Thanksgiving. Meal. *Invite/Friends only!!*

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley woke up exited on Thanksgiving morning. Thanksgiving was one of her favorite Holiday's. She would miss of course the days with her family on thanksgiving. but she was so mad at them for not communicating with her that she couldn't care less. Pretty soon though she would start to worry about them though but that time had not come yet. She quickly got dressed, made her four poster bed, brushed her teeth. And brushed her hair. Letting it drape over her shoulders. She slipped on her shoes and ran out of the girls dorm. Her alarm had not been working lately so she accsidently slept in! It was already 12:30. The feast started around 1:00 but Ash wanted to get there early. Now thanksgiving was an American holliday so it would just be a normal great meal. But to Ashley it would be thanksgiving. Only a few people in the school were excited and felt that this day was special and Ash was one of them!

Once she reached the commonroom she gazed around seeing who all was there. There were a few people in groups talking about what they thought the house elves were going to make for the feast. She ignored them and waked past them in a hurry. Those people talking must have been American because they were all talking about Thanksgiving. But nothing would be different. It would just be an ordaniary meal that the house elves make so basically it would jjust be lunch but everylunch ther were allways lots of choices tha tincluded turkey, mashedpotatoes and gravy, stuffing, and everrything else that you would normally have on Thaksgiving. If she saw a few of her friends she would had invited them to go with her, but she didn't see anybody. Which was a bummer because she probably was gonna have to eat alone.

She ran down the steps jumping every other. This young Gryffie had purposely had not eaten dinner the night before because she wanted to be able eat a lot at the feast. Ash finally reached the great hall. Everything looked to festive and beautiful. She looked around hoping to see somebody that she knew. But she couldn't. Ash sighed and walked over to a table that was available for all houses. She sat down and waited for the food to appear.

[Selene Falicon]

((ooc: Selene is British, but she'd going to have fun with this anyways =) ))

Selene had woken up early, due to some Ravenclaws that were excited. Over what? Selene had no idea. She rolled over to try and sleep, but sleep wouldn't find her again. Rolling back to the other side of the bed, she glanced at the clock. 7:00 am. "Ugh," Selene groaned as she lay there, staring at the clock. The Ravenclaw thought about all of the different things she could be saying to the girls, thing to get them to be quiet. But Selene wasn't a mean person, and she was too shy to ask for a little quiet.

Laying there, Selene listened to what her fellow house-mates were going on about. Some holiday? The Ravenclaw's eyes grew huge as she thought about the date, then frowned as she realized it scouldn't be Christmas. What was she missing? Selene listened more attentively now. If it really was a special day, she would want to send her sister a letter. Then she heard the name of the holiday. Thanksgiving. Confused she thought it over for a moment. Finally she realized they must not be British.

Looking over at the clock, she found it was 8:00. Only wasted an hour. She sighed, sat up, and threw her feet over the side of the bed. Walking into the commonroom (still in her pajamas), she found more groups of people talking about Thanksgiving. She gingerly took a seat and stared at the flames of the fire as she listened to the door to the common room open and close as people headed to the Great Hall. After a while, she went back to her dorm to change. She took her time, not in any hurry.

When she finished, Selene quietly slipped back to the common room, trying not to wake the few sleeping dormmates. The Ravenclaw slowly entered the Great Hall to find it decently full. Sighing, she walked over to the Ravenclaw table and took a seat. She didn't see anyone seh knew until a few minutes later. Ashley sat down at the table for all houses, and Selene stood up and walked over to sit next to her friend. "Hello. Mind if I sit?" she asked.

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[Ashley Tapping]

She looked around and waited for the food like always she was there early. It was weird for some reason she would be late for everything except for classes and Meal time. She sighed and thought of taking a walk until it was time for the food to appear. She looked around and saw one of her friends Selene Falicon soming her way. "yeah sure that would be great! Do you know what day it is for some people today?" she asked wondering if she knew or not. She sorta had a small british accsent but maybe her parents were from Englan and she was from America? She didn't know? Ugh Still fifteen more minutes until th efood would arrive. Hopefully some of her other friends were early to meal time to so they could come early and chat with herself and Selene.

[Selene Falicon]

Selene tried to sit down gracefully when Ashley allowed her to, but only managed to stumble in her seat. She never was the graceful type. The Ravenclaw smiled at Ashley and shrugged, used to tripping. She figured Ashley was used to it by now, as well. Selene really needed to learn some hand-foot coordination. The Ravenclaw pulled back her hair into a loose ponytail then, deciding she wouldn't want to get food in it. With her luck, it would happen anyway.

Selene smiled as Ashley asked if she was aware what day it was. Apparently Ashley was one of the people who celebrated Thanksgiving. "Yeah, I heard a ton of people talking about it in my Common Room. Thanksgiving, right? What's the holiday about?" she asked, genuinely interested. She heard her stomach growl and sighed. She'd missed breakfast, which wasn't a good thing. Luckily there would be a lot of food coming.

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[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley smiled and said, "Well it is about. Giving thanks. It is an American holliday that happened when the first pilgrams came to America." She said proud of herself. She was never really the history freak like her sister. No she was more of a reading for fun type. She hated research so classes so far were going ok. She hadn't hat to do much yet. Ugh when would the food apear? Ash glanced down at her watch. five minutes. She sighed and said, "So what is new?"

[Selene Falicon]

Selene nodded and her cheeks reddened slightly when Ashley described the holiday. Of course. It's call Thanksgiving, so it would have something to do with giving thanks... The Ravenclaw tried console herself (or at least make her cheeks return to their normal shade) but wasn't doing a very good job. After a few more moments they finally returned to normal color and she nodded to let Ahslye know she was still paying attention.

Then Ashley asked what was new. Selene thoguht for a moment, her eyebrows pulled together in concentration. Hm... Finally she decided to say what was on her mind. "Nothing, actually. At least, not that I can think of. How about you? Something has to have changed." She was still a little sleepy and she stifled a yawn, but seh was glad to be able to see Ashley again. She'd missed the Gryffindor, even though they'd only talked a few times.

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[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley herself of what was going on with her.. Really nothing much. "Same as you," she sighed and continued, "not much just the normal going to classes okay so that is new for me i didn't take classes last term this time i am though! and just hangin out really that is all of have been up to." she sighed. I know what you are thinking and you are right her life is really boring. Another thing new was the whole thing with her family but she really didn't want to talk about it at the moment.

POOF!! food appeard on the table! YES!!! "Yay finally!! i am starving!" Ashely took tha plate in front of her and started scooping food onto it. She laughed at herself. If someone just looked at what she was doing they would think that she hadn't eaten in months! She took some turkey and poured some gravy on it. She added stuffing and mashedpotatoes to her mess of things. Then some corn. "There perfect." she said smiling. Now she was satisfied.