Melbourne walked over to the infant creature nursery early on February 14th. She had a her coziest of sweaters on and had a small box for Darcy. Yes, she was feeding her Jarvey friend but still, it was more than that she had made her a little cooked meat cake…thing? A bloody valentine of meat she had shaped into a little heart…the cartoon heart, not the anatomical heart but she was sure that Darcy would have enjoyed an anatomically correct heart more. ”Hey Darcy,” she smiled at the Jarvey as it popped its head up at her as she entered the room. The chirping and chittering seemed more accepting of her today, as if by visiting her daaaaaily since her birth Darcy was welcoming Melbourne as part of her clan.

”Here you go, I brought you food…when you’re done eating I’ll give you a bath? Maybe bring you for a walk?” she offered and chuckled at Darcy’s insistent chirping and chittering upon hearing those words. ”I have to bathe you Darce, you might end up smelling like fish guts if I don’t and you know we don’t want the other Jarveys to think you are a meal” she chuckled to herself more than anything as she placed the now open box on the ground and watched as Darcy grabbed the meat within her paws and began to quickly shove bits of it into her mouth.

When she was finished Mel reached down her hand toward the creature and watched as Darcy hopped onto it. She hadn’t hopped onto her so willingly before, it was nice really. ”You remember I told you about a boy the last time?” Mel chuckled as she heard the groaning chitter of Darcy’s foul mouthed chirping and grinned. ”yep…that’s the one, when you’re old enough I’ll introduce you two.” she told her and smiled as she picked up a little brush and began to work the teeth of the brush through Darcy’s matted hair, with a pause the Gryffindor girl added ”he’s my boyfriend now.” she admitted with a small smile, ”I might bring him by here after our…well, date-thing later, now…lets get the rest of this stuff out of your fur.” Mel smiled as she filled up a small bowl, just large enough for Darcy to sit in, with warm water and watched as Darcy meandered closer to it and stuck first her paws into the water slowly wetting them and then she just sat there unwilling to clean anything else. ”Alright, I get it you don’t want a bath now…I’ll give you one later then.” she tutted at the little Jarvey and grinned at her before putting her back into the little habitat that Mel had so painstakingly decorated like a traditional jarvey den.