Sally-Anne Mayes (But Kind of Lovegood) (lescene) wrote,
@ 2008-11-21 00:33:00

February was the month of the devil.

Particularly Valentine's Day, Sally thought to herself. All of the couples were sitting around on the couches, snogging or exchanging sick little candies or doing something as equally stupid. Sally vaguely remembered last year when she gave Lionel a plastic sparkly ring, but she really didn't want to think about it. Thinking about Lionel during this holiday wouldn't help anything, especially since she wasn't supposed to see him until March. It was killing her, to say the very least.

So she took a walk to get away from all the madness. Everyone was too afraid to go outside because it was too cold. Sally wore her winter pea-coat and a knitted gray hat that was pretty itchy. Sluggishly slumping through the snow, Sally grumbled to herself about how much she hated it at Hogwarts. Why didn't Lionel let her stay with him and drop out of Hogwarts like they said they might have?

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sparkleboy
2008-11-21 06:41 am UTC (link)

And suddenly out of nowhere, there's Lionel, slumping through the snow right next to her without a word. He couldn't exactly think of a reason why he was there, except perhaps that it was February and snowing and while neither of those things reminded him of Sally expressly, it was a wet lonely day in London and without reason and without warning, as Lionel had been contemplating his ceiling, he missed her. Desperately.

"So there's a wrackspurt invasion coming," he said conversationally, as if this were all perfectly planned from the beginning.

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lescene
2008-11-21 06:51 am UTC (link)

Sally smiled to herself, so relieved to have him there. She wanted to hug him as tight as she could and kiss him like she did the last time she came to visit him.

"I heard they're really popular this time of year. Especially after the nargles, you know?" she sighed. "All the nargles infest the mistletoe and then the wrackspurts come to eat away the nargles. It's kind of a cycle of life, actually."

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	sparkleboy 2008-11-21 06:54 am UTC (link)
	"You're right," Lionel said, nodding. "It's a really beautiful cycle. You know? In with the new, out with the old." Idly he wondered why they were talking about wrackspurts and not touching. He slipped his gloved hand into hers. It helped, sort of. "How're you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-21 06:58 am UTC (link)
	Sally sighed and squeezed his hand. "Horrible. It's the worst day ever. Did you know that?" she asked idly. Sally shuffled a little closer to him, hoping he wouldn't notice. She wasn't exactly sure why she was so intent on him not realizing what she was doing, she was just shy. "How are you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-21 06:59 am UTC (link)
	"I'm wondering why it's the worst day ever, love," Lionel answered easily, the barest hint of a smile around the edges of his lips. "And how can I fix that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-21 07:01 am UTC (link)
	She groaned. "Make it not be Valentine's Day?" Sally suggested. "All of the gross couples are being all intimate and disgusting over each other and it makes me want to puke a little bit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-21 07:11 am UTC (link)
	Lionel laughed. "Hey now, Valentine's Day is a pretty special holiday, love." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-21 07:12 am UTC (link)
	She rolled her eyes and looked at him skeptically. "Valentine's Day is a holiday created by greeting card companies to make people feel like shit," Sally said pessimistically. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-21 07:14 am UTC (link)
	"Probably," Lionel agreed with a shrug. "Plus wrackspurts are always more active do to the conjuction of the moon with venus. But it's still a good day, love." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-21 07:16 am UTC (link)
	She sighed heavily. "How is it at all a good day, Lionel Lovegood?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-21 07:20 am UTC (link)
	Lionel nudges her playfully, laughing at her unamused expression. "Because I said so, love. Remember the sparkle ring?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-21 07:22 am UTC (link)
	She nudges him back, just to be obnoxious. Then she smiled a little. "Yeah, I remember the sparkle ring." Sally's smile grew. "It fit you so awkwardly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-21 07:28 am UTC (link)
	There's no way Lionel can let Sally have the last nudge, so he gives her another. "Did not!" he protested at her comment about the ring. "It fit wonderfully! I still wear it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-21 02:15 pm UTC (link)
	Oh hells no. This was war. Sally nudged him back a little harder with her elbow. "Did too!" she laughed. "It was all bent and your finger was too circular for a ring like that." She grinned. "I did rather like it on you, though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-21 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	"That's how it was supposed to fit, Sally," Lionel said, pushing Sally back in retaliation. Obviously the misfitting ring was the height of couture. "I did rather like wearing it, you know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-22 05:32 am UTC (link)
	"Oof!" she squeaked a little, tripping over her own two feet when he pushed her. Sally made an effort to push him just as hard. "Well, I rather liked you wearing it," she admitted. Sally tried not to think about the meaning behind the ring, but really, that was why she liked him wearing it so much. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-22 06:28 am UTC (link)
	Lionel stumbled at Sally's shove, stepped on one of his own shoelaces, and went tumbling down into a snowdrift, but not before he snatched for Sally, half in an attempt to catch his balance, and half to bring her down with him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

lescene
2008-11-22 06:33 am UTC (link)

Unfortunately, Sally wasn't expecting that, and it did little to help his balance -- if anything, it had the opposite effect. She went tumbling down with him, and they both went crashing into the snow, her on top of him, with a soft oomph! Her hat had fallen off, and her hair was wet with snow, looking rather like she had snow dandruff coming out of her head. It was freezing, but Sally couldn't help but laugh.

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	sparkleboy 2008-11-22 06:39 am UTC (link)
	Lionel had to laugh too, when Sally did. He picked a few flecks of snow out of her hair and blew them away before they could melt on his bare fingertips. "See?" Lionel laughed. "Violence doesn't solve anything, Sally Anne." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-22 06:42 am UTC (link)
	She snorted, mostly laughing at the way his hair looked completely white with snow and there was nothing he could do about it. She brushed a few flakes off his forehead. "What solves anything, then, Lionel?" Sally asked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-22 06:45 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I hear all you need is love." Lionel grins as he says it, too, laughing at himself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-22 06:54 am UTC (link)
	"Oh yeah?" she asked, not able to contain her giggling. "What about it, Paul McCartney?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-22 06:58 am UTC (link)
	"Paul?" Lionel echoed, nose wrinkling. "I'd totally be John. You can be Paul." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lescene 2008-11-22 07:02 am UTC (link)
	"Whatever, jerk, I'm totally George!" she argued, flicking him in the neck. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkleboy 2008-11-22 07:07 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, don't flick me or I'll make you be Ringo," Lionel threatened, poking Sally in the side. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)