First Anniversary (Naomi and Humphrey)

Humphrey could hardly believe that it had already been a year since his first date with Naomi. Hell, sometimes it was still hard for him to believe that she really cared about him like he did about her. But, even though they were very different people they loved each other. The first time they said it had been just two months ago. They still argued and teased each other mercilessly like they had when they were just friends, but they always made sure to make the other feel wanted and cared for. Casey was of the opinion that Humphrey really lucked out when he started dating Naomi, and honestly he had to admit she was right. She was amazing to him, in so many ways, and he wanted to give her a special first anniversary to make sure she knew how much he cared about her.

It was early May, and it was finally starting to warm up properly. For their Saturday he told her to meet him at the place they had their first kiss for a picnic. Oddly enough, the place they had their first kiss wasn't really anywhere romantic. The first time the two of them had kissed was on the edge of the forbidden forest on a day they went running on the grounds together. Humphrey, being the romantic that he is, had carved the date and the letters of their names into a tree so he would always know where it had happened. When he woke up, he went down to the kitchens and helped the house elves prepare a picnic for them complete with sandwiches, fruit, some salad if sh wanted it, and some butterbeers that would be kept cool by the simple cooling charm. For dessert he'd made a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies that he thought turned out rather well. After they had the picnic out by the forest, he kind of wanted to go swimming in the lake and goof off for a little bit. For dinner, well for dinner he wanted to have a candlelit meal in the room of requirement. Maybe dance with hr a little bit, and hopefully spend some time kissing his beautiful girlfriend where they wouldn't have to worry about getting caught by prefects.

All in all, it sounded like the perfect day to him and he hoped she would like it. When it was almost noon he carried the picnic basket and blanket out to their tree on the edge of the grounds and spread it out before laying down and watching the clouds while he waited for Naomi to show. Today was definitely going to be a good day, he just knew it.

When Humphrey spotted Naomi heading his way a huge smile appeared on his face. There was nothing like seeing his amazing girlfriend coming to spend the day with him to make him happy. He winced a little at the nickname when she got close and got up before going and wrapping his arms around her. As he held her in his arms he leaned down and gave her a soft kiss, savoring the moment. These days he was a lot taller than his girlfriend, as he'd kept growing when she just stopped; but, neither of them really minded the height difference. "I still don't get why you insist on calling me that beautiful. It's not like we've done anything...well, anything involving that yet." he grumbled, blushing a bright red upon saying that. "Anyways, right now the plan is to have a picnic out here. I cooked some of it with the elves' help, so hopefully it's good. I know it's kind of cheesy, but I picked this spot because it's where we had our first kiss. That day we were running together and I finally worked up my courage enough to just do it." he said, chuckling a little at the memory.

Getting out the food and butterbeers he made a plate for himself before taking a long sip, smacking his lips after in satisfaction. "I was thinking after we eat maybe we could go hang out by the lake, possibly do some swimming if you're up for it." he told her. "If you have anything you want to do today feel free to say so. I love you and this day's for the both of us to enjoy, so don't be shy about suggesting something." Humphrey remarked, before digging into his food. One thing that he still found odd was Naomi refused to eat much around him, but he'd gotten used to it after being around her for so long. He just hoped that she would like the food he'd made for them.

Her commenting on how much he was blushing only made his cheeks blush more, but eventually he calmed down enough to come up with a response. "Well, it's not like I don't think about that sort of thing, Naomi. I didn't want to rush things, though..." Humphrey told her quietly, before leaning in and kissing her again. This time he let it draw out, lightly brushing his tongue against her lips as his arms held her. When he pulled up he was smiling widely, and he gave her a wink. "If you want to, I wouldn't mind doing not so innocent things with you. Just for the record." he admitted, bright red while he was saying it but proud of himself for getting the words out.

Humphrey chuckled when she told reminded him that she didn't eat much. "Yes, dear, I'm well aware you eat like a mouse but I packed a lot of food anyways. Hope you like it." he said, thinking that she liked everything he'd made but not positive. "Oh, it's nothing special. Some sandwiches, fresh fruit, salad, and chocolate chip cookies for dessert." he told her, when she asked what he'd made for them.

When she told him that she would just watch he frowned a little. "Nonsense, the point of an anniversary is to spend it together. If you don't want to go swimming we'll find something else to do. But it's really not too cold when you remember that you can do warming charms to make yourself more comfortable." he explained. "If you'd rather do something else maybe we could just sit by the lake and snuggle up together. That does sound pretty awesome now that I think about it..." he said, smiling as he thought about just laying down with his back against a tree and holding his lovely girlfriend for an hour or two.

Humphrey thought Naomi was far too amused by seeing him squirm when talking about this topic, but ended up chuckling a little as well before sticking his tongue out at her. "You just like winding me up and seeing me squirm a little don't you?" he asked, smiling. Really he shouldn't be too surprised as she teased him mercilessly about other things, but for some reason it had caught him off guard. Although he didn't think they were quite there yet, he was certain that he wanted his first time to be with Naomi if she would have him.

Even though he was used to Naomi barely eating anything in his opinion, it still bugged him a little. Part of him wanted to get tough and annoy her until she ate what he considered a healthy amount, but he knew that wouldn't go over well. So instead he did his best to not think about it and just enjoyed being able to spend time with her. "The salad okay?" he asked.

Humphrey nodded as she explained it, knowing that she was right. "Okay, okay I won't make you get cold while swimming. Even though I think it could be rather nice warming each other up after." he told her with a wink. When she said snuggling could be done any time he just shrugged. "I know we can snuggle any time but it's still the best, snuggling with my beautiful girlfriend. But, you do have a point. It's not really romantic, but I've never explored the forbidden forest really. That sound fun?" he asked.

Humphrey couldn't help blushing a bright pink at her words, always impressed that she could get him to blush so easily even after being together for a full year. Granted, he wasn't the hardest person to make blush, but her teasing was something he loved so he didn't mind blushing all the time. "That's alright, Naomi. You know I rather like it." he said, but pouted when she kissed him on the cheek. Leaning forward, he pressed a light kiss to her lips before pulling back and winking. "For some reason you missed my lips, figured I should fix that mistake." he said with a soft smile.

When she told him the salad was great and asked if he'd made the cookies Humphrey nodded happily. "But of course, I had to use my mother's top secret recipe and that can't be trusted to anybody else." he explained. "Plus, I just like baking things and always need the practice while I'm at school." he said, smiling widely. He'd sampled a few for quality control and he thought this batch had turned out rather well.

Upon hearing the chuckle at his suggestion of exploring the forbidden forest Humphrey knew his idea was one Naomi liked. While the average girlfriend would probably be repulsed by such a suggestion, he knew that Naomi was far from average and enjoyed doing odd, and possibly dangerous things like exploring the forest might be. "Excellent, it seems we have a plan of action Miss Wilson. Once you're done eating we can get started on that walk in the forest, I'm ready when you are." he said, and grabbed a cookie that he munched on while waiting for her to finish.