Justin Finch-Fletchley (condign) wrote in riddikulus,
@ 2008-01-29 12:38:00

October 21, 1997 | Tuesday. After Dinner
Characters: Justin Finch-Fletchley & Susan Bones
Settings: Hufflepuff Common room. Tuesday, October 21, 1997. After dinner.
Summary: Justin asks Susan to the Halloween Ball. What ever will she say!?
Rating: PG?
Status: Complete

Tuesday had gone well for the most part. Double Defense had been lived through with success. He was on top of his homework and he'd successfully managed to finish the last book on curse-breaking that had been on his list. Aside from still being annoyed with Melanie whenever he saw her there was a relatively good mood in the air. Justin Finch-Fletchley had been trying to be optimistic for the next few weeks and this helped force the boy to be content for the most part.

While changing out of his school robes for dinner, Justin's optimism was lifted with a male to male conversation he'd had with some of the boy's in the dorms. With the Halloween Ball rounding quickly it seemed that the lot of them were either boasting about who they'd already snagged as dates or which of the girl's would be prime options for consideration. Course, as the event neared closer it seemed the "prime list" was slowly but surely dwindling. Everyday there was new news of who was no longer available.

Naturally, with these sorts of conversation Justin had more or less kept his mouth shut. He was more often than not the one revealing who was no longer available instead of sharing his option or his final decision. The situation with Susan Bones had been a questionable one. And though they'd been on good terms for the last few weeks he was still putting off the topic. With the encouragement of some of his dorm mates, however, the Hufflepuff finally decided tonight was good as night as any.

He'd given himself some time and hadn't bothered to think about it during the meal. Instead he waited a few minutes after everyone was settled in the common room that evening with full tummies. Finally he joined the masses from the dorms and approached Susan as she sat comfortably on one of the sofas. "Hey," he greeted as he plopped down next to Susan. "I've a question for you."

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gotabonetopick
2008-02-02 12:26 am UTC (link)

“Okay,” Susan said looked at the book in her lap before looking back up at him with a smile that was noticeably forced. She bit her lip as she watched him under of what to do or say. She just kept getting this vibe that everything was just awkward, but perhaps that was just her. Susan had never gone on a date before or had to experience any of this so she didn’t know if this was suppose to be how it was to be. “So a date then?” Susan wasn’t sure what to do right now.

Why did she feel like this was so forced and awkward? Why couldn’t she just ask him how he truly felt and just get it out in the open? Perhaps this was supposed to be a way for them to see if this would work. Of course Susan wasn’t really sure of this and felt like she should probably talk to a friend about this, but who? It was just this nagging feeling that was bugging her and perhaps it just came from how this situation had turned slightly awkward.

“Are you wanting to dress up in costumes or just go in dress robes?” Susan was pretty easy either way. She just hoped that things wouldn’t get screwed up even more.

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condign
2008-02-08 12:36 am UTC (link)

Justin was relieved that she'd...decided otherwise. It was important to them that they at least try this date thing again. He was hopeful to the idea that it'd make up for the horrible attempt ~~she'd~~ they'd managed during Hogsmeade. Even if he too sensed the tension and awkwardness in the air - he was determined to give it a chance.

That's what mattered right? His willingness to give it another chance. His openness to letting things happen without the ridiculous dramatics of vomit, tears, or general unnecessary uncomfortable-ness. Granted that's not to say he was going to let himself get trapped - oh no - he'd already decided that if this Ball business didn't go over well he'd stop trying. There wouldn't be a point. But for now, for now he'd make the extra effort....it was important.

With a shrug he replied to Susan's inquiry about the costumes. "I thought it was a masquerade ball?" he asked rhetorically, "Costumes are usually the woman's choice isn't it? I can...get away with dress robes?" He grinned at her, "Or is it different for wizarding world masquerades?"

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gotabonetopick
2008-02-08 07:26 am UTC (link)

Susan was going to work past this; she was going to stop acting like this. She was just going to have fun and just enjoy the time she had with Justin. A date was a date, and if it didn’t work it obviously wasn’t going to later. Just have fun was all she could really tell herself to do. She just wanted to enjoy herself at the ball with Justin and stop worrying about what he wanted and if something would happen. It was just making her upset, and causing her to over think things. It was a lot easier when they were just friends.

“Well we could wear dress robes and mask, or full out costume and mask.” Susan added this as if she was thinking it out as she said it. She wasn’t really to sure about the ‘rules’ of dress. “I dunno did you want to go matching or, what?” Susan didn’t really like the idea of matching it seemed strange. A nice combo outfit would be suitable, kind of like a King Arthur and Guinevere type of thing. Of course if he just wanted to do his own thing she was fine with that. Susan was really starting to think about what to wear, and it was making her sort of giddy about the ball.

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