"Just a moment." Ronan said quietly putting the palm of his hand to her cheek smiling gently as her steely grey eyes looked at him. He leaned forward and gave her a proper kiss, one he had been refraining himself from giving her almost the entire time they had been sitting in the Cafeteria.

"Now I'm ready to go in." Ronan said to Pandora with a wicked grin reaching for the door handle and opening the wooden door waiting for the young woman to go in first.

Pandora reeled slightly. She was still getting used to him doing surprising things like that.

"Yes, well, Venice." She said vaguely, smoothing her robes and leading her way in to the shop. On the way in she saw a disclaimer: Terrortours accepts no responsibility for death or injury during any vacation packages.


She frowned. That was not exactly what she had in mind. Once inside she looked around and saw further posters: Transylvanian castles for rent with a guaranteed vampire host; Egyptian getaways with a sphinx tour guide.

Her frown deepened. She turned to Ronan and said quietly, "Darling, do you think they do romantic breaks? I can't see a sign anywhere. Maybe we came to wrong place?" She looked around for the travel agent, hoping that they would be able to book something.

"Perhaps. Let's ask a store clerk about the options that they have." Ronan said in a serious tone looking around for someone to help the pair of them.

ooc: wow, total lame post compared to yours.

Brittany turned as she heard the sound of the door opening, and then saw a couple walking towards her. They both looked a bit apprehensive, but it was her job to put them at ease as far as the tours went and let them know that they were in for the time of their life if they decided to book a trip with her. "Hi," she called out to both of them. "Welcome to TerrorTours." She looked at both the man and the woman curiously. "So, any place in particular the two of you would like to go?"

Ronan squeezed Pandora's hand gently as they walked over to the agent. "We would like to book a trip to Venice for ten days please." he said politely.

It would be good to get away from the Ministry for a bit. Everyone needed a vacation sometime after all.

At Ronan's words Pandora nodded. "Yes, we wanted something romantic, but you don't seem to be advertising that sort of holiday." She gestured at the posters.

"Do you do romantic holiday packages?" She frowned, silently adding, Or do we need to go elsewhere?

"Yes, I do all sorts of trips, even though I specialize in the more adventurous ones," Brittany answered. A sale was a sale, after all, and she was happy to book any trip she could get. "So, you don't want any kind of little extra kick thrown in at all, just straight romance? I can do that, and Venice is the perfect place for that sort of thing. What month did you have in mind?"

Pandora nodded, relieved. "No, we don't need anything with an extra kick. I've certainly had enough kicks recently." She said this quietly, holding Ronan's hand tightly.

She glanced at Ronan and then back at the woman. In an authoritative voice she said, "We were hoping for something this month. Next week if you have it. We'll need a suite, with two bedrooms."

Ronan nodded along as Pandora seemed to read his mind on their opinions of having an extra kick, when they would be going, and what accomodations they needed.

"Sounds all good to me." he added cheerily.

"This month? Well, there isn't much time left, but this is a very good time to go to Venice. Hold on a second, I'll be right back," Brittany promised, retrieving another large book from under the desk.

After consulting the book for a moment Brittany returned to the pair and announced, "I can schedule the two of you beginning next week, if you like. There is a very lovely two bedroom suite available in Venice starting then, and I think both of you will really like it. No tricks involved, I promise you!" Brittany held her hands up in the air jokingly, as if indicating she was surrendering.

Pandora beamed, which was an almost unheard of event away from the man who's hand she was gripping. "That sounds fantastic, exactly what we want." She turned to Ronan and as she was so happy and excited, she kissed him on the cheek. "Next week is okay for you, isn't it darling?" She asked, silently hoping that he would say that it was.

"What do we do about payment? We will be splitting the cost between us." She squeezed Ronan's hand tightly. There would be no argument about this. As gentlemanly as he was, this had been her idea. She would have insisted on footing the bill entirely but she knew that he would never accept that. They were both going to have to compromise, although neither of them liked to compromise at all.

Ronan felt a goofy grin come to his lips as Pandora kissed him on the cheek. "Yeah, I think that next week should definitely work out." he replied with a smile to match his girlfriend's before turning back to the travel agent.

He gritted his teeth when Pandora mentioned payment. Ronan hadn't wanted her to spend a dime, but she insisted and he was too afraid that she would hex him or decide not to go on the trip at all if he insisted otherwise.

"Excellent," Brittany said, then looked a bit worried as the couple mentioned they would be splitting the bill for the trip. "I'm sure the two of you will have a great time, and this trip isn't that expensive. It's a great way to get away, and costs less than my regular trips - the fun ones." She smiled. "But I know you'll have a wonderful trip, because you've both already told me that's what you're looking for."

Pandora was aware of him gritting his teeth at her insistence that they share the cost of the holiday equally. She stroked her thumb back and forth over his, trying to sooth him slightly. She wouldn't give in any further that she already had done. He would just have to come to terms with it.

Apparently, Ronan was not the only one who had a problem with the two of them splitting the bill. The smile dropped from Pandora's face and her usual cold, arcane expression settled there instead. She gripped Ronan's hand far tighter than she had at any other point and in an icy tone addressed the sales assistant. "The decision to share the cost was not made on a financial basis. It was made on the basis of mutual respect. Seeing as this holiday is less expensive than one of the "fun"" She spat the word at the young woman with as much contempt as she could muster, "holidays that you sell, I'm sure you won't miss the commission!" With her nostrils flaring and her lips pressed into a thin line, she turned away from the woman towards the door, meaning to leave.

Ronan smiled as Pandora's smooth skin ran over his thumb. He could feel the goosebumps appear on his skin and his heart thudded in loudly in his ears.

The happy feeling faded all too rapidly as he heard Pandora release her icy terror and the poor travel agent. 'Ow, ow ow...' he grimaced as Pandora squeezed his hand as if keeping her anger at bay. Surely, the woman didn't mean anything by how she phrased her statement and Pandora had taken it in the wrong way. And suddenly, Ronan was being jerked by Pandora towards the door. "Waiit a minute there Rose." he said stopping the young woman as best he could.

"Now just stop and think a moment here." Ronan said trying to break free of Pandora's vice grip so that he could hold onto her shoulders instead.

If Pandora was hurting Ronan then she was totally unaware of doing so, such was her anger at what she saw as an intrusion into her private affairs. It was her turn to be oblivious: that alone would be a refreshing holiday from their usual routine, if only she were calm enough to be aware of it.

She got to the door before she felt Ronan force her to stop. She turned her icy glare on him, releasing his protesting fingers from her vice-like grip. "Think about what?" She hissed at him, not wanting anyone to overhear their conversation. She crossed her arms over her body, and burst forth with another icy tirade. "It's just so insulting! Do either of us look as though we need to scrimp and scrape to pay for this holiday? I hardly think so! And even if we looked as though we had fallen on hard times, what business would it be of hers?"

Her hand went up to her temple, she massaged it slowly. "I'm getting another headache." After another moment she let out a sigh of frustration. "We'll have to book it won't we? You'll have to do it, I can't stay here." She pulled a piece of parchment out of her bag along with a self-inking quill. She scribbled a note of instruction to the goblins at Gringotts, stating that she gave her permission for the gold to be withdrawn in order to pay for the holiday. She pressed it into Ronan's hand. "If that's not good enough, you'll have to pay her and we can sort it out later. And don't give me that chivalrous nonsense Ronan Cavanaugh, you're no more a Gryffindor than I am." She arched an eyebrow at him in warning. She was in no mood to be contradicted.

And then she saw his hand. It was rather red from where she had gripped it. Feeling guilty, she raised it to her lips and kissed his fingers tenderly. In a far gentler tone she said, "Meet me at the Globe in an hour. We can go for a walk and find a cafe or sit by Southwark Cathedral and just catch up with each other a bit." She reached up and kissed him on the cheek and then left the shop without sparing the woman a backwards glance.

Ronan listened to Pandora's explanation and wanting to save himself another argument with her, he stayed silent.

'You'll have to do it I can't stay here.'

"Alright then." he said as he listened to her instructions and then smirking at her chivalrous comment. Ronan's smile continued as she kissed him once on the hand and then once on the cheek and didn't move from his spot until she was out of sight.

Turning to look at the travel agent, he gave her an apologetic look. "Sorry about that. Uhm, is it alright if I just give you Pandora's information along with mine and we can still keep the cost split?"

Quietly, the large wizard slinked himself into 59 Diagon Alley. He had a quick look around and noticed others being tended to at the moment. He minded his own business and found small joy in looking over the stack of pamphlets advertising exotic places and comfortable hotels. He spotted one marked for St. Helena and began to entertain the idea of taking Xana there for a holiday. He imagined she'd like it for it's peace and solitude, whereas he might find that tiresome sooner than later.

Brittany saw that the young couple were having a bit of a conflict, and she knew better than to try and interfere in that. "Yes, that's perfectly fine, I understand," she said. "I'm willing to work this out with you in any way that's to your satisfaction. My job is to structure trips that fit your schedule, after all. I'm here to serve you."

Brittany looked up and saw a young man enter. She thought she had seen this wizard before but she couldn't think of where. "May I help you?", she asked pleasantly. He seemed interested in St. Helena, a very nice place to visit and a popular destination for tourists all over the wizarding world. "St. Helena is lovely this time of year," she said with a smile.

Egypt was excited about what she going to do for Warren and Alexa. Well she was so excited about the wedding she could just burst. She was walking quickly down the street toward the travel agency. The yellow bubble skirt she was wearing was trying with all its might to keep up with her quick steps.

She pushed open the door and had to lean against it just to catch her breath she had been so excited she had been walking really fast. She looked around the pleasant place and noticed that there were other people in front of her. That was alright, she had all day to spend.

She walked over to the rack to look at some brochures. She had an idea to send them on a honeymoon like the one Nathan had planned for them. They would like that, but she thought Warren would get bored with something like that. Oh why didn't she tell Nathan what she had been planning? Oh yeah, he was still being strong with her and not moving out of the Leaky Cauldron. That dampened her mood a bit, but she didn't want to get all depressed about it. Today was about her wedding gift to Warren and Alexa.

She grabbed a few brochures and sat down to wait her turn.

With a dash of excitement, Brittany noticed another young woman had entered the shop. She was perusing through some of the brochures and had just taken a seat. Brittany turned and with a wave to both the young man and the newcomer she called out, "Hi, I'll be right with you both."

Egypt looked up at one of the travel agents spoke to her. "Oh alright. Thank you." she called over to her. Good, they knew she was there. Not that she was in a hurry. The boys were in school right now so that gave her a few hours to kill. She wanted to try her hand at making some cookies, without Nathan there to laugh if she burned something. She was getting better at the cooking thing. She hadn't poisoned anyone so far. Though making cream of wheat didn't pose any real culinary challenges.

She happily went back to the brochure on Fiji that she had been reading.

"Oh, hello." Claudian quickly tucked the brochure he was holding for the Pyrenes into its slot with the others and turned to face the Shopkeeper, by whom he was momentarily startled. "I uhm..." How to put it?

"Yes. I am looking for any information you may have on the northern part of Spain called Asturia? There is a magical nature preserve up there and I'd love to see it quickly and inexpensively." He explained with a smile to the redheaded witch.

Brittany nodded towards the young woman again, acknowledging that she had seen her and she would be assisting her shortly. She then turned to the young man who was first in line and responded with a smile. "Oh yes, Asturia. That's a very lovely area, largely undiscovered by many and you're absolutely right. The magical nature preserve there is quite magnificent, very beautiful, and I do think I can get you there for a very reasonable amount of cash." She paused for a moment before asking the question she always did. "Say, you didn't want any extra thrills thrown in to your trip, by any chance? Because I can do that, too, you know." In looking at this young man, Brittany was almost positive that he was NOT looking for that type of thrill, but it never hurt to try.

He laughed out loud, finding the comment humorous. Anyone who knew him probably would've felt the same, but he was glad the witch asked anyway.

"Oh, no thank you. A camp out for Quidditch is about as far as I'll go for 'roughing-it', Miss. Mostly, I'd like to find out more about what sort of wildlife I could hope to find in the preserve." She went on about the region as though she'd seen it before. "Have you been to the area?"