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Anna and Con :P (sorta. Mostly Anna) The mischievous look on Grayson's face had evolved into a bit more of an unreadable expression as Anna continued to talk about experimenting with potions and everything. Moreso because she was taking it all in, and starting to plan how she was going to go about teaching herself potions. Even if she decided to go back to class at some point, experimenting on her own seemed interesting. "Of course," she said simply, in response to the comment about knowing your ingredients. "Knowing how things interact with each other is good too." Of course, sometimes it was fun to mix things intentionally to create a mess, but she hadn't done that in a while. For a moment, she got distracted as the guy with Anna behind the booth seemed to interject his own comment into the discussion, and her green eyes went to him for a second before another grin split her face. "That helps too." Definitely. Luckily for her she'd always been told she had an aptitude for potions, but then, it could have just been her uncle commenting on various things she'd gotten into. Successfully. But then Anna had gone on to respond to her question about Quidditch, and Grayson's attention went back to the older girl. "Oh. That's cool," she said. "I don't really play. Kinda hard when I can't practice outside of school." And that was just this side of a lie. She'd just never tried to play Quidditch,even though it looked interesting. She'd always found other things to get into. But then she saw anna's eyes go to her bag, as she'd dealt with Draco's fidgeting, and she looked at the older girl again. "It's just my pet ferret. He gets restless sometimes," she explained, unsure if Anna wanted to know, but not afraid to explain anyway. She saw no reason to hide Draco, except for when it came to certain professors. |
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Noticing where he was looking, Kayla could not help but smile even brighter at him. "Raiden, this is Michael...our son." She glanced at Nicholai for a moment before returning her gaze back to Raiden, while she jiggled Michael's hands. "Michael, say hello to Raiden." "Hello Rai - den." The little boy said cheerily, managing to pull his hands out oh his mother's grasp and waving at the Slytherin. Kayla brought her hands up so that she could hold onto Michael so that he wouldn't fall off her shoulders. "It has been a long time" she agreed, shifting her weight slightly. "I hear you're Prefect. Congratulations." |
You and You. Hehe. Raiden couldn't stop looking at Nico and Kayla's little boy. He'd known they'd had a baby, but... well he wasn't so much a baby anymore. And he... looked definitely like a Toussaint. Oh Merlin he was old enough to talk properly and everything. Raiden grinned as the little boy said his name, returning the wave with almost as much enthusiasm as Michael. "He's so big, already..." he murmured, almost sounding amused. Somehow, it had never clicked in his head that Nico's baby would, like himself, be growing. Tearing his eyes away from the kid, he nodded at Miss Kayla. "Since fourth year... I dunno why they'd ask me, of all people, but they did." At least he was getting a little better at his job? Yes. He'd go with that. "I've been... well." The previous term aside. That had been decidedly not okay, and he had the scars to prove it. "Besides a... slight issue this term, everything's been okay. How have you guys been?" He glanced at the table, not really having... registered what the booth was really for, and bit his lip. That. That was an unpleasant reminder. |
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Miss Ameh "Yes they don't stay little for long" she said smiling and gripping her son a little more tightly because he insisted on wriggling around on her shoulders. Kayla tilted her head back so that she could look at her son even though she was looking at him upside down. "Michael." Her tone was low and firm with a slight growl in it. The toddler stilled immediately. "Thank you." She brought her head forward and looked at Raiden with a slightly exasperated look. "Why wouldn't they ask you? From what I remember you work hard, you respect others and you stay out of trouble." And then she laughed as she remembered something. "Well except for that time when you almost got detention. Do you remember? That day Celandine decided to slide down the staircase?" At the time Kayla had been extremely annoyed at having been placed in detention for something that wasn't even her fault but as she looked back now, she had to admit it was kinda funny. Well...sorta. She couldn't seem to look at pixies the same way anymore. She raised her eyebrow at the Slytherin, it didn't seem as though things were that okay. Kayla was about to ask but then he asked them how they were. Now how did one answer that exactly? She spared another glance at Nicholai before returning her gaze back to Raiden and she shrugged her shoulders. "Okay, I guess. Busy with work and Michael...and stuff." Eh vague but true. |
Nicholai just nodded where he needed to and sat there quietly while Kayla and Raiden caught up. His eyes strayed to Mikey a few times, very watchful but also quite sure that Kayla was doing fine. She was a good mother most of the time. Raiden was looking antsy though for some reason, and Nico fixed him with a speculative look. |
Grinning, Raiden shrugged at the prefect question. Why wouldn't they ask him? Really? "I may follow the rules most times, but I wasn't particularly good at enforcing them, at first," he said, before wincing slightly. Detention. Ugh. "I got detention too, I just... I got off easy that time." As in, he'd pretty much guilted himself so hard by thinking he was somehow at fault that he'd managed to make Trel feel bad for him. Good thing too, because she'd not taken mercy on any of his friends. He should have admitted he'd gotten off easy this time too, but... well. One wasn't often half-covered in some unknown creature's angry bathroom moments. "He looks like he'd keep you busy," Raiden commented, eyes straying to the wriggling toddler. Little kids were just... so funny. "Parents are always busy, I guess." His had been too, more-so than others most times, but there had been reasons for that. Glancing at Nico, the prefect caught the look and promptly bit the corner of his lip. Somehow, the look on Nico's face brought a slight feeling of guilt into the pit of Raiden's stomach. He couldn't for the life of him figure out why. "You work with Anna then, Nico?" he asked finally, looking at the table, and the little potion things that were set out. ...oh look. Love potion. Lovely. Definitely wouldn't be touching that. |
Oh---Kayla was here, too? Anna smiled and waved at her long lost friend, but otherwise said nothing. She knew Kayla was here to see Michael and Nico, so she wouldn't interfere. She'd just catch up later. Oh---and Raiden had arrived, too. Anna smiled and waved at him, too, then let then Slytherin boy talk with Nico. Speaking of Nico, Anna glared at her friend and coworker when he simply gave her an amused look over the fact that Legend was currently tormenting her. It was times like she wished she could charm Nico a rattail, but in the end, she knew he could do far worse to her...and that he could vanish the rattail in less than a second anyway. Besides, he was her friend, and...sigh...she wouldn't dare. It was only when she heard her name, that she turned around to see---"Chris! Hey!" she greeted, heading around the booth to give her old friend a hug. "How have you been? ...and wow, you're all grown up now!" She turned back to William, her eyebrows raised in a bit of surprise. "Oh, I hadn't realized you might be considering a career in potions, William. Or, an interest outside of school, at least," she commented. Hmm...at least one person who had approached the booth was looking into a more long-term commitment in the field. "You're right, you can't be the same as anyone else, but...that's what makes you...well, unique." When it looked like William might try the Aging Potion, Anna grew quiet and waited to see if he'd actually go through with it. Anna smiled and nodded at Grayson. It seemed the Ravenclaw girl had a good understanding of what she was getting herself into. The talk turned to Quidditch then, so all thought of ingredients and how important it was to know them were pushed to the back burner for now. "I don't play anymore either," she said with a shrug. "It's sort of difficult to do so when you have a husband and two children---in other words, three children when you count the husband." She laughed a little then glanced over to Cale's booth. She gave him a little wave then turned back to Grayson---who was explaining that the movement inside her bag was just her pet ferret. Smiling, Anna added, "Oh, that's alright. Ferrets are cute little creatures." "Mmhmm...boy and girl twins," she told Katie, the talk once again turning to the tiniest of the Newell bunch. "A little more than I bargained for at such an early age, but I wouldn't trade them for the world. My mum has twins now, too---one boy and girl, just like Sophie and Caleb." ...and that's what you ended up with when your mother was just seventeen-years-older than you were. Anna cracked up laughing when Katie mentioned Cale's sideburns. "Yes, that's my husband---Cale Newell...but his real name is Caleb, like our little boy twin," Anna said, still laughing. "Terrible two's...yeah..." |
"Lucky you" Kayla said with a slight grin. "I had to..."she trailed off then shook her head..."never mind, let's just say by the time Michael came along I was an expert at looking after a baby." Hearing his name Michael started clapping his hands and wriggling around on his mother's shoulders again. Kayla chuckled at his antics before speaking again. "Yeah he certainly does" she agreed. She couldn't help but notice that Nicholai was being all broody and Kayla was pretty sure that it was her presence that was causing it. And then she heard Anna talking about children to someone and that made her think of... Well she took it as her cue to leave. "It was nice to see you again Raiden, hopefully we can catch up again another time. But I better head back to my booth." Kayla shot Nico a look and then turned on her heel and headed back over to the Gringotts booth. |
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