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Ström Svensson
Sixth Year |  Ella and Alec, hello
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone  Brrrrrrrrrr!
As soon as he had taken his first step out of the castle, Alec immediately regretted his decision to take a trip down to Hogsmeade. It wasn't as if he hadn't been here before; visits to the village never usually went amiss by the boy. Except... it was COLD. And he couldn't help but think of the hot chocolate he could have been sipping back in the common room. Hot chocolate... complete with whipped cream and extra marshmallows.
... This settled it. He had to go and get himself some hot cocoa. Which meant... yes! PERFECT.
The Hufflepuff hurried along towards the door of the Three Broomsticks before heading inside. The immediate rush of warmth was comforting; so much so, that Alec took off his beanie and ruffled his hair into place. That was probably another reason as to why he should have stayed at the castle. Beanies were comfortable but they did tend to--
... BLINK. There was only one person here? Confused, the boy took a couple of steps forward and looked around, as if expecting more people to pop out from underneath tables or around the side of the bar. But... it was more or less empty. Apart from stranger over there. He shrugged before taking off his coat and hanging it up by the door, along with his beanie. He turned back to look over at the stranger... and then at the tables. There was something great about the emptiness: choice of seats! He headed over towards an empty table and sat down as quietly as possible. There.
... More people were coming, right? Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
After stocking up on her shampoo and conditioner at the salon, Ella decided to take a stroll along the street and window shop. This decision would have been a more perfect one if it weren't for the bitter cold. BRRRR. The blonde found that after passing one or two more places, her fingers were like icicles and she couldn't stand it any longer. She really should have brought her elephant mitts mittens that Wade had knit for her. Bad life choices, Ella Bishop. Sheesh.
Spotting The Three Broomsticks ahead, the seventeen year old hurried towards it. Surely she could warm up in there, yeah? ...Yeah.
...
So...it was pretty dead in here. Ella was surprised too because normally the place was filled with students but perhaps the cold had kept them away. Merlin knew she was longing for the warmth of the Hufflepuff fire place right now. Her gaze fell on what she thought was the lone customer in the place and she smiled faintly, not wanting to interrupt him if he wasn't up for a chat. And she'd need to find a seat which wouldn't be too ha-
BEAM.
Boyfriend was here! Hi boyfriend. The blonde's face lit up immediately and she smiled, thinking it funny that they'd both ended up at the same place. She quietly made her way over and took the seat across from him, shrugging off her coat when she got settled. "Fancy meeting you here." Grin. Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone
He was sitting... in the Three Broomsticks... all on his own. Great. Just... GREAT. His grey-blue eyes scanned the area some more before landing on the stranger. Lone stranger. He had half an urge to go up to the stranger and talk to him because... hey, why not? Before he could do more than blink at the guy for a second or so -- why was he so creepy? -- the door opened and he turned to look over at--
GIRLFRIEND.
The grin was instantaneous and he watched as she headed over towards... him! YEAH! Maybe she'd want some hot cocoa too? Especially if she was cold? ... Was she cold? Did she need his coat? Or his beanie? He was sure both of those things would look good on her, no matter what. And was that a dress she was wearing?
"And you!" he said, grinning some more at her, "I didn't know you were coming down to Hogsmeade today!" Otherwise he would have waited for her and they could have walked down together. Unless... she had actually been waiting for someone else to hang out with. But that wasn't important since she was here now. What was important was...
... "Do you want anything to eat?" Because he was STARVED. And he'd pay. Nodnod.
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
He looked really nice, Alec did. The kind of nice that made Ella want to kiss him only she refrained for the moment. And it was hard, the refraining thing. Instead she sheepishly held up her shopping bag and smiled. "Had to grab some stuff from the Salon." Hair stuff, obviously. He'd probably figured as much, yeah? They had the hair thing in common. "What about you? I didn't expect to see you here." But it was a pleasant surprise.
Food? "Yes please." Big smile for the boyfriend. Ella was starved. "Hot chocolate and..." What went good with hot chocolate? Duh. More chocolate! "And a brownie?" Please and thank you.
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
The salon? "The one that's down the road?" ... That... was probably the only salon on the street, right? Great. Way to make a fool of yourself, Summers. But hey, salon meant HAIR so had she bought something to do with hair? "Buy anything interesting from there?" As for him... his reasoning wasn't as interesting. In fact, it was probably going to make him come across as the lame Hufflepuff that he was. "Erm... I just decided to come to Hogsmeade and take a walk but then I felt cold so I came here..." See? Completely lame and uninteresting.
So food was happening! AWESOME. Hot chocolate and... a brownie? "Candy Girl would be really proud of that choice if she knew," GRIN. "But it sounds awesome. You sure you don't want anything else?" He smiled at her for a moment before looking down at the menu himself. There... were a lot of choices, actually.
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
It was the only salon on the street but Ella didn't let on that she'd noticed. Instead she smiled and nodded in confirmation, pulling the bag down some so that he could see what was inside. "Shampoo and conditioner. I've heard some good things about it so I wanted to give it a try." And she shrugged, covering the contents again and placing the bag on the chair beside her. She was much more interested in what he'd been up to, y'know? "I'm really glad I bumped into you, y'know." So the walk thing had actually been a pretty good idea, boyfriend.
"You think?" GRIN. "I'll have to mention it to her, then?" She'd have suggested bringing her a brownie back but there was no promising she wouldn't eat it on the way. As for wanting anything else, the blonde shook her head. "Nope. What are you going to have?" Hmmm?
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
Alec was really glad that she hadn't mentioned anything about the 'only salon on the street'. Or had she even noticed it in the first place? ... She probably had. There was no way she could have missed that. But hey, the topic of conversation had turned to something about hair! He leant forwards slightly and took a peek inside the bag. "Oh! Well... I hope it works for you!" Even if she already had great hair that he... sort of... couldn't help... but stare at. BLINK. ... Alec reached up a hand and ruffled his hair, glad that the Captain had gone on to say something else. "You are?"
The boy nodded before saying, "Awesome! Do you two... talk a lot?" Because if so, that was almost like Ells and Astrid talking to each other and getting along. Things like that made Alec REALLY happy! ... You know... when certain 'w' words weren't mentioned. "Okay!" His eyes scanned the list once last time. "I think... I might get a brownie too. And cookies. And... strawberry shortcake!" Could she tell that he was hungry?
As he went to pick another chip from his plate, Ström noticed that someone else had entered the pub and was staring. At him. He gave the other young man a polite wave, then watched as he was shortly joined by a pretty blonde girl. Hmm, friend of his? Were they Hogwartians? Certainly seemed so.
After a few more minutes of watching the two, Ström decided that these were definitely a couple of the Hufflepuffs that Headmaster Zitnik had mentioned that he was suppose to get to know. You know, after he'd read up on all the houses, of course. He picked up his plate and drink and moved over to their table.
"Hello, you two. Quite chilly out there, huh?" |