"I'm pretty sure you could ask a bartender for gilded wine and you would get it," Dempster joked with a smile at their waiter before reaching for both drinks and handing Lavender hers.
"You were friends with Alicia in school?" He asked, only knowing the bride and groom through passing here in the village, though having met Alicia's mother a couple of times as well. "Did you plan to sit with your classmates?" He asked, feeling awkward. Demp considered himself lucky that he'd always lived as a bit of a loner, as he suspected people might find Lavender and he an odd couple, but he didn't have eyes for any of them and their potential opinions, so it didn't matter to him. When it came to making her comfortable about it, though, that he cared about. And his friendship with Lisa might be the only other example he had of spending time with people Lavender's age.
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Date: 2013-08-22 06:36 pm (UTC)"You were friends with Alicia in school?" He asked, only knowing the bride and groom through passing here in the village, though having met Alicia's mother a couple of times as well. "Did you plan to sit with your classmates?" He asked, feeling awkward. Demp considered himself lucky that he'd always lived as a bit of a loner, as he suspected people might find Lavender and he an odd couple, but he didn't have eyes for any of them and their potential opinions, so it didn't matter to him. When it came to making her comfortable about it, though, that he cared about. And his friendship with Lisa might be the only other example he had of spending time with people Lavender's age.