Once you get involved,

Everyone will look this way-so,
You must maintain your charm,
Same time maintain your halo

This was sort of new and interesting. Dima had never snuck out before this year-- well, there were a few times. Mostly under the instruction of his brothers, but those didn't count. Those were boring and felt more like family meetings than anything fun and exciting. This year though he had snuck out more than all of those times combined and it was actually pretty exciting stuff. Part of him felt bad for it. Being a good student was kind of his thing, and he somehow felt like he was letting somebody down. Who that somebody was, he really couldn't say. Maybe himself and his God forsaken conscience. 

Mostly, though, he didn't feel to bad. As long as he didn't get caught, he really wouldn't care at all. And it wasn't like he was sneaking out to do terrible things. He wasn't scurrying around to go smoke crack or something-- just get a little extra time with one of his best friends. Mona and he had been friends for ages-- though many of his friends swore she had a crush on him-- he didn't believe it. Or rather he liked to remain ignorant if she did. He didn't know how or if things would change between them if he ever knew, but part of him knew it would change a whole lot. For now it was best to remain ignorant and blissful.

It had taken some convincing but he finally got her to agree to try her hand at the new rebellious ways of Dima. He thought he would make it easy on her; the kitchens were far closer to her than to him, but that was just a sacrifice he was willing to make. It was nearly midnight, around when he had told her to meet him, and the kitchens were almost entirely silent aside from humming of cooling charms on refrigerator cabinets. The Ravenclaw boy dug through whatever cabinets he could get into with the light of his wand to guide him, managing to scrounge up the fixin's for milkshakes. He heard a quiet footsteps coming from behind him as he flicked the light from his wand. "Mona, s'that you?" He questioned in a whisper. 

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ONCE YOU GET INVOLVED,
EVERYONE WILL LOOK THIS WAY-SO,
_{YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR CHARM,
SAME TIME MAINTAIN YOUR HALO}

It was a bitter pill to swallow but one that Mona was beginning to accept fully. She could not understand a few things, but that had a lot to do with her and focusing on other things. Summer filled her thoughts more than she should and Mona wished she didn't have to worry constantly about her bully being around the corner constantly. She had to learn to let this go, to let these feelings go, but she didn't know how. She wanted to tell Dima how she felt, she wanted to tell him that he was the one that she thought of all the time. The one that she thought of when she and Winter had looked in the catalog for dresses. He was who she thought of all ways, but he had Zoe now, and there was nothing that she could do, there was no amount of words that she could say and make him understand, so she was going to have to learn... to let him go.

Gods, that was going to be hard, that was going to hurt and she didn't know what more to do. She didn't know if she could do this. This would leave her with... no one. She would be alone, but maybe that would be better than to hurt by watching him be happy with someone else. Yes, she was young and yes they had been friends for this long, but she could easily move forward, after all, he had. Right? He wanted to meet her in the kitchen for midnight milkshakes and she... had looked forward to it.

She was in love with him, and he was her best friend. This could ruin everything, this could make her lose him and leave her fully alone, but she had to tell him, he had to know how she felt. He couldn't be that stupid, could he? Hell, if Summer's dunderheaded ass could figure it out then surely he could. What if things were never the same, would he be really the kind who left her alone forever because of something that she could not control?

She put on her robe and snuck out of her door and then easily into the kitchens. Stopping she watched him for a minute before taking a few steps towards him and giving him a small smile. "Hey, you."

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ONCE YOU GET INVOLVED,

EVERYONE WILL LOOK THIS WAY-SO,
YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR CHARM,
SAME TIME MAINTAIN YOUR HALO

This was Hogwarts. The school was small, friend groups even smaller, and no matter where any of them turned there were bound to be rumors floating around. He could remember back to third year when everyone thought he and Vet were a 'thing'. All because....well, she had kissed him on the platform at Kings Cross. That was an understandable rumor, but a rumor nonetheless. It was funny, though, how quickly after that he found himself actually, maybe, having a  crush on her? He wasn't sure. He was young and inexperienced when it came to relationships or feelings or...whatever. 

At any rate he knew the dangers of rumors. Especially of believing in rumors. So when he had heard the rumor that Mona liked him he had shot it down. Of course she didn't. This was exactly as it was with Vet three years ago. They spent a lot of time together, yes. They talked together often, had lunches, you name it. But he also did that with Vet. And Atha. And Dionysus. Did that mean they were crushing on him as well? Nooo. Besides. He was with Zoe and that was pretty obvious, so in his logical mind the rumors should have been squashed by now. Wouldn't you think?

If he had thought the rumors held any baring he certainly wouldn't have asked her to sneak out with him to hang out. Alone. In the middle of the night. No, absolutely not. But this was Mona we were talking about here. Dima swished the light back to his wand as he heard the familiar sound of her voice. "Hey you back," he smiled scrunching his face. With a raise of his wand Dima flicked an orb of light above them illuminating the room. "Let me just tell you that, for once in my life, I was jealous of the Hufflepuff dorms. I for sure thought I was going to get caught coming down here," he rambled giddily. Dima raised his brow as his tone turned to a sarcastic humor. "Like, I don't know if you know this? But there are so many stairs. It's actually pretty crazy." 

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