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What a lovely way to spend the afternoon, sequestered at a small table in the back of the basically empty library, books spread all around himself, his trusty, musty companions!

"Hrmph!" Yeah, Godfrey didn't think so either, but once again he was holed up in the library with his transiguration homework and related texts spread out before him, miserably looking through tomes to try and figure out if there was a different technique of some sort that would make turning mammals into inatimate objects any easier. He thought, this time, that he should be able to actually do it. He'd conquered ravens into goblets, after all! But all his efforts in class today were fruitless as usual, thanks again to his wand. He squinted his eyes at it as he slumped down, resting his chin on the table.

Tell me your secrets, wand, and I'll polish you EXTRA hard tonight!

Godfrey giggled quietly to himself, looking around reflexively to whisper his thougt to Josh. Oh.....right. Godfrey sighed again, reaching to pull a book forward and stand the pages open in front of himself. A face pushed out from the page, dips and curves defined by the sentences, and Godfrey commenced to goof off boredly making faces at it rather than read it. Every time he made a face the book would copy, it was supposed to relieve stress to make the reading easier.

"Bleeeeehhhh" Godfrey wrinkled his nose and stuck out his tongue, waggling it obnoxiously, changing to giving himself a pig nose and crossing his eyes, all of which the book copied before settling back into a vague smile.

"Ugh....." Godfrey sighed for the third time, but unexpectedly yawned, the book copying, but the moment Godfrey's eyes closed it waggled out a long tongue and wriggled it in front of his face.

"Knock it off!" Godfrey hissed in admonishment, slamming the book shut to the displeasure of the face, whose tongue flailed about and smacked Godfrey good upside the head before returning into the pages, the book's magic settling.

"Ow, dumb book." Godfrey pushed it to the opposite corner of the table and rubbed the side of his head. Moments later his forehead made contact with the tabletop as he slumped forward. He sniffled slightly and tugged lightly and repeatedly at his right ear, trying to stop feeling so miserable. Stupid book, stupid transfiguration!

"Who needs to change raccoons into pillow cushions anyways? So stupid." Godfrey grumbled to himself, lips brushing the tabletop and his nose breathing in the pleasant wood odor. His ears twitched at the approach of footsteps and he looked up, mouth pulled down into a frown.

"Oh, hi Danny." Godfrey sat up straighter, his expression turning friendly neutral and attempted to neaten his things. He hated how he was moping over something or he other lately- though it was usually about homework. He was trying to be better for his other friends and appreciate them more. But his dorm mates especially didn't deserve to have him moping about all the time.

"Need something?" Godfrey inquired, sitting back in the chair and stretching with his fists planted in his lap. He felt something in his knee pop when he straightened out his legs for a stretch too. Mmm, much better!

Godfrey squinted his eyes somewhat and blinked, tilting his head a little before leaning forward to sniff at the fudge.

"Yeah well....I haven't jumped off of the astronomy tower yet. Transfiguration isn't THAT bad." Godfrey sat back with a smile and took the fudge, unknowingly echoing Danny's thoughts. "Thanks this is just what I needed! You want to have some with me?"

Better to take a break for a bit, maybe just stalk McGonagle after dinner so she would share her secrets. Godfrey cleared off the chair next to himself first, before carefully opening the wrapping and pulling out an inch thick piece of fudge. He sniffed it again before taking a bite out of the corner and rolling it along his tongue.

"Wow, hey! This is really good!" Godfrey exclaimed, staring down at the fudge before taking another bite. He smiled at Danny teasingly. "Not so sure I wanna share now!"

"Oh yeah? Well now that you've told me where your stash is, I know where to get more when I run out." Godfrey stuck out his tongue before eating the rest of the piece. He swung his feet absently back and forth, lifting his feet so they wouldn't touch the ground. He finished his snack by licking his fingers and absently wiped them on his pants, sticky chocolate fingers were gross!

"I had my fingers crossed when they had us say it. My sister is in Slytherin, you know." What would life have been like if he had been sorted into slytherin instead? Probably rather boring with Adela hanging about all the time. And some slytherins were rather creepy. Also, he wasn't a mole and didnt like sleeping underground!

"Oh yeah! I was planning to go to that, I think lots of others are going too and was going to ask them if they wanted to go together. Movies aren't fun by yourself."

Godfrey nodded, thinking about who all might want to go. Drake maybe, and Hugo.... "So you want to come with? I always sneak in cookies because I dont like most theatre food. Greasy popcorn, bleh!"

He shook his head and made a face. If he could sneak in fresh popcorn he would, but it tended to crunch and slip out of his hiding places.

"Huh?" It took a few seconds for Danny's words to get though his fuzzy skull, and when they did, a flush crept up his neck and cheeks.

Danny was asking him out? Godfrey really didn't know what to say. When he and Josh had gone out, they had already been kissing and messing about as 'just friends,' but he didn't know much about Danny. He knew logically Josh wouldn't be the only person he would ever kiss.

"Um....."Godfrey's mind raced as another few seconds went by. If he went out with Danny, would he just be trying to replace Josh? He still considered Josh his best friend, and hadn't been looking to replace that always empty spot next to himself.

But it wasnt like he really would be trying to replace Josh. Danny was a different boy- minus a few similarities like sharing a dorm. He probably didn't trip over himself like Josh, or suck at wand waving, or wear ripped pants because they were comfy and he couldnt afford to replace them, or have to stay over at his house because of his step-dad again, or make Godfrey's family laugh with some goofy thing he said.....

Would probably freak the first time Godfrey dug his fingernails into his back like claws and clung to him, all sharpness of body and teeth.

Oh ********, he didn't want to cry, the last thing someone would want when you asked them out was for the intended to burst into tears and run off. Godfrey did his best to shove down his here-and-there teenage emotions, his ears folding down against his head. Seconds had passed by before Godfrey opened his mouth again.

"Okay." He said, glancing down at his lap and fidgeting with his fingers. His curled pose wasn't resigned or uncomfortable, but nervous. He didn't feel as if it were fair to Danny to have to put up with him while he was being so weird. Danny was cute but he had always been too busy with Josh to really pay attention to others like that. He didn't know much about Danny at all, but wasn't that what dating was for? He had to try dating other people sometime, might as well go out with someone whom he thought was cute and who liked him. And you didnt have to LOVE someone to go out with them. He told himself that fiercely.

"Are you sure?" He blurted, conflicted. "Sure you want to go out with me? I mean... it'd be kind of weird.... I mean I'm kind of weird."

Oh Merlin, why couldn't he have just said yes and worried about it later? He was probably just going to scare Danny off now, after he'd gone to the trouble to give him a present and ask him out all proper like.

Godfrey fidgeted a little in his seat before smiling up at Danny, connecting eyes briefly before looking away, ears still flat to his hair.

"I can do slow, and ice cream." Slow was good, perfect really. Godfrey let out a breath of relief. Slow gave enough time to think about things. And to try not to think about others. He looked up at Danny again, trying not to fidget and wondering what to do next.

"Um.... since you're here....you wouldn't be able to help me with my transfig homework, would you?" He looked at his books and back to Danny, eyes widening with hopefulness.