Falling.For.You [Riley]

[britkneeboo]

"I wish I could read Latin." The sound of a voice, which happened to belong to Mafalda, echoed down the single isle of books. Mafalda ran her fingers over the gold lettering on an old blue one. The characters on the front spelled out words that she didn't understand, because they were written in something she couldn't read- Latin. It would give me so many more books to read, she thought, as she reluctantly placed the book back on the dusty shelf.

Mafalda hadn't come to the library for any particular reason that evening. She was usually only in there to do her assignments. Every year she brought a stack of new books from home to read, but this year she had gone through them all already. Finding herself bored and without anything else to do but read, she ended up taking a little walk to the school library. She was hopeful that she could find something there to satisfy her, but so far- no luck.

Looking up the isle and then back down the isle, a glowing red book caught her eye. She seemed to have some trouble getting to it though, because when she started walking her feet got tangled with each other and down she went. Mafalda had tried to keep herself from falling, but only managed to bring a few books down with her. Pushing herself back up, on her knees, she closed her eyes and let out a little huff of air. Just like Honeydukes....why does this always happen to me, she thought, trying to block out any other memories referring to the candy shop. Regulus and her should have known better, especially the second time around.

[riley]

I didn't take long before the brilliant reader to exhaust his supply of personal books this year. It was actually a very sad problem indeed, and if you knew anything about Riley Winters then you'd understand his need to have a book on hand. In his desperation, he had actually reread his entire selection. After that had become a bore, he had opted to plan a trip to the library.

Sadly his classes, and the homework flow from said classes had kept him from this trip for a good, long week. At this point Riley was aching from the lack of reading he had been through. Alright, so it really wasn't all about the books.. In fact he still had yet to finish his entire selection, he had just spotted Mafalda strutting toward the library. He figured he wouldn't be missed if he took a small break in the library for a small conversation right?

With that thought, he turned around and walked towards the library, entering quickly while his hazel-blue eyes searched for the blond beauty. After wandering a few isles, Riley caught a familiar voice complaining about how they didn't know Latin. With a small inward chuckle he followed the voice till he found the right isle. Seconds before he actually turned down the row though, he heard a crash and the sound of books falling to the ground.

Yep he was in the right place.

It took almost all he had not to start laughing when he spotted Mafalda kneeling on the ground with at least three of four books surrounding her. "I knew it was you when I heard the crashing sounds from four isles over. Are you alright Mafalda?" the brunette asked, extending a hand to the fallen girl.

[britkneeboo]

Mafalda let out another little huff of air, before she heard the voice behind her. She opened her eyes slightly, peeking through her fingers to the book in front of her on the ground, and then dropped her hands completely from her face to her sides. She smiled when she realized who the voice belonged to. Watching his shadow on the floor draw closer and closer, she decided to stand up to greet him, but he seemed to beat her to it by extending his hand to her instead.

"I'm fine. Nothing I can't handle," she said, reaching out to take his hand; holding tight to it as he heaved her to her feet. She dropped her hand back to her side, and then looked around at the books still on the ground. She knew it would be rude to just leave them there, so she bent back down to start gathering them up. Standing, she returned them all to the shelf in the same place. She didn't care if they were in the right spots, just as long as they weren't scattered on the ground.

"What're you doing?" she said, turning her attention back to Riley. "I mean, what're you doing in the library?" she said, changing her question a bit. "I mean, what're you doing here other than getting some books and talking to me? Erm....I mean, I guess that's it," she said, finally deciding to shut up and let him answer.