trouble finds me (dastan)

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Maybe we don't need no reason
Maybe we're perfect strangers
Maybe it's not forever

Sighing and looking around the library Decima started to pack up her things, it was getting somewhat later into the evening and dinner would happen soon. Carefully, she stacked all of her parchment on top of each other; taking care to make sure that all of the ink was dry and moving them into her bag. Standing up, she moved to go put all of the Herbology texts she had gotten out back on the shelf.

However as she rounded the corner, she spotted the dark curls of the exact person she was trying to avoid, Nero. Cursing, she loudly dropped the books back onto the table she had been using (ignoring the glare from the librarian), grabbed her bag and bolted out of there. Looking down at the ground Decima cursed, she'd thought she'd avoided him, that's why she hadn't been in the Common Room with Scorp or anyone. Cursing quietly under her breath she stormed down the long hallway and directly into a tall figure.

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Dastan was wandering around the castle. He had a mad goal to learn, or at least get the gist of the school, as soon as possible. He liked being able to slip away from people he wanted to avoid, or knowing some out-of-the-way places to study. So he spent much of his free time wandering. At least, it looked like wandering to anyone that saw him. Really, he was mapping everything mentally. The problem was, the castle constantly changed. On the way up, he'd map it all, but when he tried to take the same route down, the staircases would have changed in his absence and he would get completely lost. Not at all something that he enjoyed. 

However, now it was close to dinner time, so Dastan figured he should find his way back to the Great Hall. If he just kept going down staircases he'd just run into it, right? Right, but that's not the way Dastan worked. He'd make it to a floor and have to look around for a moment to see if he was where he thought he was. At the moment, he was on the floor with the library. He'd just confirmed this fact, turned his back to the library and was about to make his way back to stairs that were going down when someone slammed into his back. Dastan took a few stumbling steps forward and then turned around, annoyed but not quite angry. Not yet anyway.

When he turned he saw an attractive young woman and he smiled instantly. "Careful there," he warned, reaching forward just in case she needed help. She wasn't about to fall, was she? "Are you all right?" He asked when he noticed the angry expression on her face. It better not be because he was in her way, because she was the one who ran into him. He waited, not sure of what else he should say.

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Maybe we don't need no reason
Maybe we're perfect strangers
Maybe it's not forever

Decima didn't fall onto the ground, no, the petite girl nearly did but she had deft enough reflexes to catch herself. Her bag filled with her parchment, homework, and books did however fall to the ground, causing everything to spill everywhere. Growling, Decima barely looked up at the person she bumped into before dropping to her knees to start gathering everything together. "I'm not one to tell people what to do, but how about you're not in the middle of the fu---"

Looking up, hazel eyes widened as her voice trailed off. He was very attractive, gorgeous even. Decima's mouth went dry and her cheeks turned a bright shade of pink. Swallowing the end of her sentence, a small smile appeared on her face as she continued to collect her things. However, at a much slower pace, her eye never leaving the boy in front of her. "I'm fine, thanks." Tucking her hair behind her ear Decima shoved everything back into her bag. "Sorry about that. You can be wherever you like."

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She was angry. It didn't take a genius to figure that out. Still, Dastan wasn't trying to make her angry. When he looked down and realized that all of her things were spilled on the floor, he got onto his hands and knees to help. He wasn't above helping others, even though he knew the collision wasn't his fault. When she started ranting at him, he decided to ignore it. He was still annoyed at her attitude, but her stuff was all over the floor, and if she hadn't run into him it wouldn't be. It still wasn't his fault, but ... he could sympathize, right?

Then she stopped talking in the middle of her sentence and Dastan leaned back, cocking his head to the right as he watched her. She was staring at him, and she was ... blushing? Why in the world was she blushing? Or was she so angry at him that her face was turning red? He couldn't tell. "Are you sure? That was a pretty hard ...collision," he finished slowly. When it came to his English, Dastan was supremely confident, but some words were strange. He grinned, unable to hold back his teasing nature. "Are you sure? Aren't there some rules here about where I can and can't go?" He shrugged, "Honestly, I was trying to map out this school. It gets a bit confusing. Sorry if I was in the way." Then a thought occurred to him and Dastan asked it before he could think twice about it. "Where were you going in such a rush anyway?"

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Maybe we don't need no reason
Maybe we're perfect strangers
Maybe it's not forever

Ever since her kiss with Nero, Decima (though she had hated to admit it) had become a bit stir crazy when it came to boys. She'd found herself noticing them more than she had before. Sure it wasn't like she hadn't had crushed on anyone before but it hadn't been anything like the other girls in school. Before Nero had taken her first kiss she had only dreamed of boys and read about them in novels, but now it was completely different. She had felt something with Nero and she wanted to know if she had that type of a connection with anyone else. So she had found herself becoming more and more flustered around members of opposite sex as she couldn't help but look at them...differently.

So here she was blushing and making a fool of herself in front of a very attractive, and if she was right about his accent and word choice, foreign student. Nodding her head a bit too enthusiastically, "Yes, I'm sure I was the one that was the total klutz." She laughed softly, scratching the back of her head. Catching onto his sarcasm she smiled coyly. "Well, I don't make the rules around here but I'd be willing to not tell anyone and let it slide for you." She bit her bottom lip gently.

Shaking her head she laughed a bit "I've been here six years and I still have a hard time figuring it out...but I could do my best to try if you want me to?" She looked over her shoulder back at the library remembering that Nero was in there "To be honest, I'm avoiding someone?" her voice got a bit higher pitched at the end, nervous to tell him.

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He smiled, pleased when she understood that he was teasing her. Teasing came second-nature to Dastan, but people didn't always understand it and sometimes they got offended by what he said. Clearly, she was not one of those people. "Thank you for being so considerate. I would hate to be reprimanded after being here a short while," he teased her a little more. It was nice talking to someone. Most of the students here at Hogwarts seemed to feel uncomfortable around him, probably because he was "the enemy". This annoyed him beyond belief, so he was glad that someone didn't mind talking with him.

His eyebrows furrowed slightly when she said she didn't completely understand the school either. If a student here didn't know her way around after six years, how was he supposed to figure it out in one? "Do your best to try what? Show me around?" Dastan asked curiously, not entirely sure what she was referring to.

She was avoiding someone? That would explain how anxious she seemed. He shrugged a little, "Well, I could help you avoid them if you want? Or you could just continue on," he suggested, not knowing what she really wanted. How could he? He only met the girl a few seconds ago.

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The tiny brunette couldn't help but smile back at him. Twirling the strands of her hair between her fingers she tilted her head to the side. "Nope you're not going to get reprimanded..." her smile turned flirtatious "at least not right now. I can't make any guarantees for later though." she was screaming internally, what was she doing. She never flirted with anyone. That could be because there was no one at Hogwarts who would give her a second thought.

She wanted to die, she would have been okay if the floor had opened up and swallowed her whole. Boys didn't usually have the "brain to mush" effect on her but apparently that was what was happening to her now. Laughing it off nervously she nodded. "Yeah. That's what I meant, sorry just a bit distracted I suppose." looking away awkwardly she scratched the back of her head. "Is there anything in particular you want me to show you?"

Looking him up and down she just nodded, she wouldn't mind a distraction. He seemed nice. Not that she could really tell, honestly it could've been her hormones giving her rose-colored glasses. "I could think of worst ways to spend my time. So if you wouldn't mind spending some time with someone that assaulted you." she joked referring to her running into him.

She shot a quick look over her shoulder to make sure the person she was avoiding wasn't leaving the library just yet.

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She was cute. Even more so when she started playing with her hair and teasing him back. Dastan shrugged his shoulders slightly. "As long as it's not right now, I can handle later when it comes." He might sound a little cocky, but he hoped that worked out to his advantage. This girl seemed like a lot of fun.

Dastan grinned when she started to act like she was nervous. "Do not worry about it," he told her, trying to help her feel more comfortable. What place did he want her to show him. "Um, your favorite places perhaps?" he asked. Dastan really didn't know what else to suggest. If she didn't want to show him her favorite spots in the castle, he would just ask for whatever she wanted. It didn't really matter to him. 

He laughed, "That was hardly an assault. But if I have to guilt you into showing me around, it could be your ... price?" That wasn't the word he wanted, but Dastan thought it got his point across well enough. He lifted a hand and gestured to the stairs. "After you?" She seemed to want to get away, so he figured he would help her with it.

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He seemed really confident, which for some strange reason made Decima feel almost more at ease than before. It was oddly comforting, and gave her a bit of a confidence boost herself. "Oh you think you'll be able to handle it?" she didn't see the harm in flirting with him. It's not like she considered herself attached to Nero.

She blinked at him, thinking. Her favorite spots? Well the Slytherin Common room was one, but she couldn't take him there; and there were a couple of secluded spots in the library she enjoyed but she'd rather die than go back in there. There were some secluded areas around The Black Lake she wouldn't mind showing him. "Well I really like some areas around the black lake, have you been there yet?"

"Well it's a price I'm more than happy to pay, though I hardly think it's enough." her gaze followed where his hand was motioning and she took a couple of steps forward. "Follow me, though do keep up." she winked at him knowing full well that two of her strides would equal one of his.

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Dastan liked this banter. At home he was too focused on schoolwork and getting ahead to enjoy opportunities, but he was really enjoying himself with this girl. Maybe he should participate in things like this more often. He winked at her, "I know I'll be able to," he teased right back. She could take it, he was confident.

The Black Lake? Well it was outside and Dastan did walk a bit out there, but he didn't know much of where he was going outside, just wandered around. "I walk around out there, but I don't know it very well. Do you want to show me some places out there?" It was a nice day, so Dastan really didn't mind the idea of going outside with her. It could be interesting.

Dastan's smile turned mischievous. "Well, if it is not enough, then you can owe me a favor or something." Who knew what kind of a favor he could possibly ask for from her, but if it satisfied her, he didn't care. He chuckled lowly when she told him to keep out. Like that was going to be hard for him. "No problem," he answered, walking directly beside her out the front doors onto the grass. It wasn't long before the Lake was in view. "So you like the outside?" He asked, trying to break the silence between them, even though it wasn't awkward. At least, it wasn't awkward to him. It felt ... peaceful.

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