Me Too!

[Linley Evans]

@Idun Caird

After her excursion/binge at Honeydukes, Lin decided to wash the sugar down with some tea. Following her awkward bump in with a young gentleman, she made her way down to the very best tea place she'd ever been to; Rosa Lee Teabag. She would always pop in there when she was feeling down, which was happening more and more often recently. Her lilac dress spinning in the wind, Lin crossed the threshold, and took her matching hat off. It was such a blistery day.

Lin sat herself down at a little table for two, under the impression that she was the only one in the place. After asking for her favorite, classic English tea, Lin sat and waited, humming a tune to keep herself happy and busy. When she got her tea it was piping hot, and she had to wait a minute to take a sip.

She finally noticed that she was, indeed, not alone in the store. There was another woman, a beautiful redhead, over at the other end of the store. Lin couldn't see what she was doing, but she didn't see anyone else there. Lin, being her friendly self, was determined to reach out.

"Waiting for someone?" she called across the shop in her singsong voice, unsure of whether or not the woman heard her.

  

[Idun Caird]

Idun Caird was annoyed. The afternoon had not gone as planned and it was mostly the fault of the lovely jail-guard also known as Aunt Hilda. The events that had taken place earlier had not been pretty, resulting in the crunched up expression as she once again read the same line she had tried to etch into her mind once again - something about how the heroine of the novel was heroically trying to stand the villains assault. Most people would be shocked to find that miss Caird would engross in a book containing anything else than facts that would stimulate the mind, but most people did not care to get to know here well enough to understand her fully.

She had found peace in her favorite little tea-shop at a table just for her. It was unusually quiet and the air smelled nicely of the lovely pine decorations spread out for christmas. Resting her book in her lap she reached out to her tea, which unfortunately had turned rather cold - amending this with a warmth spell she took the cup in her hands shivering of delight when the warmth mad her hands tingle, she had not noticed how cold she had actually become.

A voice called out to her then. She was unsure when the small rather jealousy inducing woman had entered Rosa Lee's but she found it odd that she would call out to her. She put down her cup and answer in a low voice "No, I rather try to avoid someone at the moment." Honest as always she told the young lady what she was doing. Looking at the woman once more she noticed that she was alone as well. "And you? If you are not I would be more than pleased if you would join me." She looked to a mirror at the wall and realized how odd it looked with a woman drinking tea alone. "MY name is miss. Caird, Idun Caird."