Long Awaited...

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The night of the Yule Ball had long passed, Christmas holidays had come and gone, and Hogwarts was back in session after what felt like an entirely far too long length of time. Things had happened the evening of the Yule Ball, and Sable didn't know how she felt. Of course, she was fine with what had happened, she was perfectly content with everything, but she was still a bit confused on all the details of exactly what had gone down. Last she remembered asking Headmaster Ophelic to dance, returning to Pru's side when the man refused her little request, she'd drank some punch and well, she did remember what happened after all of that, but she didn't know how it all came to be. Sable had wound up kissing the castle's number one bad boy in front of everyone! And she'd left the dance with him, too!

It hadn't all been bad, actually, none of it had been bad. The snake and the badger had found a cozy spot and cuddled in for the night, undisturbed. That morning, she'd woken up, woken him and they'd gone on their separate ways, ready to begin the holidays with their own families. It didn't mean Sable hadn't been left feeling a little spacey and self-conscious because well, she shouldn't have to explain herself or her actions to anyone. But there'd been no contact between them all holiday, of course, what was she expected to say? Thank you? You're welcome? That was fun? Let's meet up? What exactly did she do from where she was?

This was all new territory for Sable, she didn't know where things had really been left between them, and honestly, it wasn't eating her up. At least not yet. Not until she returned to Hogwarts and everyone wanted to know what had happened between her and the Slytherin. None of anyone's damn business, she told every single one of them, but then she got to wondering herself what exactly was going on.

Was it normal to go from spending a night together to not speaking at all? Was it normal to just go on about ones way as if nothing had happened, not that she'd admit whether anything had or hadn't, but well, she was left with far too many questions and not nearly enough answers to satisfy herself with.

Finally, Sable had enough of the looks filled with curiosity, the night before the blonde had used the family's dilapidated owl to send a letter to Kieran, praying the old feather duster made it to him and not someone else, asking him to meet her in the towers the next afternoon. They needed to talk.


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Kieran McKowan

[Kieran McKowan]

Things ever since the Yule Ball had been weird for Kieran. Finally having the undivided attention of Sable had been his goal for over a year, but he hadn't expected to gain it through a love potion. It didn't help that he wasn't even the one who had given it to her. It hadn't taken too long after getting her away from the dance and spending a good amount of time snogging her to realize she wasn't in her right mind. There would be no way that Sable would've just given in to him like that. Much to his irritation he wasn't going to take total advantage of her. Even though his reputation as a bad boy was entirely true he wasn't bad enough to do that.

During the whole winter break Kieran hadn't heard from the Hufflepuff although he didn't know what he expected her to say. What did someone say when the last time you'd seen that person had been quite a compromising situation? And what was he supposed to write to her? Fooling around with you was fun and we should do it again sometime? Usually in his experience if the girl was anything like Sable that wasn't a good line, but then usually he didn't go for girls like Sable because of that. He liked his girls easy and the slightest bit ditsy.

Plenty of his friends, not Dustin obviously, had asked Kieran what had happened that night. Aside from telling them he'd spent the whole night with her he didn't tell them any specifics. He had thought of Sable as a friend before he'd taken a deeper interest in her and he wasn't going to entirely tarnish her reputation. He still had to keep some of his reputation upheld though so he left it up to mystery.

The Slytherin still wasn't about to be the first one to break but finally the day arrived. A frazzled looking owl had dropped a letter off and Kieran instantly recognized the handwriting. He wasn't looking forward to having a serious conversation with her about what had happened. The playboy part of him was honestly hoping she just wanted to meet with him so that they could have some more uh personal time together. As he walked up the stairs of one of the towers to meet her he figured that probably wasn't the case though he could try.

Kieran reached the top floor, closing the door behind him. He took in her profile, a smile forming at the corners of his lips. As he neared her he gently caressed her arm with the back of his hand. His smoldering eyes sought her gaze, his low voice as smooth as honey as he finally was able to speak to her again. "Have you been avoiding me, love?"

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