While it was cold out here, it actually wasn't as bad as when Javy first left the barnyard to trek his way to Hogsmeade.

Taking a bite into the sheperd's pie, Javy chewed it slowly while Cassie conversed about its taste. "Mm, it certainly is." Drinking some of his hot cocoa. It was just what he needed for this weather. "So how are you doing? Is everything going..okay?" Hoping she picked up on what he meant by that.

Sipping at her soup she felt very happy about being here. It was nice to be around and see the students outside of the castle enjoying themselves. As she sat there she noticed more and more were coming in. "You really should try the vegetarian one once. It's even better than that one you are eating." Not that she was forcing her way of life on anyone, but it was just a suggestion.

Turning to face him she thought about his question a moment. "Oh I'm doing splendid. Dealing with a few headaches here and there from some very anxious creatures, but all in al.." She stopped a moment and rubbed her temples. Sighing she let her green eyes look up at him again, "Speaking of anxious creatures. It seems you have some visitors that need attending too outside. Oh wait..." Rubbing her temples she sat quietly, "Some outside one has went into a shop." Anxious things.. goodness.

She went back to sipping her soup like the vision and thoughts were as normal as her hello.

Javy continued consuming the pie, taking his time of course. Messily eating wasn't his style. Chewing slowly as he heard Cassie's suggestion. Right, she was a vegetarian. "It wouldn't hurt trying, I suppose.." Shrugging. Food was food, so he didn't have much objections to trying something new.

He listened as she talked about how she still was getting the headaches. He remembered her having those in their third year when there was crazy animal happenings. Yeah, that was why he took her visions more seriously since then. Wait.. "..Visitors?" He frowned a little, "Which.. Pardon?" That was a little overload there. Anxious creatures. Visitors. One inside a shop.. Yep, trouble. He continued frowning before he set his utensil down, sighing. "Well then.. I better check things out. Thanks Cassie." Collecting his coat to put back on as he stood. "I do apologise for having to leave like this." Since it was rude to leave without an apology for him, especially so early. Then he went out after making sure their meals were paid for already.

Devlin had been wandering around all over Hogsmeade, avoiding his father all the while, trying to explore the entire place before it was time to leave. This was his first time here, ever, so he didn't want to miss one thing. He checked out all the shops, spending a good while in each one, playing with or riffling through all the products, glanced at the buildings in awe and even watched the people milling about chatting. Oh, and those Hogwarts students seemed to be out today. Those people were... interesting. Devlin was only getting a taste of what portions of the wizarding community.

So, when his stomach called, Devlin had remembered seeing that little restaurant everyone seemed to always be heading towards. He followed the general crowd on the street until he made his way back to it.

Three Broomsticks.

But, when he was trying to make his way inside it seemed some silly girl, who was dressed in a rather silly and ridiculous outfit, kept going in and out of the shop, like a headless chicken. Making it almost impossible for Devlin to walk in without purposely bumping into or tripping over the girl. Seriously. Eventually he was inside.

"Your halloween costume is ridiculous." He muttered to the girl. That look on her face was ridiculous too. Girls.

Dec was looking straight at the bartender, waiting to hear what the price would be, when his head involuntarily moved to look at something that caught his eye from the corner of it. Oh, it was just Char taking out her purse. DOUBLE TAKE. Wait, what?!

Nonononononono. He's going to pay for their date! He's a gentleman underneath all the smug, he swears. Declan reached over and pushed her little money bag back into her hands. "Nope. I got this." How could she think he'd let her pay?

Deezerz <3
 

Eeeeep!

Finally! After a lengthy amount of time without seeing her best friend, Silver was able to convince her parent to come to Hogsmeade. There was just so much to catch up on! A lot has happened...a lot.

Upon entering the Three Broomsticks she scanned the room to check if Beverly was already here, however that wasn't the case so she picked out a table near a preferable area and took a seat.

"And now I wait." Silver said to herself, resting her chin on the palms of her hands.

Beverly Wayne was not late, Silver Barry was simply early. Yes, that's what she was sticking with as she zig zagged her way toward former Hogwartian. She had A LOT to tell her. Well...actually, Beverly wasn't going to tell her all because somethings were better kept insider her mind. And Silver would just make a huge deal about it and no.

Taking the seat opposite of her friend, Beverly grinned the tiiiniest of grins. She was happy to see her despite what Silver pulled this past summer.

"Your hair, it's different," she stated as matter-of-fact. It was also her form of greeting. Hi.

Charlotte hadn't realized that her trying to pay would be such a big deal. Goodness, Declan. She appreciated it but was also kind of confused about why she couldn't pay. Or they could have split it, really. That wasn't a problem, was it?

"Umm...but..." Watching as his hands pushed away hers and her change purse first. "I'm used too paying for things!" And shereally felt like she was used to paying for things. She was so used to spending all of her money on candy that it surprised her when someone wouldn't let her use her money on other things.

Just to mess with him a little, Char raised her eyebrows and the seventeen year old and shrugged. "Unless this is a real date right now. In which case, feel free to pay." She was still kind of unsure about what today was for them so if he took it seriously, which she hoped he would, she'd know what was up with them by the time they had to sit down again.

Merlin have mercy! About time!

"Bevy!!" Silver squealed, standing up and hugging her friendly pretty tightly.

She noticed her new hair! Beverly Juniper Wayne noticed!

"Oh my Merlin! You noticed!" She smiled from ear to ear, taking the comment as more of a compliment rather than a greeting. "Thank you for noticing. I like your-....clothes?" Silver beamed.

Yeah she sort of has something to apologize about...

"I apologize for ditching you over the summer." It wasn't partially her fault. It was Onyx's. "My genius brother got married and wanted to celebrate with all the family, but the troll nugget ditched us too!" Instant karma! So much for a family vacation, never ever ditch Beverly Wayne or you'll get some bad juju. It's been proven.

Slightly glancing out the window, she sharply inhaled when she saw a few people she very well recognized. The Barry's had strong security surrounding and following Silver's move. Ever since the whole aging ordeal at Hogwarts her parents have been a little too protective of their daughter.

"So tell me, what's been going on here? Has anyone died yet? Or worse...kidnapped?" A little too exaggerating but hey anything was possible in this school.

Brigette // penelope
 

Declan settled his tushie on one of the bar stools while they waited for their food. She's used to paying for things? What? Hasn't a boyfriend ever done the same for her? In his previous experiences, this wasn't a problem at all, even though he didn't necessarily call those dates...Either way, he's got this.

He patted the seat next to him, gesturing her to sit down and not giving him that look that was making him question whether he was indeed crazy for wanting to pay, "No, it's okay. I'll pay. For reals." He got this. He do.

Wait...what? Did this whole time she think this wasn't a real date? Now, he was embarassed. Dec was sure he was doing all the right date thingies. He's been on one date willingly before, and he managed to actually get the girl (after like a couple months of pure denial. THE NERVE.) so, he was pretty convinced he had this down. Plus, he's seen movies and stuff. Looking down at his hands, he mumbled, "I thought it was."

Charlotte sat down next to him on the stool and turned to face him, nodding at him saying he wanted to pay. "If you're absolutely positive, Dec." She really didn't mind if he paid but she just wasn't used to it. Jun was one of the few people she let pay for her and that's because he is...was her best friend. Declan was her...good friend? Close friend? Friendly friend? *cough*boyfriend???*cough*

OMG. No. No. No. She felt like a horrible person when she saw his reaction and answer to her question. SHE DIDN'T KNOW. Charlotte felt so stupid for even asking him that question. "Dec..I'm sorry. I'm stupid!" So so so so sooooo stupid. She reached over for his hand and linked her fingers with his again. Mumbling now, she said, "I'veneverbeenonadate."

And lowering her voice more she said, "norhaveIeverhadaboyfriend." Well this was awkward...

He nodded, "I'm sure." Maybe there will be this one day where he's going to need her to pay for him and then she could as a last resort, but otherwise, it's always going to be him paying for her. OKAY? Okay. He's trying to be sweet here!

Oh, no. She wasn't stupid. Why would she think that? It was mostly his fault for being an indecisive nitwit. She's never been on a date? Well, that can be understandable. Not many people go on dates anymore these days. NEVER HAD A BOYFRIEND? That wasn't understandable. She was so pretty...and clever...and gave good cuddles...and always tasted like candy. Declan let go of her hand for a second to reach over and pull her bar stool closer. There. Much better. He took hold of her hand again, "Um...I've had only one relationship that lasted more than a month, if that makes you feel any better." Probably won't considering that just says he sucks at being a boyfriend.

Penelope couldn't decide if she was ready for the Christmas holidays to come or not. On the one hand, she was just so she could get away from school for a bit and for other reasons...but those other reasons also sorta made her dread it too. It was very conflicting. She thought she was doing better about not worrying as much though. It was hard, but she thought she was doing pretty good. She was even sleeping a little better now which helped.

So though she didn't sleep in this morning even though it was a Hogsmeade weekend, she felt well rested and ready to go. She set off quickly for The Three Broomsticks, wrapping her scarf around her neck tightly. It was awfully cold, wasn't it? Of course it was almost winter, but it seemed like it had started ages ago. Could just be her imagination though.

Either way, the Gryffindor was relieved to finally enter the warmth inside. Much better. And it didn't take more than a couple seconds for her to spot her boyfriend towards the back. She hurried over and slipped into the seat across from him with a grin. "Hey there."

Charlotte was starting to wonder if she should just get up and leave now. Like, why would Declan, who could probably literally have any girl he wanted, want to continue talking to a lame sixteen year old who had never even had a boyfriend?! She only even knew how to snog and whatnot because of...before with whathisface...

But then he was pulling her closer to him and telling her about his last and only relationship..so maybe her never having had a boyfriend wasn't the worst thing ever? If he understood and didn't not want to be with her then she'd feel, like, 100 times better.

"So...it doesn't bother you that I've never had one?" She watched him, to make sure she could read his reaction right, and played with her hands in her lap. Because really really if it did he could tell her and then...they could finish their date and he'd go on his merry way.

HUG! Yep, Sophie was up for that, yep yep! Huggiiinnngggg!!! <33333 Right. "But I mean it!" She said, still hugging him, obviously. She meant it! He'd better look after himself orrrrrr she would have to take serious actions. As in maybe visiting quite regularly. Thought that sounded like a good idea even if he took care of himselm just fine. Hm... that's definitely something to be taken into consideration, yep! Hehehehehehehehe! "I love you!" TRUE DAT! HEHE <333

The former Hufflepuff sat back and kept smiling at him. She could smile at him aaaall daay looonnggggg. Merlin, what a handsome face. And weren't he CUTE talking about Ethan? He was, he was!! "Did he? I bet you're proud." Sophie chuckled at how impressed Mordred was by the fact Ethan was sorted into Slytherin. "Maybe he's more like you than you thought!" And maybe it was meant to be; all Mordaunts sorted into Slytherin. Haha, that was cute! "Giving presents is a nice way to seal friendships." The eighteen year-old commented and looked amused at her lovely boyfriend. "That's another thing he's very much like you, huh?" She smiled. "I've always thought it was sweet of you to give me and Oakey a little something everytime you travelled." Yeeeeep, she remembered all those things. Good thing she wasn't the one to get the gigantic bug, though. Hehe!

AW! dslfjksdnfkjsdnfkdsjnfkj wasn't he CUTE??? "You're so-- Merlin!" Aaaand she was back to hugging him. SO SWEET kfjsdnfkjsnfjskdnfdksjfndskljfndjksnfkjlnsdkf "You're too adorable and I love you!" She had already told him that just a few minutes ago, but SO WHAT, it was true anyway! "Afternoon sounds good! I'll be with my family in the morning anyway." Beeeeam! Christmas Day was bound to be amazing then! She'd get to see all of her beloved family AND Mordred!!! It really couldn't get any better! "Oh yeah! Let me know how that goes!" Introducing Ethan to the 'clan', that was. He'd keep her foreveeeerrrrr??? Her eyes were sparkling as kept holding his hand. "Will you?! Lovely, because I'll keep you too!" DEEEAL! Heeeheeheeee!! <33333333333

Sophie tilted her head when Mordred mentioned about not sleeping. She was about to tell him he should get enough sleep to do well on everything else, but he was already talking about what other subjects he was studying. Good thing he explained what Ogham was, because she had no idea! Her eyes widened at the end of his explanation. "That sounds really interesting! I didn't know dragons could read! Does this mean you can communicate with them???" Whoooooooa! That sounded so scary! At the same time Sophie was worried, she was really proud of her brilliant boyfriend. He was awesome!

Heeheehehehehe! "Nothing..." Sophie also bit her lip to stop herself from chuckling and/or saying anything else. And UUUUGH, she couldn't take his level of adorableness. He was too sweet! "Aww, thank you!" She felt like hugging him. Again. But people around them would probably think they were weird, wouldn't the-WHO CARES! HUUUUUGGGIIINNNGGGG!! She hadn't seen her boyfriend properly in way TOO LONG, okayyy?? She couldn't care less about what other people were thinking at the moment. Mordred was theeereeeeeee!!! And he was going to help her study that awful subject! Yaaaay! "I was told that if I ever want to create spells I should know Runes." She explained as she released him from the TIGHT hug. "It's not my main focus right now, but I think it'd be fun!" Minus the Runes bit, but now that Mordred was going to help her, maybe she would start liking the subject a bit. BEAM!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAY she would see him more often YAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!

Five minutes into waiting for his girlfriend to show up, Ascanius cursed his luck. Nosebleed. Jeez, if these hadn't become a regular thing he might have been a little more irritated by its presence on his date, yeah? But he was familiar with it now and Pen would be fine as per usual. After their talk she had actually been loads better about the worrying thing. He was fine, anyway. No cause for worry on his end.

Mid-nose-stuffing, Ascanius saw his girlfriend bounce in the door and into the seat across from him. He smiled broadly at her and plugged up his nose. Not his most attractive look, but it would do for now, yeah? "How're you?" Pause. "I mean, hey. Sorry. Nose. M'a little distracted."

But he was mostly fine now. Ahem. Super focused.

Oh...a nosebleed.

Again.

This always reminded her just how hard the not worrying thing was. But the nosebleeds could be fixed, yeah? She was sure they would be. Soon. So Penelope continued to smile anyway and pulled out a tissue, something she had a habit of keeping with her recently. "I can see that," she said, offering the tissue to him just in case he needed it. "M'good though. You? Aside from the nose thing."

Why was she getting so bothered by this? It shouldn't matter that she's never had a boyfriend. In fact, he was feeling more pressured because this meant he had to be an EXCEPTIONAL man of a boyfriend! Now it was his mission to be the best first boyfriend she's ever had. Ifffffff she wants him to be.

"It doesn't bother me." Remember when he said he's known for being blunt and brutally honest? You'd figure she'd believe him by now. This is it, then. He answered his own question that picking away in his head. He wanted to do this. Maybe Samantha is the reason why he's like this now. Maybe he'll have to thank her later. Leaning in, he whispered, "Can I be your first boy-toy?" Smirk. That last word was absolutely needed.

He took the second tissue gratefully and traded it out with the old one. He'd already bled through that one. No big deal. Just a nosebleed. Ascanius was pleased at how laissez faire she was being about the whole thing, yeah? It looked like their fight talk had really gotten through to her and she was on team don't freak out. Which was infinitely more fun then not.

He shrugged, "Yeah, m'good. Waiting on you mostly. Got held up at the castle?" She had taken her time getting down here. Then again, Ascanius was practically bouncing with excitement right now.

News. He had that. For her, mostly.

Willa smiled and crossed her legs. It was weird being in a really good mood for so long. Part of her liked it and park of her hated it. She didn't like that fact that she wasn't so stuck up anymore but she would be sure to get that part of her back because it was the fun side of her that she loved. "So how have you been?" Willa beamed while asking. "I'm so sorry that I haven't written you in ages I've gotten..." There was a slightly long pause. "...distracted." Willa smiled when she finally finished the sentence.

Was Willa going to tell her baby sister that was sort of, kind of seeing someone. Nope, not at all but she had a feeling that Lux would ask her about her good mood and she didn't know how she was going to explain it. Willa glanced at the necklace that Lux's boyfriend had gotten her baby sister. It was nice but that didn't mean that she had to like the boy. "It's so beautiful."

DEAD. Almost literally.

Charlotte knew she heard the words and had almost expected the words, more or less, but didn't actually think they'd come out of his mouth, especially not today! In fact, she kind of just thought she'd end up being the one to ask him to be her 'boy-toy' when it really came down to it. So the fact that he had said it, and SMIRKED afterwards just to make it ten times worse, killed her.

It was sort of like every word she had ever learned in her 16 years of life flew out the window and she was stuck, happily, looking at his extremely cute face without knowing what to say to answer it. Obviously she knew the answer she wanted to give but actually managing to give the answer was kind of impossible. She blamed it on the smirk, actually. That irresistible smirk just ruined her life...for the better.

Realizing she was taking about a minute to reply, which must look bad on her part, she beamed at him and nodded eagerly (but not so eagerly because she wasn't desperate or anything JEEZ). And even though she thought of a bunch of different smart remarks to make about the use of the word "boy-toy," she was still at a loss for actual words so she figured she'd just make a mental note and say them later. For now, all that mattered was that her answer was yes.

It was certainly nice to see Willa in a good mood, though Lux had no idea what brought it about. Should she ask? A part of her certainly wanted to, but then she figured that her sister would spill the details in due time. Or at least she better spill them, because that was the kind of thing sisters did: they told each other stuff. Smiling, she shrugged off the apology. "No worries. I'm just glad you came here. I've been amazing! What about you?"

At least they both agreed that the necklace was beautiful. She was going to wear it forever. "I love him." Willa could feel whatever way about this news that she wanted to, but that wouldn't change anything.

She wasn't answering. WHY WASN'T SHE ANSWERING. She was staring....but not answering. Declan shifted awkwardly in his seat. Maybe the reason why she wouldn't say anything is because she didn't want him to be her boyfriend. Maybe candy girl could actually see what kind of person he was and didn't want any of that. He could understand. "Char...?" He'd still like her to speak though.

SHE WAS NODDING. SHE WAS. Oh, thank Merlin. The girl almost gave him a heart attack. Can't let her know, though. So, he casually smiled, turned towards the bartender, and simply said, "Good." Smirk.

Charlotte wasn't actually sure what she was expecting to happen after she had said yes so when he said good, a load of questions suddenly popped up into her head. Why hadn't she ever taken out the time to ask Jun what to do if this had ever happened to her? ...even though she never actually expected to get a boyfriend any time soon so...

"Good." She smiled at him some more, making sure to avoid the smirk that just sat on his lips. Now was not the time for that, there were other things to focus on for now. "So...by being my quote-unquote 'boy-toy' this means that...if I felt the need to I could tell other people about it and that would be fine?" Because she had to tell Lux...and probably Vinnie...they would definitely want to know something like this, y'know, if the subject ever came up.