A blossoming camaraderie.. {Shakti/Rosie}

[shakti]

14th of February, Valentines' day, or more precisely St. Valentines' day was marked as the day of the lovers. But if you ask Shakti, she'd just say one word, 'Nonsense'. Shakti believed that every day was special if you loved someone, and one especially didn't need 14th of February to celebrate that. Why, she had seen such prime example of love in her parents, itself! So much in love, they were, that at times they completely forgot they had a daughter who was in her teens. Shakti giggled at the thought. Even though she didn't think Valentine's day was really that special, but her parents don't necessarily agree with her viewpoint (even if they did express their undying love for each other in varied forms almost every day!); No doubt her father would have thought of something special for her mother today, so that she wouldn't be very much worried about her sister's weakening health.

When Shakti thought about her aunt, she was filled with worries instantly. Her mother's recent owl stated that her aunt's health was just declining day by day. Shakti, on one hand, was in denial, and was very much of the opinion that her aunt would be better within no time, and would be teaching her something delightful the next time she went to visit her; however, deep down she knew that perhaps, her aunt's days on this earth were limited. On another hand, Shakti felt guilty that she was here, at Hogwarts, rather than being at her aunt's side. But she reckoned her aunt would be much happier if she remained at Hogwarts.. yet, Shakti .. actually she was just confused as to how she felt, or what she thought of; which wasn't highly uncharacteristic of her. She was usually indecisive, and a highly confused being.

Shaking her head from these thoughts, she glanced at the tents, the fun and frolic in front of her. Hogwarts was hosting some sort of carnival for celebrating this 'special day' with one's special someone. Shakti wrinkled her nose, for she didn't have any special someone, although, she didn't want to have one either. She was very much content in having an arranged marriage, possibly like that of her parents. Smiling, she just sat on one of the benches, staring into space, oblivious of the fact that she was no longer alone, but joined by one of her newest friends, Rose Weasley.

[dom]

Rose Elise Weasley was no longer in a good mood. The day had started out fine, but now, after only a few hours into the afternoon, her mood had fallen dramatically. She had headed down to the carnival for a few hours of sugar induced bliss as she acted as a casual observer. Not participating in the numerous couple related festivities, but as a curious third wheel of sorts. Rosie had never been in a relationship on that all so important day of February 14th, so the day held no particular importance to her. It had been interesting, Rosie smirked wryly, to watch all the googly eyed couples fawn over each other like no other day of the year. It was cute, but as Rosie turned the corner and run into a couple engaged in a heavy snogging session, the increased level of PDA was really too much for her.

Especially combined with the run in she had just had with Axel a few minutes ago, the main reason that Rosie was no longer in a pleasant frame of mind. Axel and Rose had never been more then friends, but Rosie had always wished they could have been, until he knocked up once of her favorite cousins, who was now dead, thanks to her own uncle. Not that that particular fact related to Axel, but it had followed in her train of though after seeing him, leaving Rosie disgruntled and confused. Turning on her heel, away from the oblivious couple, Rose headed back in the direction of the castle. She had come to the conclusion that this was all good and fun, but only if you had someone to share the absolute silliness of the whole deal with.

A familiar face in the crowd changed Rosie mind, and she veered off her original course, coming up behind her friend. Shakti and Rosie had meet recently, but Rose really liked the older girl and had no qualms slinging an arm around the other girl's slender shoulders, effectively jarring her out of whatever thoughts she had been having. "Hey sweetie. I'm surprised you don't have a boy wound around your finger right now," Rosie greeted easily, teasing her as she fell into step with Shakti. That's what she need right now, a friend to help her forget about all this ridiculous lovey-dovey stuff.

`tagged;; shakti
`notes;; erugh. this sucks.
`words;; 394.
`outfit;; here
`lyrics used;; use somebody - kings of leon
`graphics by;; rora @ hos
`credit to;; rora @ hos

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