So the bedding in Ravenclaw tower was terrible was it? Nick laughed he had never heard such a complaint before in all his time at Hogwarts. It couldn’t be too much different from the bedding in the dungeons could it? The only diffrences Nick could guess would be the colour, the bedding in the Slytherin dorms was all green and trimmed with silver, those colours were of course the colours of the house. Nick’s bed was fine, he had never felt the need to bring in his own sheets but girls could be picky like that. They needed there beauty sleep more then boys so, fair enough. He replied whilst smiling, still half laughing “Well Im not sure if your allowed to destroy them, as in set them on fire but people have been known too bring in their own sheets from home. Some people feel it adds a sense of home and personalization, personally I don’t mind what I sleep in. Don’t you find that because your bed is so comfortable now, its hard to get up early for those nine o’clock lessons?”
He wrapped his arm around her shoulder as she shivered and complained about the weather. She had picked a pretty poor time to come to Scotland, they always had horrible winters, rain and wind usually, never the snow that would make it bearable. Now, in the middle of September the cold was really starting too hit in “Its coming up for winter Christabelle so I wouldn’t expect any really warm days for a few months. We get nice summer, hot days where we all sit out in the grounds next to the lake. Unfortunately they are ruined by the exams, we sit them during the nicest month of the year, pretty crap huh?” Nick personally did not really mind, he liked exams, the feeling you got after them was great, that feeling like you couldn’t be touched. Then again perhaps that was just him?
They came to a stop as it came time to apparate, this would be the quickest part of the journey. Nick kept his arm around her shoulder and gave her a quick warning “Diagon Alley here we come.” before apparating them both to their chosen destination. In a flash their feet left Hogsmeade and touched down at the top of the alley. Nick, already used to the feeling of sickness and confusion gathered himself together quickly and looked at Christ belle “You ok? We are here now no need to fret” His eyes left her and gazed out at the amazing array of shops before them. Magical bookstores, quidditch supplies, clothing stores, everything they needed was here, lining the streets.
“What do you think? Pretty impressive isn’t it, where would you like to go first? it’s the ladies choice.” Nick teased. They were here for her so today they would do whatever she wished. Pointing to Madam Malkin’s Robes for all occasions he hinted “We can get some new robes in there? They will probably sell shoes too, though if you don’t like any of them we can slip into muggle London a little later on?” Glancing across the street his eyes fell upon Florish and Blotts, smiling he added “Or there is the famous bookstore? Are you struggling for some bedtime reading? They have a lot of interesting stuff in there if your school books aren’t keeping you occupied?”