The Last Station

Owl sent to Theodore before the journal entry

Theodore,

Something went wrong with the Pepper-Up I got from you. When I should have felt a surge of energy to help me through the day, I fell fast asleep and didn't wake until the evening. Thankfully Shelley is old enough to be able to keep herself from giving me presents.

Nonetheless, I preferred to let you know personally and ask for an other because there is way too much work to be done at work for me to miss it again.

Sincerely
N. Longbottom.

My sore throat from last weekend went from being just a little irritating to a full blown Just-kill-me-already cold. I have missed two days of work so far and it looks like I won't be going in in the next two.

I took a Pepper-Up potion in the hopes of being able to make it through a day of starting seedlings, but just fell asleep in the middle of getting dressed and didn't wake until the evening.

At least the rest has been helpful, but I feel groggy and my brain's all funked up.

Who: Draco & Marcus
What: Lunch
When: Thursday mid-day-ish
Where: Hogwarts
Rating: Low (except maybe language?)
Status: On-going

Marcus arrived at the castle, a feeling of trepidation suddenly washing over him. This was definitely a place he had never planned to return to when he left - for a whole list of reasons - and, yet, here he was. As he made his way to Draco's office, assuming it was Snape's old one, he felt like a teenager again, and memories came back to him, some good and some he was glad to have left behind. He looked down at the bag he was carrying (he fetched a light lunch from The Three Broomsticks and a few chocolate cupcakes from Foxglove) and let out a sigh. He wasn't even entirely sure why he'd insisted on this. It was true that he felt bad that the two of them hadn't really talked much since he'd come back from Italy. It was also true that he was excited for Draco to be captaining a pick-up Quidditch team. He knew how much Draco enjoyed the sport, even if he'd pretended for a while now that he didn't necessarily mind not being able to play professionally. But he also knew how Draco could be and it was just as likely that he gesture might be ill-received as it would be seen as him simply trying to reconnect. But he knew that was part of being friends with Draco - he could often be a prat, but underneath all of that he was loyal, bold, and (at times) even caring (though he wasn't sure he'd say that to him directly).

Shaking his head, Marcus reached up and knocked on the door.

Pucey:

Because, unlike Zabini, I've the class to avoid a public scene, let me warn you now that if I hear you speak my name to Granger or encourage dramatics with Pans, you'll regret it.

D.M.

Who: Merrill, Roger, Julian, Alicia

What: A restaurant opening goes wrong

When: Thursday evening

Where: Amoreuses in Diagon Alley

Rating: Low

Status: Ongoing

Amoreuses was a fine dining establishment about to open its doors in Diagon Alley. To test the market they had sent out invitations to Diagon Alley residents as well as other known wizarding locations, Hogsmeade included, for a soft opening on Thursday night. A sampling menu was given out, including some specially charmed meals that were specific for couples in attendance.

One of these was a Chocolate Lover's Dessert, which was intended to intensify amorous emotions with one's partner. Unfortunately a disgruntled former partner of Amoreuses had snuck in the kitchen and sabotaged two of the desserts going out, so that two unsuspecting halves of a pair would find themselves enchanted with one another instead...

Who: Astoria and Jack
What: A flying motorcycle brings together two old 'friends'
When: Thursday, after lunch
Where: Outside Jack's building
Rating: SFW
Status: Ongoing

( Oh what is that sound that so thrills the ear? )