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[esme_hinde]

Week Name/Date/Time: 'Summer '06' / July 19th, 2006 / 11.10 AM.
Location: Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour
Open To: Alastar
Currently Involving: Esme

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[thejenningsboy]

Lucky her. Esme would get to spend all the time she wanted at this wonderful establishment, whereas Alastar was stuck at home with his family most of the time, having to play up his usual scheme as he did when he was around them. Right now, however, he was allowed to escape for a while. To get out of the house, he had decided to tour with Penny over to Madam Maulkin's for baby clothes for Treasa even though he had no intention of staying with her long of course.

Alastar slipped inside the parlour, not even noticing the other patrons, and went straight up to the counter to admire the many different flavors that could satisfy his hunger.

[esme_hinde]

Esme was really qute engrossed in her ice-cream and didn't notice Alastar enter, but her attention was caught when she glanced around and saw him at the counter. Breaking into a smile to see one of her Hogwarts friends, Esme called out to him. "Hey, Alastar! Alastar! Over here!" Waving, she tried to get his attention.

Hopefully he'd be able to hang about for a bit. She hadn't heard from him yet this summer and it would be lovely to see him. Esme loved meeting friends unexpectantly and she was delighted by this. Naturally gregarious, she was fine on her own, but ice cream was so much more enjoyable when the experience was shared, in her opinion.

[thejenningsboy]

After placing his order, Alastar turned at the voice behind him that called to him.

His lips curved into a smile at the sight of Esme Hinde sitting and enjoying her order of ice cream that looked somewhat delicious. "Esme, hello," he spoke calmly as he walked over to her. "Didn't expect to see you here. Do you mind if I sit?" Alastar nodded to indicate the chair across from her.

[esme_hinde]

"Of course!" she replied, with a wide smile. Patting the other chair at her table, she encouraged him to come and sit down. "Come and tell me how your summer is going!"

Digging into her ice-cream, she looked up at him expectantly. Perhaps Alastar had been doing something exciting that he could tell her about and she could live vicariously through him! Her own summer had been fairly non-eventful thus far.

[thejenningsboy]

To her dismay, there was nothing completely mind-blowing that he had done this summer, unless she would count looking after his newborn niece but that was more like head-splitting than mind-blowing.

Alastar smiled and sat down across from her, in wait for his frosty treat that was now being made. "I've mostly been at home. Nothing special I'm afraid. How about you?"

[esme_hinde]

Esme was half disappointed that he hadn't got any exciting stories to recount and half glad that she wasn't the only one that hadn't been up to much so far.

"Oh me too, just lazing around really. Oh, I've been doing a lot of flying, trying to get my brothers shaped up before they arrive in Hogwarts." A thought struck her. "They better be in Gryffindor now or I'm done for!"

Laughing, she wondered if Alastar was allowed to fly at home. "Have you had a chance to do some flying?"

[thejenningsboy]

It was kind of depressing that he couldn't do much but at the moment, he didn't mind. He had family to take care of. His neice needed people there for her to care for her, and so did Penny.

"You'll be done for anyway against Hufflepuff," he smirked competitively. Alastar only really hoped that. They weren't exactly the best team in the school but they had heart. Now if they just got the skill then they could actually win the Quidditch Cup. That would be nice, not too bad at all.

He nodded and shook his hand, "A little bit. I've been kind of busy and haven't really had a chance to practice. Kristen I don't think would be too happy with that when we start school."

[esme_hinde]

Esme was very competitive and snorted in a rather un-ladylike manner at the mention of the Hufflepuff team. "Hufflepuff? Please. We Lions are going to get the cup this year... easy." Smiling to take the edge off her words (she was actually very fond of the Hufflepuff team whose commitment and optimism she admired) she nudged Alastar. "Well, if you do have a free moment you should come over to mine and practice!"

She sat up a little straighter in excitement, the plan growing in her mind. "And Kristen could come! We could have our own little inter-house quidditch game over the summer!" Competitive or not, Esme couldn't let her friends sit around and not be able to fly over summer - the idea was unthinkable! She couldn't resist a little teasing though, "Of course, you Hufflepuffs need all the practice you can get!"