Glass Slipper PV Closed

Aurelia wished she could tear that smug grin across the boy’s face. Honestly, she didn’t care much about how men treated ladies, after all this was the 20th century. However, it bothered her that the boy before was not the tiniest bit remorseful even when she feel to the ground and into a rather unladylike and embarrassing situation.

Entitled. It wasn’t intentional that she had reacted in a way she did a few moments ago. Clearly, she was also partially at fault for starting this fiery dispute. The boy’s statement, a first year’s in fact had put her in her place. Aurelia reclaimed the charms textbook from the boy’s grasp. She then briefly glanced at her feet to hide the tinge of pink that flushed her cheeks. This situation was unobtrusively humiliating one.

Fortunately, her being raised in a pureblood household has taught her the skills of social interactions. Aurelia collected herself, and let out a light cough. “Well, we certainly got of the wrong foot, I’m sure we could start over...” Aurelia suggested before extending her hand. “I’m Aurelia Notrésvace.” She sure hoped he wouldn’t leave her hanging like how she had with the charms textbook. It would be awkward especially on her account if the Hufflepuff refused.

@Aurelia Notrésvace

As soon as the book was out of his hands, Jack resumed with his arms crossed. At the moment in time, he felt that he had won this small little spat. To be completely honest, he was starting to feel a bit bad for being so rude. That feeling was doubled when Aurelia looked at the ground. It wasn't fair that his victory was quickly overshadowed by his sympathy, and tinges of remorse that poked at his heart.

Finally, she spoke to him. The words were not the ones he was expecting, however. "The wrong foot is an understatement." He sighed. She introduced herself with an arm outstretched. Jack decided that he would let her stew for a second as he looked at her hand. Several awkward moments passed by before he unfurled his arms, and took hold of her hand. The boy's handshake was firm "It's nice to meet you, Aurelia." Jack spoke, "My name is Jack Warren." Who knows maybe this could be an interesting relationship. Jack didn't even really care about getting an apology like he had wanted to start. "So, If we are to start over, could I ask a question?" He didn't wait for a response, "What happened between you and that other guy? You seemed pretty pissed off at the masquerade." The memories of the events that proceeded after he had managed to lose track of Aurelia flashed in his mind.

Her hand had been outstretched and suspended between them for a good ten seconds before the boy took it and gave it a firm shake. The Gryffindor hadn’t expected him to accept her amendment, but at least - she assumed - they were all good now. The boy introduced himself as Jack Warren, his last name was not one which rang bells, so it definitely wasn’t another aristocratic family her adoptive pureblood family knew of.

The frown took its place back on the girl’s face at Jack’s question. He was referring to none other than Kaegen. Although she would rather not tap on the subject between her and Kaegen, refusing to answer the boy’s question would seem impudent. After all, they had only just started over and Aurelia did not want to get back into the war of insults. Curiously was one of the stereotypical trait of the hufflepuff house wasn’t it?

A reluctant sigh had escape her lips. “Kaegen Deathmote you mean?” She asked, although she already knew the answer to that question. “You see, I was a prefect in my second year. There was an afternoon when duty called in a form of an explosion in the abandoned bathrooms,” she began. The incident was still vivid in her memories especially when she arrived to a scene of toilet bowl shards and gruesome blood already all over the stone floor.

“I arrived to a very unpleasant scene of injured first years. It was Kaegen who caused the explosion. When I wanted to take him to a professor, he cast diffindo at me.” She told the boy, till this day she was upset with the boy. She was only doing her job and had not deserved any of the things she had faced.

“I spent three days unconscious in the hospital wing. I still have the scar,” she said before rolling the sleeves of her Gryffindor robes up and revealing the relatively long scar stretching along on her bicep from her shoulder to her elbow, now faded to a pale strip that was a few shades lighter than her already fair skin.

"Kaegen Deathmote." He let the name roll around for a moment, as he spoke. "That's a rather scary sounding name, maybe it was. I guess it fits that a guy names Deathmote is a little bit crazy." That though made him grin. Although he tried to stifle it when he caught sight of Aurelia's dower expression. Note to self, try not to make jokes about people nearly dying. He noted down silently. Jack continued to listen silently to her explanation of her Deathmote dislike. Nodding along, he stayed quiet for a couple of moments. He was trying to decide on what to say next. Considering the two, Jack felt that he should probably want to stray away from anything that would start another screaming match between them.

Jack could imagine the carnage in the bathroom as she described her experience. "How is he not expelled yet? I would think that would be means for immediate expulsion." Bringing a finger up to his chin, he tapped his lips several times. He was trying to look inquisitive. Hopefully, she wouldn't catch on to the fact that he was having pretty mundane thoughts.

That's when she pulled up her sleeve. His eyes widened slightly as he saw the long pale scar that crossed his arm. Instinctually, the boy reached forward to take a better look at her arm. "That's so badass!" He said under his breath. Jack had several scars, but none were as long or gnarly as Aurelia's. His macabre fascination with injuries had taken hold of his mind.

The professors were ignorant so she took matters into her own hands. Kaegen’s expulsion was what Aurelia tried to get at when she made the decision to draw her own blood during the ball. All he needed was to do was to attack her and the professors would take care of whatever followed. However, the professors came much earlier than intended and her planned failed.

“The professors are full of ignorance.” The third year’s claims were based in her own very unfortunate experiences.

Jack seemed to be having a fine time examining her arm like it was a rare specimen. Badass. A word which would lead her to further speculation of the status of the boy’s blood. Either a muggle, or a half-blood. The sleeves of the Gryffindor robes came back down with a tug, enveloping the scar once again. The outfit she wore to the ball had not sleeves and the Aurelia opted to hide the horrendous mark with a heap of concealer and foundation. There was no need to brandish her scars to everyone.

“There’s no need to fret. You would get your fair share of Hogwarts entitled scars very soon.” This time, a smug smile pulled at the corners of her lips. Aurelia was thankful that most of her defacements were not on too obvious places and could be hidden. “What happened there?” She asked raising her right index finger that brushed lightly on the pale mark on the boy’s chin, right below his lip. Does jack still have the scar on his chin? If not, I could edit my post

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It wasn't that he agreed with the Aurelia, but he could see the validity behind her words. In his short time here at Hogwarts, several things had gone terribly awry. Words didn't exactly come to his mind as a response. How is somebody supposed to respond to that? Luckily he didn't have to. The fabric of her robe was already being pulled down before he had time to react. Jack knew his hands were somewhat rough from days out playing in the streets as a younger child, and he could tell the difference between his rough hands compared to the older girl's arm. The robe's sleeve was already pressed against his wrist, by the time he actually noticed that Aurelia was trying to pull the cloth back down into it's resting position. After withdrawing his hand, he decided it would be best to shove it down into his trouser pocket. Suddenly he was self-conscious of how weird it seemed to just randomly grab hold of a girl he just met. He could feel a little bit of heat rush to his face, but luckily she didn't seem to notice nor seem to care.

Thankfully the girl continued to talk. "Oh- That wasn't really in the brochure for the school." He attempted to make a joke about the school giving out scars. Suddenly one of his favorite topics was brought up! How unexpected! Jack tilted his head back slightly when he felt her finger brush against his face. That was even more unexpected. Even so, a grin spread across his face. He knew every single story about every single scar he has. "Oh this? " He asked back at her while bringing his unpocketed hand up to the scar. Taking a single step backward, he remembered the events of his most visible blemish. "I'm from Dublin, and I had quite a lot of downtime to mess around in the city. I was basically in a gang." A small chuckle escaped from his lips when he said that. "But we had this bully. His name was Connor, I think. He was fixin' to pummel one of my mates, so I stepped in. To say the least, he kicked my ass." Apparently Jack wasn't afraid of a beating, nor did he harbor any hard feelings.

Jack crossed the line of ‘personal space by reaching for her arm. However, it was rather uncomfortable for Aurelia so much so that she had almost flinched at the contact. However, Aurelia did not want to appear impolite by telling this boy to back off and resulted in hinting so by pulling her sleeve down which caused Jack to finally let go off her arm.

In a swift attempt to ease the conversation up, Aurelia asked about the boy’s scar crossing his lip. The answer was one she didn’t expect. There were a few words in his sentence that she couldn’t quite comprehend which suspected they were muggle terms like gang or fixing. Before Hogwarts, Aurelia was sent to a prestigious boarding school somewhere in England which specialised in arts. It was mostly muggle and where he picked up most of the little knowledge she had of the muggle world. Still, there were many terms she had yet to learn.

“That’s an undeniably detrimental way to settle a dispute. If you don’t mind me asking, what’s a... gang.” The pureblood questioned inquisitively. Despite being at least two years older, Aurelia was fairly naive to the muggle world and terms.

Aurelia didn’t know why she was so eager to swivel the conversation in another direction, but she suddenly asked, “What happened during the masquerade? After I left that is,” she swallowed before continuing, “I heard that there was another fire.” Aurelia could only guess that it was the cause of another Charles York incident.

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Gang? She doesn't know what the word gang means? Jack couldn't help but let out a little snort, "It's like-uh- It's like a group of people...who do things together. It usually involves criminal groups. New York in America has a lot of gangs. There have been so many movies about the mafia. The Godfather is a great film, by the way." A tangent was about to start, but luckily Aurelia had thought to change the subject before he could get ahead of himself.

The masquerade. Jack's face turned cherry red as he thought back to events prior. His first kiss. It wasn't terrible but completely unexpected. "O-oh, well..." The words faltered, and he sputtered to a stop. Jack's trademark grin turned bashful as he looked away at the ground. Jack was trying his best to hide his face. The boy's body language was immediately closed off. He crossed his arms and took another step backward. "Oh- nothing super interesting, besides. The big stuff." He was talking about the giant attack. He was sure that everybody and their mother knew about it "I had already left...for other reasons..." The events of the other night had him confused. The giant attack is perfectly understood, but everything with Erin was a bit hazier. He needed to change the subject off of him. "What happened to you, though? I lost you when Kaegen started to leg it." It was a clear attempt to pull the conversation away from the embarrassing kiss that he and Erin shared.

“I have never watched any movies,” For the most part, Aurelia never had access to muggle equipment. She was entitled into a muggle private boarding school before Hogwarts and heard about phones and computers but never really bothered to learn how to use them nor did her parents allow her to. However, she was interested now that Jack had mentioned about a couple of movies with such enthusiasm.

The boy’s face had turned a deep shade of beet red when she asked the question that made the Gryffindor raise an eyebrow inquisitively. There was obviously much he wasn’t letting slip. Aurelia was an ex-journalist and could be very assertive in her interrogations. Now she was even more determined to find out what exactly happened in the ball. As Jack took a step back, Aurelia took a step forward, maintaining the distance. “And what other reasons are you referring to? ”

The boy proceeded with a quick diversion in the form of another question. Of course, Aurelia knew his intentions. “I was banished from the ballroom by Professor Equinox for attempted blood baiting. Kaegen is a dhampir and so was the Professor.” Aurelia explained without a beat or further clarifications on what a dhampir or blood baiting was.

“My turn. What caused you to leave the ballroom and miss the rest of the fun?” Aurelia asked with a hint of a smirk playing on her lips.

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It hurt his heart slightly, as Aurelia mentioned she never had watched any of the great films. Isn't that what muggle studies are for? Movies aside, she was really pushing towards his masquerade shenanigans. He was going to ask about the blood bating, but he clearly wasn't fast enough. It was kind of uncomfortable that she was mimicking his movements with her own. It felt like if he were to turn and run away, she would be right following right behind on his tail. Sadly, his attempted diversion was an absolute failure! Jack's face somehow turned an even darker shade of red. Jack opened his mouth again to try to divert the conversation again.

She asked again about the ball. Jack began to pull on the fingers of his right hand, creating a soft popping sound. "Well-Now you see- well... a girl named Erin. Erin Ryan. Honestly, it was just a case of mistaken identity..." He was stumbling over his words again. "She saw me with another girl, and she kind of freaked out. She came marching up, and well..." another pause, and he had to look away from Aurelia again. "She kissed me. She kissed me rather aggressively too." For a moment it seemed like he was done talking before he muttering under his breath, "It wasn't the most exceptional way to have your first kiss." he sighed. "But then she punched that crap out of the girl I was talking too." He tried to his best to just pass over the kiss.