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BEAM. "Beater's my favorite!" Not like Stryker'd get to see that. Jacob seemed intent on keeping her away from that position this term for some reason. |
... "You play on the quidditch team?" He felt bad. A little. He didn't remember ever seeing her out on the pitch. Then again, he couldn't even remember if he had gone to a Ravenclaw game. He was a Gryffindor, himself. RAWR. |
Blink. "You haven't been to any matches have you?" Shame, shame. Still....BEAM. "Yup!" She took another sip of her hot chocolate...the marshmallows were disappearing too quickly for her liking. |
Heeeeey! "I have been to a few," Chad answered defensively. "Most the ones where Gryffindors were playing, but I did go to a few." Totally not biased or anything. Okay, so she was on the team. "Let me guess...you play...beater?" A shot in the dark, really. |
Uh-Huh. "I see how it is." We stick our tongue out at you. POUT. "Not this term. First term I did." Ellie shrugged. Honestly, she couldn't say what position she played this term. While the roster had her at Keeper, she only played that position once so far. |
Not beater this term? Bummer. "So then...what did you play?" |
"So far? Everything but. Chaser, Keeper, Seeker," she ticked them off on her fingers. Everything but. SO depressing, right? |
Wow. Played all the positions, but NOT beater? Super bummer. "You are young. You have lots of time. They cannot keep you away from the bat forever," Chad smiled, raising his cup of tea up for another drink. "You Ravenclaws are doing rather well, anyways. That is always good." He put down his cup of tea and picked up the photos that she had brought for him. Chad chuckled at the moving photo of him and the dinosaur. Picture!Chad looked mighty proud! "I think I am really glad I took this job," he nodded. |
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"How's it going?" she said with a smile. Peering out his window at nothing in particular, she lowered her voice so that only he could hear. "I was...wondering if you needed any last minute help around the grounds? You know, before the school year came to an end and we all go home for a few months." |
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Jacob could keep her away if he was Captain. He just didn't like her. Probably because she was mean to him, but that was besides the point. Anyway, one day Jacob would be gone, so...Ellie smiled as well. "Thank you." Because the 'Ravenclaws are doing rather well' was totally a compliment. To her. Totally. Her grin widened when he looked back at the pictures. Wait...say what? "You almost didn't?" she asked, slightly concerned. That also brought up another question, "Why?" That could be 'why' to two things, though. Why did he almost not take the job (presuming that was the case), and why he was glad that he did. |
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Not really. She wanted something to do? Now? So she was sneaky and liked getting points. Suuuuuper. Chad looked around, trying to think of what she could do. At that moment, Mico the cat scooted past in hot pursuit of a magicked stuffed mouse. Lightbuuuuuulb. "You could give my cat a bath?" Chad had been meaning to do that himself, but kept putting it off. How convenient and well timed! Quote:
"Plus it would be such a difference. From a Ministry Department Head...to a Groundskeeper. Top to the bottom." Almost. "It was worth it, though." |
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Really, at some point, she should make an effort to come to him when she wasn't trying to strike some sort of business deal. You know, just to prove that she wasn't always out to gain something. Just at that moment, a cat scurried into the room, and Sierra barely blinked as she glanced down to acknowledge its presence. ...and in the blink of an eye, her wand was out and aimed toward the creature. "Immobulus!" she called out. As she headed forward to scoop up the frozen cat, she glanced up at the groundskeeper with a wide grin. "Deal. Your unfrozen cat and I will be right back." ...and on that note, and with the cat frozen in her hands, she headed out the hut. |
!!!! What the hell! She froze his cat! Chad stared in shock as she exited his hut with his FROZEN kitty. He was still trying to process the fact that she'd cast a spell on Mico, he couldn't call after her. He didn't know what to say! Lazy children. .... "Yeah! He better be unfrozen when you are done!" Smoooth. |
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Ohh Ministry! "Which department did you head?" There was probably a secret department for Groundskeeping. So, when he said 'top to bottom', he was referring to the Groundskeeping ladder. Probably. Sip, sip. "Good." |
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeell. "I was born in France, we moved to England, I finished school and I went back to France to work there, then I came here to work at the Ministry, and then I moved back to France to take a year off and relax, and then I came back to England to work as a groundskeeper." And BREATHE. "I used to be the Department Head for the Regulation and Control of Magical creatures," he answered, smiling proudly. "Dealt with a lot of big and bad creatures." No big deaaaal. |
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Giggle. "That's awesome." Truly it was. France was amazing, too. He picked a good place to go back and forth to/from. OoooOOoooo. "You should be Care of Magical Creatures professor, then." Just sayin'. "Like what? Dragons and Fire Crabs?" Dragons were big. Fire Crabs were bad. |
Chad chuckled. "That is like...the third time I have heard that from students. But, I am sure Saylen is doing a fantastic job. You all are very lucky to have her." He leaned forward and picked some marshmallows out from the jar. Just to nom on for fun, of course. "Mmhmm. Dragons, fire crabs, werewolves, sphinxes, chimaeras, droxies, illegally charmed cats, rabbits, toads, goblins, house elves, ghosts, poltergeists, abraxans, acromantulas, the common small spider, nifflers...need i go on," he grinned, popping a marshmallow into his mouth. |
Oh really? So...she wasn't the only one. That's interesting. He should listen to them. Ellie shrugged at the Saylen part. She took them on a trip. That's about it as far as positive things went. As for negative, among other things, she also murdered a crup's tail. Bad. Oh mannn. Loooooooooooooooooong list. "Wait, wait. Rabbits and toads?" She hardly found either of those big or bad. "And illegally charmed cats? What does that mean?" She should add 'asking questions' to her list of hobbies. Just sayin'. |
Chad grinned and shrugged. "Okay, so not allll the creatures we deal with is bad. And, not just cats. People use magic on cats or any common household pet and give them traits they are not supposed to have...and then sell them. The worst being to muggles." |
Hehe. Okay. Ellie was starting to picture GINO rabbits and toads running amock. Spike would probably love that, actually. The toad part. But it was just wrong. GASP. "That's terrible. And illegal, isn't it? It should be illegal." Poor innocent unaware muggles. Though Ellie thought that doing any charm on an animal was incredibly cruel. With just one little exception of disillusioning a crup tail rather than getting it cut off. But that was the most that she'd allow. |
"It is illegal. And terrible," he nodded, popping another marshmallow into his mouth. "More marshmallows?" They made the world all better. Yeeeees, they do. |
Frown. Why did people do illegal things if it was mean? If it was for fun, she could understand, but to be mean? That was just...mean. She drained the rest of her hot chocolate. "Thanks." Mmmm. She wouldn't pass up that offer. "I should probably go now." Nod. She did what she came here to do. But she didn't move...yet. |
Aaaw, go? "If you must," he smiled, popping another marshmallow into his mouth. "Thank you very much again for the pictures." |
She didn't 'must'...if that makes sense, but she should. "You're welcome." BEAM. Ellie gave Chad a wave before leaving. She liked him. |
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