Who: Caroline Spungen and Lucy Weasley
What: Caroline is meeting Lucy after she missed their plan to go to the Yule Ball “stag” but together.
When: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2023. 12pm.
Where: Diagon Alley, Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour
Rating: Pg
Caroline had wrestled with the idea of whether she would actually meet Lucy or not. Despite having said she would before she left school, Lucy had second thoughts piled on second thoughts.
When Lucy had come to sleep over, it seemed like she was interested in Caroline. However, she hadn’t given Caroline much of a reason to think she was interested after that.
Caroline wanted not to be interested, it was much safer, but she was no matter how she tried to deny it. As she sat at home, she realized that she was tired of being lonely. That was why she’d been crushing so hard on people this year.
But, did that mean that she should risk…well, everything? Maybe she should find a Muggle girl and be sure to hide everything away?
Eventually, she decided to meet Lucy and see how things went. If she got the brush off again, she would be done with her. It wasn’t that she was angry, she was hurt by the idea that Lucy might not be interested and refused to be one of those girls who begged for someone’s attention.
Nervously, and anxiously, Caroline stood in front of the ice cream parlour a bit pigeon toed. She wore a black wool coat that was long and elegant. Her hair was down and blew lightly in the cold breeze. Charcoal slacks and a matching green angora sweater completed her outfit with a pair of black leather boots.
Chewing her bottom lip, she looked around for Lucy hoping that she wasn’t about to be stood up again…