I've a thing for you ~ - - (Isabella Ackerly)

[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James, the notorious infamous Potter kid, the one and only. Was actually going to attend a silly Hogwarts event just to see what kind of havoc he could raise. Was he going to dress up? Sure, but in a nice navy blue suit with a lovely light blue vest, along with a navy blue tie. Oh yes, he was going to look suave, and for starters. It was the hair, his golden brown hair, that needed to be styled so no one recognized him, as he usually curved it to one side. Not this time, oh no, he purposely messed it up so he looked like he had just gotten out of bed, and left it that way. Of course, he wasn't planning on doing anything with it, and as was per usual. The infamous James Potter was now staring at a mirror as well, and was unable to look anywhere else for the time being. Once more, he found himself loathing his appearance as he finally just curved it to the one side again, giving in to his own general judgement. James really didn't care who he paired with, but he was going to keep it an immense secret.

Even with the mask he had chosen, it was one of those two-faced ones as the left side was mostly black, and the other half was a sparkly gold of sorts while he relished an old top hat he had found among his father's things back home. Having taken it upon himself to take it from him, although he wasn't exactly the leading prodigy son everyone would want. Having looked at the Marauder's map each night, he was certain something was up with a few of the Slytherin's, he had a few names, but he had to watch carefully. The Chamber of Secrets was nearly always occupied by someone, but he wasn't going to question anyone just yet. There was too much to go on, and now his mind was wandering again. Nearly forgetting to put on the hat, and finally closing the suit case as memories flooded him of his first year at Hogwarts. It really had been a great time here, and he wasn't about to let these thoughts steer him of course from heading towards his table. Taking a seat as he entered the hall looking at all the other people seated there, finally taking his own seat.

Not really making a grand entrance as he normally did, but he wasn't about to give up on his position either while stuffing some navy blue dress pants on and black dress shoes. Tapping idly on the ground as he walked forward, slowly moving to sit in his chair, and then folding his one leg on top of the other, with his hands resting on top of them interlocked together as if being incredibly patient like a proper person for royalty would.

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[ISABELLA SABRINA ACKERLEY]

Isabella was up in the Ravenclaw tower getting herself ready for the Masquerade ball. She had found the perfect dress for the ball, one that matched the Victorian Era perfectly and of course was blue, her favorite color. She was sure that many of the students weren’t going to dress this way, but she didn’t care she liked the Victorian dresses better than the newer ones, plus it was much more beautiful than any other dress that she had seen. She smiled at herself lightly in the mirror as she waved her wand to finish putting it halfway up with the part that wasn’t up in a pony she curled it up, just like they used to back in the olden days. Once she was done she reached over to the table beside her four poster bed and picked up her mask that perfect matched her dress and then placed it on her face. It fit perfectly, though why was Isabella going through all the trouble to dress up so nicely, for all she knew she could end up with a girl or some guy she totally hated. Perhaps it was because Izzy felt that she needed to be the best at anything she did, including dressing up for a Masquerade Ball.

Once she was satisfied she headed on out of the Ravenclaw tower and towards the Great Hall. The hallways were packed with students making their way there to see who they were partnered up with. Izzy often wondered why the school had even created such an event, but she figured it was so purebloods, halfbloods, muggleborns and tainted blood would realize that they can get along. That was until they pulled of their masks and see who it was that they were with. Isabella just hoped that she didn’t get partnered up with someone who envied her looks or her brains.

Soon she had made it to the Great Hall, took her number and then headed on over to the table that she was assigned at seeing that her partner was already there and was a guy. Unless of course a girl happened to dress up like a guy, but she was pretty darn sure that her partner was a guy. “Hey,

[/color]” she said lightly once she was next to the boy she was partnered up with. She just hoped he hadn’t signed up to try and find a girlfriend with this event, because she was definitely not looking for one at the moment, though she couldn’t help but feel that she was connected with the boy she happened to be writing back and forth through owls at the moment. Maybe it was him she got partnered up? Not like she could just straight out and ask, so for the time being she’d just get to know whoever it was she was partnered up with, but as she looked up at him, she couldn’t help but have the distinct feeling that she knew him from somewhere, she just wasn’t sure where.

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[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James had been tempted to cheat and take out the Marauder's map for this event since that would have ruined the surprise to him. Even though he really wanted to know where everyone was sitting, looking around for a few minutes until his partner had shown up at the table. Standing up rather graciously, he soon then did the lowest bow while looking up at her the whole time, then started to speak in a rather deep voice. One that was unusual to James, but he was going to play the mysterious guest part as he then took a seat after his dramatic display of chivalry towards her. Something that had been in ages lost, but he was curious as to how she would react if she even knew she was sitting across from the infamous James Potter.

That thought really didn't irk him much as he hated the name that came with it, but he tried to ignore the signs of all of the irritation he had felt from having seen Albus. Yes, James could tell what his brother looked like no matter what he wore to cover himself in a disguise, but he kept his mind on his partner. Curious thing, these masks and here he was trying to remember where he had seen such beautiful long flowing hair. Caught up in staring for a moment, he shook his head, merely continuing to resume his position earlier. Tapping his fingers idly against the side of his face as he looked around just once more, until finally he waved one hand to his partner again.

Sighing softly as he then just started to push his mask up just a little to glance at her eyes, and he caught his breath for a moment. Those eyes, he had seen them many places before and she was incredibly beautiful from what he could tell. Something he wasn't used to at Hogwarts but he had morals like everyone else. Taking a sip of water as he soon spoke to her finally, "Well, hello, pleasure to meet you, stranger. You certainly look ravishing, but just to clarify I'm not looking for anything from this just a casual chat," he said to her bluntly. Surely his voice would have given him away right there.

Only the few that knew James would even be able to pick up on who he was, but decided to leave that alone for now.

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[ISABELLA SABRINA ACKERLEY]

“Well, hello, pleasure to meet you, stranger. You certainly look ravishing, but just to clarify I'm not looking for anything from this just a casual chat,” Just a causal chat, not looking for anything else. Who did he take her for? A girl that comes to these balls all dressed up in search of their soul mate? How ridicules would she be if she really thought that Hogwarts would partner them all up with their soul mates? What did he seem to think she was one of those girls that had to find a girl to be with? She couldn’t help but feel irritated about the sentence this guy just spoke. He sure had a big ego, just like someone else she knew. She really did hope that this wasn’t truly that person and the real way he acted with people he didn’t know. She would have to smack him across the face if it was him.

“Well sorry, do I seem the type that comes to balls like these in search of a soul mate? Cause honestly there are much more important things than having a boyfriend. I rather have a relationship with my studies,

[/color]” she crossed her arms and glared at the boy that was sipping on water. She was rather thirsty as well, but too angry to look at the menu and order something for the elves to send up for her. Perhaps she should just leave this guy and try to find Raychel. What was she even thinking of even signing up for something like this?

She looked at the guy she was partnered up with, he seemed familiar, but she wasn’t going to try and figure out who he was. She’ll just have to wait until Midnight. “Listen here. I’ll give you another shot at your introduction. Don’t screw up your second chance,” she said lightly in hopes that this time the guy would be nicer to a stranger rather than assuming other things.

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[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

There was something ticking in James's mind, and he soon imagined a clock going by until the minute he would reveal himself to this prissy person. Sure, he wasn't showing much of an ego, at least he thought he wasn't, but apparently his partner had misread his actions. Perhaps he should make up for it, but after already annoying her what was the use in apologizing. James wished he had stuffed the Marauder's map in his leg of his pants, but he had indeed done that, just forgot. For all he knew was that it was up in the common room, and it would have been cheating if he just suddenly brought it out to use it. Curious as it was, he had been looking it a lot more in the past few days to watch the people on it walking around.

There were too many foot-steps to follow at times, but a few of the students always disappeared for no reason whenever they were near a secret room. It was usually part of that Slytherin trio, but he really paid no mind to that for now. As most of the attacks that had occurred nowhere near there. Suddenly he got an idea, but he kept to himself as he listened to her speak. Finally getting the nerve to actually speak to her when he thought this pompous brat deserved to learn some manners. Now it was time to give her the royal treatment that he thought she deserved as he soon spoke to her.

"Is that anyway to speak to a prince? My guards aren't around me, since I escaped them to leave them searching for me. I'm Obnoxious Bastard the VIth," he said the last part in a normal voice. It was up to her to determine if he really was of royal blood or not, but he thought it was amusing. Now if she was annoyed, just wait until she talked more with him, but he wasn't trying to get her pissed off. In fact, his goal was to make her laugh at him now, "Second impressions are worse than first ones usually..." he asked again, shrugging his shoulders as if stating a fact.

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[ISABELLA SABRINA ACKERLEY]

“Is that anyway to speak to a prince? My guards aren't around me, since I escaped them to leave them searching for me. I'm Obnoxious Bastard the VIth,” was this boy trying to make a mockery out of her? Obviously there wasn’t anyone that went by that name at Hogwarts and she highly doubted anyone in the world had that name. This guy really did have a huge Ego, and it was all too familiar as well. But she wasn’t going to try and figure out who it was, nor did she care. Either way if he continued this streak he was in for a smack once masks were removed that was for sure.

Isabella placed her hands on her hips and glared at the boy. Did he think that this ball was meant to come here and piss the person he got partnered up with off? Well she wasn’t going to make him feel sorry for it by the end of the night. “You honestly think I would believe that for even a millisecond? Who do you think I am? Some gullible little first year? As if!

[/color]” her cheeks were turning a bit red from anger. Why did she decide to go to this ball again? It seriously was beginning to be a waste of time if you asked her.

“Second impressions are worse than first ones usually...” yep he definitely was trying to make a mockery out of her. That last sentence there was the final piece that pretty much put it out on the table. “I highly doubt any of your impressions are even good anyways, so why bother even trying?[/color]” she said coldly before she sat down in the chair on the opposite side of the table from him. She was going to be in for one hell of an awful evening it seemed and there was no way she was even going to let him think that he would get to bring her out on the dance floor. “Butterbeer please,[/color]” she said to the table and then a glass of butterbeer magically appeared on the table and she picked it up to take a drink out of it. “I don’t know who you think you are, but I think you need to take a class on how to communicate with people,[/color]” she said lightly, not even looking at him after she took a drink from her butterbeer. Then she went right back on drinking the butterbeer, glad that the school was offering it for the night.

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[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James was considering who this pompous queen was to go parading around like she owned the place and if she wasn't careful he was about to silencio her for good. Although that would cause bad tension in his own mind, but he didn't care as long as she stopped talking he'd be fine. Of course, he had to remember the last time his anger had gotten out of hand, but he wasn't that fruit Jacob, so he could handle a simple girl. Even if she said she wasn't a first year, James could easily tell she wasn't due to her dress. Obviously dressing up rather extravagant and he wasn't even sure who else could have had such an attitude. Deciding to choose his words carefully from here on out so as not to aggravate her further.

"Well then, I apologize for my rude behavior, and to make it up to you, I will do one thing you ask of me right now...whether it's to shut up or not. Or even something embarrassing," he said to her, gesturing towards her in a deep bow as he stood up to do so. Deciding if he treated her like a queen, maybe she would change her mind about him finding his arrogance possible to deal with. The little ego he had in him had inflated further thanks to her saying that he had one, but acknowledging it only made him more boastful. In fact he didn't apologize for using a fake name at all, but he wasn't even aiming to mock her anymore as he didn't want a pissed off women.

Perhaps to alleviate the situation he'd sit back down and be quiet, merely placing his hands in front of him in a thoughtful stance. Surely this wasn't going to end well, but he really didn't want to end up getting detention for something he didn't do especially when he didn't know who his partner was. Acting out on this impulse he soon spoke to her one last time, "Also, hello, and please excuse my imbecile nature for having tried to joke around a little.." he added...to ease the tension a little. Whether she accepted the apology or not was up to her, but he doubted he could make it up to her by the look on his face as he himself decided to just have a glass of water.

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[ISABELLA SABRINA ACKERLEY]

“Well then, I apologize for my rude behavior, and to make it up to you, I will do one thing you ask of me right now...whether it's to shut up or not. Or even something embarrassing” Isabella looked over at him as she raised her right eyebrow at him. What was with the sudden change of how he was going to act towards her? Perhaps it was some kind of a trick? She studied him, looking for any signs to show that he was joking around as she lifted her glass of butterbeer up to her lips. He had even bowed before her, was he trying to mock her again? She wasn’t sure, and it was really bugging her. Whoever this guy was, he should be glad that they happened to be in a ball, where Isabella was less likely to slap him, but if provoked enough she would. Though the next thing she knew he had sat back down, perhaps he didn’t mean he’d do some sort of thing for her as he had already sat back down. Typical boy, no wondered Isabella had spent more time studying then drooling over boys like many girls her age did.

“Also, hello, and please excuse my imbecile nature for having tried to joke around a little.” and hello? Why the hell would he say that now? He must really be trying to mess with her mind to be doing things like this. “Well it was a bit rude to play a joke on a person you just met,

[/color]” she said softly as she lowered her glass down from her lips, still eyeing him suspiciously. He wasn’t a bad looking guy; in fact he was rather good looking, but that ego of his seemed to take away from his looks. After all Isabella wasn’t one to just go off of looks, no matter how hot the guy was.
“Anything you say. What if I asked you to go streaking around Hogwarts?[/color]” she asked curiously wondering what his reply would be. She sure hoped that he didn’t just decide to go and do it right that instant.

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[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James was considering his reply but he had to keep in mind he was dealing with an upper class girl who thought she knew everything about the world and what was in it. Even if she got top marks, there were some things she didn't need to know about boys other than that most of them are rude as he nodded towards her. Positively encouraged by the fact she had told him the truth about what she thought and then clapped his hands together as if having an 'aha' moment. Although he ignored her comment completely and wondered if he should just start to say another random name, although that would be rude as well. Just using the name girl on her would make him sound rather abrupt too and saying that she wasn't a woman.

What on Earth could be running through his mind, well it wasn't of naked women, but he knew for one thing this girl in front of him was indeed gorgeous. Yet, her pompous attitude was already making him think that most women were like this and she couldn't get past his ego. Yes, that ego of his that seemed to grow by the minute and was tempted to tell her to go off herself away to some other table so he could relax in peace. There was no telling what he might do next as he closed his eyes, and then started to lick his lips just once. Not twice as he then downed some of the water he had ordered.

Wiping his lips softly from dripping any water onto the ground he soon looked up towards her curiously, raising an eyebrow curiously. "Well, I'm afraid, I can't do that, streaking isn't something that Hogwarts would allow. I'm sure there must be a compromise somewhere, and yes it was quite rude wasn't it? Could be worse as I always say...then again, what would you think could be worse than a rude person other than impolite or arrogant? I'd pick violent...like those ones that just don't know when to stop causing a ruckus with no regard for rules, they're the slightly discomforting ones," he said plainly, now choosing a topic that would indeed lead somewhere.

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[ISABELLA SABRINA ACKERLEY]

“Well, I'm afraid, I can't do that, streaking isn't something that Hogwarts would allow. I'm sure there must be a compromise somewhere, and yes it was quite rude wasn't it? Could be worse as I always say...then again, what would you think could be worse than a rude person other than impolite or arrogant? I'd pick violent...like those ones that just don't know when to stop causing a ruckus with no regard for rules, they're the slightly discomforting ones,” Isabella listened to the boy going on and on about who knows what. It all sounded like a bunch of rambling to her. Was he perhaps trying to ramble his way out of being rude? She mentally shook the thought from her mind, that would be a silly thing to do after all. “Well obviously that would be against Hogwarts rules, but honestly what’s wrong with a little rule breaking from time to time? Everyone does it, yes some more of an extent to others. I know a couple of trouble makers in my class, one of them just so happens to be a champion,

[/color]” she said lightly. And what champion she was referring to, well that was up to the boy to figure out. The one she was thinking of was the infamous James Potter. She knew little about the other champions, minus the Ravenclaw ones. Besides, why would the Head Boy be a trouble maker? And she knew that Clair was quite quiet, though they usually say to watch out for the quiet once.

No, she was indeed meaning to be speaking of James Potter. Thought the two ran into each other rarely, it seemed that every time they did he always spilt some sort of trouble making he’d done recently. The last one being of a duel he had gotten in with his own brother. Who goes and hexes their own brother! She certainly would never do that. “Unless you’re one of those goody two shoes that are every teacher’s pet,[/color]” she rolled her eyes knowing how annoying those people were. She wasn’t a teacher’s pet. Yes she worked hard to get good grades, but she only worked extra hard in divination and that wasn’t to get brownie points, it was for her own good to work extra hard in that class.

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[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James was certain this person was someone he really did know, but she seemed rather vague about who she was at the same time. Even if such a beauty were to hide her true colors from him, but he paid it no mind really. Not anyone could have discovered who he was just with the fact he had almost attempted a fake accent with her, but annoying her was one thing he was still on the verge of doing. “Well obviously that would be against Hogwarts rules, but honestly what’s wrong with a little rule breaking from time to time? Everyone does it, yes some more of an extent to others. I know a couple of trouble makers in my class, one of them just so happens to be a champion,”
"I'm afraid everyone knows about him, but I'm not surprised to hear this news. Quite the character, and he's got quite a few partners that do inspire him it seems," he said callously as if he were dissing himself.

Nah, he was just pretending to be someone else, but decided to add on to it at the same time. Going on about greatness would not work on this one and would lead him to an empty table if he kept talking about himself in such a way. Never would he imagine dissing someone as beautiful as this sloppy woman that seemed to think that she was slightly superior. Annoying, yes, but perhaps the head boy would have been this arrogant in the long run. "Yes, this Potter, his ego's so inflated, I'm surprised he can stay on the ground with how inflated it has become. I only know of this cause I'm in the same dorm as him" he said, telling a white lie.

James was obviously having a little bit more fun with this and chuckling on the inside, not letting her even show a hint of his mockery at all. Merely a fun fact that she didn't need to know about his silent thinking, but finally spoke once more, "Wouldn't you agree?" he asked, and then calmly took a sip of his drink, releasing it to the table again.

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[ISABELLA SABRINA ACKERLEY]

“I'm afraid everyone knows about him, but I'm not surprised to hear this news. Quite the character, and he's got quite a few partners that do inspire him it seems,” Isabella rolled her eyes at that comment. She had a feeling that James didn’t need inspiration in order to cause trouble. At least from the way he always blabbed to her about the trouble he caused, most of it seemed to be his idea. But none-the-less, she still considered James to be somewhat of a friend despite the fact the he got on her nerves at time. “Yes, this Potter, his ego's so inflated, I'm surprised he can stay on the ground with how inflated it has become. I only know of this cause I'm in the same dorm as him” what was this boy trying to do? If James were around here, she was sure that comment would just inflate his ego even more. Isabella shook her head softly as if saying that he was going a bit far on the whole ‘James’ subject. This guy was probably one of James’s friends that helped inflate his ego all the time. “Wouldn’t you agree?” well of course she agreed that James had a very inflated ego, but she didn’t parade around the school with the knowledge of it.

“You must be one of his friends seeing as that comment you made would probably make his ego even more inflated if he were nearby,” she sighed softly. “But I didn’t come here to talk about those serious trouble makers. I came here for a new and different experience and it seems that you’ve caused almost as much as a headache as he does at times,” she said lightly as she raised her fingers up to her temples and rubbed them softly. She needed to tell Raychel to remind her to never come to one of these things again.

“With that topic aside, tell me what compelled you to come to this ball?

[/color]” she asked curiously. Perhaps one of his friends convinced him to come, or maybe he just came so he could annoy the person who he got partnered up with.

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[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James couldn't agree more with her at that fact, but he had to know who she was with how pompous she was acting. Surely there would be more of a refined tone to her voice if she knew who she was talking to. James knew there was a slap headed his way after this was all over, but for now he would ride it out and endure any pain that came with knowing this woman, whomever she may be. Putting two and two together shouldn't have been hard even for him. Right now he was twiddling his thumbs in thought about what he could do to make this up to her, even having left his wand aside despite the warnings about his partner trying to hex him.

Luckily it wasn't like that at all and he kept himself pre-occupied with just looking to the ceiling every so often when he wasn't about to just spill the beans on who he was. Tempted to pretend that he was passing out, but that would just annoy his partner more of having to deal with his drunken ass. Partnering up with her had been so dreary since he got here, but he supposed he had to remedy that. "I'm afraid you got me wrong, I don't even know how that would inflate his ego honestly. I only came cause I was curious to see how long it would take to annoy my partner honestly. Until I would come back to my common sense to actually appreciate the beauty of my partner. As lovely as you are, no offense if you don't like being flattered. Honestly, just for fun is why I came, but I seem to have ruined that," he paused. Perhaps he should have brought a flower of some form, but he wasn't sure if she was allergic or not.

Better to be safe than sorry, so he didn't know what to do, "I'd offer to buy you a drink, but I guess those are free here..." he trailed off slightly, rubbing the back of his head. "Why'd you sign up for this if I may ask?" he retorted, making sure that he didn't forget that she asked it first.

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[ISABELLA SABRINA ACKERLEY]

“I'm afraid you got me wrong, I don't even know how that would inflate his ego honestly. I only came cause I was curious to see how long it would take to annoy my partner honestly. Until I would come back to my common sense to actually appreciate the beauty of my partner. As lovely as you are, no offense if you don't like being flattered. Honestly, just for fun is why I came, but I seem to have ruined that” Isabella rolled her eyes lightly. What was this boy ignorant? Anyone could’ve seen that, that comment would inflate James Potter’s Ego. And this guy came here to just annoy his partner? Oh how lucky she was to end up with him. Leave it to Isabella to try something new and end up with the wrong person to try it with. She was going to just tell Raychel flat out no next time.

“I'd offer to buy you a drink, but I guess those are free here...” She looked up at him, really he had to say that? What did he just want to make himself even stupider? Didn’t he realize she already had some Butterbeer she was sipping on? She looked down at the glass of Butterbeer in her hands that was half empty she had actually almost forgotten that it was there as well. She lifted it up then and took a nice gulp from it as she glanced over at the clock. The butterbeer still tasted great and she was happy to see that there was only five minutes left before they had to remove masks. Then she could just leave after that.

“Why'd you sign up for this if I may ask?” She took her glass of butterbeer away from her mouth as she looked over at him again. Finishing the last gulp she had in her mouth before she replied to him. “My best friend convinced me to come. Saying I needed new experiences that didn’t involve me having a nose in a book or in a journal or in a letter I’m writing,

[/color]” she told him as she thought of the letter that she could be writing to Lonely Boy instead of being at the ball with this annoying boy. Lonely Boy was such a better guy for her, why would Raychel think she’d meet a good guy at this place? “And it looks like this experience will be over in a couple of minutes,” she said softly as she pointed at the clock.

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[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James had to glance at the clock to make sure that was the correct time as he kept his own attention on her after a moment or two. That was news to him and he was already starting to glance at his own watch again. Eagerly rubbing his hands together for a moment to see who she really was, but he expected it to be someone completely random. How this person knew of him was beyond him, but his ego even had shown through this whole time. Shaking his head, and thinking that she didn't know anything about this at all. What could have possibly gone so awry in the introductions, but he had to make up for it still.

Whatever he would do here would lead to an ultimatum and so he had to actually keep his cool too. Eventually he would have to take off his own mask, but the joy of just reveling in it, maybe he didn't want to reveal who he was at all. Speaking of the time it was now time to pull them off, but he wasn't going to be the first one to do it. Deciding to be an arrogant prick now as he smiled warmly towards her bowing before her and then taking his time with the removal. Even five minutes was slow enough for him to make a rather dramatic exit, and sighed softly. "Oh, and just so you know, I'm not normally so arrogant. I wish our arrangement had ended up more pleasantly," he merely said to her, and then James took off the mask.

Oh yes, the infamous James Potter in the flesh and even though he had one random chance encounter with her, his gaze never faltered from her as he smiled quite...mischievously. "I'm afraid to say I -am- James Potter," he said to her, although was quick to back up in case he had upset her, and would literally run if she did indeed try coming at him.

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[ISABELLA SABRINA ACKERLEY]

“Oh, and just so you know, I'm not normally so arrogant. I wish our arrangement had ended up more pleasantly,” she rolled her eyes thinking that he was probably just saying that in hopes to get her to change her mind about him. Not that she was going to no matter who it was behind the mask. She heard the clock chime signaling it was midnight and she reached up to take her mask of to reveal that she was Isabella Ackerley.

It wasn’t until after she took her mask off that she saw her partner had taken his of as well. “ I'm afraid to say I -am- James Potter,” James Potter? She was really partenered up with James Potter? Yes she knew that he could be a bit of an annoyance but she had never seen him be this arrogant before. He truly did have a much bigger ego than he thought and sure didn’t know how to treat a girl he thought he hand just met. “James Sirius Potter, how dare you treat a girl like that!

[/color]” she exclaimed as she clenched her hands into fists.

It was infuriating that he treated her like that. What, was he only nice to girls he actually knew? The James she always met in the Library was usually nice to her, yes he had a big head, but he was nice to her not a brat like he just was. “You know just because you’re one of the Gryffindor Champions doesn’t mean you can go around treating people like you’re all high and mighty. I don’t know why I ever thought you were still a nice kid, a bit ego yes, but I still thought you were nice,[/color]” she took a step towards as she unclenched her fist and brought her hand up before smacking him across the face. “Don’t ever treat a girl like that again,[/color]” she said sternly before she walked off, not caring what he had to say next. She just wanted to get back to the Ravenclaw tower and forget what happened that night.


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[JAMES SIRIUS POTTER]

James shrugged the blunt blow off as he felt the reddened area of his face light up and knew he deserved it...yet that pompous brat didn't really deserve his attention. It had been Isabella all along, and sure they're usual chats in the library had managed to get that way no matter how intrigued he was in her. James was just acting out and he obviously had done a good job if she had gone all out with that smack to his face. It only amused him to see her walk off as he gave her a smile the whole time she was saying that towards him. "Then my job here is done," was all he said before she could storm away from him completely. It didn't take long to recover from that hit, but it wasn't the first time he had been hit like that either.

Going through his share of girls tended to be rather resound when it came to hitting him, and he felt no shame as he really rather live life in the present. James had already forgotten what he did since he preferred living in the present, not some silly past that didn't need anyone to muck it up for him. Now all that was left was to make sure he had the clearance for the room he needed to take out the map to make sure she was out of the way now. James could already see that Albus was having trouble with his own date after realizing who it was, but he wasn't focused on that as he had realized he had deserved that.

Well, the night was out for him now and he headed back to the Gryffindor tower to just party it up without thinking about the consequences of tonight. Obviously just wanting to keep that under the grain while he soon just let his body move him towards where he needed to go. Funny, how he didn't consider that event as anything other than proving how annoying he was but it had enlightened him a little on finding out about what Isabella was really like at times.