Take Some Time Out (Brendan Slater)

[ashybean1994]

Ashleigh sat in the kitchens. About six house elves surrounded her.

"I just want some Toast and some pumpkin juice. ummm... You and you." she pointed at two of the small elves. "You can get it. Stop arguing and the rest of you go wait for someone else to pester."

The house elves scurried off and Ashleigh sank deep into her shadowed corner. She like the kitchens. It was quieter than the hectic Great Hall. She only planned to eat in there at Christmas and Halloween. Maybe the first and last days of school.

The two house elves she'd asked to get her food kept bumping into each other. She felt deep into her hoodie pocket. She found her purse. Inside were 8 Galleons, 17 Sickles and 20 Knuts. She took out a few of each coin.

As the house elves came back she dropped a half of the money into eachof the little things hands. They bowed and she gave her sickening smile, showing her fangs. Of course the house elves didn't see they were too busy bowing and thanking her. She got them to go away and she tucked into her toast. it was about 8 o'clock at night. She was busy eatig her toast thinking about various things when she heard footsteps on the concrete floor.

She sank further into the shadows.

If that was even possible.

[brendan]

He knew it technically wasn't really allowed, for students to keep entering and leaving the kitchens. But Bren had come here so many times, it pretty much was like a second home to him. So sue him for loving this place, he liked it. As he entered, via the method of tickling the pear and it turning to a door handle, he waved to a few house elves that smiled at him. 'Hiya.' A general greeting for all who were here.

Staring at his watch as a crowd of House-elves came to him, he grinned. 'Hey guys, no pushing. Um, anyone seen Fiji? I need his famous chocolate chip cookies. Pronto.' And as he said, a hand was waved, as Fiji nodded. 'Right away Brendan sir!' And with that the little elf scampered off. Asking for a glass of water as he waited, he made his way to a table, reserved for the people who, like him, came for food.

And he found someone there already. Oh. And as Bren slipped into a seat, his brown eyes watched her. Not mean-like, but rather because he was curious. He cleared his throat, as the sudden dryness that had appeared. Which made him realise that by doing said action, he had caught her attention. 'Um, hi, sorry about that.' There was something different about her, but the poor boy couldn't put his finger on it.

At all.

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[ashybean1994]

'Um, hi, sorry about that.' the boy said. Ashleigh let herself smile.

Pulling out of the shadows, she put her hand out towards the boy.

"It's okay. Hi. I'm Ashleigh. Ashleigh Yarwood. Of Ravenclaw. First year. You?"

She heard a clatter. One of the poor things had dropped a pan or something. She decided to be nice and picked it up for them. Placing it on the side she asked, "So, You eat here all the time?"

[brendan]

Well, she had certainly been hiding herself pretty well. If not for the fact he had seen her by accident, he doubted that he would even noticed she had been there at all. Sorry, but it was true. As he licked his bottom lip, his pink tongue running over it, he smiled as she introduced herself rather promptly, including her year and house. Right.

"It's okay. Hi. I'm Ashleigh. Ashleigh Yarwood. Of Ravenclaw. First year. You?"

Brendan cleared his throat slightly, before replying her, in a low tone that was attributed to most males. 'Brendan, Brendan Slater. I'm a Mihael Second year. You new?' She obviously was, but there were different stages of new. Some people merely entered a few weeks before term ended, and whilst they were less likely to get promoted, still. She looked new, he hadn't seen her around anyway.

"So, You eat here all the time?"

He watched her as she said this, picking up a pan for the House Elf. It bowed in thanks before scrambling off, and at that moment, Fiji came. 'Master Brendan, your cookies.' Bren grinned at the sight of them, and nodded, saying softly, 'Thanks. Your cookies are always the best.' As he bit into one of the them, he chewed and swallowed, before answering her question.

'I suppose so. Yourself?'

[ashybean1994]

Ashleigh shrugged.

"I guess so. The Great Hall's too hectic. I'm more likely to get crushed than get food."

She smiled again and nibbled away at her toast.

"Nice of the elves to always bring us food isn't it? Although they probably work their socks off having to work all the time."

[brendan]

He glanced at her, before shrugging. 'Depends. Mihael's pretty sharing, so we survive mealtimes well,' Bren said proudly, since he did love his house very much. And he hadn't died the many times he had gone to the Great Hall, so he wondered what was so different when it came to her. Oh well.

At her next comment, he shook his head, saying, 'The elves love the work. Fiji told me that before. Makes them feel loved, and that they're useful creatures in this world.' He said this with a slight tone of remorse, since he himself never felt he did enough useful things. A house elf was worthy thing to be, with their attitude.

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[ashybean1994]

"I guess I've always been kind of invisible as you already know." she grinned. "Besides, I like the calm quiet atmosphere down here. It's almost like being near the lake at night." She knew it was always quiet there, except when she was there with Lloyd.

"I know they like their work. But we need to get up and do some work sometimes. Like I making my mum send me food from home during the summer and I'll make like sandwiches and stuff and go down into Hogsmede. Everyone deserves a break, whether they like their work or not."

She thought back to his earlier question.

"I've been here about a week. I like it so far but I dared to go into the great hall the first two days. Eaten down here since."