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Tristan Joseph Moore (not_an_orphan) wrote in beyondthepages,
@ 2010-03-27 02:06:00

Entry tags:

!complete, 2023 08, aries greengrass, hugo weasley, landon farnsworth, libra malfoy, meghan dursley, tristan moore

RP: School Shopping
Characters: Hugo, Lan, Tris, Meghan, Aries, Libra
Time/Date: Saturday, late morning
Location: Diagon Alley, various shops
Warnings/Rating: Kids being kids?
Summary: Tris and the others school-shop
Status: Complete

Tristan extended a hand to help Meghan out of the fireplace like the gentleman he was. Once it looked like everyone was present and set to go, he grinned, waggled his eyebrows, and started toward the exit.

Given that this was the last weekend before school started, it would be crowded as anything, and he wasn't disappointed when he stepped out into the Alley proper. Crowds upon crowds of people. Blue eyes shot toward Lan, and despite knowing that Rose wasn't around, the younger wizard still appeared to be looking for her.

Tris' grin broadened as he leaned over to nudge Lan. "She's not here, mate," he advised.

Lan jumped a little when Tris nudged him, and he shrugged. "I know," he said, knowing full well Tris probably heard the edge of defensiveness to his voice.

Slinging an arm around Lan's shoulders, and then around Hugo's, Tristan exhaled loudly. "Right then. How do we want to do this, and where are we headed first?"

"Books," Meghan chimed in helpfully. She was a little disappointed Lily hadn't come along, but she supposed if she had a guy as cute as Lily claimed Sirius was in the house, she might not be inclined to go on a second shopping trip. "For classes," she added before Tristan could make some quip about badgers not reading for fun, or whatever his flavor of the day was.

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not_an_orphan
2010-03-28 09:45 pm UTC (link)

"I dunno ... Lan can be very picky and kind of girly about his quills," Tris teased. "And if there are colors, it'll take him twice as long."

He shook his head to the question. "Suppose not. Nothing I really need," he offered. A few things he wanted, sure, but nothing he needed. He'd had a decent haul for his birthday.

"Right, so off to be responsible then? Hardly any fun you are."

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exploding_snap
2010-03-28 10:55 pm UTC (link)

"We might beat them, then," he allowed with a grin, especially since he thought that store might be busier than this one since just about every student would need quills and parchment, but the Quidditch population was smaller.

"I'll have you know I'm loads of fun, but I will admit to not really being the mastermind. I usually just get swept up in mischief," he shrugged teasingly, nudging Tristan lightly with his elbow before starting out of the store.

Whether they were responsible or not, he assumed they were on their way out.

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not_an_orphan
2010-03-28 11:05 pm UTC (link)

"What're you going to do now that the head mastermind is gone? Is LilyLu taking over for him?" He grinned. "She planning on doing a lot of mischief sweeping now that there's something fun and exciting going on?"

With a last glance to the brooms, he followed Hugo out. He ran one hand almost absently down Hugo's back before repocketing his hand and falling into step beside him. Really, he knew he shouldn't play. Hugo was kind of on the young side, probably impressionable, and Tris really didn't want to start anything unless they were both sure.

"Books. Books. Books are in the ... Menagerie, right?"

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exploding_snap
2010-03-28 11:21 pm UTC (link)

Hugo felt his stomach do an interesting flip when Tristan touched his back like that. It was silly, he knew, and he tried to continue his plan of playing it cool. Anyway, it wasn't as if they could start snogging in the middle of Diagon.

Quirking a grin at the older boy once they were outside, "I thought they were in the post office?" He offered helpfully, "But yeah, Lily is definitely taking up the mantle. I think maybe she was made a prefect just to try to keep her on the right side of the law."

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not_an_orphan
2010-03-28 11:31 pm UTC (link)

"Post office. Makes sense," he agreed with a nod even as he started down toward the bookstore. Which was probably going to be horrifically crowded.

"Prefect, huh? Pretty sure they do that to the real trouble makers to try to guilt them into behaving." He grinned. "Send her my congratulations," he added with a soft laugh. "Now I know at least one person I'll need to dodge this term."

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exploding_snap
2010-03-29 03:45 am UTC (link)

"Do you know what books Landon needs? Maybe we could get theirs while we're there." Since Meghan was getting him quills, it only seemed fair. Although quills were a lot lighter than books so perhaps he was being a little ambitious.

Walking alongside Tristan, he laughed quietly and pulled a mildly sheepish face. "Ah, you might have to start dodging me then. I made prefect also."

He wasn't exactly sure what the Headmaster had been thinking, making him and Lily prefects, but it would be interesting, that was for sure.

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not_an_orphan
2010-03-29 04:17 am UTC (link)

"Yeah. But he's mostly using my old set. Lucky him, having an older friend who takes the same classes," Tris teased.

He laughed softly when Hugo admitted to making prefect. "Bit hard to snog a bloke I'm dodging, isn't it?" he offered, brows arching. "But congratulations all the same. Guess I'll have to corrupt some other youths since I can't well go about getting a prefect in trouble, right?"

Glancing over to the younger wizard, he grinned and wondered if he should scale back the joking some. Not that he'd mind fooling around, but ... well, he should tread carefully with the younger pups, right?

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exploding_snap
2010-03-29 05:02 am UTC (link)

"Did he give you a list of preapproved classes to take?" Hugo asked teasingly, but that was pretty convenient. He thought he'd snag Meg's for her though and pretend he was something of a gentleman.

His stomach did another one of those not at all unpleasant flips when Tristan mentioned snogging and a half grin touched his lips. "Well, you could look at it that way.. or it could be easier for me to sneak around, being a prefect and all," he pointed out.

For the most part, he was kidding since he still hadn't even worked out if he thought Tristan was serious or not. But it was fun to pretend either way.

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not_an_orphan
2010-03-29 05:22 am UTC (link)

"Nah. We just happened to have similar tastes in educational desires," Tristan offered, lightly nudging Hugo's side.

"Right. Might be easier for you to sneak around, but I'm still one of the ones the professors keep an eye on," he pointed out. Which he didn't think was true, strictly speaking. He was a prankster, sure, but he wasn't really bad.

He did wonder a little if Hugo was teasing. Seemed that way though, so he was content enough to just play along like they were screwing around. If it turned into something else later, that'd be good. And if it didn't, that'd be good too.

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exploding_snap
2010-03-29 09:44 pm UTC (link)

"Well, I can't help you there," he admitted with a soft laugh, "unless they ask us our opinion of students. I'll put in a good word for you. Swear you've changed your fun loving ways. That'll fool them, I'm sure."

He didn't really know how to make a transition from teasing each other about snogging to being serious about it, but again decided that was probably okay. He also wondered if it was different with blokes; how were you supposed to know who was supposed to make the first move?

When they reached the bookshop, he managed not to get run over by a handful of younger kids on their way out before holding the door open for Tris.

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not_an_orphan
2010-03-29 09:53 pm UTC (link)

"Appreciate the offer, but I know better than that," Tris murmured as he stepped into the shop.

He glanced around, nodding to a few of his teammates when he caught sight of them.

With a grand flourish, he pulled out his book list. "You think they'd have some sort of organization in here. The school should send the lists to the store, who should get the books ready for us ..."

He grinned. "Dunno why they haven't thought that up yet."

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exploding_snap
2010-03-29 09:59 pm UTC (link)

"I think they have something against common sense," Hugo decided, fumbling in his pocket for a moment and twice he pulled out the wrong crumbled piece of paper before finding the right one.

"Or they feel this is some sort of right of passage," he mused, glancing dubiously around the store for a moment before returning his gaze to the older boy.

"Meet you out front in a few?" He didn't imagine their books would be anywhere near each other. "Unless you need an escort," he added playfully.

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	not_an_orphan 2010-03-29 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Sound plan," he agreed with a soft laugh before he pointed. "I'll be over in the big boy books if you get done early," he teased with a wink before squeezing Hugo's shoulder. He probably really should attempt the "serious talk" thing before he really confused the boy with his potentially mixed signals. He just didn't know where to go with said talk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

exploding_snap
2010-03-30 01:48 am UTC (link)

"I guess you can find me in the kid's section then," he replied with a grin, shaking his head lightly. He liked all the little touches, but still wasn't sure what to make of them and he reminded himself once more that he was just going with the flow and not trying to analyze everything.

That was actually sort of easy 'cause he had no idea what any of it meant.

He lifted his hand in a wave before starting off to buy his books and get Meg's while he was at it.

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