(H)In The Streets

[Lisa Turpin]

Lisa shyly led James down the streets of Hogsmeade, pulling his hand gently as she did. Looking back at him with a smile, she used her free hand to brush her hair away from her eyes. "I was thinking we could explore a bit," she said, stopping on the sidewalk and looking at an antique shop beside her.

[James McFinnigan]

"Yeah, sure, fine by me," he said, eyeing all the junk behind the window. "So, anywhere you would like to explore first?" Fin asked with a smile. "I don't really care where we go."

[Lisa Turpin]

Lisa grinned at the way Fin eyed the antique shop and turned toward him. "How about in there- Who knows what we'll be able to find!" She said excitedly, walking towards the shop and glancing back at Fin with amusement.

[James McFinnigan]

"Sweet, looks like fun!" he exclamed. "Hey Lisa, if you wanna get something too, that's fine. Like I said, I just got some extra cash from the fam," Fin said, reaching in his pocket, feeling the galleons inside. "Also, we can get something to eat later if ya' like."

[Lisa Turpin]

Lisa couldn't help but blush at his offer, and looked over at him brightly. "It's nice of you to offer... Like I said, I'm rather starving." She smiled and walked further down the sidewalk toward the shop entrance. Then pushing the doors open, she walked inside and waited for Fin to follow.

[James McFinnigan]

"Hey, wait up," he said laughing as Lisa made her way inside without him. "Soooo," he said as he entered, coming up behing Lisa. "What's the name of this place?" Fin looked at all the antiques that surrounded him. "Man, they sure do have a lot of stuff in here, don't they?"

[Lisa Turpin]

"Yeah, they do!" Lisa said, looking around, her eyes finding an interesting looking clock with knobs all over the place. "Hey look at this!" She said with a smile, reaching out a hand tentatively. As soon as her fingers brushed across one of the clock-hands, it made an odd noise, and she withdrew her hand quickly. Then, turning to Fin, her eyes cautious yet curious, she made a small face, "Er- If we do decide to get anything, lets make sure it's not that." She gestured over at the clock with an amused twinkle in her eye.

[James McFinnigan]

Fin smiled broadly. "Sre you kidding me?! That thing rules! Hell, I think I'm gonna buy it, I just adore the abstract," he said, eyeing the strange clock. "Yeah, when we're leaving here, if you would be so kind as to remind me to get that, I would be eternally greatful, and would be glad to return the favour someday," he said smiling broadly.

[Lisa Turpin]

Lisa looked from Fin to the clock and couldn't help but let out a small laugh, her eyes shining. Then, her laugh fading into a shy smile, she clasped her hands with his and pulled on it gently, leading them to the array of strange objects.

"Hm, but how do you plan on returning that favour?" she asked teasingly, stopping in front of and old, cream-coloured lamp. "This is rather pretty, don't you think?" She said, untangling their fingers and playing with it delicately.

[James McFinnigan]

"Oh, I'm sure I'll be able to think of something," he said teasingly, as Lisa held his hand. As they walked further into the large amount of novel items in the shop, she stopped to look at a nice lamp. "Yeah, it seems pretty cool I suppose," he replied.

[Lisa Turpin]

Lisa smiled, finally looking away from the lamp and turning back to Fin. Glancing at him timidly, she bit her lip to stop from grinning, and cleared her throat. "Right well-" she began walking, a slight blush on her cheeks, "Is there anything that catches your attention?"

[James McFinnigan]

Fin shook his head. "Nah, not really." After some more walking through the shop, a small rumble cought his attention. Turns out, it was his stomach. "Hehe, guess it's time to eat," he said with a small laugh.

[Lisa Turpin]

Lisa looked up from the bookshelf she was gazing at intently, and smiled at Fin, her fingers trailing across the dusty spines of the neatly stacked books. "Oh, right... That's why we came here in the first place," she said, taking one last glance at the shop. It really was beautiful, although dusty.

Turning back to the bookshelf, she pulled one out and stared at the illustration of a unicorn on the front, before smiling. "I think I've chosen something," she said, digging in her robes for her spare change, "how about you? Still planning on getting that clock? We can leave after we pay."

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco strode through the antique shop, looking around with distaste. It was horribly cold outside so he had decided to drop inside to warm up. Scowling as he rubbed his numb hands together, his eyes caught sight of McFinnigan and Turpin strolling around the shop looking absolutely smitten.

Well isn't this just my lucky day, Draco thought with a smirk, walking up to the couple purposefully. He walked up behind the Hufflepuff and sneakily pulled the book from her hands, lifting it up and choking back laughter.

"Is that a unicorn on the cover, Turpin?" He said with a smirk, blowing off some dust from the picture on the front. "Oh it is! You're a bit too old for this, don't you think?" He said, flipping it open and glancing at McFinnigan whose temper started to flare as always.

His smirk grew.

"Oh, a fairy tale is it?" He continued, turning toward them fully and clearing his throat. "Once upon a time..." He looked at Turpin, "There was a little girl named Lisa who fell in love with a darling prince named James. Though, hardly as good looking as that Draco fellow that lived down the street..." His eyes lifted from the page and he watched the two as he waited for their reactions.

This ought to be good.

[Helia Ollivander]

Halo had been in the shop looking for supplies for her upcoming... experiment. She heard Dracos fairytale and rolled her eyes. She grabbed a book she'd seen earlier and then emerged from her orginal hiding place, "Draco, I think this is the book you're looking for, 'A Collection of Pureblood Auto-Biographies'. You'd be surprised how many Malfoys you'll find. This book, however," she snatched the unicorn book out of his hands, "...is actually a french novel about a young prince who has to tame a unicorn to inherit his fathers throne."
She handed the book back to Lisa, "Don't worry, it has enchanted subtitles that translate the book as you go." she smiled.