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“You’re the man after my own heart,” Ariadne blew him a kiss. “Anyone who says I’m high-maintenance should realise that they can just leave me with a pile of good food and I’ll be perfectly content for a couple of hours,” she added, grinning.

“I do need a work out. Otherwise all the crap I like eating will catch up with me. You’re the one who really took it to heart though and jumped at the chance.” Caspian laughed jovially, watching the man. “I definitely prefer running over the gym.”

“For real?” she looked at him sympathetically when Sebastian confessed that he couldn’t remember the last time he’d gotten home in time for a good night’s sleep. “While I get that crazy long hours are part of your job… is there really no way you could get a half day or something next week? You deserve to catch up on some rest, Seb.”

“Really? Wow… You just didn’t seem the type that would choose to do something like that and enjoy it necessarily.” Clementine shrugged however. It wasn’t as if it was the first time she’d been wrong about someone. “Salsa dancing is what made you feel more connected to your roots though?”

“She really is,” Verity agreed with a nod. “As do I. She’s on another level really,” she mentioned, turning the item around in her hands as she waited for Seb to grab the batteries. “Thanks,” she smiled, prying the back open to put the batteries in after he’d handed them to her. “Hmm, it’s not quite as good as it once was,” Verity observed upon pressing the on button, a faulty noise coming from the device.

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“Before you say it, I’m not, I’m not panicking,” she said. “It’s just that my coffee spilled everywhere so I have a caffeine withdrawal headache, I was up for half the night trying to fix a stupid low blood sugar, so then I was high earlier because it all hit at once, and now I realize that I’m like super behind on charting for some reason, I don’t even know how, I swear to god that I finished all this the other day.” She sighed. “Okay, maybe I’m panicking a little, but I swear, I’m not going to go punting children or something, please help.”

“Salsa hm? And who made you go to salsa lessons?” Because it seemed such a different choice compared to what she expected he might have gone to of his own volition. “And you have better rhythm for that? Now this I definitely have to see.”

“I have another energy drink in my locker if you want it,” Jace offered to the other. He was basically living off energy drinks at this point.

Archer: For real? Sounds like an eventful evening that you two are having 😂

Archer: Awesome! Thanks Seb!

Archer: Yeah I'm alright! I'm watching Into the Spider-verse again even though I've basically got this movie memorized 😂

Seb: Someone from work I think, can't believe my sister is a gambler though 😂

Seb: Without me? Wow, I'm offended

“Somebody from work. They were being cocky about their Quidditch knowledge so I suggested we bet on the results,” she explained with a pleased shrug of her shoulders. “No, you won’t get in trouble. But if you’ve got something you’d rather do instead I totally get it.”

“Will you? They should just redo the whole thing,” Ariadne chuckled, gently squeezing Sebastian’s hand. “The night is still young so maybe let’s go to the place. They may run out of drinks at some point, then we’ll still have ours,” she pointed out. 

“I might’ve been hoping for at least one big fight that would end up in some of them smacking each other with their brooms,” Ariadne smiled innocently, but quickly that smile of hers turned into a smirk as he kissed her. “A drink sounds lovely,” she nodded in agreement, then reached for Sebastian’s hand to move some place else.

Ariadne positively melted in her boyfriend’s embrace. It was so easy for him to make her smile and after all that time together it still made a little bit surprised. “It was quite a show, although I did think there would be more crashes,” she grinned in reply.

“Mi corazón,” Seb hummed as he moved to start dancing with his girlfriend. He loved a good party but nothing beat a quidditch after party. They held a special place in his heart since the couple had gotten together at one. It felt like a lifetime ago, so much had happened since then but he was glad he still had her, “What did you think of the match?”

Archer: Hey man! I hope you're having a blast!

Archer: If you see a stand selling them anywhere, do you mind getting me a Quidditch World Cup mug? I love a good collectible 😂

Seb: Hey! Yeah, it's great. Ver apparently won a bet so I'm helping her find the person who owes her four galleons 😂

Seb: Of course I can! Consider it done

“Wanna help me track down somebody who owes me 4 Galleons?” Verity asked her brother with a smug smirk on her lips. “Merlin am I glad I placed bets on this game. I just knew in my bones the home team was gonna win,” she added proudly. 

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“Well, they can’t be everywhere at once. Maybe there will be multiple escapees and you’ll be forced to help out,” he pointed out. “And… Well, fair point. But then you always have to be fast, so we’re getting back to the beginning,” Nick grinned cheekily.