Lollygag (A muggle bar near Morpheus Keep that Fitzwill knows about)

Lollygag was a dodgy looking place, and looks don't deceive, it was a dodgy place. But it's patrons could care less, they were all in it just for the drink anyway.


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"Welcome to Lollygag," Will said opening the bar door sending a grin in Lara's general direction.

He'd changed his appearance slightly, made his hair blond, altered his nose, his mouth, but kept his eyes the same sapphire blue.

With a thrill of excitement coursing through him, followed by a burst of adrenaline that she had last felt during the school days at Hogwarts, Lara followed Will with curiousity, wondering what kind of place he was taking her to. Covered with a disguise, Lara's faux blonde hair was transfigured back to her original raven haircolor. Her nose was elongated just a tad, while her lips were darkened into a deep crimson as opposed to the natural color with a hint of shimmer she generally left them as. Her eyes though, orbs inherited from a woman she loathed, lingered onward though, gazing at the now-blonde haired wizard with anticipation.

"A pretty snazzy place you found here, dude." she remarked with a gaze around the pub. It reminded her of the places she ventured to often during late, sleepless nights when she and her siblings lived with their Aunt and Uncle.

"Innit?" Will said casting the pub a rather happy look. He hadn't been out in days, no weeks, no ages. He'd venture to this bar, a couple of times in the past, but he and it were in under no circumstances well acquainted. But Will respected the not so enchanting atmosphere and it provided him haven on the worst of nights.

"Let's take a booth." Will said nodding at a nearby empty booth. The table was questionably clean and Will wondered if anyone would notice if he would just scourify the surface. But he was off to have a good time, not a suicide mission. Using magic in a Muggle place publicly would have alerted more than the Ministry to them. "Anything to drink?"

Lara nodded wordlessly in confirmation as she gazed around with wonder. Despite the questionable cleanliness of the place, there was something oddly welcoming and calming abou the place.

"Hmm... a cosmo sounds good right now." she replied thoughtfully, contemplating which drink best fit her mood, in the end choosing a flirty one that vivified what she was feeling at the moment.

"Coming right up Senorita." Will said with a perfect spanish accent. He went up to the barmaid and got a cosmo as well as a drink for himself. He still had Muggle money, from his last trip here and paid the bartender rather generously.

He returned to Lara with the drinks. "Cheers."

The corners of Lara's mouth twitched at the spanish accent, impressed by Will having it spot on. Of course, she shouldn't really have been suprised, considering he was half-Spanish, yet nonetheless added it to her list of reasons for loving Fitzwilliam Casillas. "Spasiba." she replied in Russian, raising her glass in cheers before taking a sip.

"So how'd you discover this place? I rather like the decor. Quite edgy."

"I stumbled on it one day." Will said silkily. He eyed it carefully before he sat on one side of the booth.

He looked at the gorgeous girl in front of him. "So tell me, where'd you been?" Will asked taking a sip out of his drink. Good old alcohol.

Lara shrugged in reply to his question. "Well... I went from here, there, to nowhere." she replied with a light laugh, refering to the constant moving around in her life, ending with a final stop of petrification here at Morpheus Keep. She went from being on the run, to staying put at all costs. Not an easy transaction at all.

"You? What's the great Fitz-tastic been up to?" she asked with playfulness talking a sip of her drink.

"Fitz-tastic," Will muttered merrily. "Oh L, I missed you."

Will took another sip. "Same as you, I guess, though not moving around as much."

"After Hog - school" Will said with a save. "Went back to Spain. Took some classes there, got my marks, and now I'm here."

He gestured the barmaid to give them a second round. "To being here."

Lara smiled softly at Will's declaration of missing her. "Likewise." she replied genuinely. Not a day went by during their time apart where she didn't think of her best friend and not so secret crush.

She nodded to what he had been up to, thanking Merlin for his save. The last thing they needed was some drunk muggle asking them about Hogwarts, and why they were talking about pigs' acne problems. "That's cool. Wish I got around to finishing school, but, " she shrugged. "After our "drop-out" all we had were random textbooks here and there."

"To being here." she raised her glass in return, taking the small umbrella stick and taking a bite out of the attached pineapple.

Will emptied the drink as the second round came. Again he handed the personnel a couple of quids.

He shrugged at her comment on finishing school. "Yes, well you know, gotta do something to put my mind of off things." In addition to the impending threat of the Purgers, one of those things were her, of course. Their time apart had not been all too good to Will. He barely made any new friends in Spain. He wished they'd kept in contact.

He chuckled remembering their Hogwarts years, "It so strange seeing everyone so... tall. I still remember your lil' brother running around school."

"Yeah, I know what you mean." she admitted softly, with slight melancholy as she downed the rest of her first glass.

She laughed softly, echoing Will's chuckle, agreeing with him entirely. "I know! It's insane! I feel like a bloody pipsqueak compared to everyone else!" she giggled, refering to her petite stature.

"Though I have to admit, time got you a little more easy on the eyes." she uttered teasingly with a wink.

"But you are a little pipsqueak." Will cooed playfully. Hey it wasn't always Will got a one-up on Lara. He was gonna play the card.

Will was in mid-drink and choked. "A little easy on the eyes?" He said once his throat was clear.

"Are you saying I wasn't cute?" He looked downright scandalized, at least pretended to be. It was really to distract Lara from the light blush that was probably obvious from his pale cheeks. Just his luck to go disguised as a blond.

Lara stuck her tongue out with a mock-glare at Will's comment on her short height. "I'm not a pipsqueak. Everyone else is just tall as hell!"

Amusement filled the young witch as she watched Will choke on his drink, nodding. "Yeah. It's alot easier to look at you now than it was before." she replied in a laughter plagued voice. There was no malice in the witch's tone. Just light hearted, teasing playfulness.

She thought she saw a flash of color upon his features, though brushed it off, summing it up to be a trick of the light. She shrugged with a smile. "You were alright." she replied with a light giggle.

Will was indignant and sat nearer to the table. "Alright? Just alright?"

He took a drink and relaxed. Put on a Nicolas-worthy-haughty expression and sat back again. "Well I never heard any complaints."

He looked at her carefully. "You improved too you know. Though I am not afraid to admit, you were already beautiful then." He kept his tone from being completely serious in case he'd scare her away, but he meant every word.

Lara pretended to contemplate Will's question, after a moment, nodded in confirmation. "Yep."

"Or compliments?" she added to his haughty expression teasingly, not at all meaning her words. After all, if truth be told, she thought her best friend was hot as hell.

Now it was Lara's turn to blush lightly, both from under his gaze, and his compliments, despite the likelihood Will's words were spoken in a joking tone. "Yeah, make-up is pretty magical stuff." she uttered, brushing off his compliments with an embarassed smile and shrug. "Can turn even the most sore sights into something that doesn't harm poor people's retinas."

Will wanted to push it, to see what she would do. He wanted to tell her, make-up or not, she was gorgeous. He loved the way she looked with it on - fun, beautiful, mysterious, with a dash of danger, and he adored her with it off - sweet, comforting, absolutely amazing. But he dreaded what she would do. He didn't exactly want to get slapped again. Somehow, it seemed to hurt a lot more when she did it. He raised his glass."To people's retinas!"

As Lara stared into Will's eyes, she wondered what would happen if she told him what she really thought, how she really felt. Would anything change between them? Would everything change? How far would it all go? It was a thrilling, yet scary thought, for she could literally win it all...

...Or lose it all.

"To people's retinas." she echoed with a smile, clinking her glass with Will's.

With a grin, Will tipped the liquid contents into his throat. He felt extremely well, he was in a really good mood, better mood he had been in days. Really being cooped up in Morpheus Keep was starting to drive him insane, though he was careful not to show it to the younger members. Will liked being out in the open, riding brooms and motorcycles, Will liked the outdoors. Staying indoors for a good portion of the day wasn't exactly heaven for him.

His grin grew. "How much trouble do you think we'll be in? If we get caught that is?"

With a single gulp, Lara downed the rest of the drink, smiling slightly as she did so. The drinks were definitely starting to take their toll on her, and despite only having three or so, she was starting to get a little tipsy. It had been a while since she was really able to let loose and drink like a sailor so her tolerance wasn't what it once was.

Despite knowing that they stayed in Morpheus Keep for their own safety, Lara couldn't help but be thrilled to be out and about. She hated staying the indoors, and being locked up like that was very much like prison to her. Here, being out and about, in a bar, with Will... that was heaven right there.

For the first time in a long time, it felt like she could breathe.

"What do you mean how much trouble we will be in?" she asked teasingly. “If we got caught, I'm telling them you dragged me in here with you, kicking and screaming." she replied sticking her tongue out light-heartedly.

Will chuckled. "Yes because I buy my hostages drinks."

Honestly, he was starting to feel that little buzz. He's tolerance wasn't unusually high, but he did manage to hold his own. But, he was perhaps drinking a little to much, a little too fast.

Meanwhile, the bar door opened and in came several thug looking men. They sat in a corner and gestured for a drink.

"What do you think their deal is?" Will whispered having to hunch closer to Lara so that he would not be heard.

Lara shrugged with a smile, feeling her heart flutter a bit more at Will's chuckle. It felt like ages since she had heard him laugh, and it was like finding an oasis in the middle of a desert. "A thoughtful kidnapper, then. Take it as a compliment." she teased lightly.

She fought the urge to lean even closer to Will, only breaking away to look to the direction he indicated. Mild curiousity flickered across her face as she stared at the thugs. "No idea.... You don't think...?" she asked him, trailing off. Surely these men were just muggles in some motorcycle gang. They couldn't be something to worry about.

Could they?

However, before Will could voice exactly what he thought one of the motorcycle lads looked around at the bar (and there wasn't much to look at), raised his glass and roared in a deep jolly voice: "A round for everyone! Peter's wife here has just had a son!"

The bartender nodded to show he understood and started pasting out drinks.

"Well what do you know?" Will said accepting the round, placing a glass in front of Lara and himself. "To Peter's new son!"

Lara continued to eye the motorcycle gang with slight suspicion though softened the moment the announcement was made and drinks were passed out. For a brief moment, she was reminded of Kaminski Manor, and how similar methods of celebration were used to celebrate good news, particularly new additions to the clan.

"To the unknown bloke's offspring." she echoed, holding up her glass.

Really considering there was only five other people in the bar, excluding their party but including Will and Lara, it wasn't much of a celebration. However, that didn't stop them, they drank heartily.

"Hey, pretty lady." One of the men said to Lara, "Why don't you join us?"