Ice cream and a new friend PV Finished

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Only some weeks were left before the beginning of the new school year at Hogwarts. The news of her attendance at this new institution was still fresh in Rose's mind and she couldn't believe this day has finally come. She was feeling a mix of excitement from curiosity and nervousness from the unknown. Yet impatience remained in both cases. All of this mixed emotions could be perceived in Rose's behaviour.

Wandering in the crowded streets of Diagon Alley to purchase her school supply Rose impressed by the area and the amount of people went from window shop to window shop so quickly that it was hard for her parents to keep an eye on her. Thankfully her brother Ewan was following her like her shadow. As she was looking at each shop Rose was still amazed by all the products that could be found and bought there offering a wide range of choices. Hopefully she had the school supply's list to know exactly what to buy where. Task she has obviously delegated to her parents.

Suddenly Rose's eyes fell upon a telescope when she was about to call her brother and show him only to realise he was not around anymore. She quickly sighted the street spotting him walking towards....

Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour of course!

Every time she was coming to Diagon Alley her brother had to stop by the ice cream shop. Rose didn't really have a sweet tooth but she was always in for some ice cream. She let out a sigh before catching up to her brother to reach the front of the shop where she looked at all flavours before her eyes. A smile appeared on her lips eyes sparkling as she went to the end of the rather long queue.

Nevertheless just then she heard someone yelling more like a complain at one who may have -like her- gone a bit too much to the front. Rose took a quick glance before seeing a young boy probably of the same age as her who appeared quite embarrassed as he placed himself right behind her and her brother.

Was it him? wondered Rose looking at him when the boy suddenly raised his voice to speak out of the blue.
Surprised by the sudden loudness of his voice she widened her eyes at him before laughing. This boy seemed to be a cheerful one. Summoning up her courage Rose decided to answer to him.

"I know right!! What's your favourite? All flavours seem so delicious I was almost drooling over it earlier!" she excitedly said a wide smile on her face as her eyes were sparkling again.

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Rose still in the queue to get an ice cream with her brother wasn't facing the front as expected. Instead she was facing the boy behind her that had come up few minutes after her and was discussing with him. Even more surprising for her who used to be rather shy. Rose was looking at this young boy as she chuckled at his statement and way of talking. He appeared to be really funny. Yet his words were true.

"I can't agree more with you! That's why some people take so much time because they make the decision right in front of the flavours!" she tried to say on a rather accusatory tone as if it were something really important in which people were failing.
"That is why it sometimes takes ages." she rolled her eyes before laughing. "But adults." Rose shrugged her shoulder as she quickly glanced to her brother next to her.

Her eyes back on the dark haired boy she was about to speak again when she noticed his eyes drifting to her brother. He was probably wondering who it was. She was about to introduce her brother when the boy started speaking again. He stated his favourite flavour was blueberry. At this word Rose's eyes widened in surprise mixed to a kind of excitement. It was also Rose's favourite flavour! Usually people were liking the common flavours such as vanilla, chocolate, strawberry or so but she thought blueberry was rather a bit more uncommon, wasn't it? Yet the boy pursued with other flavours he liked. Rose chuckled at the way he was talking it was remembering her sometimes saying kind of everything coming to her mind.

"Blueberry too is my favourite!!" she answered him on a joyful tone.
"I think you're the first person I meet to also like blueberry. But yes vanilla is good too!" she chuckled before raising an eyebrow about the pistachio comment.
"Pistachio is not bad though." she mischievously smile narrowing a bit her eyes "Pistachio might be your favourite instead of blueberry I suppose." she teased hoping he would get it.
Rose perfectly understood he seemed not to like pistachio at all but she took it as a tease opportunity although she has just met him without even knowing his name.
This thought suddenly crossed her mind as she recalled the time he looked at her brother. She should introduce themselves.

After reflecting over it which lasted way too long and may have appeared to the boy as spacing out Rose smiled again at the young dark haired boy.

"I'm Rose by the way! Rose Pearce. Nice to meet you." she said handing her hand in front of her for a handshake.
"And that tall boy next to me-" she couldn't finish her sentence as her brother turned around to introduce himself.
"I'm Ewan Finlay Pearce, but you can just call me Ewan. Her name is not only Rose but Rose Eira" he turned to his sister with a knowing look. "Pearce. Nice to meet you!" he said smiling before leaning a bit forward to whisper so her sister wouldn't hear. "Be careful she seems all innocent and kind but once you got to know her she can be a real pain." he laughed as Rose who obviously heard him rolled her eyes.
"Hey! You would be bored without me!" she retorted followed by a laugh before looking back at the boy.
"Don't listen to him!" she chuckled.
"I can't wait to taste the blueberry ice cream!" she gave the boy a big smile impatience filling all her body.

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«If anything the display should be moved to somewhere in the queue!» He eagerly nodded. But no, adults could truly be morons sometimes. The line of people in front of them inched closer to the stand, and Max was far from late to follow. «Thats… Wait, really?» Maxs eyes sparkled with joy at hearing they had something in common. Except taking their time considering ice cream flavours. «That’s so cool! Blueberry is totally the best. It’s unique!» He declared. Blueberries were found in the forest after all, and thereby a treat he often enjoyed. His expression narrowed a bit at her response to pistachios, trying to determine whether she indeed were joking or not. «Oh, no way!» He started, a little indignant before a smile grew on his face. «I’ll get pistachio only if I can borrow your head to throw up on!» A little mean perhaps, but he followed the statement with a roaring laugh and a wink to blow it off. Suddenly being introduced properly, Max pulled himself together and nodded. «Rose» He repeated, trying to commit the name to memory. Grabbing the hand she was offering and shaking it politely. He was just about to introduce himself next when the older boy poked his head into the conversation. He repeated Ewans name as well, and couldn’t hold back a rather loud snort at his comment about his sister. «I’ll look out then» He promised jokingly in return before straightening up a bit. «My name’s Max Kenneally Vidler, but that’s a bit long for even me to remember so Max is plenty!» He elaborated willingly before adding with a laugh «But I have found out I respond to shouts of «Oy, you!» as well, so freedom of choice» He stood silently for a moment watching the siblings interact, before becoming aware of himself once more. Nodding to agree with Roses statement, he decided to take the introduction one step further. «I’m starting Hogwarts this fall, or in a couple of days… what about you?» His tone were almost timid in the way he spoke, not daring to hope he had met a coming classmate.

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The queue was moving slowly but surely so they were little by little getting closer to receive an ice cream. Rose was standing next her brother and talking to the boy behind her named Max she had just met. He was really outgoing and funny which was making the conversation entertaining and was shortening the waiting times. She couldn't wait to eat blueberry ice cream.

At Max's comment about the pistachio flavours and him throwing up on her head she scoffed and raised an eyebrow looking mischievously at him.

"What if it happened there is no blueberry flavour left nor any and pistachio is the only one remaining?" she asked curious about Max's answer. Would he be willing to give up on eating an ice cream because of this? The answer was probably yes yet Rose still wanted to be sure. If so then yes he was really disliking pistachio and his statement of throwing up because of it was taking all its sense. She couldn't help but laughing.

"Then I hope for me you will get blueberry!"

After they all introduced themselves properly although Max mentioned answering to shouts of "Oy, you!" to which Rose teased him "I'll try next time we will meet then." and Ewan, Rose's brother, warned Max to not let himself be fooled by Rose's calm and sweet appearance Max pursued the conversation further yet on a more reserved tone than before. Rose didn't really put much attention to it as his words surprised her more. Of course that could have been obvious he was a wizard since they were in Diagon Alley but Rose didn't think Max would indeed be starting at Hogwarts the start of the next school year. She widened her eyes as a big smile appeared on her face relieved to have met maybe her future classmate.

"Oh really! Me too! Maybe we will be sorted into the same house! Is there a house you would like to get into? What are you the most exited about? Are you nervous, excited? Probably a bit of both. Is there-" she suddenly went quiet realising she had just bombarded him with way too many questions. All of sudden she felt excited to have met a future fellow student as she couldn't help but smile.

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«Then I’d rather go without having any!» Despite the cheerful tone he pulled a bit of a grimace. He could think of nothing worse. Ice cream was better than no ice cream in every instance except for this one. «I hope that for me too» He added with a snort. This meeting in its entirety would go better if no one lost the contents of their stomach in fact.

He laughed his way through the rest of their greetings. He found himself however already missing his sister at the thought of spending the better part of a year without her. Rose and Ewan seemed to have almost the same type of dynamic, as least as far as he could tell now. He couldn’t help laugh at her bombardment of questions, but answered more than willingly once she stopped talking. «Thats great! We’ll be classmates at least! If not housemates!» He shifted his weight from one foot to the other as he tried to keep all her questions from slipping his mind. I would prefer Hufflepuff for sure! Mum has said they basically have slumber parties every night, and I can think of nothing better! I’m way more excited than nervous, cause everything seems so intriguing!» He had to stop for a moment to snort at his own words before continuing. «I don’t know anybody else starting this year, except I guess I know you now. Besides, making new friends is over half the fun! And I can hardly wait to see the greenhouses!» His expression drifts off into dreamland at those words, with an almost sparkle to his eyes. Pulling himself together though, he shakes his head a bit before refocusing on Rose. «What about you? What are you most excited for, what house are you hoping for, and what class are you the most eager to start?»

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Rose's eyes widened when Max mentioned he would rather go with any ice creams than having one pistachio flavoured. He indeed disliked pistachio a lot.
Rose couldn't help but chuckled.

"Yes as expected and as I was thinking you really dislike it." however Rose wondered why though. Perhaps there were any reasons for it but she was still curious.
"May I ask what pistachio did for you to dislike it that much?" she asked on an investigative tone as if she were trying to detect any hidden mysteries behind. Obviously she was just having fun with it.

After Rose went quiet following her -too- many questions Max appeared to be more than happy and willing to answer all of it. Rose smiled at him as she couldn't believe this guy. He was so cheerful and joyful! It was really nice for Rose to talk with someone like him. He seemed to be as talkative as her when she was comfortable to talk with someone. He also didn't refrain himself from joking although they had just met and were not really knowing each other. Rose hoped they could become good friends even at Hogwarts after the school year would have had started.

Rose was carefully listening to him as she was nodding from time to time.

"So you want to be in Hufflepuff just for the parties?" Rose asked arching an eyebrow followed by a small laugh.
"I guess it can be a good reason indeed."

Max kept answering to her questions as she couldn't help smiling at the view of him in front of her. His excitement was hard to miss indeed.

"Oh the greenhouses! So will Herbology be your favourite subject? Are you expecting this class the most?" Rose curiously asked him.

"And of course you can say I'm your first -becoming- friend!" she sincerely said hoping they could indeed become friends although it was already someone she would know before going to Hogwarts.
When Max was done speaking he seemed a bit somewhere else like his body was there but his mind was perhaps drifting away. Rose chuckled before Max snapped back by asking her back kind of the same questions.

Rose smiled.
"Well I have to be careful in my words because you know.." she looked towards her brother.
"You know I'm not deaf yet." Ewan said not turning around to her.
"But don't mind me Dumbie you can say whatever is on your mind. I won't judge you or anything." her brother added teasingly clearly making fun of her. Although he didn't really mind about his sister's wishes as long as she was going to be happy and content by it.

Rose only rolled her eyes at her brother before laughing used to this kind of gentle words from him.
"So as I was going to say." she spoke looking back at Max. "I would like to be in Ravenclaw! All of my dad's family was in Ravenclaw including him and my brother! So it's like a tradition!" she said proudly with a smile before pursuing on answering.
"I would say same as you I'm really excited although I think my nervousness is as important." she chuckled. Rose was indeed excited but also really nervous to meet so many new people "But since now I know you that could ease a bit my apprehension." she smiled before talking again. "Mmmh I suppose I want to see the Astronomy Tower and attend Astronomy class the most! We" she quickly made a head sign tower a brother "used to stargaze together since we are children so maybe that's why. I want to know all about what's above us." she said her eyes sparkling as she was also shifting her body to one feet to another.

Then she suddenly stopped as she looked at Max slightly titling her head on the side.

"By the way are you alone here? Where are you parents?" she asked curious. At first it didn't hit her nor she paid attention to it but now since he spoke of his mother she noticed he was alone in the queue.
"Oh are your parents both wizards if I may ask?" that was another question that just popped up in her mind without even having the answers of the previous ones. Rose heard her brother loudly sighing as he knew how his sister could be sometimes.

Embarrassed Rose's face warmed a bit as she smiled and looked away.
"Sorry. That's again too many questions at once." she remained quiet waiting for Max's answer.

But she was also getting a bit impatient to finally get her ice cream.

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By the expression of the girl in front of him one would think Max just said he would rather have downed an entire bucket of anything than eat pistachios. That was almost true, but just almost. He nodded with a crooked smile to confirm «They haven’t done anything per say, except for being deceiving.» Another shrug as he dove ahead. «The color is so nice! Like, almost inviting you know? Only to taste like that! It should be illegal.» He nodded to drive the point home. He didn’t really mind the taste when he ate the nuts by themselves, but something about them being mixed with ice cream… just the thought made his stomach turn. «But why do you like blueberry? Like, out of all the berries, why that one?»

The conversation flowed better than the queue, but at least it was moving. The theme of the different houses was a good one. He eagerly nodded. «Who doesn’t like parties? They’re the best!» Not that he had ever been to one, but he was pretty sure telling them that would be oversharing. Instead he jumped on the chance to talk herbology. «Oh for sure. Nothing beats tending to plants and messing with soil!» He had to laugh a bit at how he sounded. Like a toddler who wanted nothing more than to roll around in the dirt all day. Not that he would really mind that either to be honest.

Snorting at the sibling interaction before leaning in a bit to make sure he properly heard her answers. «Ravenclaw and Astronomy» He mused for a moment. «I suppose that makes sense, being in a tower you’re closer to the stars already!» He had to smirk a bit at that, since it was after all a rather clever comment. «But I’ve heard you have to take a quiz to access the common room? I would never survive that!»

He thought for a moment and was just about to say something else when Rose caught him off guard by asking where his parents were. Paling a bit he looked back in the direction he had come from before facing Rose again. «My Mum was looking at cauldrons when I stepped out to get some fresh air. Suppose she is finding robes now by trying them on a mannequin» He gave her a shrug. «I could practically taste the ice cream once I stepped out of the shop. Suppose it refreshed me after the stuffed air in that second hand store» He mused before collecting himself once more. «And yeah, they are both wizards» He confirmed before looking around. Rose asking brought curiosity to his mind. «What about you, is it just the two of you here?» Finally after far too long of a wait they neared the display, only a couple of steps away now!

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Rose looked at Max before laughing at his reasons for disliking pistachios. Perhaps he had a bad experience while eating it as he stated finding them deceiving or his expectations were too high that his disillusionment had been great. It was really laughable to have a well build-up opinion over a food. In a way Rose quite admired it. But she could perhaps understand since it was certainly the same with the foods she didn't like although there were only few. She was deep in her thoughts when she heard Max's voice asking her about her reason to like blueberry out of all the others berries. She chuckled.

"Who said I don't like the others berries?" she asked jokingly one eyebrow raised.
"No I know what you mean." she let out another small chuckle. "Mmmh I like raspberries as well! But of course not as much as blueberry." she put her hand on her chin her eyes looking a bit up as she was thinking before explaining her reasons to like blueberry.

A smile appeared on her lips as she looked back to Max.
"Blueberries are soft when you eat them! It's not acid and it feels like it's popping in your mouth." she laughed a bit thinking of her words "and it tastes good! Plus the colour is pretty." she chuckled again. That was indeed her reasons for liking blueberry the most.
"What about you? Why do you like blueberry? They haven't deceived you then! At least not yet!" Rose asked Max back curious of his answer as she teased him a bit.

When they talked about the house they would like to be sorted into and Max mentioned Hufflepuff because of the parties and that was something most of the people liked Rose couldn't deny he got a point. However they were not going to Hogwarts to party so she just laughed rather than saying something like that not to sound too judgemental or a joy killer or someone who didn't know how to have fun. He also told her he liked Herbology and she laughed with him when he explained why.

"You just sound like someone who wants to create a disaster." she jokingly told him.

Then Rose just nodded happily at his comment about Ravenclaw and the Astronomy before she recalls what her brother had told her about the Common Room.
"Exactly! And the Common Room ceiling and decorations are kind of Astronomy coded." she said smiling to him excited at the idea to be able to discover it if she were sorted into that house.
"Yes. A riddle." Rose told while her gaze shifted to her brother "Ask him he has to do it every time he goes into it." she told Max before fully speaking to her brother "Ewan tell Max how easy the riddles are!" then she put on a mischievous look before turning to Max again and whispering "If he can do it everyone can!" she laughed at her silliness knowing her brother had probably hear her. Indeed he did as he sighed looking at his sister and rolled his eyes without even saying anything before a small smile curved his lips. He was indeed used to his sister's teasing.

At Rose's question about his parents Max didn't seem bothered to be alone there as his mother was probably still shopping like Rose's parents should too.

"No! Our parents are here too looking for school furniture and since we walked pass by the ice cream shop and that this tall boy you see" Rose pointed towards her brother "is always hungry he wanted to get something." she rolled her eyes feigning an annoyance before chuckling.

Step by step they were getting closer to receive their ice cream. Rose quickly looked on the side of the queue when she noticed only 3 persons were ahead of them. She could soon taste her blueberry ice cream!