Notice Me Newt

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How long had it been? Months, years? If felt like eternity since I saw Newt leave the halls of Hogwarts. Yet here we were, on a boat headed to New York. I try to think about what brought us to this point and how on earth I still had this stupid schoolgirl crush. We were on business though. Dumbledore called is back because something about a Thunderbird terrorizing New York City. I didn't know then but Newt had also been called in. Turns out it was one of his that flew nearly cross country. Definitely had his prints all over it.
I guess my thing with Newt started when we were just getting to Hogwarts. He was in Hufflepuff and I was in Ravenclaw. We had potions together, he wasn't too good so before Slughorn could get upset I snuck some herbs into his to counteract his mistakes. After that we were best friends. That is, until Leta came along. I could tell Newt likes her off the bat, she was really pretty and very smart but she didn't like me much. She was always trying to get Newt by himself and would leave me out of things. And when the Yule Ball came around and he asked her I was heartbroken even though I knew it was coming. It hurt. I don't know if he knew it hurt. I knew my feelings were right about Leta because just a few months later after a jarvey incident, he was expelled. And she was the one who turned him in. As he left through those doors so did my dream of him. He never did notice me though. But now here we were. Maybe just maybe that spark will ignite.
We dock in New York and we are treated by three people waving, one of them was a muggle which I was shocked by but he was very friendly and offered me a blueberry muffin which I took gratefully. The two women I knew were Queenie and Tina.
"You must be Nikhad!" Queenie said hugging me tightly, "We got Newt's owl! you guys were schoolmates? Oh that's just a darling memory-".
      "Queenie?" Her sister flashed her a look.
   "Sorry" the blond stated shrugging.
"You guys must be starving, dinners on me" Jacob states.
    We go to a very sweet bakery in the middle of the city. Everything seemed to stop in there, the busy streets, the noise, even time. It was like a little patch of heaven. Jacob presents us with a magnificent beef Wellington and Queenie slices it in equal portions. I am so full by the time we finish I almost couldn't eat the apple strudel. "So Newt, wasn't there something you wanted to tell us?" Tina asks. Newt starts stuttering, "What?"
"About the thing?" Queenie adds.
"Is this about the thunderbird? Because it seems pretty quiet to me" I chime in.
   They all look at me like I have three heads. Then they all look at Newt accusingly. "Okay, okay," he starts, "Nikhad, there wasn't a thunderbird, I mean there was but that was years ago. Anyway what I'm trying to get at is that I like you. I have for a while now actually, it all started that first day back in potions where you saved my arse from Slughorn. I did like Leta for a while but that's only because I couldn't really get the courage to ask you out. And I wanted to do that here, with my closest friends and I wanted you to meet them because I've actually been thinking about moving here for a while. America is filled with magnificent creatures if you know where to look. So I guess what I'm asking is, is will you come on this adventure with me?"
   I look at him for a moment, "Yes, Newt!" I hug him for the first time in years and he hugs back. Jacob stands, "Well I think this calls for some more strudel" and hacks off another piece for everyone in celebration of a new beginning.

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