RP: Day at the beach & evening at the pub - perfection!

[tt_james]

Date: 23 April 2002
Characters: James Potter & Ginny Weasley
Setting: World's End
Content: TBD
Status: Open :: Public

James'd had a lovely afternoon with Lily, lying out on the beach and even getting out into the water a bit, she'd looked especially incredible in her two piece and the thought had him nearly floating - without magic - all the way to the pub after apparating home for a quick shower to get rid of the sand in his toes and to change clothes. Now in his typical denims and sweater/t-shirt combo, he entered the pub to catch up with the youngest Weasley.

Waving hello to Lisa, who gave him a look as if to say it's a school night, behave, he smiled wide and took a seat at the bar, asking his favorite waitress in the all the wizarding world for a bottle of whiskey, on him, to share with Gin. Lisa couldn't help but give him a suspicious look and laughing he explained, "She's my drinking buddy now - Lily's not big on it and the guys have gotten older... A bloke has to have a good drinking buddy." Laughing with him, Lisa ran out back to grab a bottle and then took his order for split pea and ham soup and hard bread for dinner. With his soup she brought him a glass of water and two shot glasses for the harder stuff and wished him a good night.

James waited for Ginny, sipping his water and fairly well inhaling his thick soup, the sun and swimming having done a number of his growing-boy appetite.

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[tt_ginny]

She'd spent the day doing rounds with trainees and the Muggle doctor, having the opportunity to set a broken bone for them. Since she was their newest Healer trained in Muggle techniques, and being so young, the Senior Healer thought it would show the new trainees more acceptance to have her shadow their rounds. Ginny didn't mind, she enjoyed teaching more than she thought she would, plus it gave her the chance to practice some of the Muggle skills again since the return of magic.

A quick shower and change into jeans and a t-shirt, then Ginny was apparating over to the World's End. She stopped and had a chat with one of the trainees on the deck before going inside where she easily found James Potter at the bar. Taking the stool next to him, Ginny laughed. "I see you've planned ahead," gesturing to the shot glasses. She looked at what he was eating. "Is that pea soup? Hmm, I think I'll just go with a plate of chips." She told Lisa who wandered closer. "And a glass of water, please. Might as well level the playing field, right?"

[tt_james]

James couldn't help his laugh when she greeted him so... confrontationally. "I'll have you know," he started, pushing his finished bowl to the front of the bar for Lisa, "that Paul's pea soup is the best I've ever had. And it's great pre-drinking food, not that I was trying to pad my tolerance or anything."

Nodding at her logic he admitted, "Never come to drink whiskey if you're not willing to buy a whole bottle. Unless you're just stopping in after a particularly bad day, in which case one double shot'll do." James wasn't very philosophical, but when it came to drinking - especially good drinking - his father had bestowed good wisdom upon him and he liked sounding like he knew what he was talking about.

[tt_ginny]

"That might be, but I'll still take a pass on it," she retorted, amused. Too many times seeing things moving in the pea soup at the Leaky Cauldron for Ginny to ever consider having it. She wouldn't even eat her own mother's pea soup. Getting comfortable on the seat beside James, Ginny didn't try to consider how odd it was to be out drinking with Harry's father.

"Double shots from the bottle, you mean," Ginny teased, nudging his arm lightly. She liked this outspoken man, though he lacked the maturity of Remus or Sirius, James reminded her of Fred in many ways and she missed that. She reached out and picked up the bottle, pouring the two shot glasses with a smirk. "How was your day? Are you enjoying picking out what the rest of us get to watch on those moving picture boxes?"

[tt_james]

James laughed loudly and watched her pour. "You know it's my favorite part of the job, and I use Lily as a tester, but she doesn't know it. How are things are the Medical Center?" He asked as he hoisted his shot and put it out to her to clink.

"To drinking buddies and good whiskey?"