Time to parTAY!

[romeo_remy]

Location: Some (well-decorated) out of the way room on the second floor
When: Evening of April 6th, 8pm ish onwards.
Who: Everyone who's anyone, including and above 4th year
What: The 17th celebration of the birth of our own dear Remy Cowan

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[haiiro_na_ryuu]

Amaury was dressed comfortably jeans and a slim fitting black button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. The back pocket bulged slightly with a book, but he had a small wrapped gift for Remy in his hands.

"Otanjoubi omedeto," he said with a slight smile as he held the gift out to the older boy.

[romeo_remy]

"Oh - thanks, Amaury!" Remy looked pleasantly surprised at the appearance of a wrapped present - he honestly hadn't been expecting any from his mates, just a lot of alcohol to help the night along.

He grinned at the younger boy and tore into it, face just as excited as if he was six years old all over again. The wrapping paper, discarded, toppled to the floor and lay there - let the house elves tidy up, after all.

[haiiro_na_ryuu]

It was a little gift, just a simple bracelet that Ritsu had sent him, and while it was a bit showy for his tastes, would suit Remy nicely. The straps were made out of leather that had been braided and knotted around a metal disk that had a design of a lion carved into it.

With a sigh, Amaury bent over and rolled up the discared wrapping paper, tossing it neatly into a nearby bin.

"One year older and yet still not more responsible," he scolded lightly, with a gentle twinkle in his eye.

[romeo_remy]

"Hey, this is cool!" Remy looked delighted with his new bracelet, and slid it onto his wrist easily. The metal and leather did indeed suit him very well, and the Gryffindor looked pleased as punch with the thoughtful little present. "Thanks!"

He couldn't help himself - he dragged Amaury into a quick hug, then pulled away and beamed at him, admiring the jewellery on his skin. One could say he perhaps liked it, just a very little bit.

[daridavison]

Dari didn't even know why she was at this thing.

Oh, she liked Remy well enough, but she wasn't really in a tremendously "party" sort of mood and her time could probably be better served working on some homework or something like that.

She did like Remy, though, and his birthday couldn't just go uncelebrated, so she was there. She made a beeline for the booze as soon as she arrived and already had a half-finished drink in hand when she spotted the birthday boy himself.

"Happy Birthday, Remy." She managed a smile, giving him a quick, chaste kiss on the cheek and holding out the wrapped gift, which was a miniature replica of the quidditch pitch, charmed to simulate an actual game. Purchased, not made, of course, because Dari could have never created such a thing on her own. Sometimes it was good to have money.

[romeo_remy]

"Oh, hey...wow...." Brown eyes went wide as Remy unwrapped the present, astounded at the tiny little Quidditch players flying in miniature around the delicate little pitch. "Hey, that's me!" And it was, coincidentally, a blond Keeper sitting proud in front of the three rings, maroon robes waving. "Dari, that's so cool!"

He tugged her into a sidelong hug, grinning maniacally at his present. "Thanks!"

[daridavison]

Dari flashed a genuine smile at his reaction to the gift. She'd been a bit nervous about it, but the only other thing she knew he liked besides quidditch was, well, making out. And she couldn't exactly wrap that up for him, could she?

"Oh, I'm glad you like it," she told him, grinning and tilting her head slightly. "Are you having a good birthday?" she added a second later. "It's a brilliant party."

[romeo_remy]

"It is kinda, isn't it?" He absolutely glowed at the compliment, preening himself at being told he threw fabulous parties. Well of course he threw fabulous parties, he was Remy Cowan! If ANYONE was going to have a brilliant party, it would be him.

"All the better for you being here, sweetheart." He was on full flow now, charm wafting from him like fresh perfume. "I told the others, all it needed was a pretty face to really get off the ground, and here you are." Remy grinned at her. "Perfect."

[typicalclaire]

She wasn't there for long, Claire was all too aware that she was just a fourth year, and that parties displayed the worst of everyone. She really need not be witness to questionable activities in this corner, and snogging in that, and a brawl near the drinks table. Claire was just here to show her brother that he meant enough to her that she would bother to make an appearance, even if it was for just for a few moments.

She waited for her brother to be free, so that she could let him know that she was in attendance. There was no need for her to present him with a gift, she had already done in the morning, knowing that Remy would be a decidedly busy host that evening.

[addie_blackwood]

Addie came in and tapped Claire on one shoulder then moved to stand next to her other one. Really she didn't talk much to her roomate (which she supposed was odd when she thought about it but she didn't talk much to Sumia either).

"Surprise surprise...but I guess not since he's your brother and all. Just never thought you the type to be rebellious and break rules."

[typicalclaire]

Claire tried not to frown at Addie's words. Were they meant to be hurtful? They certainly felt like it- as though Claire wasn't good enough to be here, or good enough to be related to Remy. Then again, she had been licking her wounds since Matt had exploded at her the other day over her not being like Remy.

"Just because you never notice when I break rules, it doesn't mean that it never happens," Claire responded meekly. She broke the curfew, she snuck out to meet friends, she'd even done those silly 'take ten steps into the forbidden forest on a full moon' dares. One didn't have to go sneaking out strictly with boys, or make out in the stacks, to be considered as having broken rules, did they? "I'm only here for a little while," Addie's comment wasn't going to change that, it just enforced that Claire really did have to get out of here quickly before someone else said the same thing.

[addie_blackwood]

"Oh?" Addie shrugged and almost laughed at the girl's defensive statements. "You break the rules all the time then? You're a rebel."

This time Addie did laugh a bit, and looked the girl up and down. "Chip off the Cowan block?" She shook her head and smiled. She didn't hate Claire it was just she had a rather bland opinion of her; at least she wasn't grouped with crazy Beccy.

[maddox_dixon]

Maddox had shown up out of curiosity really. He wasn't much of a party person, but hey why not? Wandering in, Maddox grinned at a few people before dropping his ambiguous gift on the pile of gifts.

And then he just stood there looking lame.

[addie_blackwood]

With Claire gone and the crowd growing Addie decided to head towards the booze. She didn't make it to far though before spotting a familiar face and grinning to herself.

She snuck up behind the older boy and poked his side, hoping to get a jump out of him. "Hey there stranger" She giggled out.

[raven_annabelle]

Maddox glanced over to see Addie, the younger girl that he'd talked to... once. "Hey there," he said with a grin. Should Addie really be at a party like this? Probably not. "What are you doing here?"

In fact, what was he doing here? Maddox thought about this for awhile. It wasn't too late, and he figured that he should probably slip out sooner rather than later. Rule-breaking wasn't really one of his hobbies.

[addie_blackwood]

"Wishing my older buddy a happy birthday of course... and possibly more." She grinned mischievously at Maddox.

"Didn't take you for a rule breaker. It's.. a pleasant surprise?" She pushed him playfully. "So what brings you here? Remy? Alcohol? Me?" This time a wink followed her cheshire grin.

[jelly_ashworth]

For the occasion, Jelly had slid on a number that would’ve been sweet with schoolgirl innocence, if not the red silk and the length of the hemline. Jelly was never a girl who’d settle for wearing basic black to a party.

Currently, however, she had infinitely more important matters to attend to.

“Who let the Satan’s little helpers next to the appetizers?” Laden down with boxes, she didn’t have a hand available to make a fist. Violence being unavailable, she resorted to volume. “Hey, elfsnot, step away from the creampuffs!!”

It wasn’t that Jelly hated House Elves. (That’d be giving the little misfits too much credit.) It was just that she…felt a lot better when they weren’t around. Seeing those pointed ears always ruined her appetite.

[romeo_remy]

"Abusing the staff now, are we?" Remy was grinning as he sauntered over to Jelly, bottle of beer in one hand, the other stretched out to give the Slytherin a warm hug of greeting. "What's in the boxes, eh? My cake, I should hope, for one thing."

[jelly_ashworth]

“Because I have nothing better to do than cater to your selfish rascal skin?” Setting down the mound of packages, Jelly flipped her braid over her shoulder for extra haughtiness. “What, you think it’s your birthday or something?”

Grinning, she handed him one of the boxes. "You’ll never wear it, but who else could they’ve had in mind when making it?" She kissed him on the cheek, glaringly flirtatious and utterly celibate. “Happy birthday, Romeo. The world would be .0028% duller without you.”

[romeo_remy]

"0.1% I think you'll find." Remy tore into the present with teenage buoyancy, pulling it open and pulling out the t-shirt, then breaking into delighted laughter. "Oh, gorgeous. Gorgeous, gorgeous."

He held it up against himself, and beamed. True, he would never wear it, but he rather liked the sentiment she'd put behind it. "Thanks, Jelly." It was said with real warmth, and he leant forward to return the kiss to the cheek, hand coming to tuck itself against her waist for the smallest moment. They'd never do anything, of course, they were both completely sexually ambivalent towards each other, but Remy always found it amusing to pretend.

"So? That's all you've got for me?" He tutted. "No standards these days! Sheesh. And I thought you did good on parties!"