Teenage dreams

[Eden Fletcher]

Eden wondered around the village keeping an eye on the students who were running around causing havoc and spending gold like it grew on trees. It was Hogsmeade weekend and more than a few aurors were spending their weekend having a pint. Eden was pretty well known in the village so her presence wasn't too outlandish. Until the earthquake she had a studio on the outskirts of the village. So she paused here and there to talk to the locals and inquire about some rooms. She wasn't sure if she wanted to keep the apartment she had shared with Max. It was empty without him and with everything that was going on she wanted to be closer to Hogwarts in case someone tried to go after the midget Kamerens.


Trailing teenage boys was tedious and down right nauseating. Eden nearly barfed five times because of all the adoring, fawning girls that were trailing after Jamie Kameren like he was their leader. Eden kept a weary eye out for any love potions. She didn't like the crazy gleam in the curly brunette's eye. That chit was more than capable of slipping a mickey into wee Jamie's butterbeer and having her sweet little way with him. Or cornering him in some dark alley and coping a feel. Merlin's knickers Eden would rather be dead than have to report to her boss that his teenage son was found shagging some girl in the shrieking shack. And alex Kameren would find out. Not that Eden thought Jamie would be caught in an alley but then again he was a teenage boy and he just might be. Who knew.

Eden took a seat at a small table and ordered a butterbeer and some chips. Merlin's beard she was hungry.

[James Malcom MacDougal]

Jamie slipped the jumper over his head, tugging his shirt hem back down and then adjusting the sweater. He pulled the collar of the shirt free, straightening it. It was all about the little things now-a-days. He couldn't help his mom from Hogwarts but he'd be back home in a week and he'd see how she was then. He raked a comb through his hair, it was growing out past his ears now and the waves were much more prominent. With the blue jumper the effect was striking and he was beginning to notice more people staring at him. Although that could simply be the fact of his heritage coming to light... There wasn't anything else he could do, he was only stalling.

"C'mon Jamie!"

"Coming!" he called back, putting the comb down and heading out to the hall, where his friends were lurking. It was a larger group than he'd thought would be. "Lets go!" He flashed a grin.

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The group had grown even larger before they left Hogwarts, but then splintered and reformed as they made their way though Hogsmeade. They finally found themselves at the Broomsticks and settled in for a long overdue lunch when Jamie caught a familiar face. He accepted his food and tucked in neatly but kept shooting looks across the room. No-- wait, yes.. It was Eden. What was she doing here?

[Eden Fletcher]

Eden had already gotten her food by the time Jamie had noticed her. He didn't seem to have auror instincts just yet. He needed to be more aware of his surroundings. Also when he finally did notice her he kept staring at her. Eden wiggled her fingers and grinned at him when they made eye contact. She wondered if he would approach her. She hadn't seen him since Christmas. She knew more about him than he knew about her. Vi and Evie were excellent sources on the new cousin.

Eden went back to her food and the sketch pad she had pulled out to occupy her time. Should she greet her little cousin? Or let him come to her? It would probably be weird for Eden to approach a bunch of school kids and strike up a conversation. Well hello little mutant teenagers please don't mind this old fossil just embarrassing the cool kid. Eden marveled at how many friends Jamie had. He had a whole group that kept getting bigger. Everytime a student came in they seemed to know Jamie and his friends. How did he think with so many people around? How did he manage not to be a complete git with at least three girls and a boy fawning over him like he was the Chosen One.

[James Malcom MacDougal]

Jamie soon lost interest in staring at Eden; clearly she wasn’t going to come over (he hoped) and anyway, Liam was describing their last quidditch match to the table, complete with little forms of light he’d conjured up soaring above the salt. Charlie would interject, the two brothers soon enacting the quidditch match with little glowing green or gold figures. Jamie frowned, watching the play-by-play. Wait— that hadn’t happened. The orderly match soon devolved into Charlie, up on his chair, yelling with excitement as his players flew in a diamond formation, diving up and down.

“HEY!!” Charlie whooped, as one figure tumbled off its broom, dissolving into little specks of light before vanishing. “That’s it! The Hex’et!” He crowed as his little seeker soared upwards with the snitch. “Its like you in that last game Jamie, breaking your shoulder!” Jamie grinned a little as Charlie jostled him, jumping down from his perch as his brother yanked him down. Jamie couldn’t help laughing, Charlie was a bit oblivious, Liam always ended up watching out for him. Likely he’d spotted one of the servers staring Charlie down with his antics.

“Yeah,” Jamie agreed, rubbing his shoulder a bit at the memory. Nurse Callahan had fixed him up, but the real pain had come the next day… and the next. Mum had sent a Howler and then visited the school in person to tell them off. Fortunately Alex had been able to head her off before she made it very far, seeing his mum go head to head with the headmistress was a battle he wanted to avoid seeing at all costs.