RP: The First Annual Spring Festival

[tt_alicia]

Date: 9. March
Characters: OPEN to everybody – please add your character’s tag when you join the thread.
Setting: The coast east of Settlement Two
Content: TBD
Status: Open: Public


More than certain that her broom and Quidditch equipment was safe where she had left it with Viktor and the rest of his team, Alicia had gone to make a bit of a round to see what was happening around the beach. It was a warm day, as usual, though still a little cooler than it had been just a month ago. A light breeze wafted in from the ocean, making the thin fabric of her skirt flutter as she took a moment to look at the children playing in the water. One of them, a little boy, caught her attention, when he dropped his shovel and started bouncing on his chubby legs in time with the music that was filling the air. The music came from behind her. Sam had gone to join the group of people who had already gathered, and it hadn’t taken long before they had found a common beat and were now doing what Alicia could best describe as a multi-cultural version of The Beach Boys’ greatest hits.

A bit further down the beach, she could see the makeshift Quidditch pitch that had been set up for this occasion, and right next to it, was the giant chess board.

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[tt_cecilia]

”Lily Evans,” Cecilia said softly, acknowledging the other witch’s correction, though refraining from asking about what had spurred this change. “I think most of us are in awe that you’re here.” And then there was the fact that she herself had noticed how Sirius had started smiling more since Lily had shown up, but that wasn’t her information to share.

She could feel her cheeks heat up just thinking about the fact that Sirius had talked about her to someone he obviously cared about. It made her wonder how he had talked about her. Fortunately Lily provided the means to move away from that topic when she directed it to Jamie. “What? Jamie?” Cecilia asked trying to get back on track. “No, he’s my nephew. I mean, yes, he’s like my son, but he’s my nephew. It’s just the two of us.”

[tt_lily]

She nodded, but the realization that her sister would never had said that about Harry hurt a bit. "How old is he?"

Lily remained quiet before asking something out of the blue, but it was on her mind. "Sirius was ... different, before I came, wasn't he? He's not the same as before." Lily knew the years in Azkaban did a number on him, but she wanted an outsider's opinion of him.

[tt_cecilia]

“Who? Jamie?” Cecilia asked, knowing perfectly well that that was who they were talking about, though still surprised at Lily’s interest in him. “He’ll be… oh dear, he’ll be 13 in a couple of weeks.” 13! An inner voice shrieked at her. Then her little Jamie would be a teenager! That small realization made her take deep breath, because she perfectly remembered herself during her teenage years.

And the surprises kept coming. Cecilia could almost feel her jaw drop at Lily’s question, that hit her from out of nowhere. It had her swallowing down, because that one question made her see what she didn’t have here, and what she could really use at this point: someone to talk to who wasn’t making her heart pound and who wasn’t closely related to either of the men who were making her heart pound. She looked at Lily for a moment, wanting nothing more than to tell the woman how much her arrival had changed Sirius’ demeanor, how he was smiling more and how he generally seemed more… at ease. But no matter how much she wanted that, and no matter if Sirius was more than a friend she felt attracted to, he was above it all her friend, and she didn’t want to tell on him. “That isn’t really my information to share,” she said with an apologetic sigh. “But I don’t think I’ll be overstepping my boundaries if I say that since you came here, he’s spent more time in Settlement 1 than he did before.”