[Acelyn's] Many surprises await you ~ [Kitty]

It was a relatively warm day today, and Freya was getting ice-cream. The blonde really didn’t have too much to be worried about right now. She wasn’t really looking forward to receiving her OWL results, but they wouldn’t come for another few weeks anyway. No biggie, right? Other than that, the optimist had little to fret about. It was summer and Freya loved the warm weather. Various members of her ridiculously large family had been popping in and out of her house and things were swell.

The girl shifted impatiently in her seat and ran her fingers through her messy hair a couple of times. She was a little early. Kitty should be here any moment now. Her Ravenclaw friend knew how Freya felt about sweet food. She had a terrible sweet tooth. Freya lifted up her legs and leant them on a chair opposite her so that they could get a little sun. The last time Freya had eaten at Acelyn’s, she’d almost died after a prank had gone wrong. Turns out being sneakily fed something that you’re allergic to actually isn’t all that funny. What a surprise.

The experience obviously hadn’t really turned her off the place though, because it was summer again and Freya was keen for an icy snack! The blonde twirled some of her hair around an index finger, but a slim brunette approaching quickly caught her attention. “Kitty!” she exclaimed, bouncing right out of her chair and skipping over to her friend. The blonde wrapped her arms around the Ravenclaw in a quick hug. “How are you?” she gushed happily. Freya pulled back, beaming. “I feel like it has been way longer than a few weeks.”

The holidays had always proved to be a challenge for Kitty. While the hours of solitude granted her time to think about the previous year, she did enjoy the social aspects of Hogwarts and options for activity. She had been spending the majority of the holidays working for her mother but was granted a day off to hang out with a friend from Hogwarts. It was oddly warm, a little too warm for Kitty’s liking but she would tolerate the heat to see the friend she was seeing. In fact Kitty would tolerate a whole lot to remain friends with the friend she was seeing.

Freya was one of Kitty’s oldest friends and was one of the only reasons Kitty even had a social life at Hogwarts. She was always loved by everyone and she took the heat off Kitty at social events. However Freya did care about Kitty and that was all she needed.

Her boots clapped a little too loud for her liking on the pathway as she turned the corner to see Freya dressed impeccably in a perfect pose across the seats.  How does she do it? Suddenly and out of nowhere she was up and heading for Kitty. Within seconds Freya had her arms wrapped around her asking how she was. As she released a large grin was revealed on Kitty’s face.

“Uhm yeah it really has. How am I? Uhm yeah okay how are you is probably more interesting” The reply was said through breathless laughter. It was amazing the effect Freya had on people, she was like a star, always shinning. She loved to make people happy, and she surely did make Kitty feel fantastic.

“Oh, I’m fine.” Freya waved a hand dismissively. The blonde was much more interested in her friend’s wellbeing. “What have you been doing? Things have been as busy for me as you can imagine.” Kitty had visited for a short while last winter, and she’d been able to meet a large number of the Trickett clan. She had a decent idea about what things would be like at home for Freya now. “I swear, if one of those little ones steals my wand again, someone’s sleeping outside. I think I have five cousins starting school next year... They’re like gremlins.” Shaking her head, Freya smiled. Her words were spoken with definite tone of loving endearment.

Kitty wasn’t as outgoing as Freya, but the blonde didn’t mind. Not many of her friends were. “I’m much more interested in your summer,” She added airily. Freya took her friend’s hand and tugged her inside gently, only dropping it once they were close enough to get a good look at the ice-cream options on display. She shot her friend an excited smile and had a closer look at her options. Freya had always been very excited about sweet things; though she couldn’t help but be reminded of the last time she’d been into Acelyn’s. What a disaster.

The blonde ordered a chocolate, orange and maple syrup flavoured ice-cream. The second made her hesitate (thinking of pumpkin, which was actually an option there), but she didn’t stop. The girl waited for her brunette friend to buy one for herself before heading towards the door again. “Did you want to sit outside?” she asked, raising her eyebrows as she looked back over her shoulder at her friend. “It’s a ridiculously sunny day today.”

Kitty was always taken aback by Freya’s seemingly insane optimistic disposition. She was so used to her own company she had forgotten completely what it was like to be around people, especially people as bright as Frey Trickett. Voted number one to eventually become so bright she would spontaneously combust by Kitty’s own brain. Oh god, get out of your head and respond for the love of god Kitty caught the end of her phrase; it was something about her family.  Her insanely large family, much bigger than anything Kitty had ever experienced. With almost all having the same crazy optimism that Freya had. Kitty was about to respond when Freya tugged at her hand and walked to the ice cream bar. The blonde as per usual would order first knowing exactly what she wanted, and then it was the much less excited brunette’s turn.

Kitty ordered a plan vanilla ice cream with a chocolate center hidden below. She couldn't help but think this was some sort of metaphor for her character, however her thoughts were soon interrupted by Freya asking her a question. Outside or inside? Oh the sitting … while we eat the ice cream… we just bought… right. She was not doing well so far on the communication front. She sometimes wondered why someone as pretty and social as Freya even bothered with her. Especially when she had so many other people to keep in touch with.

As for the sitting Kitty couldn't really care less, but she decided what would be better for her pale skin. “Inside I think, you how I go red when the sunlight hits my skin for more than ten seconds” She let out a breathy laugh. Kitty moved to a booth in the corner nearest the fan. Hopefully it would keep the ice cream from melting all over her. God knows she was as graceful as a moose with roller skates. She decided that the best thing for this conversation was to make it look like she wasn't over thinking it. She looked up through her hair at the perfectly made up girl opposite her, sighed, and made her response. “Aren't there like ten Trickett's attending Hogwarts this year?” Her words were followed by yet another breathy laugh. If there was one thing Kitty was not good at, it was talking casually.

Freya shook her head as a fond smile graced her lips. Like most of her many family members, Freya didn’t really burn that easily. Sure, spending too much time in the sun would have her peeling like a potato, but her skin wasn’t as delicate as Kitty’s. She lead the brunette over to one of the inside tables and took her seat quickly. Freya took her first bite of her ice cream. Delicious and sugary! Perfect. And not a trace of pumpkin in sight.

“Oh boy. There are quite a few,” Freya nodded happily, her curls bouncing around her shoulders as she did so. Truthfully, she was very excited about the new influx of Tricketts that would be there in the coming term. It had been two whole years since her older brother Arick and some of her cousins had attended Hogwarts. For a girl whose family was so ridiculously big, not sharing a surname with someone else at school almost felt like a lonely thing. It was bizarre to think that Freya had been the only Trickett born between about 1980 and 1987. She’d been born a couple of years after the first wizarding war.

The girl took another decent bite of her ice cream, wiping her lips with the back of her hand and swallowing the icy treat before speaking again. “There are lots, yes,” she said with another nod, “Honestly? I hope they’re all in Gryffindor. I’d love to be able to keep an eye on them all.” The blonde shrugged with a small smile, but she wasn’t exaggerating. Váli, for example, was joining this year. The eleven year old was a little crazy ball of energy, and Freya didn’t know how Hogwarts would handle him. She could probably guess some of their houses, but a few of them were a little more ambiguous. Eija was a little Gryfflepuff, just like Freya.

The blonde reflected momentarily on that. “Do you remember your sorting?” she asked, tilting her head to the side with a warm smile. “I think I almost peed myself, I was so scared.” Even though she’d had a family member in every single house at the time. She wondered how her little cousins would deal with that.