hufflepuffed (hufflepuffed) wrote,
@ 2009-02-17 00:49:00

Ted was bored in class, as he often was, staring out the window to his right and daydreaming about the beautiful spring day outside. History of Magic was always his class for daydreaming, rife with homesickness for summer and the green hills of Limerick, where he could spend the whole day outside without any stuffy lectures from beyond the grave to worry about.

He sighed softly, chin propped up on his palm as he stared out the window, entirely oblivious not only to Binn's lecture, but also everything else that was going on in the classroom around him.

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	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	One arm still full of her books, Ted used the free hand to reach out slightly and touch the small of Andromeda's back. In case she fell again, he told himself. "Yeah well, hate to tell you, but sisters like yours? Wouldn't doubt it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	She shuffled closer to him, to stabilize herself in this mud, she told herself. "Oh, you haven't even met my parents," Andromeda mused, rolling her eyes slightly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	"And the better for it," Ted said with a quick nod. "Hear enough just at school about my dirty blood, thanks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	She frowned, giving him an absent, sorry look. Andromeda looked down at the ground, ashamed. "I'm really sorry about that," she said quietly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	He shrugged again, doggedly optimistic. "Not your fault. I am what I am, right? Shite deal, though, mudblood and Irish? Not a place in the world for me." Ted grinned, self-mocking. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

whiteblack
2009-02-18 09:34 pm UTC (link)

She turned to him, a scowl fixed on her face. "I don't think you should look at it like that at all. Just because you're Irish and you're not Pureblood doesn't mean anything. And anyone who says so is just threatened by you because you can do things we can't without being a Pureblood. And do you know what?" she continued, getting a little more heated. "Some of these Purebloods are disgusting. It's all based off of incest and lies."

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	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Careful what you say, Andromeda," Ted said pleasantly. "Walls have ears and all. At any rate, you're hardly disgusting. Come on now." He linked his arm with hers and continued walking. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Andy pulled closer to him when he linked their arms, holding onto his arm as they walked carefully through the mud. "I don't like being a part of it," she admitted quietly. "I don't like that we have to separate ourselves. And that will get me into trouble, but if that's the way it's going to be, then so be it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't get in trouble on my account," Ted advised, hefting her books up as they slipped. "Hardly worth it, Miss Andromeda. Got the longest name around, you know that?" He smiled at her, a little amazed that she was so close. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	She shrugged. "My family are obsessed with stars and constellations and meaningless things like that, that's why." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	"No wonder it's a mouthful," Ted said, eyes flicking upwards as if the stars were out right then. "I'm rubbish at Astronomy anyway. Never understood the point, really, all that's so far off." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	She nodded. "My family believe that supposedly our names mean something, and Andromeda is supposed to be named after a chained maiden. I guess she always turned her head away from anything bad that ever happened, just pretending to ignore it." Andy sighed. It was funny how things worked out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm Ted after my grandfather," Ted volunteered. "Never met the man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	She turned to Ted and grinned. It was funny how he could automatically make her feel better, and he barely even had to do anything. "I like it," she said, nodding. "It's kind of unique. You're thinking the word 'technology' and then it goes 'Ted.' Unpredictable." Really, Andy had no idea what she was talking about. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	"You're insane, Miss Black," Ted informed her with a grin of his own. He gave her arm a little squeeze. "Where are we going, exactly? Not that I mean to complain but your books are heavy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	Andy giggled at his squeeze, but then straightened. "Oh! I totally forgot. I'm sorry! Um, how abouuuut..." Andromeda looked around and shrugged. "I dunno. Want to go to the lake?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	"Lake it is," Ted said with a nod, steering them to a tree by the shallows and dropping Andromeda's books underneath. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	Andromeda smiled gratefully once they had gotten to the lake, unhooking herself from his arm and turning around to walk just to the edge of the lake, staring into it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	Ted stayed underneath the tree, tucking his hands into his pockets again as he watched her. Dangerous thing, he knew, but still. Merlin he fancied her. "Don't fall in," he called, teasing. "Can't save you if you do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	Andy grinned to herself, looking back over her shoulder. "You'd better know how to swim, Tonks, because I certainly don't." She toed shyly out of her shoes and socks, letting her toes squish into the mud. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	He laughed as he walked over, standing behind her in the mud of the shore. "How can you not know how to swim?" Ted asked, amazed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	She shrugged. "Never learned. Mother always told me it was dirty," Andromeda explained. "No loss, I suppose. Water kind of scares me." She let her feet sink into the mud. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	Ted laughed again. "Water can't be dirty. Water's clean, that's why you wash with it. Your mum sounds little bit batty, Dromeda." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	whiteblack 2009-02-18 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	"She is," she sighed without saying anything about the nickname that she didn't even take notice he had said. "But she says that water like this is dirty because things live in it and things like that. And that chlorine isn't enough to make it clean." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hufflepuffed 2009-02-18 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Nothing wrong with a little life," Ted said thoughtfully, kicking a little lake wave that had crept up, sending water spraying back out into the lake. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)