gummy brains... because, food. (kieran)

She almost dropped the gummy brains. To be completely honest that probably wouldn't have been a tragedy. It wasn't like Jessica didn't know where to get more. But the gummy candy didn't seem as important now that she noticed who had come up beside her. Jessica's face immediately lit up. How could it not? They'd had a rough year last year but things seemed to be going fine now between her and Kieran. There almost always seemed to be something in the way, but for the moment, they were making this work and it was an absolute relief. Jess hated to argue, but for some reason the two just pushed each others buttons on a seemingly regular basis. Jessica was hoping that they could stop doing that. It was working well so far, anyway. They just had to keep this up. They were just too much alike sometimes. Naturally flirty and neither of them wanted to see the other flirt with someone else. Jessica had been doing her best to consciously not flirt with anyone. It was difficult because she didn't always realize it was happening.

“Oh I think my boyfriend was a little busy.” She smiled at him. There was a time when that accent had annoyed her, but it had quickly grown on her. It was different, unique. And it was just something else about him that she could love. She knew that sounded highly gushy, but she couldn't really help it. They were having a good, mostly smooth, relationship right now. Almost everything she thought about was just a tad on the slightly over-romantic side. And why shouldn't it be? They were finally together for a decent period of time... so far. It was one of those things that people just needed to be romantic over. “I don't know. I'm pretty dedicated to this guy named Kieran. You may have heard of him. He's a big shot on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team.” She gave him a flirty smile. It was just so easy when they could be theirselves like this.

Jessi watched as Kieran laid down the towel, her feet moving up and down in the water to make a few ripples on the surface. She wished the weather would stay this nice. Maybe if the cold didn't come she and Kieran could just stay outside all the time. But she knew winter wouldn't stay away forever. Sooner or later it would start to snow. She liked that it was pretty the first few days, but then it just got dull. Maybe she could convince Kieran to sneak into the Ravenclaw Common rooms in the winter. That probably wasn't the best thought to be having right now though.

When he asked if she was skipping class she held up he book opened to the page for Wolfsbane Potion. Kieran was one of the very few people she would actually talk about her condition with. “I want to learn how to make it flawlessly.” She said, before closing the book and setting it aside. Her attention was going to be focused on him. No books or classes. “Don't you dare think you're ruining anything.” She wrapped her arms around him and placed a light kiss on his lips before standing up. “I really needed a distraction.” She said, smiling and sliding her shorts and top off to reveal a teal colored two piece swim suit. “I think we should go for a swim. It's not going to be warm forever.”

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Jessica couldn't help but laugh. She had really missed their playful moments during the time that they'd been apart. She really hoped they wouldn't have to go through being apart again. She knew they were going to have arguments. There was no way to be in a relationship and not have an argument here or there. But she hoped that they'd be able to just work through them. She continued laughing as he pretended to not know who Kieran was. If she had any questions about his sanity, she might have been worried, but she was sure this was just them having some fun. The fake lightbulb almost literally popped over his head as he pretended to just now connect the dots. Another laugh escaped her lips. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately, now that they were back together and everything seemed fine for the moment.

“Oh yes, very badass. And protective. And incredibly attractive. I haven't heard anything about his girlfriend though. Except that she has this really weird disease that takes over at the full moon. I bet she's crazy.” She made her eyes go a little wide, as if she was sharing some big secret that not everyone knew. In reality, she knew that just about everyone in school knew, or at least guessed, what she was. That wasn't always a good thing, but she had to admit that it had it's advantages. She had let it slip to Kieran's former flame that the Wolfsbane Potion didn't affect her like it should. She may have exaggerated a little bit, but for the most part it was true. Jessica still had a problem keeping her humanity most of the time while she wasn't completely human. But she might have said that she's a little more crazy than she really was.

The blonde Ravenclaw gave her boyfriend a smile. Of course that's what he would think of when she said distraction. She really couldn't deny that that did seem like a fantastic alternative. As soon as she had realized what he thought their distraction should be, she could feel her desire for the water fade. But it quickly came back when she realized that they had the entire year for the other kind of distraction. Hell, if she could get him to sneak into Ravenclaw, or even get into the Room of Requirement for the night, they'd be set for that pretty soon anyway.

“Come on, Kier.” She put her hands on her waist as if to emphasis her body. She was actually pretty confident with her body. Not overly confident, like how some girls got annoying with it, but just confident enough that she knew Kieran wanted her. “How often do you get to see me dressed like this?” She made her voice joking. He would get to see her in even less than that, but she liked to think he liked seeing her this way too.

She was a little late running to the water. Her eyes caught his rear end and she was paralyzed for just a minute. Suddenly she was very self-conscious of the yellow bruise on her they from the last full moon. But she recovered quickly and ran in after him. He beat her, of course. She felt like she had no perks from the whole werewolf thing (aside from scaring her boyfriend's ex half to death). As soon as she got near him she jumped, pushing him under the water for a brief moment and laughing when her head came back to the surface again. “Now see? This is fun too.” She went under the water again and came up with a mouthful of the lake, which she wasn't worried about because she was sure as a werewolf there had been worse things that she'd eaten, and spit it in his face before turning and swimming away.

Kieran knew just want to say to make Jessi's cheeks turn bright pink. She used to be a little self-conscious about her curves. She had never been the twig thin that a lot of girls seemed to think was the most attractive shape one of them could have. And she was never going to be able to be beautiful exactly. She was always covered in bruises and scrapes, maybe a few small scars. But none of that seemed to matter to this boy. That was one of the things she loved about him. He accepted her for who she was. All of her. He didn't mind that she was a werewolf (in fact she thought he rather enjoyed that about her, for reasons she didn't really understand). He didn't care if she had marks all over her body after shifting. He liked her curves. She felt so lucky that they were together.

She was having so much fun. For once they weren't arguing at all. She didn't feel like their relationship was in any danger of ending. And she hoped they wouldn't get to that point. But maybe she should lighten up on the playful abuse. She hoped he knew she was only teasing him. She didn't want him to think she was intentionally being mean or anything. “I know I'm very lucky,” she said with a smile before she took off. Jess was a pretty good swimmer, but she hadn't intentionally tried to out swim him. But she guessed she was a little faster than him than she'd thought. That was completely fine with her. It was nice that she had some sort of advantage. He had flying and Quidditch on his side. Jess wasn't on the teams at all, but she was a Prefect, so she had a few good things going for her.

Jess slowed down just a little and Kieran caught up to her. She hadn't expected him to pull on her leg though. That was completely fine with her. She fought for just a little while, only playfully, of course. She wasn't really trying to get away. That would have been insane. Why would she run from Kieran? Sure, they'd had their differences in the past, but they were moving forward now. So she settled down and wrapped her arms around her boyfriend's shoulders. “Just having a little fun.” She placed a light kiss on his lips. He was absolutely perfect for her. She moved her feet around and searched for the bottom of the lake, which she just barely found – luckily they weren't too far from the land yet. She moved one of her hands to her face and wiped the water and hair away from her eyes. “I don't think I thought this all the way through,” she said with a laugh. “I'm sure I look like a wet mouse now.”

Days didn't get much better than this. Great weather, cool water, and an amazing boyfriend. She felt completely secure in his arms. What more could she have wanted? It would have been nice if they could stop breaking up, but right now things were fine. She couldn't ask for any more. It was as if he'd read her mind. Staying right there forever. Just like they were. “Sounds like a good idea to me.” And it really did. She couldn't think of anything else she would rather be doing. Her relationship with Kieran was the only thing she wanted to worry about. Of course there were other things to worry about, like trying to get a job at St. Mungo's after she graduated so she could find a cure for being a werewolf. That was a big concern. She wanted so badly to be normal. But right now she didn't even want to think about that. She didn't want to study. She just wanted to be with Kieran. Which was lucky for her, since that was exactly where she was.

She felt her cheeks turn red at the compliment. Jessica should have been used to them by now, he did it all the time and she did get the occasional compliment from other guys. It was just that she really wanted Kieran to think that about her. He was the person she wanted to be with so she wanted to make him happy. “You're biased.” Well, she thought he was anyway. How could anyone really thing she was pretty with that big bruise on her leg? She usually had things like that covered up if she could help it. The shorts had covered it up pretty well, but the bikini most certainly did not.

Jess felt a smirk pull at her lips. She looked around just to make sure that they were, in fact, alone. Jessica didn't really think he was lying, but it felt like she could never be absolutely sure when they were at school. The weather was nice and it was just strange that no one was around. “It looks like you're right, we are alone.” She made a show of looking down at herself at the comment on her swimwear. It didn't exactly leave a whole lot to the imagination, but it covered the parts that needed to be covered. And Jess thought it was a pretty color too. “I thought you might like it. You don't think it's too revealing? Or is that what you like about it?” The little pecks on the lips just weren't doing it for her. Well what could someone expect? They were half naked and in water. She ran one of her hands down his chest and back up again, wrapping her arms around his shoulders so she could hold herself closer. “Someone seems to be in a certain mood,” she smirked and pressed her lips to his, lingering a little while. “And I have to say, I find the entire situation just a little tempting.” Her lips found his again, proving she was definitely not lying.

It was as though she could feel his eyes on her, and she was never entirely sure how she felt about that. Nice, she supposed, that he wanted to look at her. It was a good feeling that he found her desirable enough to keep looking at her. But it was also a little awkward. Even though she was a naturally flirtatious woman, Jessica wasn't exactly sure how to respond to attention like this. She had never really had any serious relationships. There had been the few ones that lasted for a few weeks, but that was the extent of her knowledge on long-term relationships. This one with Kieran was the longest one she'd ever have, even if they did keep breaking it off and getting back together. In all fairness, she probably wouldn't have felt as weird if she had more clothes on. She wasn't ashamed of her body, exactly, but she did hate that after the full moon it came back to her all marked up. It didn't help that when she had started school she had felt judged (and still did sometimes) by the eyes that landed on her because of what she was. She knew everyone would put two and two together. Her father was a sadistic werewolf. So, naturally, if she hadn't been born a werewolf he would have made her one. Jessica didn't think someone could actually be born a werewolf, since she didn't know of any case like that, but she knew that the disorder had to come from somewhere. Someone had to have been the first werewolf, and how did that happen if they hadn't just been born genetically altered?

Questions to ponder over another time. For the moment she was being told not to talk badly about herself. She might have just shrugged it off if he hadn't looked so intent that he get his message across. She didn't think she had ever seen him so serious. Jess thought for a moment that she should take him to the Hospital Wing because she didn't think he'd be that serious if he wasn't sick. She had been smiling, but it didn't feel like she was supposed to right now. “I'm not belittling myself. I just... was pointing out that wet is probably not the best look for me.” She smiled again, trying to lighten the mood. Jessica wasn't insane; she knew she was pretty. But she also knew there were other girls who were a lot prettier than she was. They had better curves or thinner frames or where more athletic, looking. Her body was toned because she tried to keep in shape so the change her body made every full moon wouldn't be complete torture, but she couldn't compete with everyone else.

Another smile pulled at her lips. It was good to know that he went just as crazy when guys looked at her (even if she sometimes thought they were looking at her more out of curiosity and fear than desire) as she went knowing that girls were very attracted to him. It felt like she had so much competition and she wasn't exactly thrilled about it. Everyone seemed to want a piece of Kieran and Jess was just not sharing. “Well then just think about how I feel when I hear all those nasty rumors.” They were a problem. A big one. Jessica ignored most of them, but after so long there was just nothing she could do about it. They would bombard her until she faced them, until she would confront Kieran and throw everything out of balance. And the entire time she knew she was being played by pranksters or people who just wanted to date her boyfriend. But could she stop? Of course not. There was only so much that Jess could handle. “But if I use curses there wouldn't be any women left in the school.” Jess laughed. It was fine to talk about it now when they didn't have anything dramatic going on. Besides, at least that way he would know that she hated when girls looked at him just as much as he hated when guys looked at her.

Those words. She would do just about anything to hear him say (and mean) those words. Well, anything within reason. She wasn't going to change herself over it, but she knew she wouldn't have to go that far anyway. “I love you, too.” They had themselves the perfect little Kodak moment going on. It was times like these when Jessica wondered why they got so worked up and broke up over usually small things. She felt his lips touch her shoulder, which wasn't exactly where she would have expected. She gave a laugh at his next comment. Yes, they were half naked. It about summed up their current situation. “I like this swim suit. I could have gotten a one piece, you know. That would show a lot less skin.” Her voice was teasing to distract her from the fact that they did have a lot of skin currently touching. It wasn't like she hadn't had sex with Kieran before, it was just that she was still a school prefect and while she didn't mind breaking the rules here or there, she wasn't sure a lake was the best place to be this close. But she really couldn't seem to help herself. She wanted to be as close to Kieran as physically possible. She had to mentally tell herself to breathe. And then they were kissing again. Her arms wrapped around him tighter. He was all she needed right now. One of her hands snaked its way into his hair and her mouth found its way to his jaw and then his neck before making its way back up to his lips. If she hadn't needed air she might have never stopped. But she reluctantly pulled away and let her hand move down to his chest. “I don't think we're going to get much swimming done.” Her words were spoken in between breaths. Any thought she had before about studying her potions book were long gone with Kieran there.