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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 11:27:36 GMT -7
He said that they had to think of something for them to wear on his birthday, which was also in July, and her eyes widened. "Mine's the twenty third. When's yours?" her mind would be blown if they had the same birthday... being in the same month was already news enough. Maybe that could be a good thing. It would make it so he didn't focus so hard on her birthday all month, right? He'd save some energy for his own... right? During their moment of silence on the stairs, Callisto felt her heart started to pick up in speed. She may not have been the biggest fan of touch, but that eye contact was burning into her. That eye contact and his words were stronger to her than any hand holding would ever be. To her, hearing that he wanted her to be 'the last', even as part of a joke, was almost as strong as most people felt about a first kiss. He spoke, breaking the silence into little pieces that fell around them, "This is the part where you have a little faith in me now." "Okay," she whispered, not knowing how her voice had gotten so quiet. And then they were moving again. He smiled at her, saying he couldn't help that he liked to relive good memories. Her eyes narrowed a little, "well, there's nothing wrong with that. But let's make ones that I think are good too," she smirked, then turned away from him and back toward the paintings on the wall, starting to pull him toward the next group. shawn lesley ashcroft
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Dec 19, 2017 19:11:54 GMT -7
Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Dec 19, 2017 19:11:54 GMT -7
"Really?" Shawn said attempting to sound like he was shocked about it. "That's my birthday too," he added sounding as serious as he could. No it wasn't actually his birthday but it was still surprising that both their birthdays happened to fall in the same month. Still he wasn't going to let Callisto think that they shared the same day for too long. "No it's actually the sixteenth but now I wish yours was the closer one. I'm excited." He explained and teased just slightly at the end but he wasn't lying. He liked birthdays for anyone but Callisto he wanted to make sure it was special. Granted his idea of special and her idea of a nightmare might just have been the same. He still had time to think though which he was glad he found out now.
"Okay." Okay was all Shawn really needed and just smiled. He was glad he had started to walk again. Both to keep them going up the starts and so he wouldn't start to get awkward or ruin the moment with some joke. He had serious relationships before and wanted one with Callisto but each time he was terrible when it came to explaining serious feelings. That's just how it was, it was either he didn't have the right words or said to many words and ruined it. Better to keep them moving before one of those happened.
Callisto explained that it was okay to relieve that memory but she wanted to make ones they could both enjoy. "I'm not going to complain about that. Most, if not all of my memories that involve you are already good ones. Now I just have to make sure you have some good ones too." He explained as even his early ones with her were good to him even if he had just been annoying her in school while she was just a first year. Who knew they'd be here now, he for one wouldn't have bet on it. He pulled him along to another group of paintings. He really wished he knew more about art in this moment which was probably the only time he had wished that before. "I will give muggle art one thing, it's nice to look at a painting and know what you're going to see each time." Shawn said with a laugh just thinking of the moving portraits back at Hogwarts.
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Dec 19, 2017 21:02:20 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 21:02:20 GMT -7
He said it was his birthday too and her eyes widened, but then he corrected himself. "Well... we'll figure something out for both," she suggested, surprised with herself for actually making suggestions of future plans together. There was no point denying it anymore, though. They kept ending up together in random places and now they were doing it on purpose so there was no doubt that they'd just keep doing it on purpose. Their moment on the stairs proved that, too. They were taking a step together, even if neither of them could flat out say it yet. He said that he wasn't going to complain about new memories, but that he already had good ones of her. "Deal," she said, when he promised to make sure she'd have some good ones too. "This is a good start," she added. Then he was saying that muggle art was nice because the paintings didn't change and she nodded. "I don't find many things beautiful, but stillness is one of those things," she said. She hoped that didn't sound like she was annoyed with him for being so active, that wasn't what she meant. She just... really liked moments of calm, of peace, and art that reflected that. She squeezed his hand again, sighing and turning to look at him. "I'm not good at this," she muttered, shaking her head. "I want to just have fun with you but I keep thinking of other things. Like how badly I want to have fun. So then I can't focus on having it because I'm too busy thinking about it and I'm just making a fool of myself," classic Callisto, overthinking. shawn lesley ashcroft
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Dec 20, 2017 1:31:25 GMT -7
Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Dec 20, 2017 1:31:25 GMT -7
Callisto commented about how they would figure out what to go on both birthdays and Shawn smiled. He was already planning both in his head, well planning wasn't the right word. His mind was just throwing ideas out faster than he could put them together. Still he was glad to hear her talk about doing something on both days it saved him from asking her out on those days as well. "It might be best if it's both of us planning something, who knows where just my ideas will get us." Shawn teased for a moment as his ideas were never that bad at least in his head they weren't.
It was good to hear she considered this a good start. He still hadn't been one hundred percent about the art museum. Sure she said she liked it but that art also wasn't really her thing. He'd take a good start, better than their first date being a nightmare but he probably just jinxed that as he laughed to himself for a moment. "Stillness huh?" Shawn repeated her word for a moment. "What? so you stand in front of the mirror being still? I'd find that beautiful." Shawn laughed attempting a compliment using what she said. "But I get what you mean, it's pretty. You can actually get to look at it without some other painting or portrait running through it."
Shawn didn't know what to expect when he heard what Callisto muttered as he turned to look back at her. As she explained what the problem was it was obvious this wasn't a problem Shawn ever had. If anything he didn't think enough about what he was doing in the name of having fun, luckily nothing that bad ever really happened. "Hey, there's nothing wrong with thinking about things. It's just who you are and I like who you are." Shawn tried his best to explain what he meant. "Just relax the best you can and remember one important thing." Shawn took her other hand holding both while looking at her with a smile. "The most important thing. I'm the fool here, never you."
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Dec 22, 2017 11:26:00 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2017 11:26:00 GMT -7
Shawn said it would be best if they both plan something, because his ideas couldn't be trusted. She shook her head, "but I don'y have any ideas. Usually on my birthday I stay at home with a glass of wine and a really long book, after a full day of work," she explained. She didn't indulge in much, but reading and wine were two things that she did let herself enjoy from time to time. But that didn't mean she was going to take work off just for a birthday. There were more important things. Like working. "I bet you go skydiving," she suggested. He laughed a little at her comment about stillness, questioning it. His comment about the mirror, though, made her heart leap into her throat. He just called her beautiful, didn't he? She wanted to say something, something like 'thank you', but she didn't before he moved on to say he understood what she meant. How you could enjoy it without something running through it. "Something like a German Shepard?" she found herself teasing. He was hard to look at as he reacted to her words of embarrassment. He said there wasn't anything wrong with thinking, that he liked who she was and that she did that. He told her to relax, and then started to take her other hand. She let him have it, her eyebrows slightly creased and her mouth parted, just a little. "The most important thing. I'm the fool here, never you." She felt the side of her mouth slowly tug into a half smile, and she nodded, "can't argue with that," she said. shawn lesley ashcroft
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Dec 25, 2017 22:06:44 GMT -7
Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Dec 25, 2017 22:06:44 GMT -7
Shawn listened as Callisto explained what she normally did on her birthday. While he knew everyone celebrated or enjoyed themselves differently he couldn’t help but think it was a little lacking. Even if you weren’t the party type, it was nice to have some celebration for your birthday. “Well not this one, unless that’s what you really want to do. I’m not going to drag you out of the house.” Shawn teased for a moment but if that’s how she really wanted to spend her birthday he wasn’t about to force anyone into something they didn’t want to do. Callisto attempted to guess what he did on his birthdays and Shawn just laughed. “Hey, I thought you didn’t have any ideas?” He teased for a moment as he had never actually gone skydiving but now the thought did seem appealing for a moment.
Callisto teased him so a moment about running around as a German Shepard. He walked right into that one and all he could really do was laugh for a moment. “Pretty much, portraits and German Shepards running around distracting people. How could anyway get any work done with all those things?” He asked adding onto her moment of teasing.
With his attempt at trying to reassure Callisto about how she felt all he could do was hope he had helped. Shawn always liked to imagine he was the type of person who could help people with their feelings, even if he was terrible with his own more serious ones. He did smile once more as she agreed about him being the fool and he couldn’t blame her for agreeing with him there. “Good. Trust me you don’t want me having to prove you wrong if you wanted to disagree with me there.” He laughed while looking back to her, Shawn knew this wouldn’t be like any other relationship but he liked where it was going already. “I don’t think we’d be allowed back in here, at least I wouldn’t.”
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Jan 2, 2018 10:43:30 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 10:43:30 GMT -7
He said he wasn't going to drag her out of the house and she smiled a little, but shook her head. "I'll give you free reign this year, how about that?" she promised, not really thinking about the fact that this implied there would be other years. Then he spoke as if her skydiving thing was serious and she shook her head, "you're on your own for that one, or find someone more adventurous to join you," she said firmly, but she was still smiling a bit. Maybe she could actually do it... maybe, but it would take an awful lot of convincing on Shawns part. Maybe some begging. And a gift or two. He asked how anyone got any work done with all the distractions. "Well, I for one don't pay much attention to the pictures at the hospital, and there aren't any German Shepards there either... but those can be distracting," she admitted. "Well, one," she added casually, turning her attention back to the painting for a moment. He spoke about not wanting to have to prove her wrong and how he wouldn't be allowed back in here if he did. She laughed a little, too, looking back to him. "Yes, don't drag me down with you, Shawn," she agreed, shaking her head. Then she tugged on his hand to lead him toward the next group of paintings, surveying them. "That one," he lifted a finger to point at a painting of a knight in shining armor, riding toward some unseen challenge, "is nice. Would you ever wear a suit like that?"shawn lesley ashcroft
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Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Jan 2, 2018 22:53:37 GMT -7
“Free reign huh? I didn’t know you were willing to live so dangerously. I’ll do my best not to disappoint.” Shawn teased for a moment but did hope he could live up to his promise to not disappoint her. Which was just going to add extra pressure to anything he planned but he could worry about that later. He had more important things to focus on right now. “I thought you just said I had free reign?” He smirked slightly after that, no it wasn’t part of any plan he had but the timing was just too perfect to not bring it up. “I’m kidding obviously, I’ll think of something that won’t have you trying to kill me after for making you do it.”
Callisto explained about the portraits at work and how certain German Shepards could be distracting. Something he would take as a compliment even if it probably wasn’t meant as one. “Don’t tempt me to show up at St.Mungos. People stuck in beds love animals and I love showing up unexpectedly.” Shawn was only partially kidding as a hospital wasn’t the best place for jokes and having fun. Still it didn’t sound like a bad idea in his head. Helping sick people, another excuse to be a dog and he would get to see Callisto.
She agreed with him while asking for him not to drag her down with him. He wouldn’t have let that happen. It would probably be obvious to most he was the trouble maker in any situation if they were comparing Callisto and him. “Never,” He replied as Callisto tugged him toward another set of pictures. Callisto pointed out one what she liked and it did seem nice. Stories of knights were some of his favorite growing up, even before he knew magic was real after all. She asked if he would ever wear a suit of armor like that. “What? Are you planning on getting locked in a castle and guarded by a dragon?” Shawn teased and laughed for a moment. “If so then yes I would.”
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Jan 6, 2018 21:18:00 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 21:18:00 GMT -7
He said he would do his best not to disappoint, and she believed it. He wasn't the type to make someone unhappy on purpose. In fact, it just seemed like he wanted to make people happy all the time, hence all the jokes. The annoying and not so annoying jokes. Then he said he'd think of something that wouldn't have her trying to kill him afterward and she laughed, "I'll probably try to kill you no matter what you pick, Shawn. Accept that," she joked. She was hard to please, though. He talked about showing up at Mungos and how sick people loved dogs and she frowned a little in thought, "actually, that's not a bad idea. I don't know if we have ever tried pet therapy before," she thought, a million thoughts about it racing through her heads. That was more the psych departments job then her own, though. But still, it was a thought. Shawn made her happy -- she could share the love, right? That word "never" made her heart jump into her throat. Then, at his comment about the castle and Dragon she rolled her eyes, even though she felt her face flushing red. "I could handle myself against a dragon, Thank you," she countered. "But... I don't mind the thought of you rescuing me, No one else," she added firmly, "I could pretend to be... What do they call it "in distress", for you."shawn lesley ashcroft
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Jan 6, 2018 21:51:41 GMT -7
Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Jan 6, 2018 21:51:41 GMT -7
Shawn laughed slightly as Callisto claimed she might try to kill him no matter that he picked to do for her birthday. While he could only assume she was kidding it didn’t help with how much he didn’t want to disappoint her or ruin her birthday with something silly. Especially not after her giving him the chance after just starting to date. “I think I can live with that. Well live with it for as long as I’m still alive.” Shawn teased slightly with a laugh.
He wouldn’t have said it out loud but Shawn was genuinely surprised Callisto thought it might have actually been a good idea. While he himself thought it was he expected more of the response that the hospital wasn’t a place for him to be goofing around. He wasn’t going to jinx it by saying anything, at least till she said pet therapy. “Oh.” He said in a mildly sarcastic tone. “So I’m a pet now?” Shawn teased for a moment just messing around and making a joke. “I guess it could be worse.”
Callisto claimed she could handle herself against a dragon and while it did seem like a sight to see. He still didn’t wish to see her doing something that dangerous. “For some reason I don’t doubt you could.” There was no teasing or joke there just him being honest. Callisto was the type of person who seemed like she could handle most in not all things. “I don’t mind coming to the rescue anytime you need it. In fact I’d be more than happy to but I don’t want you to pretend anything.” He explained as he didn’t want her being anything other than herself. “Yet I’m sure I can find a suit of armor and have it ready for the day you do need help with something.” Shawn added only imagining Callisto needing help with something small and he still shows up in armor for just the sake of a joke.
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Jan 7, 2018 6:10:39 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 6:10:39 GMT -7
He said he could live with that and Callisto laughed as well, considering they were talking about the possibility of his death and he was talking about living. "Well, at least it will be a short but happy life I think," she joked. She wouldn't actually kill him of course, that wasn't what healers did. Healers valued life, and while Callisto valued life just like any other healer, she was a lot more scientific than sentimental when it came to her job. So when people died it really wasn't the end of the world for het. She was worried while Brandon was in the hospital that she would deal with her first real case of a death at work that would affect her immensely, luckily that did not happen. He questioned her calling him a pet, and she shrugged a little. "Well okay, maybe not pet therapy but animal therapy," she corrected "you're only a pet if you belong to someone," she added. Then he said it could be worse, and she nodded. "Yeah, we could send you to the children's ward where they stuff you with chocolate and make you sick." She laughed again. He said he was sure he could she could handle herself against a dragon, but then added that he would rescue her anytime, but preferred that she not pretend to be anything. He sounded serious, in his Shawn way, and she bit down on her bottom lip a little smiling at him. He added that he could find the suit of armor in case it was needed and she laughed, "well, if you get the suit of armor then I'll have to come up with some kind of excuse for you to wear it, maybe some fancy Renaissance Gala or something." She looked away from the painting and pulled him toward the next one. shawn lesley ashcroft
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Jan 7, 2018 8:56:33 GMT -7
Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Jan 7, 2018 8:56:33 GMT -7
Shawn just laughed as Callisto explained how his life would be short lived but happy. If he died right now that would be true. At least for most of his life. By this point it had been far happier than sad so he was averaging out okay. “I want that on my tombstone. Or urn, whatever is left after you’re done.” Shawn teased for a moment. This wouldn’t be the first time he joked about his own death in some way and as long as it was with the right people it could be something to laugh about. “You owe me that much if you’re going to be one to end my life. I always knew a beautiful girl would kill me some day.”
“I think I liked pet a little more than animal.” Shawn was just kidding, whatever he was called didn’t bother him. Besides he would be an animal after all, if this ever happened they probably wouldn’t even know it was an Animagus anyway. It’d just seem like a normal German Shepard. Callisto added how he would be a pet and Shawn smirked for a moment. “Well I guess pet would fit me than after all, wouldn’t it?” He couldn’t nor wouldn’t let an opening like that slip by without saying something. Callisto explained what the worst would be and before he accidentally got it explained by her when they first met that would have been a nightmare. Now he wasn’t so worried about chocolate as a dog anymore. “Hey as long as I turn back to a human soon after I’ll be fine. If not I know a good healer,” Shawn laugh as of course he was meaning it was her.
As Callisto smiled he just smiled back, more lost in the thought of how pretty she was when smiled. He’d admit she was pretty every time he ran into her but he did like it when she smiled. There were other thoughts and ideas in his head but it was just a first date after all, anything like that he figured would be too soon. He didn’t need to ruin anything by going too fast. “I’ll be on the look out for a suit of armor.” Pausing to be sure they were alone. They had bordered on talking about magic but everything so far could have just been seen as none sense to a muggle. “I will have to make sure it’s the kind that don’t move on their own. The ones at school didn’t like it when you tried to open them up.” Shawn knew this from experience, it became a game to see what was inside till his friends and him realized they really were all empty. Callisto pulled him along once more to another set of painting. She ended up guiding the way after all which worked out, he would just be all over the place anyway. The next wall was just paintings of what looked like castles. “If I got a painting of Hogwarts and put it up here how long do you think it would take for someone to notice?” It would require someone magical to come to a muggle art museum first of course. Still it was an amusing thought for a second.
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Jan 7, 2018 9:43:05 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2018 9:43:05 GMT -7
He said he wanted that on his tombstone and she grinned, then blushed when he called her beautiful. Again. "I'll be sure to make the arrangements. 'Shawn Ashcroft, lived a short but happy life -- killed by the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Doesn't regret a thing.'" She said, raising an eyebrow with him to check for his approval. She thought it sounded pretty good. He said he liked 'pet' more than animal, and added that pet would fit him after all. She raised both eyebrows at him, "yeah I... was hoping you'd say that," she said, trying to sounds casual about it but her throat was weirdly tight. "I mean, we've been on so many accidental dates we may as well accidentally belong to each other," she continued, "and yeah," she blinked, "you've got a good healer."He said he'd look for a suit of armor, dropping his voice to tall about magical suits of armor. "I'm not surprised, you don't seem like the type to understand personal space. Or... 'Suit'onal space?" She questioned, trying to make a joke. At his next joke about a Hogwarts painting she shook her head, stepping close to him to drop her volume low, "do you want to get arrested? I won't ball you out. Well... At least not the first night you're in there."shawn lesley ashcroft
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Jan 7, 2018 19:10:33 GMT -7
Post by shawn lesley ashcroft on Jan 7, 2018 19:10:33 GMT -7
Shawn just smiled as Callisto agreed to his request and even explained what would be on his tombstone. While it was probably one of the strangest conversation to anyone who might have over heard them he didn’t really mind. He was just glad he was able to joke with Callisto in such a way. “That’s probably the most accurate description of my life I’ve heard.” He mused for a second before continuing. “Still if you say that it’ll be pretty obvious to anyone that you were the one that killed me.”
It was nice to hear he had actually said the right thing. It wasn’t often that he totally missed the mark on words as long as it wasn't something very serious. Especially not when he saw a moment to say something. Still it happened to him from time to time and he was grateful this wasn’t one of those times. “The best accident that’s ever happened to me.” Shawn replied and as far as he could possibly remember this was true. He didn’t know who to thank for randomly running into Callisto as much as he had in the past few months but they deserved it. “Which is wonderful news after all, at least if I get hurt for real there will be a bright side. I get to see you more.” He didn’t like getting hurt, he was also thankful needles weren’t used as far as he knew in the wizarding world. He hated needles as a kid growing up as a muggle-born which is why he hated the doctors.
“As your joke professor I must say you are coming along nicely Ms. Oliveira.” Shawn teased for a moment after her pun on personal space. She might have had a point as he never did pay much attention to if people wanted to be alone till it was to late and they were annoyed. While Callisto was in her first year she was also probably one of those people too. He laughed once more as Callisto claimed she wouldn’t bail him out. Only to correct herself and say at least not for first night. “I’m not stealing anything, I’m giving them a painting.” While he knew what she meant as breaking in and hanging art would still get him arrested. “Still it’s good to know I can call you to come bail me out after you’ve had a good night of laughing at me.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2018 18:21:28 GMT -7
He said that she had made the most accurate description of his life and she smiled, trying to hold it down so it didn't turn into another grin. But then he said that it would be obvious that she was the one who killed him and she felt her cheeks warm up again, but she shook her head. "There are plenty of women more beautiful than me, no one but you and I know that I'm the most beautiful in your eyes... unless you told Mina, in which case I'm screwed," she deducted, trying to keep her tone straightforward as if this was some sort of logical discussion and not intricate, layered flirting. He said that this was the best accident that had ever happened to him and she let herself smile a little, but didn't add anything else yet. As for her being his healer, he said that it was wonderful news because if he got hurt he would be able to see her more. "Well, that's only if it's spell damage. If a wild animal attacks you or you drink a bad potion, you'll be with someone else -- probably someone even more stunning," she joked, but her stomach clenched at the thought, "maybe I'll blindfold you if that happens so you don't see them," she added. He said her jokes were coming along nicely and she chuckled, oddly proud of the compliment. Along the lines of him being arrested, he said that he wouldn't be arresting for giving a painting, adding that it was good to know she'd bail him out after laughing at him for a night. "Two nights," she corrected. "And then I'd bring you home and lock you up there too -- so you really learned your lesson," she said with a firm nod. "The prison at my place has better food and blankets, so I'd let you upgrade from real prison," where the hell was this joke going? shawn lesley ashcroft
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