we might find our place in this world someday -- dom

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breakfast. one of the most important meals of the day. well for him anyway, he knew there were people who didn't like it but he couldn't get enough. he walked into the hall and ran his hand through his hair thinking about where he could sit. he could go and find some of his house mates but something told him that a lot of them were still upstairs snoring their heads off. anna might be up now but he couldn't see her anywhere at the table. he looked over to the ravenclaw table and saw a familiar face there instead. he smiled slightly and walked around the end of the table he was standing next to and he made his way over to dom. "mind if i join you?" he asked her as he rested his knee on the bench and smiled slightly.

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Dom loved breakfast. Actually, she just loved to eat. That's just the way she was. The thing about breakfast was that you could have whatever you wanted and there was no judgment. At dinner (or even lunch) it was expected that you eat some healthy things along with whatever you felt like, but for breakfast it was like a free-for-all. If you wanted something sweet, no one would judge you if you just ate sweet. Or if you wanted savory, same thing. Not that Dom really cared what people thought about her. She was going to eat what she wanted whenever she wanted, but she did appreciate not getting weird looks for what she ate. This morning she was in the mood for sweet. Waffles! She was going all out, since not too many people were awake yet. She had a huge waffle in front of her, buttered with syrup on it, a variety of fruits on top of that with whipped cream on the very top. Sure, it didn't look like a masterpiece, but it sure tasted like one.

She was so focused on the food in front of her that she hardly noticed when someone walked up next to her. However, when the person started talking to her and leaning against the bench, Dom tore her eyes away from her glorious-looking waffle. It was Ranger. Dom grinned at him, crinkling her nose and shrugging her shoulders a little. "Do you really have to ask?" She teased. "Sit down! Just don't say anything to make fun of my waffle unless you're prepared to get a face full of whipped cream," Dom added, somewhat seriously. She looked back at her waffle and grinned, looking at it for a few seconds before she dug in. "So why'd you want to sit at the Ravenclaw table today?" Subtlety was never really a strong point of Dom's, but she didn't care. She just waited for Ranger's response.

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"Do you really have to ask? Sit down! Just don't say anything to make fun of my waffle unless you're prepared to get a face full of whipped cream," ha laughed as he moved to sit on the bench next to dom and he rolled his eyes slightly as she warned him not to make fun of the waffle she was eating. he wouldn't, in fact if he was in the mood for something like that he'd probably join her but alas he wasn't. it was something savory that was on his mind that morning, though food could wait for a little longer. "you think i'd tease you about whipped cream?" he said as he grabbed some from the bowl before them and took it on his finger, moving as quick as he could to swipe it onto the tip of dom's nose and he grinned wider. "So why'd you want to sit at the Ravenclaw table today?" he shrugged a little and thought there was only one answer. "because you're here" he came straight out and said it. there was no point in trying to dance around the fact that he had come over to sit with her and they were alike in the way they both didn't know how to act very subtle.

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Dom rolled her eyes when he laughed at her, asking if she thought he'd tease her about whipped cream. "There's obviously a whole lot more than whipped cream on these waffles," she retorted with an easy smile. Then she gasped and her mouth fell open when he put some whipped cream on her nose. Then her expression turned mischievous and her eyes twinkled as she casually cut a big piece of her waffle, before picking it up with her fingers and ramming it into his face. She pulled back, giggling at all the whipped cream. He probably had no idea she was going to do that. 

Then he said he sat here because she was here and Dom smiled, cocking her head to the side. "Ooh, just for me?" she teased, winking at him. "I feel so special." Dom knew that she should probably reign it in, but that wasn't her style. She was a tease. 

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"There's obviously a whole lot more than whipped cream on these waffles," ranger laughed and shook his head with a slight shrug of his shoulders. "hadn't noticed" he joked easily as he rested his arms down on the table before him, after putting the cream on dom's nose. he laughed again as she shoved the waffle into his face, he saw what was coming before she had the chance to mush it into his face and he opened his mouth to bite the waffle as she mushed it against his face. he chewed it and swallowed, picking up the piece that had fallen onto his lap and he wiped the cream and whatever else was on his pants off and he dropped it onto the plate in front of him. "very tasty" he said as he wiped his mouth off with a grin. "Ooh, just for me? I feel so special." he heard the teasing in her voice and nodded his head, trying to look serious. "you should. i came all the way over here just to sit with you" he said, loosing the serious at the end and smiling when he finished.

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Dom nudged Ranger's shoulder when he teased her, saying he hadn't noticed everything on her waffles. How could he not notice? They were the biggest waffles she'd ever had. Surely he would say something about that, but maybe not. Either way, the look on his face when she smashed a piece of her waffle into it was priceless! Even though he somehow opened his mouth and managed to eat some of her waffle instead of getting more on his face, it was still worth it. She giggled when some of it fell onto his lap and he said it was tasty. "I know! Don't you think that's why I made it like this?" she teased with a sideways grin at him. She tried to match his serious expression when he told her she should feel special. "Oooh I know! And anything that gets Ranger Lloyd to eat away from the Gryffindor table is a big deal. Guess that's me this time," she teased him right back. "So are you going to get something to eat or just stare at my amazing waffles" Apparently she was unleashing her teasing on him this morning. Oops. At least Ranger was a good sport.

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"Oooh I know! And anything that gets Ranger Lloyd to eat away from the Gryffindor table is a big deal. Guess that's me this time, So are you going to get something to eat or just stare at my amazing waffles" he laughed at her teasing and rolled his eyes slightly. not in a bad way of course but the eye roll was there. he liked this, it was fun. but hanging out with dom was always fun and he never had a bad time with her. it was almost like he was back with his family again in a way, the way they teased each other like they did. it was something he missed most when he was at school. "i could stare at those waffles all day dom" he said with a grin as he took a plate from a stack that was before him and he moved to get a little bit of food. some eggs and bacon was all he took, it was one of those mornings. "happy now?" he said with a grin and he took a bite. he was glad his appetite was coming back, he knew it had been a worry to his brothers with how much weight he'd lost after their parents had died but it was slowly coming back.

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Dom laughed when Ranger said he could stare at her waffles all day. She winked at him, "That's because they look delicious." Really though, she thought they did. Whether or not Ranger thought that was to be seen, but it didn't rea`lly matter that much. She smiled when he grabbed his own food, so he wasn't staring at hers. "Sure am! It's good to see that you know how to get your own food," she teased, taking another bite of her own food. So good. "So was there any reason you wanted to sit with me or just because I'm amazing," Dom asked curiously, her eyes twinkling. She wasn't really sure why she was in such a good mood this morning, but she was. Might as well share it with everyone around her.

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"Sure am! It's good to see that you know how to get your own food," he stabbed his fork into a piece of food and laughed before bringing it to his mouth to eat it. he always laughed when he was around dom. there was just something about her that made it hard to not smile no matter how bad a mood you were in or how unhappy you were feeling. it was why so many people loved her. "well i was taught to be independent after all." he teased right back. "So was there any reason you wanted to sit with me or just because I'm amazing," he smirked slightly and turned his head to raise a brow slightly at her. "hmm. well it certainly wasn't to boost your ego?" he said as he reached to nudge her shoulder slightly. he was joking of course and she'd know that. "but i felt like my day would be made better if i did ... and i was certain yours would be made all the better for seeing me." he joked as he looked back at his plate to eat some more of his breakfast.

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Dom hadn't spent much time with Ranger this year, but that didn't mean she didn't notice how down he'd been lately. Not that she blamed him. What happened to his family over the summer wasn't exactly a secret, after all. So it was nice to see him so relaxed and smiling this morning. "That's good. For a second there I was worried for you," she teased. She laughed when he teased her right back. "Nope. My ego can take care of itself, as I'm sure everyone is aware," Dom looked around in time to see several people nearby nodding, wide smiles on their faces. "See? Everyone here agrees with us," she commented. She nudged his shoulder back, giggling a little bit. "Of course both of our days will be better! You should come see me more often." Really, Dom loved spending time with friends and having one search her out was really nice too. She finished her waffle and stretched her arms up, groaning slightly when she lowered them again. "That was good," Dom told Ranger with a smile.

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"That was good," ranger grinned and nodded a little. it had been good. he pushed away his now empty plate and heard someone call his name from behind him. he smiled at dom. "it was nice to catch up. maybe i'll come have breakfast again with you tomorrow." he said with a smile as he moved to stand up. "see ya." he said as he raised his hand in a wave as he hurried back down the great hall toward who had called his name.

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