The Leaky Cauldron

[Romilda Vane]

*looks at him condolingly, and places her slim hand on his*

I'm sorry, my door is always open

Always. Ever since I was a little girl. I was surrounded by them my entire life.

*laughs lightly*

Hagrids courses were interesting in the very least. I have to admit, they were pretty fun. Those blast ended Screws, I had a burn on my hand for weeks. It was hilarious.

[Zacharias Smith]

*He smiles lightly at the feel of her hand on his but nods a little somberly*

It's alright. It's part of life and I have had a few years to deal with it.

*His smile becomes a little more relaxed as she goes onto discuss Hagrid*

I never really understood exactly what the point of Blast-ended Screwts was!

*He laughs lightly*

They don't seem to do anything but burn.

[Romilda Vane]

*laughs*

Yes well, Mine left a mark

*pulls her hand off of his to show him the ball of her palm where a medium sized burn mark is*

I thought it was fascinating, but apperantly madam pomfry didn't.

*laughs*

You should have seen her fuss. Crying out how I had sensitive skin and how I shouldn't be doing somthing like that

*rolls eyes and laughs*

[jenna]

* clears her throat and assumes they very well would like to be alone *
Yes, well, I really should be on my way..
It was nice meeting you, Mr. Smith and er, Romilda, it was nice seeing you as well
* smiles and leaves quickly*

[Romilda Vane]

*looks over at Jenna, having accidentally forgotten she was there*

Oh, Um, see you at work then!

[Zacharias Smith]

Nice meeting you, Jenna.

*He calls out as the woman leaves before turning his attention to Romilda's scar. He uses it as an excuse to take her hand for a moment, his smile gentle.*

Well, you do have rather soft skin, Romilda. I always thought you were one of the prettier girls at Hogwarts. I never understood...

*He shook his head*

Nevermind. Anyway, it's an interesting scar. Madame Pomfrey doesn't understand that a few scars, if they aren't too large, just make a girl more interesting.

[Romilda Vane]

*feels the heat rise to her face as he takes her hand, then turns her face down, hiding the soft shade of red that jumped upon it. Looks back up*

Never understood what?

*laughs lightly*

This is nothing, you should see-

*begins to say 'back' due to the fact that she had some random scars there from falling off Lavaci and Evon when breaking them in. Shakes head and averts her gaze*

Nothing nothing.

[Zacharias Smith]

*He frowns slightly and considers, as though hesitant to answer*

Well, I did hear some of the rumors and I never understood why Potter preferred that wretched Weasley girl to you. You're much prettier and much nicer, too. Ah, well, his loss, I suppose.

*He pauses awkwardly, not sure if he should have mentioned that*

I should see your what?

*His smirk is just a little naughty. He can hardly help it.*

You're rather pretty when you blush.

[Romilda Vane]

*bites the inside of her lip when he says she's prettier than Ginny*

She did have too many freckles, didn't she? And don't worry, I'm over potter. If anyone's messed up in the head and in the world it's that guy.

*laughs lightly, still red*

Training Thestrals is a tad bit harder than training real horses. You collect a couple scars here and there...

*looks back up at him, not meaning to but once again blushing*

Thank you

[Zacharias Smith]

Good.

*He says with a victorious smile*

Granted, he's been through a lot but still...He'd have to be practically blind to pass over the most beautiful girl in Hogwarts for that bully. You're prettier than Chang too but at least she had actual human emotions.

*No, he doesn't like Ginny much. He might be sort of on the same side as far as the war was concerned but, however others might see it, he thinks the way she treated him sixth year was just bullying. He suppresses the resurgent anger about that in favour of the more important matter at hand. If it was always sort of obvious that he sat down to show interest in Romilda, now it's out in the open. He smiles and gently cups her blushing cheek.*

I'm sure they're lovely scars, Romilda.

[Romilda Vane]

*laughs and nods*

Still doesn't give the boy a reason to-

*stops talking as he says she was the most beautiful girl at school*

I'm guessing the red head didn't appreciate you very much, we both seem to have shared her wrath.

*closes eyes then opens them slowly as he places his hand on her cheek, looks at him softly*

They are...

*takes the courage to be more flirty and forward than before and says softly*

Would you like to see them?

[Zacharias Smith]

*He nods, letting his hand drop as he's momentarily distracted by memories of his less than cordial relations with Ginny.*

She was dreadful. Against my better judgment, I joined Dumbledore's Army because I wanted to resist He Who Must Not Be Named, learn better Defence Against the Dark Arts skills and give that evil witch Umbridge what for but, because I wasn't Gryffindor and I didn't buy into Potter's cult of personality, she treated me like dirt. She hexed me next year just for asking about what happened at the Department of Mysteries!

*He flushes slightly.*

I would have gotten her back but I thought it rather immature.

*He smiles at her next words, his mind brought back from its childhood resentments to the beautiful woman in front of him now. He smiles softly as he leans closer, speaking in a near whisper.*

My dear Romilda, I could never say no to such a beautiful woman.

[Jim Thorne]

Jan 2, 2009 16:46:03 GMT Nymphadora Lupin (Tonks) said:

**Laughs**

Sounds like a plan.

Sorry to dump that on you like that. It's just been a hard few weeks, you know?

Nah its fine, I'm probably not much help but I guess its good to get things out the system 'n that.
You're alright y'know, ever wanna talk again, I'm all ears. *smiles a quite genuine smile*

[Romilda Vane]

Jan 5, 2009 8:07:01 GMT Zacharias Smith said:

*He nods, letting his hand drop as he's momentarily distracted by memories of his less than cordial relations with Ginny.*

She was dreadful. Against my better judgment, I joined Dumbledore's Army because I wanted to resist He Who Must Not Be Named, learn better Defence Against the Dark Arts skills and give that evil witch Umbridge what for but, because I wasn't Gryffindor and I didn't buy into Potter's cult of personality, she treated me like dirt. She hexed me next year just for asking about what happened at the Department of Mysteries!

*He flushes slightly.*

I would have gotten her back but I thought it rather immature.

*He smiles at her next words, his mind brought back from its childhood resentments to the beautiful woman in front of him now. He smiles softly as he leans closer, speaking in a near whisper.*

My dear Romilda, I could never say no to such a beautiful woman.

*shakes head*

She was such a horrible girl. She was at the hospital a few months ago, luckily she didn't recognize me when I showed her to her room...

*bites the inside of her lip, and smiles as he whispers in her ear, pulls away slightly, looking at him she extends her hand*

Shall we?

[Zacharias Smith]

She wouldn't, would she?

*He says dryly, as he drops a few coins on the table, paying for both their drinks and leaving a rather ridiculously generous tip, more for Romilda's benefit than Tom's. He then slides his hand into hers*

We shall.