He needed something to wear to a wedding that he would be going to in a few months. He could still wait and not get anything until last minute but he knew that wearing his cowboy hat, flannel shirt, jeans and cowboy boots wasn't a very good idea. His sister would kick him out of the venue if he dressed like he always does. His baby sister was getting married. He was so happy for her and her soon-to-be husband. Jace walked into Gladrags, he hadn't been in Hogsmeade in a very long time. He was just at Diagon Alley over the summer to help his daughter get some new robes, a wand and books for her first year at Hogwarts. He couldn't believe that his youngest was already attending Hogwarts. It was shock to him already. He's had quite the past few years though. Looking around Jace knew that he really didn't fit in around these neck of the woods. He was proud of who he was even if people would give him looks for how he dressed or even the way he talked.

As Jace looked around he really needed a woman's opinion or well advice. Being where his ex-wife didn't even give a damn about how he dressed, although he was pretty sure that she didn't even care about him to begin with but that was a totally different story and he wasn't going to be bitter about it. Being married for almost twenty years seems like you should really know a person but you really don't when you have nothing in common.

Jace turned around when he heard a woman's (Summer) voice. So he was in luck today. Just as long as luck stayed on his side for the rest of the day. A nice warm welcome but he did see the look that she was giving me. It had to be the clothes that he was wearing and it was soon to be the accent too. "Thank you, ma'am." Jace said, his accent a little low and southern, a Texan accent to be exact. "I need something to wear to my baby sister's wedding. She would have my neck if I dressed like this at her wedding." He almost did to his other sister's wedding. "I don't want anything too dressy." That's not his style.

The man heard someone else walk through the door as he was telling the shopkeeper what he wanted but he was probably too vague. It was a woman (Nessa) heading over to the dresses. Was this more of a woman's shop? He wasn't going to be wearing a dress to his sister's wedding. Jace nodded to the other woman that had just walked in. "Why thank ya, ma'am." He gave her a warm smile. "Working outside for a most the day it really blocks the sun from my eyes better than most sunglasses." It really kept him cool or the fact that some days he didn't wear a shirt.

Jace's hazel eyes looked around the shop. He was now surrounded by three women because another woman (Jasmine) walked into the shop. This was a woman's shop? He just wanted something dressy but not too dressy. Being surrounded by woman would make Jace's teenaged self so happy right now but he was almost forty-two years old now, next month to be exact.

The man's eyes went back to the other woman (Nessa) that had walked in right after him. He really liked her spirit. There needed to be more women in the world like that. Where looks didn't matter so much to society, comfort is the most important part of it. But not only comfort in clothes but in your own skin. He was teaching his eleven year old daughter that and he was also teaching her that no man should treat her like a piece meat, she deserves to be treated like a princess, once she's older a queen. If that said person didn't treat her like that then he would be answering to him. But most of all he's been teaching her to not let people push her around. "You know..." He said walking over to her. "you don't have to buy a new hat at all." He shook his head. He took his hat off, showing his tan bald head and put it on the top of her head. "You can have my hat." He smiled at her. "And before you say no, please just take it. I have plenty more at home." Although this hat of his was his favorite but he saw something in this woman that he never really saw in many other women. She's a one of a kind this one. "My names Jace Van Zandt, ma'am." He smiled at her. "It's very nice to meet you." He nodded.

After giving his hat to the woman (Jasmine) he just met he turned to the other woman, fairly younger than him. Possibly over ten years. She was complimenting his outfit but part of him felt like she was judging him. Jace just gave her a nod. "Thank you, miss." He said while looking around at the selection of clothes they had. "Whereabouts does your family live? If you don't mine me asking of course." He knew some big named wizarding families and even some muggle families.

"I just need some dress robes for my little sisters wedding." He still couldn't believe that she was getting married. The man smiled over at the younger woman (Jasmine). More like very young not younger. He tilted his head a little bit. Did she know what he was talking about? "Oh you're from Scotland?" He asked. That was far from where he was from and still lived to this day. "I'm not from around here. I'm from Texas. I went to Hogwarts when I was younger...a lot younger but I'm not from around here." Jace just nodded to the woman, she was just confused.

"I am insisting. Please take it. I don't mind at all." Jace smiled and looked at the woman (Nessa). She looked really adorable and beautiful with the hat on. Not that she didn't look beautiful without the hat on because she did but he wasn't going to say that out loud. They had just met and she would think he was a freak. "My hat...I mean your hat really suits you." Jace chuckled as she curtsied and tip her hat at him. She had character that was for sure. "It's a pleasure to meet you Nessarose Glendower." Jace gave her a friendly smile. "That's a very beautiful name." He was flirting a bit and being his normal self by being nice to everyone but yes there was some flirting in there. Jace was going to compliment her beauty but he thought that would be too much and besides he barely knew the woman.

Jace heard his name from the shopkeeper. "No need to call me Mr. Van Zandt. You can call me Jace." He smiled and nodded. He looked at the dress robes that the woman had chose for him. "My little sister's wedding is in the summer and she begged me to get some dress robes now but hmmm."He was thinking out loud but he didn't mind at all. He looked at the clothing more. "They are very fine selections ma'am." He smiled as he looked and tried to figure out what color would look better. "Would both colors be very warm in the sun? It's going to be held outside with an ocean view." Thank goodness the sand would come later when everyone stepped on the beach. He knew that his sister would force him to wear nice shoes on the beach when he wanted to have no shoes on. He turned his head when he heard Nessa. She was right. Classic color. "I really do like the black. But the blues they're different something I don't see too often at a wedding." Jace knew that he was probably going to pick the black because of how his sister was and she was probably going to find a date for him and he didn't want to go with a stranger or someone that his little sister was choosing.