Dinner

[greeneyedjoy]

*She talks a lot...* He thought serenely to himself.
"Nah, go ahead," he finally said, once she was already digging into the chicken. "Where've you been?"

[ekswim517]

"Oh you know... around, busy with classes and quidditch. As usual. How bout you, haven't seen you around."

Emily was done with that chicken leg in less than 10 seconds and was now onto the mashed potatos.

[greeneyedjoy]

"I guess I've just been taking it easy. I've pretty much got all my classes under control, so I've been spending hours outside drawing and writing poetry..." he trailed off. He tended to just trail off a lot. "I dunno," he finished.
He was leaning back in his chair, staring around at the first year Hufflepuffs. *They're so cute!* he thought.

[ekswim517]

"You know these mashed potatos are really really good!" she said shoving another spoon full in. "I haven't eaten since this morning!"

They need some gravy

"Takin' it easy huh? Oh I wish I could... but you know how fifth year is. So what do you think so far, everything that's been going on around here?" she bit a chunk off the corn on the cob in front of her.

[greeneyedjoy]

"Yeah, the potatoes really were good tonight. They needed gravy though. I hate dry mashed potatoes. What type of things going on are you talking about?" Veritas also had tendencies to be completely oblivious to his surroundings.

[ekswim517]

"Totally agree with you about the gravy! Ha, it's like you read my mind."

Her speach turned into a whisper.

"You know... with the school re-opening and all this year. Well kinda this year. Well anyways, and about Voldemort" Emily had always been more bold as one might put it.

MMMmmm ice cream! I have to chow down on that stuff

[greeneyedjoy]

Veritas wasn't one to shudder, so he just shrugged off the effects of hearing that name. He continued to stare at the first years as he spoke, "I just can't wait to graduate and start doing something to stop it all. There'll be a lot of work for all of us once we're able to do something about it."
He looked back at Emily and smiled. "And besides," he went on, "at least he'd never come anywhere near here. They say we're safe for the time being, and I believe them. I have uncles who work for the ministry, and they're hard at work to keep protection around the school as well."

[ekswim517]

:Yes... but as you said... for the time being. WHo knows about the future."

Emily poured on the choclate syrup and sprinkles and cramel until she was sure she would have a major sugar high.

"I wish I didn't have to stay here for 2 more years, you're so lucky to be graduating! But who knows, I might have to stay here even longer than two years. Ms. Schwimmer has asked me to be a teacher here after I graduate."

She looked to the the ceiling. Very pretty evening

"I don't know, it all seems too far away and much too scary." she took another bite of her sugar infested ice cream.

[greeneyedjoy]

"Yeah, scary," he nodded, now staring at his plate with his hands in his lap, thinking about the recent news in the Prophet. His parents were fine, indeed his entire family had thus far evaded trouble, but how long would it last?
He started to feel the silence draw on... "Do you always eat that much sugar after supper?"

[ekswim517]

"Well... hmm" she pondered that thought for a moment "I suppose I don't! But I guess once you haven't eaten since morning, and you just got out of quidditch practice and you have a truck full of homework to do, I guess desperate times call for desperate measures huh?"

[greeneyedjoy]

"I suppose so. How's the Hufflepuff team looking this year? Do we have a shot at beating Slytherin?"

[ekswim517]

"Oh well I guess we are ok, not many players this year. We'll manage though."

I hope

"To whom are you staring at?" she laughed noticing he kept drifting away almost completly.

[greeneyedjoy]

"No one in particular. I guess I'm just ready to leave. Are you done eating? I could wait for you, if you like," he added with a smile, scooping up his goblet to drain the last of his pomegranate juice.

[ekswim517]

"Well I probably should stop eh? Coach might not be pleased." she grinned.

"Where you headed to?"

[greeneyedjoy]

He put his goblet down and reached for his bag. "I dunno... I figured I'd just walk around for a while. Maybe along the sixth floor corridor? There're always some interesting things to be seen there. Care to join me?"

((I'm gonna go ahead and post there... and then I think I'm going to sleep! It's getting late here.))