Easy Tea Break {Remy}

[Dominique Keys]

If there was one thing that Dominique did enjoy about this school, it was the fact that there was always tea and coffee available. She usually didn't bother with coffee if she could help it, but a cup of tea went a long way towards helping her to wind down. She was a regular in the Great Hall every night after sunset, usually somewhere between 7 and 8pm, and she liked to take the time to just set and chill out over a hot drink. Every so often she would swap the tea for a hot chocolate, but not today.

There were very few people in the Great Hall at this time, and even those who were there tended not to bother her. Everyone who came in had their own goals in mind, so it was easy to relax and not think about anyone else. There would be the odd little group here and there who would sit and chat about thing, but if there was one thing that she noticed, it was that there was hardly ever anyone studying or reading a textbook in the hall at that time. It was like everyone had an unspoken agreement to use it solely for drinks and chill out.

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Remy strolled through The Great Hall liked he owned the joint, he had his heart set on a good cup of classic English tea and not hell nor high water were going to prevent him from obtaining one.  The Great Hall was barely occupied with 'patrons' and the most one would hear was hushed tones and murmurs along with occasional laughter. Remy made his way to his target and obtained a cup before looking at his choices, tea, coffee, hot chocolate and after that Remy stopped caring what else was there, he was after tea so he may as well just be done with it. Remy poured the tea into the cup he had acquired earlier and added a squirt of honey before taking his first sip and there it was, perfection.

Remy turned to look out over the great hall, most people seemed to be here in smallish groups with only a few singular people scattered about. Remy looked out over the people sitting by themselves before noticing one who was sitting by herself, yes she would do fine. With a swagger in his step Remy made his way through The Great Hall towards her. As Remy reached the opposite side of the table he placed his cup of tea and asked "This seat taken?" Though Remy treated it as more of a formality as he shrugged his jack off, folded it in half and placed it on the table and took the seat across from her.

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Dominique enjoyed the solitude of being in the Great Hall at this time since it was the sort of time where no one really cared who anyone else was. Even from where she sat now she could see that students didn't bother to sit at their house tables, but rather chose to sit anywhere they pleased, preferring friend groups over house groups. Actually, she could see a small group of Ravenclaws sitting on the end of the Hufflepuff table, and there weren't even any Hufflepuff's in sight. This was the sort of time Dominique liked to be in the hall.

"This seat taken?"

She turned her attention to the guy who had just appeared in front of her, and watched as he placed his jacket on the table. Dominique shrugged. She knew that he wasn't a Slytherin, but right now she couldn't be bothered to argue with anyone. She came here to chill out, not pick fights, and hopefully he'd feel the same way. The last thing she needed right now was someone deliberately getting on her nerves.

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All she did was give Remy a simple shrug, not that any protest from her would have stopped him from taking the seat that is. Remy didn't really know the girl in front of him he knew she was a Slytherian but that was about as far as it went, he had seen her around a few times but never really stopped and talked to her, he very rarely just stopped to talk to any one for a long time. Remy's eyes made their way over her examining her and letting his brain calculate her worth to him, though it wasn't often he just knew at a glance what someone was worth to him.

Remy slowly lifted the tea cup to his mouth, as he sipped from the cup his pinky finger was slightly raised only lower when the cup was removed from his mouth. Remy looked up at the ceiling, only it wasn't really a ceiling and more like a magically enchanted canvas that changed with the times, tonight it was clear as the stars shined down upon those who had gathered in the great hall. Turning his attention back to the girl Remy cocked his hat slightly before flicking the tip of it back up "Name's Remy and you would be?"

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The guy sat, and Dominique tried to ignore the way he was looking at her, as if trying to assess her or something - like he was searching for something, but she had no idea what. She didn't even look at him, even though she knew his eyes were on her, just picked up her cup and wrapped both hands around him, blowing on the top gently to cool it down a bit.

Nothing was said for a few long moments, but she was hardly going to complain at that. She glanced towards him when she saw motion, and saw he was looking up at the ceiling. Dominique always loved that ceiling, especially by night, and for an Astronomy lover like herself, why wouldn't she? That was another thing that made her like this room so much at this time of the day, especially over winter when the dark nights were in.

"Name's Remy and you would be?"

She turned her attention back the guy across from her. "Dominique." She was curious as to whether there was a particular reason for him sitting here or whether it was just a random choice, but she wasn't going to pry, and settled for waiting to see where he'd lead the conversation.

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"Dominique."

Remy had gotten a name from her without too much difficulty, the conversation just might go somewhere after all. Dominique seemed to be closed down and introverted or so Remy suspected going off her body language, with a likely story of her coming here to be alone and be herself, get away from it all, Remy knew the cliche reasons people gave well as human nature seemed to be the mother all of cliches. Sure there were the exceptions to the rules but they were so rare, people weren't all gray area like they claimed, most where straight up black and white, honest or dishonest and Remy figured that this Dominique was probably the same.

Remy took another sip of tea from his cup as the ceiling stars shined down upon the room emitting a rather peaceful aura to the student who chose to relax here before hitting the hay. Remy placed the cup of tea back on the table that he was seated at, Remy shifted around a little before pulling his wand out of his pocket and placed it on the table allowing himself to get comfortable. The wand itself was pale and had an overall effeminate look to it, not a wand one expected to have chosen Remy. "So..." Remy's eyes looked over Dominique as he waited to examine her reaction "What's a pretty girl like you doing in a great big place like this, all alone?"

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Dominique kept her cup in her hands, letting the heat from the hot liquid pass through the ceramics and warm her hands. It seemed that over the years she'd picked up a number of rituals she liked to indulge in to help her relax in the evening, and it was always the little things that really hoped, even if it was something as irrelevant as the warmth of a teacup in her hands. Well, it wasn't a teacup so much as a mug. She liked a good dose of liquid sedation, as she liked to call it at this time of the evening.

"So... What's a pretty girl like you doing in a great big place like this, all alone?"

She's chose to say nothing when he placed his wand on the table, though she didn't really see the need to do so. Still, each to their own. His words, though, made her look back at him again, and once again wonder what it was he sat here for. "You clearly don't come in here often at this time otherwise you might know this is a perfectly normal part of my schedule."

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"You clearly don't come in here often at this time otherwise you might know this is a perfectly normal part of my schedule."

She said it so matter of factly, more statement than question. If it was part of her schedule than she would perfectly well know he didn't venture here often and was originally simply here for the tea. Remy let out a slight laugh before finding himself looking up at the starry ceiling again, stars truly were a beautiful thing the only thing he would rather sit and stare at was a sunset. There was something magical about a sun down, the last rays bright lights, a crackle in the air, the last of the warmth before it turned into a cold night and everything reaching and overall sense of ease so that is just seemed right. With a smile Remy turned his attention back to Dominique "Clearly not. This is not really my 'scene'. It is too calm, has a rather eery quietness but has some quality tea." Remy said sniffing the tea "And with the beautiful scenery I will take what I can get."

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Dominique came into the hall almost nightly, and while she did, occasionally, have a habit of people watching while she was there, she didn't pretend like she paid attention to the routines of all the other students to know who came in on a regular basis, or who only came in on Tuesdays, or anything like that.

"Clearly not. This is not really my 'scene'. It is too calm, has a rather eery quietness but has some quality tea. And with the beautiful scenery I will take what I can get."

Dominique took a sip from her mug as she listened, the liquid still a little hot, but the sort of hot that warmed you through on the first sip, and kept you feeling warm till the end, even when the liquid had cooled right down. "What is it with the males of this school not liking calm?" She rolled her eyes, remembering when Sirius had said exactly the same thing out by the lake not so long ago.