Madame Puddifoot's
 

A quiet tea shop where you can meet up with your friends.

Madam Puddifoot's is laid out in a typical English tea room fashion. Lace doilies cover each table, on top of the flower patterned table cloths. In the middle of each is a small container with a tea light in, ready to be lit for those there on a romantic retreat. The windows are half covered by fancy net curtains, leaving just enough room at the top to see over and down Hogsmeade high street. Little flower and heart covered cushions are on each seat awaiting your arrival.

Sapphira Puddifoot keeps the shop this way because she has to. But she has no desire to look upon all the fancy decoration herself, which is why you'll most likely find her in the back room. She'll come and serve you, but make sure you know what you want to order as she doesn't have all day.


OOC: SS Board and School Rules apply. This thread will be closed should it be abused with an overabundance of public displays of affection. A brief kiss or hug is fine but, no snogging, making out, etc.

Please do not RP for the Shopkeeper at any time. And put in the subject bar when you would like her to serve you! - And remember to pay for your food!

Chrissss and Blue <3
 

Theo needed food. All this quidditch he'd been attending had completely worn him out, and even though he was looking BUFF from exercise, you could completely see the tiredness in his eyes. Oh well. Anything to secure his previous chaser spot!

But back to the food. His face lit up with delight when he came across the shop filled with cakes and little snacks, so he pulled up a chair and looked over the menu.

A bacon buttie sounded GOOD.

Theodore looked up to find a shopkeeper. Maybe if he just waved his money about in the air, he'd get a notice.

For Chelle/Anakin :33
 

Hogsmeade again, huh? It was great being back, merlin how he'd missed the area. Being so close to school again, it was almost like he was a student again. Wandering the streets, he could almost convince himself that he was there for the weekend, with a huge stack of homework waiting up for him in his dorm, instead of a pile of work at his office. The former seemed so much more pleasant to think about, perhaps because he'd always ignored the school work...while he couldn't really for his job. But still.

At least for today, he could pretend.

And it was even more of a blast from the past that his wife had wanted to go to Puddifoot's, the place of their first date. It'd been awkward the first time, they'd both been nervous, it was their first date together, and he'd had no idea how...romantic and coupley Puddifoots had been. It was embarrassing the first time, but today they'd been on more dates, they'd grown up, and a romantic date with his wife could be just what he needed.

Entering into Madame Puddifoots, he found her almost instantaneously. To him, she always stood out in a crowd, maybe because he was always looking, or maybe because it'd just become a normal reaction to look for her, but either way it worked to his advantage. Making his way towards the table, An stopped at her side to give her a quick peck before beaming at her while he slid into a seat across from her. "Hey Queenie! You look beautiful." As per usual.

Blue skipped along the main street, singing along, all happy like and schtuffs.

'Cept the place was so busy. Especially since oldie!people were allowed her now. And all students, not just the third-years. Which was good for this girl. Yep. But, still, the street was a little too-crowded for her liking. She pushed open a random door and walked into the pink!fluffy shop. Oh. A café. Meh. She wasn't that hungry but she dug her hand into her pocket, fishing for some money. Yep. The coins jingled. Might as well eat seeing as she could afford it.

She glanced around at a couple - bleugh - and noticed a ickle dude. Hey. Twas THEO. Yay. Smiling, she sat down on the chair across from him, not bothering to ask. "Hai Theo." BEAM. Yeah, I know. Not her usual greeting of, like, making his name fifty times longer than it was but she was feeling kinda lazy today. Eh.

She plucked the menu from his grasp, and eyed it.

Meh.

She'd probably only get a glass of apple juice or something.

Oakey wasn't sure what it was about having tea this semester he had only had it twice now, once with Elliot and again with Mr.Gibbins and Kurumi. He really liked it now too.

There was nothing wrong with going in and having a cup on your own was there, or was it required to have tea with someone at all times? Oakey came up to the counter and took a look at some of the tea's that Puddifoot's at to offer.

Maxwell walked into the tea shop. He was beginning to appreciate a good cup of tea...it reminded him of his mother. "Hey, you seem cheerful?" He said with a smile, happy to see Taylor getting back to her old self.

When she saw Maxwell, she got up quickly and engulfed him in a hug. "Hey!" Tay grinned as big as she could and kissed his cheek, "I am cheerful today." Taylor twirled around him then sat down again, gesturing to the seat across from her, "How are you?"

Helen walked into Madame Puddifoot's so she could order The Sweet toffee pudding that was the best she had ever tasted and had dearly missed during the holidays/school break. She went up to the counter as fast as she could, trying to avoid the people now filling the place.

As she was nearing to the counter, she tripped over someones foot and stumbled to it (rather than walking) and accidently pushed/bumped someone. She looked up and saw it was a boy she had seen from some of her classes that was in her year.

" I'm sooo sorry. Are you alright?? This place is just too packed! "

A BACON BUTTIE, PLEASSSSSE!

Theo was about to throw his money at someone. Only kidding, he didn't want it that bad. Oh, BLUUUUUE. "Hi." He said, taking immediate notice of her lack of excitement to see him. She should be EXCITED, man... oh well. "Did you find your toad?" Cos Theo found a frog that she could have. It was hidden in a box in the dorms.

He'd found it for her, it was fate. :3

Finally tearing his face away from the menu, Theo noticed some love-heart cushions straight away... Where was he....? Why was he here....?

HMMM......

Maxwell hugged her back. "Good, i'm glad you're feeling better. I've been better myself, but i've also been worse." he said taking the seat. "So what's got you in such high spirits?"

Maxwell smiled. "Tay, that's great! I'm frankly a little jealous." He said jokingly though it was true, he wished he was over Min...but wishes accomplished nothing.

Putting on her shoes, Renesmee headed out the common room and towards the school gate. She entered Hogsmeade and walked around all on her own, not exactly sure what to do with herself. Pout. Maybe somewhere quiet would have been nice? The streets were a little noisy, and Ness wasn't in the mood of that.

As she walked on further she spotted one of the quietest places she had ever seen. It was Madame Pudifoots. She had been there a few times and she remembered it to be a quiet and annoyingly romantic place. She opened the door, and almost cringed at once as she realised how lovey dovey this place really was. Meh! Not cool! She turned around almost leaving, but then she saw someone that made her pause and think twice.

It was Oakey! One of her bestest friends ever. She couldn't not go talk to him or at least say hi. Pshht! This lovely dovey stuff wasn't so bad, she would just ignore it. "Hey!" she gave him a small and headed over to the counter. "Anything good to drink here?" A coffee sounded good right now and surely this place would have at least that.

"How're yooooooou?" Cause it was only polite to ask. And she did care. But not enough to look up from her menu. Yep. Wide eyed, she re-read it's contents about three times, not really paying attention though. ....Oh right. Her shoulders slumped and she went all sad-faced. "Nope." Maaaaan, she missed that thing. Pout. "I'm like, 99.9 percent sure at this stage Barnabus ate him." And she had had a good CRY about it the other night, trying to get Mika to take the fat kneazle off her hands but nooooo. She had to keep the murderer.

Blue glanced up at her bestie and followed his gaze. Heart-shaped cushions? Really Missus Puttifoot or whoever ran the store? The second-year was a girlie-girl, of course. But that was just a little too-much. Eyebrow raise at Theo.

"How did Quidditch gooooo?"

She'd made some of his try-outs but not all of them.

Sooo....yeah. She wanted to know.

"I'm AWESOME, just a bit sore from going to ALL of the tryouts." Well, he'd been to most of them, but he was pretty sure that he was THAT GUY that turned up to the most of them. "And how are you?" If you subtract the mourning of the toad, and stuff... It's okay, Theo knew how to cheer her up! Cos that's what besties dooo....

Oh... well, he HAD told her it was Barnabus. But he wasn't gonna say that, cos he was nice. Theo just nodded.

"Hey.... I..." He paused, wondering how to word it without sounding like a weirdo. "I found a lickle FROG the other day, and I thought about giving it to you." He scratched his head.

SEE. Blue had spotted the creepiness of this shop, too!!! He looked at her, wide-eyed, then found something else to stare at. "Blue.... do you think this is a boyfriend and girlfriend tea party?" If so, THEY NEEDED TO ESCAPE.

"Oh, they're going soooooooo good! I'm so on the team!" And so was West, in fact, EVERYONE from last term were so on the team. Theo loved the snakey team so much. "What about you? Last time I saw you, you were doing awesomely." And he hoped her bludger wounds had healed. Which reminded him, he needed to get out his fake poos for her to borrow.

Oh, how lovely. The door bell went again. Twice.

Poking her head out from the back room, Sapphira looked around the cafe and sighed. She had work to do then. Taking a deep breath, she walked out and swiped the pen and pad from the counter top, going over to the first two kids.

"Are you ready to order? What can I get you?" And that was as nice as she was going to get.

"Yeees?" Can I help you? Sapphira walked back behind the counter, having seen to the order of the other kids. Was this one going to order, or just stand staring at the menu?

It wasn't too long after she got her seat that she heard and saw the door open again...and Anakin entered. She grinned. Seeing him always made her happy. Really, really happy. She returned the quick peck and then watched as he quickly sat across from her. "You look pretty handsome yourself, Lord Vader," she replied with grin. He was always handsome though, even if he didn't realize it. Even when he'd gotten that random mohawk while they were on their honeymoon, he was still good-looking.

Scarlett walk up to the counter Hello i would like to order a two teas,fruit salad,carrot cake,also cheesecake.

YES, he'd been ready to order since he walked through the door. Theo just needed food. He'd eat the whole menu if he could afford it, but he couldn't....

"Yeah.... can I have a bacon buttie, please..." He paused and looked at the menu again, "And then a cheesecake." YUM, he hadn't had that desert for a long time! Theo smiled and then looked to Blue. He'd totally buy her something but you know...

...

...

He needed it.

Ariana walked into the cute little shop and saw damon already there.. she was late.. of course but people didnt know how to waslk fastttt enoughhh. she walked up behind him slowly and put her hands over his eyes knowing he's know it was her by the smell of the lotion she put on daily but still.

"Do I get to try the carrot cake?" Jared smiled. He had 9knuts and 2sickels ready. He couldn't wait to start dinner, he had something special planned. "You look amazing. I'm glad we had the time. We should do this more often?"

Yep the carrot is yours she smiled.Thanks love and kissed his lips softly.So do you and i have something to tell you.She let out long breath I'm Pregnant.Yes we should she smiled.

Abby <3
 

Chace walked into Madame Puddifoots with a box of chocolate tucked under his arm. See he could be a good boyfriend and he did actually listen to Abby when she spoke to him. Although it was definitely not hard to be distracted by her good looks. Chace was beginning to believe that that girl just never had an off looking day. Ever. But he wasn't complaining. He tried to never have off days himself and he usually succeeded. Um...scratch that. Always succeeded.

Spotting an open table that was free, Chace went over and took it, taking the seat that was facing towards the toward so he could see Abby when she got here. Now that he was thinking about it this was really their first nice date.

Oakey didn't get a very long chance to look at the menu because he suddenly heard someone right behind him. He looked up and around to see that Renesmee was standing behind him "Hey" he replied to her.
"I-uh?" Did this place have more than tea here, Oakey wasn't sure because he didn't really get a chance to eye the menu. "Tea?"

Maybe if he took a quick look down at the menu he could give Renesmee a better answer. He put his head back down to the menu, but now there was someone else calling for his attention. "Wha?" was all he said to the lady behind the counter. Can't he have some time to see what's on this darn menu?

Damon chuckled feeling her hands go over his eyes. He laid his hands on top of hers and pulled them down, lifting his head to look up into her eyes, "Hey, love," He smiled at her.

she leaned over and kissed his forehead "hi there." she looked around the little shop and just fell in love with it, it was a perfect little tea place. Little and convenient, cute and just perfect.

Jared gasped wide-eyes and smiling, he put his right hand to the top of his head, "Oh my gosh you're...you're..." He picked his wife up and swung her in a circle. He just held her, he didn't want to let her go. This was the best evening ever. "How long have you know? Oh my, we have a lot of work to do. W need to find a house? A nursery. We need to tell my parents." He stopped there. He put her down slowly and watched her expression. He hoped the mention of his parents didn't bring down the mood of the news of her biological parents dying. "Are you okay?" He held her face, em pathetically.

Sage came into Hogsmeade to surpise his nephew. He flopped down across from Damon, "Hey brat." He smiled then saw the girl, "And stranger..."

I'm three weeks going on four weeks she said smiling.We could live in the house Taylor,Wisty,Savannah and i inherited.Also we don't know if its girl or boy.Then she sighed,yes I'm fine at least i still have belladonna and Steven.It'll be hard not having them see their grandchild.

Damon smiled at her then looked over as he heard Sage, "Hey, what're you doing here?" He looked between the two for a moment, "Oh, Ari, this is my uncle, Sage Romane. Sage, this is my girlfriend Ariana Logan."

'the uhh.." but she was interrupted by a strange mom as he sat down by Damon.. turns out it was his uncle.. and one she had never met before she looked at damon a bit confused on what to do . ohh right intro's.. "It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Romane." she said a bit shyly but confident enough to get by

"I thought I might pop in from Egypt to see you. Is that a problem?" He relaxed then glanced at Ariana, "I didnt even know he got rid of the last girl but you are too familiar, it is just Sage, got it?" He hated being called Sage. Sage glanced at his nephew, "Is she as spoiled as the brat?"

Kurumi/Katherine 3>>.
 

"What!? You're three weeks and you didn't tell me? Oh hun...I"M GOING TO BE A FATHER!" He kissed his wife again. He couldn't have been more happier.

"We should celebrate," with that in mind he pulled out a box. He placed it in front of her and opened it. Inside was an diamond. But not any old diamond. It was an intuitive diamond. Any time you're stuck and you're not sure what to do, the diamond morphs into something that only you can know to help you figure out what you should do.

Jared hoped his wife liked it.

"What about the show, Oberon? Did you already break up with Ophelia?" Damon chuckled, "And Ari, Sage is the one you really don't have to worry about. He's really just another kid at heart," He smirked at his uncle but sighed, "Taylor and I broke up on the first day of school, Ari and I got together, about a week ago?" He looked up at her, "Last Tuesday's when we had gotten together." Damon looked at his uncle, "And Taylor wasn't..." Okay he couldn't say that... Especially with how she'd been acting lately. Which that reminded him. He let go of one of Ariana's hands and grabbed the broken locket, "I was wondering if there was any way to fix this, you're the one who taught me the charm that wouldn't let it break unless the girl stopped loving me. Or is it pretty much just trash now?" If it was, he had no problem throwing it into the trash can and forgetting about the idiotic thing, but if there was a way to fix it, he was wanting to give it back to Taylor, the slots empty for her to put whatever pictures she wanted into it.

I was Scared and in a lot of stress she said to Jared.Yes we should she took out a gift,it was a watch that had his name on the clock.Scarlett opened the gift.I love it Jared she hugged him softly.this would be very helpful with wisty and Van.

Sage shrugged, "I took a small leave, okay?" His eyes grew, "No I am still dating that gorgeous angel." He laughed, "Nice." He glanced at the locket, "I will see what I can do. I know no charm but I might be able to go to a special friend of mine and have it fixed. It seems that your old love has lost the love." Sage smirked at him and took the locket and put it in his pocket. "I would make a comment about you calling me a kid at heart but it is true so yeah..." He laughed.

:huh: talk about awkward she gave the man a nod "yes of course." she said regarding his name. she then looked over at damon, hoping he could fix this awkwaard bubble she was in

and he did. he had to bing up tay but she could breath again.. for now anyway. she gave a silent chuckle when damon said he was a kid a heart.. harharhar those are the best kind of adults nodnod.. Damon let go of her han and she put both of her hands on her lap and rubbed them against her jeans something she did when she was nervous

"Yeah, the angel who had us running errands on our normal first week of summer together..." He rolled his eyes, Sage knew he still wasn't happy for that whole week of boredom. Damon nodded, "You don't have to try to hard, but yes she has, which I'm fine with." He shrugged and smiled at Ariana.

Damon looked at her with a small smile, "So, seeing how it's why we originally came here, can I get you anything, Ari?" He gave her a small look that said not to be nervous, "Sage really is probably the nicest one in the family..." Minus the time he put a shock collar around Taylor's neck... or you know, lied to me all my life about what was truly going on with our family...

Okay...so....when Tag meant the Three Broomsticks what he really meant was that she was NOT supposed to meet him at the Three Broomsticks...

Kurumi had waited outside for a few minutes, walked around inside looking for him, and eventually left a message with a fellow Gryffindor in there to let Tag know that she had left...just in case he came looking for her or something. Kurumi and Tag didn't know each other THAT well...but he didn't seem the type to say he would meet somewhere and not show up. Nope...that trait belonged to Adam.

Rubbing her hands together and deciding to get some tea before some shopping, Kurumi entered Madame Puddifoot's and...

"Tag?!"

Sage nodded at her then looked at Damon, "Sorry about that, brat, I will try to make up for that week when I kidnap you at Christmas." He smirked then his face dropped, "Wait I am the nicest? What about Elizabeth or Chelle?" He looked at Damon, surprised.

Where was this girl? What was taking her forever? Tag figured Kurumi would be the type of person to not be late-though they never specified a time, but still. An also, he believed, being best friends to the Quidditch captain, one who made a big issue of tradiness Selina would've cracked the whip on Kurumi to be one to arrive on time.

Then he heard "Tag". Ok. Either someone was calling at him or someone forget the "You're it" part. So, just to make sure he spun around in the direction of the voice and found the cookie girl. "Kurumi? What took you so long? I'd thought you'd be here first." He said in shock as he walked up to her.

She chuckled "just a water really." that was all she was planning on getting but now that she was nervous that was all she could stand

"My poor girls," he whispered. He just held her and peeked over her shoulder. "I wonder what's taking so long," he added. "I'm starving, you must be too?"

"And who said I'll let you kidnap me over Christmas this year?" He smirked at Sage, "Maybe I'd rather spend the time with Ariana." He nodded to his next question, "Both dropped seeing how I've seen both of their angry sides..." He chuckled.
He then turned to Ariana and nodded, kissing her forehead lightly, "I'll be right back with that then." He smiled at her before standing. Returning a few moments later with her glass of water, a glass of pumpkin juice for himself, and also a piece of cheese and carrot cake. He pushed the cheese cake towards Sage so he couldn't complain that Damon was choosing favorites by getting Ariana something and not him. He then sat Ari's glass of water in front of her with a small smile.

Carolyn Has grown so much since the my last marriage.Yeah me too I'm starving as well.Do think the baby will like the foods i eat she smiled.I think it might be twins since I.m already big for 3 weeks.

He took a bite of cheesecake and smiled at Damon, "You know me so well, brat." Sage laughed and smiled. "Oh, you dont have a choice in the matter though." He ruffled his hair, "I am kidnapping you for a week and you have to deal with it." He smirked and continued to eat the piece of cheesecake.

Ariana smiled when Damon said he'd "maybe" want to spend christmas with her. it was good that he wanted to spend the holidays with her cause it was always the hardest time of year for her. she closed her eyes briefly when he kissed her forehead and watched as he walked away and before she knew it he was back with WATER. she took a few sips before putting the glass down "thank you Damon." she said to him for getting her some water. but then apparently damon had no choice in being "kidnapped" and she wanted to frown but the didnt she just ran her pointer finger along the outside of the glass.

"Maybe I'll go into hiding where you can't find me. Because you aren't good with tracking spells." Damon smirked at him, then smiled at Ariana, "And if she wants me around on the holidays, sorry to say, you won't be taking me away."
Damon smiled, "If I can get you anything else love, just let me know." He lightly took her free hand in his, "And he knows I'm serious, if you want me here, he won't be taking me."

Sage stuck out his cheesecake-covered tongue at his nephew, "I will find a way." At that, he went back to his cheesecake like a happy kid.

running to the store for milk bb in 15
 

Ariana chuckled when he talked about going into hiding from him, and then he began to defend himself on staying for her :p in your face mr weirdo uncle she thought to herself she grabbed his hand and held it firmly not wanting to ever let go "I'm Fine for now but thank you love." she said to him as she still tried to avoid eye contact with the uncle knowing that if she did she might just get hounded with questions about herself

Kurumi sort of just stared at Tag for several loooooooooong moments, blinking at him in utter disbelief. Okay...he wasn't a first year now...and he could read, right? Kurumi was pretty sure she had seen him reading in the common room or over at the study tables with Anya and Penelope before...so...um...

"Why are you here?" Kurumi asked as gently as house elfly possible while she wiggled her fingers in the air. "You told me the Three Broomsticks...this is Madame Puddifoot's." Not that Kurumi minded this setting, she actually preferred it to the Three Broomsticks which always got so loud.

"Sure you will Sage, the same day pigs'll fly..." Damon smiled, then quickly added, "Without magical help," Damon shook his head then smiled at Ariana, "You're amazing, love." He looked at Sage, "Well, Sage... You've surprised me, but I don't suppose you could let the two of us be alone for a bit, could you?"

Jared gave a slight laugh. It was cute seeing her worry like this. "As long as you're eating and keeping your strength up, the baby will be fine." Jared looked over the counter again and back at Scarlett. He coughed and looked at his wife and then her tummy. "Lets not get a head of ourselves," He started getting worried himself. Being unemployed he wasn't sure if his saving would cover enough. He focused back on his wife, "Sweety, you should sit, I'll wait here until we get seated."

Sage snapped his fingers in disappointment, "I will get a way to do that then..." He grimaced, "Fine..." He got up after finishing his piece of cheesecake and left enough money to pay for all three of them, "See ya later, brat..." He hadnt seen Damon since the first week of summer and he missed him but he asked for Sage to leave so Sage left.

Yeah i think your right she said with a smile.Yeah I just think I'm pretty big for three weeks.Scarlett went to find an empty table and sat down carefully.She started to bite her nails.

Lauraaaa | Minnie (:
 

Landon Hughes walked into Madame Puddifoot's with wide eyes and a terrified expression. This wasn't a place where fake zombie feet were made out of puddy. Oh no, not even close. This was like an actual date place.

O_______________o

This could either be extremely awkward or extremely great when Minnie comes. He cleared his throat and walked over to an empty table, taking a seat. He fixed his hair and picked up the menu. Okay, maybe this wouldn't be that bad now that he saw what was on the food menu.

Katherine and Lamey
 

Tag's eyes just sort of darted back and forth as Kurumi stared at him. Why was she staring at him like that? He felt like he was on trial for a small mistake. Maybe he shouldn't have gone to sleep so late last night.

Then she asked him why'd he end up here rather than the three broomsticks. An he wasn't really even sure of himself. He looked around the place and saw a bunch of boy girl couples. With an eyebrow raised and a cheeky smile he simply answered with a "Girls." Still, he didn't really know how he ended up here.

After spending some time in the land of bagpipes and men dancing in skirts and going through greenland and greenland and touring the city of Edingburgh Saxon found herself with Colin back at Hogsmeade. Just like the good old days.

She remembered what a lot of her friends had said about this place so Colin's taste of choice gave her butterfly feelings and a little unease too. This place had a reputation for bringing people together. Oh well, she still considered this a friendly gathering. Finding a table in the corner of the room Saxon went to take a seat across from Colin. "Have you ever been here before?" Saxon had a feeling he'd been here several times.

Ariana chuckled lightly when he talked about pigs flying without magical help. and then he asked his uncle to leave and Ariana could breath again with the just the thought of his being gone. she was excited to be alone with him again. it made her chuckle

Damon looked at him, "Ari, give me a sec." He stood and went over to his uncle, "Why don't you pick me up this weekend? We can catch up and get into all the trouble you want," He smiled at him before giving his uncle a hug, a rare thing to happen.
After he said goodbye completely to his uncle Damon went back over to Ariana, taking her hand lightly again in his, "He really is a nice guy Ari... And he'll always be there when his family needs him."

'Sure.' she said to him as he left to speak o his uncle for a moment before returning and taking her hand " i believe that, it's just i dont know, im really bad at first impressions so i tryed to not embarres either of us." she smiled

Maxwell shrugged. "Maybe...but part of me doesn't want to get there, the idea of life without her still hurts..." He said with a sigh. "Let's talk about something happy..."

Colin grinned a little as he followed her over to the table in the corner. Although a hometown visit wasn't a typical first date, there was lots of fun things to do in Edinburgh. Like visit the castle and take a stroll down the cobblestone streets.

Saxon had been a gem the whole time. And Colin had been doing his best to refrain from making any bold moves. Because he was a bold kind of guy. And Saxon here was... Blondie. He just didn't think she'd appreciate it.

"A few times." Colin said taking a seat. "What about you Blondie?"

Sage stopped and glanced at Damon. He searched his eyes and nodded, "Okay, the weekend it is." He smiled at his nephew and hugged him back, a little shocked, "See ya then, Damon."
"Like what?" She stirred her tea, starting to look gloomy.

.............what?

Deciding that she was just going to sit down and process after, Kurumi slipped into the seat opposite of Tag and idly glanced at the menu for a brief moment before her full attention was back on the Gryffindor boy. "So...there are no girls in the Three Broomsticks?" she asked, her interest tickled slightly. "Or...is there a certain girl in here that you are wanting to keep an eye on."

Oh! See Elijah! Kurumi had learned that expression from you! Keep an eye on and what it implied. Only Kurumi wasn't entirely convinced that it actually meant what the Hufflepuff said it did. Just like Richard never really seemed to mean what he did.

Damon smiled at Sage, "See you then," He have a small nod before turning back to Ariana.

Damon chuckled, "Sage is honestly the person you'd find under the word embarrassment. I love him, he's more my father than Puck actually. But nothing you said to him could've made him dislike you Ari."

"ok good, thats encouraging to hear i suppose." she took a sip of her water. "So the list for quidditch should be going up any day now." she said to him knowing he'd be proud either way weather she made the team or a reserve or not at all

Maxwell shrugged. "I don't know..There has to be something?" He asked wondering if their lives were really so awful this term that there was nothing good to talk about.

Tay sighed, "Yeah... how about the quidditch list will be up soon..." Taylor grinned.

Maxwell nodded. "Yeah i guess it will be, I haven't really paid attention this year..." He said remembering Min's last birthday watching her get smacked around by those bludgers...it left a bad taste in his mouth. "Did you tried out right?" He asked happy for her if she did.

Damon smiled, "You deserve a spot after you being knocked unconscious for three days." He ran a hand through her hair.

Taylor nodded, "Yeah, I did... I just hope I will make it." She grinned and hugged him, excited. "You did say you are going to come to my games if i do play, right?"

"yeah, that was weird, it felt like a blinked then it was three days later. but thank you, i think i deserve a spot as well even if it's just a reserve." she smiled as he ran a hand through her hair, one thing she loved most was having her hair messed with, she always wanted an older sister to do her hair or a younger sister to play with it.. but nope she was an only child growing up. she closer her and took in the moment with a smile

Damon smiled at her, "You will make the team, love." He pulled her close, hugging her lightly, "They'd be insane to not let you on the team."

Maxwell smiled. "I'm sure you will, and of course. I'll be at every game." He said hugging her back. "It's not like i know anyone on any of the other teams."

Tay grinned, "Thanks so much!" She danced in her seat. Taylor laughed and kissed his cheek.

Blondie. That nickname stuck with Saxon very easily. If she heard some random person say blondie on the street, it not being Colin, she'd probably respond to it as if it were her actual name. "Well, it may interest you to know that Miss Blondie here has never been to this place before. I meant this shop, not Hogsmeade. I've only been here when I was in Hogwarts." She'd begin to ramble if she talk about Hogsmeade, probably repeat herself a lot.

C'mon Saxon. Think of something you both can talk about. What did they have in common? She stuck her finger in the air when she finally got an idea and said, "Ah..Let me see I'm from Ireland, and you're from Scotland.Would you still live in Scotland while working in the ministry? You know, since its in London." yeah. Good job Saxon she thought to herself. One point for cleverness llama girl. "How long have you been living here for?"

Cause she was still lost around this city. "Do they have food here? I'm hungry again."



Had Kurumi officially make Tag feel awkward? Maybe he was thinking too much into the question cause he froze in his seat. "Of course there were girls in the Three Broomsticks. I just ended up here somehow. I don't know I'm Tag. I'm capable of making no sense." His face went even more blank when Kurumi asked if there was a particular girl he wanted to see here. Very awkwardly he moved his entire body in his seat, looking in front of them to the side and bit to the back. Even went as far as standing up to check out the little shop. Sitting back down he said "Nope. She's not in here right now." Which was odd now that he looked around at how this place seemed to be filled with people who were together.

"Anyway, what do they have to eat here?" Because he had asked Kurumi to meet him here, the Three Broomsticks incognito to have a bite. An that's exactly what he would do.

She went in when he pulled her and hugged him back "of course they would be insane not to put me on the team." she said boasting about herself yet again

Damon chuckled and shook his head, "I love how much confidence you have in yourself."

"well if im not confident in myself then no one else would be." she said quite proud of herself

Maxwell nodded. "You know i'd have to support you, You're my best friend, Tay.." He said with a smile. She really was at this point, he and Ariana drifted apart a little, he and Min weren't even talking and he hadn't seen Jordan all term..

Damon nodded and smiled, "I have to agree with you there." He smiled at her.

"As you are mine, Maxwell." She smiled at him and thought about how it was true since she was the most comfortable around him out of all the others. Tay loved how it was true though.

"your too nice to me really." she said before she took another sip of her glass of water that was getting warm on the table

I'm capable of making no sense.

Oh wait...he was serious about that being an excuse or a reason? Kurumi tried to cover her mouth politely to muffle her giggle as best she could, but it was hard. Was this something that part magical creature people had in common? Being somewhat socially awkward, especially in their younger years? Kurumi should probably do a bit more reading about leprechauns and see if this was one of their personality quirks, like Kurumi and her bowing and what not. "Oh? She isn't is she?" Kurumi asked, eyeing the area again. Which really didn't tell her much anyway. She had been somewhat joking when she had asked that question, seeing as Tag was only a second year and she had been...oh, wait. She had been a second year as well...hadn't she?

....yeah...that had been a mistake.

ANYWAY!

"So...there IS someone you want to keep your eye on then," she said as she leaned her elbows on the table in that big-sister-I-am-going-to-get-this-information-out-of-you-no-matter-what sort of way.

And his food question? Yeah, it was being ignored for now. So spill leprechaun buddy.

For Poo/Willy Wonka :33
 

Alice was starved. Yes, she wanted food. But she couldn't go get food alone. It was.. like.. illegal to get food without a friend. So she grabbed the nearest one, who happened to be, lucky for him, her best friend, Messer. "We're going to go buy food," she had told him, and without waiting for an answer, had unceremoniously dragged him away from whatever Messer did all the time. She had sniffed out the nearest place that smelled like food.. and oh my, what a wonderful scent was coming from this shop.. the lioness had to go in there and see what it was.

She was disappointed.

The whole place was.. PINK. And covered with lace. And.. and.. ew. There were couples sitting all around.. holding hands and being mushy.. and.. the lioness shuddered. Squirm. Squirm. Squiiiirm. Had she and Messer jsut waked into.. into THIS place? Alice would have jumped right out there that instant if it wasn't for the smell. The place was scented like baked gods and homemade food.. mhhm. Too good to pass up.

She eyed the shop once more and then turned to her friend. "What do you think?" The lioness asked warily, her gaze set on some cakes. "Stay and eat or retreat from all the icky mushiness?"

She couldn't make the decision. It was too hard.

Jared was getting nervous, but he couldn't let Scarlett know. He nodded his head as she agreed. She seemed so tired, he was glad that she didn't try to fight him in this, but in retrospect, he knew something wasn't right. She was pretty big for 3 weeks. He noticed how careful she was to sit down. He looked across the counter and then at his watch. He was considering taking his wife to the hospital. He looked back at his wife, perhaps this wasn't the best night to go onto a date. She was biting her nails...that was it. He walked over to Scarlett, "Hun, I think we should probably get you the hospital." He held out his arm for her to lean on. "We should probably see what's going on. We can come back another time, okay?"

He went to ALL of the try-outs. Woah. "Did ya get whacked with a bludger?" Cause that was definitely sore. And she could totally give him tips about how to feel better. Because she was, like, unwillingly qualified in being hit by bludgers. AhemAshbyAhem. Other than the obvious? "Yeah, I'm okay. Got a letter from my sister in Scotland the other day." Which was AWESOME but just made her miss Eve even MOAR.

SHE WANTED HER BACK.

What was he on about? Putting the menu back on the table so she could pay more attention to her bestie, she looked back up again. And her face lit up. Good time to start listening. "You found a frog? And you wanna give him to me?" BEAMBEAMBEAM. She had the bestest bestie evaaaaar.

.........

O_____e She looked around again and all the couples and stuff and her eyes went even wider. "I think it is." Um....Awkward, much? Squirm. "Maybe we should go....Find somewhere else to eat...."

BEAM. "Brilliant. Knew you would from the few I saw." Oh right yeah. "Eh. I did okay I suppose. Should get on the reserve team at least!" Which was still pretty good. "Last night, I was ATTACKED by the beaters. They came after me with two bludgers." Good thing she ducked. Or she probably wouldn't be seating here today.



Blue looked up at the waitress lady. She was about to say, no they were grand. That they were just about to LEAVE because this place was too lovey-dovey and was making her uncomfortable with all the couples snogging - Alice gave her the word - and holding hands and being generally gross. But then Theo ordered. Sigh. Guess they better stay.

"Um...can I just have some cheese on toast and...and apple juice, please?"

Yeah. She still wasn't that hungry.

Tag stared at the way of how Kurumi leaned forward in a interested manner. He looked beside himself again and stared at all the people here. All lovey dovey and what not. Together. An now she wanted to know who Tag liked! Why the sudden interest?! Now he wished he'd given her another answer, because saying 'girls' had only pinned him. And Kurumi was not gonna budge and he was starving! Starving he tells ya! He was hungry but Kurumi would not pay to feed him. Would he really have to tell her his crush to get some food? That was absurd!

He began to squirm uncomfortably in his seat. Maybe he could tell her without specifically telling her. Yeah. That was the way. Hopefully she wouldn't nag to get the actual girls name because then these may become a bit painful to hear. Knowing Kurumi she knew the right and honest things to say.

"I well..yeah.. there's a..ermm..yeah, there's one." Tag paused realizing he used the word "erm". He was officially Alec. "I yeah.. my eye is.. looking at her. I..uhh, don't know what you mean by 'on' her? My eye would literally be on her, yeah?" Who was he anymore? Dye his hair brown,grow it out a bit and he could be a Alec impersonator.

Awkward Tag.

Hogsmeade weekend. Its the most anticipated weekend for all Hogwarts students especially Messer. He was waiting to go to Hogsmeade since the beginning of the term so he could go to Honeydukes and restock his candy supplies. But before he could go to the candy shop, Alice already dragged him around to find food. "Yeah sure." He thought her best friend was dragging him to the three broomstick but they're walking to the opposite direction of the three broomstick. Maybe Alice found another place with more delicious foods. Then she finally stopped.

The sign said Madame Puddifoot's. He never been here before. He could smell the delicious scent coming from the shop. Alice definitely know where a good scent of foods come from.

PINK. That's the first thing he saw when he entered the shop. His eyes went from the lace doilies that cover each table to his best friend. Did Alice pick this shop deliberately? But one look at his best friend he could tell that she was a little bit uncomfortable. No wonder, there're a lot of couple in the shop. Alice is not a big fans of couple or any dating stuffs.

"The foods smell really good. I think we should stay and eat" he told her. "Beside aren't you the one who said I look good in pink and lace? And now I'm in a shop full with lacy and pink stuffs." Yup. He just gave his best friend a green light to tease him. "Come on. Let's take a seat and order something. I'm starving too." This time its his turn to drag Alice to the nearest empty table.

"Umm... I don't think so." Theo was too GOOD at it. No, joking... "We didn't do a whole lot of practicing with bludgers and stuff." But he had too much experience with bludgers from last term, so he kind of had an excuse to avoid them with ease. Practice makes perfect and stuff! Ooh, letters. "Cool. From which sister?" Cos he knew that Blue had a school!sister, like HE did with Aurora. Gosh, he dreaded the day that Rora graduated.

"Yeah, I saved him cos he didn't have a mummy." He paused, trying to come to the conclusion about whether to give it to Blue or keep it for himself. Cos he did have a bond with this froggie now, even if it didn't have a name. "You can have it. To replace your toad." He hoped she would like it. Bliss said it was a good idea.

NOooooooo..... it WAS for boyfriends and girlfriends. But it was too LATE now, they had ordered food! "It's okay.... if I just give you evil looks once in a while, people won't think we're boyfriends and girlfriends." Cos ewwww... Though, would ANYONE actually imagine little Blue and Theo like THAT?

Not yet anyway.

Theo beamed back. He really enjoyed that his two besties were trying out for Quidditch, too. He knew they'd all make the team again. "I think you have a good chance." It's not like Ravenclaw was booming with good players. But maybe that was just his bitter mind talking. "What position would you want the most?" O_O ATTACKED? "I know the feeling." He said, shuddering at the thought of Ella whacking him.

"You need to think payback." Such as, grabbing that bat straight off them and clunking them on their heads. HA.

Okay. All ordered up. Theo gave Blue a GLARE, just to inform the shopkeeper of their relationship status.

Okay...so there were a few ways that Kurumi could approach this. She could either guess seriously and probably be wrong, or she could guess someone totally not who Tag was probably thinking about right now and get a WHAT IN THE KNEAZLE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT reaction which would then give her the real answer soon after. Right?

Possibly...Kurumi didn't know how the mind of a second year boy worked. She hardly knew how the mind of a seventeen year old boy's worked....no, wait, that was a lie.

Cue Kurumi's cheeks turning a healthy pink glow.

"Yeah...it's too bad Selina isn't in here..." she said nonchalantly, trailing off at the end in a semi obnoxious fashion.

Tag was rather glad Kurumi avoided him rambling about the eyeball. Honestly, if she tried to understand that Tag would probably ramble nonsense and confuse himself more than he already was.

Oh look. Her cheeks were turning pinkish. Tag checked all his pockets but did not find the thing he was looking for to help Kurumi out. "Sorry Kurumi, I forgot to bring my white crayon for you." The leprechaun told her in a apologetic tone.

His eyes narrowed when Kurumi mentioned the fiery mama lion. "Yeah. Real bad." Kurumi was right to an extent, but no Selina was not Tag's crush. Though he did think she was cute in her fierce way, her humor made him like her. An the fact that she cared so much about him and called him her nugget. He still smiled.

With a little gesture of his hand and a slight smirk, because he had a feeling Kurumi would be using her sneaky tactics to figure this out for a while, told her to continue. "Try another girl. Though I think Selina's cute." He admitted with a little smile.

"Luckaaaaaay." She did NOT have good experiences with bludgers. Her broom had a nasty crack running through it now thanks to that annoying first year who was like a bloody octopus on a broom. And her shoulder was covered in bruises. Mhmm. "Evelyn. She left Hogwarts last year." Because, apparently, she REFUSED to fail all of her exams so that she could stay another term. Not even for Blue. "She's in university nooooow." BEAM. Yep. Blue was super duper proud of her non-biological sister.

Awwwww. "Poor froggie." That was super sweet of her bestie. Saving an ickle orphaned frog like that. "Really?" BEAMBEAMBEAM. "That'd be awesome Theo!" She'd actually hug him if not for the table in between them. Yep. "Thaaaaanks." She really had a amphibian shaped hole in her heart since WMD got... eaten.

"Good idea." Nod nod nod. Bleuch. Shudder at THAT thought. Seriously. It was gross. She didn't need anyone going and spreading rumours about her and Theo dating. O______e And if ALICE heard...Nope. She couldn't even think about that. Too scary.

"Thanks." BEAM. Yeah. She was pretty sure too. She was definitely waaaaaay better this term than she was last. Yep. "I wanna be a chaserrrr. Last year I tried for beater but...eh. I nearly displaced my arm practising my swinging." That bat was just too heavy. And Blue had the upper body strength of a.....um...something that didn't have a lot of body strength. "You dooo? Did that first year attack you again?" Ya know, that stalker that KISSED him.

Ew.

Obviously, she was a wackadoodle.

"Eh. I dunno. I'll probably get Mika to go after him...." Actually, that was a VERY good idea. Cause, although Blue luuuuurved Mika, she could be eviiiiiiilllll.

Oooh. Nice one Theo. Blue crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, hoping that it made her look like she wanted to be anywhere but here. Yep.

"OH, yeah.. I remember her, kinda." He never actually met her, but he was aware of her and Blue's sister situation. Yeppp. "That's cool, what is she studying?" That reminded Theo that he needed to think about his future sometime. Was second year too early?

Theo grinned widely at Blue's excitement. "Yeah, he's really small, though - so don't let your darn cat eat him!" Otherwise Theo would get upset, and he didn't want people to see him crying over a frog. "And you can name him if you want." Cos he didn't want to suggest his ideas since it was officially Blue's froggie now. He just wanted to be it's uncle or something.

He nodded. Nodded so much, the pair looked like a pair of nodding bobble-heads.

WOOH. Theo raised his hand for a high five over the table. Chaser was where the awesomeness was AT. And he liked the symmetry of the trio all being chasers, hehe. "Beaters are scary. I think you'll get chaser." Theo encouraged with a nod. "Nooooo.... I'm talkin' about when ELLA whacked me with a bludger. I did TELL you about that, right?" It was awful, traumatic even. A bestie trying to kill him out on that pitch. Theo did kind of hope that she didn't make it as beater this term. But then again, better her than Oakey.

Good call. "Mika would definitely do something." Theo nodded. Yea, he was friends with Mika now but she was still a scary Ravenclaw. "I still think you should go with the fake poo, though." Theo mumbled. Always go with the fake poo idea, it was awesome.

Theo and Blue were such good actors. He suppressed a giggle at their awesomeness. Should they stage an argument?

Tea? Really? Well Tea wasn't that bad, but weren't there tastier things, like maybe hot chocolate. That was Nessie's favorite drink. It was so chocolately and anything to do with chocolate, made Nessie happy, maybe even too happy. "They don't seem to have hot chocolate." she mumbled more to herself than anyone else.

Pout. Was there anything else?

She looked up at the menu, as Oakey began to speak to the woman behind the counter. She noticed that he too wasn't sure what to get. "I think I'm going to have coffee." she gave him a nod, and then waited for him to decide what he wanted.