Dear Samantha, (Sam/open)

[secret]

:::One night at dinner, a week after the Champion Selection Ceremony, a letter is delivered by owl addressed to Samantha Montgomery and dropped onto the Slytherin table in front of her. As it's opened an elegant script reveals these words::::


I see you smiling every day
But this is the only way to say
How I feel when you are near
The way I wish to hold you, dear.

I wish to share the stars with you
To show you passion in all I do
But fear holds me back of what you'd say
of what you feel if I were brave.

I adore you with all my heart
your strong, your sweet, your smart,
My feelings for you are locked away
Yet I never cease to by amazed

How beautiful inside you are to me
if only I could share, if only you could see


~Your Secret Admirer~

[Lyra Newbury]

While eating dinner an owl delivered a letter to Sam. It caught Lyra's attention because mail generally comes at breakfast. Either this owl had gotten extremely lost, or this was a special delivery. Lyra leaned over Sam's shoulder and asked "What's that?"

[Samantha Montgomery]

Sam opened the note a little surprised that she was getting mail, she had hoped to hear back from Nicolas by now perhaps this was it. Though as her eyes scanned tha page she knew it wasn't Nick. Oh he could be charming and romantic as they came but he would never be her secret anything he'd boldly claim her for everyone to see.

Her head tilted curiously, who was it from?

When Lyra asked what it was she shrugged, " Just a letter." she said but closed it quickly, contrary to what people thought, she liked to keep her romantic affairs private.

[Lyra Newbury]

Lyra caught the quick way Sam had folded up her letter so that she couldn't sneak a peek. Sam was too new a friend to know that this only intensified her curiosity in the subject. "Who from?" she said, trying to sound casual. "Strange it didn't come this morning."

[Seth Inophen]

Seth was sitting across from Sam, but hadn't paid attention to the delivered letter until Lyra began questioning it. He watched Sam quickly close the letter keeping it out of Lyra's sight. He didn't say anything though, just continued with his Dinner until someone addressed him.

[Samantha Montgomery]

"I.." she shrugged, " Nobody important I guess." she sighed as if the letter were truly unimportant, which it was to her, if someone liked her they should have the decency to tell her to her face so she could feel guilty about telling them that she wasn't interested, a letter like this lessened the guilt...but it was a beautifully written poem. Oh who was she kidding she'd feel guilty either way.

[Rystain Quandry]

Rystain called to Seth, since he himself wasnt wasn't sitting quite so close to Sam, but Seth was. When he got the boys attention he nudged him with an inquisitive glance, "what'd she get? we never get mail at dinner... it must be important." He'd have to ask her about it later if no one else knew.

[Seth Inophen]

"She won't tell," Seth said to Rystain. She acted as if it wasn't important. By Ry was right.

No one got mail at Dinner.

[Rystain Quandry]

Rystain raised his eyebrow across the table at Samantha, "keeping secrets from us all Sam? Inquiring minds want to know." He nodded pointedly to the letter in her hand. Interesting indeed.

[Lyra Newbury]

Lyra turned to the boys who were also wondering about the letter and since Sam wasn't giving anything up she would guess along with them. "She says it's no one important, which means its actually someone really important." She turned back to Sam, to see if she was going to give anything away.

[Seth Inophen]

Seth knew that Sam wasn't going to tell any of them anything. "guys, leave Sam be, it's her letter..." Seth said, knowing that, probably, almost most likely, Ry and Lyra would probably ignore him.

[Samantha Montgomery]

She sighed amused, "You all are making much more fuss about this than there really is. It's simply a small letter of..." she pursed her lips, " admiration." she decided on," but I don't know who it's from." she said with a small shake of her head.

She'd really rather it stay secret, her own affair but then they would think she was really hiding something important, and by not talking about it she was elevating it's importance, if they wanted it badly enough she'd give it to them.

[Lyra Newbury]

Lyra rolled her eyes at Seth, the suck-up. "We're her friends, Seth. We just want to be a part of things. Now, don't you have to go speak with Maxi about something?" She said this last part so softly that only he would be able to hear her. Lord knew that Sam would defend him tooth and nail if she knew Lyra was mocking his crush on the Hufflepuff.

[Samantha Montgomery]

Sam had in turn given Seth a soft look for his defending her, she really quite liked the boy. Obviously not in a romantic way, but he defended her and she appreciated it more than she could say, he was a good friend, something she was learning she wanted.

She rolled her eyes at Lyra goodnaturedly over her comments about just wanting to be a part of things and gave Seth a small smile not having heard the last part.

[Seth Inophen]

Seth rolled his eyes at Lyra. He thought of making a comment back that would maybe offend her and get her to leave him about Maxi, but he would never stoop that low.

He looked over to Sam who was silently thanking him. He smiled his famous smile and winked. Anything for a friend.

[Samantha Montgomery]

Sam's fingers drummed innocently over the letter as she pondered who it could be from. She hoped dear Godric, she hoped it wasn't from Rafe, although it would be like him to do something like that. Still it wasn't important, it wasn't as if she didn't get offers in person either, no she was going to ignore the beautiful letter and finish eating.

[Lyra Newbury]

Lyra pouted as Sam shrugged off their questions and went back to her dinner. She wasn't being any fun at all tonight. She had a secret admirer and was acting as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Sometimes it was hard to be friends with Sam, because she was so much younger than Lyra and received so much more attention. And she seemed to not want it, which was the most baffling thing of all. Since Sam wasn't interested in finding out who sent the letter, Lyra would have to do it herself. She tried to think who might be shy enough to keep their identity a secret, but bold enough to actually send a letter. It certainly wouldn't be one of the many boys that flocked around Sam like they were in orbit around her. Maybe it wasn't a boy at all... Lyra looked up and down each table, examining the suspects.

[Samantha Montgomery]

"Lyra." she said with warning, "Leave it alone." she rolled her eyes, knowing that the girl wouldn't do as she asked, she set her fork down and looked at her, "You're not going to leave it alone are you?" she asked then sighed. "Alright, very well enjoy the hunt." she said giving up she was only mildly interested in who the letter was from.

[Lyra Newbury]

Lyra stopped her scan of the students to look questioningly at Sam. "Firstly, aren't you at all interested in knowing who sent it? If I had had a secret admirer I would want to know. If only to smash their hopes and dreams." She chuckled softly to herself. "And secondly, don't tell me what to do." She stuck her tongue out at Sam and then returned to her silent investigation.

[Samantha Montgomery]

She shook her head softly, she wasn't so cruel as to dash someone else's hopes, but she realized she was dashing hopes, every advance every courtship she was clear that she wanted friendship, but friendship only. Her charm was often misconstrued for flirtation, but Sam was simply being Sam, being charming, making everyone feel welcome at least. She'd not laugh in anyone's face, but she would be accepting any of those offers anytime soon.