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Melissa stood on the changing staircases with her friends, leaning against the railing. Her hands were stuffed into her coats pockets, as she chewed vigorously on her Drooble Best Blowing Gum; knowing full well know to blow it and just chew it.
"Let's do something."
Her friend quirked an eyebrow, placing a hand near the bone of her neck. "What are you talking about, even though classes don't start till next week we don't want to get in trouble now."
Melissa crossed her arms, belligerently chewing on her gum. "I want to go broom riding."

Another friend scoffed at her idea, "Broom riding?! Broom riding! We better just go to sleep."
"So this is our last year and we're not going to have any fun? ******** that." Melissa gave them a look, her lips forming into a snarl that she shot at them. "And who are you going to take with you? The boy you met in the carriage?" Her friend laughed at her own joke, the staircase turning and setting in place.

But Melissa raised her brows higher, becoming smug at her statement. "Hell yeah I will." With that she darted off, going in the opposite direction down the staircase. But when she came to the bottom she realized that she didn't even know his name, nor what house he was in. He could be anywhere in Hogwarts right now. Some revenge this was.

David Audney Sykes















The common room had become too noisy for his liking, thus David fled. But before he left he had put away his books. Now it was just him walking down the stairwell but the good thing was that now there weren't many students out. It was late at night now, and most of the people were enjoying seeing their friends once again, or going to bed. So now he decided was a good time to separate from the herd and go down to the library, read something thrilling maybe.

He pushed up his glasses, walking briskly until he spotted the girl from earlier. Even from the back he could tell it was her, she chewed her gum loudly and had the same demeanor from earlier. Her uniform was slacky, and the aura of her attitude seemed irritated.
David looked at the floor and walked quicker, trying to brush past her without being noticed.

Melissa kicked the floor, being as stubborn as she was and pissed; not a good combo. Her head turned from side to side, trying to decide on what to do next. With out her revenge puppet she didn't have any idea of what to do now.
Melissa turned her head one more time, finally thinking she spotted him. Must have been fate!

"Hey! You!"
The boys back had stiffened, and he stopped, turning around slowly as he winced slightly. When they were face to face he adjusted his glasses, of course she knew he wouldn't be pleased when he saw her - they were strangers and she hadn't been nice the first time...or the second.
"We're gunna hang out." Melissa took a piece of her gum, pulling it out of her mouth and making it stretch till she flicked her hand and let it splat onto the tile.

He turned red, and somehow his face had looked a bit disgusted. "H-Hang out?" Melissa frowned, her hand going back into her pocket as she fiddled with the candy she stuffed in there from earlier. "What's with you? Do you have a stuttering problem?"
His blush only turned worse, seeming to get darker as his glasses glazed over a bit. "N-No. No, I don't." He looked down a bit, tilting his head toward her shoes as he decided to never look her in the eye again.
Melissa rolled her eyes, feeling bad - and awkward - that she had picked on him. She rubbed the back of her head, which only made the hair back there scrunch up and become messy; but that fact didn't bother her. "Come on, let's ride our brooms or something."

David went back against his own thoughts, looking up at her and gawking a bit. "It's p-past curfew to do...to do um that." He swallowed, adjusting his tie which made Melissa look at him for the first time. Everything with the boy looked good, his whole uniform was pressed and fitted to a T; he wasn't bad on the eyes either, all he needed to do was loose the glasses and he was a modern Adonis.
"Come on, step out of your box for a minute." Melissa started her pace again, walking past him and not looking back while she headed toward the back side of Hogwart's open field. "Come on! You do know how to fly don't you?" She waved her hand in the air, David straightening his back as he felt that he now had no choice but to follower her.
He became embarrassed at her mocking words but followed her anyways, his feet quick-stepping till he caught up with her and went back to normal pace.
"Hey, don't tell anyone about this either, we'll get in trouble."

David Audney Sykes















Sick, I, I'm going to be sick.
David followed Melissa, all the while his stomach spinning around as if a washing machine had been replaced for his guts.
She had taken him to the field, where they taught first years how to fly their brooms. "Alright, here we are!" Together they stood outside of a building, storage area for equipment, where the brooms were. "I-I don't think--"
"Alohomora."

David felt the bile in his throat rise a bit, burning his traechea as he looked at the doors lock open and fall to the floor. "Hm, one would think it would be a little tougher to get in." From there Melissa had taken her wand and slipped it back into her sloppy uniform's pocket. She pushed the door open with her hands, no magic.
"Let's go." Melissa had twisted her head a bit, looking back at David, who realized how scared and nervous being out made him. His skin felt cold, he couldn't tell if it was the wind or his own fearful heart; but still he followed.

"I-I can't see anything..."
He could hear a small breath of annoyance from Melissa, but he couldn't help but speak those words, he didn't know what else to say.
"Lumos."
David closed his mouth completely, whereas before it was slightly open.

"Ah! Here they are!" Light had emitted from Melissa's wand, which she had pulled out again, and before he knew it she had split away from her and grabbed onto a broomstick. With one hand she pulled it down, looking at it and smirking largely. "Here," she turned to him fast, throwing the broomstick at him. Quickly and clumsily, David caught it. He looked down at the thin bristle like stick in his hands, it was slightly amazing how such a light flimsy looking contraption could hold its own.

Before he knew it he could feel the quick brush of breeze as Melissa had walked past him. He turned around, clutching the broom in his hand as it was held at waist length. "Wait!" But she didn't even turn around, continuing to walk toward the large field before them. "At least tell me how to close it!"

"Try, Colloportus!"
With a shaky hand and heart, David left the building, standing outside the doors once again before he reached for his wand with a free hand. He pointed it at the solid frames and coughed, his nerves making his hand shake. "Co-colloportus."
The doors had closed, sealing shut as a noise confirmed they were locked. He sighed, feeling relieved of having to do any spells or magic before sticking his wand back into his own pocket. He swallowed and sighed, taking off in the same direction that Melissa had.

When he stood up at the top of the field he couldn't find her, just the wind lightly whipping at the grass beneath his own feet.

"Up here!" Melissa was ontop of her broom, her body laying down on it while her hands cradled her chin. She acted as if she wasn't in the air, as if she was resting ontop of a table or desk.
"Come on, mount. You know how don't you?"

David had been slightly shell-shocked but snapped out of it, lifting one leg up to slip the broom beneath it. From there he pushed off the ground with his feet, his broom taking off and launching him into the air.
David wasn't exactly steady on his broom, he uncomfortably wiggled on it, but Melissa was in her element.
"Hm, hey. Should we race?"