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RP: Study Break

Nov 25, 2006 19:51

Date: November 25th, 2004
Character(s): Lavender, Justin, anyone who would like to join
Location: River Road, the Five Alarm
Status: Public
Summary: Taking a break from her studying, Lavender heads towards the Five Alarm.
Completion: Complete

( There was only so much reading that she could do before her attention span dropped to about ten seconds. )

justin finch-fletchley, place: five alarm, november 2004, place: streets of shh, lavender brown

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shh_justin November 25 2006, 23:12:25 UTC

Justin had some time before the party with Ernie and the Hufflepuffs. He was a little hestitant about the whole thing, not sure if Susan would show up or not. All in all, he was quite apprehensive about seeing her again- a tiny part of him wanted to know how she was, to make sure she was okay, but she had really hurt him. And the pain in his leg had flared up earlier, but was now a dull throbbing along the shin. He hoped to walk it off, so there he was, once again wandering the streets of Stoatshead.

It kept raining, but never for very long, and not all that hard, so he had his hood pulled up over his head, figuring he could always charm himself dry later if he needed to. His eyes were on the ground when he moved to step over a puddle, brushing shoulders with another body. "Sorry," he said, pausing in his tracks. He looked down, an apologetic smile on his face.

shh_lavender November 25 2006, 23:19:56 UTC

Lavender laughed, looking up at the wizard who had bumped into her. "That's okay," she said with a smile. "I wasn't exactly looking where I was going."

She tucked her hair behind her ear, really not minding at all. All she could think as she looked up at him was that she seemed to be having very good luck recently when it came to running into handsome wizards. As shallow as that sounded, it really wasn't anything to complain about.

shh_justin November 25 2006, 23:25:04 UTC

Justin couldn't help the smile growing on his face and he nodded. "I'm Justin. Justin Finch-Fletchley," he said, offering his hand. She looked vaguely familiar- oh! "Lavender, isn't it?"

shh_lavender November 25 2006, 23:30:10 UTC

"Yes! Lavender Brown." Lavender grinned. "Of course! We were at Hogwarts together." She took his hand, shaking it. He'd been what? A Hufflepuff? Yes, that was right.

"Wow. Everyone really does seem to be moving to Stoatshead. I keep running into people from school all over the place!"

shh_justin November 25 2006, 23:33:46 UTC

"Yeah," he said, laughing a little. "Seems like every time I go out I find somebody else." One hand came up to rub at the back of his neck and he shifted his weight off his bad leg.

"So how are you today?" he asked, glancing up before his gaze returned to her. "It's kind of dreary for a walk, isn't it?"

shh_lavender November 25 2006, 23:39:59 UTC

"I'm well, thank you." Lavender nodded. her eyes flicked up to the sky and she had a feeling that it might start to rain again soon. "A little dreary," she agreed. "But I've been inside all morning and I was starting to go a little stir-crazy. I thought it would be a nice idea to get out of my flat for a bit."

She smiled, looking at Justin. "I'm obviously not the only one out for a walk, though."

shh_justin November 25 2006, 23:44:57 UTC

He returned the smile, a faint blush heating up his cheeks for reasons he wasn't even sure of. "I actually had a destination!" he protested, though only half-heartedly.

"Well, I thought I did. Now I'm not so sure." He shrugged.

shh_lavender November 25 2006, 23:52:56 UTC

Lavender giggled. "Well, if you're heading somewhere, then I feel a little guilty for holding you up. We could get rained on at any moment and here we are, talking about nothing."

She fiddled with her umbrella, wrinkling her nose. "I think I was headed to the Five Alarm."

shh_justin November 25 2006, 23:58:17 UTC

"No need to feel guilty. I'm not needed anywhere until tonight," he said, tugging on a bit of his hair before his hand fell away from his neck. "Um. Do you mind if I join you, then? I could probably use some tea or something, I think. Tea with a pretty girl beats getting rained on outside."

Then he realized what he said and his face flushed an even deeper red. "But I don't want to bother you. I mean. Er-" He shut his mouth before he said something stupid.

shh_lavender November 26 2006, 00:06:46 UTC

Lavender bit her lip, blushing at the compliment. The flush on his cheeks was adorable and the fact that he seemed to have said that by accident made it even sweeter. "Yeah. That would be nice. Some company would be good. I was thinking that a cup of tea would be very nice right about now."

She stepped around another puddle. "You're not bothering me, don't worry." She smiled. "Come on - we should probably go before it rains again."

shh_justin November 26 2006, 00:11:27 UTC

"Okay," he said, returning her smile with a shy one of his own, and turning so he was walking beside her. Inhale, exhale. He had no idea why he was acting like a twelve year old.

He stepped over a puddle. "So how long have you been in Stoatshead?"

shh_lavender November 26 2006, 00:19:37 UTC

"Oooh, a year?" Lavender shrugged. "I feel like a bit of a veteran now." She giggled. "I moved here a couple of months after the Muggles all left."

They crossed over the road to the Five Alarm and Lavender pushed open the door, greeted by the warmth emanating from the pub.

shh_justin November 26 2006, 00:26:08 UTC

Justin nodded, pulling her chair out for her once they found a table. "I didn't even know about this place until a couple of months ago," he said, moving to sit across from her. "I moved a lot- didn't stay in any one place for too long."

shh_lavender November 26 2006, 00:30:55 UTC

"Originally, I thought it might just end up being temporary until I pulled myself together or whatever, but then the hospital moved here and it just didn't make any sense to move somewhere else." She shrugged and then added, "I'm a mediwitch, by the way," as a clarification.

"Stoatshead Hill is a nice place. Whereabouts are you living?"

shh_justin November 26 2006, 00:35:41 UTC

"Over in River Place. I've got one of the flats in there- seems like everything's filling up fast." A girl came by to take their orders, and he smiled over at Lavender once the girl had left. "It is a nice place. Hopefully it'll be enough to keep me from wanting to up and leave again.."

shh_lavender November 26 2006, 00:39:58 UTC

"Ah. I've got a flat in Copper Towers on the other side of the river. I'm thinking about finding a house now that everything seems to be settling down, but I might leave that until after Christmas."

She looked at him curiously. "You said you've moved around a lot. Can I ask where? I mean, it's kind of interesting to find out what people were doing during the war." This made Lavender think of Ron for a moment, but then she remembered to focus on her present company and smiled at Justin.

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