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[igloogirl]

Gabriella crinkled her nose, but laughed a bit. "Not really feeling that, sorry Angie," she said with a smile, knowing that her cousin was kidding. Hopefully she wouldn't name one of her kids that, it would be a bit on the weird side...well more weird than usual.

[calcetines]

Angel laughed. It was the first time that she had actually laughed in a long while. It felt strange, as if the sound were coming from somebody else. She had had precious little to laugh about of late. Right now it felt like old times, when she and Gabriella would take her old mini-van to new restaurants over the summers. But those days were gone. "Okay, no "something Gabriels" then," Angel said with a smile.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella laughed again, feeling like she was back in her first year, just having a good time with her cousin. Except now they were talking about baby names instead of going to Hogwarts. "Good, I'm glad," she replied. "Because that just seems weird."

[calcetines]

The waitress then came back with their food and set down both plates and walked off. Without a word, Angel picked up her fork and began to shovel ravioli into her mouth, she had not realized how hungry she was until food had been placed before her. Angel finished hers in two minutes flat, then reached for Gabriella's knowing that she wouldn't eat it. She had plenty of room, as small as they were, she was still eating for three.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella smiled as Angel went automatically to Gabriella's food after finishing her own. "Hungry?" she asked quietly. Angel was certainly odd when she was pregnant. Fine one moment, starving the next. Gabriella took a sip of her water. There was nothing wrong with it, but it just didn't taste good to her.

[calcetines]

"Hey, you try having two fetuses in your uterus and see how hungry you get." Angel said teasingly. She then returned to the second plate of ravioli. She finished that one off almost as quickly as the first, then wiped her mouth with a napkin, satisfied. But she could still eat more... Angel reached for the garlic toast that she had neglected when she had been focused on the ravioli. It wasn't bad.

[igloogirl]

"Yeah, I'll be sure to try that sometime," Gabriella replied, equally as teasing. Taking another sip of her water, she leaned back a bit in the chair, watching Angel finish the last of the meal. Two bowls of ravioli, and she still went for the garlic toast. It was very unlike Angel.

[calcetines]

Angel finished off everything, and both plates were completely empty. She gently laid down her silver, as not to make noise against the table. Now was when she would leisurely sip her tea and enjoy the conversation. She wondered what time it was, and looked down to her wrist, only to find that she no longer had a watch. It had been a present from Wolfgang, but she had thrown it into the fire in the Ravenclaw common room after he had broken up with her. "Life has been getting rather lonely of late," said Angel with a sigh.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella thought about saying something about Hogwarts, but decided against it. Angel had made the decision to drop out, Gabriella wasn't going to interfere. "I'll bet," she replied. "But I can visit you on weekends if you'd like." Gabriella would like to check up on her younger cousin occasionally.

[calcetines]

"Could you?" Angel said hopefully, she rarely had company. Apart from the time that Isaac had tracked her down, since he had not known about her dropping out of school. "I mean, that would be wonderful. I don't usually have to work Sundays." The idea of seeing someone weekly would be wonderful. Perhaps Gabriella might even bring Isaac with her. That would really make her day. It was hard living alone, not having anyone to talk to.

[igloogirl]

"It's a date," Gabriella replied with a grin. It would be quite a bit of fun to spend Sundays with Angel, even if she was acting weird because of her pregnancy. "Where would you like me to meet you?"

[calcetines]

"At my flat would be wonderful," said Angel. "You could come right in." Hopefully Gabriella would be able to pick up on the fact that Angel didn't mind if she apparated inside. She had taken a glance over at the old couple, they were obviously trying to listen in. The waitress brought them their check, and Angel immediately reached into her pocket for her enchanted coin purse. She usually carried around mostly muggle money, as she bought food at the muggle grocery store, lived in a muggle block of flats, and took the Underground to the stop nearest the Leakey Cauldron.

[igloogirl]

"Alright, I'll let myself in," Gabriella replied, knowing she would probably apparate inside from Hogsmeade. That was always the easiest way. Gabriella glanced at the check and realized she didn't have any muggle money on her. She could pay Angel back, though, as long as it was with wizard currency.

[calcetines]

Angel gave a small smile as she reached into her purse for her pounds and pence. There were some Galleons, Sickles, and Knuts in there too, but primarily muggle currency. She paid the tab and left seven pounds on the table for a tip. Rather generous, since it was over ten percent of the tab. "Are you ready to go?" angel asked as she closed her coin purse and replaced it in her pocket.

[igloogirl]

"Whenever you are, Angie," Gabriella replied with a smile as she rose to her feet, ignoring the way the older couple was looking at them, as though trying to read their lips. What was it with muggles and doing that, anyway? It was rather annoying, actually.