Easy to overlook? Delilah looked at him, slightly amused. "No, you're not. At least, I don't think so." .... Wait. Did she just say that? Oh, goodness. What was wrong with her? Oh, yes. Her brain had apparently stopped functioning due to all the boy drama in her life lately. She cleared her throat and blushed slightly. "I mean.. Nothing. Never mind." The girl blushed slightly. Wow. Embarrass yourself much, Dels?

"Oh, okay." See, she'd been right. Delilah nodded, a small smile back on her face. "Yeah. Started this term." And she was totally loving it here.

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Michael had been to Hogsmeade PLENTY of times. More times than he could count. And he had been to Hogsmeade with Zahra on numerous occasions.

But this time was certainly different from all those other times. Although he was still unsure whether this was actually a date. Like he had asked her to go and all, but since he had never asked anyone out before and it was Zahra, his BFF, he didn't really know.

He didn't really care either. They were at Hogsmeade together so that was all that mattered.

"So what first? Candy? Butterbeer? Or some new trick cards?" He asked, giving her hand a squeeze as they entered Hogsmeade. He was glad that he had managed to get most of the hair off his face for this outing but he knew that it would be back. He had been trying to shave it off ever since it had started growing.

This ageing problem was starting get old. HAHAHAHAHA!!

Zahra had really been unsure about this "DATE" too, as in............. what to wear? On regular outings with MIKEY TOUSSAINT, Z would have done best in sweats and clothes that she may or may not end up mud wrestling in. BUT TODAY.... today she wore a dress. With shoes that matched, and stockings and make up, and if she didn't KNOW better... she was almost pretty today. Proper pretty.

It was weird.

But it helped that Mikey just wanted to do the usual and not like... go suck face or something straight away.

"We should probably get butterbeers to go. And you're buying, because Ruby says that's how dates work. Plymouth too, but he doesn't know about THIS date and I'm not sure we should tell him. He uhm..." Yeahhhh...... "We COULD go visit Pig though. Pig missed you."

Cat grinned at both Mo and Dart. She felt like this was a good thing, this here. That Mo would feel happier after having a visit with his pup. Pets always made people happier, right? Dart was incredibly happy, anyway. It was adorable. "I thought we could go back towards the end of the street near the path back to school, less traffic there, maybe."

She kneeled down an wrapped her arms around Dart, kissing his head. "He would be too excited and probably knock something over on accident." Then she got up and offered Mo the leash. "Hungry?"

His eyes did roll when Zahra began telling him how dates work but there was also a smile on his face. "Ahh so you're not into women's lib then? All that 'women are quite capable of opening their own doors and paying their own way' thing?" He nudged her with his hip and laughed. "Don't worry Z, I plan on doing all the right things." Well he was going to try anyway.

The comment about Plymouth though had him raising his eyebrows. "Is there something I should know about Plym?" He and Michael got on well, why wouldn't they be able to tell her brother that they were out on a date.

Michael tugged on her hand and pulled her in the direction of the Three Broomsticks. "I've missed Pig too. So has Perseus." His ferret much referred the company of Zahra's teacup pig then Napoleon the Jarvey.

As they walked he gave Zahra a sideways glance. "You look really pretty today Z." Yes, he had noticed.

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His eyes did roll when Zahra began telling him how dates work but there was also a smile on his face. "Ahh so you're not into women's lib then? All that 'women are quite capable of opening their own doors and paying their own way' thing?" He nudged her with his hip and laughed. "Don't worry Z, I plan on doing all the right things." Well he was going to try anyway.

The comment about Plymouth though had him raising his eyebrows. "Is there something I should know about Plym?" He and Michael got on well, why wouldn't they be able to tell her brother that they were out on a date.

Michael tugged on her hand and pulled her in the direction of the Three Broomsticks. "I've missed Pig too. So has Perseus." His ferret much referred the company of Zahra's teacup pig then Napoleon the Jarvey.

As they walked he gave Zahra a sideways glance. "You look really pretty today Z." Yes, he had noticed.

"I don't have a job? Maybe when we get jobs... we can share. I don't know where you get money. I guess your dad? Haha I'm dating YOUR DAD. I'll be your mum, and rock you to sleep and stuff. Hahahahaha," .....right, a bit random and off topic, but okay. She wasn't NERVOUS, but she was a little unsure, like Mikey, about what.... the difference between a date and normal was. Just act normal? Or ramble needlessly.

"Oh that... well I heard him talking to Ola and he said some weird things about me and boys? He probably didn't mean YOU, but," SHRUG, "who knows. I don't think he likes boys. He does seem to have like ALL GIRLS for friends, save for your dad and Jimmy." WHO ZAHRA TOTALLY CRUSHED ON HARDCORE. She'd yet to even properly speak to him. It was super weird. hehe

Zahra grinned openly back at him. "Thanks. I tried. Like, you know, I didn't wear sweats 'cause I figure we'd not end up ....doing normal things." Yeah? Him too? Cause this was different? "You, too, but I've been noticing that you sort of look nice every day. It's not really fair."

Okaaaay. Michael was just going to ignore that strange rambling. He wasn't sure on what to say to that anyway and he also didn't want to be reminded of the time when she had tried to pick him up like a baby.

Hmm, for some reason he knew what those weird things Plymouth had been saying about Zahra and boys. He had been hanging out with the Kettleburn family for a long time now and knew that Plym AND Cope doted on their little sister and anyone who hurt her would have them to answer to. "More like he doesn't like boys who like his sister." But it was him, Michael, surely that counted for something. "Probably best not to tell him about us...er..dating?" Is that what they were doing? Dating? Or was it just today?

He didn't know what that meant exactly. "If we're not doing normal things...what will we be doing then?" And he hoped that she did not want to go to that tea place that all the couples went to. Because he wasn't sure he was up for that yet. If ever. Michael looked down at the jeans, shirt and jacket he was wearing and while he didn't see anything special about it, he couldn't help but grin at the compliment."Thanks."

"You sure you don't want to go sit inside?" They had reached the Three Broomsticks and were standing outside the doors.

Seeing as how she knew it was a hogsmeade weekend Ariana decided to pop over to the village during her lunch hour just to see who was there and what was going on. skimming the street she didnt see any immediate familiar faces right off the bat and shrugged deciding that was probably best, since she didnt want to be ambushed. Pulling down the sleeve to her shirt she chewed on her bottom lip as she made her way down the street, possibly going towards the three broomsticks to see who was in there, who she could find, what was going on.
Where were her people, they had to know she was their, she was sure there Ari senses were tingling.

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Okaaaay. Michael was just going to ignore that strange rambling. He wasn't sure on what to say to that anyway and he also didn't want to be reminded of the time when she had tried to pick him up like a baby.

Hmm, for some reason he knew what those weird things Plymouth had been saying about Zahra and boys. He had been hanging out with the Kettleburn family for a long time now and knew that Plym AND Cope doted on their little sister and anyone who hurt her would have them to answer to. "More like he doesn't like boys who like his sister." But it was him, Michael, surely that counted for something. "Probably best not to tell him about us...er..dating?" Is that what they were doing? Dating? Or was it just today?

He didn't know what that meant exactly. "If we're not doing normal things...what will we be doing then?" And he hoped that she did not want to go to that tea place that all the couples went to. Because he wasn't sure he was up for that yet. If ever. Michael looked down at the jeans, shirt and jacket he was wearing and while he didn't see anything special about it, he couldn't help but grin at the compliment."Thanks."

"You sure you don't want to go sit inside?" They had reached the Three Broomsticks and were standing outside the doors.

Zahra grinned like he'd just handed her a TROPHY at this boys who like his sister stuff. He meant HIM. HE liked HER. Hehe. She suddenly had no idea what they were even TALKING ABOUT. She toed at HIS toe, nudged him a little, entirely cloudy and giddy and hehehehehehehe.

"I dunno. I thought this was a date. This is a date, so we're dating? I think. I guess. That's cool with me. We can date. What I DON'T know is if that changes what we do? Can we still have non-dates where we throw mud at each other and eat too much candy?" Or were those days over?

Zahra leaned WAY over as someone exited the Three Broomsticks and PEEKED in. He wanted to go in and....................... sit? ...........and do what? ............"Okay," she agreed. "Let's do that thing where we share a STRAW in one drink." And Zahra grabbed Mikey's hand up again and DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGED/RAN him inside.

Cassia was glad she had decided to come here early, because doing that she allowed herself more time to wander around and enjoy her free time. So now she's been to Zonko's and the three broomsticks, where to go now? Was the important question that consumed her as she walked down the high street.

Hmm... Where to go.

Aimlessly walking ahead, she found herself squinting at a figure further ahead from her. Something was awfully familiar about that person's gait. She picked up her pace until she caught up with the person not allowing her hopes to go too up because the disappoint would hit hard.

BUT IT WAS TRUE!

"Logan!" Cassia pretty much announced to the entire street grinning broadly. "It's you! Hi!" She said and without warning wrapped her arms around the older girl. YAY! She missed her a lot!

Ariana looked down at her watch, wondering how much time she had.. she should probably get food, that is, if she wanted to wat today which she was feeling like food so that was her goal and mission.
At least it was until she heard her name shouted for the world to hear... What in merlin's pants! the girl spun around just in time to feel arms around her middle. "'scuse you." she said with an eyebrow raised as she moved to see who the strange blonde girl was.

OH OH OH!!!!! "Cassia!" She said beaming as she returned the hug to the girl before looking at her, "how did you spot me!?" really, Ari couldnt tell a shopkeeper from a shopper here today and Miss Shouts-A-Lot found her from a mile away. "nice to know your shouting is still efficient."

Cassia grinned at Ariana's first reaction before recognizing her. Sassy as ever. Definitely Logan and no one who claimed her body, say a polyjuice potion effect. Good to be absolutely sure.

"Psht, I'd spot you anywhere very easily," she waved it off. The blond's eyes had the ability to recognize important people right away and without a second glance. Sounds a bit more creepy than impressive, no? She wasn't going to think of how it sounded, not when Ari was right here. And anyway, if anyone knew how annoying a certain blond snake was back when she was younger it'd be the former Slytherin standing here.

And her next words were a proof of that, "What do they say, old habits die hard?" she winked up at Ari releasing her. "I really missed you and Kat a lot," she told her the smile shifting a little bit on her lips. Nope, she was sixteen and wasn't going to act childish and ruin this amazing unplanned meet up. "So, how's the outside world?" she asked as she casually linked her arm with Ariana's and started walking slowly. She had no other plans, right?

Cassia was here and Ariana looked around to see if there was a Cat anywhere.. or a Kat.. she hadnt seen her in a few weeks either. "well, i'd hope you'd spot me out of a crowd." she said tossing her long hair back behind her shoulder so it wasnt in her way. " i am kinda fabulous." she said with a smirk. Old habits do die hard young one.

" oh believe me, we both miss you very much as well. it's weird not being in school. it was nice at first.. then you have these job things and it just gets complicated." and bills and boyfriends and LIFE and ugh why was it so hard.She linked her arm with the girl as she walked with her and smiled. "its alright gets hard at times but you just have to learn to deal and stuff." which wasnt always easy, especially since this life belong to Ariana and merlin knew life wasnt easy for her, not in the slightest. "enough about me, tell me what's going on with YOU, and everyone else, whats all the gossip i should know."Ari was interested, finally gossip about people she knew and not celebrities or designers she could care less about.
Spill it, Somerlad!

Startled by the sight of him? Uhhhhhhhh huh. Sure, Tori. Sure thing. Paulie smirked to himself and this smirk was still on his lips as he rose to hand over her purse, all things back inside it. Such a Gryffindor with this chivalry, right? "Good as new." And hopefully that pricey bag of hers wasn't scuffed up much. Although the knees of his pants probably were now, but that was a small price to pay for stealing looks at her legs picking up Tori's things.

How WAAAAAAAAAAAAS he doing? "Doin' just dandy now that you're here," he said with a grin, his hands shoving in his pockets as he rocked on his heels. "And you? What are ya up to - early birthday shoppin'?" Valentine's shopping for some HUNKY Daily Prophet writer man?

Langen walked down the street, looking around. Everything reminded her of Hogwarts right now. She was visiting many of the same places she visited when she went to the wizarding school, and that must've sparked memories. Because memories were fun things to have. Nostalgiac lot she was.

Anyway, she was here to buy things and nothing else. No candy or anything childish. She was here to get a haircut and buy clothes. Maybe sip tea with her knew housekeeper while they discussed the terms of employment. Whatever happened, she was adulting today. This was seriuz buisness over here.

And she was walking up and down the main street so that she could A)get exercise b)make a normal schedule of what she wanted to do. Those were important things to do.

First stop on her adventure to Hogsmeade was the haircut. That was important. Her hair was starting to look a little ragged and she wanted it to look better. Especially if she was to start a new job. She needed to look presentable at this job. She learned that from a brief Muggle job. And by brief, she meant too short to even mention. It was her sixteenth summer and she got a job at an orange stand. Who knew you had to look presentable at an orange stand?

Anyway, she looked around and went about her day, making a mental checklist to get everything done as needed. There wasn't much time to spare before she started her actual job and she wanted to get everything done to prepare that she could.

SERIUZ DAY starts now.

Look at him, being such a chivalrous knight. Chivalry was NOT dead, folks. You just had to find the right Gryffindor to use. Hehe.

"Oh, my," she fluttered her eyelashes at him, as any princess would. "How ever shall I repay you?" Tori tapped her strawberry-glossed lips thoughtfully, then leaned up and gave him a little kiss on the cheek. "Will that do?" Hehehehehe. She did so enjoy Princessing. Look at the poor little people she helped by being so aesthetic and...... well, pleasant to look at. Never mind that that was redundant.

She positively grinned at him when he spoke and guessed what she was doing alright. "Yeppppp. Just finished for the day and had a drink at the pub." She raised an eyebrow and gestured toward her outfit. "You liiiiiike?" Tori did a little twirl for him just so he could see her flouncy skirt. Pretty, no?

"What are youuuu up to?" Valentine's shopping for some non-princess?

Arms linked together, Kurumi made her way down the snow covered street with a little extra bounce in her step than usual. It was hard to get their schedules to match up recently with Selina's quidditch and her dragonologist obligations - not to mention all the wedding preparations were causing her to lose sleep. So today was VERY much needed. Girls day out. Like their Hogwarts days. Sort of. There were benefits to being older and in Hogsmeade. Tehehe.

"You can see Hogwarts from here," she mused as they walked on, her free hand pointing off in the distance to the school that was just barely visible through the snow. It seemed likes years ago they had walked those halls, while at the same time it felt like just yesterday. So much had happened since then that it really did feel like a lifetime ago.

Violet eyes back on Selina, she pivoted on the spot to face the red head as he pink lips curled into a smile. "So, what should we do first? Drinks? Window shop? Be super mature and start a snowball fight in the middle of the street?"

"No one can deny that," Ariana being fabulous. It was no secret that Cassia saw both Ari and Kat huge role models. And of course to be a role model, one had to be fabulous. Simply enough.

Cassia hadn't paid attention to someone talking as much as she had now listening to the older snake speaking of life. Not even professors got that amount of focusing, nope. They weren't that exciting or important. The importance level might differ from one person's prospective to another. "Doesn't sound as charming as I had imagined," she said. "Pretty sure you could handle it, though," she nodded knowingly with a blind trust. If Logan herself wasn't able to handle it then who would?!!?

Whatever Ariana expected to hear about Cassia's life, the blond was sure the truth wasn't interesting. "Well, for me there isn't anything interesting going on really, just the usual, classes and homework," she told her. "And being prefect proved to have its cons and pros," which Kat had told Cassia about but it's different when facing it firsthand. And Ari did know of the badge, right? Kat must have told her. "Tillstorm is hard to please," the sixth-year made a face at that.

"Oh, oh, and people are getting old," School wise info. "Like very fast. Grey hair, stiff joints, wrinkles," she counted off. "No one knows what caused it." Or no one was smart enough to know.

Ian shuffled down the main street of Hogsmeade. He couldn't believe that he took this long to get there. He really should have stayed in the common room since he could hardly walk now and his hearing was nearly shot. He figured though the sun would help him some.

Kurumi days were some of Selina favourite type of days. It was like jumping into an old jumper that ALWAYS fit no matter what life threw at her...or the jumper. The ginger was kind of bad at metaphors. It made sense in her head, OKAY? Gosh. But yes, Kurumi was like a jumper or something that was knit or maybe like a scarf since they were all snuggly and warm with each other right now. They were definitely a piece of clothing that she couldn't put her finger on, but whatever.

Wibble. "You can, huh," she noted as she snuggled her face into Kurumi's hair. It was nice and silky and fun to burrow in sometimes. Also, it was a nice hiding place so she didn't have to really look at Hogwarts. The thought of her old school made Selina sad...because she was old now. Like old enough to be out of Hogwarts and have a big girl job and her own place and yeeeeesh.

"All of the above," she said with a SERIOUS duh face. Ahem, Rumi. All of the things could be done. But she kind of wanted to start with the snow/drinking. Maybe they could do THAT one at the same time.

Just a thought.

"Mmmhmmm," she nodded as she leaned into Selina as she snuggled into her hair like a hamster. Or maybe her actions were more pygmy puff in nature. Kurumi had never kept a hamster, so she wasn't entirely sure but could imagine based on basic rodent tendencies, but she knew a thing or two about pygmy puffs. So, Selina was her red headed pygmy puff for the day and she was totally okay with that. Just as long as she didn't like her nose and try to eat her snot for lunch.

Speaking of food...

"I don't really want to stay indoors, so we could get something to go from the Three Broomsticks?" she suggested. Because all of the above wasn't really an answered that gave order. Just confirmed what they both already knew they both wanted to do today. "I could do with something to warm my insides. Like some hot chocolate...or maybe some warm pumpkin juice."

"Your hair smells like cookies and I kind of want to eat it," Selina observed. And it was her favourite type of cookies too, RED VELVET. Which made Selina excited and a little suspicious of the smell. Did Kurumi bake for her and if she did where was the Selina tin and why was it not in her hand NOW? Did the little cookie monster think she could hide that smell from her? No, Selina was a proper Watson (Vivi's Watson to be exact) and so she was a really good detective and eater. Mostly that second one. Food was delicious. And she wanted to eat it ALL the time. NOMMY NOM NOM.

She pulled away from Kurumi's hair cocoon and squinted, "Are you holding out on me, Hollingberry?" Because that would NOT be very nice or friendly or a couple of other things Selina was forgetting because her nose was distracted.

Oh right. Conversation. They were having one of those. She tapped her chin proper like and then dead panned, "Or, you know, you can be an adult and order something NOT off the kid's menu." Then again, maybe that was all Rumi could legitimately handle. Her best friend did have the bladder of a kitten and the tolerance of a two year old.

She should have known that something as simple as a shower wouldn't have been able to mask the smell of her early morning activities. While baking had always been part of her daily routine, it had become more of an obsession. Trying to find the perfect flavor combinations for her wedding cake was seemingly an impossible task but not something she trusted anyone else to do. "Rather you eat my hair than my snot," she said as sort of an afterthought to her wedding cake hallucination mixed with her imagining Selina as a cute little red pygmy puff.

Cringing a bit as Selina went all RAWR RAWR GRYFFINDOR HUNGRY mode on her, she fidgeted with her fingers a little before tangling them in some of her long dark hair. "Not...exactly..." she mumbled. "I haven't been baking cookies or I would have brought you some. But if I told you what I was doing you would be cross with me because we agreed not to talk about the w word today." Because that tended to send them both into a spiral of stress and anxiety with a splash of excitement.

"What? I like pumpkin juice...and Hogsmeade has the best. You shouldn't deny me what I crave you know." It wasn't like it was a proper kids menu anyway. Selina shouldn't be so judgmental of beverages. It wasn't like she was asking for water.

Most of the time, Selina honestly really only listened to about half of what a person said which made for awkward replies. So when Selina heard Rumi say snot the ginger was more then just a little confused. When did they talk about snot? Did she have some hanging out of her nose? That had to be it. So she started to rub at her face to try and brush it away. Or slide it all around if it was that type. Huh. Thanks for the head's up, Rumi.

SIGH. Selina rubbed at her temple, "For the billionth time, Rumi. It's QUAFFLE not WAF- oh. You meant the other w word. Yep, let's not talk about that." Maid of Honour duties were very stressful and she had been trying to avoid doing any SERIOUS thinking about it until Lewrumi (because they were like one person sometimes and it made Selina want to poke them with a stick) until they set a date. Then she would start and get hives and do the whole thing in outlandish fashion down to the PAAAARRRRTAAAAY.

And again, Selina only listened to maybe half of every sentence. SO WHEN SHE HEARD CRAVE...THE GINGER FREAKED.

Sputter, sputter. "ARE YOU PREGNANT?!" Rumi was preggo. Like an eggo. She had cravings. Duh.

THAT HAD ONLY BEEN ONE TI---- Okay, so it had actually been several times and had even been during a few of the matches that she had been a Quidditch Announcer for, but she HAD learned. She was Selina's unofficial stat keeper and everything. Had a scrapbook in the works dating all the way back to their Hogwarts days. She had, naturally, gone back and crossed out the wrong terms, but she hadn't written waffle instead of quaffle in a long time now. At least a year.

But now she was reminded of something that she probably should have told Selina sooner. But they really had only just decided things semi recently. "Can I just say....one thing," she fidgeted as she moved a tiny step away from Selina. Just in case. "Keep April 17 open.........causethatisthedateofthewedding." Same date as their first kiss in the owlery. The moment that had truly started Lewrumi. Or at least the moment where they both admitted it. "I LOVE YOU?!"

And she would have given Selina a hug next if it had not been for what the red head shouted next. SHOUTED. In the middle of the street. Instead she moved swiftly to her friend's side and covered her mouth with one of her hands to hopefully muffle any further out bursts. "Seeeeeeeeeeeeeelina, could you not," she hissed in a voice just above a whisper.

Seriously.

It was still a little cold, but Lily had been looking forward to a trip to Hogsmeade. If anything, it just gave her a chance to get away from the castle, and she could get in a bit of shopping too. That and maybe find some tea, since even with her scarf and sweater she still wouldn’t turn down a warm drink. It was still a beautiful day, though, so she had taken her time walking down the path to the village and found herself reaching the town well after probably everyone else had. That didn’t bother her, as she’d just continued humming softly to the song in her head as she’d started heading down the high street. She didn’t need to go into the tea shop just yet, or the Three Broomsticks, or anywhere else. As it was, there was enough to experience just staying out here, seeing as there were still plenty of people not in the shops yet. She wasn’t looking for anyone in particular, just sort of observing.

Nobody had seemed bothered by her soft humming either, so that meant it was definitely no rush to disappear into any of the shops. She’d just continue idly window shopping and people-watching for a while, and then get a cup of tea before she had to head back to Hogwarts. Maybe still get in the shopping she’d thought about too. It was almost Aunt Rhiannon’s birthday, so maybe she could find her a gift. The main problem with that was that she wasn’t sure what she could find here. It might be easier to just order something by owl post, if she could think of what she might need. That meant she had something else to do. Think about present ideas, since she couldn’t write her a song or anything. Austin was better at songwriting anyway, and she didn’t think it made sense to ask if he could write something for her aunt. She’d have to come up with a different idea.