Niles was sitting in a dark cornning by himself, he was used to being alone.
Alexis slowly walked into the bar. She found a stool, and sat down quickly. She looked at the bartender, and ordered only a water. Alexis sighed quietly.
She had just now came from a walk to Hogsmead from the school until it started pouring rain. So, she had to find a quick place to be protected from the rain. Alexis took her drink, and had a quick sip of it. It wasn't until now that she noticed the only other person in the room. The boy in the corner. She tilted her head to the side as she wondered who it might be.
Niles felt the girls eyes, he looked at her, he thought she was cute. Niles stood up and walked over to the stool she was sitting on "hey, my names Niles, whats yours?"
Alexis looked at the boy as he took the seat that was beside her.
"Hey Niles. I'm Alexis, or Lexi. Either is fine." She told him.
Alexis wrapped her hand around the cool glass of her water that she ordered. She looked back to him.
"I think you, and I are the only people here. Whats the occasion?" Alexis asked him casually.
"Nice to meet you, ummmmm Lexi, I like that, there's a quidditch match, I don't find them very interesting though. everybody goes, Why are you here?" Niles said nonchalantly, he ordered a water too, he wanted to be on the same page she's on, or he would of ordered a butter bear.
Alexis shrugged her shoulders. She slowly looked around the room before turning back to Niles.
"Well, I took a walk outside, and it started pouring rain. So I decided to go in here. Even though it is a little deserted." Alexis said. She sighed quietly.
"What year are you in?" She asked him.
Stacey silently emerged from her dark booth, her eyes locked on Alexis and Niles. Her eyes weres slightly red. She wondered what Niles would say, since he had been gone for a couple years, he really wasn`t a student at Hogwarts anymore. He was also an ex-Death Eater and a werewolf. This would be interesting.
Nilles smelled a scent he never smelled along time ago, he was so excited, but he couldnt give himesrlf away to his new eccounter, "Im not in any year Im just visiting, its been so long actually" Then Niles looked back, he smiled, stood up, and reached his arms out for a hug, but then he noticed Stacey's eyes, they were so red, he knew her to well, she's in a dangerouse state, "ummm Hi Stacey, first calm down, we have lots to talk about"
Alexis looked at the two of them. By the way they looked, she figured they need some time to talk. So Alexis picked up her drink, and moved down the bar some. She sat down in a different stool farther away. She sighed softly, and took a quick sip of her drink.
Stacey slowly shook her head, trying to keep tears from welling up in her eyes. "You left me. You graduated and left. Then you just dumped me like that. No more letters every day. No more dreams of you and me. Nothing. You just dropped me."
"Graduated? I didn't come to this school to graduate, I came here to get away from, you know who, and I had to leave to fight" Niles gave Stacey a hug anyways, he didn't know why, the only reason he came back was because of Stacey, He knew she needed the hug.
Stacey wrapped her arms around Niles, too. Even though things had changed a h*ll of a lot since he left, she still couldn`t stand to be mad at him.
"But you left anyway, even though you knew I would want to come with you. But you didn`t tell me, you just went." She said into his shoulder.
"I wouldn't be able to live with myself then let you get hurt, id rather die" Niles hold grew tighter, then he finally let go.
Stacey sighed. "I`m not fragile, Niles." She complained, than lowered her voice. "Right now I have thirteen extrely sharp knives on me." She raised an eyebrow. "I`ve killed vampires and Death Eaters with them and just my wand. I`m a master of fire, I can make things blow up with a random thought."
"um mm, I didn't really learn new things, with different weapons, but of course my wand skill are way better, and I sota learned how to turn werewolf at will"
Stacey rolled her eyes. "You could already sorta do that before you left. Remember? You almost killed me? Three times?" She remembered clearly the three occasions when her life had been put in danger by Niles in his werewolf form.
"Not as much though" Niles was thinking furiously
Stacey crossed her arm. "Don`t get mad at me." She said, feeling his anger. "And yes, my magical abilities have increased more than you think." The bartender walked up to her and handed her a bottle. "Thank you." She said, pulling the lid off quickly and sipping down part of it.
"good, I mean thats great... What day?"
Stacey raised an eyebrow. "What day for what?" She asked. Niles had been saying a lot of things that hadn`t made sense since he got back.
"when's the wedding"
Stacey kept her confused look. "What does that have to do with anything?" She asked.
"just answer the question"
Stacey didn`t say anything for a moment, not because she didn`t know the date, but because she didn`t know how he would react. "June eighteenth."
"If im not dead, Ill go, well if Im invited"Niles said softly almost to himself
Stacey pulled out an ivory envelope from her pocket. "Of course you`re invited." She assured.
"great" Niles tried to sound as enthusiastic as possible, but it wasn't that convincing "what now? your fiance is waiting"
Stacey shook her head. "Not right now, he isn`t. But she is." She jerked her head towards Alexis sitting down the bar.
Niles faced were Stacey was pointing "Oh ya" Niles said, then walked over to the table were his new friend or hope so new friend was sitting "sorry about that'
Alexis turned toward Niles. "Oh, its alright." She said. She took a quick sip of her drink. "Everything alright?" She asked, hoping nothing bad happened.
Niles smirked and took a seat "Drama, the regular haha. so what year are you in?"
Alexis nodded thoughtfully, and took another sip of her water. She looked Niles. "I'm a sixth year." Alexis said quickly before turning to the bartender. She quietly ordered a butterbear, and turned toward Niles again. "What about you, what year are you in?"
"I dint go here anymore" Niles said Nonchalantly "How is school know?"
Alexis tilted her head. "Oh." She said quietly. She took another quick sip of her butterbear. "It's pretty much the same. Alot of drama still." Alexis explained.
"Drama?" Niles said surprisingly, it is a school though.
Alexis nodded quickly. "Definatly. But it's not so bad. So how long are you staying?" She asked. Alexis quickly took another sip of her butterbear.
Niles was ignoring his butter bear he wasnt that thirsty "I dont know, I just needed to get away for a while" Niles said deppresingly.
Alexis sighed softly. She wished there was same way she could help him out, he seemed unhappy. "I'm sorry." She said suddenly.
"Its all good, Im enjoying your company" Niles smiled "what about you, is there something going on?"
Alexis shook her head slowly. She pressed her lips together into a line, and sighed softly. "Not really. I guess you could say I'm living in the moment." Alexis answered, trying to think of a good way to explain it.
"I understand" Niles was getting a liking to her "did you have any plans for today?"
Alexis bit her lip, and shrugged her shoulders once more. She shook her head. "Nope. It's going to be a boring day." Alexis added quietly. She looked up at the sky.
"well Ill try to make it more exciting, we can do something, but I haven't been here in a while do you have any suggestions?" Niles was thinking furiously
Alexis put one hand on her hip as she thought of something to do. "I don't know. What sounds fun?" She asked.
"Mischief" Niles said smiling
Alexis smiled, and giggled at the thought. She clapped her hands, and rubbed them together. "Sounds like a load of fun to me." She agreed. She frowned, realizing how childish that sounded. "Want to go toward the school, and see what fun we can get into there?" Alexis suggested, looking at Niles as her eyes glowed with excitement.
Niles loved the excitment in her eye "sure" he stood up from his stool "its been a while"
Alexis smiled, and nodded. She stood up from her seat, and began to walk out of the bar. "Me either. I need some excitement." She agreed.
Niles followed her to the door. He was heart broken, but was for the first time in a while happy
Alexis walked out of the bar as the wind blew around them. It was rather window so she put up the hood on her jacket, and put her hands in her pockets. Alexis continued walking with an amused expression on her face.
Niles followed, he enjoyed ther wind so he wouldnt dare to but his hood up. "so anythink in mind"
Alexis turned her head to look at him as the wind quickly blew her hair around. "What do you mean?" She asked.
"I mean, what did you have in mind?"
"Oh. I don't know. You seem like the mischevious type. What sounds fun?" Alexis asked as they continued to walk.
"mhmm, i used to sneak in the dungeon lots of times"
Alexis looked at Niles again. "Did you ever get caught?" She asked, surpised.
"im to cool to get caught" Niles said now laughing
Alexis smiled, and laughed too. She looked up at the sky as it started to rain a little. She quickly looked around for a tree to find cover under. Alexis grabbed Nile's arm, and ran under the tree. "Ahh this sucks." She said with a frown.
"I love the rain, everything seems for peaceful. Everything sticks out more, just like more detail" Niles didnt really know how to say it
Alexis smiled. "You're right." She agreed. Alexis stuck her hand out to catch the raindroplets in her palm. She giggled quietly. "I love the rain too."
Niles looked at the sky for a split second and noticed the sky, it was getting dark and today was that he unfortunately cant stay out "um mm, I have a thing in a little while" Niles said as persuasively as possible
Alexis looked back at Niles, and brought her hand to her side. "Oh okay." She guessed it was probably some lame excuse to head off somewhere else. Alexis figured she was boring him anyway. "It's alright. Well, I guess I'll see you around." She said as she sat down against the tree so she wouldn't get water on her.
Niles sighed, it wasnt mid-night yet "well I could stay a little longer" and he popped down beside her
Alexis smiled again. "Alright." She said cheerfully. She didn't want to be by herself. "So how is it being back at school?" Alexis asked as she took off her shoes, and layed her feet back down.
"its nice, I missed it here, though dumbledor said I cant go to any of the classs" Niles looked at his shoes, tempted to take them off, but he like to stay hidden, even if that doesnt make sence.
Alexis shrugged her shoulders. "Aw thats too bad. What are you going to do in the mean time while classes are going on?" She asked as she looked back at Niles.
"well im done with school, just visiting old friends, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
Alexis sighed quietly, and looked down at her shoeless feet. She bit her lip as she began to think. "I'm not really sure. I've given a little bit of thought about it, but I haven't really came up with anything that I found interesting."
"are you good at magic. I mean like defensive spell and offensive spells, fighting evil sort of speak."
"I haven't really spent alot of time studying my spells so I'm not as good as I should be right now." Alexis answered, as she leaned against the tree. "Are you any good?"
Niles smiled "I dont want to talk about myself, Maybe I can teach you"
Alexis nodded, and smiled. "I could use some extra lessons." She said, enthusiastic about the idea of having someone skilled teaching her.
Niles was happy, he had somthing to look foward to now "Ok we'll start tomarrow, today I have an important meeting with the old man"
Alexis smiled a little more. "Alright. I guess I'll see you then. Okay?" She said as Alexis stood up, and put her shoes on.
THE NEXT DAY
Niles was waiting for Alexis.
Alexis quickly walked out of the school, and took a deep breath of the fresh air from the outside. She sighed softly, and began to walk to meet up with Niles.
Then a short black haired girl appeared down the pathway and walked straight into Alexis.
'Oh,sorry Alexis i didn't...Err, notice you.My name's Linvy, I forgot to introduce myself since I'm a new student and all.So how is your day going?'she asked expecting any answer that was coming to her.
Niles thought he should meet her half way. He saw her and noticed another girl. "Hi Alexis" then he looked at the other girl and extended his hand "Hi my name is Niles"
Linvy threw her backto face Niles 'hi i'm Linvy i'm in my second year andi just started yesterday.You'then staredat him for an answer.
"Oh, im done with school, ust here on buisness"
'Oh OK then could you help me find the potions class I just forgot when I bumped into Alexis..could you guide me?' she asked as she turned putting her index finger into her mouth( just her nail anyway).
Alexis arrived where Niles was and a smaller girl she had never met before. She figured the girl was a new student, and she smiled at her. "Hey. I'm Alexis." She introduced herself. She looked at Niles then at the girl. "Whats your name? I'm sure one of us could help you find the potions class."
'Hi I'm Linvy and I'm very thankful I bumped into you very kind people' she said with her very cute sense of voice.
"Ya" Niles walked towrds the school