<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/dc/Corey_Gryff_2.png)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Corey Dwyer (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=284413.msg14005990#msg14005990)<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Gryffindor pajamas and a robe<br/><strong>Blood Status:</strong>Half-Blood<br/><strong>Wand</strong>: Sycamore, Thunderbird Feather, 10 inches<br/><strong>House/Year</strong>: Gryffindor - Second<br/><strong>Date</strong>: Friday, 1 September 2017<br/><strong>Time/Day:</strong>Late evening<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Gryffindor Common Room<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong>Fire and thoughts<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Grace<br/><hr/>Corey should have known better than to challenge Grace.  When had that ever worked out in his favor?  She was always the quickest of all his friends to come right back at him, and he pretty rarely won any of those.  You could say a lot of things about Grace, but not that she was afraid to go in 100% when she set her mind on something, or at least that was always how he had seen it.  And this time didn’t seem to be any different.<br/><br/>Looking down as Grace started moving towards him, crawling really, Corey tried to hide the fact that his body temperature had just jumped by ten degrees and that his heart was hammering against his ribs like it was trying to get away.  Or get closer.  When Grace’s hand landed on his knee, Corey was pleased he didn’t jump, although he knew that was because he was too shocked.  Still, the fact that he had held still enabled him to put a smile on his flushing face.<br/><br/>“That’s exactly what I meant.” He replied, his voice soft as their faces were so very close to each other.  Indeed, Corey upped the ante a bit by leaning up from the couch, his lips just an inch or two from Grace’s.  “You could be right, maybe it’s best to just get it out of the way with someone you enjoy spending time with….someone you are...close to…” Smiling slightly, Corey misjudged the distance a little, feeling his lips brush slightly against Grace’s as he spoke.<br/><br/>As if that broke the dam, Corey just kept moving, softly kissing Grace, the move a little tentative for all that he had thought about it forever.  Swallowing, Corey pulled back a little, just enough so that his eyes could open again and meet hers.  “Is that what you want to do, Grace?”<br/>