joke's on you!~?! - Lyra :D

[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will was just constantly asking where to go normally when he was with Lyra, but as he took her hand he looked around the shop one last time. It wasn't too much to ask for when you normally just wandered Hogsmeade at certain times, but he had of course gotten permission to stay at Hogwarts during Christmas Holidays so he would be able to see Lyra then too. It was just about time for him to just say screw it all, but he wasn't like that. At least in his mind he wasn't, and in real life he really didn't mind going wherever he needed to. Even as his stomach growled again now thinking of food.

Will nodded to Lyra as he heard her speak. "oh i'm sure we'd have bumped into each other regardless sometime or another." he nodded in return again, this time just tugging on her hand as he lead her out of the joke shop. There were many other fruitful things to do besides looking at a bunch of these things as he clutched the extend-able ears to his chest, not wanting anyone to question him on the way out. Surely, it would be odd to see a Hufflepuff prefect with such a device, but they would definitely be useful.

Especially if anyone wanted to find out who the attackers were, so it was a clever disguise, but it wasn't like he was going to go snoop on every student in the school. Finally just working up the courage he spoke to Lyra again as they entered the Three Broomsticks, just to grab a bite to eat since it wasn't really that much of a walk, Will smiled at Lyra as he held the door open for her, "Ladies first, and what would you like to eat or where do you want to sit first of all?" he asked her politely.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

lyra grinned as will tugged her forward, happy to conceed to his pressure and taking a half jog stride to catch up with him, grinning she glanced at him. "hungry?" she teased lightly, knowing exactly how boys could get with their food. she kept up with him as he hurried along to the three broomsticks, smiling at how more confident he seemed around her now. when they'd first met he'd been quite quiet, and now here he was confident and all strong-like.

she paused outside the door and watched as will opened it, smiling at him. "Ladies first, and what would you like to eat or where do you want to sit first of all?" "thanks" she said lightly, and then pondered for a moment. "uhm grab a seat, theeen grab food?" she suggested, thinking it might be easier that way. she lightly headed inside, revelling in the warmth of the place and glancing about. she loved the three broomsticks - it had a great atmosphere, always merry and family-like, warm and welcoming, with plenty of food and good drink and always someone you knew to offer you good company.

she glanced at will, noting that a couple of students glanced up who she knew and raised their eyebrows - well, it was one of the first kinda public outings her and will had been on, and well .. people seemed to be kinda interested in them. she wondered why. was it the fifth year and seventh year thing? the prankster and prefect thing? the him being quite quiet, her being loud thing? she didn't know, nor did she care. she was happy with will, and people could look all they liked. she flashed will a grin. "hey look...we're center of attention." she teased, lightly going to weave over to a spare table near the wall to their right, a little out the way where there was less crowds. she made to tug will after her lightly, and then go to sit.

[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will was glad to be out of the joke shop and even the day was slowly going on it seemed, unable to focus completely on his task at hand. Just walking beside one of the most beautiful girls he had considered in his life, not that many would have suspected Will to actually ask her out. It had been odd at first, but soon after their first meeting, it was starting to make more sense. Will just nodded towards Lyra as he remained his ever silent self. "hungry?" No, not at all, he mused to himself, but he didn't answer like that since that was a one-way ticket to being slapped. As he had figured from watching many other couples.

Sure, he could be clingy, but Lyra would defend him if he was ever in trouble with anyone, and after hearing her stick up for him during that encounter with those Slytherins, made him more impressed with her. Not that Will needed to be impressed to date someone, but it helped if they were genuinely nice instead of wanting to pick fights all the time. Lyra definitely wasn't that type unless someone was picking on her, and then Will would try to protect her instead. Even if the attempt was futile, but soon his thoughts brought him back to reality realizing he had been staring at his shoes for a while ever since he had followed Lyra to sit down.

"uhm grab a seat, theeen grab food?" Will merely nodded in response to that statement as well as he gestured towards a seat, which Lyra already seemed to be headed towards. As she was tugging on his hand, he merely moved along with her, going with the flow, and it was working for him right now. Not that it was hard to follow people as it was a natural talent he was born with.

"hey look...we're center of attention.""Oh noes, we mustn't let them see us together, we might set a bad reputation for the prefects and the Quidditch players for Hufflepuff," he joked with Lyra, thinking she'd at least find that amusing for him to say such a thing as he soon sat down away from the crowd near the corner table, where it seemed just far enough out of the way that no one would bother them. Also, it was a great vantage point to see if a waiter was headed their way or not.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

"Oh noes, we mustn't let them see us together, we might set a bad reputation for the prefects and the Quidditch players for Hufflepuff," lyra laughed lightly and shook her head, mock gasping. "a reputation? whatever would we do with that?" she teased, grinning and going to sit lightly, glancing at will as he did too and smiling."you know i think we should confuse everyone...you pull a prank, and i'll deduct points." she joked, not meaning it and grinning to show she wasn't.

though that would have been rather hillarious - wouldn't it. a prefect pulling a prank, and the prankster girlfriend telling him off? a brilliant april fools joke perhaps? but right now she just wanted to have a nice date with her boyfriend.. and get something to eat. speaking of - she managed to catch a waiters eye and the guy headed their way with a couple of menu's. huh, lyra didn't know they had menu's here and all, she raised an eyebrow slightly but smiled as she took it and glanced at will, watching the waiter offer him one too.

glancing at the list, lyra didn't have a clue what to order. anything looked good right now - she was so darn hungry. looking to will she smiled lightly. " do you know what you're having?" she asked lightly, glancing about and glad to see that people weren't cranning their necks around to see - only a couple of people had gone far enough to do that, the rest appeared to have lost interest, for which lyra was glad. she didn't want her and will to be oogled whilst they tried to have a nice lunch together.

[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will was content looking at Lyra as she was, especially since they had come this far, and the champions were chosen. Things seemed to be moving along smoothly, drama was unfolding everywhere and it seemed that he was running out of things to think about. Even as his mind drifted a bit, as he was rather unfocused at the moment as some girls wandered by. Of course, it was hard not to look sometimes at some of them, but he caught himself as he didn't want to get in trouble with Lyra. Considering he was with her and he wanted his attention to be fully on her. Not those other frilly girls that were leaving the Leaky Cauldron.

Soon as Lyra's lips were moving, Will was watching them intently, and he still found them rather kissable even if he was standing two feet or sitting two feet away from her. It didn't matter since he could easily close the distance if he wanted to. "a reputation? whatever would we do with that?"

"Well, I'm sure we could start up many different rumors than the ones that are already circulating around where you are more shy than I am, and then shock them by saying we're still total opposites. It would be amusing in general, I think, but of course there is much more time to decide on these things. I don't know if I'd really want to do that despite how funny it might be," he said to her, blushing a little. Honestly, he wasn't really the type to just do something like that out of his own gain.

After all, Will had to get something out of it to make it worthwhile to actually go all out for some silly little trick like that. Even if it was with Lyra, he was still shy and that didn't change the fact he would have probably passed out if she was the one docking points from him. Not that he'd mind falling over into her arms, kind of cliche as it was the other way around instead. Soon he heard her asking him about what he was going to eat and then looked at their menu. It was simple and easy to read at least as he then spoke up, "Probably something quick and easy, although we did come here to get some food, what are you having? I'm not sure yet," he said...and now was his time to think as he scanned the menu like he was about to order a bomb or something.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

Lyra sat quietly for a few moments, glancing at will and catching him glance at some girls heading out of the inn. She raised one eyebrow slightly but made no comment. She knew guys, and they were going to look no matter who they were - it was part of the 'Y' chromosome. She wasn't one of those girls who snapped at her boyfriend for looking, she didn't think there was harm in it. It was if he did more than look that she would've gotten irritated - flirting with other girls? No that was over the line. But she knew will wasn't that type of guy.

She smiled lightly as he looked at her, cheeks warming slightly under his gaze; she couldn't help it when he looked at her like that. ";Well, I'm sure we could start up many different rumors than the ones that are already circulating around where you are more shy than I am, and then shock them by saying we're still total opposites.  It would be amusing in general, I think, but of course there is much more time to decide on these things.  I don't know if I'd really want to do that despite how funny it might be"

lyra smiled lightly and shook her head. " I was only joking... Do you know how long it's taken to build up my prankster reputation? Cant let it go now ... Besides I don't think brad would forgive me. " she grinned lightly, knowing that her best friend bradley would nt believe it if rumours started that she was the rule enforcer .. Most of her and bradleys relationship entailed pulling pranks on people.

She smiled as he answered her question. " Probably something quick and easy, although we did come here to get some food, what are you having?  I'm not sure yet. she nodded in comment to his 'nice and simple' and chewed her lower lip thoughtfully. " uhm probably just a sandwhich or something.." she said with a small shrug, glad that they did that sort of thing here and placing aside her menu and glancing at will.

[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will always thought it was cute when Lyra blushed, it seemed that no matter what happened, she'd mean the world to him. Having just met not that long ago, but even if they were the talk of the town, most of the focus was on the potters or the other Quidditch players in rather explicit relationships that led to raunchy details that many would use to exploit them or black-mail. Of course, that was against Hogwarts standards, and he would not highly approve of that happening in front of him. It was so hard to keep his head as a prefect at times due to the people he normally had to deal with.

Now Will was zoning out again as he thought of the many things he could order too and finally shook his head to snap himself out of it. Letting a blush approach his cheeks at having day-dreamed while she had been talking to him. " I was only joking... Do you know how long it's taken to build up my prankster reputation? Cant let it go now ... Besides I don't think brad would forgive me. " Will understood all too well, and the fact that only a few others would think it strange for Will to start acting out all of a sudden. Sure, it wouldn't surprise many, but as soft-spoken as he was surely someone would have noticed that he really didn't like the meetings either as there were often too many people there.

"Yes, and I can't imagine what would happen if people thought of me as a prankster, I mean, I'll leave that up to you, the world would turn upside down if that even happened to both of us I'm sure," he chuckled softly at the thought of that. Glancing over at the many different items on the menu that the cute waitress had given them, but Will was merely glancing at Lyra in between ordering every so often. It wasn't like he was about to get his fill of cravings in one short go, but he soon noticed the many different varieties as well. "Yes, something simple indeed, I was thinking a burger or sandwich too, I would like a BLT," he said to the waitress that gave him a confused look, then had to read a quick muggle book to get the idea.

With a quick nod, she turned to Lyra, to await her order as he smiled warmly at Lyra, winking towards her.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

"Yes, and I can't imagine what would happen if people thought of me as a prankster, I mean, I'll leave that up to you, the world would turn upside down if that even happened to both of us I'm sure," she laughed lightly, grinning at him from across the table. "i'd teach you the ropes buuuut .. i don't think you could handle the reputation or responsibility of being a prankster." she teased, her soft grin showing she never intended to insult- just to make him laugh.

well there was a small truth in what she said, you did have to uphold certain standards as a prankster - making up new pranks, making your mark so people knew your style and which were yours, and of course makign sure you hit your chosen mark on occasion - as a prankster you did have to prank people. she was sure will would catch onto some good pranks if she taught him, but she wasn't sure if making up new ones was his forte. he was good at upholding rules and enforceing them in a firm but fair manner... and despite being the opposite, she wouldn't change him for the world.

"Yes, something simple indeed, I was thinking a burger or sandwich too, I would like a BLT," lyra blinked. she had no idea what that was and it showed, she glanced at the waitress, peering over the edge of the book to see the explanation and a small 'oh' formed on her lips. she smiled at will and then looked at the waitress. "sounds good, i'll have the same thanks." she grinned lightly, going to hand her her menu and looking back at will.

[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will was looking at Lyra as if he would trade her in for the world, but no that was far from his thought pattern. Not many people here would know what it was if they had grown up too long in the wizarding world, but Will had been around muggles enough to know what it was. As amusing as it sounded, it was quite simple for the times, but he was glad that someone understood the basic muggle necessities to make a good sandwich. Considering how most of the food wasn't made from scratch, he was sure there were employees that baked all the goods and then they were just magically transported in front of them.

"i'd teach you the ropes buuuut .. i don't think you could handle the reputation or responsibility of being a prankster."
"Ah, well, I'm sure I'd be learning the best from you, or wait, would I be learning the best from a previous prankster that taught you their tricks to continue their legacy for them?" he asked teasingly, not sure if that was the right thing to do, and he was sure Lyra wouldn't mind jesting like that either. After all, most pranksters didn't just come out of nowhere making their own mark at the same time, while being taught how to properly maneuver your way around Hogwarts, to gain a notorious reputation for it.

Will was honestly surprised that the Gryffindor's weren't too all out, but he had heard a few names that didn't surprise him when he heard other prefects talk about the pranks they've pulled. Surely, the prefects weren't targets of many pranks, but it seemed more likely as he thought about it depending on who the person was. Most of the Slytherin prefects he knew were actually nice, and not as prude as most of the other Slytherin's that he knew of. At least they weren't all scary students, and didn't want to set a bad name for the school. Finally looking towards Lyra again as a smile dawned upon his face again, "Well, I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't know what it was, just a simple sandwich that I could have made myself, but don't feel like I had the time to change my order. Plus this is the easiest thing I can think of from my time in the muggle world to actually eat," he said to her.

Then the food was suddenly in front of them with bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwiches, and mayo on both sides of the sandwich. Of course his was toasted, since that was the only way he'd eat it, which is why he had dragged the waitress off to the side to talk to her. Wondering if Lyra had done the same thing, but she said she wanted the same as him so it'd probably be just that.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

"Ah, well, I'm sure I'd be learning the best from you, or wait, would I be learning the best from a previous prankster that taught you their tricks to continue their legacy for them?" she grinned lightly and tilted her head slightly in consideration, golden hair tumbling forward in soft curls over her shoulder at the movement. "hmm mooore like continuing my legacy.. but hey nothing wrong with that. it's be nice to leave a name for myself here." she grinned and shrugged lightly.

in honesty she'd been on the lookout for a little protoge. she had some good tricks up her sleve that would be such a shame to waste. "perhaps i could tell you just so you know what you're looking for .. then you won't ever be a victim!" she grinned lightly, knowing she'd do that anyway because she'd hate for will to get picked on when she left - slytherins did love to bully hufflepuff's, particulary prefects. which reminded her of louis - he was so innocent and all, she'd kept a lookout on him over the years.. she'd have to get someone to keep looking out for him when she left. perhaps she could pass some pranks onto him, so he could get people back if they picked on him.

"Well, I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't know what it was, just a simple sandwich that I could have made myself, but don't feel like I had the time to change my order. Plus this is the easiest thing I can think of from my time in the muggle world to actually eat," she smiled lightly. "yeah i'm not so much aquainted with muggle food... you'll have to teach me more muggle foods sometime." she grinned lightly, already envisionaging a day in summer where perhaps he could introduce her to more muggle things - she'd always found them interesting and she was open minded about muggles and witches and wizards cooporating as one. perhaps they could go around london for the day, and will could persuade her into trying some of their odd food combinations or the things they used instead of magic. she thought it would be great fun!

her sandwhich came the same as wills and she grinned lightly, glancing at him as he took a bite. "nice?" she asked lightly, copying him and biting into the sandwhich. omg okay wow..that was good!

[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will was slightly amused by Lyra's reaction to the sandwich as he knew that it was tasty, but not mouth-watering so. To him it was just another sandwich, but he figured he should enjoy it with her as the waitress soon came back for something else. Will looked at her curiously and realized she was blushing. "You two look adorable together," she said to them before going off to wipe some other tables minding her own business after that. It was weird for them to be even considered a cute couple right now as barely no one here knew them. Sure there were a few familiar faces once again, and it wasn't unlike them to come here for food either.

As far as Will knew, the entire population of Hogwarts could here for a snack, and it wouldn't have bothered him. Considering he knew that Lyra would protect him from any monstrosities that dared to mess with him, as it wasn't the time to be contemplating such things. Weird as it may sound, he took the sandwich, and bit into it slowly relishing the taste that came with it. These things wer always so delicious. Letting some mayo get on his face, he forgot how messy they could be, and stopped to pick up a napkin to wipe it off. Surely, Lyra would have thought it amusing that he had to do this as he was devouring the sandwich itself.

"hmm mooore like continuing my legacy.. but hey nothing wrong with that. it's be nice to leave a name for myself here.

"Just becareful how you make your name here, reputations aren't always a good thing, especially if you're in cohorts with any of the other pranksters out there," he admitted, as some people preferred working alone compared to others. Indeed, Will had a sudden thought about almost the same thing regarding muggle food as he was terribly reminded of pizza just then. Shivering lightly he soon turned to her to answer her again, as he finished the last bit of his sandwich.

"yeah i'm not so much aquainted with muggle food... you'll have to teach me more muggle foods sometime."
"Well, I can say this, I would love to teach you one day about all of the muggle foods there are, and then we can even get you liking more of the things that I grew up with. Although I may be pureblood, but that doesn't I don't like doing things muggleborns do," he admitted, smiling warmly as he then looked around them to see what everyone else was eating.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

"You two look adorable together" lyra heard the words and blinked in surprise, a blush forming on her cheek as she glanced at will shyly then at the woman, unsure what to say. would it be back to say 'thanks' ooor 'we do?' ooor ... ah well, it didn't matter the woman had walked away now anyway and she grinned at will. "well uhm .. that was unexpected.." she said lightly, the blush slowly fading. did they look adorable ? all lyra knew was that she really liked will and that was enough for her, she didn't care how they looked.

she shook her head slightly and grinned lightly. "did you know..we're adorable? personally i think it's just you .." she teased lightly and grinned, still a little surprised - after all they didn't even know the woman. but it was a compliment and this sandwhich was totally too delicious to think about anything else right now, as as will ate she finished hers not long after, using her own napkin and wiping away crumbs, seeing will doing the exact same thing and she grinned lightly.

" Just becareful how you make your name here, reputations aren't always a good thing, especially if you're in cohorts with any of the other pranksters out there" lyra chewed her lip and nodded slowly. "yeah i suppose..people are quick to point fingers even if i was no way involved." lyra said, remembering a few times when pranks had been pulled and a prefect had taken it upon himself to blame lyra - despite her having had an allaby from several people, but she'd straightened him out. she hadn't liked be accused - which was fair enough in honesty, was it not?

" Well, I can say this, I would love to teach you one day about all of the muggle foods there are, and then we can even get you liking more of the things that I grew up with. Although I may be pureblood, but that doesn't I don't like doing things muggleborns do." she grinned lightly and nodded. "i think it sounds like fun .. we could make a day of it." she grinned warmly at him and glancing about. "so did you have anything in mind for after this?" she asked lightly, just genuinely curious but not minding if he wanted to head up to the castle and part way.

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[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will was looking towards Lyra as she blushed at this, causing him to blush in return once more. Of course this unending cycle of blushing would be the death of him if they keep it up too long. Surely, there had to be a point when the blushing would just stop altogether, yet he could still look at her without despising her. After all, they hung out more than most couples he knew, which was a good thing to him. Even if he had a slight tendency to space out at random intervals that would label him as a dreamer. Not that he minded it at all, plus there was always room for another person on the boat.

Right now, he was content staring into her eyes until she said that he was the one who was mainly adorable blinking a few times. Looking back over to the waitress, then to Lyra, deciding to risk a joke. "Well, if I had to pick....I don't really want to, can I have both?" he teased her jokingly, smiling towards her. Hoping she knew he was joking as he had to add the just kidding remark after just in case she thought he wasn't. No doubt, Lyra certainly was the type of girl that liked to know she was the only one for him, and that was true.

No one would take her place, not ever, and if they tried, well they'd have to deal with her. Since Will is the responsible one after all, and he has had his few shares of times to hex girls that have tried to get him alone against his will. Even a drought of love potion had been attempted to sabotage him in his fourth year when he was first even noticing the opposite sex. Shaking his head, he ignored those thoughts as he heard her speaking to him again. "Well not everyone has a sense of humor and I doubt they'd appreciate being splattered by a water balloon when they just cleaned themselves, so they blame whoever is closest I'd imagine. Yes, we should some day, as for after this, I don't know, we'll go somewhere you want to?" he asked curiously.

There really wasn't much for him to suggest as he didn't know what sort of stuff Lyra liked besides the joke shops and what not while Will was picking up the strange toy he had gotten from the joke shop again.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

"Well, if I had to pick....I don't really want to, can I have both?" she laughed lightly and looked at will with a soft grin. "you can have whatever you like will." she teased gently, giving him a brave wink and grinning slightly as she did. she glanced about them both once they'd finished eating, just generally curious to see who was out and about this afternoon - not too many apparently, but lyra wasn't one to mind either way. she dealt fine in big crowds or empty places - but she generally prefered a big crowd, it often meant something exciting was going down, and you could mingle and talk to anyone and it was just generally .. wel she was a sociable person and she was hardly very quiet.

"Well not everyone has a sense of humor and I doubt they'd appreciate being splattered by a water balloon when they just cleaned themselves, so they blame whoever is closest I'd imagine. Yes, we should some day, as for after this, I don't know, we'll go somewhere you want to?" lyra smiled and shook her head lightly. "nobody really apprechiates having a water bomb dropped on them.. that's the point..." she grinned lightly, "though water bombs aren't really my forte," she teased, having had a few thrown at her in return.. and on one occasion having had an actual water fight... but usually she didn't go into the whole 'water' or 'flour' bombs... sticking to a few tripping wires and such.

"hmm well .. you've seen a little of my world...whyyy don't you show me yours?" she grinned lightly. "where do prefects go in their spare time?" she asked, tilting her head slightly in true consideration. she didn't really know what kind of places will liked, it would be interesting to find out. she glanced at the waitress as she came over to take away their empty plates, looking down shyly as she remembered her last comment, and then back up at will once the woman had walked away.

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[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will had to consider his many follies with the encounters he had with women in the past, and this was no different even as the waitress was rather stunning herself. It seemed like she wore that low-cut top a little too well as it defined her curves nicely, but Will was more focused on Lyra than that buxom broad. Surely, she wouldn't have noticed him using his peripheral vision to look at her as his eyes remained constantly on Lyra. Not even bothering to look away for a while. Even as he was considered the other options they could do while they wre out and about.

There weren't really many other places to go, but he knew fully well that someone would help him out like Lyra in deciding a place to go. Even as he was examining her face more so now, but he wasn't too worried about it at all, as he knew that even without make up she was the most beautiful girl to him. "Well, I really have no idea where to go from here, but I know that I would like to go somewhere too. The one place I do like to go is to hang out by the lake. Of course you already knew that, as for what I do, normally my prefect duties or studying," he said to her. Not really wanting to admit it, but that is indeed what he normally did. Sometimes he took the opportunity to head out to fly around the quidditch pitch.

Just looking over at Lyra, expecting her answer almost instantly, but he shrugged it off for the moment. Licking his lips gently, but then standing up he held out his hand to help Lyra up so they could go back to the castle.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

she smiiled at will and listened to him when he made to speak. "Well, I really have no idea where to go from here, but I know that I would like to go somewhere too. The one place I do like to go is to hang out by the lake. Of course you already knew that, as for what I do, normally my prefect duties or studying," lyra nodded and grinned lightly, remembering their first kinda date had been by the lake - walking out after breakfast, having to duck under shelter..their first kiss... well first kisses technically but it was the same.

the lake was ultimately an untimely beauty, it would be a nice place to go after the hectic joke shop and the lunch. she grinned lightly as he stood and she took his hands, standing and looking at him. "well .. perhaps you'd like to visit the lake?" she asked lightly, implying it was perfectly fine if it didn't, just a suggestion .. it really was a beautiful setting, and rather peaceful unless it was summer when all the students where out lounging by the banks of the lake.

she made to interlink their fingers, smiling a goodbye at a couple of people she knew who looked their way. she headed for the door, lighting going to tug will teasingly with her and she grinned at him. "thanks for today ... i had a great time, really." she murmered, feeling like she needed to thank him for this, and blushing faintly as she did so.

(oh urgh crappy post - sorry!)

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[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will, at this point, was literally pulling ideas out of his ass at the same time as he was glancing at Lyra, and then back to the waitress again. At one point he was certain she had literally bent over to show him her bountiful bosom at some point, which had caught his attention. Even as she had given him a wink, he kept his eyes on Lyra after that not wanting to mention what actually happened just then. After all, he may have seen more than he bargained for, but luckily he was already blushing cause of how beautiful Lyra herself was. Too much going on at once was what kept him on the edge but then he got an idea for a moment. "Hey, Lyra, you should how me how you do your pranks, I want to be part of one," he said to her, grinning to her. It was the least he could obviously do right now, but he wasn't going to just let her get away with it.

Of course, it depended who they did it on, but he he really didn't care at this point as he wanted something exciting to happen. As she mentioned heading back to the lake, he was pretty sure they would have ended up snogging on the spot. Even with the fact there was much more fun to be had pulling a prank and Lyra would be teaching. Oh, how exciting would this be, but he was certain the consequences would get to him sooner or later. Then again, Will had been a hypocrite when he had met Lyra at some point, and he wasn't about to keep this to himself any longer. After all, Lyra had an interest in pranks now and he wasn't about to stop doing them once he stored.

Or perhaps that was the influence Lyra was having on him, after all, the best kind of prank is usually pulled off with a loved one, but he didn't want to mess it up.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

lyra caught that wink... and lyra was no best amused. oh she knew boys would look - they always did, even if they had some supermodel as a girlfriend, and therefore she fully expected will to notice a girl or two around with her being so ordinary. she didn't really mind, so long as nothing came of it, and there was nothing further than looking. what she didn't apprechiate was women like that, who could clearly see will was with lyra, and yet still she thought it .. what amusing? interesting? to wink at him suggestively? lyra frowned slightly and bit back a sigh. it wasn't like she was insecure.. at heart she was a little, but mostly .. it was her fear of being betrayed that caused her to dislike things like that. she'd been betrayed in the past, and she hoped never for it to happen again.

she didn't want to be the jelous girlfriend.. she hated those kind of girls herself, but she felt irritated by the woman, and so she shot her a glare, narrowing her eyes a little and clearly expressing her displeasurement at the womans attitude toward her boyfriend. she said nothing, not to will, and hoped he wouldn't catch her glance. but she knew the woman had, and it clearly told her to back off and find some other boy to stalk ... the desperate hag.

lyra shook her head slightly, not pleased with her own attitude, though all she'd done was glare. but she really liked will, she didn't want to loose him .. not to some woman like that particulary. not that she thought will was naive enough to be swayed but guys.. well lyra had been burned in the past that was all. "Hey, Lyra, you should how me how you do your pranks, I want to be part of one," lyra glanced at will in surprise, pushing aside the incident quickly as they headed outside. she grinned lightly. "really? you'll forget your duties as a prefect and pull a prank with me?" her grin became slightly mischevious, as it always did when pranks were mentioned, and her grey eyes sparkled. "alright sure! hmm what kind of prank.." lyra pondered as they walked, chewing her lip thoughtfully as they headed back to the castle. and who to pull it on of course...

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[WILFORD BAILEY HAYWARD]

Will wasn't sure what to say to Lyra after that encounter, but he wasn't going to brink it up as it would have been rather awkward. Even not bothering to glance back at the other women, after all as far as he was concerned that broad had a certain quality to her that told him she also wasn't worth his attention. Plus, he had Lyra, and that was just enough for him, even as he noticed her looking at the women. Quirking an eyebrow for a moment, but indeed women like that were sometimes hard to please though. Once you started hitting on them, they expected to be lavished in gifts and whisked away on a silver horse that was imaginary. It seemed like such an odd world, when men were trying to be used by some of these women, and he was soon clenching his fists lightly into the palms of his hands. Luckily, they were leaving and Will wouldn't have to deal with Lyra slapping the woman on the spot.

Looking down for a moment, thinking he should apologize for looking since she had obviously seen where his eyes had been looking. Most guys would and even those that didn't still had at least used their peripheral vision to look around their dates while pretending to look into their partner's eyes. Amusing as that may be, this was no time to praise that attitude, and Will was definitely not going to be effected that way. Sure, he liked being affectionate, just not here in public as soon as they left, Will pressed right up against Lyra. Promiscuously pressing his body so close to hers as his lips slowly parted and kissed her passionately. A slight slip of tongue across her lips as he tilted his head. Just letting it settle in that she was the only one for him as he then softly let go of her, blushing deeply as they had done that right outside of the place they had gone to get something to eat.

"Sorry, about that earlier, I wonder why she did that, but I suppose she's just an attention...hog...I don't like using swear words. Anyways, I don't what kind of prank you would like to pull, but who would we pull it on anyways?" he asked her curiously, raising an eyebrow. If they did it to a teacher or the headmaster, they'd get detention for sure just for that. It wouldn't have been amusing, but he was sure they would have been lenient if it hadn't been a severe one. Licking his lips softly, he then started to walk with Lyra back to Hogwarts, after all he didn't know how to apparate quite yet. Then again, he could easily take the course from one of the Ministry members when they come to Hogwarts, whenever that may be this year.

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[LYRA KARA THORNTON]

she bit her lip as they walked out of the place, feeling a little awkward. maybe she shouldn't have glared at the woman ... she hadn't meant to make things awkward, her irritation at that woman had gotten the best of her. lyra sighed and chewed her lip, glancing at will and hoping she hadn't annoyed him by doing that. he was looking at the floor ... uh oh, had she annoyed him? she was going to need to appologise... not just because she should but because she now felt guilty, and she would need to for her self.

she was surprised when will suddenly pressed against her and she looked at him in faint surprise, liking the way his body fit perfectly against hers. she looked up at him just as his lips pressed to hers. she shut her eyes and altomatically made to wrap her arms around his neck, kissing him back and melting against him as he felt the slight touch of his tongue against her lips. she pulled back when he did and looked up at him, a little surprised by his boldness but liking it all the same. okay so maybe he wasn't mad at her - that was good... and she felt a swell of relief, easing her guilt slightly.

"Sorry, about that earlier, I wonder why she did that, but I suppose she's just an attention...hog...I don't like using swear words. Anyways, I don't what kind of prank you would like to pull, but who would we pull it on anyways?" lyra shook her head slightly and took her arms from his neck, going to take his hand instead. "no i'm sorry kay? you didn't do anything... i was just annoyed that she was trying it on with you.. but i should have just ignored it." lyra bit her lip. it wasn't like will was going to have gone off with the other woman .. she really shouldn't have let it get to her. but onto the subject of pranking... lyra chewed her lip thoughtfully. "uhmm .. perhaps a nice and simple 'bucket of something gross over a door' prank? maybe we could have a bucket aaand feathers to add to it ... make them look like some sort of giant chicken.." she smiled gently.

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