RP: How to spend an evening
Who: Dale Smith & Patrick Pucey Where: Patrick's flat, South Kensington When: Evening, November 22nd Rating/Warnings: None so far Summary: Dale decides to go and visit Patrick before he can leave for Eros.
Dale had been surprised to see Dylan at the house earlier but it had been nice to see the house with more people in it. It was a very large house and with just him, Ben and Albus there, it often felt empty. Especially as Ben and Ronan were such a close couple; whilst they never made him feel unwelcome, it almost felt like he was intruding on something private if they were in the kitchen or the living room and he found himself avoiding the communal areas when they were around. Ben was his best friend and Ronan had been a good friend to him and it was for that reason that he didn't begrudge it or feel abandoned. Dale was just happy they'd both found each other and happiness as sappy as it sounded. However, he knew the same just wasn't for him and would never be.
At about six pm he had tried to decide on some evening plans and had thought of Eros before dismissing it. He wanted conversation with somebody he knew, not mindless flirting with somebody he never planned on seeing again. He didn't need to think hard to know who to visit; Patrick immediately sprung to mind and Dale knew that this early he would be at home and not at Eros. Perhaps he'd even be able to get a decent dinner instead of the cereal he planned on eating.
Apparating to just outside Patrick's door, he knocked on the heavy wood. Dale knew that Patrick never expected anybody at the front door and he always found it amusing to see the half-annoyed look on the other man's face when he answered it.