Kind of like glee club

[alexisbeckett]

Alexis lounged on one of the many settee’s littering the Room of Requirement, she waited for someone, anyone to come. She had given flyers to practically every person at Hogwarts. Someone had to come! At least Adriana had volunteered to join, just so long as she got to direct the dancing part. This was something she was sure Matt would have her head for, or at the very least make a scene.

Still Alexis waited. Every chair and piece of furniture in the room remained empty except for the dark green one she’s claimed ownership over. Her feet barely rested on one end as her head rested on the other. Sighing she closed her eyes hoping someone would come, otherwise this was pointless and ruining a perfectly good weekend. Suddenly she heard the door open and her eyes sprang open again. Sitting up stick straight she turned toward the door with a huge grin on her face, “Hello, welcome to… um… well welcome! We’ll figure out titles and whatnot later,” she said a little too eagerly.

((ooc: Anyone and everyone is welcome to join! I thought I’d start the dance/singing group sort of thing we were talking about before. Or at least this will be Alexis’ attempt at creating one, hehe.))

[Matthew O'Connor]

Having had a flyer shoved roughly into his hand that morning by a third year who seemed eager he should have it, Matt had took one look at it and decided he was 'so there'. The fact Alexis was also the one who was organising this was his secondary reason for joining a dance/singing group thing, his primary being that he loved to perform... and he'd argue to death that those reasons were that way around, even though it was perfectly obvious he liked Lexi a lot. Reaching the Room of Requirement Matt paced back and forth three times until a door appeared, which he pushed open and slipped inside eagerly. Looking over at the familiar cute blonde who seemed overjoyed to hear someone join her, he held his hands up, "Only me, Peanut... and you knew I'd come anyway," he remarked simply.

Then, as he walked into the room, Matt shook his head in dismay, "Lexi, Lexi, Lexi... I am very disappointed in you," he announced gravely with a heavy sigh, "I passed Adriana in the corridor this morning... she gloated about... well you know. Sooo do you wanna tell me how you could ever pick her over your favourite guy in the whole world to direct the dancers?" he asked with a wounded puppy dog expression, stopping in front of her as if to give her the full force of his fake wounded eyes. "Okay, I'm so kidding, I'm just glad someone made an effort to start one of these group thingys!" he suddenly exclaimed, his defeated look gone to make way for his usual over eager and hyper expression. "Soooo Peanut, who else is coming?" he asked as he bounded over to lounge over an armchair beside hers, his feet swinging over one of the arms of it while his head was on the other so he was looking upside down at Alexis, with a grin of course.

((ooc: hehe hope you don't mind Matty!))

[alexisbeckett]

((ooc: of course not! That’s like asking me if I don’t like chocolate, hehe))

Seeing it was Matt, Lexi gave a heavy sigh and folded herself into the green settee. Softening her alarmingly wide grin and her huge saucer like eyes she almost laughed at herself, “Sorry, was that too crazy carnie for you?” she joked randomly, comparing her over enthusiasm to one of those scary carnival clowns that always tried to sell you something.

Glancing around at the empty room, at first assuming that he was disappointed about the room being so… well empty, she sighed and rested her chin on her hand morosely. “I know,” she sighed, before she realised he was actually referring to Adriana. Sitting up stick straight then she looked at him wide-eyed. “Well I-I, it was just that I really… wanted… her to direct it,” she nodded trying to convince herself, but the expression on her face appeared quite less impressed as if she were catching the sent of rotting cabbage. “I just think that… she… would… be… good at it,” she said slowly stalling to think of a good answer, which turned out pretty lame in the end. As he stood in front of her with the wounded puppy eyes Alexis stared back up at him silently gulping with her lips pressed together, her blue eyes showing that ‘oh shit’ expression she wore frequently when she messed things up.

When he said he was kidding she relaxed, “Bloody hell Mattie, don’t give a girl a heart attack!” she faked punching him in the balls since from where she was sitting she had the perfect vantage point but jumped in her seat slightly to punch him in the arm. Smiling at his upside down face, she shrugged, “I dunno. I passed out loooooads of flyers, but honestly I’m not sure if anyone will show up,” she huffed in a defeated manner.

((ooc: I was trying to channel ‘Dead like me’ Georgia Lass’ lying technique of sort of talking a bit slower as if what she said was true. Not sure if it really came across that way though.))

[Matthew O'Connor]

((ooc: Hehe, oo don’t worry I got that intention from the way you wrote it, plus I love Dead Like Me, haha.))

Matt laughed at her words, “Hang on, ‘too crazy carnie’ for me?! Honey did you forget you are talking to one of the most overeager, enthusiastic guys that ever graced these huge hallowed hallways of Hogwarts?” he pointed out light heartedly before looking thoughtful. “Huge hallowed hallways of Hogwarts… try repeating that ten times really fast,” he commented in amusement with a demonstrably ‘huge’ grin over at her. That was until he had to do his little disappointment act, which he felt went rather well and would have earned him a string of positive reviews, had this been a play or performance of some sort. At least the way Alexis’ expression made way for her ‘oh shit’ look, when she thought she’d messed something up, said he’d been convincing enough to fool her into thinking he was actually wounded by what she’d done.

Merely smiling even more, if that was humanly possible, as she fake punched his ‘area’ and then punched his arm instead, Matt collapsed down into the seat with unyielding enthusiasm. “Well I showed up, Peanut… that’s got to count for something, eh?” he pointed out before sighing lightly, “But then again, I am an absolute whore for performing so I tend to jump at any chance to do so,” he admitted of himself in mock thoughtfulness. “Question is… what shall we do while we wait for them to show up? I personally think that since you organised this little group, you need to lead by example sooooo you need to get up and show me your mad dancing skills,” he suggested with a charming smile over at her, still upside down of course but to him it was natural to loll about in chairs like that.

[alexisbeckett]

((ooc: Aww, thank you, I love when I can get something just right!))

Lexi shrugged nodding her head to the side with a thoughtful expression, “Yeah, I guess… but carnies’ can be fucking scary!” she finished her eyes wide, waving her hands by her face as if this motion would prove her point somehow. “Huge hallowed hallways of Hogwarts, Huge hallowed hallways of Hogwarts, Huge hallowed hallowood ov… yeah I give up,” she decided with a little laugh.

Shrugging in a nonchalant manner she said, “Eh…” in an almost bored tone before grinning at him, “Of course it matters!” she beamed at him. If Mattie hadn’t come Alexis didn’t know what she would have done. Well she might have tried to murder him in his sleep, but Lexi wasn’t really a violent person, and that was beside the point. “Dancing?” she asked with a funny look, “Oh, I’m not really that great at dancing. I’m more of a singer really,” she admitted, “Well, you’ve seen me, I’m just okay really, I’m not… well… I’m definitely not you!” she said honestly. Trying to divert the subject from her impending doom and humiliation she asked, “Speaking of dancing, you going to the Halloween party? I heard it’s going to be loads of fun, but I’m still not sure what I’m going to go as yet,” she changed the subject easily.

[Matthew O'Connor]

Matt nodded eagerly in agreement, "Yeah huh, too right Peanut," he grinned as she tried to saw his little phrase fast. "Give up so soon?" he gasped over dramatically, "Miss Beckett I am shocked and appalled at you!" he exclaimed convincingly but then winked at her with a laugh soon following.

"Good," he said decidedly as he settled his head back, upside down still, against the arm of the chair. "This hurts," he remarked suddenly, pointing to his own head before scrambling in the chair and sitting upright this time, "Note to self, never sit like that for too long again, that blood rushing to your head feeling aint good," he jokingly chattered as he looked back to Alexis who seemed rather eager to change the subject away from her dancing. "Don't be daft Lexi, you are great, you danced really fab with me at that party thing at Ron's," he pointed out simply but sighed heavily in an overly dramatic way, deciding to pretend he was going to leave the subject be, as she seemed to desire.

"Yeah, course I am!" the blond replied with a grin, "I think you'd be great as like a sort of princess person... you know like Rapuzel or Cinderella or whatever... that's probably because you're blonde, I dunno, but princesses don't really scream 'Halloween' do they?" he chattered easily and then gasped, "Ooo you should be undead Cinderella, zombie Cinders looking for brains to eat!" he suggested enthusiastically, his gestures with his hands only getting more vague and big as he talked on and on, before he realised he was doing so and sobered, slightly. "I'm going as the Picture of Dorian Gray, seriously... it's gonna be fab, Addie gave me the idea, I said I might go as Dorian and she said I should go picture frame and all... so I am, fun fun!" he concluded cheerfully before springing suddenly to his feet and standing in front of where she sat in an armchair.

"Now, Miss Beckett, would the fair lady care to oblige me with a dance?" he spoke in a regal fashion, sweeping into an elaborate bow in front of her and holding out his hand expectantly, "You know I'm not going to let this rest Peanut aaaaaand this way, there's only me and you here so it's not like anyone else is gonna see. Please?" he asked hopefully with a lingering smile.

[alexisbeckett]

Alexis smiled; she liked it when Matt called her Peanut. It had been a nickname given to her by her family, and she hated when other people called her Peanut, but when Matt said it somehow it felt… special. She nodded enthusiastically, “Yep, no use beating a dead horse,” she joked randomly, then she shrugged, “I bet you couldn’t to much better.”

“No joke, you’ve been hanging there for quite sometime,” she told him, “You know I think you could go brain dead if you stayed upside down for too long,” she nodded convincingly having no idea if that was true or not. “Only because you were dancing with me, it’s pretty difficult to be an incredibly bad dancer when you have a remarkably good leader as a partner,” she told him honestly.

“Ooo, RAPUNZEL I love that idea!” she exclaimed dramatically with a big gesture of excitement and her eyes becoming huge. “I am totally going as Rapunzel with the super long hair, thanks Matt, you always come up with the good suggestions.” Then as he suggested dead Cinders she got even more excited, if that was possible, “Ooo, dead Cinders! I really love that idea! I just like the name, dead Cinders, but I like Rapunzel for her long hair. What are you going as?” Nodding with a smile, “The picture huh? That sounds fab!” Pondering on the idea she asked, “How are you going to get through the doorway?” curiously trying to picture it in her head and quite amused by the idea of him getting stuck.

Sighing dramatically, “Oh alright, if you insist,” she told him. “So, who are you going with anyways?” she asked curiously but made is sound casual and conversational as she rose from her seat and took his hand, “To the dance I mean.”

[Matthew O'Connor]

“Pfft I bet I could,” Matt said with a careless wave of his hand, “Huge hallowed hallways of Hogwarts, Huge hallowed hallways of Hogwarts, Huge hallowed hallways of Hogwarts, Huge hallowed hallways of Hogwarts, Huge hallowed hallways of Hogwarts! Ah ha! Surely five is enough to prove I can do it?” he asked, after blurting out the rest at top speed, grinning as though this were the highest achievement imaginable.

Matt laughed and nodded, “Yeah… probably not one of my best ideas, I’ll be honest,” he admitted lightly before looking curiously “Ooo can you really? Hah, that would explain sooooo much.” he joked in a sort of self-deprecating way that would have worked had it not been for the fact that Matt was everything but condemnatory about himself. “Pfft, don’t drag yourself down, Lexi!” he encouraged with a friendly smile, “You’re a fab dancer, honest, there’s only so much the guy can do, if the lass is terrible at dancing he’d find it hard to lead her despite what people say. Besides, we were quite good weren’t we? Not quite as good as Wes and Chelle but bloody hell, the way they dance should not be allowed in a public place,” he said, wide-eyed.

“Well, just throwing this out there for a far out idea but how about… undead Rapunzel? It’s the best of both worlds, you get to be a princess with gorgeous blonde hair aaand a zombie, just smear a bit of fake blood over your face or something,” he suggested, gesturing crazily with his hands once more and a huge grin to make up for that fact. “You know, I hadn’t really factored doorways into my plan,” he admitted, stroking his chin as though plotting a dastardly scheme, “I, Dorian Gray, will not be put off by bloody doorways, they can’t get the better of me or my portrait!” he announced dramatically in a posh tone before adding with a laugh, “By which I mean I’ll just walk sideways through them,” he winked as though this were the cleverest thing in the world as opposed to the most obvious.

“Going with?” he repeated questioningly as he took her hand and spun her around with a grin, the Room realising he wanted music helpfully provided a slow song as he wished. Holding one of her hands he placed her other on his shoulder, slipping his around her waist in a ‘proper‘ sort of position for a slow dance. “Well… I’m going with… you…” he suggested then, “Obviously if you want to I mean… I mean you don’t have to… I just thought that… well bloody hell I know I wouldn’t want to be seen with me while I’m dressed as a bloody picture frame but… yeah I just thought it’d be… cool, if you want?” he offered disjointedly before sighing at himself. “I swear, I practiced that earlier and it sounded a lot more suave in my own head,” he grumbled jokingly as he continued to lead her about the room, in time to the music.

[alexisbeckett]

“Pfft, well then you’re just abnormal!” Alexis replied dramatically sticking her nose up in the air and folding her arms across her chest as though she were offended, but her snooty expression soon gave way to giggles as she smiled at him. “That would explain a lot,” she teased him about losing brain cells by keeping his head upside down.

“Oh, I’m not,” she nodded fervently. “You haven’t seen my ‘happy dance,’ it’s pretty much humiliating,” she said with a smile. At his comment Alexis started to laugh, “Yeah, that’s true…” her voice trailed off, “You know they broke up right?” she added after a small pause. “Not many people know about it because Wes graduated so… you know, hard to tell if they’re still together, and Chelle doesn’t like to reveal her personal life to the rumour mill if she can help it,” she remarked, “Wes cheated on Chelle… I think more than once… she was pretty broken up about it, cried in the Astronomy tour for hours. Chelle was really pissed at him for a long while, but they’re sort of back to being friends now. At least they’re going to the Halloween party together, I think…” Alexis explained, her voice trailing off again, not entirely sure if that was true or not.

“Hmm… yeah, maybe but it just doesn’t have the same ring to it as dead Cinders, you know?” she joked light heartedly, “But that’s okay, blue is one of my favourite colours and I’ve never actually been Cinderella before, and she’s sort of one of my favourite muggle fairytales so, maybe I’ll go as dead Cinders, still get to have the gorgeous hair, just in an up doo, and I never wear my hair up, so in retrospect that’s probably better, because it’s be what you’re not on Halloween right?” she snorted as Matt made large gestures with his hands, “Yeah, because my face is on my torso too,” she giggle as he made wide sweeping motions. Then she laughed again at his obvious solution to fitting through a doorway, “That’s one idea,” she giggled.

Alexis spun out and back as he spun her hoping to Merlin she didn’t fall on her face or step on his toes or do something horribly clumsy and stupid, “Oh, Chelle, should be coming, she’s a much better dancer than I am, and has a lovely singing voice too, I doubt I could get Logan to come, but he has a lovely singing voice too, though don’t tell anyone I told you that, I think he’d kill me in my sleep,” she smiled. “Yeah, you know, going with someone to the Halloween party?” she repeated as she automatically let him take her hand a place hers in the ‘proper’ position for a slow dance, never quite knowing what that was. A slowly forming smile grew across her lips and reached into her eyes as he asked her rather disjointedly if she wanted to go, “Of course I’d love to go with you!” she blurted out excitedly, blushing a little, then recovering herself she added, “Well I’m not you, and of course I’d want to go with the picture frame of Dorian Gray, at least then I’d be closer to the ‘real’ Dorian Gray,” she raised her eyebrows as if to say she was very clever for thinking of this idea, “Honestly I’m going to be zombie dead Cinders would you really want to be caught with a dead zombie princess who used to clean fireplaces for a living?” she teased finding it cute that he’d practiced asking her. Butterflies inside her fluttered at the idea that he’d actually wanted to ask her rather than it being a spur of the moment kind of thing. Then again maybe Matt just wanted to go with a friend, she almost frowned at this thought, her eyes deep in though over this quandary. Alexis really did like him, but thought he probably wasn’t interested in her.