History of Magic

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"When you do ending up earning points though," Millicent winked, "I'm sure they'll be worth a lot more."

[Caden McGinnis]

"Hm...now see, that sounds a little more fair," Caden smirked.

[Millicent Bulstrode]

Millicent clicked her tongue, "you just didn't trust me, did you?"

[Caden McGinnis]

"Well, trust has to be earned, Miss Milli, and so far, your track record would show you aren't overly inclined to be givin' me them points," Caden pointed out. "However, I'm gonna take a leap of faith here, and trust you'll be giving me a bunch when I really earn 'em."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Smart move," Millicent responded with a smirk. "Like I said, I won't disappoint, buddy."

[Caden McGinnis]

"Sweetness," Caden replied, before continuing his pace. "Let's see...what other history can we take a good look at? Ohh, I have one. Miss Bulstrode, how many relationships would you say you've been in? What's your...dating history?"

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Ooh," Millicent responded. "Digging deep now, aren't you?" She tilted her head then and considered, "being so selective and all, my dating history isn't all that extensive. I've only been with probably three guys whom I consider 'boyfriends'."

[Caden McGinnis]

"Hm...not bad," Caden shot her another quick wink. "Very good."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"What about you, professor?" Millicent responded then with a curious smile. "If you don't mind me asking?"

[Caden McGinnis]

"Oh no, I don't mind at all, young lady," Caden assured her with a very teacher-sounding, forced sort of laugh. "I've had my fair share of flings, but never anything too serious. A few I've called girlfriends here and there, but nothing significant."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"About the same then," Millicent responded with a satisfied smile. "Good to know."

[Caden McGinnis]

"Isn't it?" Caden nodded in agreement.

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Mhm," Millicent winked before tilting her head, "and what other questions might you have, professor? I am so very intrigued by them."

[Caden McGinnis]

"And you should be," Caden nodded. "Moving on, then...Miss Bulstrode, would you be so good as to tell the class, when was your first kiss? Oh, and feel free to go ahead and tell us about the experience--how it happened, who it was with, that sort of thing."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Oh I'll be sure to tell you all the little details," Millicent responded before reaching up and running a hand through her hair, eyes lifting in thought. "It was with this boy named Nathaniel. I was 13. He's a Hufflepuff, I think. We just hung out and talked at Quidditch games and stuff. We decided to skip class one day and went for a walk by the lake. He kissed me then." She shrugged, "it was alright. Nothing special but it was my first one so, whatever." She shook her head, "we were together for a little while but then he went and kissed some other girl. I broke up with him."

[Caden McGinnis]

"Ahh, I see," Caden tsked. "Crazy guy, cheating on you."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Right?" Millicent rolled her eyes. "Biggest mistake he ever made. I bet he's still sulking about it." She smirked, "and you?"

[Caden McGinnis]

"First kiss...," Caden lifted his eyes to the ceiling in thought. "Let's see...that'd be when I was 8. My parents were attending this Christmas party, one of those, you know? I was hanging with the other kids, we were all playing this game of freeze tag out in the garden, and there was this really pretty girl. I had seen her before at a few other parties, and I was a little smitten with her. Pale complexion, blonde, the most gorgeous violet eyes I had ever seen...they were this pale sort of...well, almost periwinkle color. I sorta thought she might be an angel," he admitted with a chuckle. "Anyways, at this particular party, I just...found her hiding behind this hedge. We were on the same team, and she had been frozen, so to unfreeze her, I had to touch her, right? So, hey...," he trailed off with a shrug, as his smile widened to a grin, "I kissed her."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Well, of course," Millicent smirked. "I mean, why not, right?" She chuckled then, "but, seriously 8? Someone started early. That girl though...those violet eyes." She shook her head, humor fading just a little as she continued flatly. "Sounds dreamy."

[Caden McGinnis]

"Can't say she wasn't," Caden agreed with a shrug. "'Course, as we got older, she turned into something of a raging b!tch, so...yeah, appearances can be pretty deceiving sometimes. Definitely not an angel, that one."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

Millicent giggled then before tilting her head thoughtfully, "I think it's okay for people to be that way actually." She nodded, "as long as they own it, you know?"

[Caden McGinnis]

"Well, it's the whole two-faced thing that gets to me," Caden replied. "I'm fine with it when they aren't fake."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Yeah, exactly," Millicent replied, smirking at hearing his agreement on the matter. It was seriously so easy to get along with this boy. "I have zero respect for people who just try to act nice. I'm just like, come on, we all know that isn't you. Like that Nathaniel guy I kissed. He was totally one of those."

[Caden McGinnis]

"Totally seems like it, too," Caden nodded in agreement. "Anyone who winds up cheating is, at least to some degree, two-faced."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Yep, because he was trying to hide it," Millicent nodded. "The liar."

[Caden McGinnis]

"Exactly," Caden pointed to the girl.

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Mhm," Millicent replied before sighing and looking to the door. She glanced back to him, "so, professor, whenever you've finished your lesson, what'd you say to just ditching?"

[Caden McGinnis]

"Oh, that sounds like a wonderful idea, Miss Bulstrode," Caden told her, once more adopting that teacher persona. "Very well, to wrap up the lesson, I'll just say a few final words." He folded his hands together and cleared his throat, before saying, slowly, "History...is important. It makes you--makes us, who we are. Without it, we simply wouldn't be, here in the present. So, carry it with you always."

[Millicent Bulstrode]

"Ooh, I will," Millicent lifted a hand over her chest. "That's a fine message for sure. I'll be taking it to heart."

[Caden McGinnis]

"Good, good," Caden nodded his head, before making his way back toward her desk with a slight skip, once more dropping the persona. "Ready to blow this joint?"