RP: A chilly walk

[rar_alicia]

Date: January 13, 1999
Characters: Alicia Spinnet, Hannah Abbott
Location: Hogsmeade
Status: Private
Summary: Alicia takes a walk home and runs into Hannah.
Completion: Complete

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[rar_alicia]

"I just meant you talking about it in general," she pointed out. "Now I might have to get dessert, too. I only have some leftover biscuits from Wayne at the flat. Maybe I should just stop at the bakery, actually-" she said, gesturing with her hands and then stopping when she realized she was babbling.

"You can be nosy if you want," Alicia said, and then without waiting for her to ask specific questions, because that could take a while, she just shook her head slightly. "I'm dating my best friend from school. It's just confusing sometimes, although the good parts generally outweigh the confusion, and the confusion is mostly my fault. Have I confused you yet?" she asked, smiling slightly. She laughed at Hannah's comment about George and Lee

[rar_hannah]

Hannah grinned from ear to the other as she watched Alicia getting more and more excited. "What about hot berries and vanilla ice cream? Some 'healthy' fruit for dessert?"

She listened carefully. "No, you haven't. Of course, I have no experience to speak of, but I think it is normal to be confused when something huge like that changes. I mean, I would be."

"I guess." Hannah smiled. "It sounds like you talk about the kids in the ward. Well, minus the sending off, I guess. You don't know what a pain it is to keep a six year old with a broken leg in his bed. And for smartness... we had that little girl in, four or five, and she could read. She said her older brother taught her and then she started reading by herself. Granted, it took her the whole stay but she read all the picture books with the little captures. And for the big words, she asked the boy whose bed was left to hers. It was so cute." Hannah told her tale with enthusiasm.

[rar_alicia]

"What is this? Are you telling me I need to eat healthier?" Alicia laughed. "That does sound pretty tasty, though."

"Thanks. I think so too," she said, feeling a bit better about it. "And I feel like I'm telling everyone about it. I am, I guess," she laughed. "I'm just so bad at relationships. It's the first real one for me- like, ever."

She listened to Hannah with enthusiasm, grinning and understanding just how she felt. "That does sound awesome. What a smart girl."

[rar_hannah]

"Well, I never!" Hannah laughed. "It is the hot berries with the cold ice cream melting underneath. Hmmmm.... yummy. And easy to make yourself."

"Nothing wrong with telling, I guess. Except I think he should know, so he won't be embarrassed when someone is mentioning it to him." Hannah said. "It is trail and error, I think." She looked at Alicia in surprise. "The first? I thought you and ... one of the Weasley twins..." She blushed and bit her lip. "Oh, forget what I said."

"Really, and she was so good with words. We were very glad when she could go home." Hannah said.

[rar_alicia]

Alicia nodded. "Oh, he knows. I like to think I'm pretty honest with him. I have to be, really, since he's one of my closest friends. I can't screw that up. Well, I can, but I really really don't want to."

She laughed then, hard. "No! Oh god, no. That might be Ang you're thinking of- she went to the Yule Ball with Fred, I believe. The Weasley boys are like irritating older brothers to me. Love them all, though. Even Percy sometimes." She shook her head slightly at that. "Okay, rarely Percy. But still."

"I'm glad she could, too. Maybe she'll be the next brightest witch at Hogwarts."

[rar_hannah]

"I am sure you two won't." Hannah said.

"Oh! Okay. Sorry, I brought it up. You know old school gossip and all." Hannah blushed some more. "Sorry I asked."

"Maybe not the next Hermione Granger." Hannah smiled. "She likes her pink dresses too much for that."