Basking

[astoria greengrass]

A million things raced through Astoria's head all at once, and she lifted a hand to her had to see if that would help. It didn't. She wouldn't say no, of course, but she wasn't sure what, exactly, he was asking. Butterbeer was more friendly, tea was more... date-ly. But he couldn't be asking her on a date, he was Graham Pritchard...

"That would be lovely," She heard herself say, trying to pass off her hand lifting to her fingers taking out the hair tie she'd used not long before,

[graham pritchard]

True, Graham didn't usually ask girls to tea, it was more of a date thing, which Graham didn't usually do either. But tea was more intimate than Butterbeer and if they were going to have a chance to talk like they had today it was safer to go with tea. He wasn't sure if he wanted it to be more or not yet. He liked Astoria, a lot, but more than a friend he wasn't sure yet. After all he didn't know her as well as he'd like to. Only time would tell. Graham offered another smile glad she'd agreed to go.

[astoria greengrass]

But he knew she had a crush on him, didn't he? It was painfully obvious, he must have! However, Astoria very much wanted to go, and depriving herself of that seemed foolish. "We could exchange books - read before and discuss then?" She offered, if only to make herself more comfortable when all of this came to fruition.

[graham pritchard]

"Fine idea." Graham nodded. He was almost finished with the one he read at night anyway so he could lend that one to her. "I'll get the one I've been reading to you tomorrow or the next day if that is okay?" He wasn't sure which, however fast he finished it and that depended on a number of things.

[astoria greengrass]

"That's fine," Astoria nodded. She was a fast reader, anyway. "Did you want that which we've read today, or something else?" She asked, since she most always had one or two on the go.

[graham pritchard]

"Depends on what else you've got handy." Graham didn't mind reading what they had today but if she had something a little less... feminine, Graham was all for that. Avoid more harassment at least.

[astoria greengrass]

"I'll find something" Astoria assured, "I'm already ruining your reputation by forcing you to read in front of people, with the time crunch, it has to be something good."

[graham pritchard]

Not many people had the guts to say anything to his face, but it was still a risk. "It's alright. I'm not too worried about it." Graham assured her. He'd do something vile to compensate for it if need be.

[astoria greengrass]

"I am" Astoria told him. He had explained why he did things the way he did, and she respected that.

[graham pritchard]

"No need." Graham reassured her. "I'll take care of any problems that might arise."

[astoria greengrass]

"I'd rather if you didn't have to... ah... take care of it," Astoria pointed out, because in all honesty, she had a feeling his taking care of things would be about beating people.

[graham pritchard]

"Then I'll just be secretive about it, to the best of my ability." Graham offered. Astoria's suspicions were correct. If someone was running their mouth too much Graham would shut if for them.

[astoria greengrass]

"Or I could take the preventative measure of finding a feasibly manly book" Astoria reiterated.

[graham pritchard]

Graham shurgged. "That could work too." Either way was good with him. He didn't mind reminding people why they shouldn't mess with him.

[astoria greengrass]

She wasn't opposed to watching him show his physical power - on the contrary, she was entranced by the way he moved - but Astoria didn't want anyone getting injured, it was her nature. "Thank you" She smiled, feeling like she'd won a tiny battle, at the very least.