Elise flushed embarrassed as she stubled backwards a little. Whoops! She'd made him drop his chocolate frogs. Bending down to pick them up, she held them up silently. Was he mad? He wasn't that mad, was he? Please don't let him be mad.

Elise noted the confusion across his face as he tried to identify her. She wasn't actually that easy to remember, being as plain as she was. She wasn't even all that smart, for a Ravenclaw. Oh. He recognized her. She was actually kinda scared that he wouldn't.

"That's me," she grinned. "And I've finally gotten over my phobia of ducks." Yaaay for her. Guess what happened for her to do it? Eddie'd gotten her a pet duck for her birthday and forced her to watch it. And feed it. And generally do things you'd do for a pet.

"AFTER YOUUUUUU..." Jonathan held the door of Honeydukes open for Delilah because he. was. a. GENTLEMAN. Yes. There.

Aurora had run ahead of them. HOW. RUDE. HERE I AM, BEING A GENTLEMEN, AND AURORA JUST OURIGHT GOES AND LEAVES THEM TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES IN THE WILD. Doesn't matter.

"I could protect you, Delilah," Jonathan said out-loud as he held the door. After, Dee had entered, Jonathan followed. Now they were in Honeydukes.

"CANDY! CANDY EVERYWHERE!" Jonathan wanted to run around EVERYWHERE!

Cold, cold, cold. Delilah wasn't really aware of where they were walking, only that they were following Aurora's bright red hair towards the sweet shop. So she followed. As per usual.

When they reached the shop and Jonathan opened the door for her, she grinned; too cold to see that he was trying REALLY HARD to be all gentlemanly. THE SHOP WAS WARM. WOOHOO. Throwing her hood back, the girl then shook her hair out. There. Better.

Wait, what?

What did Jonathan just say?

Turning to face him, Delilah raised an eyebrow. "Um..." We're in a sweetshop. "What exactly is there to protect me... from?" HMM? What about the LAST time he tried to protect her? THROWN OFF A BRIDGE. Hmpf. Delilah was perfectly good at looking after herself. WHY COULDN'T PEOPLE SEE THAT?!

... "Yeah. It's a sweet shop." She said, eyeing the boy. It was also warm. Waaaaaaaaaaaarm. "Shall we go and find Aurora?" Their friend wouldn't have gone too deep into the shop already, right?

Aurora saw as Jonathan and Delilah entered the shop. AWW CUTE! HE OPENED THE DOOR FOR HER!!!! Seriously, this was far too entertaining to watch - see was seeing a beautiful relationship form in front of her very eyes, between two of her best friends... it was awesome.

She waved at them, they could come over if they wanted, and turned back to the fudge. Hmm. Maple. Definitely Maple flavour. Yep. She retrieved some and looked once more. What about Tiffany... what should she get her? Something about history was probably good... but she could have some ice mice too. Because everyone likes sweets.

Speaking of Christmas presents... what should she get for Milton... hmm. What did he like? She had no idea... apart from... he liked Quidditch. Yes. And... he liked her. Hmm. And he liked cookies... she knew that. Maybe she should just bake him some cookies for Christmas... She looked at the chocoballs... maybe they'd go well in cookies... Well. She might as well try. She picked some up.

Hmmmmmm. Did Stella not BELIEVE his chocolate fact? "Why?" He poked her shoulder. "You skeptical of the veracity of my chocolate knowledge?" Paulie asked, an eyebrow quirking up in suspicion. He then gave her an easy smile, though, and shrugged. "My mum told me." Yeah, the woman had a lot of those kind of cautious tidbits. It was most likely just her way of getting him to cut back on the sugar. Heh.

He nodded as she repeated the very candies he'd just listed for her moments ago. "Yep, you got it." See? She had already considered Jelly Slugs, so clearly his other suggestions were good ones, too. She seemed intent on getting those sweets now, and even though Paulie was doing his best to limit his time in here so that he'd keep himself from spending a ton of money on sweets, he accompanied her on over to the next aisle with her. "So, what's been new with you?" He grabbed some packages of Fizzing Whizbees and offered them to her.

Stella only turned her head slightly to look at Paulie's finger as it poked her in the shoulder, as if she was surprised that response would have occurred in relation to her simple question about where he'd gotten the chocolate theory. Because it was a theory, as far as she was concerned, what with her first-hand experience proving otherwise. She still turned back to Paulie himself with a grin as he'd spoken, though, and at the quirked eyebrow. "Nice vocabulary use," she teased, shrugging a little. "Maybe. Have you actually ever gotten nightmares from eating chocolate too late at night?," she continued, the grin only growing as he'd revealed his source. Parents always had advice like that, even if there really wasn't facts behind them. She was more curious if he actually believed this one than she was who was actually giving it. Chocolate was amazing, after all.

She proceeded to start picking up the confections that he'd mentioned before he'd even verified her repetition of the list, too. Even if she'd missed something, a little extra candy was never a bad thing. Especially at the holidays, and she'd simply nodded as he'd finally spoken. pretty soon she was going to need a basket or something to carry everything in, but there really wasn't that much else. She'd added several sugar quills to her collection as he'd followed her, however, then gave him another smile as he'd handed her the fizzing whizbees. "Honestly, not much. I'm looking forward to the holidays, getting to go back home and also getting to see Matt again. He's going to be there too," she replied, glancing at the shelves of candy again as she wondered if she should get him something too. She had enough already that she figured he was welcome to the stash as well. Plus, she already was getting him the guitar. He might protest spending more on him, even if it was just candy. Afte rthat pause, though, she'd glanced back at Paulie sheepishly. "Is there anything new with you?"

Paulie smiled proudly and straightened up a bit when she complimented his vocabulary. "Thanks." And then she asked him if he had ever really gotten nightmares after eating chocolate at night. Of course he had! And he opened his mouth to say so, until he realized that he couldn't think of any instance to support his claim. Slowly, his mouth shut again and his eyebrows knitted together. "Well.... I'll eat a chocolate frog before bed tonight and let ya know." Ravenclaw girls. Too smart for their own good!

He tagged along as the pile of candies in her arms grew larger and larger. "I can carry some of those, ya know." All he had were a few packs of gum! He perused the selection of sweets in their aisle as she answered his question. Hmm, Matt. That must have been her boyfriend. "So, what does Matt do? Is he graduated?" Yet another long-distance relationship, it seemed. The look on her face and the pause in her speech suggested that Stella prooobably got caught up thinking about the guy, and Paulie just smiled at this. "Uh, I donno. I guess just lookin' forward to winter break, as well." So he could see Tori! And his mum. And so Adam could spend the holidays with him. "Narrowly avoided a detention in Charms, too. I never knew that Aspen girl had such a temper." But leave it to Paulie to push the envelope. He picked up a package of Ice Mice, vaguely interested in the bright packaging, before tossing it back with the others. Did anyone really like Ice Mice?

Smirks.

The news of knowing that Hogsmeade has once again opened for them was always a good one in the lioness' points of view since there would be more places for her to go and visit, maybe took a look and had a small chat with anyone she came across with, or even just wandering around. It made her feel better than staying at the common room or her dorm, studying alone. Though she had visited Hogsmeade for many many times, this visit was special since someone was here to fulfill his promise to her and she also promised to spend all of his money when they got a chance visiting here again just before his graduation and maybe it would be their one last meet till then.

Tiffany rocked on her feet back and forth as she gazed at all different kinds of sweets displayed behind the windows that she was now leaning her back at. She was going crazy when it came to sweets, especially for chocolate. She loves it so badly then even if it makes her fat afterwards, she still bought it constantly. Clinging on her backpack, she turned her head around to face 'her friends'. She could somehow smell the scent of them through the windows which were blocking her to meet them. She bite on her lower lip and squeezed her hands hard. No, not yet. She still had to wait for him. "Jonathan, where are you?"she whimpered, waiting for his royal arrival.

Jonathan felt like packing before visiting Hogsmeade, where he promised Tiffany they would spend the day together. Jonathan felt really guilty when she gave him a gift and chocolates during Valentines' Day. In the eastern culture, Valentines Day is also known as Chocolate day. The day when a girl gives the guy he likes hand-baked chocolates... Which is odd, since Jonathan really didn't respond much to Tiffany when she gave them to him. But since she was like a little sister to him, Jonathan offered to buy her something she likes when Hogsmeade will once again be open to the students....

..Which is happening today. Hooray.

Making his way to Honeydukes. Jonathan stepped inside and spotted Tiffany over one corner. Smiling at the Gryffindor, Jonathan approached her "Found anything you like?" she must have found something she already wants.

Tiffany kept wandering as she glanced over different boxes placed inside the shop containing different kinds of candies, differ in shapes or taste maybe, but certainly they were all very delicious. The lioness spotted a few items that she wanted to buy, she had tasted some of them, but as for the others...she just wanted to give it a try.

She could hardly move her gaze off the shelf full of chocolate boxes as she heard that familiar voice. She turned and faced him while her eyes still stole some glance at those chocolate bars sometimes. "What do you think?"she beamed at him, looking here and there and registering the goodies she had just spotted out. There were a lot, really a lot. And now she began to worry about him, whether he had got enough money or not. "You don't have to worry about my choices. What you should do is take a look at your wallet first."She chuckled as she made her way to the lollipop section. "That's my promise, to spend all your money this one last time."Just before he graduates. She surely could leave him some good memories after today. Hehehe. She took his hand and off they went. It was time for her to lead.

Jonathan is a big sweet tooth, and entering Honeydukes made him just want to buy one of each before he leaves. There was one time when he tried buying one of each candy and stacked them all up in his room. It was sort of him actually hibernating.

Seeing Tiffany gazing over the awesome boxes of chocolates, Jonathan had to agree in buying it. They looked delicious and he wants to buy one of those too... for himself, that is. Upon hearing her questioning him about his money, Jonathan smirked. Really, that was never a question for Jonathan. He has enough, possibly.

Jonathan just nodded as he suddenly felt Tiffany's hand. He knew it, he will be dragged across from one corner to another but hey, it's not like he is entirely against it. In fact, the more they circle around, the more chances of him to spot his own favorite. And yes, he will be stacking once again too.

Looking at Tiffany with a smile, he replied "Help yourself" well, not too much.

It was so good being here, with all that lovely scent from every single candy awaiting for them to come and bring them back home. She used to go to candy shops with her mum and dad when she was still little. Since then, she have never gone there anymore, not even once after she has arrived at Hogwarts. That's why she was so excited being here, especially with Jonathan since he was just like part of her family.

Her eyes widened as she scanned through the shelves placing different flavours of chocolate and she smiled. They shall be her first place of visiting and possibly the lioness would end up buying most of them since she is such a chocolate fonder after all. "Let's go, rich man,"she beamed at him.

Holding his hand, Tiffany dragged him to her target and read the labels on those boxes. There were milk chocolate, dark ones, normal ones, those with nuts and marshmallows in it and...Tiffany just couldn't even pick her favourite among them, she just wanted to have one for each but it would be ridiculous. She moved into Jonathan's gaze and looked at those awesome boxes once again. Oh Merlin, he couldn't afford all of those...even if he could, it would be rude if she asked him to do so. So the lioness just picked up the milk one and the nuts one and pouted a bit. Holding them tight, she turned to him,"So have you finished packing up all your stuff yet?"since he has to leave soon which she seriously doesn't want him to.