RP: Walkabout

[shh_angelina]

Date: March 9, 2004
Character(s): Angelina Johnson, [Zaan James], Lee Jordan
Location: Streets of Stoatshead Hill
Status: Private
Summary: Angelina takes Zaan on a walking tour of Stoats and they bump into Lee.
Completion: Incomplete

Comments

[shh_lee]

As Lee was walking through Stoats, he thought over everything he needed to do over the weekend. He'd not owled McGonagall, or Remus Lupin yet, but he knew he wanted to help with the school. Even if he were to just donate funds for supplies or the restoration of the building, he wanted to help with anything he could.

He reached back with a hand and rubbed his neck as he walked, he needed to owl Cedric about looking over the scrolls and when to get that worked in his schedule. Hermione had said he could take a couple of days from the printing press to help Cedric at the library, so he wanted to get that taken care of as well. After thinking over a few other things, he lifted his head to see where he was. As he looked across the street, he heard laughing and turned to the sound. Seemed awfully familiarAnd in that moment, he spotted Angelina, smiling and talking with some bloke he didn't recognize. Watching them curiously, he had to wonder who he was. For those few moments, Lee was able to watch Angelina and her mysterious friend,

[shh_angelina]

Angelina turned to Zaan as they were heading back towards Angelina's shoppe and her flat. Just before they were about to turn the corner, she stopped, smiling brightly.

"Shall we go to the market? I think when you made us breakfast, you cleaned out all of my stock from the kitchen," she laughed. "I haven't been home much and have been so busy with work that I haven't really kept much to eat there... I've kept most food stuffs at the shop."

Zaan laughed heartily. "Sounds just like you."

Just as they were turning to head into the market, Angelina stopped dead in her tracks. She had almost, very literally, bumped into a very quiet Lee Jordan.

[shh_lee]

Lee hadn't realized how still he'd become, just watching Angelina with this bloke. Even more puzzling was that he couldn't really decipher what the reasons were behind his reaction, which was curious in his mind. Alright, so maybe he'd had a huge crush on Angelina in school, and they'd been going out before he'd had to go out of town but, nothing major had happened and, well, that was that.

He thought maybe he should head over and greet Angelina like it were any other day, but he didn't want to be rude. Or make things uncomfortable. He frowned at himself, and rubbed his neck because he felt awkward, and that was just wrong.

Before he was able to make a decision, different thoughts going through his mind and all, he hadn't realized Angelina and the man with her had gotten closer, and Angelina had very nearly just collided into him. Which was a relief, and not. He'd not have to decide how to approach them, seeing as Angelina was now smiling, perhaps a little unsure, but still had a sparkle in her eyes

[shh_angelina]

Before Angelina had time to feel awkward, Zaan, being his usual and friendly self, struck out his hand and introduced himself. "G'day, mate. Zaan James," he said confidently.

Oh, SHIT, SHIT, SHIT! thought Angelina when her brain finally caught up with her body. She still hadn't gotten the chance to talk to Zaan about Lee and now, here they were, standing both in front of her and she had no idea what to say.

"Nice town you've got here," said Zaan, continuing the conversation normally. "What is it that you do, mate?"

Angelina rubbed her hands together and waited for Lee to answer, trying not to look too guilty. She couldn't exactly explain why she even felt guilty, considering she wasn't going steady with either one of them and the issue hadn't even been brought up with Lee at all. And Zaan had practically showed up on her doorstep uninvited. Angelina's face burned with confusion and defiance. She listened in silence as the two men talked.