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[Haley Vilde Smith]

Haley walked around the streets, and then saw what she was looking for. A wide grin spread in her face as she could practically smell the lovely scent of baking. She walked quickly towards the bakery and opened the door.

The smell of all sorts of exquisite bakings hit her nose, and Haley almost ended up looking dreamily into the air, hanging about. She then grinned as she saw muffins. She hadn't told Charlotte she was coming, so she crossed her fingers that she was around. Then she sat down in one of the chairs in the bakery, waiting for someone she knew to spot her. She looked forward to seeing Charlotte again.

Her parents had left to Germany two days ago, and she was starting to grow bored. She had been hanging with her muggle friends, but they were so different now. She had to lie to them, and it just wasn't tempting to lie to her friends, so she wanted to keep a safe distance.

In other words: she was glad Charlotte had invited her here.

[Airen Auditoren]

Airen had grown weary of living in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, so he decided to take up Charlotte's offer of coming over to Professor Smith's bakery. He walked in slowly. Looking around at all the pastries, he smiled. Charlotte must be lucky living in this place.

Seeing Haley, Airen smiled and waved at her. He took a seat at a table near her.

"Ciao (hello) Haley, How's your summer been so far," he asked in his Italian accent.

[Charlotte Smith]

Charlotte rushed down the stairs, flour in her hair and on her face as soon as George the baker had said that there were some students in the lobby of the bakery, she hoped that they were someone here to see her, as opposed to someone who had gotten lost.

Bursting through the door she smiled happily and saw that there was Haley and Airen, coming out from behind the counter Charlotte hugged Haley and Airen quickly, a large smile on her face.

"Hello! Hello both of you I'm so glad you're here!"

Noting that she had gotten flour on their clothes Charlotte grimaced a little and blushed:

"Sorry about the flour, I was helping make the bread upstairs with Mark, how are both of you?"

[Haley Vilde Smith]

Haley smiled widely to Airen as he walked in. "I've been good, thank you. Though it was getting a bit boring, being alone," she added as an afterthought.

Then Charlotte busted through the doors and hugged Haley before she realized what was going on. Then she saw the flour. She looked at Charlotte.

"These are my best clothes," she said lowly.

Then she chuckled. "Nah, kidding! I'm happy to see you too Charlotte," she said joyously.

She honestly couldn't care less about clothes. Then she laughed at the large amount of flour on Charlotte.

"You sure you're baking bread? Looks more like a food fight to me," Haley joked, sniggering.

Then she looked at both of them. "So, how has your holiday been so far?" she asked them.

[Guest]

Leshia had to practically drag her sister into the bakery. Tabi never was one to have too much of a sweet tooth.

"Come on Tabi, there is more than just junk food in here." Leshia had a hold of her sister's arm.

As the walked into the bakery Leshia noticed that Airen, Haley were there too. So she had to rush over to them.

"Hay guys look we made it. Hows everyone doing?"

[Guest]

Leshia kept hounding Tabi about going to Charlotte's bakery. Tabi didn't really like sweet things.

"Come on Lesh, I don't want to go in. You know I don't like sweet stuff, unlike you." Leshia continued to pull on her arm and through the door.

"Come on Tabi, there is more than just junk food in here."

As she was pulled into the bakery the smells just overwhelmed her. Looking in the cases she didn't notice that her sister took off to visit some friends she found.

Looking over the counters she noticed all the different types of breads, she could not help but drul..Honey bread was her favorite.

When Tabi turned around she noticed the LEshia was over talking to her friends so she decided to walk over and talk to them.

"Hay guys, love the shop Charlotte. Pretty sure I will be taking some bread home with me today."

[Airen Auditoren]

Smiling, Airen dusted off the flour from his sleeve. He looked over as Leshia and Tabi came over. He inclined his head in greeting.

"Glad to be here, Charlotte. Don't worry about the flour," he said cooly, lips quirked in a small smile. "I'm fine, and you?" he asked.

"Been good so far," he said, not really feeling like going into detail about doing nothing.

"Salve (Hi), Leshia, Tabi," he said as the girls walked in.

[Charlotte Smith]

Charlotte smiled happily although she did get a little concerned when Haley said they were her best clothes but was immensely happy when it turned out that she was only joking, she would feel really bad if they were.

"Well, I did start to goof off towards the end of making it so he threw flour at me to get my attention back on the task."

Blushing in embarrassment Charlotte smiled happily as the door of the bakery opened, she smiled wider as she saw that it was Leshia and Tabi who came in not another customer.

"Hello! It's lovely to see both of you today, were having a real gathering aren't we?"

Charlotte grinned and clapped her hands happily: "You should do it's really quite delicious, we made them today and it was."

Glad to see that Airen didn't mind the flour Charlotte smiled softly: "I'm okay thank you, do you want to come behind the counter? My rooms up there it's a bit more comfortable than standing around here."

[Haley Vilde Smith]

Haley grinned as Leisha and Tabi walked into the door. "Hello!" she said happily.

This was starting to look real good. She laughed as Charlotte told her she had goofed off a bit, and earned some flour. Haley was pretty sure she would've done the same. Or... she would probably be worse since she really didn't like baking, only eating.

"Oh, the place here is awesome, but probably not the best place to have a gathering. Customers could think you were slacking off," Haley said with big eyes, though she was once again just joking.

"But I'd really love to look around," she said with a big grin on her face.

[Guest]

Leshia was overjoyed when Charlotte invited them to come around the counter and into the back. But she was going to have to pull Tabi away from the store.

"I think that would be a great idea, if not you might not have any bread left, when Tabi gets through." Leshia laughed at Tabi when she saw the look on her face.

"Don't look at me like that, you know you would."

[Guest]

When Leshia commented about her buying out the bread all she could do was glare at her and rolled her eyes.

"I would not buy all the bread, just the honey bread." Tabi stated.

Looking around the shop around here it all looked really interesting.

"I suppose it would be cool to se what the back of the store looked like."

[Charlotte Smith]

Charlotte grinned and rubbed the back of her head when Haley said the customers might think that she was slacking off, that was true and when George came back he gave her 'The Look' which meant the same thing.

"You know what I think they might do, so we best move before George throws a fit or something."

Winking playfully at George Charlotte lifted up the counter to let everyone through into the back, unsure of what to do once they were actually there Charlotte thought a moment.

"Honey bread? I don't think ive tried it even though Cobalt sells it, maybe I'll have to if it's really that good."

With that Charlotte waited until everyone was through and she closed the counter top behind them.

"Where to? You want to see where we make the cakes and things?"

[Haley Vilde Smith]

Haley laughed good mindedly at the exchange between Charlotte, Leisha and Tabi, as well as the agreement Charlotte had to Haley's eariler statement.

She then nodded. "I'd love to see where the food is made," she said happily, walking through the counter.

She then inhaled, feeling the sweet scent of good bread fill her nosetrils. She sighed softly; she never realized how much she loved bakeries before now.

[Charlotte Smith]

Charlotte smiled happily and walked through the halls of the bakery until she reached the cosy kitchen at the end, it was full of flour from the bread that was being made but most of all it was warm.

"Here we go, the kitchen, we're just finishing making bread if you all want to help, if not I'll just leave Mark to finish it."

Pulling her tongue out at Mark, Charlotte went to the bowl that she had been using and took out the dough, placing it on the board to knead it, dusting it with flour.

"We can make some honey bread if you like Tabi, I think it's the same mixture."

[Guest]

Leshia was taking a look around at everything in the kitchen. She had never seen anything like this before. She was always one that stayed away from the kitchen, she was not one that cooked. She hoped one day that when she got married that she had hoped to have an house elf to do those things for her, or at least a servant. She didn't need them for everything just the cooking part.

"This is very interesting Charlotte" as she watched her knead the dough. "I rarely go into my kitchen, cooking is not my thing."

Now Tabi on the other hand loved to cook or bake or whatever the kitchen elves would let her do. Sali the kitchen elf was always letting Tabi help her with something in there.

"Go on Tabi you know you want to help. I see it in your eyes" Leshia smiled. "Tabi is the cooking one."

[Haley Vilde Smith]

Haley was grinning like only a hyena could. She then turned to Leisha.

"Hm, I wonder if I made a friend out of the wrong twin," she joked, and then threw her arm around Leisha to make sure she knew she was joking.

"Nah! Just kidding! Though I do believe I'll digg you both a bunch," she said, feeling happier than she had in a long, long time.

Then she looked at Charlotte. "But I'd love to bake some bread. I love baking," she said, and, if possible, her grin stretched even further.

[Charlotte Smith]

Charlotte smiled happily and swooped around the kitchen looking for some more ingredients for the others to start making bread as well as she and eventually she got all of the ones that she needed after several trips.

Placing them on the long counter she got out some more mixing bowls and wiped some flour from her forehead.

"Well here's some extra ingredients if you want to start, the recipe is on that stand there so that we can all see."

With a small scratch of her head Charlotte smiled at the group and began to knead the dough again, but kept her body turned to one side so she was still part of the conversation.

"So, how many of you are thinking of trying out for Quidditch this year then?"

[Haley Vilde Smith]

Haley washed her hands quickly and then walked over to the ingredients. She smiled to Charlotte; she really liked to bake. Then she grinned.

"I'm definitely trying out. I love Qudditch," she said happily.

"Are you? And in that case, what position do you consider? I like the Beater position best," Haley said, flouring her hands so she could knead the dough without it sticking to her like glue.

[Guest]

Tabi walked over to the sink and washed up her hands she was so excited about making the bread. She was wondering what the recipe they used called for.

She went over to get the ingredients and began mixing it together.

Tabi heard haley comment about choosing the wrong sister and could not help but laugh. She had to admit to herself on the outside it would look like Leshia was the baker in the family.

She moved onto the kneading of the bread after she got everything mixed to that point.

"I am most diffidently trying out, I can play all positions, I just love to fly."

[Guest]

Leshia really didn't take offense to what Haley said she knew that Tabi and her had different things they liked and it was ok with her.

Leshia was enjoying watching her friends and sister bake it was really interesting to watch, she just didn't like to get her hand dirty, maybe that was it.

When they started talking about Qudditch she just rolled her eyes. She hated everything about it, she just watched it becasue everyone else played it or watched.

"Anyway Tabi I thought you didn't want to play Qudditch, didn't you say something about just liking to fly not wanting to do something?"

[Guest]

Tabi had finished kneading the bread and placed it into a pan.

"So Charlotte, where do I need to put it now?" She just wasn't sure how her kitchen worked at the next stage. She always let hers rise a little at home.

Then her sister has said something about her playing Quidditch and that she said she didn't want to play.

"Well maybe I changed my mind. Need something to do to express some of this stress." she commented taking her dishes over to the sink. Cleaning up her mess.

[Airen Auditoren]

Nodding, Airen followed Charlotte to the kitchen. He took some of the ingredients and started making his own dough. Seeing something out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the spice cabinet. Making sure that no one noticed, he grabbed a jar of cinnamon. He sprinkled some into the dough. He put it back just as quickly. It was a special recipe his aunt taught him.

Hearing the conversation turn to Quidditch, Airen decided to join in.

"I think I might, but I've never really been one for sports in general. I don't really know what position I'll be good in," he said. True he wasn't one for the more televised sports, but he loved to watch fencing.

[Charlotte Smith]

Charlotte smiled happily, glad that people seemed to be having fun at baking, she didn't really know what else to do with them apart from take them upstairs to her room, and she didn't want to be boring...

When most people said they were going to be trying out for Quidditch Charlotte gave them all the thumbs up, except she had some dough attatched to her thumb and she blushed.

"I wish you all the best of luck! But no I won't be trying out for the team, I'll just be on the stands cheering you guys on, I don't think I'll be able to support just one team with all my friends in different houses."

When Tabi asked her where she should put it Charlotte got out a clean dishcloth and gently threw it to Tabi so that she might catch it.

"Well Papa normally says to let it rise a little bit so anywhere you want really." she grinned.

[Guest]

Charlotte let Tabi know that her dad let the dough rise too and that she could place it anywhere so she found a nice shelf to set it on while she went about cleaning up her mess.

In the process of looking for something to clean up the counter she had turned to Charlotte to ask her only to have a towel tosses at her.

"Thanks, you must have been reading my mind" Tabi took the towel and cleaned up her mess.

"Ok, that was a blast..Whats next." Tabi asked laughing. She was actually having a little fun for a change.

[Charlotte Smith]

Charlotte grinned happily when she said that she had read Tabi's mind, she seemingly had and it was quite cool, she liked it when things like that happened, it always made her feel like she was some sort of seer.

"Yes indeed, I frequently read people's minds, it's one of my skills, I can probably tell what you're thinking now."

Smiling Charlotte washed her own hands in the sink and left her dough to proof in the shaded part of the kitchen and she thought about what they could do together.

"Well we could always go up to my room if you want, have a mess around with my drawing equipment."

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