Nobara sat patiently with a smile on her face, savoring the butterbeer she had poured for herself.
She had enjoyed every moment of the bands performance and was debating who would look best in what.
After the performance she calmly strode over to where the others were assembling and poured butterbeers for everyone including Victor.
She then placed herself at Lucy's side confident that Lucy would have Victor's approval,and began thinking of what wonderful things await the band.

Lucy felt herself smile as Victor mentioned that he had always thought she had talent, but it slipped away as she listened to Victor's impassioned speech regarding the bands priorities and how they must keep being in the band their highest priority. "We won't fail, we're soooo good, Victor and we have the drive... We're ready for this," Lucy replied, her voice dripping with determination, though her body language was relaxed and she spoke at her normal volume level, it wasn't that she disliked showing emotion, it was just that she knew she'd get further in life by remaining calm and pleasent.

"We'll practice hard, and we won't mess up, and we want this lifestyle, we want this... Victor, you know that we can do this," Lucy added in an undertone to the young man before her. Lucy wasn't smiling when she said this, she meant every corney word she was now saying and she hoped that Victor understood that she would give her life for the band and the others were just as willing.

Victor turned his attention to Bailey for a brief moment as the young man spoke; he then chuckled, shaking his head slightly. "Please, no addressing me as 'sir', I'm only twenty-one!" he said, amused. But his brows then furrowed and there was a flicker of worry in his blue eyes. "I don't look old, do I?" he asked, mostly to himself than to the others. He then ran a hand through his dark brown hair - was he losing hair? Was that it? Was it turning gray? Oh Man, but he was still so young...

Abigail watched with curious eyes as their manager suddenly seemed to freak out, but he was quick to regain composure, dismissing that subject before returning his attention to Lucy. "Ah, thank you," said Abby with a smile as Nobara poured some butterbeer into her empty mug.

"Thank you," Victor thanked her as well, though his eyes remained on Lucy as the young girl then began speaking again, promising him that the band will not fail and that they were ready for this. He took a sip from his butterbeer and nodded his head slightly as Lucy finished speaking. He believed Lucy, he actually really had high hopes for the band. But he wasn't about to tell them that and feed their ego; he feared if they got too happy and too comfortable, they could become careless. "Very well, Luce. We've got a deal, then," he announced with a smile. "I have to head back to Italy first thing tomorrow morning, but I'll be back soon. It'll be... a surprise. I want to know you will all be ready even if things come at you... unexpectedly."

"You are most welcome",Nobara replied to them both with a polite smile and bow that even a geisha would envy.
"Do not worry Victor-san you don't look a day over 20, you simply look exhausted and with due cause I am quite certain.",she said with the same grace and politeness.
Then resumed her place beside Lucy.

"You look fine," Lucy flippantly replied, not caring weather he was honestly asking or if he was just thinking out loud, Lucy was far too interested in the fate of her band to think about weather or not Victor looked old. "Bailey's just being polite, don't take it so seriously," Lucy added, silently thanking Nobara for the drink and taking a quick sip.

"Rightious, thanks Vicky, you won't regret this," Lucy said, reaching out her hand for him to shake and giving the older boy a charming smile. This was really going to work, Lucy had been a teensy bit worried that Victor would hear her lyrics and would hate them, or that he'd say they weren't ready or old enough yet. "Right, sooo.... Now what?" Lucy asked, feeling the bubble in her belly that meant happiness pop as Victor annouced he was leaving for Italy tomarrow.

"Thank you." He said, grinning at Nobara as she poured more butterbeer, she was quite nice now that he tried looking at her from the positive angle. Taking a sip calmly, Bailey's eyes widened at the mention of getting the deal, oh.my.god this will be the most toughest and exhausting for him since he really need to balance his studies with the band. Remember, last year his internship at St.Mungo's with 3 others students? It was so hectic, he ended up in the hospital wing for 3 days after it was over.

Looking down at his mug, he tried to open his mouth and say something but nothing came out. A forced 'Thank You, Victor' was all he could say.

Victor turned to Nobara with a smile as the young girl spoke, assuring him that he didn't look old, just tired. "Well, thank you..." he trailed off, not knowing the girl's name. "'Now what'?" he repeated, turning to Lucy as the young girl questioned him on what would happen next now that the deal had been sealed. "Now you wait for some papers to arrive in the mail and fill them out; and continue practicing like your life depends on it," he replied. "And, most importantly, you will avoid trouble," he added the last bit with a much harsher tone, though his voice remained at the same level. He knew Lucy wasn't a big fan of following rules and feared this might have a negative effect on the band overall. Not just her behaviour, but everyone's behaviour in school could affect the band. "No detentions, no trouble with teachers... got it?" He glanced around at all the teenage faces with expectant eyes before turning back to Lucy. "Remember, Charrington - no screw-ups."

Abigail felt herself sink slightly in her seat. She was sure she would not have any trouble following Victor's last request as she had never been one to get in trouble with teachers or receive detentions, but she still felt rather nervous about it all. It felt so... strict and official; being in the band was no longer a silly hobby and that idea intimidated her somewhat.

Lucy blinked, she listened to Victor and ruffled her now flattened hair, Lucy had been hoping that Victor would stay and help her with the band, but the young man had things to attend to in Italy and it was foolish for her to think that he had time to hang around and tutor a bunch of kids on how to be rockstars. It was a silly idea, but she had hoped he would.

"We'll be good, we promise," Lucy teasingly said, bright eye's shining with amusement, though she really meant it, but she couldn't help saying something cheeky to the young man. "We should all get going, it's late and everyone's tired, so let's adjorn this meeting," Lucy said, downing the rest of her Butterbeer, standing up, and putting her jacket back on.

OOC: I'm out Dee, I gotta take care of somethings... I'll be back on.. Ether tomarrow or the next day. Goodnight!

Owen listened to Victor's instructions quietly, nodding to the various requirements. That wouldn't be a problem for him, his schoolwork wasn't ever his top priority anyway. He'd just have to do a little scheduling in order to make time for practices. He was sure it would work out, though, so he wasn't particularly worried. He stood up as Lucy did, stretching his arms out and letting out a small yawn. Owen quickly put on his jacket, adjusting the sleeves properly and then putting his beanie over his long brown hair, making sure it was a snug fit.

ooc: Awwww, alright! Niiiight, Nickey-ooole!

Abigail jumped up to her feet as Lucy announced that they should all get going. She was quite anxious to head back to the castle, it was making her extremely uneasy to be out in Hogsmeade not only when they weren't allowed to be there, but at such a late time too. She had never broken as many rules as she had this night and it worried her that she might be caught and cause her House to lose points. The young girl watched as their new manager disapparated out of sight and made her way over to the door, opening it just slightly to peek outside before opening it wider and walking out into the chilly night. She crossed her arms, rubbing them with her hands to create warmth as she stood waiting for her bandmates.

Bailey stood up once the meeting was finally over, guess he'll have to work real hard and maybe forgetting about homework and classes might help him relax a little. Slinging his back on his shoulder, Bailey smiled at the band, "Congrats everyone, we are now officially a band but we still have to brainstorm for a name, don't we?" He said casually as he gulped down the remaining of his butterbeer.

Bailey eye's widened as Abby left, "Hey Abby, I think Lucy booked the hogshead for us tonight? I think..." The hogshead was such a creepy place, it almost felt that the whole building would crumble down any moment. He had a past experience of sleeping there and it was horrible, he was wide awake the whole time.

Abigail's brown eyes widened as Bailey let her know that Lucy had booked the Hog's Head for them for the night. Well, no wonder no one else had walked out! And when had this been announced?! Oh, Abby, you're so clueless... The young girl cringed, her face turning a very bright shade of pink as she was overwhelmed with embarrassment. "Ri--right! O--Of course-- I, er... I was-- I was just checking... the, uh, the weather..." she said, giving Bailey a nervous and sheepish chuckle before darting back into the place. Oh, how horribly embarrassing! She looked down at her feet as if they were the most interesting thing she had ever seen, too ashamed to look up at the others as her face was still as bright and red as a tomato.

Nobara felt quite pleased with Victor's response to the band and was delighted by how well they performed.

As Abby left she made her way to the door.

Feeling the crisp night air caress her face and looking to the moon and stars in barely more than a whisper she exclaimed,"Its lovely, I could spend hours out here tonight".

Looking to Abby she noticed the girl was shivering and pulled her shawl out of her bodice. Walking over beside Abby, she wrapped the garment around the girl shoulders and gave her a soft smile.

Struck by a passing caprice she began to sing Moondance by the muggle singer Van Morrison whilst enjoying the night.

Lucy stood watching the others, she was laughing silently at Abby's mistake, but Lucy herself had forgotten that she had booked the Hog's Head all night and wondered to herself if they should stay or head home while they were ahead of the game.

The Ravenclaw sighed thoughtfully and turned her attention to Abby. "I don't know... I'm thinking we should head home while the goings good, but then again, you heard what Vicky said... What'd you think Abby Road? Should we blow this popstand or what?" Lucy casually asked, opening up one of the many pockets on her leather jacket and taking out a peice of bubblegum.
"Want some?" Lucy asked, handing out a peice for the young girl.

"We're staying for the night?" Owen repeated, his eyebrows raising and disappearing beneath his beanie. He hadn't realized that, and was now zoning out the conversation between Lucy and Abby as his mind wandered. It only took him two seconds to decide that he was okay with that, and quickly plopped back into his seat, rolling up his sleeves and taking a gulp of his butterbeer with a smile. "I say we stay," he put in his input, now realizing that Lucy was speaking to Abby about staying or not.

Abigail lifted her bright red embarrassed face as Nobara suddenly approached her and her brown eyes widened sightly as the young girl proceeded to wrap her shawl around Abigail's shoulders. Abby remained frozen to the spot for a moment, in complete shock - no one had ever been so kind and considerate with her, it almost overwhelmed her a little. After a moment of just staring at Nobara with wide eyes, Abigail finally seemed to react. "Tha--thank you, Nobara!" she gasped almost breathlessly. "That's really-- it's really nice-- you're so nice-- thank you so much!" She stared at Nobara with disbelieving eyes as the girl began to sing a tune Abby, as a Muggleborn, immediately recognized.

But her attention shifted over to Lucy as the band leader then began asking her for her opinion on what they should do that night - head back to the castle or spend the night at the Hog's Head as had originally been planned. Abigail's features turned disbelieving once more - how could someone as amazing and talented and sure of herself as Lucy even care for the opinion of someone as shy, quiet, and reserved as Abigail? It took the young girl a moment to react, but just when she was about to talk, Owen had shared his own opinion, saying he'd like to stay. Abby cringed slightly; her own opinion had been to head back to the castle and avoid trouble. But would the band consider her a total, complete bore if she ran away from the challenge? The young girl then took the piece of gum Lucy had been offering her and smiled. "Thanks, Luce," she said softly, beginning to unwrap the snack somewhat nervously, as she usually did things. "About tonight, erm... I-- I think... maybe..." Her eyes watched the piece of gum absentmindedly, not sure what to say. But she then looked back up at Lucy and finished with, "Maybe we should vote? Make the decision as a group?" She then lowered her eyes again, shyly, scared that Lucy might find her answer to be indecisive and ridiculous.

Lucy turned her attention to Owen as the young man stated his opinion and nodded her head, more to show she was listening then to show her agreement. In her mind she was thinking of her original plan of staying awake all night and practicing untill dawn, but Victor had said to keep a low profile and though Lucy hated going along with someone else's ideas, she knew that this was one suggestion she shouldn't ignore.

"You're welcome," Lucy replied, chewing on the gum and pushing aside the hunger in her gut.
The Ravenclaw and lead singer watched with a fond smile as Abby suggested taking a vote and loved the idea, Lucy hadn't always known Abby very well, but she had learned alot about the young girl this past month and was surprised to find they had alot in common, they were both Muggleborns, they both were Ravenclaws and they both loved music and most of the same music. Lucy loved Abby like a little sister and she valued the young girl's opinion. "That''s a good idea," Lucy simply replied, blinking slightly in surprise, why hadn't she thought of that? "Let's have a vote, then! All for staying here tonight say: Aye!" Lucy added with a wink at Abby.

"AYE!" Owen let out, already leaning back so his chair was standing on its hind legs and his feet were sitting comfortably on the table. He raised one of his hands straight into the air before letting it fall lopsided back to his side. He grinned at the two girls next to him, obviously in full relaxed mode, and looked over at Abby. He hoped she hadn't been offended when he interrupted her, it was just his nature. Well, if she still seemed upset about it later, he would make it up to her somehow.

Abigail beamed as Lucy approved of her idea of having the band vote. But she turned somewhat hesitant as the young girl then asked the band to say 'aye' if they wanted to stay the night at the Hog's Head. Abby watched as Owen's hand immediately shot up into the air as he gave his approval and turned back to Lucy somewhat hesitantly. The young girl didn't say anything, making her vote clear. She couldn't help but feel rather awkward about it, though; she really didn't want to end up being seen as the uptight boring one of the group.

She simply smiled at Abby and continued singing.
Abby sometimes puzzled Nobara ,she had never thought of herself as nice. What she did came naturally to her as she felt protective of Abby. To her Abby seemed very young at heart ,something Nobara herself wished she could've experienced, and she wanted her to be able to stay that way.

Nobara after finishing her song replied,"Luca dearest ,as much as we both despise simply following other peoples advice I regrettably believe Victor may be right and it may be in the bands best interest to go back to the castle." "Though I myself would rather remain here as it would be more fun."

She then reached into her little coffin shaped purse which she had enchanted to hold more than it should have been able to. And handed Lucy a package of senbei ,a type of lightly sweetend wheat cracker, telling her,"You really should've eaten more before we left ,I can hear you stomach from over here dearest one."

Hey Nickey! Bill here. Mind if i join as a student? I'll post a bio as soon as i can.

ooc: Okay guys so Nicole told me to just skip to the next day if I wanted, so that's what I shall do... & Uh... we'll say they stayed at the Hog's Head instead of heading back to the castle?

Abigail awoke with a start the next morning; she had had a horrible nightmare where the Head of the Ravenclaw House had found out about the band and expelled her from Hogwarts for sneaking out. The young girl sat up on the armchair she had fallen asleep in, somewhere in a room on the upper floors of the Hog's Head, and sighed in relief as it dawned on her the terrible scene she had just witnessed was nothing more than a bad dream. She remained still for a moment, steadying her breath until her nerves had completely calmed. She glanced around the dark room for a moment and got up to her feet, walking over to the only small window in the room and pulling the curtain aside. She coughed at the cloud of dust that emitted from it and turned away from the window, squinting her eyes at the sudden burst of light before heading over to the door and peeking her head through the doorway. Were the others awake yet? What time was it anyway? Abby sighed, regretting terribly not having taken her mother's advice when the woman had suggested she get a watch while they were shopping for school supplies just before the term started.

Nobara watched everyone else as they slowly wandered off and into slumber one by one.She however would not be sleeping that night for she had been far too pensive for her own good.

She had started thinking of the band and how happy she was for them, and then about making their wardrobe.
About what style suited each member best, what she would need to make the wardrobes, and whether she had it or would have to acquire it.

She then thought of the individuals the made up that band how she felt about each of them.

She began with Lee the bassist,this was the member she had gotten to know the least. She was not sure as she liked Lee very much. To her Lee had always seemed somewhat obstinate and self-righteous, though she had sensed a gentle heart beneath it all. "It doesn't matter as long as she does her duty to the band,she thought to herself.

She then thought of Owen the drummer also affectionately known as Styx/Joe. Now Owen she liked, he was laid back, good-natured,and quiet. All were qualities that made him a good second for Lucy. She felt that she would always get along with him.

The next person her thoughts took her to was Bailey the keyboardist. She sometimes found him as an enigma. He was very smart yet shy, gentle, and completely inoffensive. He took her off guard at times like when she had tryed to get a rise out of him and he apologized to her,that still surprised her. She knew that she liked him, but it also frustrated her she couldn't put her finger on that boy. Something about him just drew her into those pretty green eyes. "Ugh enough thinking about him!",she said to herself.

She then turned her thoughts to Abby the guitarist. Sweet ,innocent Abby she adored the girl. She had not known her for very long yet felt like Abby was the little sister she had wanted. She would protect her with her life for as long as she knew her.

And last but not least she turned her thoughts to Lucy vocalist/front woman of the band. Lucy was her dearest friend in the world. She and Lucy had been glued at the hip since Nobara had transferred to Hogwarts. Lucy knew everything about her; her feelings,her hopes,her dreams, even the past she had never divulged to another living soul. She truly loved Lucy and considered her to be her sister. She would do absolutely anything for Lucy, even lay down her life for her at a moments notice without a second thought.

By the time she had shaken herself from her reflective mood, the first rays of light had crept through the grimey little window she was perched beside. She then began to make breakfast for them all, whilst waiting for them to awaken.

Last night was hectic and rather emotional for Bailey. It wasn't hectic due to the performance but because of the fact that he had to choose one, the band or his studies. With one hand behind his head, Bailey was lying on the cold wooden floor of the crumbling hog's head, deep in thought.

Everything was so confusing for him, "I don't think I'll be able to pull this off." He muttered and sighed heavily. Tackling a full-time band with a school seemed impossible but he did it once, during the internship so why not now? He rolled to his left and opened his eyes slowly at the sound of movement.
"It's morning...already?" He thought as he sat up, rubbing the corner of his eyes. He could see two figures walking around the room but the vision was not clear. Rubbing his eyes again, Bailey rose up and wrapped himself in the sheet under which he was sleeping.

After a groggy yawn and stretching, Bailey realised it was Nobara and Abby, umm he could smell something delicious but he was so sleepy that he couldn't make out what it was. He had another weird habit, can't sleep with a shirt on. Walking to an old and battered chair, he picked up his shirt and quickly slipped into it, his cheeks emitted a bright pink shade for no reason, maybe he likes blushing?

Splashing his face with some cold water from the murky sink, Bailey felt a bit better but cold. The sun light wasn't the brightest and it lacked it's warmth, however the breeze was very chilly, something he enjoyed, however it was very pleasing at the moment.

He strode over to the empty arm chair and sat on it, scrunching up his feet.
"Morning, can anyone wake up Lee, Lucy and Owen. We should return to the castle as soon as it's possible." He said groggily, looking at the three sleeping bodies, lying in different areas of the big messy room.

Suspecting no one else was up yet, Abigail tip-toed her way out of the room and down the stairs to the main floor of the pub. She was surprised to find two people were already up, though - Nobara and Bailey. Her brown eyes wandered over to Nobara who seemed to be cooking something, and smiled. "Good morning, guys," she said, her quiet voice shy. She was just about to head over to Nobara and offer her help, but then Bailey spoke, asking that someone wake the others. Abigail saw in this a chance to make up for the boy treating her scraped chin earlier and to be useful to her bandmates. "I'll do it!" she offered with a grin before getting started on the task.

She approached Lee first, tapping the sleeping girl on the shoulder lightly. She couldn't deny she felt somewhat intimidated by this young girl, but at the same time Lee had proven herself to be kind and caring at times before, like when Abby tripped on their way here. "Lee, it's time to wake up," she whispered to the girl before heading over to Lucy and shaking her shoulder gently. "Luce, please wake up, we're leaving soon," she said to the sleeping girl before approaching the last member. "Styx? Styx! We have to go, please wake up," she said, tapping the boy on the shoulder before taking a step back and pulling the curtains of all and any windows she could find in the dark place to reveal the sunlight beaming outside. However, it didn't help much as the glass was covered with the filth of hundreds of years in which the various owners of the pub seemed not to give cleanliness much importance.