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audrey (bidabble) wrote in irreparable,
@ 2010-04-12 09:16:00

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audrey, eleanor branstone, oliver wood, summerby, terry boot

Who: EVERYONE! :) Feel free to make new subthreads and play and stuff. ^^ The Bakery/Cafe is yours today!
When: All day Monday
Where: Baxter bakery
What: Grand Opening!!

Audrey had her hands full. Her delivery girls (three of them in total, all recent Hogwarts grads) had gone through a brief training as to how to deal with customers, stock the pastry case and drink fridge, and use the espresso machine. Audrey was on the register. It was an incredibly busy morning, but they were getting to customers as quickly as they could--and when people had to stand and wait, one of the girls brought out a tray of cut up cookies for samples.

Business was booming--which was what she'd hoped for today. A lot of people brought in their coupons for free cookies, and a lot of people didn't. Nearly everyone picked up a cup of tea or a cup of coffee with their purchase, upping the sales and revenue. Audrey was insanely glad she'd put in the espresso machine, because it nearly doubled her earnings. Things were going swimmingly. And all of the friends that came into the shop made it even more wonderful.

Audrey broke into a grin when another familiar face came to the front of the line.

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terryfied
2010-04-12 05:55 pm UTC (link)

Buying sweets for his friends didn't in any way make up for not being there to help during the quintaped attack, but it made Terry feel a little less useless about it all. Being out of the action had been hard on him; he worked best when there was something to work on on or gear towards, and simply sitting around trying to regain his strength had been - was still - boring and frustrating.

Now that he was no longer on his potions and could climb the stairs to his flat without feeling as if he needed to fall over, he was taking advantage of it.

"H'lo," he said, flashing Audrey a quick smile. "A slice of chocolate cake, and...er...what do you have here that's flavourful and requires teeth to eat it?"

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bidabble
2010-04-12 06:39 pm UTC (link)

"Flavourful and requires teeth?" Audrey asked, the grin on her face spreading quite a bit at the question. It sounded pretty random, but she was used to getting odd questions here and there while she worked behind the counter.

"Well, if you're looking for savory, I've got these ham and cheese rolls, or hot dog pretzels that seem pretty popular... on the sweeter side, a cheese and raspberry pastry might do the trick. Or perhaps just a cheese swirl?" Audrey suggested, pointing toward the items in the case as she spoke. One of her employees gently slid the to-go box with the slice of chocolate cake inside across the counter to them.

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	terryfied 2010-04-12 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Wow. Yeah." Terry's eyebrows rose as he eyed the items she pointed out, and his stomach reminded him that it had been several hours since breakfast. Might as well get something for himself while he was here. "Um, how about the cheese and raspberry pastry and the ham and cheese roll in one box, and another roll and a pretzel in another box? Cake on its own." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bidabble
2010-04-12 08:57 pm UTC (link)

Audrey beamed when she saw the look on his face. It was wonderful. She loved it when people were as excited as she was about her wares. "Absolutely, no problem." Audrey said, giving him a little grin. She motioned for her shop girl to package up the few more pastries for him into boxes, and she grabbed a bag for it all.

"Very hungry, or are you delivering goods?" She asked gently, making conversation. There was a line, but people seemed to be enjoying the free sample cookies and talking amongst themselves.

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terryfied
2010-04-12 09:33 pm UTC (link)

Normally Terry wouldn't have taken longer in a line than necessary (he, too, understood the frustration of being stuck behind really slow people), but given that the woman who was selling him some really delicious pastries was conversing with him and no one behind him seemed to mind, he figured it would be rude to just walk away.

"Both, though most of these are going to my friends," he said ruefully. His friendly smile faded into something grimmer. "Quintaped."

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bidabble
2010-04-12 09:44 pm UTC (link)

Audrey's grin faded a little, too, at the mention of the attack. It'd been a very dark day in Diagon Alley. She was lucky that she was at home in bed when it happened. Her schedule was backward from a lot of other people's since she was up between 2 and 3 AM to start baking. Anyway, she gave a gentle nod when he mentioned his friends, reaching for a handful of wrapped cookies. She tossed them in the bag as well. "Please, send them my best wishes. My boyfriend George was caught in the attack..." Well, more like went running into the attack, bless his heart. "I hope your friends are recovering well."

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terryfied
2010-04-12 10:28 pm UTC (link)

Terry thought of Anthony and his missing hand, and Hermione with her unstated injuries, but he smiled sombrely and nodded. They would be all right - they were going to make it all right. He had every faith in them to get through this one way or another. He just hoped he'd be around to help.

Audrey's sympathy was touching, though. He'd already made up his mind to return to the bakery after getting a good look and whiff at the pastries here, but her kind words only cemented that resolve.

"Thanks," he told her. "I will. And best wishes for your boyfriend too, yeah?" He offered her his hand. "Terry Boot."