All sorts of discoveries ((Taire))

[darien]

Dare looked at the mirror and slipped his fingers through his hair that had been cropped to be shorter once again. Nice short bangs that stuck up a little on their own. Even if his fingers messing the hair up had also helped make his hair stand up a little. It had been starting to grow a little too long already so Dare had visited the hair-dresser in Hogsmeade and had it cut off for the bigger part. Shorter here was much better during summer after all as it didn’t get into your way nor was it too much of a warmth-helmet on your head. It was a miracle how girls managed to have such long and thick silk for their hair and have it look this amazing even with all the heat of the summer too. You really had to give credit to the weaker gender, even if Dare suspected that maybe the so-called weaker gender was the stronger one after all. But it was all good for him. Like his grandfather had always said summers were created only so that people could fully appreciate the beauty of girls in flowing summer-dresses that flew around them like soft mist enveloping goddesses.

Dare yawned a little and left his hair as it was knowing that he looked as if he had just rolled out of bed. The black pants with the number of creases in them he had managed to dig out form the furthest corner of his trunk looked as if Dare had slept in them and only one a random impulse did Dare grasp an equally creased white dress-shirt he had worn to the Gryfifndor post-quidditch party and pulled it over his shoulder, even as he left all the buttons undone. Slipping his fingers through his hair once again Dare left the dormitory to go and found a late snack as he had slept through breakfast. It was Sunday so he was allowed to sleep in late but he was hungry. He had gotten to bed late last night. Or very early in the morning would perhaps be a more correct thing to say as it had been already around 1.30 in the morning when Dare had finally collapsed on his bed. He had had a lot of homework to catch up on as OWLs were approaching and then some of his friends had gotten the bright idea of raiding the Transfiguration classroom and painting the walls and furniture to look as if you entered the jungle not a classroom. All in all it had been a very eventful evening.

Dare had managed to get very far from the Great Hall when he noticed a familiar scene. Taire with a group of other girls who were most likely in her year as they all had pencils, books and paper with them. Some group-project perhaps Dare guessed. But it didn’t seem to be going very well as one girl was filing her nails while some others were chattering away. Dare almost felt sorry for Taire for this company because that brunette could chatter one’s ear of within a few minutes. Dare smiled and stepped a little bit closer as he heard snippets of the turn in conversation the girls were discussing loudly. Dare listened for a minute before laughing a little and stepping forward breaking the circle of girls easily as he smiled widely and charmingly including the whole group to the smile. “Ladies, I couldn’t help but here the topic you were discussing. I’m afraid I rather agree with Alexander Smith than you. "Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition." However I hope you excuse us now as I have a very firm plan of stealing this vixen from you. I’ve missed you vixen. ” Dare smiled at the group as he interwined his arms around Taire’s waist form the back, leaning his head comfortably against the side of hers. Walking backwards a few steps pulling Taire along with him Dare then turned and let one of his arms casual envelope Taire’s shoulders as he steered her further away from the group as Dare smiled at the girl next to him. Dare had really missed speaking and being with one of his best friends, but school and everything else had piled up so they hadn’t been able to meet up properly for the previous week. Yawning and rubbing his stomach lazily with his free hand Dare turned the corner before winking quickly at Taire: “You didn’t look very happy over there. Lovely ear-rings, are they new?”

[Solitaire Keighley H7]

Taire wasn’t one to usually keep company with the other girls in her year, but for the past couple of weeks she had tried to make an exception. She simply could not spend time cooped up in the common room ignoring everyone. That would be considered breaking her promise to Dare, and she simply could not do that. Meeting Dare had ben a blessing for her. It had made her realize that being withdrawn was not always the best thing. It had in a strange way made her realize that it didn’t matter what her parents thought of her and her sorting, but that what mattered was her opinion of herself and others. And that everyone needed friends in life. Taire and Began to do much self-exploration during her hours spent alone since meeting Dare, and she had discovered that she didn’t have to believe the same way her parents and grandparents did, and that surely not all muggle-borns were all that bad. This had brought her to today.

Today, Taire had found a group of girls from her dorm just hanging out in the common room. She had never really given thought to getting to know her dorm mates until now. Naturally, she knew most of them by name, but that was about it, and there were some that she didn’t even know that much about. Taire had always stayed to herself, which left an opening for her to join them so that they could get to know each other better. The girls didn’t really appear to be talking about any one thing when Taire decided to ask if she could join them. She had over heard them discussing going out into the castle and since that was the same direction she was going, why not try to make friends along the way. The girls agreed to let Taire tag along, which was good. It was Sunday, and Taire was hoping that Dare wouldn’t spend yet another day cooped up somewhere studying again. It seemed like school had kept the two apart purposely, and Taire was beginning to resent that. There would be girls all over the castle just hanging out in the halls with their friends from other houses, and that would surely draw Dare out of his hiding spot.

Shortly after the girls agreed to let Taire join them their topic of conversation changed form latest styles to boys. The girls obviously didn’t care to talk about the recent attacks and that was fine with Taire. The attacks had been a greater part of her thoughts lately, along with him. She worried herself too much about things that she had no control over. There was nothing she could do about the attacks, and she knew this, so she couldn’t bring herself to understand why she let herself worry so. Her family was well known amongst the group that was set on purifying the wizarding world, unfortunately. Maybe this was what worried Taire so. She wasn’t sure of that yet; she wasn’t even able to say she was sure of her own feelings at the moment, or anything else lately. She just knew that without her friends she would be nothing

Taire hadn’t really paid much attention to the conversation until she heard one of the other girls, a brunette that had appeared to be the chattiest of the group, whisper “Hey look. There comes that cute fifth year Gryffindor. What’s his name again?” Taire was able to answer this question without looking up for there was only one Gryffindor boy that she thought about. “Dare.” She realized that she had said his name before knowing it. It was what usually happened when others called him just that cute fifth year Gryffindor. It didn’t bother her that she could do that. One of the other girls nodded in a way to tell her that she was right about which Gryffindor they were talking about. The other girls quickly changed the conversation to the topic of love, a topic that most girls thought guys instantly ran from. Taire couldn’t help but to smile. She knew that if Dare even heard a fragment of the word, it would draw him nearer. This was good for Taire, it meant that she wouldn’t have to appear to be desperate when she left the group to join her friend.

Taire couldn’t stop herself from laughing as Dare interrupted the circle. A few of the other girls appeared to get angered at the interruption, but with the consideration of who caused the interruption, Taire welcomed it openly. She nodded in agreement with Dare’s quote from Alexander Smith. Taire became a bit shocked within the next moment when she felt Dare suddenly wrapping his arms around her waist. Hearing his next phrase, she replied with a soft whispering, “I’ve missed you as well, my Sweet Knight.” She tried her best to hide the shaky sound of her voice within the whisper, but wasn’t sure if it had worked. Taire waved goodbye to the group of girls, and told them that she had enjoyed spending time with them as Dare pulled her away. There was no need in her fighting the feelings rushing through her mind. She had hoped for Dare to stumble upon her and rescue her from that group before she spent the whole day talking about meaningless nothings. She had been lucky once again, being rescued by her knight.

“That bunch was just a simple way of keeping my promise to you. I wasn’t happy with them, for all they wanted to talk about was clothes, hair, makeup and boys. Those things have never really satisfied my curiosities for a delectable conversation. I certainly couldn’t wander the castle alone, it’s not safe.” Taire remembered that Dare already knew that small fact, and gave him a very apologetic smile. She had not meant for that to come out the way it had, but she knew that she would only be foolish to take it back. “ I was just hoping that my Sweet Knight would once again sense that I was in need, and come to my aid.” Taire couldn’t help but to giggle at the mention of this, for Dare had assured her many times that he was not of noble blood, yet Taire insisted on calling him this every time she could.