Amid the flowers [Beth]

[christopher fredric weasley]

Earth Angel, Earth Angel,
Will you be mine?

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Chris had sat himself on top of an upside down flowerpot, it was huge and if he hadn't got other things on his mind it was probably the kind of thing he would have to wonder what would be grown in it. He liked to just come and sit and get surrounded by all the different kinds of flowers, it smelt wonderful and the people that usualy hung around in the greenhouse tended to be the kind that got a bit scared of Chris and avoided him so he got some alone time as well which was also good for him.

He'd told some little first year to go and find Bethany Dalton and tell her to head to him. He was fairly sure the little kid could find her as Beth was one of those people that you could ask someone 'have you seen..?' and they would either say 'yeah over there' or 'no but i hear she's..' because people tended to avoid her. Mainly because they thought she was a bit bitchy, which she could be but Chris didnt see her as a bitch, she was so much more.

How am i going to do this.. he wondered he didnt have a clue but it was something he had to do before it was too late and Beth left Hogwarts never to be seen again by Chris. Hmm.. well with her i think straight to the point would be best.. but i cant be that straight to the point he thought scratching his head and taking a big whiff of the aroma that surrounded the area. Maybe i should have got some Felix Felicis he thought to himself, he could do with all the luck he could get right now.

Love you all the time.

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Lyrics: Earth Angel - Marvin Berry & The Starlighters
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[bethany priscilla dalton]

what was with the sudden interest? would someone care to explain to beth exactly why there was a stupid little second year girl tapping on her shoulder and telling her to go down to the common room? why the hell did she want to talk to a fourth year boy that felt the need to talk to her. even so, bethany closed her copy of pride and prejudice and tucked it under her pillow, before making her way down the staircase and into the common room. there was the fourth year boy, as promised, who told her that there was a first year outside the common room that wanted to talk to her. what was going on!?

if she was sent off to talk to another person by the first year then she was definitely going back to the dormitory to carry on reading about the stuck up prick that was mr darcy. beth pushed her way through the portrait hole and would have punched the first year in the face if he hadn't finished his sentence as quickly as he had done. "you need to go to the greenhouses, weasley wants you." okay, so maybe she wouldn't go back to the dorm yet, but only because the person that wanted to talk to her was someone that she wouldn't mind talking to. all she had to do now was get her butt down into the grounds and find out what chris wanted.

upon her arrival at the herbology 'headquarters', she was greeted with the sight of christopher weasley sitting on a plantpot. what he wanted to talk about wasn't made any more apparent by his body language, or more obviously by anything that he said. "you sent for me," beth said to him, not wanting to leave an opportunity for an awkward silence between the two of them. he knew full well that he'd sent for her, and so she hadn't posed it as a question, but then you could never tell if somebody else had sent the first year and chris had known nothing of it.

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[christopher fredric weasley]

Earth Angel, Earth Angel,
Will you be mine?

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Chris stared down at the ground in front of him I dont have a clue what the hell I'm doing he realised and was tempted to get up and just go somewere different so if Beth did show up nobody was there and if she asked him he could say he knew nothing about it. No... that's cruel, she could be busy he thought, then he realised she might not even show up, maybe the kid wouldnt be able to find her or maybe she would be too busy to bother coming. It did sound a bit like what Beth would do, but then he heard her voice.

He smiled almost instantly but it faded again as he realised he still didnt have a clue what he was doing "Erm.. yeah, yep i did" he said scratching the back of his head, sure he could flirt with people and stuff be he didnt know how to do what he wanted to do. He'd not even asked Annie out.. they were already pretty much going out when he said they should make it official. Ok, even little weak nerds can do this, so for you this should be as easy as pie he thought standing up. "So.. i was thinking, why do you think it is that your so.. nice to me but not to others?" he asked. What am i doing i should have just gone out and said it he thought sighing inside, he just needed to gain up a bit more confidence, then he'd do it, or try and do it.. or at least think about trying.

Ok, Chris, think. he thought almost getting angry with himself. "And you smiled at me as well.. i mean its not unusual for people to smile but you rarely smile at people but you did at me and you looked amazing like usual but that's beside the point, the point is.. why?" he said, he was terrible at this and she was probably going to think he was insane or something. Maybe i can blame it on the fumes coming from the flowers and get some herbology nerd to say they make you act weird or something he thought, yeah.. if it all went belly up that's exactly what he would do.

Love you all the time.

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[bethany priscilla dalton]

"so what exactly did you want, i haven't got all day you know." perhaps she was slipping back into the beth that everybody knew rather than trying to stay in the one that chris knew. the only problem was that she couldn't afford to let it slip. as soon as she'd walked out of the corridor when they'd last met, she'd had to build those walls back up again and very quickly. by the time she had woken up, it had been as if they'd never been brought down in the first place.

"i think you've already figured out the answer to that one yourself chris. i'm nice to you because for some unknown reason, i trust you." why did she trust him? beth had no idea. they were both in slytherin and had both dyed their hair, and that was practically all they had in common. they're parents treated them both rather differently, and the company they kept was quite different too. perhaps it was the difference that built up that trust? why would that work? you trust people you can relate to, and you relate to people you have things in common with. it didn't make sense to her, but she was happy to have someone.

"is there somewhere you're going with this or are you just going to ask me a bunch of questions about the other night?" most people meant something a little more... intimate, when they referred to the other night, so it was a little strange for her to say that kind of thing so innocently. saying that, she hadn't ever been 'intimate' with anyone.

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[christopher fredric weasley]

Earth Angel, Earth Angel,
Will you be mine?

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Chris smiled at what she said, ok it was a bit sassy but he liked her attitude. Mind back in the room Chris he thought to himself, he scratched the back of his head. "I'm not sure how to say this so.. just give me a moment" he said thinking how he was going to do it, it was something he had to do or he'd be hitting himself mentally for years afterwards, it was one of those 'what if' things. Chris sighed slightly he wasnt sure if he was in way too deep here but he had to do it.

"and i trust you.." he stated he was wondering what he was going to do but he had an idea, he had to be upfront with it, he had to just get everything out there and let her react however she wanted, it didnt matter to him, well it did but he just needed to get it off his chest as it would eat him alive if he didnt and it would annoy him for ages and basically he just needed to get out with it before she left Hogwarts and he would never see her again, that wasnt something he wanted.

"Ok Beth.. your leaving Hogwarts soon and you'll probably get married to some prince charming and I'll probably never see you again except your brothers wedding.. but anyway.. im hardly the best guy out there.. I'm not exactly the worlds most goody two shoes and im not even a virgin and im scared of something stupid.. cats.. but if you can get past all that.." Chris said feeling himself get slightly warmer i hope to heck im not blushing he thought to himself taking in a deep breath before saying "then.. maybe.. you wouldnt mind.. dating me?". As soon as he had said that it was like a weight had been lifted from his chest, he liked her he realy did he'd thought at first maybe they had some weird friendship but he'd thought about it and almost joked at the thought of liking her but he began to realise he did and he wanted to date her and heck if her parents tried to put her in some arranged marriage he'd even fight for her.

Love you all the time.

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Lyrics: Earth Angel - Marvin Berry & The Starlighters
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[bethany priscilla dalton]

beth frowned at chris' reply. it didn't particularly reveal much and annoyed her in a way. if somebody was going to say something, she preferred them to just say it, rather than build up to it with a load of irrelevant rambling and then say it. there was no point in that, if you wanted something to happen or be done, then just say it for merlin's sake! "well i wouldn't recommend trusting me, it's not exactly the wisest decision." it was true! her family were always asking her things that she didn't want to reveal, and lying had become one of her strong suits. perhaps not an admirable trait, but it extremely useful. everybody lied, no matter how big or small a lie it was, and it had to be convincing or it was pointless.

she nodded as chris reminded her that she would be leaving hogwarts, which as of late she had been wondering if that was good or bad. four months ago she would have relished the thought of leaving, but now she wasn't so sure. she had met people that she would never have had the oppurtunity to meet without the castle. okay, so some of them weren't people that she got on with or wanted to see again outside of hogwarts, but there were some that she did get on with and did want to see again, chris for example. "and my wedding too." beth interupted as he mention only ever seeing her again at her brother's.

then he came out with it. that certainly wasn't what she had been expecting, but then again, what had she expected? he was scared of cats, that was slightly weird, but then beth wasn't particularly a cat person so it didn't really bother her. then again, she wasn't a dog person either. she didn't expect him to be a virgin, nor a goody two shoes, but she didn't want him to be that either. beth didn't like paying attention to the rules, even the ones that she enforced upon herself. "err... okay. i mean sure, i'd love to," she replied with a smile, shaking off the awkwardness that had grabbed her voicebox towards the beginning of the sentence.

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[christopher fredric weasley]

Earth Angel, Earth Angel,
Will you be mine?

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Chris smiled at her "I'm not exactly the wisest person" he commented, he'd always do idiotic things, heck he was doing one right now, asking a girl who for all he knew could end up getting married to someone within the month, he couldnt just let her walk out of his life without at least trying so this was what he was doing, trying to get the girl that to be completely honest he would have one hell of a time to keep, what with her family, all the ones he had met were ok and he was a good friend of Josh's but how would they react to him dating her, then there was the arranged marriage thing and then there was the fact that Chris honestly didnt have a clue how fast a real relationship was meant to go, his and Annie's had gone fast and that had flopped so he'd probably just let Beth control the speed as she seemed to be the smarter out of them both..

"err.. yeah your wedding" Chris said scratching the back of his neck, he didnt think he'd be able to just stay quiet and watch Beth get married, even if she didnt want him.. he'd probably just say he was unwell and couldnt make it or something. He didnt like the thought of anyone getting married to someone they didnt love let alone someone he cared about. He knew josh and Jas were perfect together so he'd let that marriage go ahead but Beth.. well he couldnt see her with anyone, but him.

Chris had by this point convinced to himself that Beth would either say no or presume he was joking or something, he figured he could pull it off as a joke if she thought it was one but if she said no he'd just .. ok he wasnt sure what he'd do but he was quickly searching for something he could do so he wouldnt seem like it hurt. Then she said it, at first he almost didnt realise what she had said, he sat there just watching her for a moment untill it sunk in. ".. seriously!?" he said then suddenly jumped up from where he sat, he wanted to just kiss her there and then.. but he wasnt sure if that would have been weird for her so he just wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "honestly.. i thought you'd say no.." he admitted, he was over the moon she hadn't but he had convinced himself she was going to say no so he didnt even know how to react or what to do with himself.

He let her go slightly and looked into her eyes smiling, she looked more stunning then ever and he suddenly realised he'd fight to keep her. "... you know.. maybe i should tell your brother about us.." he said, the more obstacles he could get out of the way the sooner the better, he felt maybe if he told Josh it wouldnt seem as much like Chris was going behind his back then if Beth told him. Chris liked josh, he was an ok guy but he had a feeling the reaction wouldnt be pretty, Josh did seem protective. "hmm.. you know.. when i meet your parents there probably going to want to kill me" he said with a laugh not that there was anything they could do obviously, Chris wasnt going anywhere for a while.

Love you all the time.

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[bethany priscilla dalton]

"point taken." beth didn't like how there was apparently a difference between clever and wise. maybe it was when you were too old to be called a geek because you're clever that the term changed to wise, because as far as beth was aware, only old people were wise. "not that i intend to show up." well wasn't that amusing, not turning up to your own wedding. the look on her mother's face when she would ask her what the hell she was playing at. 'my wedding? oh dear, i forgot about that. what am i like?'

"yeah, seriously." he was really that happy? it made beth feel a little bad that she wasn't as ecstatic as he was, but then she'd never been one to be over the moon about much. when your parents were deciding everything that happened in your life, you gave up on hopes and dreams, and for her that meant her typical storybook romance and escaping from the tyrants that were the adult daltons. "well i'm full of surprises." it didn't make much sense to her why he would ask her if he was so sure that she would decline, but she was glad that he had all the same.

"he'll be fine with it, or at least he should be. 'i'd rather you date chris than that trevor child' i quote." she had it in writing and everything, so she would certainly hold that against josh if he freaked out about it all. she doubted he would, he was more than aware that it wouldn't make any difference to her, as she had made very clear in that series of letters. if that failed, she could tell him he's turning into their parents by trying to determine her life. "pfft, you've got another thought coming if you think you're meeting my parents, they'll blow you up on the spot!" it may have sounded like she was joking, but she was deadly serious. if he turned up, it would completely ruin there marriage plans, but then neither them or chris knew that she wasn't going back home. she'd tell him a little later.

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[christopher fredric weasley]

Earth Angel, Earth Angel,
Will you be mine?

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"well if you dont plan on turning up, your welcome to spend the day with me" he said with a smile "Obviously you'll have to wear the dress.. dont want a wedding dress to go to waist" he joked with a smile, he was fairly sure she'd look amazing in a wedding dress, the only way he wanted to see her in a wedding dress soon though was if she did decide to miss the wedding and spend the day with him. "Although i would like to see the look on your parents face when you dont show up.." he said tilting his head slightly.. "Maybe we could like.. look through a window or something as they all panic" he suggested with a laugh, sounded kinda fun actually.

"I'll make sure you wont regret it.. well, you can have anything you like from my fathers shop for free now, that's worth it at least isn't it?" he joked, well obviously he'd get her anything she wanted from the shop for free even if his dad was like 'you need to at least pay a little bit or we'll end up broke' if that occurred Chris would just give his father his own money.

"He should be fine with it.. if he isnt I'll go to Jas.. she'll at least tell him off and then it'll all be ok" Chris said with a smile he was fairly sure Jas would tease him for ages when she'd find out about Chris and Beth but after that she would most likely think they were a cute couple or something, he wasnt sure exactly but he was fairly sure this one time Jas would side with him over Josh. "Well.. you have a good point, your welcome to meet my parents though, worst things they'll do is my mom will call you too thin and try to force plates of cake and stuff on you and my dad will.. well he'd probably blow up the cake or something silly" Chris said, that did sound like his parents, his mother being a realy nice woman who made realy nice food and his dad being.. an idiot.

Love you all the time.

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[bethany priscilla dalton]

"then spend the day with you i shall." whether he'd offered or not, she probably would have done, or else locked herself away in her temporary hogsmeade apartment and carried on with her escape plans. "then i guess i should probably start looking for a wedding dress." after all, it couldn't go to waste if she didn't have one, despite the fact that she'd been itching to search through her wardrobe and the shops for a dress, even if she didn't intend to wear it. "i'm not so sure, they'll probably end up finding us and i'll end up married."

it was a really nice offer of him, but not one that beth felt much need for. she had too much money to count gathering dust in the family vault at gringotts, and the sort of items sold in weasleys wizard wheezes weren't the type she often shopped for. clothes, shoes, bags, accessories, but very rarely fake dog poo or whoopee cushions. what should she say? nothing, that was probably best. she smiled to acknowledge having heard him, but she didn't want to say anything for risk of offending him.

"he'll yell, i'll tell him to grow up, he'll sulk, and within a week or so he'll be fine with it. he doesn't actually have a choice." it was almost routine when beth decided something, whether it be that she was going to have the last caramel chocolate and he'd have the orange creme chocolate, since beth thought that the only fruit that should ever mix with chocolate was strawberries, or something more serious like this occasion. "and they're not going to be the slightest bit worried about having me in the house? i'm sure your sister's had plenty to complain about."

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[christopher fredric weasley]

Earth Angel, Earth Angel,
Will you be mine?

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Chris smiled he was already looking forward to the day.. slightly. What if she couldnt meet up with him on the day, what if she was guarded so heavily she had to go to the wedding and then the ceremony would start, what the hell would Chris do.. what the hell would Beth want him to do. The thoughts were already starting to pile up in his head, he pushed all of them to one side to think of one thing, Beth in her wedding dress. Every woman seemed to look beautiful in a wedding dress, like some princess from some story. Chris already found Beth stunning and she was just in her normal clothes. "Yeah you find that dress" Chris said with a smile, he wouldnt let it go to waist.. he wasnt saying he was going to marry her or anything that would be way to soon of a decision, he was just going to make sure they had one hell of a time.. doing whatever. "Yeah.. i guess we could just get a pensieve and watch Josh's memories of it or something" Chris said with a smile, he could just imagine all there faces now.

Chris laughed as Beth said nothing about the shop. "You can tell me to get lost you know" he joked he knew joke stuff wasnt her exact thing, she was a girl with class, she probably liked dresses and.. well posh rich things that being a Weasley you just didnt realy get. "I know your more of a classy girl who doesn't want joke stuff like.. hats that make your head go invisible" Chris told her, his mom would probably love her, it was probably hard enough for his mom to cope with Chris and his father so if she teamed up with Beth both of them would probably behave a bit better.

"So josh isn't a problem.. your parents seem to be the main problem" Chris said scratching the back of his neck. "Why would they be worried about having you in the house, my mom would probably think your amazing and your going to be a great influence on me and teach me to become a classy gentleman, instead of.. blowing stuff up and making a mess with my dad.. my sister will probably also be grateful your distracting me from annoying her" Chris said with a nod, his family was a very welcoming family and he could imagine Beth easily fitting in if she wanted to. His mother liked dressing up.. maybe all girls did so at least his mother would be other the moon he found himself a girl from some rich family that's classy and has manners.. even if Beth could be a bit of a bitch according to everyone, to him she was just Beth and he wouldnt change her for the world, plus owning the world would be a huge responsibility, something Chris honestly isn't that good at.

Love you all the time.

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