Kendo Class ((Pyro, Kris, whoever want to join))

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cassandra let Pyro help her to the Hospital Wing. Her pride was sorely shaken at this point. It was one thing having Pyro beat her, but it was another entirely different thing having him lead her up to the hospital wing because he had beaten her bad enough to have an injury. Kris had put bandages on it enough to keep it from bleeding, but every few moments she winced in paid or wimpered from it.

He was being very kind. Both Kris and Pyro had been very kind to her. She liked them both, however one more than the other. Kris was cute, but she had been fawning after Pyro all year it seemed like that. She still couldn't tell what attracted her to him, she thought it was the sheer mystery of Slytherins and the way they acted sometimes, but she was glad she did. She definetly wouldn't of had so much fun with someone from the other houses. Pyro had been the great pursuit and triumph all in one. Cass had worked very hard for him to trust her, and now that they had gotten passed that, they had a great friends.

" You really don't have to do this you know. This was very much my idea. You really shouldn't take all this time helping me when it was me who got me into this mess," she said to him meekly.

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

Pyro lead Cassandra down the hall towards the Hospital Wing. He carried his bag of Kendo equipment and Cassandras. Her Shoulder wouldnt give her enough strength to carry it so he had picked it up for her. She would wince in pain everynow and than and falter a little in her step. He would bump slightly into her to keep her on track.

He felt a bit bad going so far in their duel. But she had been the one to initiate it. Kris had been there to judge the duel and he had also dressed her wound. But the bandage wouldnt help much. She needed Madam pomfrey to look at it. He chuckled at her. " Yes it was very much your idea, and I know that I dont have to do this. But hey, dont have much else to do and I feel like doing it. So you wont be gettin rid of me that easily"

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass gave a silent 'ouch' and continued to hoof it. " I never remember this place being so far away. For a Slythernin, and for a guy who gets so googly eyed at me whenever I see him, you sure are a pain." she gave him a playful push on the shoulder, but that causeed her pain, " Ow!"

" I guess I've learned my lesson now. Don't ever challenge Pyro Blackfire," she smiled at him affectionately. The two of them were really starting to bother her. They had been catting around with each other for weeks, and she was getting tired of it. She knew he was trying to respect her and be a gentleman, which was hard for any Slytherin to a Gryffindor, but she almost felt guilty about it. All of this between the two of them had been a game for her at first, and now that she actually cared for him, she felt guilty about what had happened before.

Not to lie to herself, Cass did like him the moment she saw him, but it was real now. They had spent time together, they told each other about their families, and he had sat in the cold with her one night talking about her dying father. It was so beyond what she had planned to happen. True, they weren't a "couple," but at this point, she would of felt like she was cheating on him if she had gone out with someone else.

" Pyro, I know this is probably a little too deep for you, what I'm about to say, " she looked at him under her eyelashes, " I mean, I know guys usually have the emotional range of a gopher, but you really don't know what this means to me." She rubbed her hurt shoulder ackwardly. She saw that she was starting to bleed through the bandage that Kris had put on there.


She started to spill "I mean, are you okay with 'us.' I mean, it sounds sort of silly, but I feel really bad how we started out, " she sounded very embarrassed and ackward, " I mean, I don't know what you want out of this, but honestly I feel like I've screwed this up for both of us because of my whole competetive nature. I mean, you don't hate me for that, do you? I've felt like that is why you've held back so much."

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

"yea they do seem to move it a little further away each day dont they." He took the push in stride and opted to not return it. He looked at her and noticed she was deep into thought. He was about to ask her what was on her mind when she came right out and told him.

He looked at the ground ahead of him as he thought of what she said. What did he want out of this? it was true that she was a muggle, and a gryffindor at that. He did care for her and like to be around her. but was it more than just friendship? he didnt really know. He looked at her.

"well first off, im insulted. I clearly have the emotional range of a weasel. And weasels are much more sophisticated than gophers." He grined. " and as for what I want out of this. I can trully say I dont know. All this kinda happened fast. and your competitive nature makes this all the more interesting.."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass exhaled. Wow, what a weight off my chest, she thought to herself.

They began to near the doors to the hospital wing. " Well, at least I know its not my competiveness thats pushed you away. I was really worried about that since you aren't the greatest muggle or Gryffindor lover in the world." She gave a bit of a pouty face and sighed.

She looked back at him and smiled. " I just don't want you to hate me, and I sometimes feel like that is the way our relationship is going. I'm afraid your going to hate me." She looked down at the bloody bandage and realized the predicament she had gotten herself into. Here she was, walking down the corrider with a bloody shoulder, with the guy she liked, who was clearly a Slytherin. " I know you care about me Pyro, but I honestly wish you would make a decision. I know what I want, but I'm not going to force that upon you."

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

He stoped walking and looked up at the ceiling and let out a deep sigh. He was a slytherin. And she was a Gryffindor, there was no way this could work out to anything more than a sparring partners. Slytherin were chosen to be slytherins cause they think and act different, thats what the sorting hat proofed, there was no way for a gryffindor and a slytherin to mix. he looked back down and turned to look at her.

"Look, Cass, I dont hate you, and I dont think I ever will. But, there is really no way for any relationship to work out between us. We were placed in different houses for a purpose and those two personality cant mix together." He looked away and began to walk down the hall again. "Lets just get you to the hospital wing. I need to get you fixed up so I can beat you up again sometime."

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

Cass breathed a sigh of relief. THank god I don't have to deal with that crap anymore. " You know, thank god. I feel so much better now."

Cass smiled at Pyro. " Besides, you couldn't handle me anyway." Cass approached the door and tried to open it, but unfortunately couldn't. She snickered to herself. " I can't believe I'm admitting defeat to a Slytherin."

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

he stood by the door and watched her attempt to open it. he grined. as he set down the bags. "I cant handle you huh? well, atleast I can handle this door." He turned the knob and opened the door.

[Cassandra Blackfire G7]

She snorted at him as he opened the door. She realy hated it when he pointed out the obvious. " Well, I would be able to handle the door if someone hadn't put me in my condition."

Sitting down in a chair in the infirmary, " You know, I know your not into the whole muggle thing, but if you want, you can come to Birmingham and visit. My pare-, well mom, have been wanting to meet some of my friends. I mean, we don't have alot but I think you would enjoy coming to see my world. You don't have to give a definite answer, but you are more than welcome to spend some time with us this summer."

Looking around the infirmary, " Damn, where is the nurse or those wretched student helpers when you need them." Giving a slight chuckle, " Man, I just think I just sounded a Slytherin."

[Pyro Blackfire S5]

he laughed. "well, I wouldnt have put you in that condition had you not been so foolish to challenge me in a art Im good at." he steped in after her. listening to her. he thought for a minuet.

"Hmm, Ill think about it, Who knows, maybe my father will tick me off enough to make me wanna leave the house." He laughed and looked around. "yea, you did. And I dont know where she went, Man, am I glad that bludger hit I took in the quidditch game wasnt serious, cause it looks like the old bat isnt ever around."

[shadow2]

Shadow stepped away from the medicine cabinet, afraid that it was the nurse who had stepped in instead of the two. “Oh...sorry.” She held the bottle of a dark violet liquid in her hand, yet didn’t reveal the label. “Eh…she’s not here- again.” She looked at Cassandra, well, more like her shoulder. “Ouch…” Her glance quickly went to Pyro, then back at Cassandra. A Gryffindor with a Slytherin? Now that was something she had never thought she would see. “I’m sure she’ll be here any moment now.” This was a lie, and she knew it, but it wasn’t her place to be helping a student. Plus even if she was a helper she wouldn’t help a Gryffindor.

She placed the dark bottle back into the storage cabinet and walked over to another cabinet. “Damn, where is it?” She muttered to herself, completely ignoring the two- or as it seemed. The thought of a Gryffindor girl and a Slytherin guy still lingered in her mind. Sure if it was a Slytherin girl and a Gryffindor guy it wouldn’t seem as bad. It would seem bad, but not REAL bad. The males of the Slytherin house were to be held with great pride and date Slytherin girls, so this was a bit different to her.