It‘s only a little kiss...

[Mateusz Oyzerkey]

Matt was almost skipping for joy, except boys didn't do stuff like that, when he and Alex headed towards Madame Malkin's Robes for All Occasions Store. It was one of the few things he was able to get that were not hand me downs. Of course, Alex was never so cheerful, she didn't seem to like this part of the shopping. Roza had already gone ahead with the whole thing, so that left just Alex and Matt.

"New robes Alex, come on, new robes! How can you not want to go buy new robes? I mean, they even fit them to you! Fit them to you!" Matt was clearly not use to this sort of treatment so it was always pleasant, this necessary part of shopping. Grabbing hold of Alex's arm gently, he led the way into the store.

Upon arriving they were each hustled off to a private section after insisting that they still be able to communicate while the fitting was taking place. As witches went about to get Matt his new robes, he called out to his friend, "Oi? You still alive there Alex? Haven’t passed out yet have you?"

[Alexandra Caine]

Alex groaned loudly as Matt dragged her into the robes store. Madam Malkin's.. where she had been a hour or so earlier to get her school robes. "Very easily." she said annoyedly, frowning at the rack of dress robes. "I already got my school ones." she informed him, walking dismally over to the racks.

A very hyper young woman bounced up to her, wanting to help the good looking girl into robes. Alex eyed her like she was poison, telling her she didn't need help. The lady slunk away, shooting unhappy glances over to Alex. She rolled her eyes and picked up the navy robes she saw earlier, and a pair of crimson ones as well. She would buy these then. She made sure they were her size, and bounced over to Matt. "I'll just get these... " she trailed off, and a wicked grin crossed her face. "You need dress robes too." she stated, an evil smile on her features.

[Mateusz Oyzerkey]

"Dress robes? Real men do not wear dress robes." He concluded, tugging a bit at his school robe which warranted the witch working on it to glare at him evilly. "Besides, I'm not trying one on until I see cute little Alex wearing one of her own." He grinned at her, knowing she hated such clothing. He wasn't much for dress robes either, but he was sure he hated them a lot less than Alex did.

"Oh don't look at me that way, go on, try it on. You never know, you might feel pretty in it." He stopped moving about so the woman working on his robe could finally make some decent progress with it. "Besides, I don't really have the money for it..." It was his best attempt to fall back on in times like this.

[Alexandra Caine]

Alex snorted."Real men don't wanna get their ass whooped by the headmaster." she said, rolling her eyes. Two seconds later her head snapped upwards, an expression of great horror on her features. No, she would not try these on. No stinking way. Alex and dress robes didn't go well together in a sentence, unless there were the words wrong or hate in their somewhere as well.

Alex was looking at Matt incredulously, hence his next sentence. She snorted once more. "Right." she said. She then thought about it. Matt was probably expecting for her not to. She wanted him to share the pain of having to wear them.. so she would have to try them on. "Then I'll pay for them." she said, grinning at him. If she was trying these on Matt was getting dress robes.

She shot a last evil glare at Matt and slunk into the dressing room. She changed quickly, groaning a bit. Finally she had on the scarlet dress she had picked, and paused for a minute. Finally she heard his irritable voice again and sighed. Now or Never. She would prefer the never buut. She walked out of the changing room, peaking out first. He gestured to her and she groaned. She walked out.

Alex was in the scarlet dress, which was strapless and slightly puffed out at the waist. It fell to the ground, with no trail. She looked at Matt straight in the eye, and almost said 'I hate you.' Instead, she said. "Not feeling the prettiness here." in a annoyed voice. She did a small twirl, then smiled evilly. "Now you have to get one." she stated.

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[Mateusz Oyzerkey]

Regardless, Matt knew inevitably he had to get a dress robe, for guys of course. Still though, getting to see Alex in hers before anyone else was a real treat since it wasn't likely she'd wear it again until absolutely necessary and even then it was questionable. As Alex went to change, Matt had the last few bits of his robe finished to a perfect fit. He was only allowed one new robe this year, but since he hadn't outgrown the old ones it wasn't a big deal; for he knew his parents were saving for when he did.

Alex slight peek before emerging told Matt that she had finally finished getting into her dress robe. The scene that he beheld made him pause a moment and then frown. "You girls, I don't get you. It's always the same thing. I'm so hideous in this! It makes me look fat!" He added the last part in with a mimicking higher voice for his had begun to deepen.

Stepping down from the perch he had stood upon, he strode over to where Alex was with a chuckle at her comment before smoothing out a crinkle in the material. "You know, it's a good thing you don't usually wear these things and smile while in them. Else, I'd have to fill in as big brother and keep the other guys away."

Though he said it as a joke, Matt meant it for real. Alex looked more stunning than he'd seen her before. Perhaps it was due to her lack of dressy wear, but still, in that particular dress it seemed to bring out a whole new beauty about her he hadn't really paid attention to before. "Second thoughts, stick with something puke green and way too clingy to the body. We don't want you looking -too- good, else it might upset the other girls."

Then Matt heaved a sigh and groaned, "Alright alright... see! The downsides of having a rich friend. She can buy everything for you.. and she can buy everything for you. Ok, let's go play dress up then." After all, he was a man of his word when it came to these things and he was sure there was no way Alex was going to let him leave without so much as seeing him in a dress robe.

[Alexandra Caine]

Alex grinned a bit when Matt did his imitation of a girl trying something on. It made her worry a bit, did she look fat in them. A brief expression of horror went across her face. NO! She was caring about dress robes. "Quidditch Quidditch Quidditch Quidditch Quidditch..." she repeated the mantra under her breath. She finally calmed down after a while. Of course, you couldn't play Quidditch in dress robes.

Alex's heart unwillingly sped up when Matt placed his hand on her waist, but he merely smoothed out a crease. She gave a weak smile to him, and rolled her eyes. Yeah right, she didn't look that good. She told him so. "Highly doubt that, I don't look -that- good." she stated, snorting a bit. Her mind went into overdrive, and she was caught wondering if anything would keep him off her. She silently went into the Quidditch mantra... which wasn't as effective.

She then grinned. "Yeah right. Puke Green.." she made a disbelieving noise. Like hell she was ever going to wear something that color. "The other girls can deal with it." she stated. She really didn't feel like putting on another dress robe, so she would buy this one. She smiled feral-like, and grabbed his arm with a vice like grip. She dragged him over to the boy's section, and started searching. When she came out, she had over her arm a navy blue, a bright blue, a crimson, and a light green.

"These match your eyes." she stated, pointing to the bright blue ones. In all her excitement, she completely forgot she was still in her dress robes. She smiled, her eyes sparkling in their usual mischievous way. "Now go." she said, placing the robes in a changing room and pointing.

[Mateusz Oyzerkey]

When Matt was near enough to Alex, fixing the wrinkle that had once made its mark on her dress, he was close enough to hear her whispering something repetitively; though what she was saying wasn't overly clear to him. "Whaa?" He attempted to ask though it failed when she went on to mention the puke green colour of a dress he had suggested along with words of denial with how she looked.

Matt merely brought his hands up in defeat, "See? I, along with a thousand other guys could say you look good and you wouldn't believe it. Girls." He finished his sentence with, trying to imitate Alex with her eye roll. Of course, that only lead to another huge grin. "Yeah, don't change the dress."He offered, standing back to take another final look before giving the thumbs up indicating his approval with the match.

It was long after that comment that Alex had him dragging by the arm over to where all the boys dress robes were. The selection was rather impressive, though Matt still hated the idea of wearing anything more formal than the robes they were already require to wear. None the less, it was mandatory for attending Hogwarts and Matt figured he could always loosen things and just say he had trouble getting it done up just right.

"Geez, you look way more enthusiastic than I was a moment ago--" His sentence was cut off as he found himself being shut within a change room with many coloured dress robes that Alex had chosen for him. Putting on the navy blue dress robe, Matt found that Alex had chosen the perfect size for him luckily. He stood there looking in the mirror for more than just a moment, debating if it did him justice or not. He loved the rich navy colour of the blue and though that it helped accent his eyes, but the red dress robe was also nice too and held his house colour. Stepping out from the change room to face Alex he asked, "What do you think of the navy blue?" He turned a bit before facing her once more with a look that seemed lost at what to think of it himself.

[Blaine Maxwell Hardt]

Blaine stepped into Madame Malkin's with the same obnoxious bell chiming overhead. He rolled his eyes. He hated places with bells in them to signal someone arriving. It was so obnoxious, and he felt that it caused eyes to turn and stare at him, something Blaine hated most definitely. Still, he needed this oder before school. As he entered, two students that looked like they were in his year were fussing over the navy dress robes the boy was in. He scrunched his nose, but said nothing for it wasn't his business. He turned to the woman at the counter after he rang the bell for assistance. "Uhm, yes, I have an order to pick up. Hardt's the name. Blaine Hardt. It might be under George, though." The witch seemed ecstatic, snapped her fingers and made a B-line to the back storage room to retrieve his robes.

He turned and looked around the room, but all he could focus on were the two with the navy dress robes. The girl was in some scarlet robes, and she looked rather attractive in the robes. The boy however, wooph. "What do you think of the navy blue?" He turned a bit before facing her once more with a look that seemed lost at what to think of it himself. "I'd suggest the maroon robes, if I were you," he said out of nowhere. "Just, a personal opinion. Plus, if you plan on going with that charming gal, you'd want to match. Again, just a personal opinion." He turned back to the counter as the woman came back with a brown parcel, and he paid her with sickles and two galleons.


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[Alexandra Caine]

Alex heard a bell, but didn't turn around to see who it was. She heard voices, but was inspecting Matt instead. He did look quite dashing, but she felt that the crimson/maroon ones would look better. She opened her mouth the speak, but the same voice as before answered first. She turned, and blushed a bit when the boy called her charming. She looked at him, seeing that he was most probably in their year, he looked about the age.

She gave him a smile, her cheeks still slightly pink. "Hi...I'm Alex Caine." she offered, unable to take the smile off her face. Suddenly turning back into her regular self, she gave the boy a wink before turning to Matt. "I agree.. try on the red ones." she said, stuffing him back into the dressing room. She then turned back around, slightly embarrassed to be seen in her dress by a complete stranger. Why didn't she change back? Nevertheless she decided to strike up a conversation.

[Blaine Maxwell Hardt]

Blaine let out an audible laugh when the girl who had introduced herself as "Alex Caine" turned a shade close to the maroon dress robes in question when he had called her charming. He placed the parcel of his robes in the bag he'd been carrying, a bag from Knockturn Alley, and walked over to the girl as she stuffed the boy back into the dressing room. "Well well, that was very nice, was it?" he asked with a small smile. He looked at her in her scarlet dress robes, and circled about her while examining her. Well, the dress robes, as he'd admit.

"I've gotta say, you and Scarlet seem to go pretty well, Caine. A Gryffindor, I assume? The name's Hardt. Blaine Hardt," he offered a hand as he spoke. "Oi, everything alright in there, dude?" he called into the curtain in which the boy was changing into the maroon robes. "I really don't think maroon's going to be his colour either, to be honest. He'd look best in some emerald green, if you ask me," he whispered to Alex.

[Mateusz Oyzerkey]

Matt couldn't believe his eyes and ears when some third year guy had come over not only adding his two cents but clearly flirting with his best mate Alex. Of course, it didn't help the situation when she blushed and smiled, encouraging the guy on or so Matt believed. Before he was even able to get a word in edge wise or a good striking challenge, he found himself being shoved back into the change room by his own friend!

"Stupid, nothing, no good.." He grumbled away in the change room, taking no care with the robes and even kicking some aside that lay lifeless on the floor. He could just picture it now, the image of Alex smiling and giggling as this new comer fed her the sweet comments in his well mannered tone. Thinking of such didn't make the time go by any faster and it certainly did not help that it only gave them time to likely laugh about him being in the dress robes.

"Ugh, shouldn't have to wear these things. Sure it's got to be a crime!" Came more grumbling behind the change room door. When he heard that smooth calm voice speaking he quickly grabbed the dress robe and fought with it the whole way until it was on. No way was he just going to sit by and be pushed aside. The boy's voice seemed to call to him, asking if he was alright with the added name 'dude' at the end, such an awkward word for such a well mannered boy Matt thought. Besides the point, 'dude' was for friends and he was most definitely not -his- friend.

Thinking of what to say back, Matt pulled away the curtain and stood before the two in his red dress robe. "Doing just fine thanks." Of course, Matt was not as calm as his voice seemed to portray with the hint of unpleasantness wrapped within the words. "You're right, it would be good to match my partner."

School hadn't started, and Matt hadn't even asked Alex to any dance or such because at the moment there was nothing planned or known about but still, something about this guy just irked him especially with how easily Alex had dismissed her own best friend. In a way, he wanted it known he wasn't just going to sit back and take it.

[Alexandra Caine]

Alex smiled at Blaine, hearing muffled noises from the room where Matt was. She passed it off as a normal occurrence, and decided to reply to Blaine. "Eh, he'll get over it." she said, shrugging a bit. She had to admit, the boy was rather cute, and not to mention he was smooth talking and looked pureblood. Of course, she could care less, but her parent's would be delighted.

She watched amused as he circled her, doing an uncharacteristic twirl and flirty smile. "You like it?" she asked him, her eyes twinkling, referring to the dress. Alex shook his hand a bit, giving him a small smile. As she stepped back a bit, she brushed her hair out of her face, a bit annoyed the stupid strands wouldn't stay put. She nodded. "Yep. Gryffindor." she replied in confirmation. "Nice to meet you Blaine." she said. Just then more noises came from the changing room, and Alex opened her mouth to holler at Matt, but again, Hardt beat her too it. She giggled a bit, imagining Matt's disgruntled face when she stuffed him in yet again.

A couple moments later Matt emerged, speaking to Blaine a bit more coolly than totally needed. She gave Matt a small glare, letting him know to back off like Alex did when Matt liked some girl. When he stated that she was indeed his partner, her glare turned more intense. They had never agreed upon this! "We're going to the dance together?" she said, raising an eyebrow. "When did this come up?" she said, giving him a warning look.

[Blaine Maxwell Hardt]

Blaine smirked at Alex. "You like it?" she asked him... "Yeah, I'd say it's great all around," he said, obviously referring to Alex, not the dress robes. He couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Matt's response. Matt was no competition. At least he hoped so, anyway. He turned back to Alex, ignoring Matt as he said Alex was his partner, and how it would match. "Hate to break it to you, 'Matt', but the maroon isn't all that great on ya either. In fact, I think the navy looked better than this, and the navy was pretty dreadful to begin with." He gave a quick "back off" glare and turned back to Alex before she could see.
"It's my pleasure to meet you, Miss Caine," he said, bowing slightly. "I'm in Ravenclaw, if I forgot to mention. Though, come to think of it.. Ravenclaws never forget anything." He looked quickly to Matt, and back again to Alex. "You know.. I'd be free for the opening dance, you know. Just, an offer," he said, as he turned and started to the door. He stopped halfway and turned back to Alex. He handed her a card with his name and number in a neat violet scrawl. "Whaddya say?"

[Alexandra Caine]

Alex grinned, and shot a sidelong look at Matt to make sure he wasn't about to jump on Blaine before answering. "Good to know." she replied, winking at him. She had to forcedly repress a snort at what the boy had said, Matt being her best mate and all she didn't want to completely annoy him. It was obvious that Blaine didn't like Matt, but she was determined to not take sides. Her best mate...or the cute guy she had a crush on... difficult much?

Alex also had to repress a giggle at the formal voice that Blaine was using. Some might think it was prat-like, but she herself found it hilarious and adorable at the same time. Now if you knew Alex, you would know this was strange. Only when she actually liked someone did she ever giggle or call -anything- adorable. Ever. Never. Haha that rhymed.. she thought, before giving herself a weird look in her mind. "It was my pleasure Mister Hardt, I hope we may become more than mere acquaintances in the near future." she said, repeating the monologue her parents taught her. She caught the duel meaning and grinned, not really feeling up to correcting herself.

She smiled flirtatiously when he said he would be free for the opening dance. "I'll think about it." she replied, giving a hard-to-get smirk. Nevertheless she took the card, and looked at it, an eyebrow raised. "Wow.. a card an all, you do this often no?" she asked, amused. She looked up, and smiled. "But yeah, I'll contact ya." she continued.

[Mateusz Oyzerkey]

((all this while I was sleeping ))

Matt stood in pure horror as he watched his best mate not only turn her back on him, or so he believed, but also how she reacted with much ease to 'that guy's' obvious flirtatious comments. He was laying it on so thick Matt was sure he was about to gag any moment, but Alex soaked it all up just like a spring flower does the sun.

She, did she just... no way, no way she wouldn't... she did... Matt wasn't sure what was worse, that Alex had gladly let this guy run the show and insult Matt, for he was insulted in general; or that she had completely abandoned him when he had mentioned being her dance partner. It all reminded him too well of a prank gone back, backfiring at none other than himself.

Being furious, though knowing too well that this was not the place for a fist fight, Matt simply took to the change room, tore off the red dress robe and grabbed the navy blue one, letting the former fall into a crumpled pile on the ground. He refused to choose something Blaine had suggested and he certainly was not going to be embarrassed further by having Alex pay for it. Luckily his parents had left him with the money to get the dress robe, instilling a bit of trust in him.

After paying for the robe, Matt made his grand exit, choosing instead to walk off his anger and look for Vivienne; perhaps he could get her blushing again or laughing. Besides, Alex surely wanted Blaine's company over his own.

((I did this so it makes sense how he got to Viv's and my other thread and he'll have cooled off for the feast plus that was why Alex and him had been seperated.))