Starlight Star Bright; Bring My Love Tonight

[mortem]

[ISO: Ezra]

<sup>The time they had went shorter then they wanted it to be; after the Halloween Ball it seemed that time was completely bombarded with subject after subject; homework after class work. Adhara being a crow like she was; had absolutely no time to have a social life which to dislike… she wanted to start something between her and Ezra.

The two had been flirtatious and a bit in the liking but no matter what happened it never went far but only for a few moments. Seeing that the term was about to end and their time within head deep books were coming to an end; Adha sent Ezra a note through Bast to meet her at the astronomy tower for a ‘meeting’. Even though she was unsure of what to say; her stomach was starting to churn so much it felt like she was getting ready for a quidditch tournament.

She had changed her school clothing to a pair of simple black slacks and a black kimono shirt with a pair of silk shoes on her toes; she was happily wrapped in a winter cloak and her house scarf though the winter wind and snow was covering the whole desolate area.

The lawn and tower was like a winter wonderland; snow banks laid dormant on the ground untouched from any beings but even more; the moon was still able to peer through the snow clouds once in a while glittering her in a glare of light before continuing the snow fall that was light for the time being.

Why she had said for the ‘meeting’ to be on the tower… who knows but maybe it would set the mood. Set something between them…</sup>

[lattsyrck]

Sometimes it was a real burden being intelligent. Not only did Ezra have to complete all his NEWT level classes' homework...but then help Echo on anything she did not understand. After that there was Quidditch Practice, which Adha was thankfully at, but there was no quality time there as they flew through sleet and snow to perfect their skills. Therefore, when Ezra received the note from Adhara he was very near gleeful.

Being after hours now, Ezra reverted to his 'street clothes' instead of uniform as well. He wore a pair of loose, wrinkled, comfortable wider-legged jeans that had a hole in the right knee and the left pocket was torn half off. He loved these jeans. (Ezra would never wear classic straight leg or skin-tight fitted pants, nor super baggy so his boxers were showing. That was not the Ezra way and yes he wears boxers, never briefs.) With that he wore a random fitted red t-shirt, that had a black question mark on the front, as well as a plain black hoodie. Of course his feet were adorned in his well-worn Dr. marten boots.

Making his way over to the Astronomy tower was no trouble, like at least they were not meeting in the Kitchens or something! Yet, being inside the castle and in his haste Ezra had, for all his intelligence, neglected the fact that it was the middle of January in Scotland. As he stepped out onto the tower, seeing Adha in her nice warm cloak, Ezra mentally kicked himself bloody.

"Hey Adha!" He said, clearly happy and realizing that he felt rather relieved now that they had this perfectly undeterred free time together.

[mortem]

<sup>She had planted herself on a cleared edge of the tower; using her silk feet to get it that way, she sat onto the stones as she stuffed her toes under her to get feeling back into them. It was a stupid thing for her to do for not wearing something thicker but they matched the shirt and that was all that matters.

She kept turning over her shoulder to see if the door would actually open and ever few minutes she heard some door on the property open that made the same metal crunching noise; but still no Ezra. Soon after the moment she thought he was too busy; which would not matter if he was or not knowing that Echo needed him for a helping hand in work; she heard the door open which in return she turned for the last time.

Seeing the jeans of dying proportion and a somewhat fitting question marked shirt on him and to her liking doc boots; Adha smiled to him with a shake of her head knowing what he was thinking before he kept going on to what was up.

“Hey Ezra… aren’t you cold? ” she asked wondering if they should go into the tower instead of stand out side of it. It was a peaceful moment; the low hum and howl of the wind cutting through the tower walls was giving the effect as the slow slumber of snowflakes kept coming down.</sup>

[lattsyrck]

“Hey Ezra… aren’t you cold? ”

Ezra zipped up his black hoodie as he walked out towards Adha and shook his head with a smile. He gingerly sat next to her on the cleared space and it was nicer down here with the wall blocking the wind better. Plus, Quidditch had him rather used to such weather plus flying through sleet and snow, at the high speeds, was much worse.

"You doing alright?" Ezra asked, wanting terribly to catch up with her after the long stint of busyness.

It was rather appalling to him that he let it go like that. Not that they were really a couple yet, of course. Still, they seemed to be in this strange spot of getting to be more than friends...but not quite a couple yet. Ezra was not well equipped for such things, unlike Echo, so he just did not know how to read the signals well nor what was the right move.

Ezra did really, really like Adhara and he found her beautiful. He wanted to tell her he thought so, but he did not want to make a terrible mistake by doing so either. If he was misreading their relationship it could ruin it if he said something like that. Still, he did care about her and he felt bad for not knowing how she was doing outside of Quidditch, because he saw her progress there. He was unaware of how she was dealing with her older brothers being here since it had been several weeks now and things were leveling out. He hoped that they were not screwing with her and he had left her with no back up there. Trying not to jump to horrible conclusion, Ezra leaned on his bent up knees and turned his head to the right to watch Adha as she spoke.

[Calista]

As he asked how her time had been since they last saw each other she smiled timidly as she curled into her little ball.

"Oh I've been Alright; Been trying to get onto the pitch to get some practice but you know... school." she said silently between them. She felt his warmth next to her; she was happy at least he was not keeping a distant like some guys were.

"How about you? Hows the tutoring with Echo been?" She had always wondered what it would have been if she had a more loving brother or brothers. The other two seemed distant since after their time in Quidditch practice but still they were as evil as hawks were to mice. One was more then the other but that was always the case...

[lattsyrck]

Ezra nodded, fully understanding the bit about school. It was hard to keep up with everything. Nothing less, it certainly cut into one's social life. Ezra tensed a bit as a gust of wind swept past, seeing Adhara curl up a bit. Half smiling he instinctively scooted closer to her so their shoulders were touching. Suddenly he felt nervous, maybe a hint of butterflies in the tummy, and he felt he might say something stupid. Whether Adhara would take it as stupid was unknown to him, but he certainly felt ill at ease with the thoughts going through his head.

"How about you? Hows the tutoring with Echo been?"

"Oh, same...Tutoring Echo has been alright, she only needs help with two of our classes so I just proof read her stuff and all. Well, I help her train for Defense Against the Dark Arts as well so she can do it well...just in case, ya know."

Ezra shrugged a bit, feeling Adhara's arm against his. He chuckled a bit and readjusted his arms folded over his hands against his chest. For being a smart guy, he was a real idiot for forgetting his cloak. Ezra could feel his idiocy welling up and blurted out the first thing that came to his mind as he listened to Adhara's breathing next to him and feeling her warmth against him.

"I've really missed you, Adhara!"

His words strung together quickly, but clearly. Ezra was not good at expressing his feelings well to girls, besides his sister of course. In his head he was thinking how beautiful and fun and caring and intelligent Adhara was and how much he wanted to tell her that. Was it the right time? Was he reading this all wrong? Was he a total prat for thinking Adhara would be interested in him romantically?

[Calista]

<sup>She felt the warmth of her body curl inside as Adha felt the warmth from his body come closer to hers. Her cheeks were already a shade of tinted red from the cold air gusting around them but she wore a large cloak that was more like a big blanket. She unparted some that wrapped around her body and placed it on Ezra's shoulder as he told her of Echo's tutoring. She loved how he helped out his sister when in need; they were such a cute set of sibling.

As it went quiet for a moment in time and all she could hear was his breath and mother earths breathe; she almost jumped out of her skin when Ezra blurted out what seemed to be on his mind. Grabbing her heart that was in her palms; she gripped one of the edges as she looked past her lopping hair.

"I've missed you too..." she said timidly toward Echo but her eyes returned to the schools grounds. She did not notice how close she was to him but it felt like her body did it on its own... her head ended up on his shoulder. She felt his body heat through his sweater against her cold ears that even her hair could not keep warm.

She was stumped at words; her body was in a mix of unknown chemicals and it is what she thought was love... lust? She did not know. She never could go to someone and ask about it. So there she was sitting with a guy she liked... wondering... waiting. She started to say something but through the gusting air she went silent as the cold gust hit her teeth.

She was lost at words with him...</sup>

[lattsyrck]

((by the by...you mixed up typing in Echo and Ezra's names...hee hee. I thought I was dyslexic for a moment!!))

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"I've missed you too..."

Ezra grinned as he warmed from her cloak extending over him as well. He was glad he got through that but now the next step was in order. Ezra was struggling to figure out how to say what he wanted to say. This was not something he wanted to blurt out.

"I..." Ezra began, thinking about the things Echo was tutoring him in. It was not something he would tell anyone, of course, but in exchange for academic tutoring this year...Ezra wanted relationship and dating lessons from Echo. At least...what the bloody hell he was supposed to do when he liked a girl...and not ruin it all.

Echo had given him many ideas and suggestions for expressing his interest in a girl. Ezra, however, wanted to figure out what was good for him. He had no idea what was good or right or anything. Ezra had been working up the nerve to find his own way through this...and not scare Adhara away.

"I...I...Oh bloody hell" Ezra muttered to himself before finally grabbing Adhara firmly, but gently by her shoulders and turning so they faced each other. He moved his right hand up to brush her hair from her face, due to the gusts of wind up here, and with out a moment of hesitation leaned in and pressed his lips to hers for a moment before pulling back. His golden eyes, lit by the moon, watched Adhara for her reaction and inwardly he feared the worst.

[Calista]

((Sweet lord I’m getting bad at that. I’m messing up in character names (I use similar names and profiles) and then I got your two kins mess up… Gah! Excuse me for my mistake))
<sup>Her ears perked up as he stutter something out but was unable to grasp it… her mind went blank as she looked to him in wonder and was about to ask him ‘What’s wrong?’ though she already knew what he was going to say. Lust or love; whichever way you wanted to know it as had the same effects to everyone as it did to them.

As he muttered some understandable words and felt his hands on her body her whole body jumped and stiffed a little. Oh my… was all her mind thought before she felt his cool lips on hers that lasted only for a few seconds. She did not have enough time to close her eyes but as if she had blinked and was still as ever when he returned to his normal soft look.

If they were standing she would have tackled him but she only smiled softly as the redness of her cheeks became dark and her bodies heart fluttered into a fast pace. She laced her arms around his waist and rested her head on his chest and on the curve of his neck and shoulder.

She could hear Ezra's heart beat racing as fast as hers… it was if they were race horse after a run. She gave a small tight squeeze to his side but still did not move. She was comfortable and pleased…

She did not know what to say or how to say anything like she should without screwing something up so she did what felt necessary… and that was to snuggle with him. With her legs curled under her cloak and her arms around his body… she felt at peace. Something the school could never bring but through someone like him.</sup>

[lattsyrck]

((S'all good ^___~ ))

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Ezra was terrified for a full moment that he had made a horrible mistake and just ruined the second best person in his life. Yet, the fates surprised him this night. As Adhara slipped her arms around his waist and nestled in against him, her warmth all he'd ever need, Ezra nearly died. Joy and shock and all made him grin stupidly and he thanked his lucky stars that Adhara had her head against his chest, so she could not see. He gently settled his arms around her as well, a moment later once his mind caught up and grasped that this was real.

Being in such close proximity in the cold made Ezra all to aware of every part of contact they had. It was a pleasing thing, in an innocent sort of way, to be snuggled up like this. It was not an every day thing, after all. Ezra was so entranced in the sheer fact that he did not think this would ever happen...and yet here they were. Of course, Ezra had no good idea where to go from here but he would just go with the flow. He prayed to every god, goddess, or otherwise under the sun to let their relationship work and not be lost in the event that things did not work out. Ever the analyst, Ezra had the future in mind and closed his eyes for his silent moment of cosmic pleading.

Gently he rubbed the top of Adhara's arm, making sure she was warm enough, and finally opened his eyes again. Ezra had not discussed with Echo yet what one did at this point. Surely Echo had been in this situation a million times, give or take, so she would know. Ezra did not know if he should say something...or not. Brushing it off for all the protocol that it was, he was trying to realize he could not control everything and he could not have all the steps in mind before every situation.

[Calista]

<sup>Through the warmth of his body and the caring feeling he had within his mind Adha did not move nor protested away from him but thought of all of the things that had happened within the school together.

She felt foolish for wanting to say love so she only kept her head within the cradle of his shoulder and neck and curled in closer to him. Still fluttering with words in her head as he did with her… she opened her lips and spoke softly.

“What is it we feel… when we do not know what it is?”

She asked out of pondering next to his ear. She had some of her own weight on his as she still clung to his body but she had one of her hands firmly on the stone holding their weight together.</sup>

[Baisley Twins]

Ezra, being a Chaser since his 3rd year, was not at all scrawny. He was thin, yes, but toned for sure. He playfully, but gently, moved Adhara so she had to lean on him totally and chuckled as he put his arms around her comfortably, but loose enough that if she wanted to move that would not be a problem.

“What is it we feel… when we do not know what it is?”

Pondering her question, something he had hardly thought on deeply, Ezra let out a slow sigh. It was true, what she said. Love was a funny thing and seemed fickle with other kids at the school. Even Echo was fickle, dating a new guy every other month if not more. Ezra's parents had never once shown them love, only contempt and bitterness and at best aloofness. His grandparents showed them caring, but Ezra was unsure if it was love. He loved Echo, he knew that, and she was like his other half. But to be in love...that was something else entirely and not something he could read about or calculate.

"Good question, Adha..." Ezra intoned with a clear curiosity to his voice. "But think of it like this..." He began, speaking as the thoughts came for once, something more common of Echo than him. Ezra liked to think things through totally and then speak or do, but not tonight.

"In our case...well...we have been friends for a long time now and love each other that way, right? Just on a friend-level I care a lot about you, just like Echo cares about you...ya know? But then...over the past few months or year I came to see I felt more for you."

Somehow it felt alright saying all this out loud. He was embarassed that his words were coming out without being full thoughts first. He would be mortified at saying such deep feelings and truths if he had given himself time to think. But then again, this was Adha and he felt comfortable to tell her just about anything anyway.

"So...er..." Ezra tried to collect his thoughts, having to stop speaking for a moment thus.

"That's why I kissed you...and, well, I don't know what being in-love feels like but people say it's like nothing else. That you can't think, and you do and say stupid things, and want to protect that person and take care of them and make them happy. And that's how I feel about you...so I do love you and whatever that means does not really matter, right? We feel what we feel...and just...go with it..."

[Calista]

<sup>As Ezra adjusted Adhara so that they were closer; she did not move her head as the boy pondered and thought of an answer even she was unsure of how to answer. She listened intensively as he talked of what he thought in his own words about his mind.

She in took his words with all ears and feeling; it made her blush to know that they have been together like friends for so long but the feeling for something more was the same for the both of them. A star that she could not reach as they both moved the same time but never enough until now.

She nodded when needed and smiled deeply inside; her cheeks were in a blush enough to be noticed. Lifting her head up to see him eye to eye; a little glint of shine came from his as she could see herself through the windows of his soul…

Kissing him slowly it was a playful feeling coming from it as they sat at the top of the school looking down. Resting her head back onto his chest, she smiled again deeply inside as she squeezed him again.

“I hope this will last forever…”</sup>

[Baisley Twins]

As Adhara looked up at him, a penetrating gaze there, he noticed she had pinkened cheeks and he could feel she was warm so he knew it was not that she was cold, per se. A gentle smirk played on his lips and he was just about to make a witty comment, but Adhara beat him to the punch. Instead he enjoyed a soft kiss from her this time, smiling against her lips just as she pulled away. Then he stayed just as he was as she settled back into a comfortable snuggle against him, and he felt happiness welling up inside of him.

“I hope this will last forever…”

"mmhmm!" Ezra agreed whole heartedly.

Relishing in the fact that they had yet this year and the next before the real world beckoned, Ezra sighed comfortably. He did wonder what life after Hogwarts would bring. He had hopes of getting a job at the Ministry, though he had no idea what. He knew Echo had no clue at all but they had some time to think about it. He knew they each had inheritance coming from both sets of Grandparents, though their own parents negelcted them as if they were nonexistent. Ezra was far too used to that by now, so even the cool and aristocratic air of their grandparents was loving compared to the aloofness of their parents. In lieu of the inheritance, Ezra could travel like he wanted before he settled into a life of working and responsibility. There were a lot of places he wanted to see.

"Do you have any ideas about your career yet?"

He was unsure what people did whilst snuggling, but he figured he'd try to make conversation light enough. Ezra knew that come spring they would be going through Career Advising again to make sure their focus for 7th year was what they needed and just what they should stress in their academics.