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The Greenhouses
Topic Started: Jul 17 2009, 07:18 AM (1,160 Views)
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((After deciding what to do about her letter: http://s1.zetaboards.com/MayhemAndMagic/topic/1966196/1/?x=50))

Frank was quite nervous as he hurried down towards the Greenhouses. The idea of meeting Alice was quite exciting, and the threats of bodily harm from James and Sirius gave him an excuse in case things went badly. Which, of course, was ridiculous! They would go over Herbology, and study the subtle differences between assorted fungi. They would maybe talk a bit, ask each other about their respective summers, and laugh. If she was there, that is.

As he entered the Greenhouses, he caught his own reflection. He really had hoped to get rid of the eyebrow trouble by now, but he simply hadn't the time! Oh well. This was a simple study meeting after all. Just like the ones he had with the younger students to go over Ancient Runes or whatever.

He peeked into the first Greenhouse, but she didn't seem to be there. His pulse quickened. What if she's not here? What if someone sees me looking about in the Greenhouses, and tells her about it?! Frank attempted to calm himself as he went to the second Greenhouse.
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Peter Pettigrew, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alice Lewis, Fabian Prewett, Camille Jacq, Andromeda Tonks
Alice was in the back of the second greenhouse, half-concealed by a great shrub, briskly adding fertiliser to a host of Fanged Geraniums she was repotting. Her wavy brown hair was tied back in a messy ponytail, and her hands and face were smudged with dirt, trailing all the way up her bare, freckled arms to the rolled-up sleeves of her robes.

She'd contemplated making herself look nice or at least vaguely presentable for Frank, but dressing up would give the wrong impression and anyway, after five seconds in the greenhouse, Alice Lewis was always covered in mud. As if solely to prove her point, she'd fallen into a cabinet on entering and overturned a pot if fine, sandy soil over her boots. Lovely. Still, those who knew her well enough would notice she was wearing a tad more makeup than usual, which was to say, she was wearing makeup.

She was no longer at all confident, and was beginning to wish she'd never invited him. What would she do if she got tongue-tied again? Talk about Herbology. You can talk about Herbology. That's all you need to do. What if he didn't come? Then try again. What if he did? Good for you. Did she still have time to run? Gryffindors don't run.

Not even from this.
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Frank peeked into the second greenhouse, but didn't see her there either. He then went to the third greenhouse, but she definitely wasn't there! Feeling defeated, he started back up towards the castle. He stopped suddenly when he saw some movement in the second greenhouse. Now, movement in the greenhouses was not uncommon at all, but through the translucent walls he could make out this movement was from something pink and black! Feeling immensely relieved, but also a tad anxious, he walked back into the second greenhouse.

"Alice...?" he called out, though now he could see her.
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Peter Pettigrew, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alice Lewis, Fabian Prewett, Camille Jacq, Andromeda Tonks
Her name. She heard her name. She turned to see Frank standing there, and there it was, that blush rising in her cheeks and all those instincts yelling at her to run. Come on, Ali, you haven't even talked to him yet!.

She raised a muddy hand in greeting, and said in a tone of painful cheeriness, "Hey, Frank! You came!"
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"Of course I came!" said Frank quickly, worrying that perhaps Sirius and James had told her of his initial plan of not showing. No, they wouldn't have, that would hurt her feelings.

"So erm, what are you doing?" he asked.
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Peter Pettigrew, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alice Lewis, Fabian Prewett, Camille Jacq, Andromeda Tonks
Great. Now you've insulted him in the first four words. Way to go, Alice. She tried to shake off her lingering doubts and smiled, gesturing at the seedlings. "I'm repotting some Fanged Geraniums. You'll need to know about them, they're on the OWL syllabus. They...OW!" Whipping her hand away, she shoved her finger in her mouth, ignoring the mud caked on said finger. "'Ey 'ite," she explained around her finger. "E'en a' see'lin'"
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"Oh dear" said Frank, rushing over to her. "Are you alright? Do you want me to run and get you a bandage or something?" He probably could've healed her finger in a heartbeat, it was only a small cut, but he didn't want to risk it going wrong and giving her a great bulbous sore, or something of the like.
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Peter Pettigrew, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alice Lewis, Fabian Prewett, Camille Jacq, Andromeda Tonks
"I'm fine." She laughed, rather embarassed, and wiped it on her robes. "See? It's hardly even bleeding." She brushed a stray strand of hair out of her eyes, trailing earth over her forehead. "Erm. So. What do you need help with?"
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"Oh, okay." Frank replied, looking at the ground. Stop overreacting, you idiot.
"Umm... well basically anything that'll be on the OWLs... Or whatever interests you... Or whatever is, y'know here..." He didn't dare look up. He knew he was rambling, knew how stupid he must sound. "How was your summer?" he asked in sudden inspiration, remembering his list of safe things to talk about. He was too pleased that he remembered a safe topic to realize just how incongruous that question was.
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Peter Pettigrew, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Alice Lewis, Fabian Prewett, Camille Jacq, Andromeda Tonks
"Erm...my summer?" Alice repeated, slightly taken aback. "It was...yeah, it was pretty good...we went to the Edinburgh Festival. Have you ever been? It's really good. It's this Muggle thing in Edinburgh, well, obviously it's in Edinburgh, it's the Edinburgh festival, hahaha, but the city fills up with street performers and theatre productions and there was a conjurer who you'd almost have thought was a real wizard, I couldn't figure out how he did it, and..." She trailed off. Babbling, Alice. Stop babbling. "It was fun," she finished rather lamely. "How about yours?"
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