Room 215, Early evening

[izzyalienqueen]

Opening the door to Jack's room was no trouble, even without a key. A half second's concentration and the lock clicked open under her hand. Jack bounded in as soon as she opened the door and ran over to the plant. Isabel laughed and rolled her eyes. "It's fine. You were gone what? Less then twenty-four hours?"

She set a small brown bag on the bed and sat down to wait for Cedric to meet her.

[ooc: Jack's room modded with permission]

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[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"For me?" Cedric reaches for the bag and peeks inside. "That's...butterbeer and..." He trails off and looks at the other container before his eyes light up. "Pumpkin juice! How did you find these? Where did you find these?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel smiled, glad to see Cedric happy. Jack was equally happy as he danced around the floor. "I had Xander's friend Willow send them to me. There's a box up in my room with more. I just didn't see the point in bringing them down here so you could haul it back up."

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"Oh, right the one that attends Hogwarts at a different time then me," he says, still smiling broadly. "Thank you! Thank you so much," he says, reaching out to give her a one armed hug.

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"It was the least I could," Isabel said as she returned the hug. "I know it's not the same as home. But it's something?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"It's a big something," he says, still smiling. Kneeling down, he reaches out to scratch Jack's head and chin. "And when you're...foxy in a different way, I'll share with you."

Another overshare. Cedric just grits his teeth this time.

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"It should wear off soon," Isabel said sympathetically. "The weirdness usually does. Otherwise we'd all be crazy by this point. Did you spend the rest of the day hiding?"

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"Yes," he says. "I preferred not to share my...experiences with too many people. As it is, I do apologize for my big mouth."

He looks down and shakes his head at Jack. "You're lucky you're a fox for this," he says, reaching out to scratch him again.

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"Honestly?" Isabel laughed. "Compared to what other people told me? That was pretty mild. And nothing I didn't suspect myself."

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"It was only twice!" Cedric exclaims before realizing what he's just said and burying his face in his hand.

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Isabel facepalmed.

Jack looked smug.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I'm thinking of taping my mouth shut," he says, after he recovers from that particular embarrassment. "Or filling it with food or something."

Catching the somewhat smug look on Jack's face, Cedric glares and then realizes he's glaring at a fox and shakes his head at himself.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's an option," she smiled. "The other option, which is probably the better one, is I head out and up to my room. I think you can handle Jack easily enough. The plant on the other hand...watch it. It's a wild one."

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"Yes, I believe we'll be fine," Cedric says, smiling down at Jack again. "And I've brought my wand just in case the plant gets out of hand. Thank you again, Isabel, for the gifts."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," Isabel said as she got to her feet and bent down to scratch Jack's ears. "Behave yourself."

"Goodnight Cedric!" she called over her shoulder as she left the room and shut the door behind her.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric sets about opening the pumpkin juice and pouring himself a glass. He drinks it down, watching as Jack jumps around on his bed, yipping and just generally being happy.

"I've never cared for a fox before," he says. "Is there anything I should know?"

Jack yips at the plant. Cedric takes that cue and waters the plant, looking to Jack for approval. "Good?"

Jack yips in approval before settling down on the bed. After a moment, Cedric joins him, laying back and letting Jack curl against his side. He strokes his fur and yawns.

"Don't wreck your room," he mumbles before tumbling off to sleep. Soon thereafter, Jack follow.