sortinghat_logs | The slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger

WHO: Nick and YOU
TONE: Shifty? Sarcastic etc
RATING: PG13
WHEN: Feb 4th
WHERE: Library, Out of grounds and around the halls
WHAT: Nick is chilling around the school and people should come bother him.
STATUS: Ongoing

[The Halls, probably near Slytherin dorms.]
[Nick has found himself a clean, empty patch in the hallway and he's making himself up a neat little one man casino. Currently he seems to be engaging in a game of solitaire, he's grumbling to himself as he does but he's actually pretty damn good at it. Honestly, he doesn't really look like he wants to be bothered, unless you happen to look like he could win some money off you. Or anything, really. Cards are more fun if you're winning against someone, afterall.]

[Out of Grounds]
[Nick is a model student. That's why he's out here lighting a smoke with his wand and hoping to God nobody catches him. It's a terrible habit, and he really should stop, but he sure as hell isn't going to appreciate being told. Or caught, for that matter.]

[Library]
[If you happen to be studying here and look like you have more than half a brain in your head, Nick is going to be seating himself in front of you and trying to coaxe you into doing his homework for him.]

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[Nick's shocked face makes him feel a bit better, because if Nick is surprise, then that means he didn't know, right? Right. Nevermind the fact he's seen Nick do it before, probably. Which means he shouldn't believe him. But he does.]

Prolly! If ya get caught, I mean. So you might wanna put that out, alright? And I'll pretend I ain't ever saw ya doin' it in the first place.

Gee, yeah. Wouldn't wanna get caught, huh?
[The sincerity of that expression kind of fades as he takes another drag. He could be an actor, he swears.]

So that's why neither of us are gonna tell anyone and I'm not going to be a jackass and get caught. Wow. I solve all of my problems so easily. So why can't I get you to stop following me?

[Wow, way to give off mixed signals there, Nick.]

But that ain't how it works! If ya know you're doin' somethin' bad, then doesn't that mean ya should stop? C'mon man, put that thing out and have a punkin' juice or somethin'!

Like hell I'm gonna waste a good cigarette 'cause you have Jiminy Cricket up your ass.

[He scowls at Ellis.] You don't like it you can leave.

Dude, that's gross!

[He would never put Jiminy Cricket up his butt- that's just... Who even thinks of shit like that? Groooooss.]

I ain't leavin'! And I really think ya should put that cigarette out. C'mon man, before you get in some serious trouble. 'sides, smokin's gross anyways. I hear girls don't like kissin' smokers!

So why do you do it then?

[He rolls his eyes, getting more and more frustrated with this.]

Who are you, my mom? Wait- No. You can't be. She'd have smacked it out of my mouth by now. Don't get any ideas.

Ellis. I am a year older than you, I know a helluva lot more about girls and I can do whatever the hell I want. Besides, girls think it's cool. Don't you know anything?

No, I ain't your mom! That'd be... weird!

[Though he is getting ideas, honestly. Because he really thinks Nick needs to cut that out and stop being all... delinquent-y. He's just a bit too afraid to slap it out of his mouth.]

Why would they think that's cool though? That don't make any sense!

Yeah, 'cause my Ma isn't an idiot.

[Ellis slapping him would not inspire him to quit smoking, no. It would inspire him to start beating Ellis up more often.]

Because it makes you look like a rebel who doesn't give a shit. And I don't give a shit. Especially not about how you feel about smoking. So you can either shut up about it or go find another tree to bark up.

I ain't going anywhere, I ain't an idiot, and I'm gonna bark up your tree all day long 'til I get ya to stop smoking that stuff.

[Sorry, Nick, your best friend is kind of stubborn. Because he's totally your best friend. You're the bestest besties that ever were friends, in his opinion. And really, he's just looking out for you. Smoking kills! They said so on TV back home, and his mom totally hammered that in a lot, too. So he's just trying to keep Nick from dying, because if Nick died then he would be really sad. And a sad Ellis is not a happy Ellis.

For obvious reasons.]

I don't think bein' a rebel is worth dyin'.

[Nick has seen enough TV to have seen those shitty ads. He's also seen enough of his family and extended family and the fishy people hanging around his house to know that smoking is A-OK and that people who bitch about it are losers.

Seriously though, this is starting to grate more and more on Nick's nerves. He takes a drag, blowing the smoke in Ellis' face and speaking through gritted teeth.]

If your next words aren't "Nick I was wrong, you do what you want." I am going to have a meet and greet with your face and my fist.

[Ellis coughs when Nick blows the smoke in his face, waving his hands in the attempt to blow it away. He sputters for a few moments, trying to get clean air into his lungs, and then gives Nick a look.]

That was just mean, man. This is why people don't like smokers! They all pollute the air and crap and make it hard to breathe. And you ain't gonna punch me, cuz then you'll get in even MORE trouble.

[Nick is going to return that LOOK with an unimpressed expression.]

Yeah, people hate smokers because they get up in their GOD DAMN faces when they walked all the way out here to smoke in peace. That reeeeally sounds like the smoker's problem.

[He scoffs.] What, you gonna tattle on me? What a baby.

Hey, just 'cuz you're all the way out here don't mean nobody can smell it, anyway! I bet the teachers can smell it, they have noses like dogs!

[He shifts a little uncomfortably.]

I was thinkin' about it. It don't make me a baby though.

If they do then why have I never been caught before? Hey! Maybe they don't give a crap, maybe you're the only person in the entire world who does.

Yeah, it does. It makes you a god damn toddler who can't handle seeing shit he doesn't like. What are you gonna do when you grow up and everyone else is smoking?

Ya make it sound like everyone in the world are smokers, Nick! That just ain't true. I mean, sure, a lotta people do! But not everybody. You're bein' silly!

At least more than half of them are. You're the one being stupid. [There's no way he's saying silly.]

Now, piss off.

[Ellis just lets out a sigh.]

It's obvious we ain't gettin' anywhere, so fine. Guess I'll go, since it's gettin' hard to breath.

[With a shake of his head, he turns and heads off, debating on whether or not he ought to tell on Nick.]

The slight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger

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