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“Open it.” I take the bag from him and pull the handles apart to look inside.
“How did you know?” I pull out the Harry Potter Hufflepuff slippers.
“I did my homework and read up on it. As soon as I read the description, I knew you had to be this puff thing.”
I drop the bag and throw myself at him. He catches me, and I pepper kisses all over his face. When I pull back, his face is blank. I swallow realizing what I’d done. I wet my bottom lip. His hold on me tightens as the look in his eyes changes.
He’s never going to let me go. And if he keeps looking at me the way he currently is, I’m not sure if he’ll ever be able to get me to leave.
* * *
“Did you get yourself any Slytherin slippers?” I settle into the recliner beside Xavier as he fiddles with an enormous remote that seems to control the windows, seats, and the projector.
“Slytherin?” he asks as the lights go dark and the WB symbol flashes on screen with my favorite theme music.
“Oh, you’re definitely a Slytherin.” I drop some popcorn in my mouth and chomp as he hits another button. My seat starts to massage me. I moan and crunch, utterly contented as I slip Sue a few kernels. She’s reclining beside me, her eyes on the big screen.
“Those are the snake ones?” He opens a box of milk duds. “I saw their description and knew that was your opposite.”
“Deffo.” I grin, loving the theater, the sugary and buttery feast, and the company.
“So that’s me then?”
“Mm-hmm.” I slurp down some Dr. Pepper as Harry gets delivered to Privet Drive.
“So the kid’s an orphan.” He eats a few Milk Duds.
“You don’t know the story at all?” I can’t believe he hasn’t at least heard of the series.
“No.” He shrugs. “I suppose I’ve been focused on other things.” His gaze slides to me.
I reach over and sacrifice my Dr. Pepper hand to hold his. “Well I’m glad you’re getting your priorities straightened out now.”
He snorts a laugh and laces our fingers together. “Couldn’t have done it without you.”
I nod, then settle back in my seat. We watch in silence for a while.
“That’s the villain.” He points at the screen when a certain professor is introduced.
“What? How did you know that?”
“Takes one to know one, I guess.”
“Wait…” I sputter a little. “But what about Snape? He’s the obvious—”
“Exactly.” He rubs his thumb along the back of my hand. “Far too obvious.”
I harrumph a little and look over at Sue, but she’s snoozing quietly. I steal a glance at Xavier. Definitely a Slytherin. When he turns his head and catches me looking, I quickly glance back at the screen. He squeezes my fingers.
We watch the rest of the movie, and then the second one. When the credits roll, he stands and stretches. “I guess we’re done?”
“Not by half.” I peer at my now-empty popcorn bucket. “But we need supplies.”
I stand and stretch, too.
Xavier’s eyes travel down my body. When my nipples harden, I put my arms down and try to play it off.
It doesn’t work, because before I can say anything flippant, Xavier’s arms are around me, his mouth claiming mine.
