Birthday Fires Closed

Interacting With
@Henry Knight| @Rose Moon

Mentions
@Kara Capricorn| Sherlock

Logan looked around at all of the people who had shown up to the little fire to celebrate Henry's birthday. She kept herself on the edge of the group, giving herself more room to leave if she needed too. What the girl was not expecting was for Henry to ask if she wanted to help him with the gifts. The Hufflepuff was going to tell him that he needed to spend more time with his other friends, but his tone of voice didn't give her much choice.

The Hufflepuff took a step towards Henry only to hear Rose call out for her. She nodded her head for Henry to go on as she made her way over to Rose, hoping it wouldn't be too long. "It has just been a long day and a lot of people. I promise I am okay Rose, but we can talk afterwards if you would like." Logan rushed out as she saw Henry waiting for her over near the presents. "I believe Henry wants to talk to me now," she said to the girl as she turned and made her way back to Henry.

"Why am I helping with your presents if it is your birthday?" Logan muttered to the boy as Sherlock made his way over to the pair and rubbed against Logan's legs in affection. What Logan was not expecting was for him to ask if she was okay as well and if classes had been rough. She didn't think she was being that obvious about it, but apparently she was.

"It was just a really bad day of classes Charm. I promise I will be okay, I am just not used to being around this many people who are friends with you, but don't know me." Logan spoke the truth, knowing the boy wouldn't let her alone until she told it to him. "You need to have fun with your other friends and not let me bring down your mood," she told the boy with a slight forced smile on her face.

She heard one of the others say something about their gift first and with a grin, Logan reached over and grabbed the gift she remembered Kara bringing. "You might want to open this one," Logan said with a giggle as she stepped back from the boy.

Henry seemed to scoff at the thought of not inviting her. As if it was a silly and ridiculous thought. That made Rose smile a little. He thanked her again for the gift, and Rose said, "Of course." She really had put a lot of effort into her present for Henry, and she hoped with all her heart that he would like it, and that he understood that it was all from her heart, not anything for him to feel guilty about in the slightest.

The Slytherin seemed a little confused when Rose addressed Paige. "Oh! Yeah, we met randomly by the lake one day. We don't know each other very well, but enough to know that Paige is an awesome person, and she deserves to be here." Rose smiled at the First Year. Compliments were never not an option for Rose, and Paige was such a kind person, she couldn't help but try to make her smile.

Henry stole her idea of taking Logan aside and asking her if she was okay. That was Rose's job! To look out for everyone and make sure they were all okay. She guessed that Henry was Logan's best friend, but still. This was his birthday party. Rose didn't know why exactly she felt like she had to do everything and protect everyone. It was either a wonderful trait or a fatal flaw. Henry told her that the girl named Kara might have eaten all the candy, and Rose smirked a little. His cheeky comment was followed by a reply from Kara that seemed very defensive, and Rose wasn't sure if Kara meant it or not. She wasn't quite sure about this Kara girl.

Logan seemed to come with Rose first, though, after all. She reassured the redhead that she was fine, and that it had just been a long day. "Alright," Rose said with a smile, letting her go over to Henry, probably telling him what was really wrong. Or maybe she told him the exact same thing. That was the kind of thing Rose wasn't sure if she wanted to know or not.

Cash arrived soon after, sharing a kiss with Kara. Rose actually hadn't known that Cash even was in a romantic relationship. She guessed it was just one more thing in her life that she wasn't in on. But they were adorable together, and it was in that moment that Rose decided that Kara couldn't really be that bad.

Rose took a marshmallow and took a bite out of it. Marshmallows really were amazing.

Then there was talk about presents, and Rose looked over to Henry and Logan in anticipation. Was everyone here that was going to come? What about Scarlett, had she been invited? Maybe the Quidditch player was just busy or something. But Rose was ready for presents.

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@Henry Knight @Rose Moon @Alexa Mackenzie @Cassandra Ironwoods @Kara Capricorn @Gia Adelard @Paige Grant[font=times new roman]
S[/font]carlett was late.

There were varying degrees of lateness one could be. The first was 'just late'. The deadline had struck mere minutes ago, and you were pretty much okay. The second was 'moderately late'. By now, it was pretty late. You were frowned upon as you entered whatever event you were attending. The third was 'fashionably late'. This was later than 'moderately late' enough to make it look cool, but not too late to miss a large proportion of the event. Finally, fourth was 'late late'. As in, very late. As in, so late that the time gods seemed to be cursing you from above. As in, Scarlett-level late.

Obviously, Scarlett was currently the last of the varying degrees of lateness, and swearing profusely in her mind...and perhaps out loud as will. "Oh SHIT!" shrieked Scarlett as she checked the time. "I swear to freaking - shit - I'm so late." Her outburst happened as she was relaxing in the common room, and caused quite a few stares. Scarlett brushed them off and ran upstairs to change into some respectable jeans and a printed white Gryffindor tee. She then grabbed her wrapped present and sprinted out of the common room, the Fat Lady yelling at her as she knocked the portrait over. Honestly, there was no one in school who hated her more than the Fat Lady.

She rushed outside, the brisk air hitting her. She breathed in. She loved the outdoors. But enjoying the air and wind and hills could come for another day because she had a birthday to get to. She saw a gathering of people as she ran. Henry, Rose, a black girl she didn't know, Kara, Cash, Henry's brunette girlfriend that always hung out with him...there was her destination. She jogged towards them, panting and announcing herself with a, "HI! Hi, hi, hi, I'm so sorry I'm late, I hate my clock, but I'm not making excuses, but I technically am, but sorry! Again! It's a Scarlett thing that I can't seem to shake off and this time, I wasn't even fashionably late and-" Scarlett inhaled, stopping her massive trainwreck of words. She thrust the present at Henry. "ANYWAY! Here's your present. Happy birthday dude." She gave him a hug and then stepped back to snatch a marshmallow from the bowl.

Scarlett raised her eyebrows. "I just noticed," she said. "That I'm older than you. Ooh I now have older friend priveleges!" Scarlett laughed, imitating an old grandpa accent. "HENRY KNIGHT," she boomed. "AS YOUR ELDER-" She stopped. Because she honestly had no idea what to do as his elder.

She then spun to everyone else. "Hello!" she said brightly. "Rose, Cash - we haven't spoken in forever, how are you? - Kara, Girl I Don't Know - what's your name again? - and Henry's girlfriend! Logan, is it?"

She ate her marshmallow. "Have any of you guys tried the marshmallows? They are god-tier. Also, sorry for my lateness, I just can't keep track of time, it's really annoying. Anything fun going in before I came?"

"OOH, we could play party games. Or are you too old for that, now that you're a teenager Henry?" remarked Scarlett. She hoped she wasn't killing the mood too much with her overactive energy. "And don't forget about presents!" Hers was alright - she didn't have the most self-esteem in her present making. It was - well, they would have to wait and see, wouldn't they?

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Interacting: @Logan Baird | @Kara Capricorn | @Rose Moon | @Cassandra Ironwoods | @Scarlett Aden| Loki | Sherlock | Moonshine
Mentioning: @Paige Grant
OOC Nots: Paige owled me privately and asked me to godmode her character leaving since she won't be able to reply anymore due to personal manners
Languages: English | French | Italian | Arabic | Russian

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@Henry Knight @Rose Moon @Cassandra Ironwoods @Kara Capricorn[font=times new roman]
O[/font]h thank Merlin she hadn't missed that much. She would've internally beaten herself up if she missed even a second of an important part on Henry's birthday. Scarlett was still trying to make it up to Henry, even though it had been more than a year since she had yelled at him - completely uncalled for - by the Great Lake, after five years of friendship. It wasn't her best moment and Scarlett knew it. She still flushed with shame whenever she thought about it, which was odd because Scarlett Aden did not flush.

She was glad when Henry changed the subject, even if he had no idea he was doing her a favour. "Older friend privileges exist," shrugged Scarlett, with a careless if not melodramatic flip of her hair. "And thank you! I would say I'm very mature for my age. I am a paragon of maturity. I am so mature that I eat maturity for breakfast and discuss politics over tea." She fake-pondered his next words. "Mm, they are called older friend privileges for a reason," she concluded at last. "What would be the point of giving older friend privileges to younger friends? It isn't my fault they were born in the very rare British summer heat. They get to have pool parties for their birthday, unlike me. Lucky bunch."

Scarlett grinned at said 'lucky bunch' - Rose, Cash and Logan - with a playful glint in her eyes, to indicate that she was very much joking, before realising her mistake that Henry had pointed out to her. "Oh, sorry!" she blurted out. "I had no idea. Bloody wicked, eh? From the looks of it, you do seem 'bloody wicked' as Henry so eloquently called you." She was addressing Logan at this point. Scarlett couldn't help a small sliver of jealousy work its way into her, but she crushed it down immediately afterwards. She needed to remember that her friends had other friends who they could hang out with. And it didn't mean they liked Scarlett less.

But a small part of her wondered if they did, in fact, like her less, compared to their other friends.

Still maintaining her smile though - Scarlett was determined to stamp out any negative emotion on Henry's birthday - she couldn't stop her mouth from curling up into an ever-so-slightly bigger smile at Henry's description of her.

She took another marshmallow, ate it, and then started talking again - a daunting statement for anyone who knew her. "Great!" She clapped her hands in excitement. "Uh, we could do the Hokey-Pokey! Or we could play Tag! Or Stuck In The Mud! There are so many options. And presents!"

Scarlett practically thrust her gift to Henry. She had spent weeks brainstorming his interests and finally decided on three things - a Polaroid camera, for his love of photography, the Standard Book of Spells Grade 4, because he liked studying a year or two higher, and a phoenix plushie as a homage to his love of magical creatures. She was really very proud of what she had brought together for his birthday.

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