Did I just Dream You? (Valley/Trenton)

[Trenton Ciobanu]

Lounging back in the limbs of one of the many trees on the grounds, Trenton could be seen kicking one foot lazily as those almond shaped blue eyes gazed up through the orange and yellow leaves at the bright sky. A content smile was on his lips as one hand twisted his long, blonde locks around his finger. If there was any doubt about it, he was contemplating all the buzzing feelings through his core.

It happened again today! There he was, at breakfast...and he was getting ready to eat when he'd seen her. HER! You know...her. The girl that looks your way and the whole world just stops, the girl that smiles at you and your insides just turn to mush, that girl that starts to laugh and you just smile like an idiot because you've never heard a more beautiful sound in your life and you don't want to say anything that might make her stop laughing. Yeah, her.

He sighed upward toward the leaves when a small grouping of daisies under the tree caught his eye. Without another thought, he hooked his knees around the limb he was lounging on, and let his torso dangle as his fingers grasped numerous stems and pulled them to him. With a little sound of effort, he pulled himself back up and re settled himself on the limb with the flowers laying on his chest. He picked one up and carefully gripped one of the pedals.

"She loves me...she loves me not..."

Hey! He could dream. The girl was as out of his league as EVER, but he still didn't care. His mother didn't call him her little Romeo for nothing.

Thus far, all of his entirely too cheesy pickup lines had only been met with eruptions of laughter, disbelief, or pure rejection. Which would turn into one of his dramatic fall backs onto his bed in the dorm and a clutching to his heart (Hey, sometimes it did hurt! Others...just for effect.) He had to think of a strategy this time. Valley wasn't like other girls...so maybe (maybe) she wouldn't have the same reaction as the others did.

Call him a sucker for a pretty smile, but every time she caught him looking at her and smiled at him, his heart stopped a little only to explode with sheer light that only seemed to escape through his eyes, which normally would dart away after a few moments of baleful gazing. Really?

"She loves me...she loves me not..."

A little shower of white pedals were falling to the ground as he made his way around the flower. Until he reached the end.

"She loves me not. Blast! Essere ancora il mio cuore dolorante!" (Be still my aching heart!)

The poor flower was flung through the air and replaced with another one, receiving the same treatment until it too was done. It took him all but one daisy to get the answer he sought, and the remaining flower would continue to rest as the smile crept over his mouth again. In full uniform, he almost blended in up here, save for the draping black robes, which stuck out sorely against the bright colors of the leaves.

As if he could manage the courage to talk to a girl that pretty. Yes, she was that pretty! Don't argue with him! This girl was prettier than a veela (and without the icky mer-face that came with it), with long blonde hair, green eyes that had no end of depth, and lips....Dios Mio those lips. If it were up to him, they would never be without a kiss. Ever. Yes, EVER. He's not exaggerating! They were the most perfect lips he'd ever seen, scarcely with a touch of gloss...and so soft. Made all the more tempting when she nibbled upon that succulent lower lip.

Yikes. Must calm down.

Anyway. Where was he? Oh yes. She was so much more lovely than the other girls he'd ever noticed. She was fresh, vibrant, shy...

Dios...when she blushed.

It was as if his heart leapt out of his mouth, ran to her and remained cradled in her arms.

Bloody hell! He had it bad!

[Valley Shieldheart]

this life is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'M WONDERSTRUCK, BLUSHING ALL THE WAY HOME

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Valley had wandered out to the grounds that afternoon, for once without her iguana Wilbert with her, mostly due to the fact that she was bored, and feeling just a little chlosteraphobic from being stuck in the castle so much lately. She just wanted to walk around the grounds, enjoy the cool air and the gorgeous colors the leaves had been turning as it was well into autumn. On top of that, she had a lot to think about, and she thought so much better in the open air. Lately, she had been noticing an older housemate, a guy, more and more. Maybe noticing wasn't exactly the word, in truth, she had the biggest crush she'd ever had in her life on him. He was just...beautiful...she could think of no other word to use.

He had this shaggy blonde hair, not really long, but not short either. When it hung in his eyes, it drove her nuts, she was pretty sure she openly swooned. And his eyes...so blue...like the sky on a clear sunny day. Val could probably go on and on all day about those eyes alone. She'd taken to staring every time he was in the same room, almost completely spacing out, but always managing to quickly look away if she thought he was going to catch her looking. But the constant staring and searching for him with her eyes every time she entered a room wasn't the truly pathetic thing. No, the worst thing was that she hadn't ever had the courage to speak one word to her.

It wasn't that she hadn't tried, because she had. There had been a couple of times in the common room, or in the Great Hall, when she'd been determined to at least say hello, introduce herself, anything. But then at the moment when she had planned on doing it, her nerves and shyness had gotten in the way, and she'd frozen. It was truly pathetic, that was the only word for it. She didn't get why on a Quidditch pitch she had an abundance of confidence, actually being one of the fiercest competitors on the team, but the minute her feet were on the ground, and her beaters bat was put away, she turned into a wuss. It was bloody ridiculous, and she hated it. But no matter how she tried, she couldn't help it.

A part of it was, that she was sure, that even if she ever did get the courage to speak to him, she didn't have a chance in hell with him. He was bloody gorgeous, and funny, and popular... and she was...she was just her. She was just the shy, tomboyish, hufflepuff beater. Why on earth would he want her, when he could probably have anyone he wanted? She sighed as this thought entered her mind again, as it had multiple times already today. The first time had been this morning, at breakfast. She had been sitting with a friend, the 2 had been talking about something funny that had happened earlier that week, and Val had glanced to her side, and there he was. Sitting a little further down the table, looking like...just perfection, and she'd frozen.

But that had been a few hours ago. It was well into the afternoon now. And she was determined to just try and figure out what to do about this crush. She had to do something about it, before it made her completely insane. But she had no idea what to do. As she made her way into an area of the grounds filled mostly with trees, and some patches of flowers, Valley made her way over to the first tree she saw, and sat on the ground with her back leaning against the trunk. Picking one of the daisies from the ground she began to pick the petals off, speaking softly to herself. "He loves me... he loves me not....he loves me..." she said. Unfortunately the last petal landed on he loves me not, and Valley sighed, frowning. "Of course he doesn't, who am I kidding," she said softly to herself, "why would Trenton Ciobanu like me?" Little did she know, that the very boy she was speaking of was sitting in that very tree above her.




Wearing: Uniform. Her hairs hanging down her back in its natural state. Tagged: Trenton Lyrics: Enchanted- Taylor Swift
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[Trenton Ciobanu]

Was he dreaming?

He had to have been, hearing her voice so near him and still so far away. One almond shaped eye opened slowly, but it didn't go away. Blazes, his dreams were getting more real than he was willing to accept anymore. This was sheer torture! An acorn rattled in its spot, broke off and fell with a plunk into the middle of his forehead. Yes, of course...in the middle of his forehead. And it hurt!

More than in a dream.

He sat bolt upright and looked down. Oh! Saints alive! There she was! She said his name. Wait? She liked him?!

JOYUS!

With a slow swoon off the side of the limb, knees hooked tightly to allow his torso to dangle and his hair to pool under his head as he gripped that last grasped daisy and he finally smiled from that angle. "Maybe try another one? Took me a few...dozen...to get a good answer." With the flower held upright to her, he felt the smile on his lips far surpass his eyes and burst out of the ends of his hair.

This angle was awkward, plus the blood was rushing to his head. With the flower safely in her hands, he put his hands on the ground, and eased his knees off the limb, balancing his weight between his palms for a moment, uttering a soft, "Ora, non cadere..." (Now, don't fall)

Feet fell back and he caught his knees on the ground, pulling himself upright, shaking his head rapidly as the world felt off kelter. Ouch. The headache was going to come soon. Daisy pedals clung to his locks as he let his senses focus. Finally, he looked to her and gave her a bright smile that could only match the brilliance of the sun. "And why could this...Trenton Ciobanu...not like an angel like you? He must be wither daft or a right prick if he doesn't." He winked, a rising blush coming to both tanned cheeks. Yet, he continued.

"Why, it would be positively criminal! Someone so beautiful and so smart? It would be criminal!" As if to emphasize that point, he crossed both hands over his heart and toppled back into the pile of daisy pedals. "What is the world coming to?!" A fit of laughter came from his lips as he sat up, hair now completely covered in white pedals. "I think he does."

[Valley Shieldheart]

this life is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'M WONDERSTRUCK, BLUSHING ALL THE WAY HOME

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Valley almost had a heart attack when out of nowhere, someone dropped from the tree above her, hanging upside down from a branch. But the shock turned to embarrassment when she realized it was Trenton. If he'd been up there the whole time, then he had heard everything she'd just said. Valley had never wanted to be invisible, just disappear, more in her life, than she did right now. "Oh my...Merlin... Trenton... I... I..." She couldn't even begin to find the words. Her eyes widened as he smiled at her, holding out another daisy, and told her maybe she should try another one, as it had taken him a few dozen to get the answer he wanted. Oh god...the answer he'd wanted...he liked someone...of course he liked someone, she had been stupid to think there wasn't someone in the entire castle that he liked. And she was sure, whoever it was, they were much prettier than she was. And Merlin, now he knew that she liked him, she could only imagine what he was thinking. She was horrified.

He let himself fall from the branch to the ground, and sat up on his knees, just a few inches from where she was sitting, and Val could feel her heart skip. He was still smiling at her, and all Valley could think about was what it would be like to kiss those lips, even though she knew how unlikely that would ever be. And then he spoke again, gods his voice was like heaven. As he asked her why Trenton Ciobanu wouldn't like her, talking about himself in the third person, saying he must be daft or a prick if he doesn't, Valley felt her cheeks turning bright red. She had no idea what to say to that. He winked at her, and she almost died.

He continued speaking, saying it would be positively criminal for him not to like someone so beautiful and smart. He crossed his hands over his chest, and fell back into the pile of daisy petals, asking what the world was coming to, falling into a slight fit of laughter. And then sitting back up, his hair littered with petals, he said four words that made Valley's heart almost completely stop, I think he does. She looked at him in surprise, biting her lower lip, trying to find the words, willing herself to speak. "wait... y...you like me?" she said softly, "I always just assumed...I mean there are much prettier girls than me...and I just...why would you want me when you could have anyone..." She bit her lip again, pushing her messy blonde hair out of her face.



Wearing: Uniform. Her hairs hanging down her back in its natural state. Tagged: Trenton Lyrics: Enchanted- Taylor Swift
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[Trenton Ciobanu]

"Now, now." He began, smiling ever brighter than before at her flustered stammering. HA! SCORE! "It's not all about super beauty to all guys, though I find you to be very natural and as such...very beautiful." Those sparkling blue eyes lit up as they met her green hues and he melted a little inside. "Really. It's those sidelong glances of yours that just make my heart skip a little faster." Really! It was!

Valley was the sort of girl that he never thought he'd have the courage to talk to alone. And of all times to be without a rose!

"I must be getting rusty, you see, normally I would have something beautiful to give to a beautiful girl. The grounds of the castle are a little less accommodating than the villas in Verona in terms of flora." HIS KINGDOM FOR A ROSE!!! Maybe there was a way...

He took out his wand and made a sweeping swish, and from the ground bloomed a full, flawless red rose. Herbology was...kinda his thing.

"Much better! Now...where was I? Oh, yes. A beautiful rose for a beautiful girl. Though, I must say that it pales in comparison to you." Anyone need some wine with this cheese? Sheesh. Anyway. He popped up dramatically and flourished a bow, presenting the rose to her at the end. "My Lady. A favor from your most humble..." Another acorn took that moment and fell with a thud onto his head and he glared up angrily at the tree. "Do you mind?! I'm trying to talk to the Lady in peace here! Thank you! He huffed. Everybody was a bloody critic.

Sparkling eyes returned to hers again and he found his face screwed up in thought. What was he saying? OH! Right! "A favor from your most humble knight!" At least there were no interjections from the bloody tree this time.

[Valley Shieldheart]

this life is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'M WONDERSTRUCK, BLUSHING ALL THE WAY HOME

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When he said he thought she was beautiful, Valley felt like every prayer she'd ever thought had been answered. He thought she was beautiful, he wanted her, she had never dared to really hope he possibly could, but he did. She could feel a grin forming on her face now, she just couldn't fight it. He said something about her sidelong glances making his heart skip, and she almost gasped, that meant despite her efforts, he had seen her looking. "I... I couldn't help myself," she said, blushing more than ever, "its just...you're...beautiful... I...I've liked you for a while." She bit her lip, surprised that she'd made that confession so easily.

He started to say something about being a little rusty, saying normally he would have something beautiful to give to a beautiful girl, and she started to shake her head. She didn't need anything beautiful, not when the one thing, the one person she wanted was sitting right in front of her, and wanted her. He pulled out his wand, and with a swish, suddenly a gorgeous red rose grew from the ground. He picked it, saying a beautiful rose for a beautiful girl, and Val was sure if it was possible for her to turn any redder, she totally did. She would probably never get used to, or get tired of for that matter, hearing him call her beautiful. And then he stood up, and bowed, holding the rose out to her. He started to speak, but mid sentence, an acorn fell from the tree, hitting him in the head. He yelled at the tree, saying he was trying to speak to the lady in peace. Valley's first instinct was to giggle, she couldn't help it, it was just a bit funny. But calming herself, she looked at him with slight worry. "Are you ok? It can really hurt when those things drop. I've had it happen to me a few times in the past 5 years at school."

But he seemed to be fine, and turning back to her, he continued speaking, saying a favor from your most humble knight. Val took the rose, smiling warmly at him, and bringing it closer to her face, inhaled its sweet scent. Valley definitely wasn't what anyone would call a girly girl, but even she had an appreciation for flowers. And roses, were beautiful, and the smell? Heavenly. Still smiling, she looked back at him. "Thank you... its beautiful," she said softly, "I love flowers..." She bit her lip again, as she was prone to doing out of habit, and tried to figure out what more to say. She was horrible with words, and...she didn't want to sound like an idiot if she started stuttering again. As she thought, she found herself staring at him again, almost completely losing herself in those eyes, before she pulled herself together. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to stare..." She looked away from him and at the ground out of embarrassment.


Wearing: Uniform. Her hairs hanging down her back in its natural state. Tagged: Trenton Lyrics: Enchanted- Taylor Swift
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[Trenton Ciobanu]

"I will have to remember such so that I may cause that beautiful smile to show itself more often." He found an enormous swell of pride in making her smile. "And I'm alright, I'm fairly thick headed everyone would agree."

It was then that he seemed most curious, tugging his lengthy hair free from its elastic band. "I'm curious. What on earth did you find to adore in me?" And where, oh where, have you been all my life??? How had they not bumped into each other in a previous class? The common room? The train?? Anything?! He was fuming at the fates for keeping this creature from him for so long, and absolutely overjoyed that they finally saw fit to reward him for some good deed he'd done. Karma! Such a cruel mistress!

His head canted to one side and he studied her for a long moment before blurting, "If you have no previous engagement on the evening of the Yule Ball...Maybe you would grace this humble fool with your radience, my lady? Ah, erm... what I mean is...If you don't have plans...would you like to go to the Ball with me? I would very much like to get to know you better and be the one to waltz you about the enchanted floor."

[Valley Shieldheart]

this life is sparkling, don't you let it go
I'M WONDERSTRUCK, BLUSHING ALL THE WAY HOME

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He said he'd have to remember she loved flowers, in order to make her beautiful smile show itself more often, and Valley just about melted into a puddle of goop. She still couldn't believe he thought any part of her was beautiful, yet he'd said it multiple times in the few short moments since they'd started speaking. And she loved the feeling she got every single time he did say it, the feeling that came with knowing that the guy she liked, for whatever reason, liked her in return. She had never let herself hope for it, yet it had still happened, and she felt like the smile on her face was permanently glued there.

Suddenly, pulling his hair out of the elastic that had been holding it back, and letting it fall in his face in the way that had caught her eye from the beginning, he asked her what she had found to adore in him, saying he was curious. Blushing more than slightly, she looked back down at the ground. She wasn't sure what to say, how could she say that it was just everything about him, with out sounding stupid? Pushing her long pale blonde hair out of her face again, she looked back up at him, and struggling with the words, she answered him. "Honestly... I... I don't even know where to begin..." she said softly, trailing off, "At first, it... it was your eyes, and... the way your hair hangs in your face like that... completely a mess, but... so completely perfect. It...it was hard to take my eyes away."

She was embarrassed to be admitting all this, and she could feel herself blushing brighter and brighter red as she spoke. But he had asked her, and she felt like she had to answer him, or at least try to, at least try to make him see all the ways he'd stolen her affections without even speaking, at least not to her. "But...then it was so... so much more than that... you seem to always be goofing off, and laughing... and that laugh... I can't even begin to describe," she continued, stuttering slightly, "I... I guess what it really is... is that you're funny, and you make everyone laugh, and you always just seem happy... and...and its like contagious...I don't even know if I'm making any sense at all..." She was pretty sure that by now she was blushing so much that she was red as a tomato, and she felt her nerves and self consciousness surfacing more and more. She started to bite her lip so hard that it started to hurt.

Suddenly, he blurted out a rush of words, asking her if she would go to the ball with him, and saying he would love to get to know her better, and to be the one to waltz with her about the enchanted floor. Valley was in shock, she couldn't believe he was asking her. To go to the ball with him was what she wanted more than anything, and he had just asked her. Smiling widely, unable to fight the grin forming, she replied. "I... I would love to go to the ball with you, of course. Thank you so much for asking, nothing could make me happier...than going with you..." she said softly but quite obviously with a huge amount of joy in her voice.





Wearing: Uniform. Her hairs hanging down her back in its natural state. Tagged: Trenton Lyrics: Enchanted- Taylor Swift
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