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[shh_justin]

 Date: 11 July 2005
Character(s): Justin Finch-Fletchley, Eloise Midgen
Location: Just Desserts
Status: Private
Summary: Justin jogs past an opportunity disguised as a dessert shop.
Completion: Incomplete

Justin was heading back home after jogging all the way up to the observatory.  It was his favorite jogging route, to head up to the top of

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[shh_eloise]

It had been a pretty quiet day. Eloise had taken the free time to experiment with toffee, but the flavors didn't suit her yet. There were several batches of various things now on the back counter, none of which demanded she add it to the shop's inventory. Toffee probably wasn't the best substance for experimenting, she finally decided. Perhaps she'd play with coconut, cream, and chocolate.

The sound of the door opening caught her attention. She glanced up and smiled when she saw someone enter. "Good afternoon," she said, walking out from behind the counter. "Are you looking for anything specific or just browsing?"

[shh_justin]

Justin jumped, surprised by the woman who had just emerged from the counter. The counter that was right in front of him and he hadn't noticed. It was just that the entire shop smelled so nice and everything looked so good...

"Oh, uh, hi. I mean, hello!" Justin said quickly. "I saw the flyer in the window and, uh, my name is - Eloise Midgen?"

His eyes widened in awe. He remembered her from Hogwarts, but it had taken a while for her face to register in his brain, since it seemed that she had completely lost her infamous acne problem. Underneath all those puberty pustules, it seemed that Eloise was quite pretty indeed.

"I mean, I'm not - you're - um..." He shut up for a second and then started over. "

Hi, I'm Justin Finch-Fletchley," Justin offered out an awkward hand. "We went to school together. Hufflepuff? Wow, I barely recognized you. You're looking...well!"

[shh_eloise]

When he said her name in that 'I know you' tone, she looked at him more closely. Familiar face and the right age for Hogwarts around the same time as her, which meant they'd obviously been at school together.

"Oh, Justin. Right," she said, taking his hand and shaking it. "Sorry, I recognize faces but names tend to escape me most often."

She laughed. "Well? Yes, I've managed to get rid of my spots without altering my love of chocolate, fortunately. You look to be in relatively good health, too."

[shh_justin]

"Yeah, yeah. I'm the opposite actually," Justin said. "I remember everyone's names, but tend to lose faces. Especially if I meet someone I haven't seen in years."

Justin felt his ears color up just a little bit when she mentioned getting rid of her spots. He hadn't wanted to bring that up on purpose.

"I'm fine, yeah," he nodded, hastily changing the subject. "I got here about a week ago so I'm still working on settling in and all that. Speaking of which, um, I was walking past and saw that sign in your window. This is a really nice place..."