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Green. Just green, everywhere. That's all you can see as far as the greenhouses except for the pathway which cuts through the greenery for you to walk on. There are several rocks for you to sit on and a few random trees around for those days when you just want to get away from it all. There are also a couple of benches placed along the edges of the path, but watch any food you have. They'll do their best to steal it!
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Penny was happy and content to follow anywhere he led. She was thrilled at how he helped her up and still managed to keep hold of one of her hands. She laughed out right at his admission. "Ireland, wow. I want ta go there someday. I've heard it's beautiful."
There were a number of other places she wanted to visit to though she supposed that was best left for another conversation. "I'm from a small town in Georgia in the States." She loved Georgia. It was her home and always would be.
Penny stopped beside him and smiled. Extracting her wand from her sleeve she gave it a swish. Her blue and silver hoodie came soaring down from her dorm room. Her father had had it made for her after she got sorted her first year. It had the Eagle of Ravenclaw embroidered on the front and Lockwood written across the back. Not only that but it was warm beyond compare.
"Thank you." She said as she slipped her wand back into place. She pulled the hoodie over her red head and situated it over her torso. Then she hooked her hand in his arm. "Your quite the gentlemen ya know that?"
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Beaming at her he nodded but he attempted to keep his face from fully falling. Unable to keep it from showing a little, he swallowed. Ugh, he missed it there. He missed his island... It'd been 2 years now since he'd been back there, and he longed for the place so badly.
Giving her a smile when she said where she was from, "I'm sure ye miss it there!" He couldn't wait to find out more about her, he loved this part, learning so much about each other. Then the learning the nasty stuff, but he could wait for that part.
Grinning as she summoned her hoodie. Maybe she could help him with charms and spells without setting stuff on fire. He still couldn't figure how half the time things started on fire when he tried spells.
"Jus' fer ye." he replied lifting their hands to his lips and kissing her knuckles. He then led them out of the door and down to the gardens.
Walking down the paths, his fingers now entwined in Penny's, he matched his steps to hers. A snarky grin was on his face, he knew what Eric was gonna think and say. But hey, he had a girl that was chasing after him. And if he was bright he'd see that, and maybe even think about it some more. But hey this was him and Penny now.
And for the first time in over a year, he was happy again! He had pushed his thoughts of home aside, had a place to go for the summer, and now had a girl! "It's a beautiful night." he murmured softly. He just loved having her there beside him. It didn't matter what they talked of, just being there alone was enough at the moment.
Penny ambled along at a lazy pace reveling at the night and how things had turned out. If someone had told her this morning that she would be walking hand in hand with JD by night fall she would have laughed in there face. And yet here she was.
She was finding out more about him by the moment and everything she learned only made her like him more. For instance right now his smile was amazing to look at because he wasn't being guarded at all. Here was the real JD and he was all hers. At least she thought he was.
Penny was new at all of this and had no idea what they were. Boyfriend/girlfriend? Or just dating? The red head shrugged mentally. That could all be figured out later. Right now she just wanted to enjoy her night.
"It is lovely. I love watchin' the stars." She looked at him and grinned. "Ya know I think this is the most I've seen ya smile since I've metcha."
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Ugh, if Eric even saw him now, he'd be teasing them incredibly bad. Heck if a professor came out they'd probably be in trouble. Pfft trouble schmubble, he was with his girl. Looking down at her his eyes softened, "I have a reason te now." he said not able to lose the smile he'd had since the moment they'd kissed. "Nothing like a walk under the stars."
He wondered where they were. He liked the idea of calling her his girlfriend, but were they moving fast if they did? Should they see where things took them? Pfft the first date might completely be a disaster, or they might learn something they really didn't like about the other at any moment. He knew he wanted to show her his plant he had from when he first came to Hogwarts, but it'd be pretty hard in the dark, so maybe talking? "Do ye have any siblings?"
Again with the blushing. For some reason he had the ability to do that. Shaking her head she managed to look away from him for a bit. Her eyes were drawn up to the stars again. "Isn't that the truth." She loved the night. It was her favorite time of the day but only because you could see the stars.
His question brought her attention back to him though. Penny shook her head. "Nope. I'm an only child. It's just me and my dad. My mother left us when I was 5." She looked over at him. "What about you?"
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Spotting a bench, he walked over and wiped off the seat before pulling her down beside him. The bench was right out in the open, with only the flutterby bushes twinkling around them. Letting her hand go, he wrapped his arm around her. To keep her warm of course, since a breeze had picked up a little.
His eyes widening as he mentioned her mum, oh how awful! He knew girls needed their mums as much as he had needed his dad. "That's gotta be hard." he murmured softly against her head, leaning his head over hers, before kissing the top. "I'm the same, an only child, lots of cousins though. Me dad actually threw me off the island last summer sent me owl back saying don' bother coming back."
Penny followed where JD led and sat down next to him. A slight breeze picked up so as he put his arm around her she snuggled into his side happily. The night was clear and beautiful and the moment was amazing.
At his comment she shrugged. "I was really young when she left. I don't even remember her face. Dad took all the pictures of her out of the house." She had asked what she had looked like once. Penny had been at the age where she wondered if she looked like her mom. She had asked her dad that question and he had said no. Of course then he had told her that she looked ten times prettier then her mom even would. "It's been me and my dad ever since and we do okay."
She listened quietly as he spoke of his dad. She pulled back and looked at him as he finished. Her blue eyes filled with nothing but concern and outrage. "Why would he do that?"
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His gaze looking down at her as she spoke, he shook his head "Thet's awful. I can't imagine not having me mum." His dad....lately he certainly could but not his mum. She still wrote him but told him he should just listen at least for now about not coming. Let his father miss him a bit she'd said. "I hope ye can find a picture or something some day." he said quietly. "Or even find her. We could do thet together, search fer her I mean."
"Do ye remember reading anything about...the erm...Harry's family?" Which Harry? Well everyone knew which Harry when you said those words. The most famous of all! "Well me dat makes them look like the sweetest people in the world." Narrowing his eyes, "He wants nothin' te do with magic, it's evil in his eyes." Looking down at her face again, he shook his head "I jus' wish I could see me mum, if nothin' else."
Penny thought back to her first year in History of Magic class. Their first few lessons had been on Harry Potter and his history. Everyone who paid any attention knew that Harry's adoptive family had been horrible people who feared and hated magic. For his own father to have the same attitude was awful.
"I'm so sorry. That must be really hard. At least with my mom I can' remember who she was." His offer to help her find her mom had made her heart melt. Though she was a bit apprehensive at the thought it was still amazing that he would offer and care that much.
"Where are ya gonna go? Durin' holidays and such?"
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How can that be good to not remember her mum? He wondered thinking about how similar really their families were. She had only a dad and her mum was missing. He had both parents but dad wouldn't let him come home not even for a visit.
A smile appeared again "the last two summers I've just stayed in Diagon Alley." he replied with a shrug. "But Eric invited me to stay with them this summer. For holidays I guess I just always stay here at the school."
Penny nodded her head that she understood. She had spent every holiday at the castle as well. Her dad usually took that time to travel for work so she stayed at school. She looked at JD. "Well I'm sorry your dad's bein' that way but I'm glad ya have a good friend ta help ya out."
The Ravenclaw then decided that she needed to make it a point to get to know Eric. He must be a really good friend to JD to make that kind of offer. She liked him already but wanted to get to know him better. "Well the good news is that ya get to spend the holidays with me." She smiled and winked at him.
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"Eric's a good friend." he replied with a nod and smile. Shaking his head he laughed lightly, "Kind of misses noticing when a girl's flirting though, or's gotta crush on 'im." His eyes twinkling with laughter of memory of the feast with Jessa and even poor Myrtle.
Grinning at her as she said he'd get to spend the holidays with her. "Hmmm, I think I could get used te thet." Squeezing her gently with his arm around her, he winked back "I'm sure we can find some michief te get inte." His gaze going down to her blue eyes his eyes that were normally a dusky grey looked down into them.
Was it the moment? he wondered, not thinking just leaning down he kissed her softly.
Penny giggled as JD talked about his friend. Some guys could be a little dense and slow when it came to girls. She was glad that JD hadn't had a hard time seeing her interest. It made things a lot easier on her side. "Maybe we can push him in tha right direction."
The thought of getting into trouble around the holidays appealed to her. Especially getting into some trouble with JD. "Hmmm I think that sounds like a plan." Of course that was a long way off but it was still fun to plan a bit.
Penny was just thinking about some other things that they could do when his lips descended on hers. Of course then she lost the ability to think about anything but him. When they finally came up for air Penny smiled up into his grey eyes. They were gorgeous eyes.
"So forgive a girl her curiosity...but what exactly are we?" It was something that had been on her mind since this whole thing started.
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Grinning at her as she said they could push Eric in the right direction. He thought that was a good idea. JD'd been kind of enough to try and tell his friend that Jessa had a crush of sorts on him, but all Eric had done was snort in laughter. He wondered if maybe Eric was afraid of having a girl like him...
Oooo, so she was interested in getting into mischief...well he'd keep her from getting into too much trouble, but it'd be fun to have her helping him make mischief if she wanted to.
He leaned his head against hers after the kiss a smile playing on his lips again. "Well, if ye'd like te be. I'd be honored if ye considered being me girl." His eyes serious, he shook his head "But ye don' have te be, we could jus' go out a few times before anything is decided on."
Penny giggled and shook her head. "Oh no. Ya already made the offer so now your stuck with me." She kissed him playfully. He had looked so serious when he made that last comment, but she wanted to make sure he knew that she was serious too. "I thought you'd never ask."
Her eyes sparkled with happiness. "So are we gonna do in Hogmeade?" She was excited about the trip now. Before today she hadn't been looking forward to the trip she hadn't even been sure if she wanted to go. Now though the prospect excited her.
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His eyes sparkling happily as she said she'd thought he'd never ask, he grinned. "Good thing ye got me hooked before I had a chance te run away." he teased back. He was certainly glad she had too. If she hadn't talked to him, he probably would never have gotten the courage to even say hi to her.
"Hmmm, not sure. What would ye like te do?" he'd explored quite a bit but never with a girl. Which was quite odd...you'd think he had.
Penny laughed at his teasing. "I promise ya there's no where ya can run now." She was going to do everything in her power to make sure that this worked. She had a feeling that she wouldn't have to try all that hard. Her and JD seemed to click really well.
His question made her think. There were some things that she needed to get. "Well..." She took on a pensive, thoughtful look. "I need to get a new scarf before winter sets in and then a trip to Honeyduke's is a must." She smiled over at him. "Anywhere you want ta go?"
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Chuckling he shook his head "Don' want te go no where. Happy right where I am." The night was beautiful, and he couldn't believe that so much had happen in just the few short weeks they'd been there. It was like the two of them were meant for each other, similar back grounds, and all. Was it fate? Nearly snorting at the thought, he shook his head mentally, fate wasn't real, but some people wre just meant for one another.
"So Honeydukes and Gladrags fer sure." Shrugging he grinned "Jus' not Puddifoot's" he replied with another chuckle. That place really made him gag, he loved tea and all, but seeing all the students snogging over cups of tea took away his appetite. He could ask for the same things there in the kitchens.
Penny giggled and shook her head . For as long as she remembered she had never liked Puddifoot's. The place had good food no doubt but the atmosphere was all out of whack. It was definitely not the type of place she liked hanging out. So the fact that JD didn't want to go anywhere near that place was awesome.
"That works fer me. I can't say I liked that place very much. How 'bout the Three Broomsticks instead?"
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Hearing her giggle he grinned, well if she really did like that place he'd go there. Only because it was with her. Hearing her reply he grinned even wider "Sounds good te me."
Squeezing her gently "Suppose we should head in then." It was after all getting late, then another day of classes, then HOGSMEADE!!! He couldn't wait...an entire day with his girl. He could certainly handle that.