The Midnight club (Zoey)

[Danny McKay G5]

“What a day Rodney?” Danny said as he looked out the window while his owl sat on the ledge. Danny had a rolled up piece of paper in his hand then opened it up one last time. Nothing special just a letter to his parents about how Gryffindor had one yet another game and a it went on for a bit about him catching the Snitch. He rolled it back up and held it in front of Rodney, then just smiled. “To mom and dad and don't chase rats till after you've dropped it off okay?” He said as he pet Rodney slightly then he toke off grabbing the letter and flying off into the night sky. Danny watched for as long as he could till he couldn't see Rodney then turned around. The common room was a complete mess from the aftermath of the victory party they had just had. While he knew it was the house elves jobs to clean up messes and make food Danny still didn't feel right leaving it in this kind of shape.

After an hour of cleaning, the common room was still trashed but it wasn't as bad as before and Danny felt more comfortable leaving the rest for the house elves. Still even after cleaning Danny wasn't the least bit tired and he wasn't in the mood to be tossing around in bed just to end up where he was now. He plopped down into one of the chairs by the fire and just sat there staring into it. The whole day kept replaying in his head, the beginning of the match wasn't going to well for him but the end was perfect and not just because he caught the Snitch. It was after that part which Danny kept thinking about, his favorite moment of the whole game and he wasn't even playing Quidditch then. He knew for awhile he had feelings for Zoey, he just doubted she had any for him and he didn't want to say anything that might ruin their friendship.

Danny wanted to talk to her as soon as he got a chance but he hadn't seen her since the end of the match and he wasn't sure where she ran off to. The main reason he stuck around during the whole victory party was the chance that he might get to see her but Zoey didn't show up. Danny had even given thought to making his way up the girls dormitory but sided against doing that for his own personal safety. Danny let out a slight sigh as he kept his gaze on the flames. He guessed that was why he was still up, maybe he was just hoping she would show up some how or he just couldn't sleep. They both seemed like reasonable options at the end of today.

[zoeyshay]

Zoey was upstairs, sitting on her bed, still in the jeans and shirt she had changed into for the after party instead of staying in her robes that had blood at the sleeves from her lip. She had gone to the party downstairs, yes, but it was only for a little while. The only socializing she had been with a second year girl, Taylor. It was nice to meet someone new, and she definitely seemed very nice, but that wasn’t exactly the person she wanted to talk to. She wanted to talk to Danny. He was there in the party, he knew it because of all the commotion about how he caught the Snitch for the second time in a row, but she couldn’t bring herself to approach him and talk, not after she…er…kissed him.

It wasn’t a bad thing that she had done that. Actually, it had been a relief since she knew that she had feelings for him that were definitely more than friends. At the same time, she was kind of embarrassed and confused. She was just fifteen years old, and in those fifteen years of life, she wasn’t too experienced in the field of love and anything associated with it. She had never actually had a boyfriend that was official or serious. The closest thing to serious had been in like, the first grade with one of her classmates for about a week. She sighed softly as people gathered in the dormitory. Obviously, the party had stopped since they were coming in and the music that was blasting before has ceased.

Oddly enough, Zoey wanted to be alone at the time. She needed to think… As much as the young girl hated being alone, it was something she had to do. She grabbed a hair tie from her nightstand and pulled her hair into a messy ponytail that was higher than usual to get her black curls off of her neck- she was burning up. It wasn’t hot in here, but… She didn’t even know anymore. Quickly, she dabbed her lip with her hand, making sure it wasn’t bleeding again. It was swollen and hot, not a good thing, but instead of being a wimp and running to the Hospital Wing, she decided to just let it heal on its own.

The dark haired Gryffindor girl swung her legs over the edge of her bed and got up. She walked through the dormitory, feeling eyes glancing at her back. Normally, she would have cared and gone a little nervous because some of the girls were looking at her weird for going back downstairs, but she didn’t care at the moment. Zoey walked down the white marble stairs, listening to the clanks of her steps and looking around. She got to the foot of the stairs when she noticed a head of slightly messy brown hair Danny. Instantly, she turned around and tried to sneak back up, but she doubted she would get away. It was quiet and every step she took made a noise; he would know someone was there.

[Danny McKay G5]

Danny sat in the chair for what seemed like half an hour before he started thinking about going to bed. It was either go to bed or go walk around the rest of the castle till he was ready for bed or it was time for class. The whole time he kept staring into the fire, it looked like and ordinary everyday fire but sometimes it almost seemed to be alive. Which was something that didn't really surprise Danny one bit. Living in Hogwarts for just a few days you soon realize that anything can be and probably is alive in this place. Ghosts, Portraits, suits of armor and even books came to life here, so why shouldn't a fire have a bit of life too. It would be a normal flame for awhile then suddenly get bigger and wilder before shrinking down in size and be normal again.

As he sat there he was okay with the idea of just passing out right here, maybe his neck would be a bit stiff but oh well. Danny moved around in the chair and got a bit more comfortable as he closed his eyes and listened to the the nothingness going on. Aside from the random pops from the fire the room was dead quiet along with outside. Just as Danny had started to close his eyes and at least attempt to fall asleep where he was he heard the sound of foot steps coming from one of the dormitory's but he couldn't tell which one. Danny turned his head slightly and waited for whoever it was to finally come down. It seemed to take them awhile but they finally seemed to be reaching the bottom of the stairs. Danny kind of hoped it would be Zoey but he doubted it just because it didn't seem all to likely tonight.

Finally the figure reached the bottom step and Danny smiled as he was glad to be wrong for one of the few times in his life. Danny watched as Zoey noticed him then seemed to turn around and try to go back up stairs. He was slightly confused but he guessed she was trying to avoid him because of what happened earlier and if that was what she wanted he was going to force her to talk to him right now but he did want to talk to her but he could wait till she was ready. “I'll just pretend you were sleep walking if you want?” Danny asked with halfhearted smile and a slight laugh.

[zoeyshay]

Well, Danny had definitely noticed her that was for sure. There was no doubt about it as he looked back over the chair at her tiny frame trying to sneakily go back up the stairs. Her attempt had fail and she simply blushed. She could always go back up there to the talking girls in her dormitory, but…Well, first- she didn’t really feel like hanging around them. She had friends and all up there she supposed, but her best friend was looking up at her. Second- she really did want to talk to him…But something was getting in the way and she wasn’t liking it. Sighing, Zoey turned around and shook her head at Danny’s offer.

“No, I think I’ve changed my mind.” She smiled slightly and looking down. She urged herself to move instead of awkwardly standing there and avoiding his eyes. She got off the last step and onto the wooden floor that muffled her steps more than the marble had and made her way toward one of the couches. She decided on an arm chair that was facing the wall and next to the warm and comforting fire.

“Nice job in the game today.” Zoey smiled, nodding and glancing at him. Danny’s messy brown hair was adorable as usual and he looked pretty tired. She wondered why he wasn’t up in bed trying to sleep or something if he looked that exhausted- after all, he had a right to be exhausted and sleep. All that flying was hard work and flying certainly took some energy out of her. She could only image being quiet and concentrating on something small that flew away from you. She shook her head. It’d be impossible for her. That was why she was a Beater. The only thing you needed to focus on was two pretty bug balls that hurtled their way at players, and all you had to do was aim and deflect them.

[Danny McKay G5]

Danny smiled as he watched her turn around and say she changed her mind. Danny was hoping she would but he wasn't sure. After their kiss she just seemed to disappear so he figured there was a good chance she might run off again. “You should have come down earlier, you missed one killer party.” he said as he watched Zoey walk closer and take a seat by the fire. “It might not look like it now but this is actually cleaner then how it was left, this place was destroyed. I felt a little bad for the house elves so I picked up a bit.” Danny said with a small laugh as he looked around the room. “I obviously left some what of a mess for them though, I didn't want them to think I was trying to steal their jobs.” Danny said jokingly as he turned back to Zoey after looking around at the mess.

He just smiled once Zoey told him he did a great job during the Quidditch match then shook his head slightly. “No, I was terrible in the beginning. I don't know where my head was at, I'm kind of glad you toke me out for awhile.” Danny said smiling as he looked at the fires for a bit. “Once you let me come back in it was all smooth sailing, I guess all I needed was a restart to the game.” Danny said with a slight laugh as he then turned back to Zoey smiling. She was cute as ever just sitting there and even with her hurt lip which he realized wasn't there before. Danny didn't know how he missed it but he had for awhile till just now.

“You did great too but it seems something might have gotten by your bat.” Danny said jokingly as he pointed out her lip. “That didn't happen during the game did it? I just don't remember it being there... um..” Danny said till he paused himself, he hadn't planned on bring up there kiss just yet seeing as how she seemed to be avoiding him after it happened. “So what happened? Some upset Ravenclaw?” Danny said with a slight forced laugh while blushing a bit as he skipped over the subject of their kiss for now. He wanted to talk about it but not at the cost of her running off or making the conversation awkward just yet.

[zoeyshay]

Zoey smiled slightly, trying not to open the cut on her lip. Obviously, at the party, Danny hadn’t seen her because technically, she did come to it, even if she was near the stairs the whole time talking to a second year who was nursing her wound. “I came alright….Didn’t you see me?” she asked, a little amused as she tilted her head a little to the left. It would have been kinda funny that she saw him and he hadn’t seen her. Actually, it made her feel like a creep. She pushed that feeling back while keeping her smirk and looking into the flames. “So Mr. Prefect Danny’s also secretly stealing house elves’ jobs now, eh?” she laughed slightly looking at him. “I would have helped if I knew. Sorry.” She smiled slightly, feeling bad for both the house elves and Danny for picking up a mess that was made for him and the team.

Danny went on to saying how he sucked in the beginning and then the game onward. She laughed quietly. “Yeah, you were just like…lingering. It was weird….But you caught the Snitch, that’s all that counts.” She concluded nodding. It was true. It didn’t really matter how suckish you were in the beginning and middle because it wouldn’t be the beginning and middle if you caught the Snitch then. The ending was the crucial part. Zoey put her head down on her arms and looked his way as she felt the awkwardness and whatever that was keeping her from talking to him melt away.

Zoey laughed, covering her mouth because of the sharp but quick pain that came from smiling when Danny pointed out her busted lip. She shook her head and proudly replied, “Nothing got by me. I rocked.” She winked, showing that she was joking about (most of) her pride. She was proud though. If only her mother fully understood Quidditch so that she would understand how great Zoey was at the main wizard sport. Then she’d have someone to write letters from home about her games and how they won. Danny asked what happened, snapping her out of her thoughts and she shrugged. “You had two Bludgers coming toward you, so I had to turn really fast…Somehow my bat jerked backwards while in my hand and it caught my lip.” She smiled, blushing a little at her clumsiness. “Oh well, I’m fine” she smirked with one corner of her lips raised instead of the other hurt side. “I’d rather get hurt like something small than you get hurt by a huge Bludger. Those things hurt like hell.” She nodded, brushing a curl out of her face.

[Danny McKay G5]

“I guess not, I tried to find you but I kept getting surrounded by other students most of the time, so I must not have seen you. Sorry.” Danny said with a smile and not totally sure how he could have missed her but it was possible. For most of the party he was surrounded by a lot of the students and some of his own team talking about the game and how they won. “You should have come can saved me, I can't tell you how many first and second years kept screaming how we won around me.” Danny said with a laugh joking slightly but this did happen one or two times during the party. Danny smiled then laughed as Zoey commented on how he was trying to steal House elves jobs then said she would have help. “It's alright, I wasn't that tired when I was doing it so it gave me something better to do then toss around in bed.” He said with a slight laugh as he looked at the room again at all he had cleaned or left to be cleaned still.

Danny shrugged slightly as Zoey talking about his playing then looked over to her. “I guess your right but still, I'd rather I have been good the whole game. Not just at the middle and end but your right at least we won.” Danny said still wishing he had played better, even if they did win anyway. Maybe he if played better in the beginning then it would be one of the shortest games ever played in Hogwarts history. Danny laughed as Zoey said she rocked then winked, even if she was kidding she was right. She did a wonderful job as a beater, so far he hadn't been hit by anything with Zoey around. Danny listened as she explained how she hurt her lip and he started to feel a little bad, it was in his way his fault for her getting her at least in a small way.

“Sorry I'm such a popular target but I'm glad your okay. For a second there I thought you might be allergic to me.” Danny said laughing slightly then just smiled at Zoey. “ But if you want to go to the Hospital wing I can be your free pass there. Can't have you keep hiding that smile after all.”He added with a laugh . Zoey did have a cute smile and he could tell that the few times she tried to smile seemed to hurt her. Even if she said she was fine he still wanted her to go, partly because it was his fault in a way.