as the light draws nearer

[katrina vanessa]

katrina vanessa
( tag: pumpkin montgomery )

katrina wandered down high street, enjoying the smell of the sweet shop, the three broomsticks and as she walked past weasley's wizard wheezes, she couldn't help but just sort of... stop in her tracks and just look at the store. she stood there for a few seconds longer before walking in and squeezing her way to a large cage full of purple and pink fluffly creatures. she poked her finger inside the cage and giggled how all the critters instantly crowded around it, tickling her fingertip as they all fought to get to her. she laughed as she pulled her finger away and looked at the sight hanging above the cage. Pigmy Puffs, nine galleons each and kat was so tempted to get one... but she knew that her owl (ellie) would get a tad jealous and maybe be not so affectionate when it came to her deliveries and all that.

kat smiled sadly at the sign before walking out of the shop. she didn't think she wanted to waste a few of her savings for the year on a pigmy puff. so, instead she continued her journey on and found herself standing in front of the hog's head. she knew all too well that she shouldn't, and it was kind of illegal drinking, but she couldn't resist it either. she walked into the damp and dingy bar which was unusually crowded for today, and took a seat at the counter. she grinned and ordered a firewhisky. all the witches and wizards in here seemed to be a little older than her or maybe middle aged, but for some she couldn't tell as the bartender who had striking blue eyes shot her a glance before getting her her chosen drink. kat handed him two sickles and glanced at it nervously.

alright, maybe she wasn't ready for it... but she didn't fee like being amazingly good today. for once. she took a deep breath and lifted the glass to her lips. she poured some liquid down her throat and gagged. it burned her insides, but for some reason, she was feeling considerably happier and took another longer sip of it. she rested her head on her hands and stared at her refection in the mirrors opposite her, as though waiting for someone to come along and stop her from being such an idiot. not that she felt like one... no, not at all. obviously katrina has a small tolerance for any... magical alcoholic beverages.

[christopher montgomery]

Why he was in the hogshead Chris wasn't sure, definatly wasn't sure, maybe because not many kids from the school went here, or maybe because he could actually get away from a few things. Though there were drunks here, drunks and Christopher wasn't a good mix, mainly because they thought he had, well one too many. He always tried to explain to them that that was the way he was and really he hadn't had any complaints lately so he stook that way, and really he wouldn't change at all once he thought about it. Hearing sneers like 'oh, young lady is trying to drink' and such Christopher raised an eyebrow, getting up and attempting to look above everybodie's heads. This was the time he cursed his height.

Seeing a auburn haired girl Christopher seemed to reconize her, oh shit. Getting up he went behind her, seeing that it was for sure her he put his arms around her neck, squeezing a bit. He couldn't help it. His muscles tensed up as he let go, sitting down beisde her he looked at the firewhiskey "Curious?" he asked, his eyebrow twtiching up slightly. A smile spread across hsi face though, truthfully he wouldb't be like 'oh, no its not for you' or something, he knew how Katrina acted and well it wasn't like she was a little sister since they were the same age and she didn't have just as many privledges as him. Taking the glass like he was going to take it away from her he took a small sip of it, used to what it was like by now.

"You better not have herpes or anything" he said with a slight smirk, setting the glass infront of her again. Chris leaned against the counter, still looking to Katrina, not like a 'what the hell are you doing' but a 'what got up your ass?' type of thing.

[katrina vanessa]

katrina vanessa
and it burns in midair, sending the cranes and pain.

kat scowled at the taunts and jeers from the men behind her and ignored it, sitting up prissily and calmly as though none of this bothered her one bit. she took another sip, raising her pinky finger as though she was royalty.. not that she wasn't thinking about hexing them all or anything... she just had a feeling she would be kicked out if she did. kat slid her fingers through her hair, checking that her wand still sat in the crook above her ear and in her hair. making sure it was still there lest she need it. checking to make sure that she wasn't going to loose her most important tool in the wizarding world ever. of course, even when drinking something she shouldn't, she was still thinking about school and work. typical katrina. her mind never wanders far from hogwarts.

it was when she felt too hands on her shoulder did she tilt her head back to see who it was, but he had already taken one of the free seats beside her. kat grinned and shrugged, "i guess you could say that." she giggled as she attempted to take the firewhisky back from him. he didn't seem to mind the taste, and for that katrina glowered. but that was only short lived once she took another gulp of the interesting drink. she had never had firewhisky in her life. alright, once. but that was because her mother had accidentally put it in her glass. she had had two sips and nearly thrown up. and had woken up with a huge pain in her head. so, this wasn't too strange for her. even if she knew she was going to feel like shit in the morning.

kat poked her tongue out at him, "yeah. right. herpes." she rolled her eyes, "good one. i think i should be more worried about you then anything." she said teasingly as she cocked her head, a few of her auburn locks tumbling down her shoulders. there were a few sounds of laughter and a few more taunts, but kat didn't feel like fighting back. she felt too energized. in a good way. too energized and cheerful to bother any of the older blokes behind her. especially since she didn't want to cause a commotion. then everyone'd know she was here.

[christopher montgomery]

"Aww, Katrina doesn't get out enou-wait, this isn't your first intentional time of trying this stuff is it?" Chris said, changing the subject mid-sentence. Course he was a negative influence on Katrina, but he didn't think that anybody else would really give her any, seeing her take another gulp he shook his head. Nope, never "You are a sad, pathetic little lion" he said, grabbing the glass again, with a grin he put it to his lips and took another sip. Course he had money with him, but why waiste it on something he had right infront of him. Setting it beside him he arched an eyebrow at Katrina, though his muscles tensed up again for some odd reason.

Christopher shrugged "Hey, you never know, who knows where your boyfriend had been" he said, seeing her roll her eyes he scoffed at her next statement. "Hey now, I'm still a fucking virgin...somewhat" Christopher's sentence started out proudly, but then soon mumbled his last part. He definatly didn't expect Katrina to belive him, though as true as it was she had her doubts about him, actually so did Chris, but he would never admit that about himself. Looking to Katrina she seemed quite peppy today which she usually was, but it has been off since it was the beginning of the term, and well there were quizzes to see how much the students had remembered from last year. All of which Christopher hadn't bombed, yet.

[katrina vanessa]

katrina vanessa
and it burns in midair, sending the cranes and pain.

kat didn't tell anyone about that one incident, so kept her lips tightly glued together. but as a result, she was seen as a weakling. well, she supposed she was when it came to... er... drinks and all that experimentation. but on the quidditch field? bang into her and bang into the ground. either way, you'll end up with a broken body part. kat shrugged innocently, "i am not a sad, pathetic lion." she said, smirking, "i'm a cautious, yet dangerous one." she corrected him innocently. if you saw kat right now, you'd probably think she was a prissy little girl who never did anything wrong. judging by her light blue skirt and white blouse, kat was pretty sure she looked the part perfectly. well, better prove them wrong when she had the chance.

kat rolled her eyes again, "mind you, we haven't slept together, god. you and your dirty mind." she said playfully, shoving him sideways. it seemed to do her more damage since she wobbled but caught herself before falling off her seat. more jeers were earned. how rude. kat thought before silencing them all with a glare. "and somewhat isn't exactly the best answer." she added with a giggle. that and the fact that it was christopher she was talking to? not a very convincing story.
though it was probably somewhat true, since there was usually truth in those stories of his.

"why are we even discussing whether or not we're virgins anyway?" she asked, laughing at how the sentence turned out, amused about who she was talking to.

[christopher montgomery]

"No...no no no" Christopher said, shaking his head "Your a two sided lion, one, your this cautious, goody goody and two, your..well whatever the hell your like with me" Christopher said with a nod, really not being able to describe what Katrina was like with him and without him, mainly because he couldn't know. She was, lets say rebelious around him, well a bit more than she was without him. Or maybe he dumbed her down a little, saying 'you stuipid shit' whenever he did something such as jumping from the boats in the boathouses when they were at the top into the water, but then five minutes later she would try.

Chris shrugged, looking at her innocently and pouting "Hey, my best friends may be a girls but may I mind you I still have a boy brain" Chris said with a nod. Watching her wobble almost to the point of falling off Christopher shook his head, knowing that his was going to be a long, very long night. Thank god it was Friday, that was all he would say. "What kind of relationship is that?" he said sarcasticly, though he gried to keep a straight face, but it definatly wasn't happening even if his life depended on it.

"I don't know, I feel utterly random tonight thou-oh my god my mom sent my my guitar, the electric one, with my amp, I already have my acoustic" okay, that just seriously proved Christopher's last statement. He felt really random tonight, and he was almost positive that Katrina did too.

[katrina vanessa]

katrina vanessa
and it burns in midair, sending the cranes and pain.

kat nodded slowly, trying to take it all in. then five seconds later. what did he say? but either way, kat ignored it as she took another gulp of the burning drink, letting it burn her throat all the way down to her stomach. it was like acid, but it was kind of hard to put it down, even after leaving the bitter taste in her mouth. then again, this could just be a result after hanging out with chris for so long. he was the bad influence on her and sometimes she liked it and sometimes she didn't he was one of the reasons of her first and last detention back when she was in little third year with him. and still, she'd stuck through it all and they had come out friends. shockingly enough. since then, kat has accepted the fact that chris will do things that she'll do. and then it'll turn out horribly since kat was a novice at this.

"obviously." kat snort-laughed into her hands before taking a few huge breaths and laughing. "sorry - sorry. that was just... yeah." she said, laughing some more. "oh really? and how long as your longest relationship lasted? two weeks? no - wait. two hours." she said, smirking, even with the sheepish glint in her slightly over-the-top, pastel yellow eyes and pastel pink coming out in the corners.

kat sighed and rolled her eyes. obviously no one reads hogwarts: a history around here but her. she pat his shoulder and shook her head, "you know 'amps' don't work here. that's a muggle electronic device. those don't work in the hogwarts grounds." she said, sighing as she corrected him. "if you just wanted to make the guitar louder, just... do this." she said, pointing her wand at her neck and muttering, "sonorus." and instantly her voice boomed out in the small pub. eyes turned in their direction and she quickly muttered the countering spell, "quietus." before continuing with her conversation. everyone followed suit and soon the pub was loud once again.

[christopher montgomery]

Christopher scoffed "Well that isn't very nice" he said, sarcasim dripping fron him voice like everything else he said. Usually the two were never serious with eachother, though they couldn't help it, it just happened. Another scoff escaped Christopher's lips "Excuse me, it lasted from fourth year to the middle of fifth year" he said a bit cocky. Shaking his head, it was him and Molly, but didn't exactly break up either, they just kind of drifted apart, knowing that eachother were, well sick of one another.

"Damnit, so I trashed my other one for no reason?" Christopher raised an eyebrow at her. The obvious answer was yes. "Why aren't you in ravenclaw, I mean your not brave, clearly I do that to you" he said with a grin, looking at her hand which was still on his shoulder, moving over a bit "Yeah, but then I'll get yelled at" like that had ever bothered him before. Christopher always got yelled at, teachers expected Chris to get introuble it was a nautral thing for him. "Okay then, but whats the point of having an electric?" he arched an eyebrow.

[katrina vanessa]

katrina vanessa
and it burns in midair, sending the cranes and pain.

"i know." kat said cheerfully, bluntly. she took a sip from the firewhisky, running low now and ordered another one. she was actually starting to like the stuff, shockingly enough. from hate to alrightiness... well, that doesn't matter much. "oh, really?" kat said, arching her brow, "well, i guess a year's pretty good." she said, laughing. that was an understatement. for christopher? that was great, since he hasn't been in a real relationship since. katrina on the other hand was actually pretty committed. she dated zoltin since their second year and stated that they loved eachother in their fifth. kat did love him, still too. and that was what she really considered a true relationship right there. but why she was lecturing chris on relationships when she's only really had one... well, she stopped.

kat sighed and nodded, "well, if you had read hogwarts: a history like we were supposed to in our first year..." she said, wagging a finger in his face. kat rolled her eyes at the ravenclaw bit. she never really knew why either, but she found herself more comfortable as a gryffindor. "well, excuse you! i can too be brave!" she snapped back. "but still, i've been asking myself that question for about three years now." she said, chuckling.

kat thought about that question, taking her hand off his shoulder to hand aberforth two more galleons and took a sip again, letting the liquid burn her insides. "i don't know, actually. i would have stuck with your acoustic." she said, shrugging innocently and giggled. "it's a lot nicer then the electric ones."