them more because of how they looked on her, which could be considered a bit shallow, but was completely true. Not completely sure what to ask next, she told Al, “You’re turn to come up with the questions.” She smiled lightly, waiting for his response to that.

[mgirl03]

[[ c'mon, give me something to make al think cissa likes him! xDD ]]

When Al looked down to Cissa's lips, she bit at her lower lip at the exact same time. He was a little startled by this, and wondered if she had caught him looking. He wondered what in the world she could be thinking about, and looked back up at her eyes so as to not be caught staring at anything else again. He tuned back in to her answer quickly, not wanting to seem out of it...

Light green? This color rang out in his ears--the same way he had always described the color of his eyes. He wondered for a moment if she liked his eyes, but forcefully shoved the thought away--he didn't need to be thinking about liking Cissa Malfoy, or if she might like him back. Scorpius, for one, would probably want to kill him if he liked his little sister. His family would go mad if they found out (Rose came to mind in particular), and even Rory probably would think him an idiot to want to date a Malfoy. Not that the name should matter--and it was starting to less and less to him. But maybe that was because Cissa was look exceptionally cute...

He started slightly when she spoke again, and mentally scolded himself for once again falling into his thoughts. Thinking for a moment, he finally looked away from her eyes to glance at the table top and his hand. He tried to think quickly of a question, but was frustrated that none in particular came to mind.

"Er.." he started with, still thinking. After a moment he smiled, thinking of a question. "If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?"

[daisy]

[[*giggles* ffffiiiinnnneeee…but it was fun keeping him in suspense XD]]

Cissa managed to not giggle when she saw him quickly look away from her lips, but she really wanted to. She also kind of wanted to just lean over and snog him right then…but she doubted that would go over well and she shoved such a thought out of her head.

Smiling at him, Cissa wondered why Al was actually being nice to her, not that she would complain of course. But just because of who his family was, she didn’t expect him to be nice to her, though she assumed he probably thought the same of her. When she had opened up the questioning she wasn’t sure what she had expected him to ask, but Al’s question threw Cissa for a loop, leaving her unsure what her answer really was. There were too many ways to answer that question.

“There are so many ways to answer that question,” Cissa admitted, but one answer struck her. It could be considered a round-about way of telling Al what she wanted to tell him. “If I could change one thing it would probably be, make it easier to tell the guy I like that I like him.” She had decided that Al was moved up to number 1 on her list, the other guy being number 1 on the ‘unattainable’ list, Al seemed like he could possibly like her back…she stopped that thought right there, turning her attention back to the boy before her and asking, “What about you? If you could change just one thing what would it be?”

[mgirl03]

It was true that the answer that Cissa gave to Al's question wasn't one that he had been anticipating. Her answer brought forth a rush of thoughts and emotions--one major thing was that he wondered for one insane moment if that was a hint towards him, that she was trying to tell him that she was crushing on him. But he mentally shook his head again, realizing how illogical that was. The two were only just now talking, and besides, why would a Malfoy like Potter/Weasley? Of course...Scorpius liked Rose, so it could be possible....Al's stomach lurched at the thought, and he gave up to the fact that he would be quite happy if she liked him. It was time to admit that he had a crush on Narcissa Malfoy.

Al's mind roved to what Rory and him had talked about earlier that day. He really needed to talk to her, to confirm that this was a crush--but from her list that she had given him, he had a feeling that this was most definitely a crush. Oh, brilliant, he was sure that everybody would just love for these two to hook up. Snapping out of his thoughts he cleared his throat, knowing that he had to give an answer to the question that had been turned back onto him.

"Er..." he said, pulling at his color and loosening his tie. "Probably the same thing. Telling the girl that I like, that is, not a guy...or just make myself all around better at talking with girls. As you can see I'm...rubbish." He half smiled, his neck flushing a bit as he loosened his tie a little more.

[daisy]

[*giggles* yay for Al accepting his crushing on Cissa XD]

Cissa wished she could hear what Al was thinking, but she wasn’t old enough to try and learn Legilimency, or so her father and brother had both told her, her mother had simply sat there, acting as though Cissa wasn’t even there. Shaking her head mentally again, though this time to shake away sadness, Cissa focused on Al’s answer, when he finally did so.

At his words, Cissa smiled at him, telling him, “You’ve been doing fine, don’t worry about it.” Though that was almost an encouragement to herself, telling herself that she wasn’t making a fool of herself or pushing him away or something like that. “It seems everyone has issues talking to the gender they like…” She commented, while trying to think of another question.

Unconsciously she had been leaning forward towards Al, right hand cupping her neck to keep her head from falling to the table. She realized this as she asked, “What’s your favorite animal?” Cissa didn’t bother moving back, she actually leaned forward just a bit, wondering if he would notice.

[mgirl03]

[[ Snog him already! bahahahah just kidding xD ]]

At Cissa's reassuring words, Al felt his face work into a smile, and he ran his hand through his hair again before letting it rest back on the table. Her comment was lost to him, however, by the fact that he saw her slowly leaning forward, her neck cupped in her hand. His eyes widened a fraction of an inch, as he found himself looking at her lips again. He realized, with a gulp, that the table wasn't a very big one--that by Cissa leaning forward, he wouldn't even have to use his full arm length to touch her.

Dimly, he heard her ask him what his favorite animal was. As he thought on his answer, a part of his brain was distracting him by yelling at him to lean forward too. Telling him that he wanted to be closer to this girl, and that if he leaned forward everything would work out. So, trying to be nonchalant, he crossed his arms on top of the table and inched forward a little bit, resting his chin on his hands comfortably. He wondered if his motions had been jerky, when in reality he had moved quite smoothly and calmly.

"Hm...probably a wolf," he said, his voice softer now. His neck was still flushed, and yet at the same time he found himself relaxing a bit. So maybe he was getting a tiny bit better at this. "What about yours?"

[daisy]

[[yay for snogging XD]]

Cissa smiled back when Al smiled, glad he seemed to be getting a bit more comfortable…especially since it was around her. She thought she saw him look at her lips again, and wasn’t sure, so she didn’t want to push it too much. She was still almost positive he didn’t like her in any way other than someone to talk to, definitely not someone to snog.

She bit her lip, surprised, when he leaned forward a bit more himself, though moving in a smooth, calm motion. Cissa wondered if it was a deliberate motion or not, but she doubted it was. He must’ve just wanted to move to get comfortable, and also happened to get just that much closer to her.

Cissa smiled, wolves stood for guardianship, she wondered if Al knew that, but doubted it. “Mine would probably have to be panthers, though that might be because that’s my patronus.” Panthers stood for passion and love, and Cissa kind of understood why that would be her patronus, but she didn’t completely get it.

“Have you ever snuck out after curfew?” She figured she knew the answer to that one, but hadn’t been able to think of anything else to ask at the time.

[mgirl03]

Al had been trying not to look at Cissa's lips, but it was hard not to when the girl kept biting at her lower one, which kept drawing his attention to the movement. He gulped again and pearched on the edge of his chair, feeling nervous again. What in the world could she be thinking about right now? He perked up a bit though, and his attention drew away from her lips, when she mentioned that a panther was her patronus. So she could do a patronus? Wow, she was a bit young for that...he was impressed.

At her next question, he couldn't help but lift his eyebrow a bit and smirk. If he hadn't of been out after curfew before, then his father, mother, and brother would all be sorely disappointed in him. A Potter broke rules, it didn't matter how good of a person they were. Plus, the night was always a perfect time to go around the castle, looking for secrets and new passageways.

"Of course," he said, lifting his head and nodding. "Have yo--oof!" His question was cut short when he leaned his weight forward--his precautious balance on the chair was thrown off so that it flew out from under him and sent him sprawling to the ground, narrowly missing hitting his head on the table. Al landed with a loud thunk, on his back, staring up at Cissa with a startled look on his face.

"Bloody hell," he said softly, his neck flushing again in embarrassment. He should have known that the calm and smooth Al wouldn't stick around very long.

[daisy]

Cissa wasn’t at all surprised at Al’s answer, however she was surprised when he managed to fall off of his chair by leaning forward to much. Jumping up, she moved to help him up from the ground where he now lay. Putting out her hand to help him up, she did just that, managing to pull him up and end up with his face about an inch from her own.

Her breath caught as she realized how close she had gotten to him when helping him up. Cissa’s thoughts certainly weren’t the clearest when she leaned forward and closed the small gap that had been in between them and started kissing Al.

Still not really thinking about what she was doing, she put one of her arms around his neck, though it was still loose enough that he could pull away if he wanted to. Thought clear from her mind, Cissa didn’t think about what her father would say, or the fact that she was snogging a guy who she had just started talking to that day. No, those thoughts wouldn’t come until later, when she realized what exactly she had just started.

[[there you go, there’s your snog XD]]

[mgirl03]

It would have been fine with the messy haired Gryffindor to just sink through the floor and never appear again. He was extremely embarrassed as Cissa hurried over to him and held out a hand, which he gratefully took and pulled himself up. However, when he came to a stop, his neck bent so that their faces weren't more than an inch apart, his breath caught in his throat. He had never been this close to any girl except for Rory--and when they had gotten this close just earlier that day, they had ended up accidentally brushing lips. So what was going to...

The question was gone from his mind when Cissa leaned up and connected her lips to his, in a purposeful snog. Eyes widening, he felt her arm go around his neck, and quite frankly didn't have a bloody clue what to do. Everything and everybody--from his dad to Scorpius, to Draco Malfoy to Rory--they all went through his mind as suddenly he closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around Cissa's waist, holding her to him as he snogged her back.

He couldn't truthfully say that he had every clue of what he was doing. He had never pressed his lips to another girls before (except for the accident one with Rory), let alone full out snogged, so he basically was praying to Merlin that he was doing this right. After what felt like forever, but was probably no more than thirty seconds, he pulled back, opening his eyes to stare down at Cissa while he tried to catch his breath.

Bloody hell...what have we done? he found himself thinking, while at the same time he was marveling at why he had never snogged a girl before...

[[ Yay! Al is so unexperienced! ]]