The next day, after classes, Everton comes up to me with a picnic basket. He smiles and says, "Ready?"

"Yup." I say, smiling. We walk down to the Great Lake, people watching us, Trinity glaring at us. 

We have a picnic below the shade of a tree near the Great Lake.

"So, are you okay about the Trinity thing?" I ask him.

"What 'Trinity thing'?" He asks.

"You know....she's mad because you're dating you."

He blushes and smiles at me and says, "I'm dating you?"

I look down, embarrassed, and say, "I mean, that's just what I thought...."

He smiles and says, "Aurelia, would you go out with me?"

I say, "Sure."

Then he says, "Now we're dating."

"You never answered my question. Are you okay with the Trinity thing?" 

"Of course...Are you?"

"Yeah. Just making sure you were."

"So what do you want to be when you grow up?"

"Maybe an Auror," I say. That's the only thing I could think of at the moment other than I'm on a date I'm on a date I'm on a date.

"Oh, cool," He says. "I wanna work at the Ministry."

And we just go on talking and eating food by the Great Lake. 

"Okay. So you wanted to be Slytherin, right?" He asks at one point.

"Yeah, but I'm happy I'm Gryffindor because I met Autumn and you --"

And then he kisses me, softly. He blushes and smiles at me and I blush and smile back. We talk for a little bit more until, finally, it gets dark and we walk back to our common room, hand in hand.

I got to the Girls' Dormitory and Autumn asks, "Uh oh. Don't tell me you kissed him."

"Nope, --"

"Phew! I thought --"

"he kissed me."

She looks at me and bursts out laughing. "AWWWW, YOUR FIRST KISS!"

I'm embarrassed. "Shut up," I say, laughing.

It was an okay day.