She was starting to sound like someone he knew and could not tell if that was a good thing or a bad thing. He would need some time to think on that so best to just forget about it for now. Also she insulted his mom before so now they are even. "Fizzing Whizbees are a good idea" Théo nodded. And would be fun eating. Still dont know why she wanted the handshake. They were not adults or anything.

He only saw his dad sometimes shake peoples hands when he was out with him.

"They arent going to let us just eat these then pay. So anything else you want before"

So if he was friends with a weirdo. Guess that makes him a weirdo as well.

Logic sucked.

Carl loved Wizarding candy. Granted, he liked candy of any kind, but the magical ones were simply the best in the world! That was why he was in Sugarplum's that day. He did not come to Diagon Alley often and he wanted to stock up on his sweets before the school term began.

Holding a few chocolate frogs - his favorite - in both hands, the fourteen-year-old looked at the other displays. Drooble's Best Blowing Gums, Fizzing Whizbees, Sugar Quills... he liked all of them, but since he only had a few Galleons left, he had to choose carefully.

Speaking of choosing carefully, Carl noticed a familiar Hufflepuff hesitating before adding chocolate frogs into her basket. "Hey, Esme!" He grinned at her. "How have you been? Are you on a sugar splurge?" That was quite a lot of candies in her basket!

"It's okay, really" he said, waving a hand and accidentally knocking over a chocolate frog package. He watched it fall on the ground before stooping down to pick it back up.

Looking around for a quick moment to see if anyone had seen that , but then thinking that candies fell on the floor every time with excited children knocking stuff over. Poor shopkeepers..."But i'll definitely check one out, if that's possible" he said as he put back the chocolate frog package with the others.

He did grin a little bit at her words of agreement of eating the candy as well if she worked here but didn't comment on it further in case someone walked by and thought they were talking about stealing some. You never know. And he liked his clean record so far.

As the topic of broomsticks came on, Mason sighed a bit and looked outside of the window opposite the shop as if he got see the Quidditch shop. "My parents wanted me to focus on my studies. "You'll have enough time flying around after graduation" he quoted his mother, even trying to sound like her. "It's okay though, i'm not really in to flying anyways but i did like that broom..."

Mason raised his eyebrows skeptically. Safe huh? he'd had to look up what was so safe about airplanes that stayed in the air without the support of magic. He sometimes wondered if the muggles were more advanced than they were. "Well...if you say it's safe..." his voice sounded as if he did not believe that.

"I'll keep California in my mind then" he said with a nod of his head. Hadley sounded like it was a fantastic place so it did nudge his curiousity. "And if you're there as well you have to show me around, deal?" Ah, so she came to life in London after turning 11. That was fascinating. He wondered how many people at Hogwarts were actually born in another country. He wasn't though. Born and raised in England, he was. [B]"I can understand that is a huge opportunity for your mother, five stars! Does your mother work in the muggle world then?"['/B]

Being around Gryffindors a lot should've made this boy more adept to expecting random people to jump out at him but nope. One minute, he was standing there, harmlessly picking out the crystallised pineapples he wanted, and the next?

"AAAAAARGH!"

The sweets in his hand were thrown up in the air as he jumped slightly and turned to face his perpetrator, the one who was now responsible for the handful of sweets now scattered on the floor. He hardly even registered the girl but instead, looked up to see if the shopkeeper was breathing down on their necks. He DID want to leave here with some sweets, after all, not a howler for his mum.

Checking that the coast was clear, Phillip turned to look over at the girl who'd poked him, a wide smile now settling into place. "Merlin, Pinecone, way to give a guy a scare." All of a sudden, he didn't care about the sound or the basket he was still holding and, instead, wrapped her up in a hug.

And the sweets on the floor? They could be shuffled over towards a corner that was as far away from them as possible.

Nothing to see here.

It was probably a good thing then. Zoryn was GREAT. She held a few fizzing whizbees in her hands, and nodded vigorously in agreement. Always a good idea. Mhm. And she wanted the handshake to be all official 'cause they were basically adults now, duh. With their own wands AND EVERYTHING.

"Hmmmm, I think we've got everything," she made a dramatic show of putting a finger to her forehead in thought before breaking out into a big grin. "WAIT. And licorice wands," he didn't have a problem with those... Right? Because Zoryn already decided she was getting two of them. "NOW we've got everything."

They could be weirdos together. That sounded like FUN.

OHMYGOSHWOW.

Etta walked into the store, her eyes widening almost double their size ( well. Not REALLY double but you know what I mean ) as she took in the gigantic amount of candy that were on display. Like. This is life.

Impatiently tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ears, she slowly made her way down an aisle, gawking at all the yummy things. Maybe chocolate frogs.... OH! Sugarquills!! She picked one before moving over to the next shelf, eyeing the box of the fizzing whizbees curiously. She'd never tried that one before but the name sounded COOL. Yep.

She slowly wandered down to the next aisle, picking up sweets as she went, a happy and content smile on her face.

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Carl loved Wizarding candy. Granted, he liked candy of any kind, but the magical ones were simply the best in the world! That was why he was in Sugarplum's that day. He did not come to Diagon Alley often and he wanted to stock up on his sweets before the school term began.

Holding a few chocolate frogs - his favorite - in both hands, the fourteen-year-old looked at the other displays. Drooble's Best Blowing Gums, Fizzing Whizbees, Sugar Quills... he liked all of them, but since he only had a few Galleons left, he had to choose carefully.

Speaking of choosing carefully, Carl noticed a familiar Hufflepuff hesitating before adding chocolate frogs into her basket. "Hey, Esme!" He grinned at her. "How have you been? Are you on a sugar splurge?" That was quite a lot of candies in her basket!

After plopping a few Chocolate Frogs into the basket, Esme decided that she would add some more. Even if Juno was probably going to come by later it didn't really hurt. They would probably come back together since her sister was the best person to shop with. Well, when it came to things other than clothes, since they had NOTHING in common when it came to fashion sense. The day that she wore combat boots was the day that pigs grew wings and learned to fly.

Hearing her name, she looked up and smiled. "Hey, Carl!" It was nice that he knew how to tell her and Juno apart though really it was only difficult when they were wearing Hogwarts robes and even then people like Oliver could still tell them apart. "I've been pretty good! Not really wanting summer to end." Of course that didn't mean she wouldn't enjoy being back there with her friends. "How about you?" And as far as the candy was concerned... "Yes and no. Some of this is for my sister. Are you going to buy a bunch too?" Everyone loved candy. Even though she didn't indulge in it as much as Juno, she did enjoy having some. Ice cream was more her thing though. Yum.

OKAY maybe she had some good idea. Like the fizzing whizbees and now the licorice wands. Théo mouth was already watering just thinking about eating all this. But he was still thinking they were forgetting something fun "WAIT i think we are forgetting something" He took a quick look around until he found them. He walked over grabbed a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans and showed her.

"Yep these should be fun"

NOW they had everything. Some stuff just to eat and things to eat together for fun. Because it was fun to make the other person pick a bean for them to eat.

That is all hoping she was okay with doing that.

This one was super cute for a second year. She smiled as he said it was a deal and went for more candy. She hoped his mother gave him enough money for all he had. "Is your mother close buy to pay for all that?" She didn't want him to get embarrassed at the counter if he didn't have enough. "Oh the American school. I thought I noticed you had an accent." Though her Australian one still came out even though it had been four years since she moved in with her dad.


"I'll be a seventh year." She still couldn't believe it herself when she said it. A seventh year, "Well newbie you met the right person right away." Giving him a little wink she leaned down and placed some cauldron cakes into his basket. "If you need anything I am the head girl this term so I could help you." The younger boy was adorable so of course Natalia would help him. Well at least until he annoyed her. "I'm a Slytherin. It's where all the cool people are." So untrue since she had friends in other houses, but she couldn't help saying it.

"My name is Natalia."

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This one was super cute for a second year. She smiled as he said it was a deal and went for more candy. She hoped his mother gave him enough money for all he had. "Is your mother close buy to pay for all that?" She didn't want him to get embarrassed at the counter if he didn't have enough. "Oh the American school. I thought I noticed you had an accent." Though her Australian one still came out even though it had been four years since she moved in with her dad.


"I'll be a seventh year." She still couldn't believe it herself when she said it. A seventh year, "Well newbie you met the right person right away." Giving him a little wink she leaned down and placed some cauldron cakes into his basket. "If you need anything I am the head girl this term so I could help you." The younger boy was adorable so of course Natalia would help him. Well at least until he annoyed her. "I'm a Slytherin. It's where all the cool people are." So untrue since she had friends in other houses, but she couldn't help saying it.

"My name is Natalia."

"I've got enough," Kane insisted with a smile. He MAY have convinced his parents that he needed a bit more to spend than he thought he really did...for this specific purpose. Hehe. He knew that Brent had done the same, expecting to spend a bunch of money on Quodpot stuff, but he hadn't seen any shops around for that. Quidditch yes, but not Quodpot...

"Wow, really? That's awesome! I've been reading up on them a bit, and I think I'll be in Gryffindor, or maybe Hufflepuff - I bet my brother is going to be in Slytherin, though. I just have a FEELING," he explained. "He's a fourth year. You won't be able to miss him, because he'll probably introduce himself to you immediately and start flipping his hair around to seem all cool," he told her with a chuckle. He was sort of exaggerating - but also, not really. That was SO BRENT.

She had GREAT ideas, okay!? She was just bubbling with them. And this is why she was so excited for Hogwarts. 'Cause there would be so much potential for FUN. Basically, this was gonna be the bestest year EVER. Just as she was about to skip over to the counter to pay, she whipped around hearing Theo announce that they missed something else. What could they have possibly--

OOOOOH.

"Good thinking," she nodded in approval and wore a HUGE smile. See, she liked him already. He was smart. They could make each other try to eat them and hopefully HE'D get all the icky flavors. But she'd try because she was a good sport. Also, "Do you know what house you want to be sorted in?" It was an important question. Zoryn hadn't really done her research....

Having known the Darcy twins for almost three years, Carl had learned how to tell Esme and Juno apart. It was a lot easier when they were not in their Hogwarts uniforms, or when Juno had her Prefect badge on. Sometimes he wished he had a twin brother as well, just to prank other people.

"Me too! I don't want the summer to end, but I love being at Hogwarts too. I confuse myself sometimes." The badger said, laughing. Despite the weird things that happened at school, he really missed it there. He wondered what the Poltergeists were doing at the castle... actually no, he'd rather not think about it. "That's really nice of you! Well, I do want to buy a whole basket of them, but I don't have much money left after buying my school supplies this morning. Do you have any recommendations?" He gestured at the displays, waving the chocolate frogs in his hand. Those were his favorite, so he absolutely had to get them.

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Having known the Darcy twins for almost three years, Carl had learned how to tell Esme and Juno apart. It was a lot easier when they were not in their Hogwarts uniforms, or when Juno had her Prefect badge on. Sometimes he wished he had a twin brother as well, just to prank other people.

"Me too! I don't want the summer to end, but I love being at Hogwarts too. I confuse myself sometimes." The badger said, laughing. Despite the weird things that happened at school, he really missed it there. He wondered what the Poltergeists were doing at the castle... actually no, he'd rather not think about it. "That's really nice of you! Well, I do want to buy a whole basket of them, but I don't have much money left after buying my school supplies this morning. Do you have any recommendations?" He gestured at the displays, waving the chocolate frogs in his hand. Those were his favorite, so he absolutely had to get them.

Confusing herself was something that Esme did a fair bit at times, so she understood exactly what Carl was talking about. She laughed along with him. "I confuse myself too. Especially now when I am done OWLs and my brain is still recovering." Tests were not her thing and she was not looking forward to NEWTs, but she supposed that things could be worse; apparently students of Beauxbatons did their exams in Sixth Year which meant that they had to do TWO years of testing in a row. Crazy.

What he said next made her smile. She really DID try to be a good sister! Even to River though he could be a huge butt. "Well, in that case I would just stock up on the Chocolate Frogs." They seemed to be what he was the most enthusiastic about. Chocolate wasn't her thing by any means but a lot of people loved it. Juno thought she was weird to dislike it, but Esme didn't think it was strange at all.

So he had enough to cover that was good, but if he didn't Nat had gotten paid today and would probably help him out. He was cute so she didn't mind. Pay it forward things like that. She watched him for a few minutes. []b "Where else do you need to go here?"[/b] She still needed to get a few things, so she turned and grabbed some gum and looked to see which fudge she should get. "What do you think? Chocolate frog with mint fudge or dark chocolate and peanut butter fudge?" Maybe he could help her decide.

"No matter what house you are in it will e a good house. I have friends in all the houses. My bandmates are in different houses. Well one is I guess." Most were snakes, but Lily is a lion, so they were still diverse. [b] "What house are you hoping for?" Even if he didn't get in the house he wanted it was interesting to see where he went. "When I first came to Hogwarts I had no clue what house was what and most likely thought I didn't belong in any."

She laughed as he talked about his brother. "Well sounds like he'll get along in SLytherin fine then." Most of the guys thought they were hot and made for flirting with girls. Most.. not all there were exceptions thank goodness.

He was glad to know that he wasn't the only one that got confused in his own thoughts. "Oh yeah, how did you do on your OWLs?" Carl asked. He knew Esme was an outstanding student, so he was sure that she did well. He was not looking forward to his OWLs, which would take place in about... two years. Well, he could worry about them in the future. Now he had more important things to think about.

Sweets. "That sounds reasonable! I think I'll do that, thanks." He nodded and grabbed a few more chocolate frogs. He could wait until he boarded the Hogwarts Express to buy other candies. "What is your favorite sweet?"

She smiled sheepishly, even though he said it was okay, and pretended not to notice when he knocked the frog to the floor. Nor did she really think anything of him putting it back on the shelf. No harm, no foul.

Hadley made a face as he talked about his parents views on brooms. "Man, that's harsh." She got why his parents wanted him to focus on studying, but still. "I mean, you do need down time. You can't study all the time. That's actually really counter-productive." Fun and downtime were a necessity, and in Hadley's opinion, there was no better downtime than flying on a broomstick. Unless...you weren't really into flying on a broomstick, apparently. Hads really didn't understand that, to be honest, but then, there was a lot about her housemates that she didn't really understand, so she simply shrugged.

The skeptical look on his face and doubt in his voice didn't go unnoticed, and Hadley again fought the urge to chuckle. It was kinda cute how clueless he was about muggle things. Then again, if she really thought about it from an outsider's perspective, she could see how one might find the concept of a several ton hunk of metal flying safely through the air. Without magic.

"Oh, you can count on that. Deal." She'd love to show her friends and housemates around her hometown. She's spent the last few years getting to know their world after all, coming in as an outsider. Both to the magical world and to the British world. "Just let me know when you get around to checking it out. I'll come and show you around."

"Yep." Hadley nodded. "Muggle. I'm the first witch in my immediate family. Apparently my aunt was a witch, and so is my cousin, but I didn't know that until I spotted my cousin on the train. She's in Ravenclaw too." Though, she mostly kept to herself, with her nose in a book, so he might not know her that much. Complete opposite of Hadley, Ailsa was. "My Mom, Dad, brother and sister...all muggles. What do your parents do?" The prospect of wizarding careers intrigued her, since it was most likely she'd be working in the wizarding community. It was nice to get an idea of what was out there for her.

Dora turned at the sound of someone clearly speaking to her. "Do you think I should get the licorice wands or the ice mice?" she asked immediately. She then squinted at the girl in faux thought.

The Gryffindor had a great memory and a knack for remembering faces, you see, so she DEFINITELY remembered the younger girl. She wasn't sure of her name, but she knew the face. "Hey! Yeah we did work together. I can't remember if it was charms or Potions, but we definitely worked together." Was she being redundant? Hmm. Anyway. "What year are you going into? You're in Slytherin, yeah?" she asked as she started moving down the aisle. It was a clear invitation for her to follow.

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So he had enough to cover that was good, but if he didn't Nat had gotten paid today and would probably help him out. He was cute so she didn't mind. Pay it forward things like that. She watched him for a few minutes. []b "Where else do you need to go here?"[/b] She still needed to get a few things, so she turned and grabbed some gum and looked to see which fudge she should get. "What do you think? Chocolate frog with mint fudge or dark chocolate and peanut butter fudge?" Maybe he could help her decide.

"No matter what house you are in it will e a good house. I have friends in all the houses. My bandmates are in different houses. Well one is I guess." Most were snakes, but Lily is a lion, so they were still diverse. [b] "What house are you hoping for?" Even if he didn't get in the house he wanted it was interesting to see where he went. "When I first came to Hogwarts I had no clue what house was what and most likely thought I didn't belong in any."

She laughed as he talked about his brother. "Well sounds like he'll get along in SLytherin fine then." Most of the guys thought they were hot and made for flirting with girls. Most.. not all there were exceptions thank goodness.

"Dark chocolate and peanut butter, DEFINITELY," Kane told her with a smile. Peanut butter ALWAYS. He could probably live off the stuff if he had to. So that was really a no brainer question for him.

"Wait, you're in a BAND? That's awesome! You know, I play the guitar," he told her proudly. He was using the word 'play' kind of loosely there, as he really only knew a few chords, but one of these days when he had time, he was going to sit down and learn some more! "I'm hoping for Gryffindor or Hufflepuff. I mean, I really don't care either way, but I've done some reading, and those two seem like the best fit for me," he explained. Even though he WOULD like to be in the same house as Brent, he knew that wasn't going to happen. They weren't in the same house at Ilvermorny - he doubted they'd end up in the same place here.

He agreed with her about Hogwarts. He was excited to see his friends at school and well be away from his family. Though not really away away since his cousin will be in his year but still. And look she actually said something nice. Théo smiled "Take turns eating one the other picked" Just in case she did completely get it. Oh houses well at least she was not like that muggle-born he had met in the book shop.

Much better even though that guy was alright so just confused about almost everything.

"Gryffindor or Ravenclaw sound good. Though id be okay with any house. As long as i have friends in it. Have heard people die in Hufflepuff. Not recently though. You?"

He asked walking with her to the check out slowly.

Zoryn nodded in excitement, "I hope you get the icky flavors," she giggled. "Uh, no offense." Only because she didn't want to get the icky flavors. Not because she really wanted him to get them, y'know?

In hindsight, Zoryn probably shouldn't have assumed he was a first year going to Hogwarts. But then again... She just assumed everyone here was going to be a first year at Hogwarts. Except for the old guys in beards, 'cause that'd be kind of weird. Unless... DID HOGWARTS PROFESSORS SHOP AT CANDY STORES (and did they have BEARDS?).

Important questions, okay.

So she was very fortunate when the boy actually responded to confirm that her assumption was correct. Meaning: Zoryn would learn nothing about making assumptions and will continue doing the same thing all week until proven wrong. "I wanna be in the awesome house," she nodded, as if that was a proper response to the question.

She knew zero things about Hogwart's houses. Her parents didn't go there and it wasn't like she was about to read a book. EW! It was SUMMER. Reading during the summer is BOH-RING. "But not Huffleput 'cause I don't want to die," she added as an after thought. He said they died. "I've got WAY too many awesome plans, so I can't die yet."

It wasn't often that both Elodie and Aidan were off work at the same time and now that she was in her third trimester, Elodie thought it would be nice to use those days to finish up painting the nursery and making sure they had absolutely everything they needed. Now, shopping in Muggle London with magic was easy, because as soon as they got out of the shop, she was able to stuff everything inside her own handbag and not have to worry about it. And some stores even had the option to have shopping delivered - which she definitely took advantage of.

Pregnancy cravings had been reaaaaaaaal bad the past few days and it was only now that she was able to convince her husband-to-be to let her satisfy her cockroach cluster cravings. Convinced, he was....if being convinced meant having no idea whatsoever. What Aidan didn't know, didn't hurt him.

One hand on her bump, and the other in Aidan's, Elodie perused the shelves and mumbled the names of things, only adding them to Aid's basket if Pebble made any movements.

Pebble approved.

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It wasn't often that both Elodie and Aidan were off work at the same time and now that she was in her third trimester, Elodie thought it would be nice to use those days to finish up painting the nursery and making sure they had absolutely everything they needed. Now, shopping in Muggle London with magic was easy, because as soon as they got out of the shop, she was able to stuff everything inside her own handbag and not have to worry about it. And some stores even had the option to have shopping delivered - which she definitely took advantage of.

Pregnancy cravings had been reaaaaaaaal bad the past few days and it was only now that she was able to convince her husband-to-be to let her satisfy her cockroach cluster cravings. Convinced, he was....if being convinced meant having no idea whatsoever. What Aidan didn't know, didn't hurt him.

One hand on her bump, and the other in Aidan's, Elodie perused the shelves and mumbled the names of things, only adding them to Aid's basket if Pebble made any movements.

Pebble approved.

Forget being off at the same time, what was even rarer recently was when Elodie actually tolerated Aidan for the duration of an outing. Or wanting to go out with him in general. Perhaps sweet shopping was un-related to the baby enough that he couldn't possibly annoy her.

He swung her arm gently as they walked. It didn't matter to him what they bought, as long as she was happy. And Pebble, of course.

It wasn't her fault that Aidan only ever gave baby conversations the glorious 'oh I don't mind, you choose' or 'I don't know' which was why she always was so frustrated with him nowadays. That, and everything in their daily life was to do with the baby already. He cuddled the bump all of his free time and it was as if he was marrying her stomach and not her. Disheartening as ever, of course. It was almost as if the baby had came at the wrong time... Weren't they supposed to be finalising their waltz lessons? Making sure people were coming in October?

"How about cockroach clusters, Pebs?" Because Elodie was dying for some.

"Babe, wanna get some fudge too?" Yummmmmmmmy.

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It wasn't her fault that Aidan only ever gave baby conversations the glorious 'oh I don't mind, you choose' or 'I don't know' which was why she always was so frustrated with him nowadays. That, and everything in their daily life was to do with the baby already. He cuddled the bump all of his free time and it was as if he was marrying her stomach and not her. Disheartening as ever, of course. It was almost as if the baby had came at the wrong time... Weren't they supposed to be finalising their waltz lessons? Making sure people were coming in October?

"How about cockroach clusters, Pebs?" Because Elodie was dying for some.

"Babe, wanna get some fudge too?" Yummmmmmmmy.

Aidan's heart fluttered at the name "Pebs". THAT WAS HIS BABY. He was so in love with his babies.

"Yes," he answered immediately. He answered before the thought occurred to him that he didn't not care what they got. He was actually concerned that she ate healthy and maybe shouldn't be picking up too many sweets. But it was too late. And the chocolates would last a while, right? It wasn't like she'd eat them all in one sitting....

She knew better. She was a healer, after all.

"Some of everything?" he asked.

Deciding that their daughter just wasn't in agreement about anything that she wanted to eat (something which she had clearly inherited from her pain in the backside father), Elodie started to just add things to the basket without a care in the world. Enough of everything that she already enjoyed to make them a good purchase and enough to everything that she hadn't yet tried out to try and eat more of if she liked them. Elodie was a planner, you know.

"Anything specific you want? I think we should pop into a few book places and see if we can get her name on a few diary things. You know, for the box? And maybe we can see if Primpernelles has any stuff for pregnancy. I'm getting a hairy stomach!" And he cuddled it enough that she knew he knew it was a thing. Poor bae.