Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Originally Posted by NicoT

Despite the fact that Ethan sort of had a thing for Annie's hair, he did not pick up on her frazzled state. He regarded her quietly his lip quirking in an almost-smile as she approached. It was a good thing he had plenty of clothes for her to kidnap. How many jackets was it now?

He was startled by her question, the content of it rather than the fact that it came before a greeting.

"Yes." He agreed. "Now? You don't want a drink first? Or something to eat?"

Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Originally Posted by NicoT

Zan frowned and stood up immediately.

"What do you mean you couldn't get into your office?" Had Borr taken over hers too? Or perhaps Melita now that Caroline had returned. Who knew? "Where is Gingersnapple?" He added, casting his eyes around as if he expected the monster of a cat to appear on the table or something.

"We'll go and I'll come back for your things. Or we can buy you new things." Because his savings account hadn't already been damaged enough.

Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Originally Posted by NicoT

"It can wait. We'll go to your cottage first, Gingersnapple might like a break too."

It was just too bad he had no idea where his chihuahua was.

"Alright." He led her to the door, intending to go out into the street rather than apparate from in here. "Would you like to apparate us or shall I?" He asked politely and then added quickly, "I would quite like to... ah, accompany you on a shopping excursion, perhaps when we reach our ultimate destination?"

He wasn't going to tell her juuuust yet.

Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

Originally Posted by moony-chaz

Lyra opened the door of The Three Broomsticks and stepped inside before Evan. She looked around and found a empty table near a window. Lyra looked around at Evan and nodded with her head towards the table and then walked over to it. She sat down and leaned with her back against the chair and leaned on two legs. Lyra waited till Evan sat down too when a thought occured to her. Drinks! of course!. The slytherin leaned her chair back in the right position and stood up. "You want something to drink?" she asked with a smile and pointed towards the bar. This was the first time that she was alone with Evan.. no false, she had been alone with him for a few times but this was the first time that they actually did something. Diagon Alley doesn't count.

Originally Posted by Deniiz

Evan followed Lyra inside the café. He remembered his last time here, he'd made up with Fallon, and the following night started dating. He couldn't help but smile a little as he sat in front of Lyra. He snapped out of his trance as Lyra asked something. Drink. Hah, like she could go and tire herself with a guy like Evan. "No, do you want something?" he asked sweetly and realised something else that made him blush slightly. His first date-like meeting with Lyra. Alone. Gaspeth. Now, you have to behave.

Originally Posted by moony-chaz

Lyra smiled inwardly at Evan's blush. Did that mean that he still liked Lyra, although he was with Fallon? She rolled her eyes slightly when he asked what Lyra wanted to have. She hesitated for a few seconds, biting her lip while looking at the bar. Should she get a Butterbeer? she wanted a Butterbeer.. "A Butterbeer please" she said and grabbed some money out of her pocket handing it to Evan. Lyra leaned back in her chair and before Evan could say anything she folded her arms over each other and shook her head no. "And your not going to pay, you payed for us both at the Ice cream parlor in Diagon Alley and your too stubborn to let me pay for these drinks..so i'm paying it myself." she said with a grin on her lips and leaned with her chair on two legs.

Originally Posted by Deniiz

Why was Evan suddenly at tense when he realised he was alone with Lyra on a date-like meeting? They were only friends hanging out casually... Nothing out of order. Nothing should be odd. Still, he wasn't that relaxed. Bad Evan! He was ready to go get two cups of Butterbeer when she stuffed some money. Evan rolled his eyes. Seriously. She wasn't allowed to pay. "Yeah right Lyra. And what made you think I'll take this money?" he asked, hmpf'ed and dropped her money onto the table. He then quickly walked to the bar, and handed the money first. "Two butterbeer please, and take all of it from here." he said as he held out the money. Just in case Lyra came behind saying "Take mine from this." He took the beer, and turned back to Lyra. Ha! And she thought she could beat Evan? Not. In. This. Life.

Originally Posted by moony-chaz

Lyra almost fell off her chair that she had been leaning on when Evan dropped her money onto the wooden table. Seriously, Evan was just as stubborn as Lyra was when it came to money and paying. Only Evan always won. With a sigh, she watch as he made his way towards the bar and followed him with her brown eyes. Lyra chuckled softly when he said "take all of it from here".

Lyra was still watching Evan when he came back and felt something in her stomach that she couldn't explain. It was like it was making a backflip, but then a in a good way. She suddenly realised for real now, that she was alone with someone she liked and couldn't help the blush that was coming on her cheeks. Blinking a few times to push the thought away , Lyra grabbed her Butterbeer and took a small sip. A warm feeling went through her throat and in her stomach and she felt relaxed.

Lyra sat in the chair, thinking about what to talk about but she couldn't think of anything interesting. She hadn't done anything that was interesting to talk about so... mweh. Lyra stared out of the window, looking at the students and other magical beings on the street when a thought occured to her. She looked back at Evan and asked. "So, have you been to the Death Day Party? , i didn't go , i was too tired for a party" she added the last part in a slow, why-did-i-even-say-that? way but she looked at Evan hoping he had go there. It would have been cool to attend a Deathday Party in Lyra's opinion.

Originally Posted by Deniiz

Did Lyra just blushed, or were it Evan's eyes? He wasn't sure, and he didn't care. He knew he liked Fallon more in a different way, and Lyra was his best friend. And in the meantime, he still thought she was attractive very much. He knew he had to behave, and he would, if Lyra too helped him to. He was happy that they could be normal like they used to be after that, and he'd never do anything that might break Lyra's heart. Even Fallon, but not Lyra. He sipped at the beer and enjoyed the taste. Mmm... It was so good! He snapped back to reality when she started talking.

His eyes got bigger as he remembered what had happened. "Yes, I've been to." he said, and lowering his voice, he continued. "Did you know that--" he casted a shifty look around them to see if anyone was listening. He then leaned on to Lyra's ear. "Jack Upstead had killed someone." He then shuddered visibly. He didn't want to believe such a thing, and he didn't, but everything was so convincing that...

Originally Posted by moony-chaz

Lyra tensed when Evan had leaned forward, but her tense wasn't as strong when he had said those words. Someone died? ..was murdered? Dear Merlin. Lyra stared with her eyes wide open in horror and she clasp a hand over her mouth trying not to give a little scream. What was going on this year? First professor Forrester and now..this student? Lyra leaned back in her chair and looked at the floor with her eyes. She frowned and was thinking. Jake, jake..the name sounded so familiar...oh! that hufflepuff with the Pink hair, the one Shana has a crush on. Well, if it was true about him having murdered another student then shana had a weird sense of love...

"A-are you serious?" Lyra asked all of the sudden, her voice was small and it surprised even herself. She looked away from the floor and looked up to look at Evan. "But...how and ..why?" she shivered. Lyra had only met Jake once in that classroom so she didn't know him. Out of the blue, Lyra gasped. He is a hufflepuff ! proof that hufflepuffs are evil! . First Varius and now Jake! Lyra always knew that there was something odd about Hufflepuffs.

Originally Posted by Daffy.Potter

What a happiful day.

Livvy had seen one of her friends that hadn't seen for almost a year and he looked as great as ever. Hadn't lost his good looks and sense of humor. Though she felt a bit different around him than she had, the last time they saw each other. She wasn't exactly the expert in the whooolllee... "ilaikyou, youlaikme" thing. The last time Livvy had wrapped herself in that sort of drama wound up hurting two other people.

Well... actually... maybe it had just been her imagination. Livvy wasn't too sure whether or not Chase and Whit had actually known about Livvy's feelings for Chase. But THAAATT was over with. Chase had left Hogwarts unexpectedly, Whit was never around, and well... there was Garret.

Mm. What about Garret? She couldn't help but wonder if the boy already had a girl. Maybe it was that Daphne girl. Livvy remembered her asking about Garret at the Healer Helper Auditions. The girl didn't really seem to like Livvy much though, in her opinion. But Livvy thought of her as a rather nice girl, even though all she did was ask about Garret. She felt a twinge of jealousy in her gut, which she deliberately pushed away. Why should she be jealous?

But Livvy's eyes drifted back to Garret's cuteso freckled face. She grinned and clapped her hand. "Yay! Hot chocolate!" she cheered. She felt like a child again. Garret always seemed to have that sort of effect on her.

When the bartender came over, she smiled and ordered their hot chocolate. "Two hot chocolates pleeeaasse."

Originally Posted by Nabs

Before she could offer, or even think it, Garret had fished out the necessary coins and dropped it on the bar's counter. Maybe it was because he was accustomed to going for drinks with Cela and Daphne, who always offered to pay, that he knew to act fast. He didn't want Livvy to think he was just some friend she had to front, after all.

"Ta, mate." he smiled at the bartender as he picked up their mugs, "I see an empty table over there, Liv." he said, gesturing to a table ensconced in a corner of the crowded public room. It was FAR from being private, considering where they were, but it would simply have to do.

Originally Posted by Deniiz

Evan nodded sadly. He didn't know, but the others had talked so sure of themselves. "Jake was telling Myrtle that he had this dream, where he was killing a boy on the dungeon corridor. Then a Gryffindor called Rafe something said a boy had been found dead on the dungeon corridor... And you know what? Myrtle said Ginny Weasley used to not know what she was doing when she was under the curse of Lord Voldemort. And Jake said he didn't know most of his days either..." He looked worried. He was worried, especially for Lyra and Fallon. What was this school? Maybe his parents had been right. Maybe Hogwarts was really dangerous, though he would never leave. He sighed. It was so sad that the person was Jake... The pink haired Jake... Shana's crush... No, Evan was still sure Jake didn't kill that boy. He just... couldn't. Maybe his brain was connected to someone? Like Harry Potter?

Originally Posted by moony-chaz

Lyra listened intendly at what Evan was telling her and with each word she looked more vigilance. "But ...the Dark Lord can't be back..right?, i mean he's death as far as i know" she said in not all too convinced voice. What if he had found something to really come back from the death? But that was ridiculus, no one could. As her uncle had said 'there is no turning back from the death' and her uncle was a wise man. Still, Lyra felt uncomfortable now that a third year is on the loose, killing students. And its a Hufflepuff! , Lyra doesn't really like Hufflepuffs cause..well they are evil and this just proves it. But no one deserves to end up like this either.

Lyra took a sip from her butterbeer and it warmth her up. She looked at Evan and wondered if he would protect her if something would happen. Lyra would try to protect Evan without a doubt, that's for sure. What scared Lyra the most was, that even though she didn't know Jake personally , she had still seen him in classrooms and well, truth to be told, he wasn't very advanced in magic. Even a first year could be better than him. So how could he perform such a difficult advanced magic such as the killing curse? He really must be cursed..maybe he had been hit by an Imperius curse? Lyra bit her lip while thinking. Seriously, what was going on at Hogwarts, first the floods from last year and now students getting killed. Something's up and Lyra would go further than all boundaries to find it out.

Originally Posted by Deniiz

Evan shook his head thoughtfully. "I don't reckon he's back... I mean, he'd surely have had bigger plans than cursing a third year who would curse some others." Nope, he was wiser than that. A brain that caused his own death, but still... he knew better. Besides, he was dead, and no one could come back. Another reason to hate Huffies. They're too weak. No third year could resist such a spell, but it didn't change the fact that Huffies were weak. Go Slytherin go!

Slytherins had never been the target, but still it made him think, what if Fallon or Lyra were in a bad situation? He'd surely protect them. Would they, though? He had no doubt that Lyra would, but Fallon... he wasn't so sure. There was a high possibility that she'd just observe and then go find help. That's why you should have chosen Lyra--you'd be such a cute couple. 'Shut up. WE ARE a cute couple with Fallon.' After some more silence, Evan finally snapped back to real world, and asked "So... you went to the Quidditch match?" out of the blue as he sipped at his beer. Mmmm... Nothing was corcerning him except for the beer and Lyra now.

Originally Posted by moony-chaz

Quidditch match? Oh no! she had totally forgotten about it!..how? she had no idea, but she had. Lyra took another sip and placed the half full bottle on the table. She had said at the beginning of the term that she was a great Quidditch fan. What would Evan think when she told him she didn't go? Well....lets find out. "Er, i didn't see the match, i had other things to do..." wow what a stupid lie, but it was the best thing that came up. She quickly wanted to change the subject but still talk about Quidditch. Lyra placed her finger on the bottle and made circles. "What you think about the English Team players coming to Hogwarts? there were English Players last year and i must say, girls were acting ridiculus" she said half laughing.

Originally Posted by Deniiz

What other things to do? Though Evan was glad that she hadn't. There could be some broomsticks falling down, and he was sure that it'd find his best friend as always. He grinned. And his grin even extended as she mentioned girls acting ridiculous. "I can imagine." he said. "What did you do?" he asked, and amused smile on his face. He couldn't imagine Lyra going crazy over a guy... but still, it'd be something to see.

Originally Posted by moony-chaz

Why was Evan grinning? she didn't like it. Had he seen through her lie?'
'well it was a pretty stupid one'
'oh sshh you'
And what can he imagine?! argh where are you with your head Lyra? of course he means about the girls acting ridiculous. Lyra wanted to say something but when she looked at Evan she noticed his smile had extended even more and he looked amused at Lyra. The second year looked blankly in front of her and said. "Oh i just said how much i loved the Captain" Lyra said and shrugged her shoulders like its completely normal to do "and that i want to marry him" she said in a very serious voice and took a sip from her Butterbeer to not to break down laughing.

Originally Posted by Deniiz

Evan knew nothing about the Britain Quidditch team, so he couldn't imagine the Captain, nor did he know if he was handsome or not. But he almost went hysterics with Lyra saying pretty normally that she wanted to marry the captain. Teheee. "Bet he accepted it." he said and winked. Who would reject Lyra?