<div class="floatleft">(https://www.thefashionisto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Andre-Hamann-Tezenis-Fall-Winter-2015-Underwear-Shoot-002.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Adam Monroe (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=339010.msg16089588#msg16089588)<br/><strong>Date | Time:</strong>August 26th, 2022 Morning<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Leaky Cauldron headed into Diagon Alley<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Pretty much what you see plus a black cloak<br/><strong>Mood music:</strong>So Urgent (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcb-Fsx_phM)<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Last Minute School Shopping<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>CJ Jeong (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=339010.msg16086313#msg16086313)<br/><hr/><br/>Adam was certainly used to this behavior from his best friend.  Anytime she wasn't at school, getting her out of bed before noon was a chore.  He knew that anyone else, not even her family, would have gotten her all the way to the Alley the way he had.  It was just part of their bond, he could get her to do things she didn't wanna do, she could do the same.  And oddly, neither one of them ever really got mad at the other.  The only time he could actually remember CJ acting mad at him was during a quidditch game and that was only because he might have gone off the plan in an attempt to get a bit of revenge on one of the Slytherin Chasers.  It most definitely wasn't his fault that that particular chaser had made some nasty comments about CJ behind her back and Adam had thought them revenge worthy.  CJ probably would've too if she'd heard them, but he definitely didn't want the guy dead, so he didn't give her the details.<br/><br/>Still, despite his abilities, he could only get so far before she drew the line.  And when she whined up at him that she needed to be fed, he sighed as he looked down at her.  She still looked like a barely functional zombie, but he could tell just from the subtle shift in her body that refusal to feed her would result in CJ ceasing the minimal levels of cooperation that he'd been getting from her up until that point.  He started looking for someplace to get her fed, but then the demand for something sweet came from her mouth and his eyes returned back to her.  With her hands clasped together, he couldn't help but chuckle as she looked almost half her age just in that gesture alone.  It seemed no matter how old she got, CJ was always going to be that little girl he'd become friends with at heart.  And he wouldn't have had it any other way.<br/><br/><strong>"You do realize that it's way too early for something sweet, right?"</strong>he nudged her gently,<strong>"And I would be well within my rights to deny you any form of sweet until after we've completed your shopping.  Since, you know, I now have to make my way through this horde of people to get supplies we could've gotten weeks ago."</strong>He let that hang there for a bit, knowing that she would likely pout some more at him, but he doubted he'd get a full on tantrum from her, mostly because she would know that he hadn't actually said he wasn't going to feed her just yet.<strong>"But then you'd be even more difficult than you're already being,"</strong>he said with a grin,<strong>"So I suppose my only recourse is to allow you to have something sweet and tasty in the hopes that it'll get you to wake up enough that I don't feel like I'm one wrong move from having my arm bit in a way that I won't enjoy."</strong><br/><br/>Keeping a firm hold on the hand of his best friend, he started to guide her through the crowds with surprising skill, already knowing exactly where they were going.  See, he knew that just a bit further down there would be a stall set up with a plump little witch that sold the best scones.  And fortunately, for them, she didn't have any line at the moment.  Smiling, he stepped up to the stall.<strong>"Good morning,"</strong>he said,<strong>"Could I get three blueberry and lemon scones with icing.  Actually........"</strong>He paused as he looked at CJ and he could already see the signs of excitement beginning to build in her.<strong>"Better make that four, just in case......."</strong>