Just a drink or two

Sebastien came in along with gust of wind. The weather was cold, with rushes of wind, just like before every rain. It felt like winter has already came, even it was technically still summer. Only on callendar.

He had no idea why he came to the Leaky Cauldron at first. Bastien mostly avoided him because of his brother's room upstairs. Although he loved Christian he didn't want to meet him, now, he wasn't in a mood after their talk yesterday, some people would call that fight, too. Chris always made him feel like six years old kid who did some mistake, and he wasn't ready fora dozen of new sermons, yet.

He sit on a bar chair and order a whiskey, hoping that he could stop his thought with enough amount of alcohol inside of his veins. Still not enough alcohol to get drunk, but enough to forget. When you're drunk you're losing control over your body, and he has never could live without that.
Bastien turned his back to the bar putting elbows on lacquered surfaces of the bar. The restaurant was almost full, not surprising considering that it was dinner time so almost every witch or wizard who visited Diagon Alley now came for diner, or just for a drink, here. And since it's almost October and all the students with their families came to town there was plenty of them.

Lilyanya was walking fast down the street towards the Leaky Cauldron. She clutched her cloak around herself as she walked into the pub. Ignoring everything around her as she approached the bar, her hood still concealed her face. The bartender however knew who she was no matter what because she was in there so frequently. Shaking his head he handed her a metal container and she drank half of it before setting it down.

"You need to stop delaying coming here so late, you should make sure that you have enough time to get here." The bartender said softly to her.

"Well I had no choice, I got cornered by someone people who were trying kill me. They have been following me for a while now and somehow they managed to get in front of me." Anya said softly to the bartender. "I managed to get away but I lost a lot of blood because of it. That's why i practically had to run here so that but don't worry i won't be followed. I need a room for the night though if you have a spare one." She looked at the bartender hoping that he would have an open room available.

This day was worse than Bastien expected to be. And his expectation was pretty bad. He already ruined relationship with all the people he knew and there's a bit af guilt prying inside his chest but he was good at ignoring things. He could ignore this as well as the other things.
The only reason he came all the way to Leaky Cauldron was because he needed a walk. For the first time in his life. Usually he Apparated, just to avoid walking. But today his apartment was too big for him but somehow he felt claustrophobic, too silent too. He simply couldn't be trapped in there anymore. He was now regretted because he doesn't have a pet but it would be impractical since he's out of the city every now and then.

He was now thinking about leaving the Cauldron. Bastien hoped he'll felt calmer in here but he felt the same, maybe even worse than in the apartment. He needed to leave while he can still walk. Or maybe order a new drink until he black out. He has never been drunk but blacking out felt like a good idea.

The bartender walked away after speaking a few more words with Lilyanya leaving her to her thoughts. She took another long drink from the metal cup then she smelled a familiar scent. Looking over at the person next to her she saw that it was Bastien. Her eyes got huge as she looked at him, she didn't expect him to be sitting next to her. She didn't think she ever saw Bastien look like he did now but she was determined that she was gonna help him. Placing her drink on the counter she braced herself as she turned towards him.

"Bastien?" She said softly as she looked at Bastien. "Are you alright?" Looking at him and smelling a lot of alcohol on him she sighed. Taking the cup of whiskey out of his hand she placed it on the counter behind him. "Come on, let's go for a walk. I'm not going to let you drink yourself to sleep." She said softly. Lilyanya finished off her drink then stood next to him waiting for him to get up. She wasn't going to stand there and let him do harm to himself.

Bastien's body stiffen as he heard familar voice. He came here to forgot about everything and noe she's here. According to her voice, just next to him. His observation was awful today. It was awful every time he drank alchocol so usually he avoided drinking, well unless if he's alone in his apartment. Today he found there's no alchocol left in his apartment so the only thing he could do is go out, or go buy more, and the Cauldron was closer than the grocery. He has never been drunk, being without control wasn't tempting but he found that better than being able to think.

He turned his head towards Lilyanya. She was.. fuzzily. Or maybe he was drunker than he thought. And there were two of her. Since Sebastien knew she has a twin brother not a twin sister he decided to look in the middle between the two Lilyanyas, that was the place he assumed the real one probably was.
"'Ello Lylayna. Hw're you?" Bastien was aware that he omited some letters, but somehow he didn't care, also his Manchester accent was more conspicuous now.
He blinked a few times until his sight became more sharper. Lilyanya seemed determinated to make him stop drinking. "Sorry cherrie, I'm staying, but you can join me." He waved to waiter so he could order another drink. Sebastien knew he had a glass somewhere around him but he couldn't find it after Anya's hand took it from him.

Lilyanya shook her head and said, "I'm fine and you are done drinking Sebastien." She looked at the waiter coming towards them and shook her head no. The waiter turned back around and disappeared to help someone else. "Your going to be leaving here whether you want to or not because you are drunk. I'm not letting you drown in your sorrows this time sweetie so you can come with me now or I show you how strong a vampire really is. Your choice." Lilyanya smiled sweetly at him and waited for him to respond. She didn't know what he would say and she had a feeling it would be no.

"Alright Time's up," Anya said smiling as she took his arm and apparated to her house. She landed in her living room and said, "Don't move and don't even think about going back to the Leaky Cauldron or so help me Sebastien I will smack you. I'm not even kidding, I can't believe that you are drunk right now." She sighed as went to the hall closet grabbing a pillow and blanket then walked back to him. "Your going to sleep it off and your gonna explain to me what the hell you thought you were doing. So please just go to sleep and stay because I'm not going to let you drink yourself into a stupor." She laid the pillow and blanket on the couch behind him. She kissed his cheek softly then quickly walked into the kitchen.

Sighing Anya took off her cloak and hung it on the back of a chair. Then she walked over to the counter grabbing a metal cup out of the cabinet. Walking over to the fridge she grabbed out a brown earthware jug and poured blood into the cup then replaced the jug to the fridge. She leaned back against the counter sipping slowly at the liquid trying to wrap her head around everything that happened.

His lips pursed as he watched her shooking her head and sending the waiter away. The waiter listened to her! He listened! In his pretty much drunk state he decided he will never come here for a drink. Bastien was sure there are other locals in where he would get his drink no matter what someone else said. He guessed that waiters always trying to sell more drinks. Obviously this time he was wrong, or the waiter sabotaged his job. That only confirmed his decision not to go in here again. After all he could do all that in some muggle bar too, he wasn't big fan of Firewhiskey anyway. He folded his arms across his chest looking in Lilyanya like a child a child who had lost his lollipop. Again. Sebastien in a moment of stubbornness decided he wouldn't speak with her.

Sebastien O'Sullivan assumed that his refusal of communication would make Lilyanya leave, but instead she took his hand and apparated before he could think of something he could do. It would be euphemism of the year if someone would tell he hasn't satisfied with the outcome. His plan was to faint because of too much alcohol but his plans were messed up. He was so lucky that he thought there would be no rope left in the store if he would decide to hang oneself. Yes, he was such a lucky man. "Yes mum." Well that much about his silence. He sat on the floor, just partly because he wanted to show her he won't listen because he's angry, but also partly because he doubted he could walk properly even if he try.

He followed Anya with his sight deciding he could sneak out when she goes to sleep. He doesn't need to go to the Cauldron, any other open bar is good enough and he's not picky. Maybe he could go all the way to his apartment and buy something by his way there. Only if he knew in which direction he should walk...

Lilyanya finished the contents in her glass and rinsed it out placing in the sink. She sighed thinking that Sebastien hated her for crashing his drinking party. If she was going to be honest with herself she needed him to know that he wasn't going to like what she said next. She knew that he needed a hard wake up call and she knew that she was the only one who was strong enough to take him on.
Taking a deep breath she walked back out to the living room and saw him sitting on the floor in defiance. Smiling Anya walked past him to the couch that held the blanket and pillow. Picking them up she dropped them on top of his head, "If you wanna be a pain in the arse I'll let you. I won't however let you drink yourself into a stupor. Do you realize how stupid that is Sebastien?" She said irritated at him as she walked in front of him and sat down crossed legged.

Silently she was thankful that her twin wanted to take Chance to his house for the night to give Anya some sleep. "Did you even think what you were doing? Jeez Sebastien you may be a werewolf but you are not invincible!" She wanted to smack him but she restrained herself because she could do some damage. She was mad at him for trying to do that to himself and mad that she didn't get there sooner. "You mean the world to me Sebastien and I'm not gonna stand around to let you do this to yourself." Anya looked at him and knew that if she was still human she would be crying by now so just this once she was glad she couldn't.

"I'm an adult for almost nine years now." Sebastien chose to look at some picture on the wall rather than looking at Lilyanya. He wanted to be alone and yet he couldn't left her house now. She's stronger than him, and he would be fool if he tried to fight with her, not that he wanted to, he never wanted to hurt her, drunk or sober that hasn't changed.
He sighed admitting defeat, with every minute passed Lilyanya was more like Christian. He hated being read beechnuts and his brothers did that a lot of times, now Lilyanya's figure replaced his brother's. And she seemed more determined to win this fight than his brother ever was.

He didn't get that whole thing with being invicible and a werewolf or whatever else she said, not that he cared, he just wanted to sneak out and to do that he needs to wait for her to fall asleap, so he didn't said anything.
Next Anya's words kept his attention. He honestly had no idea what she's trying to say but his drunk brain needed an explanation. "Why Lilyanya? Why do I mean the whole world to you?" His gaze captured hers, her face was still a bit dimly but it sharpened as the alcohol was leaving his veins, it was another bad side of being a werewolf. He got faster metabolism so he guessed he'll be completely sober again for about half an hour.

"Well from where i'm sitting Sebastien your not acting like it. Your acting like your a nine year old boy who got told that he's not allowed to have dessert." Lilyanya said looking at him trying to not laugh at him in any way. Most of the pictures on the walls were of her family but only one was not. It held a picture of the both of them sitting in the library at Hogwarts with books surrounding them. Lilyanya was given the picture from one of the teacher who had taken it, which happened to be the one behind her. "Now will you please answer my question Sebastien? Why were you trying to drink yourself into a stupor?"

Lilyanya sat there waiting for him to reply when he asked the question she wasn't looking forward to answering. Her gaze went immediately to her hands as she twisted them in her lap. She didn't know how she was going to phrase anything that didn't admit her feelings towards him. She knew that he could probably tell a lie if it left her lips. So she hoped what she said next wouldn't cause him to look at her like a foreign object. "Well it's kinda difficult to explain to you considering everything. I know that once I tell you, you'll get up and walk away, so your welcome to do that if you want." Lilyanya sighed deeply then leaned over to whisper in his ear. "You mean the world to me because your my best friend and i'm in love with you." Getting up she walked back to kitchen wrapping her arms around herself. She knew that she shouldn't have told him and she should have remembered Hayley warning about telling him.