"Sensu Alley, yeah, that'd work for the escorts at least,"she retorted good naturedly.
"Can't say I didn't warn him," she muttered to herself, still giving Julian a dark look. "Naked day at Dora's," she repeated dryly, glancing up sidewise at Tristan before rolling her eyes at Julian's silliness.
She ducked her head away from Julian's hand, pretending to bite at it. "He's a former Hufflepuff, and he's very nice. And no you're not allowed to seduce him away, Jules, you naughty lad. He's very.. comfortable to be around, but not boring." She shrugged. She didn't know how to describe the butterflies and that he made her smile and feel almost normal, because she didn't know if either of them knew how off she could really be. Or that she hadn't had a proper real relationship since before the war.
She tucked her feet under her in the chair, automativ short person habit, but not before scooting it closer to Tristan. She couldn't help it. It had been so long. Too damn long. "You don't have to take yourself off anywhere. You'll never be unwelcome in my home." She said it stoutly and firmly. Even if her home were a tiny one room flat, he'd always be welcome. She took a moment to order her strange usual - dark cherry chocolate espresso with a few mint sprinkles.
While Julian ordered, she turned toward Tristan, pullinh a knee to her chest to do so. It made her appear a little smaller and younger. She tilted her head, catching his gaze firmly. "Tris." Her head tilted a little more, invitingly, and she left the intense memory of him coming out to them at the top of her mind, if he wanted to see it. "Love you, you know. Missed you terribly." She said it all softly, but she felt he should know. She'd not had anyone to tell her thst when she'd gotten out, and it was somehow very important to her that he be told, just as it had been terribly important to meet him, when no one had initially met her til Filius had appeared.