Happiness;

You could still be, what you want to, what you said you were, when I met you. You've got a warm heart, you've got a beautiful brain. | Melody Sparks |

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He smiled down at her and pushed up his glasses. “Thank you… Not many would.” Ezra continued to look down at her and started to lightly blush when she moved closer to him. The blush got deeper as she kissed him and he was frozen for a moment afterwards, blinking. “G-Goodnight, Melody… Sleep well.” He slowly started to turn away, rubbing his cheek happily and looking back a few times.

“You don’t have to thank me for that.” She smiles softly. For a moment she bit her lip nervously, but was glad he was okay with what she had done. “Good night, Ezra.” She tried not to giggle in excitement. She stood outside her door until he disappeared down the hall and she slipped into her room. The blonde covered her face to hide a smile and squealed a little. “I can’t believe that just happened.”

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He knows this little walk has to end. He has a class to teach and she needs sleep. But he doesn’t want to let go. “Yep, and it will be be cuddles and snuggled filled with naps and kisses.” She was just everything to him. And he was already in love. “They’re registered with the school and not the ministry so shhh.”

“I’m already looking forward to that weekend..” She giggled softly. “Don’t worry I won’t tell on you. I’m not like that.” Melody gave him a soft smile. It took her a moment to muster up all her courage to lean up on her toes and gently press her lips against against his stubbley cheek. “I’ll see you tomorrow, Ezra.” She blushed once she returned flat on her feet. She had never done anything like that. She was far from brave but to her doing that was very brave of her.

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He glared at the whispering paintings as he tried not to press her against the door. Ezra so wanted to kiss her, but he was a man of his word and won’t kiss her until tomorrow. But that does not mean he’s hoping she’ll kiss him. “And the entire weekend we don’t have to leave the room…” He hummed quietly. “Dogs as pets are not allowed, but animagus, registered or not, are allowed. Let’s just leave it at that.” He pulled her into a hug and kissed her hair gently.

Melody looked at her door for a moment. For once she didn’t want t go run and hide away like she normally did, she wanted to stay out with Ezra and talk the hours away. Her eyes glanced back up at him looking back at him through her long lashes. “The most interesting weekend I will have in a long time.” She laughed softly fidgeting with her robe again, a habit she’s always had. “It sounds like someone is unregistered but that secret safe with me.”

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He blushed lightly and made them walk a little slower. “Okay… You’ll defiantly get one then.”He smiled brightly, then even the paintings started to point to the couple. “What time do you want to eat then? I start to wake up around 6.30pm and go to bed around 7am.” Ezra moved to fully wrap his arm around her as they walked. He tried his best to make the walk go as long as possible, seeing how he didn’t want to let her go. “Then I’ll save most of my kidnapping for the weekend… Also if you see a corgi at your door, don’t be alarmed.” He pouted as they stopped at her door. Ezra gently leaned over and kissed her forehead.

Melody was thankful for the slow down partly because it meant more time but she  was a little bit shorter than him. “I’m looking forward to it.” She could hear the chattering growing around them but she just wanted to focus on the man beside her. Melody didn’t really like all the attention on her but it was nice to have just a handsome man’s attention. “Perfect. Then it can last from Friday evening until Monday morning. It sounds like a perfect weekend to me.” She looked up to him curiously then, her brows furrowing. “A corgi? I didn’t think Hogwarts allowed dogs.” She sighed softly upon stopping at her door. She didn’t want to go not yet, but the world seemed against that. A soft smile appeared on her lips as she felt the gentle lips against her forehead. 

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Her not saying anything was making him nervous. Ezra brightly smiled at her answer and gently lifted her hand to kiss the back of it. “Maybe if it goes well tomorrow, I could kiss you goodnight… If that’s okay with you… And I usually eat in the kitchens too because my meals are in reverse to all the students and teachers, so it would be weird to be eating waffles while everyone is having dessert.” He quietly continued to walk them to her room, squinting at some of the prefects that wandered about. “If it’s okay with you, when you wake me there’s a chance that I’ll cuddle you to bed with me. And snuggle and not let you go until I get kisses.” Ezra smiled down at her, trying not to kiss her head.

She smiled shyly up at the older man as they walked alone. “I wouldn’t mind a goodnight kiss afterwards..” Melody didn’t think the blush on her cheeks could get any redder but of course it did. “I get that.. I’m usually out of the kitchens pretty early to be out of the house elves way but I don’t think they’ll mind if we stay longer.” She kept close by his side as they walked along. She wished the walk back to her room was longer so they could spend more time together this evening. But they would have the whole night tomorrow, if she could wait that long. “I don’t mind that, you can’t kidnap me too long you’ll have to teach.” Melody pulled her bottom lip between her teeth to hide her growing smile. 

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He blushed, thinking his rambling was too much. “Is tomorrow night too early? I just… I just wanna get to know you better.” He blushed harder and scratched his head. “We could meet at the kitchens at 8 tomorrow night… Everyone else would be at dinner.” Ezra pushed his glasses up and smiled. “I wouldn’t mind you waking me up. Even if it was something little like a hug or other…” He offered his arm with a smile. “Shall we ‘venture downstairs, m’lady?”

The blonde bit her lip for a moment, chewing on it nervously. “I don’t think its too early. I would like to spend more time with you as well.” Her fingers played with her robe trying to contain her excitement. “I often prefer the kitchens anyways. I tend to eat in there by myself anyways. I don’t.... really like how everyone can watch me eat.” She told him shyly. It was silly to everyone else but it was a very big deal to her. Melody never ate a lot and she didn’t like when people pointed it out. “Are you sure? I can be very very quiet if you rather me not wake you. I’m pretty good at being invisible.” A soft shrug fell on her shoulders. “We shall.” Melody giggled softly.

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“Yes! Oh. I mean.. Okay… When do you want it? We can have it in the kitchens if that’s okay with you…” He was rambling at this point in he knew it. He was just too excited. Ezra was gonna go out with someone who’s adorable and caring. “You’re welcome too. I’ll make a stack of books for you and you can put the finished books on the shelf. My wand is almost useless to me so maybe one day you can figure out why… You’re totally fine. Want me to walk you down the stairs?”

The blonde giggled slightly at his excitement. “I’m always free. I can work with scheduled. I would prefer the kitchens, yes. It could be more private there.” She didn’t want to admit how much she really didn’t want to eat in the great hall. There were too many people just watching her eat. “That will be lovely. I would hate to wake you up from sleeping to get books. And perhaps I can now. I know a lot about already, I’m looking for more specifics books now.” She nodded a little. “That would be lovely, thank you.”

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“If you do… We can think of something later… Maybe dinner one night or a date? Or it could be a simple meal between new friends?” He bit his lip in worry. Maybe he was coming on too strong, but he really wanted to know more about this cold, sweet girl. “Well I have more if you ever get bored or just wanted to study them. My classes don’t start until Midnight and it’s barely nine so you’re fine.”

Melody blushed a little at the idea of a date with him. “I would love to have dinner with you. I would like to spend more time to get to know you.” Her eyes stayed glued to the flame in the jar trying to hide an excited smile. Melody couldn’t imagine a better person to go on a date with, he just sparked her interest so much more than anyone else. “I’m sure I will come poking around for them. I really just enjoy anything that has to do with wands. -- Oh that’s good. That would be a bad first impression.”

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He smiles once more and blushed more, not sure what to do now. “You don’t have to thank me. Your company is enough.” For now at least. Ezra hopes she likes his sweater and doesn’t think it’s too creepy. “You can look at them later… My class isn’t for hours and I just need to start warming things up out there… You won’t make me late.”

At his words she blushed more but was hoping that it seemed like the fire was warming her and not so obviously a blush. “I feel as if I do. You gave me books and something to keep me warm. That’s more effort that anyone has ever gone to for me.” She smiled down a the objects in her hand. It was a nice feeling being taken care of. “I will. I’ll end up memorizing these front and back like I did with all my others. -- I just wanted to make sure I wouldn’t.”

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“I don’t think it will…” He bites his lip and blushes as well. He went over to his shelf and pulled off two books and blew the dust off of them. Then, he got a bigger jar to put a bigger flame in it to keep her warm. He gently traded jars with her and got a bag ready with the books and a sweater of his for good measure.  Ezra quickly added a note asking for dinner one night in the kitchens. “I know so… In the bag has two books to start you off. I even threw in a little extra something.”

Melody smiled a little more when he agreed. She hoped that it would mean she would be seeing more of him. Her eyes followed as he moved around his office gathering things just for her. It put butterflies in her stomach just thinking about it. Melody gently trades jars with him and easily took the bag from him. “You are very kind. I am unsure how to even thank you.” She bit her lip a little as she looked down at all the new objects he had given her. “I should let you get to your class, I don’t want to make you late.”

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“Nope. In some cases it hurts more than hurt… Thank you.” He kinda just wanted to bundle her up in one of his old sweaters he had back in his keeper days… “It’s not too late. And I think you could do it if you wanted to… I have more advanced books at my cottage if you ever wanted to learn more. I think one is a very in-depth manual by my grandfather… Sorry people treated you that way.” He smiled brightly at her and checked the time.

“Then I don’t think there will be a problem between us, which I’m rather happy about.” She blushed as she admitted. Being cold had always been a problem for Melody. When she was much younger it was actually much worse, Melody was a tiny thing. Even the smallest of uniforms would slip off her frame. It wasn’t until the summer going into 7th year did the girl finally blossom. She went from having no shirts being small enough to her shirts popping buttons from her chest being too big. Her skirts went from too long to being much too short. She guessed it was finally her body taking in all the nutrients of the Hogwarts feasts, even if she didn’t eat as much as most people her body seemed to finally take it all in. Although those things happened Melody still found herself getting freezing easier than anyone else. So she tried to just find the biggest sweaters and cloaks to keep her warm. “You think so? I still would really love to at least keep reading about it. It’s so interesting to me and I could love to craft a wand one day.” She perked up at his encouragement and the smile he gave her made her a little breathless but returned it nevertheless.

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“Is that going to be a problem? I’m already a disgrace to may family if that helps any… I agree. Don’t worry… It won’t go out unless you cover it.” He wandered over to his shelf for a jar, noticing she was cold. Ezra snapped his fingers and started a fire in the jar and gave it to her to keep her warm. “No, no… Tell me. This tower is home to the grumpy old hermit that likes space and muggles too much.” He was always open to learning more about people, if they gave him a chance to listen. “You are not at all an inconvenience… Don’t ever think that.”

“No, not at all. Will me being a muggleborn be an issue? I wouldn’t think that being a disgrace would help or hurt. That won’t change my judgment of you.” Her fingers eagerly wrapped around the warm jar. She shivered at the warm heat crawling up her hands, Melody brought the jar closer to her chest to keep warmer. “I just... I wanted to go into wand making. I’ve read every book on it that I could get my hands on. I studied countless nights, and countless hours. I was just called ridiculous and told to give up on the idea. I wasn’t.. smart enough to do that.” Seeing as Melody was shy, she would find herself missing classes. People had taken that shyness and convinced her that meant she wasn’t smart. A smart person wouldn’t be ‘shy’, many had told her. At his next words she blushed. He was definitely the first to tell her that. She couldn’t really find words to respond. “Well.. thank you..”

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“They’re quite rude to me when they say it though… Mostly because I like muggle science. I think they’re too boring.”  He wandered over to his small fire place and started the heat. It was nearly winter break so it can be a bit drafty up in his tower and he needed to remember to ad the warming charm to the outlook. “My grandfather was a wand maker so I kept his books. I’m not super interested but I can do a quick fix to chipped wands.” He blushed slightly and turned back to her. “Just leave a note around this time or send a student to slide it under the door whenever. And you’re not a bother.”

“Ah, you are a pureblood. Well, even then I don’t think anyone should discourage positive interests. I find them boring as well.” The blonde could feel the cold settling deep into her bones like it always did. She was doing her best not to shiver as she stood up here with him, but the wind did start to pic up and make the room even colder. Her fingers twitched again itching to just curl up into her robe. “Oh. I find wandmaking super interesting and exciting but.. never mind its silly forget I said anything.” She sighed softly, Melody had always got laughed in the face when she told people that she would like to go into wand making much like Olivander, so she had given up on the dream. “I will be sure to do that. I’m glad you don’t find my intrusion too inconvenient.”

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“You’re one of the first people that has told me that and not call me strange. And for that you have access to my books if you get bored… There’s anything from muggle science to wand making here that’s not in the library.” Ezra covered his mouth from a yawn and puttered over to make a fresh cup of tea for himself. “Just tell me when and I’ll get an area set up for you near me when I’m making sure students don’t fall asleep.” He only put it that way so he could be close to her without it being too awkward.

“Really? Perhaps its because I’ve been on the other end of being called strange... so I frankly don’t think its strange for you to enjoy what you do. I don’t get why some people think differently.” Melody smiled a shy smile towards him, her fingers picked at her sleeve of her torn cloak. “Wand making? Are you interested in that?” She asked curiously. Melody had always wanted to start wand making, having such a strong kinship to her own wand and the artsy world. “I’ll make sure you tell you and not spring myself on you. I would hate to bother you more than I already have.”

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He patted it gently for it be polished magically. “Yeah NASA… There’s a magical telescope shop inside for the weird astronomers like me and I like to see the rockets…” He blushed slightly. Ezra knew there were several rumors about him, like how he was mean and grumpy, how he is basically a hermit when school’s not in session, and how he’s a disgrace to his pureblood family for liking muggle technology… “Oh. okay… You’re welcome to come back at anytime… Even sit in a lecture if it’s not too late for you.”

She smiled a little as she watched as he puttered around his office. She found his puttering adorable. “You aren’t weird, that sounds amazing. You are just following you interests.” Melody bit her lip a little after she spoke. She really was hoping she wasn’t stepping over any boundaries. Melody just found him so interesting that she wanted just experience all of it. “Thank you.. that is very sweet of you to offer. I may just have to take you up on that offer, I would be interested in sketching the night sky.” At the thought of being able see him again, Melody completely forgot all about her fear of heights. 

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He smiles at her gently and put the telescope on its stand. “Thank you… I got it hand crafted in America when I went to the space place.” He ran a hand through his hair and puttered around his office. “Need anything else, um… Professor?” She was just so cute and small and he wanted to just hug her… And never let her go.

She nodded gently and returned his smile with a shy one. “You’ve visited NASA? I haven’t ever been but from what I know if it, NASA would be such an interesting place to visit.” Melody had heard that the man was a pureblood but she couldn’t think of one pureblood who would ever go visit a muggle place like that. So Melody wondered if those rumors were true. “Oh..” She bit her lip realizing she was staring and her eyes fell back to the floor. “No.. I don’t think so.” She wished she had more courage to make something up. She wanted to stay and hear him talk forever, but she knew she was probably very uninteresting for a man like him.

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He’d never seen eyes so blue before, even for the brief second he did see them. Nor has he ever seen so pink of lips. Ezra blushed and let her in his office quickly snapped to have it clean itself. He ran a hand through his beard and took the telescope from her. 

“Oh I figured it was use for a class… My office is unlocked during the day while I sleep and I told them to leave notes if they took anything… I guess they forgot… But I don’t mind because I got to see a cut- you…”

She glanced up again meeting his eyes as he moved to let her in. “I told them to find something in the castle that had depth and structure but wasn’t architecture. It was a good thought but I would have preferred if they had asked to take it. It’s a very beautiful telescope.” She let him take the object and her hand dropped from holding up her wand. Melody blushed a little when he mentioned that he was happy to see her. The blonde found herself at a loss of words again as she stood in from of the man. She found herself getting distracted by just looking at the other professor. It was just so wonderful seeing him this close up.