face up against the glass ( ( c a d e ) )

[ROXY FAYE FINNIGAN]

roxy wasn't sure why she'd taken arithmacy. really she didn't. well, she was good at it, she supposed that was why. but she forgot how much she disliked it every time she stepped into the classroom. it was with a sigh of relief when class was dismissed - every time. she gathered her books with impressive speed and shoved them into her bag, swinging it onto her favoured right shoulder and rushing for the door.

she saw the small head shake of her proffessor, and the disapproving, snide looks of a couple of slytherins as she headed for the door. but roxy didn't care. she hurried out of the door and as soon as it closed behind her she let out a breath. just the rest of this year to get through before she never had to deal with arithmacy again. hopefully. she didn't really know what she wanted to do when she left hogwarts, and so she couldn't account to what she'd be doing with all her subjects once she left the safety of hogwarts. who knew? perhaps she would be doing something stupidly with arithmacy. either way if she did, she knew she'd hate it. okay .. so maybe she'd be sure she didn't use arithmacy.. just so she didn't want to cry everytime she went to work.

well that had been a bit of an odd thought to trail off on. roxy shook her head and blinked, realising she'd just been dawdling along the seventh floor common room.. and she was late for lunch. with a sigh, she made to hurry on a little more for the stairs, and wasn't far from them when she heard a great riiiip, and the thumps of her books tumbling from the ripped bag. "damn it!" roxy sighed as she stopped and pulled the ripped bag from its perch on her shoulder, pointing her want at the hole and muttering "reparo." for the fifth time this week. she shoved her wand back in her pocket and knelt on the floor, hands reaching to grab her books from the floor...

( ooc , hope this is cools )

[CADEN XAVIER WOOD]

Lunch . . it was the only thing running through Cade's mind as he hurried back down the stairs from the gryffindor common room, he had been up there shoving various books away, he didnt really see the point in carrying useless books around, for classes he didnt have later, so with his bag slung over his shoulder, he half ran down one of the moving staircases that would eventually lead him to the great hall, and all the food that awaited there, so he was hungry, it wasnt his fault if he could eat a lot, was it?

With that, he looked down one of the corridors intime to see an old freidn of his, well not old friend, they had been friends for a while, he just couldnt remeber the last time he'd spoken to her, since the last time they had really spoken, had been on a date,. that hadnt really ended well. He stopped walking and watched her for a few seconds, he bag must have broken, since she was picking up books, he climbed back up the staircase slightly and walked over to her, without a word he kneeled down and reached out to grab one of the books, he held it out to her and looked at her, trying to see her face. "Bad day already, Rox?"

( it's great, sorry it's taken so long to reply to, and sorry it's so short! )

[ROXY FAYE FINNIGAN]

one of her books had fallen open, letting loose a whole months worth of notes, spreading the papers across the hall. roxy sighed, reaching out to pull them together into a pile and stuff them back into her bag too. she was so focused on grabbing everything as fast as she could that she didn't hear the other person approaching. she was too busy cursing herself and her damned bag, wondering how much she actually had in that stupid old bag.

suddenly a hand was infront of her face, holding out a book to her she hadn't yet picked up. the last book actually. "Bad day already, Rox?" she glanced up at cade, having known even without seeing him exactly who it was. roxy sat back on her heels and glanced at him, sighing and shrugging lightly. "it's been alright.." she said, gazing at him. she was a little wary, she had to admit. she hadn't seen or actually spoken to him since they'd had that disasterous date, so she was a little uncertain about talking to him at the moment. "uh thanks.." she said, taking the book from him and putting it in her bag with the others.

now that everything was back in her bag, she rose to her feet and slung it onto her shoulder, chewing her lip slightly and shifting on the spot. " so uhm .. what're you doing up here? " she asked after a few moments, not sure what else to say. she didn't want it to be awkward, cade had always been a nice guy and she still liked him it just.. well for her it felt a little awkward. she gazed at her feet, long golden hair tumbling over her shoulders as she shifted the strap of her bag and glanced up at him. roxy had never been that great at dealing with awkward situations, she was happy-go-lucky, kind and a bit of a clutz, but though she was a nice person and all she wasn't always that great with awkward situations or mean people and that.

( ooc , tis fiiine no worries xD )

[CADEN XAVIER WOOD]

"Just alright?" He asked lightly. He grinned his lazy, lopsided grin he had and folded his arms over the black bag strap that sat across his chest. He ran a hand through his hair and grinned. "So . . you sure that bag can handle the books?" He said jokingly. He rocked back on his heels as the mood turned quiet. He clasped his hands together and sighed. They probably needed to get over this, they would eventually need to work together at one point, when with them noth being the seventh year prefects of gryffindor house.

"No problem" He said, the grin coming back onto his face quickly. "Wasnt going to let a damsel in distress pick up all the books herself" He said. He looked at her, and it was weird. She was the only girl Cade had ever thought about after the date, normally he went out with a girl, once, or maybe even twice, and then he just, payed them no mind. But Roxy, well Roxy was diffrent. He could talk to her, she interested him, unlike so many other girls. He couldnt stand it if a girl only had air in her head, it gave new meaning to the words 'brick' and 'wall'.

He looked up and he shrugged loosley when she asked why he was up there. He didnt really have a good reason, just that he was dumping books in the common room, then heading to lunch, which, he suddenly wast very hungry anymore. she had that effect on him, though, he was still put off by the thought of their last date, damn he thought girls were confusing. "Nothing, just dumping books upstairs" He said lightly. "What about you?"

[ROXY FAYE FINNIGAN]

"Just alright?" roxy, unable to help but fall into her usual quite chatty nature grinned lightly and shrugged. "well i had to get up early, some first years gave me trouble aaand my bag broke for the fifth time.. buut on the other hand, i liked my lessons today.. and it's lunch." she said and looked at him. " so .. you think that would count as an 'alright'?" she asked with a small grin, trying to push past the awkward. "So . . you sure that bag can handle the books?" roxy rolled her eyes. "yes the bag can handle the books." she said and shook her head, smiling slightly.

"No problem... Wasnt going to let a damsel in distress pick up all the books herself" roxy rolled her green eyes and raised an eyebrow. "and whoever said i was a damsel in distress?" she responded with a half grin, raising an eyebrow and shocked to find that a the words hinted at flirtation. she hadn't meant for that - not at all. she hadn't even known she still liked cade like that, not really... well, she hadnt exptected the feelings to go anywhere of course. but .. there was lucas.. and she really liked him. but .. here was cade? oh bother.

as for the damsel in distress part? sure, roxy had her moments when a gang of slytherins liked to pick on her - she wasn't that good at defending herself and tended to just take it. but that didn't mean she cried out for help. she was a proud little gryffindor... not that she wouldn't take the help if it was offered of course - anything to get those slytherins off her back. "Nothing, just dumping books upstairs" she nodded slightly. ah that was fair enough, the gryffindor common room was hardly far from here. "What about you?"

"just finished class and i was heading off to lunch ... " she said, chewing her lower lip slightly and glancing at cade, accidently letting slip a further - "you want to get lunch with me?" invitation and biting her lip again. she hadn't really meant to say that. sure, she wanted to i mean.. he was still a nice guy and she liked talking to him - maybe it would dispell some of this awkwardness? but.. what if he thought this was something like another date? or .. or if it did turn out to be a date? or what if something went bad and it was more awkward ooor if they got on really well? what about lucas? what it lucas saw and thought her and cade were going out?! oh god.. too many questions. roxy forced her internal debate to shut up. it was just an innocent invite between friends. she waited for him to answer.

( ooc , hmm what should have happened on their date? )

[CADEN XAVIER WOOD]

"you want to get lunch with me?" Cade's eyes widened slightly when she said that and he couldnt help the lopsided grin that crossed his face. He knew she wasnt asking him out on a date date, but still friends could have dates right? friendly dates, ya know . . kinda like . . two friends, and thats how he was trying to see Roxy now. Yeah, he still liked her as more than a friend, but he wasnt going to be a jerk, not to her, he was gonna let her call the shots.

"Yeah sure . . as long as it doesnt end like last time" He said as the corners of his mouth turned up into a smirks slightly. Yeah, their last date hadnt gone so well, what with an ex-girlfeidn of Cade's wanting to make it as horrible as possible, him being late due to annoying teachers wanting to about his grades. Oh, and the ending wasnt great, what with him puking his guts up in the bathroom for the last half of it.

He ran his hand through his hair and looked at her. "So uhh . . to the great hall?" He said as he cocked his arm and offered it to her, in a friendly way, there was nothing behind it, it was just a friendly gesture, and it was his joking self that was coming out in his attempt not to flirt with her more than he normally did. "So . . . what else have you been up to besides class . . . hanging out with a new crowd these days?" He said with a smile. He had heard she was getting friendly with that Lucas kid from their house, Cade didnt particularly like him . but he didnt particularyly hate him either. And hey, as long as Rox was happy . . thats all that mattered right?

( Uhhh . . . eeeeverything under the sun? ha ha . . xD . . hope what I said was okay xD )

[ROXY FAYE FINNIGAN]

roxy smiled as he grinned, her heart fluttered a little, betraying the fact that she still had feelings for him, at the lopsidedness of that smile. that was what had always drawn her to him - that smile. it still had an effect, but it wasn't quite as pronounced. she mostly blamed the fail of a date..and well .. perhaps the fact that her feelings were drifiting toward a certain lucas shunpike was cause too..."Yeah sure . . as long as it doesnt end like last time"roxy looked at him and raised her eyebrows slightly. "you sure it's been an appropriate amount of time for us to joke about that yet?" she half teased, still a little sore about that date, but quite wanting to get past it now.

she hoped she never had a date like that again, it had been bad from the word go.. well, it hadn't been completely awful - inbetween the bad there'd been some good moments, and she'd mostly enjoyed his company (once he'd turned up) but still... "So uhh . . to the great hall?" she nodded lightly and smiled slightly, shifting her bag on her shoulder and glancing at him. as he offered her his arm she hesitated. one part of the pause was because of what had happened last time.. she still felt a little awkward around him, even if she did still kinda have a thing for him.. but now..there was lucas, and what if he saw them walking around with linked arms. what might he think? then again ... she liked cade too. oh man was she confused. she couldn't like both boys... she hadn't thought she still liked cade, but now that they were talking again and all ...

roxy bit her lip, and decided it would be fairest if she didn't take his arm for now. it wouldn't be fair on cade or lucas - lucas because if he saw, he might think she was playing with him and actually taken and all .. and it wouldn't be fair on cade incase he thought that this was a sign of something... and she wouldn't want him to try asking her out right now..not with her conflicting feelings. so no... she'd have to be a little neutral, figure things out. she didn't want to hurt his feelings though that was the issue. if she rejected cade's arm he might not understand..and at the very least she wanted to stay his friend. so .. she figured linking arms was as much a sign of friendship as anything else, and so after a hesitation, she gave him a breath smile and took his offered arm.

"So . . . what else have you been up to besides class . . . hanging out with a new crowd these days?" roxy made to start walking with him, glancing up at him - really boys were so tall once they got to seventh year - and thought about it slightly. "honestly, very little.. you?" she bit her lip as he asked his second question. "kinda." she said, not wanting to go into the whole 'hanging out with her other ex boyfriend lucas who she was quite possibly starting to like again too'. she wondered if maybe he was fishing for something like that, seeing as quite a lot of people had noticed roxy and lucas' re-budding friendship .. and would probably had noted on it in passing.

( ooc , haha cools xD and tis fine )