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date: 09/07/24 time: 03:07 pm location: London

mentions: Reducio @Kenzie Thatcher @Alexandria Clark @Prat Pass

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Aston thought about somethings while the drive went on, namely whatever happened between Prat and Alex, cause the atmosphere is so so weird! Those two are barely talking to each other and Aston has no idea why. Anyways I'm sure they can figure it out themselves, I ain't gonna be a part of all that. When they arrive at the Mall Aston said to Kenzie, "Oh it's a mall! Just like the movies! Wait will there be an arcade here? It will be so fun if there is! " But the fancy look of the place quickly intimated Aston, Kenzie is obviously very rich, I think both Alex and Prat come from fancy pure blood families. Saying the last part of his thought out loud, Aston asked, "Wait am I the poorest one out of all of you? Crap I don't know if I can afford much stuff." He doesn't want to be the one that ruins everyone's fun, how the heck did he befriend all the rich people's kids anyway? Putting the money worries to the side, Aston noticed the crowds. It was overwhelming to him, all the noise and the loud footsteps. Another thing similar to all the movies, I suppose fiction is almost always rooted in some kind of truth. "Anyway, so we're starting with the stuff for the ball? Cool, where do we go, I think I have to depend on you for directions Kenzie. These two pure bloods ain't gonna be of much help here, well I won't be either, sorry about that."

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Interacting: @Alexandria Clark @Prat Pass @Aston Beckett

Location: London

Date: June

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Kenzie watched as everyone got out of the car. There was a tension in the air, everyone could sense it. But she was not about to let that ruin the fun day she had planned. The show must go on, as they say. Carson promised to meet them inside once he found parking for the car, and so Kenzie began to lead the group inside. "You guys ready? Let's head inside! I promise it won't be nearly as crowded. Large crowds made me nervous, even if they are Muggles..." her voice trailed off. The soft sound of her laughter rang through the air around them as Aston expressed his excitement, and his hopes for an arcade. She led them through the crowd with the facade of confidence, although, unbeknownst to her, it had not gone unnoticed the way she tensed up and held her breath while weaving through the groups of people. "I guess it is like the movies, Ash!" she smiled. "Although, I'm afraid you won't find an arcade in this outlet. This is more..." she paused, unsure how to say it. She always had trouble when speaking to others about her wealth. In fact, she tried to avoid it entirely. Sure, she loved her fair share of shopping and she wasn't a stranger to the many Galas and parties her family attended. But she did most of her shopping in regular shopping malls, with all of the fun stuff like arcades, food courts, candle stores, carousels, and fountains to make wishes in. The outlet where she had taken them to begin their day was not the sort of place she shopped in often, but it was the perfect place for an occasion like this. They are, after all, shopping for a Ball! "...exclusive. But don't you worry, there's really good one not far from here. I'll have Carson add it to the list!" She pulled out her phone as they walked closer to the entrance, and sent off a quick message to Carson, letting him know the plan was changing slightly. Then, she opened her camera and began to snap a few pictures, which startled her friends. Kenzie almost rolled over in laughter, despite already being standing. Once she caught her breath, she quickly explained to them what 'taking a picture' was and how they were not, in fact, under attack. "It's just so I can document our day. You guys have pictures, why am I even explaining this?" she muttered, mostly to herself. Her cheeks began to burn a bright pink and she was doing her absolute best to ignore it. She was still getting used to having friends, and she wanted to make a good impression on them. "Alright, well. I suppose I should warn you. Those doors over there are automatic, which means they will open on their own when we approach them, alright? So don't be alarmed!" She led the pack towards the doors she was talking about. Sure enough, they opened as soon as she got close, and part of her silently scolded herself for a missed opportunity for a joke. As they walked inside, Alex moved closer so she was walking side by side with Kenzie. "Yeah, I noticed it too," she said, her voice low. She glanced back and forth between Alex and Prat. "Al, I don't know what's going on, but try not to let it get in the way of having fun today, yeah?" She smiled as Alex responded and the girls turned their attention back to their surroundings. Just as promised, there were significantly less people around. Kenzie observed her friend's reactions to the mall, and she sneakily snapped a few pictures while they weren't paying attention. Aston was in awe of the stores around them, Alex was admiring a few of the mannequin's outfits through shop windows, and Prat was muttering something about the strangeness of Muggle fashion. Kenzie had to bite back a grin. Once Carson had met back up with them, she led them all into the very first store. It was the only store in sight that wasn't clothing, and it was actually a spa. Kenzie walked in and went straight over to the retail shelves in the lobby as everyone shuffled in after her. She scanned the shelves for a moment while making small talk with Alex until she found what she was looking for. "They've discontinued my shampoo and conditioner in every place except this one," she explained, handing the bottles to Carson and walking back out of the shop without a second thought. "Where should we go first, hmm? I think we should probably do our dresses and suits first, which would take us to that store over there. Unless you guys just want to roam around and explore?"

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─────As the group walked into the "mall" or whatever Kenzie had called it, Alex felt Prat's hand brush against hers. She pulled her hand away in surprise and stepped closer to Kenzie. Is this him trying to act like everything is fine? It's not. I feel it's quite obvious that it's not. He had been avoiding her completely today, and now he was just trying to act as if nothing had happened. Absolutely unacceptable. Alex would accept nothing less than an explanation followed by an apology. Although, she began to think she may be the one in need of apologizing.

Alex followed closely behind Kenzie as the four friends walked through the crowd of people. She could feel herself beginning to get panicked. It felt like there was something keeping her from taking a full breath. She felt lightheaded, putting her hand on her chest, trying to focus on slowing her breathing. The hell is wrong with me? There aren't even many people here. I'm with my friends, these are people I trust. I'm fine, just breathe for God's sake.

She barely registered what Kenzie had said to her, "Yeah, sure," she muttered in agreement.

As the small group made their way through the mall, Alex stopped in front of a window that was displaying different outfits on some mannequins. The farther they went, she noticed, the less people there were. Which allowed her time to collect herself and make sure no one thought anything was wrong. She crossed her arms tightly across her chest as she looked around at her friends. The young girl found her focus to linger on Prat, Should I say something to him? She considered it for a moment before taking a step towards him. But before she could go any farther, Kenzie beckoned her and the boys into a store.

The store she had called them into had walls covered in shelves stocked with brightly colored bottles and boxes. The two girls conversed briefly, and she answered Alex's few questions about the different items on the shelves. Seeming satisfied with her explanation of the store, she smiled and nodded as Kenzie grabbed two bottles and walked away to hand them to Carson. Alex turned in the direction of Prat, who had his back turned to her while looking at some boxes that lined the shelf in front of him. She cautiously walked up to him, hoping she could fix whatever was going on between them.

Gently placing her hand on his shoulder, she stood beside him and offered him a shy smile, "Hey," she said softly, "I... I was wondering if I-" Her words were cut short by Kenzie walking up and asking where they should go first. Alex turned to face her friend, her hand fell from Prat's shoulder, brushing against his arm as it did. She looked at him for a moment before her gaze fell on Kenzie. "I don't really mind what we do first. Whatever you three decide is fine," she said, mainly to Kenzie but also to Prat and Aston.

date: 09/07/24 time: 03:07 pm location: London

mentions: Reducio @Kenzie Thatcher @Alexandria Clark @Prat Pass

languages english: #1a4174 thoughts: italics

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Aston was excited for the whole trip, We're gonna go shopping in a mall! For the first time! Aston followed Kenzie and the rest of the group into the spa, out of all the shops here it seems to be the only one not selling clothes. Makes sense, our main goal here is to buy clothes for the ball. People wear suits to those things right? Dad did say wizards wear something else but suits look better, far better. He watched as Kenzie just hands the bottles to Carson That was the name of her butler right? And just walked out. Wow, rich people really are care free, good for them. Aston listened to Kenzie's question, noticing how Alex and Prat still refuse to talk to each other. I'm not dealing with this, I'm sticking with Kenzie and talking to her. "I want to go clothes shopping first! If everyone is okay with that, I don't own anything that I can wear to the ball, all I own is things like this." He pointed to his Queen band shirt as he said the last word. I am definitely going to need help picking clothes out. And that's what Kenzie did, she led them to a clothing store. Prat looked like he was going to say something to him, but Kenzie quickly came to replace his place. Saying that she'll give Aston a makeover! "Oh this will be fun! So what do you think is good Kenzie?'

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─────The group of friends decided to go shopping for clothing first, Alex was not opposed to it as she had quite a fascination with muggle fashion. As the four walked through the mall, she observed the clothing items on display in the store windows they passed. A lot of the fashion she saw worn by students at Hogwarts was similar to what she saw in the stores. Muggle attire doesn't differ that much, I suppose I was expecting it to be more extravagant. But compared to traditional wizarding robes it definitely seems to be more ordinary and less eye-catching.

When they arrived at the clothing store Kenzie mentioned to Aston something about giving his wardrobe a makeover. Alex went to follow her two friends but was stopped by Prat, who grabbed her hand and pulled her back. He led her into a less crowded section of the store that had a bunch of hats sitting on shelves and racks. Noticing that Prat was still holding her hand, she let go and stepped away from him, her cheeks a slight shade of pink.

"I dunno, I'm not the best when it comes to fashion..." Alex said, laughing softly when he asked her to pick a hat that would suit him best. She and Prat stood there for a few minutes in an awkward silence, or at least it was awkward for her. God, I wish he would just say something. Perhaps he's mad about something, although I doubt he would have made a point to be alone with me if he was. She sighed quietly as she absently ran a hand through her long, shiny, brown hair. Alex could tell something was wrong with Prat, he was oddly quiet when usually he'd be talking her ear off or teasing her about something dumb.

Finally, he broke the silence, asking her why she'd be avoiding him all day while putting a pink hat with an odd little character on her head. "I...." She began, taking the hat off and fiddling with it nervously. "I could ask you the same thing. You've been acting all distant today. I wasn't sure whether or not you wanted to talk to me. I thought-" she set the hat down on a nearby shelf as her gaze fell to the ground, "I thought, perhaps, that I had done something wrong. Have I? If I did I'm very sorry, I never meant to make things difficult between us."

Alex crossed her arms and let out a shaky breath before saying in a quiet voice, "I'm sorry, Prat."

─────After Alex had apologized, she had expected Prat to do the same, in a sincere manner. She wasn't the only one in the wrong after all, he was the one who ignored her first. In her opinion, he should've been the one to apologize first, but she doubted he would ever be able to see himself in the wrong. He'll likely apologize just so things can be normal between us again. I wonder if he even feels bad about it? The next few moments would prove that, no, no he does not.

At first when Prat began to apologize it sounded genuine, but then he just had to be a prick. Her expression quickly changed from apologetic to annoyed and hurt. Once he had finished "apologizing" he grabbed her hand and began to pull her with him as he walked away. She yanked her hand from his and shot him a look of disgust. "Prat Pass! What the hell do you think you're doing?! You do not get to act so distasteful towards me. I'm sorry I did not send you a letter after the ranch, but I've been busy! So I apologize for having a life, but you didn't try to contact me either. I'm not going to put effort into talking to someone who acts like they don't want to talk to me!" Alex looked him in eyes as she spoke, hoping he would realize that he was being a total jerk to her.

A few moments of silence passed, the tension in the air was almost palpable. The young girl sighed and rolled her eyes, "You don't even care," she scoffed, "For a moment I thought you did, but of course you don't, you're to self-absorbed to." With that finally retort she turned around and began to walk away, hoping to find where Kenzie and Aston had gone off to. After a few steps she paused and turned around, "I don't want to talk about this right now, you're being dramatic," and with that, she turned back around and strode off in the direction she had seen her two other friends run off in.

Alex was more angry than upset, why did he think he got to speak to her in that manner? He didn't send a letter after their time together at the ranch either. Does he really expect me to be the only one putting effort into this friendship? And to think I liked him! How did I expect anything more than a friendship out of this when he can't even be bothered to talk to me? She continued this train of thought until she finally found Kenzie and Aston, "Hey guys, what're you up to?" she asked with a smile.

Interacting/Mentioning: @Alexandria Clark @Prat Pass @Aston Beckett

Location: London

Date: June

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As the group walked out of the Spa and decided to go looking through the clothing stores, Kenzie led them into the first store. Carson followed closely behind them, carrying the bag from the Spa. When they walked into the store, a breath of relief washed over her. Soft jazz was playing from the speakers of the store, and the group was greeted by one of the workers. There didn’t seem to be a lot of people in the store. In fact, the only customers that Kenzie could see were themselves. She watched the other’s reactions to the store carefully, and it didn’t escape her notice that the tension between Alex and Prat had seemed to worsen in the 5 minutes since she had talked to Alex. Still, she clapped her hands excitedly and smiled brightly at Aston. She could see through his expression that he seemed overwhelmed, and perhaps even a bit terrified, by the selection of clothing in the store and throughout the mall. Her smile softened and she walked over to him, her eyes scanning over his outfit and figure. Excitement bubbled within her again. The only thing she loved just as much as reading, was shopping. The only thing she could love just as much as shopping, are makeovers! Desperate to get away from the awkward tension and leave the others alone to work whatever their issues are out; They need to get their shit together if we’re going to have any fun at all today…; Kenzie grabbed Aston’s arm and whisked him away to a completely different part of the store. She left Carson and the others with nothing but “Makeover time!” and with a blink of an eye, she was on a different level of the store with Aston. “Stand right here!” she said, placing him in front of a mirror by the dressing rooms. She put her purse down on the floor next to him before walking a few feet over to the racks. Then, she started bringing hangers and hangers of clothes over to Aston, putting them up to his chest and such. Some she kept on an empty rack for him to try on, others she discarded onto a nearby chair with a shake of her head. Her expression was serious, eyes narrowed and she was sticking out her tongue a bit. She was focused, but the sounds of both their laughter rang through the room after a few particularly…unique patterns. They made small talk and she grew less serious and more humorous. “Oh doesn’t this just match your eyes perfectly!?” she asked while laughing, holding up a loose silk pyjama shirt with cheetah print on it. They both broke out into laughter and she tossed it onto the discard pile before putting the rack of try-on clothes into a dressing room. “You go on in and try these on. I want to see each outfit before you move onto the next, alright? Let’s start with the suits we picked out for the ball!” She watched as he went into the dressing room to change before she turned around to clean up. She handed the pile of discarded clothes to a nearby worker and requested a few lemonades as they try on clothes. She wandered back over to the racks to look for a few more options when she heard Alex’s voice from behind her. She turned around and smiled, holding up a dress to Alex before the other girl could register. “No no no, the color is all wrong” she muttered, putting the dress back on the rack. “Aston’s in the changing room, just over there! There’s a seating area with lemonade, too. He should be coming out soon, shall we go sit?” She smiled again, honestly girlypop’s cheeks must be in so much pain omg how does she do it and led Alex to the seating area outside the dressing room. “I took the liberty of picking out a few outfits for everyone to try on for fun, if you want” she said, sitting down gracefully and taking a sip of her ice-cold lemonade. “Ash, you alive in there? I’m sure Prat is around here somewhere if you need help with a button or two!”

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