He Sings a Love Song As We Go Along

[Adella Calendar]

Event Date, December 23rd, 1884

Della's brain was a little fuzzy as she walked through the snow-covered square with Mr. Calendar, Mrs. Haynes in tow. This was meant to be a lovely little outing, and it would be, if she could get her head out of the clouds and into the conversation. She was trying so hard to keep herself in the present but it was harder than she would care to admit now that Shay was home. But she had to push it aside and enjoy her day. The fact that her first flame was home and very much staying with them should have no impact on her day out with Philip. It would be incredibly horrid of her to be poor company when they'd planned to meet today and she resolved to forget everything else for the moment.

"Oh look, they're doing sleigh rides! Would you like to go?" The interest was clear in her voice as she pointed to the nearby horses through the crowd with a wide smile on her features. The little festival in Irvingly was really delightful, full of so much cheer and fun little things to do. Dell pulled her cloak a little tighter against the breeze and refocused. A sleigh ride through the hollow would give her time to come back down to earth. Without the crowd and all of the distractions, she could give Mr. Calendar her full attention.

Without mentioning anything to Mrs. Haynes, Della subtly nudged Mr. Calendar toward the sleighs, the line for rides was short and the wait couldn't take that long! "This is quite the little festival." She commented, looking around again with a smile. It warmed her heart to see that the event was catered toward the less fortunate and was also including the muggles that inhabited Irvingly. It was nice to see the kids running around with such bright smiles on their faces and thoroughly enjoying themselves when they otherwise might not get such a change to enjoy something like this!

@Philip Calendar