Status: Finished :)
Taking Down the Sunrise
Twenty
“Hey, Trina, I was wondering if-”
“No,” Trina replied, not even lifting her head out of the book she was reading.
Severus sighed and slipped into the chair next to her. He reached out to touch her gently on the back, thought better of it and pulled his hand away, “Trina,” he said, “I was only wondering if you could tell me-”
“I’m not helping you!”
“Why not?”
Trina looked at him as if he had just gotten a ‘T’ in Divination, “Because I’m Lily’s friend, not yours and I want her to win this bet, not you. Even though the bet does have her still with you so...”
“What do you have against me?”
She shrugged, “You’re a Slytherin.”
Severus rolled his eyes, “You really shouldn’t judge a person by the colour of their robes, Trina. In fact, if you’re going to judge me, maybe you should get to know me. And by getting to know me, maybe tell me something about Lily, like, oh, I don’t know, what she likes in a date?”
With a doubtful glance at Severus, Trina shook her head, “I’m not going to tell you anything.”
“But, Trina-”
“Sev, stop messing around!” Kallie exclaimed as she approached from behind. She smiled brightly when he turned to look at her, “I hit the jackpot. You coming?”
“We said after dinner,”
Kallie looked around the library as if expecting to see something extraordinary and then fixed Severus with her green-eyed gaze. “Is anything important happening here? Or at least, anything more important than me?” She added with a glance towards Trina.
Severus glanced at Trina, shrugged and got up from his seat. Kallie linked her arm around his and said very loudly, “Let’s go be alone, Sev,”
He gave her a weird look, “What are you doing?”
“An experiment,” Kallie replied matter-of-factly, “But you should know that your girlfriend is certifiably insane. Yet within her insanity is news of exactly what she wants in a date.”
“What news?”
Kallie looked around conspiratorially and whispered, “Not here,”
Severus was about to ask where when Kallie took off at the pace of a race broomstick pulling him along behind her. She reached the stairs and pulled him up them even as they slid under the two of them. Reaching the fourth floor, she pushed through, slowing her pace ever so slightly.
“Where are we going?”
“You’ll see,”
Kallie let go of her arm and started down the hall. She let her hand brush across the tapestries on the wall, glancing behind them absently until she came to one and smiled. Turning back to Severus, she said, “After you,”
Severus looked at her curiously but headed under the tapestry to see a long tunnel headed downwards, “Where does this go?”
Shrugging, she pulled herself up and sat in the mouth of the hole, “Do you want to know what I found out or not?”
He clambered up into the tunnel and sat across from her before replying, “Go for it.”
“She really is a rather simple girl, of course, what else can you expect from a mudblood?”
“Don’t call her that,”
Kallie rolled her eyes and went on as if there hadn’t been any interruption, “Lily said that she enjoyed your picnic outside and that you surprise her. She said you don’t need big gestures and that you just knew you were in love.”
“How does that help me?”
“How thick are you?”
A withering glare was Severus’s reply to her comment as he played with the laces of his shoes. With a shrug, he tried, “She just wants me to do something spontaneous?”
“And take her breath away,”
“So I should...?”
She shrugged, “Don’t ask me. You know her better,”
“Yeah, I’ll think of something...” He looked up at Kallie and smiled, “Thanks for your help.”
“No problem,” She leaned over and pecked him lightly on the cheek before sliding out of the tunnel. She exited from behind the tapestry, took a few steps and then called back, “You coming?”
“No, I’ll just sit and think.”
“Good luck.”
“Thanks,” Severus whispered.
“No,” Trina replied, not even lifting her head out of the book she was reading.
Severus sighed and slipped into the chair next to her. He reached out to touch her gently on the back, thought better of it and pulled his hand away, “Trina,” he said, “I was only wondering if you could tell me-”
“I’m not helping you!”
“Why not?”
Trina looked at him as if he had just gotten a ‘T’ in Divination, “Because I’m Lily’s friend, not yours and I want her to win this bet, not you. Even though the bet does have her still with you so...”
“What do you have against me?”
She shrugged, “You’re a Slytherin.”
Severus rolled his eyes, “You really shouldn’t judge a person by the colour of their robes, Trina. In fact, if you’re going to judge me, maybe you should get to know me. And by getting to know me, maybe tell me something about Lily, like, oh, I don’t know, what she likes in a date?”
With a doubtful glance at Severus, Trina shook her head, “I’m not going to tell you anything.”
“But, Trina-”
“Sev, stop messing around!” Kallie exclaimed as she approached from behind. She smiled brightly when he turned to look at her, “I hit the jackpot. You coming?”
“We said after dinner,”
Kallie looked around the library as if expecting to see something extraordinary and then fixed Severus with her green-eyed gaze. “Is anything important happening here? Or at least, anything more important than me?” She added with a glance towards Trina.
Severus glanced at Trina, shrugged and got up from his seat. Kallie linked her arm around his and said very loudly, “Let’s go be alone, Sev,”
He gave her a weird look, “What are you doing?”
“An experiment,” Kallie replied matter-of-factly, “But you should know that your girlfriend is certifiably insane. Yet within her insanity is news of exactly what she wants in a date.”
“What news?”
Kallie looked around conspiratorially and whispered, “Not here,”
Severus was about to ask where when Kallie took off at the pace of a race broomstick pulling him along behind her. She reached the stairs and pulled him up them even as they slid under the two of them. Reaching the fourth floor, she pushed through, slowing her pace ever so slightly.
“Where are we going?”
“You’ll see,”
Kallie let go of her arm and started down the hall. She let her hand brush across the tapestries on the wall, glancing behind them absently until she came to one and smiled. Turning back to Severus, she said, “After you,”
Severus looked at her curiously but headed under the tapestry to see a long tunnel headed downwards, “Where does this go?”
Shrugging, she pulled herself up and sat in the mouth of the hole, “Do you want to know what I found out or not?”
He clambered up into the tunnel and sat across from her before replying, “Go for it.”
“She really is a rather simple girl, of course, what else can you expect from a mudblood?”
“Don’t call her that,”
Kallie rolled her eyes and went on as if there hadn’t been any interruption, “Lily said that she enjoyed your picnic outside and that you surprise her. She said you don’t need big gestures and that you just knew you were in love.”
“How does that help me?”
“How thick are you?”
A withering glare was Severus’s reply to her comment as he played with the laces of his shoes. With a shrug, he tried, “She just wants me to do something spontaneous?”
“And take her breath away,”
“So I should...?”
She shrugged, “Don’t ask me. You know her better,”
“Yeah, I’ll think of something...” He looked up at Kallie and smiled, “Thanks for your help.”
“No problem,” She leaned over and pecked him lightly on the cheek before sliding out of the tunnel. She exited from behind the tapestry, took a few steps and then called back, “You coming?”
“No, I’ll just sit and think.”
“Good luck.”
“Thanks,” Severus whispered.