Calvin Higgs (zaltys) wrote in afreshrpg, @ 2012-05-13 18:45:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, retired: daphne greengrass, retired: theodore nott, time: 1998-05 |
WHO: Daphne and Theo
WHEN: Sunday night.
WHERE: Astronomy tower.
WHAT: Theo surprises Daphne with a birthday dinner.
RATING: PG, probably.
STATUS: Complete.
Theodore had been planning the birthday dinner for Daphne for around a month - since they got back from their Easter holidays in early April. He’d gotten Tracey in on the planning process and she’d been a big help to him over the past couple of weeks and had helped him put finishing touches on everything over the last few days. When he parted ways with Daphne before dinner, he went back to the boys’ dorms and took a quick shower, then got dressed for the evening.
After grabbing Daphne’s present, he snuck back out to the common room, peeking around the corner to make sure Daphne and the girls had already gone to their dorm room. He was relieved to see that the girls had been true to their word - Daphne was nowhere in sight. Theo hurried out of the Slytherin dungeons then and headed for the Astronomy tower as he had a lot to do and a little under an hour and a half to put it all together.
He had talked to the House Elves in the kitchen a few days prior and had told them what he’d like to do for the dinner, they had graciously agreed to cook the meal for him and to bring a small table, a couple of chairs, and the various other bits of decoration that he’d need. Theo had already thanked them all profusely for their help the night that he’d gone to speak with them, but planned on doing so again when they showed up again that night.
When he got to the Astronomy tower, he didn’t have to wait long for the elves to show up, dropping off everything he’d need to get started setting up. They assured him they would be back shortly before Daphne was set to get there with the dinner they’d already started cooking. Theo got to work on setting things up on the top-most level of the tower, where they usually had their lessons, placing the small table near one of the gaps of the crenellated ramparts - where they would have a view of the grounds and the lake from where they sat. He started lighting lanterns that they had brought him then magicked them to float around the tower. He set the table, then went to place candles on each of the steps of the steep spiral staircase that led from the top of the tower all the way down to the castle below.
By the time he’d finished setting everything up, he realized that Daphne would already be on her way - Tracey had an envelope from Theo to give to Daphne, telling her where she was supposed to meet up with him that night. He hurried back up to the top of the tower to see that the House Elves had been back with the food they had cooked for the pair. Salad, bruschetta, chicken marsala, and chocolate covered strawberries had been placed on the table (the bruschetta and the chicken marsala were on charmed warming plates). Everything was perfect, so he turned around and faced the door that led out onto the tower from the staircase, waiting for it to open.