Build Me Up, Buttercup PV C. Ironwoods Closed

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After the class has ended, Cash walking out from the said class with some of their classmate. Cash and their classmate were parted in the intersection of the stairs. The only one that going downstairs is the green eyes girl, the rest going upstairs towards their respective common room. Cash let out a sigh when finally they are all alone.

It's not that Cash mind the other company but sometimes they just want to be alone in the crowd. And so they trekked down towards their common room. Upon entering the Common Room, some of their house mate stare at them. "What?"Cash barked out. They did not have the time for their non-sense.

"You find it yet?"One of their house mate asked them. Cash rose one of their eyebrows. The girl look at the boy that sitting beside her. "Your father"State the girl. Both of the students laugh obnoxiously. Cash gritted their teeth and continue walking towards their dorm room, ignoring the typical insensitive Slytherin jab.

They change quickly and walked out aimlessly towards wherever they feet take them. The aimlessly walk brought them to the Great Lake. Cash standing at the place where the end grass meet the edge of the lake. They picked up a small stone and throw it. The stone skipped for a bit then it plunged into the water.

They done it for several time until they heard a sound of guitar being played by someone under the oak tree. Cash being a curious self, walk toward the source of the sound. They took out their wand and twirl it while walking towards whomever playing that song. Cash did not see where they going until a medium size tree trunk that a bit jutted out from the grass and tripped them.

First their wand rolled and fell into the water. Next when they try to retrieve it, they did not see where they going and slipped. A splash can be heard from where the mysterious person situation. "What the hell!"Cash cried out after they emerge back from the water, hitting the water. Oddly the water taste salty but then they remembered there were a giant octopus lived under the lake.

Cash shortly swim to the shore. Their purple hair stick onto their face and wet.

@Cricket Mercury

She couldn't help but take a deep breath in and closing her eyes, enjoying the chilly air that was slashing her skin. Still playing, Cricket opened her eyes back up and saw a silhouette of a body skipping stones on the lake. She didn't think much of it until she heard a splash.

She thought it could have been the giant octopus who lived under the lake, so she shoved her guitar aside and stood up while digging in her pocket for her wand, just in case it tried to come near her. Great, I left it in my robe, she said to herself while throwing her arms up in frustration. "What the hell!" Cricket turned her head towards the sound and saw that someone was rising up from the lake. "Merlin's beard!" She exclaimed. The young lion rushed over to help, not knowing what else to do.

She skidded to a stopping point next to where the person was lying down on the grass. She kneeled down and examined their features. A tall, athletic figure, about Cricket's age. They had shoulder length, what looked like purple, hair which was stuck to their face due to the fact that they fell into the lake. Their emerald green eyes went well with their light skin. Over all, they were quite beautiful. Cricket could feel her face warm up and turn a light shade of pink, and her corpse like skin wasn't helping.

"Damn, the one day I don't bring a sweater, someone falls into the lake," she whispered. "Are you alright? It looks like quite a fall you took there, mate. M-Mind if I help?" Cricket spoke in her normal voice, reaching out her hand, hoping to accompany the shivering body which lay in front of her.

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At the out reached hands that belong to Cash assuming is the person that earlier played the guitar, the green eyes wanted to smacked the hand away. They wanted to tell the other person that they were fine but their are not. With that Cash grab the girl hand and they hoisted themselves up. The water is cold no it is freezing.

"You-can-share-your-body-heat-with-me"They told the other girl between their chattering teeth. Their green eyes glint with flirt. The girl is beautiful and Cash can not look away from her ocean eyes. They hugged theirselves to warm themselves up. The wind picked up and Cash shivered. "Do you know any drying spells?"They asked the other girl.

They waited for the girl to answer but they think it is better to make some sort of warmth while waiting the clothes that they wear dry. And so the purple hair girl stand up, fighting against the chilly air. They gathered some dry leaves and twigs. They put it on a pile and point it their wand to the pile. "Incendio"They exclaimed.

Their hands are shaking and so the spell did not work. "Darn it!"They cursed. They tried one more time and this time around their hands less shaking. Slowly the fire starting to licks up the pile and soon fire comes within. Cash sat down again near the girl and put their wand on the ground not far from them.

They reached out their hands to the fire so they can feel the warmth from it. When their hands warm enough they rubbed their hands together and blew their breath into their hands so it stay warm. Cash looked at the stranger, the girl is surely beautiful. Her light blue eyes really do compliment their white skin.

"Is that you that played the song earlier? What is it called?"The inquired the girl. Still a bit shivering but they tough it up. "I can not make out the song but you played beautifully"They gave out their compliment. Cash examined her features, it is look like the other girl is the same age as them. "I-I am.."Suddenly they feel shy.

Cash never seen someone so this beautiful up close. Sure the school have a lot of beautiful students but this girl beauty is something else. "I am Cassandra. Cash"They stated introduced themselves. Cash wanted to added their last name but opted not to do that. They clear their throat suddenly all of the words that they want to uttered to the other girl was lost.

With how the girl wears her clothes, they can not make out which house the girl belong to. "I umm I-"Cash hit pause then coughed masking their nervousness. Darn! why is it so hard talking this girl Cash thought to themselves. Cash could blame their shivering body or the chilly wind but that is not the case.

"I want to say thank you"The second year serpent breathe out. They smile to themselves that they finally can say what they want to say. "Thank you for helping me back there,"Cash continued. "You do not have to but thanks. I know you have something else to do but thank you"They added. Cash feel like an idiot for repeating themselves.

They never lost for words ever but this girl make the green eyes rendered rather speechless.

@Cricket Mercury

In between shaky breathes, they managed to spit out a few words. Cricket wrapped one of her slim arms around their waist, pulling them a bit closer to her own, warm body. The young lion could feel the limp, cold body against her skin but she didn't mind. She could feel the wind's pace pick up and she heard them mumble through chattering teeth, "Do you know any drying spells?"

She couldn't think of any other spell that might help other than, "Incendio!" A small spark flew out of their wand but nothing happened. Cricket collected some sticks and put them in front of the shaking body. She started to speak, "You shouldn't stress yourself out so mu-," but she got cut off by a little flame emerging from the pile of sticks which lay in front of her. Cricket brought her focus back towards the stranger. She started to feel butterflies in her stomach and a warm, fuzzy feeling in her chest.

The blue eyed girl ran a hand through her hair and brought her knees up to her chest. A sharp chill took over her body and she slightly shivered. She looked back over to the person next to her, who was rubbing their hands together and warming themselves up by leaning closer towards the fire. They surely are a piece of art, she thought.

"Is that you that played the song earlier? What is it called?" Cricket turned her head towards the tree she was sitting under and saw her guitar laying there, lifelessly. "I can not make out the song but you played beautifully," they continued. Her head shot to meet her companion's emerald eyes. They had complimented her. She was stammering, couldn't get any words out, so she just smiled and blushed.

Cash. They said their name was Cash, well Cassandra. They thanked Cricket for helping them, but the young lion noticed that they were stuttering in between sentences. She thought that it could just be the fact that they fell into an ice cold lake, but it seemed that they had stopped trembling.

Cricket spotted a small, brown squirrel near her guitar and decided to go pick it up. "Hold on," she let out. She raced towards the oak tree and kneeled down. After swatting away the squirrel, she picked up her guitar and placed it inside its black case. She made her way back to where she was planted with her guitar case in her hand.

"S-sorry, I left my guitar near that tree over there and I didn't want for it to be damaged." She remembered what Cash had asked her before. "Oh, and uh...yes, actually. It was me playing. Usually I just play for fun but never for people, I-I'm a bit too shy. I was playing Wish You Were Here by uh...uh..." she snapped her fingers a bit before remembering who it was by. "Pink Floyd. I don't know how I forgot that, sorry."

There she was, doing it again. Rambling. Cricket would always ramble when she was nervous. But why am I nervous? Could it be Cash's beautiful eyes or gorgeous features? She thought. Realizing what she was thinking, she started to fiddle with the ends of her shirt.

"I'm Cricket, by the way. Cricket Mercury."

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When one of slim arms that belong to the beautiful blonde beside them wrapped around their waist, Cash jumped a bit. They never thought the girl that sit next to them really share her body heat with the green eyes. Cash try to suppressed their smile. Their heart hammered like crazy inside their chest.

Cash looked into the blue eyes of the blonde beauty and suddenly their heart beat erratically. Cash clutched their heart over their soaking clothes and look at the pile of dry leaves and twigs that now acted as a little bonfire to heat up their shivering body. What is this feeling?, they thought internally.

The concept of an affection was strange for the young serpent because the lack of it back in the Ironwoods household, let alone love. Yet Cash sure that they crushing on the girl that sat beside them. Cash never understand how some of their friends around their age already have their significant others.

Maybe just maybe the girl could teach the green eyes how to show some affection and later down the road, the big concept of what love is. Cash surely will try to make the person that they care about happy. The purple haired then asked towards the blonde whether she was the one played earlier before Cash making a fool out of themselves by fell into the icy lake.

Their body now less shivering then before thanks to the warmth that radiate from the little bonfire in front of Cash and their companion. And when the girl about to answered Cash's inquires, she ran off towards the oak tree that Cash assumed where she left her guitar.

When the owner of the arms that circled around their waisted retracted it, Cash feel a bit lost of the warmth that radiated from their beautiful companion. When the girl come back with a guitar case in her hand, she apologized. She said something about she did not want her guitar to be damaged. "I know how that feel"Cash rasped out.

"I, myself also play guitar"Cash stated. They berated themselves because with how they talked, it definitely radiated Pureblood etiquette. The girl eventually saying that she is the one that played earlier and she never perform in front of any other person. The girl then told the name of the song to the green eyes.

When the girl mention a band called Pink Floyd, Cash tilted their head to the side. They look at their ocean eyes companion with puzzlement on their face. "Pink what now?"Cash definitely at lost. Their knowledge about muggle music just The Beatles and Queen. Other than that they definitely did not have a clue who the band are.

When the blonde explained it to Cash, she rambled. Cash unconsciously let out a full blown grin. "You so endearing when you rambled"They spoke lowly but with how close Cash and their companion sit next to each other, there is no way the other girl did not hear that. Cash then look at the girl and their mouth a bit agape.

"Please tell me I did not say that out loud"Cash half pleaded to the girl when they realize their mistake. With that the tips of their ears feel like burning and hoping the other girl that by now Cash know as Cricket did not see it. First they fell into the lake now they embarrassing themselves. Cash wondered how far they can make themselves like a fool in front of this girl.

@Cricket Mercury