Awkward Party This Is [Alex, OPEN]

[Alexander Jay García Torres]

Alex gave Andrew a small gracias on being handed the Martini. The other boy obviously hadn't heard what Dorothy Parker had to say about these drinks, even if it didn't apply quite so much to Alex: I love to drink Martinis, two at the very most, after three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host. Alex could probably handle more than four meager Martinis before making a fool out of himself. But he wasn't going to put it to the test tonight. Maybe when he was alone in his apartment. It'd be a rather peculiar scene to walk into - the Spaniard in a dressing gown, watching Quidditch and drinking Martinis.

"Being described as great doesn't do him any justice..." Alex sighed, smiling into his drink while he took a small sip. This was good stuff. The entry was exquisite. "He's one of those guys that... just... are so much more than that. One that you don't want to lose... and you'll go to any length to just see them sm--" The young man glanced over in Andrew's direction, pìnkening in the cheeks. He was gushing to a teenager about Reid? Maybe he was just like a teenage girl deep down after all. Embarrassing. And he hadn't drank enough to be able to blame it on that. Alex cleared his throat quietly and sipped his drink to regain any composure he could muster. "Well, y'know, uh... that. Reid's one of a kind for me. He helped me through some tough times." Alex mindlessly began to toy with one of the ironed cuffs on his shirt.

"If he listens and understands you, that's what's most important. It doesn't matter which house he's in really." Now would be the time when Alex would probably ramble on about one of his stories from his time at Hogwarts and probably point out a certain innuendo about snakes and Slytherins. They were stories for another time. There were certain things you didn't tell people you were just getting to know. And one of those things were your previous sexual encounters. Alex was past all that anyway. "After all, you get put into the house which the Hat thinks you'll have more potential in. Not all live up to it though. I'm a Claw and I've ended up doing some pretty stupid things."

[Reid Rutherford]

Reid walked into the party and looked around. He honestly wasn't sure why he was at the party. He had let Alex talk him into coming, mostly because Alex wanted to show off his boyfriend, or at least that's what Reid thought. So that's why he was here, to be shown off, and to make sure Alex didn't do anything stupid like have too much to drink.

He walked looked around the room, recognizing some people though not very many. He didn't really care who was there, he was only looking for one person.

It took at few minutes but he finally found his date. Reid made his way to him, planning on sneaking up on him. It made Reid laugh when Alex jumped every time he did it. He got close enough to hear what was being said but not so much where he was seen. Reid didn't recognize the kid that Alex was talking to. He stood there and listened as Alex rambled on about him. "Ah, so they are talking about me. I love that Alex loves to talk about me so much. Yeah, I know, way to boost my own ego."

He found his opportunity to interrupt and went for it. He walked up behind Alex and wrapped his arms around his boyfriend as spoke. "That you have my love, but who hasn't." He kissed his love on the neck and placed his chin on his shoulder.

[Andrew Sebastian Maxwell]

Andrew was happy that Alex was sharing about Reid. It seemed that this man was very important to him. But then again, Tyler was like that to Andrew. Not that Andrew would say it out loud in front of Tyler.

"Reid sounds like the perfect match for you then, Alex. He seems to understand you better than you could understand yourself." he said and laughed lightly. Then he saw someone approach them and hugged Alex. He must be Reid. Andrew smiled politely.

"Everyone has there crazy moments. No exceptions. besides, that's what makes us human right? That at one point of our calm lives, we just snap and go crazy for a few moments then become sane again." he commented.

Andrew nodded as Reid, "You must be the man Alex has spoken of often. I'm glad you could make it. I'm Andrew Sebastian Maxwell, call me Andrew." he told Reid and held out his hand to the guest. "Seeing you together is making me wish that Tyler was here." he joked and laughed.

[Alexander Jay García Torres]

Alex sucked in a sharp intake of air when someone suddenly wrapped their arms around him. He jumped a little bit too, just enough to have his drink slosh dangerously in his glass and the olive roll lazily about. His surprise dissolved away in an instant though. That voice that invaded his ears like satin was recognized immediately.
"Nene! You came!" Alex chuckled, flushing pink and leaning gratefully into the kiss that was planted on his neck. Reid's whiskers tickled. It was nice.

Alex pulled back to not-so-subtly eyefuck check out his boyfriend and what he was wearing. He looked, well, pretty hot in his formal attire. Later on Reid was totally getting cornered by Alex. Maybe he'd let him---... Alex's flush deepened to a vivid shade of crimson. He swallowed and looked timidly about. It was times like these when he was glad no one could read his mind. If it were even possible Alex would definitely feel sorry for the unlucky sap.

"You look..." Alex let his eyes roam over Reid once more while he sipped his Martini. "...bello." Yeah, lets just go with handsome for now. To be honest, Reid could wear a potato sack for all Alex cared and he'd still be pretty fine. Alex was in love. He saw everything through rose-tinted spectacles when it came to Reid.

"And lets just go with 'crazy moments'." Alex chuckled, looking back at Reid and catching his gaze for a moment. He'd had more than just a couple of "crazy moments" and he'd place his last galleon on that he'd probably have another by the end of the night. The Spaniard swallowed again and turned back to Andrew with a chuckle. Reid, Reid, Reid.... this was what happened when he unexpectedly appeared. Funnily enough Alex had told Andrew that this would probably happen - Reid making a sudden entrance.
"This is the Andrew that I bumped into at Fortescue's, the one that gave me the invite." That much information was probably unnecessary. How many Andrews did Alex know anyway? Another "duh" moment on his part.


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[Andrew Sebastian Maxwell]

Andrew was watching the two and wondered if he and Tyler were going to be like them someday, open about each other's feelings. But then again, he just met Tyler too so there might not be a 'them' at all. This made Andrew sigh. He envied Alex for having someone like Reid by his side. He wish he had one too.

Andrew had to force himself to smile in from of the guests. Every pair of eyes that belonged to a guest that was nearby was directed at him and the couple he was with. He wished he hadn't done what he did to Alex but it was done now and he was forgiven.

Without warning, his sister came, "Andrew, you didn't tell me that Mr. Torres had a date tonight." she said cheerfully, taunting her own brother for being alone at her party. Denise knew of her brother's secret but didn't tell him that she knew. She was waiting for him to say it out loud. She'd love him just the same no matter who he chooses to love.

"I'm Denise and am glad that you could make it to my farewell party, Mr--?" she turned to look at Andrew for help. "Rutherford, Denise. This is Reid Rutherford, and Alex's boyfriend." Andrew told her. She smiled back at the guests. "Mr. Rutherford. Thank you again for coming. But I shall have to borrow my brother for a little bit. I shall return him in ten minutes." she told them with a smile.

Andrew went willing with her since he didn't really want to be a third wheel with Alex and Reid. And he knew Denise could see it in his eyes. This sucked.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco entered the party with a sigh. He never did like these things, but being a pureblood in the community, he was obliged to attend unless something huge happened or he had to work. In which someone would know if he was lying or not. Stupid pureblood community.

He had arrived late, of course. He wasn't going to go early anywhere. He arrived and waited by the door for Potter, knowing he probably wouldn't want to wander around until he found Draco. He still wasn't sure what had possessed his mind to invite Potter with him, but there was no taking it back now.

Draco saw a few people he knew, obviously. He knew almost everyone here. It was here that families found mates for their children. Stupid pureblood's. Draco wasn't as big on blood purity that he made it seem like. He just enjoyed calling people mudbloods now and then. Or... didn't enjoy it, but felt like he had to. It was complicated.

Potter better hurry up...

[Harry Potter]

Harry came with a loud popping sound. He fixed his robes and looked around as every pair of eyes began to look at him. It couldn't be helped, he thought. He was Harry Potter, "Savior" of the wizarding world. He just hoped that Draco had arrived before he did so he wouldn't have to stand in one corner by himself of being interviewed by people during the party.

Then, as he was scanning the crowd, a smile graced his face when he saw Draco by the door, obviously waiting for him. However, before Harry could call out to the blond man, a group of people were already blocking his way, and all of them were clearly reporters. Harry just had to sigh. Couldn't he go and attend a party without being ambushed my reporters for the Prophet?

"Head Auror Potter! A few moments please.... You're attending a house party of the Maxwell's meaning your in close ties with the family, yes?" asked one reporter. "Are you here with someone Head Auror Potter? The news about your divorce with the Harpies' Seeker, Ginevra Weasley was a shock to everyone. Any comment about it, Head Auror Potter?" asked another reporter.

Harry turned to Draco's direction, hoping the blond man would come and save him. he never got to learn how to face the media even after all the years he was being followed around by them.

[OOC: I asked Sylvy that for the next six posts (three from each of us) Andrew, Alex, and Reid won't reply yet. Meaning within the given posts, we have to get Harry and Draco inside the ballroom.]

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco was waiting patiently, he wondered where Harry was. It was past when they were supposed to meet, but Draco figured he just got tied up with something. It wasn't a big deal to Draco. Then he heard a loud pop and looked over to see Harry in the middle of a group of reporters.

Of course he had told a few people who his guest would be to the party, but it was like everyone's head in the room turned to look at Potter. Draco took a deep sigh before walking over to the pleading look Harry had on his face. "Get lost! He's not hear to do your stupid interviews. He's here as a guest!" Draco said before making his way through the crowd, grabbing Harry's arm as he did so and pulling him away from the reporters. Well that was going to cause for a story. Draco Malfoy saving Harry Potter from the press. Joy.

"Do you attract a crowd everywhere you go?" Draco asked bitterly, his angry tone coming out without meaning to.

[Harry Potter]

Harry was a bit glad that Draco came and pulled him out of the reporter's circle and away from them. Draco actually defended him, "Because he felt sorry for you being bombarded with questions when your supposed to be attending a party." Harry mind told him so Harry remained silent and allowed to be dragged away by Draco.

Harry looked down on the floor as Draco was lecturing him, "I'm sorry... Maybe coming here wasn't a good idea then..." Harry said in a whisper. He didn't want to cause trouble for Draco. though Narcissa might not be so angry since it was Harry that Draco was with. but then again, Harry didn't know if Narcissa would approve of their friendship.

"I'm sorry, Draco. I didn't mean to cause you any trouble... They really just follow me around..." Harry apologized to Draco once again, still looking down on the floor. The night wasn't going so well and Harry had a feeling that being at the party was just going to make everything worse since Draco hated the press.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco wanted to laugh at Harry and how many times he was apologizing. It was actually rather funny. He probably would have if he wasn't in a room full of people that would probably have a heart attack from seeing Draco laugh. Literally. He wasn't sure any of them had heard him laugh before. Harry had.

"Don't worry about it, Potter. I knew what I was getting into when I invited you here, didn't I?" Draco told him, his lips pressing into a tight line. He was actually trying to think about why he invited Potter to this in the first place. He couldn't think of the reason at the moment. "I'd tell them to leave the party, but they're always here. And the other purebloods won't care if I've invited you. They won't make them leave." Draco let out a long sigh. He really hated these things. They made him so nervous and angry. He hated it. He would rather be at home reading a good book.

[Harry Potter]

Harry looked down on his shoes as Draco explained that he was actually expecting this. Harry wanted to just go home and hide in his chambers for the whole night. Draco wanted to have fun but how was that possible if Harry was with the blond man. He looked up at Draco and sighed, "How can you possibly have fun if your with me? Everyone will just look at you and stuff?" he asked with a saddened tone. He wanted Draco happy, not mad and pissed.

But when Draco said he didn't care, Harry wanted to smile and give him a hug but he stopped himself. Draco won't probably like it and would get mad since people were looking and the newspapers might just have a field day when they see the great Harry Potter hugging Draco Malfoy. He sighed.

"Again, I'm sorry Draco. I'll try to behave and not hex the reporters to the next century." he promised with a small smile. "So, can I meet the family that threw this huge party? Or do we wait until they come and introduced themselves to us? Knowing that You're Draco Malfoy and your guest is me, Harry Potter, they might just come on their own to us, don't you think?" Harry turned to look at Draco to hear what he had to say.

[Draco Malfoy]

"Any publicity is good publicity, isn't it?" Draco said with a teasing smirk toward Harry. He really didn't care. "Besides. You're not that bad to hang around. I don't mind it. You're... actually fun to hang with. So don't worry." Draco told him dismissively.

Draco laughed a single laugh that escaped his lips accidentally. "Please hex them next time. Sometimes I think they need a good dose of that so they'll leave people alone." shaking his head, he began to look around to see if he could find the hosts.

"You can meet them as soon as I can find them." Draco told him as he continued to look around. "Yeah. Right. I'm sure they'll probably want to come and find us." Draco said as he stopped looking around. "Their little kid, Andrew, will probably be here and come find us. I heard he's rather... friendly."

[Harry Potter]

Harry was surprised to hear from Draco that he enjoyed having Harry as company. And this made Harry smiled at Draco. He as going to make sure that he was going to have fun with Draco. He nodded and looked around at the people that was looking at them from the corners of their eyes. Harry could care less since Draco said he didn't care as well.

"I hope I meet them. they have a very lovely and well decorated home." Harry commented. Harry wondered however what Andrew meant by being 'friendly'. This didn't really match with the word 'friendly' Harry had in mind. Well, whatever it was, he was going to be polite about it.

[Andrew Sebastian Maxwell]

Andrew smiled as he saw Governor Malfoy enter the ballroom with his guest, Head Auror Potter. "Well well well... That's not something you see everyday..." he thought to himself and smirked. He walked over to his sister and parents and whispered that his school Governor had arrived with his guest, the famous Harry Potter. His parents smiled and nodded. They all made their way to Draco and Harry.

"Governor Malfoy, so glad you could make it. We thought that you would have skipped the party and stay in your office to work." Lord Maxwell joked and chuckled. His wife, Lady Maxwell, discreetly elbowed her husband. "Forgive my husband's sense of humor, Governor. Head Auror Potter, a pleasure to have you join us in this celebration. These are our children, our daughter, Denise Mionette and our son, Andrew Sebastian." she said and her children bowed and curtsied.

Andrew stared back and forth between Harry and Draco. He could feel there was something there but waited to see what would happen for the next days, weeks, and months. Lord Maxwell straighten up and smiled at his guests. "Forgive us for the very rude welcoming you had outside. Though they weren't invite, those reporters showed up outside. Rest assured that they won't be bothering you for the night. Everyone is a friend here. Please do enjoy the celebration, Head Auror Potter." the Lord said and bowed and his wife curtsied.

"We shall leave you in the company of our son for now. My husband and I need to return our daughter to a couple who has their eyes on her for their son. Please excuse us." she said and the three Maxwell's left, leaving Andrew.

He turned to the two adults, "Is there anything I can get the two of you, Governor Malfoy, Head Auror Potter?" he asked with his angelic smile. Yes, Andrew was being nice since it was his School Governor and the Ministry's Head Auror he was told to accompany.

[Alexander Jay García Torres]

Alexander smiled at Andrew's sister, Denise, and let himself and Reid be introduced. Before he knew it, she was dragging Andrew away with her to, probably, meet more of the guests that had turned up. That left Alex alone with Reid. And he didn't mind one single bit.

"Hey, nene." Alex purred, nuzzling into his boyfriend's neck affectionately, making the most that Andrew had left their presence. "You're being quiet tonight. I knew you'd like what I'm wearing but... I never thought it'd leave you at a loss for words." He teased playfully, not honestly meaning what he was saying. Alex wasn't that full of himself. He ran his lips gently against the smooth skin on Reid's neck, ignoring the looks they were getting, and planted a single, light kiss on his beau's cheek before pulling away.

"Let's go for a wander, nene." Alex smiled, sliding his hand into Reid's and entwining his fingers with his. "There's so many people and this place is massive... no one'll miss us if we get lost for around... fifteen minutes?" He picked himself another Martini off the tray offered to them both by a passing waiter and allowed Reid to choose one for himself if he wished. Then they were given the perfect distraction should they want to slip away together: Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter were causing a commotion with reporters and other guests. Alex gave his boyfriend's hand an encouraging tug in the opposite direction.

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