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Post by spicer on Jan 28, 2007 20:41:30 GMT -5
Braxton was playing with his cat when Jason reemerged from the shop with two owls. Smiling he looked up as Jason sat the owls on the table. It took him a minute to comprehend what had just happened, but the minute he did his smile split even wider, if that was possible. “Cool!” Brax said as he turned the owl cage around so that he could see the front of it. It was the one that he had wanted, the light brown one with the dark brown accents. “It’s the exact one that I wanted,” he exclaimed still smiling broadly and turning it so that his parents could see it. Brax was way happy to get an owl this meant that he could correspond with Ryan whenever he wanted. “This is great, now we can send owls back and forth Ryan!” he added over in Ryan’s direction.
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Post by scobee on Jan 29, 2007 15:58:49 GMT -5
Ryan had thought that might be what his dad was doing when he was in the shop and they had went to the Quidditch supply store. He was glad though that his dad had decided to get Braxton and owl when he got Ryan one. This way they could communicate back and forth, since he highly doubted that Braxton's family had a telephone or a computer that they could use to keep in touch.
"I hope it is the one you wanted. It was the one I remember you pointing out to Ryan so I went with it." Jason said with a grin. He took joy in making people happy and the only compansation that he needed was the smile that was on Brax's face. That made the cost worth it to him.
"Ya that is great! You'll have to give me your address so I can send you letters and things." Ryan said positively beaming at the idea of being able to talk to Brax over the rest of the summer and before they went off to Hogwarts.
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Post by spicer on Jan 29, 2007 16:09:31 GMT -5
Braxton's parents smile over at him when he showed them his owl. They were happy that he was so estatic about it. "Jason you really spoil him, but thanks again. I know he loves it all and I know that Corbin does as well." Brax's mom said with a smile over in Jason's direction.
"Okay I will," Brax said with a grin. After the two of them exchanged addresses Brax handed his to his dad for safe keeping. He wanted to make sure that he didn't lose it. He of course knew all about how you sent a letter through owl post, but wasn't exactly sure if Ryan knew so he decided to give him a quick overview of it before they headed back to the hotel to drop off their stuff.
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Post by scobee on Jan 30, 2007 11:59:26 GMT -5
Jason just smiled at Brax's mom. He knew that too Brax and his family it was spoiling but to Jason it was just a normal day of shopping with his son. Ryan would have never considered it spoiling, but then again he didn't think that brax would use that exact wording either.
Ryan jotted down Brax's address and he too handed it off to his dad before he had a chance to lose it. Ryan didn't have the best of hand writing so as Brax was reciting his address Jason made a quick note of it too on a piece of paper that he had had in his pocket. This way they wouldn't have to try and decipher Ryan's hand writing later and they would actually have the correct address not just a guess at what it was.
Ryan listened as Brax told him how to use an owl properly. He was glad that Brax had decided to give him an overview of how it worked because he had no clue where to start or how to get the owl to take the letter. After Brax's mini lesson, however, Ryan understood perfectly how one worked. It wasn't that hard he told himself thinking that he should be able to send a letter with his owl without a problem.
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Post by spicer on Jan 30, 2007 12:31:30 GMT -5
After they had traded addresses and everything was explained Brax's parents suggested they get going again so that they could drop off their stuff at the hotel and grab a bite to eat before looking around a little longer. They had plans to head home later that evening, but there was still enough time to look around a bit longer. "What do you say we head back to the hotel now and drop everything off, and then we can come back out and get something to eat or an ice cream or something," Braxton's dad said with a smile reminding the kids of the original plan. "That way we don't have to carry all this stuff around."
"Okay," Braxton said with a smile hopping up from where he was sitting and taking his cat and his owl with each of his hands.
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Post by scobee on Jan 30, 2007 12:38:42 GMT -5
"Sounds good to me." Jason said. He gathered up the numerous boxes that he had set down before entering into the store to get the owls and was ready to go when ever the kids were.
"Me too." Ryan said as he watched his cat bound off of the table and onto the ground. Luckily the kitten still had on the collar and lease that Brax's parents had fastened to it earlier in the day. So Ryan just had to keep a hold of the lease and the kitten couldn't escape from him. Fetching the kitten from the ground he cradled it in one hand and grabbed the top of the owls cage with the other. It was rather difficult to carry both at the same time, especially since it didn't seem that his kitten wanted to stay still for very long, but he would manage it.
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Post by spicer on Jan 30, 2007 12:46:52 GMT -5
Once everyone had gathered all of their things they headed back down the street making their way to the hotel. It wasn't long before they reached their destination, after all the street wasn't all that big to begin with. Opening the door so that everyone could enter Brax's mom smiled and asked, "Should we meet back down here in a couple of minutes or so? That way everyone had time to unpack their things and get then situated where they would like."
Braxton didn't really see why they needed a couple of minute, I mean he could bound up the stairs put everything away and be back down within seconds. However, he knew better then to state his opinion on the matter so he just nodded in agreement and added with a smile, "That works for me."
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Post by scobee on Jan 30, 2007 12:52:45 GMT -5
"Yep that works." Jason said heaving the packages over the doorway. He wouldn't mind a few minutes to relax before they started off again and really just wanted to get rid of all these packages that he was carrying. Ryan, on the other hand, wasn't that hot on the idea. Like Brax, he found no need to take a couple of minutes in the hotel rooms. They were just boring rooms. Why did they want to spend any time in there? But since his dad had already agreed to the arangment he saw no use in protesting. He would just rip into his broom again and see if he couldn't operate that repairing spell that Brax's dad had showed him earlier. That was if his dad would let him, but Ryan didn't think that he would mind too much.
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Post by spicer on Jan 30, 2007 12:58:54 GMT -5
"Great," Brax's dad said with a smile as he carried Corbin's broom over to the stair and headed up them shortly followed by his wife, Corbin, and finally Brax. It wasn't easy trying to climb stairs with a stuggling cat and a rather large owl cage, but he managed to make it up there. Once to their rooms his dad opened the door and let them all inside, setting the package, Corbin's broom, next to the bed.
Braxton entered last and walked over to the table at the far corner of the room and carefully set his owl on top of it so that it wouldn't fall off. Once he had done that he ripped open the owl treats and gave it one.
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Post by scobee on Jan 30, 2007 13:06:12 GMT -5
Ryan followed Brax up the stairs with his kitten and owl. He barely fit in the walk way with everything in his hands, but finally reaching the door to his hotel room he sat the owl cage next to the door and waited for his dad to open it. Jason made his way slowly up the stairs after Ryan. He didn't want to drop anything because he knew that if he dropped one thing more then likely he would drop something else trying to pick up the thing he dropped and he just wanted to avoid it all together.
Reaching the door where Ryan was standing he said, "The key is in my wallet." Jesturing with his head that Ryan should grab it out of his pocket and get the key. Ryan taking the hint grabbed his dad's wallet and rummaged through it until he found the key and then opened the door letting his dad preceed him into the room.
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Post by spicer on Jan 30, 2007 13:17:29 GMT -5
Turning around Braxton walked over to the bed where his mom had laid down his broom, that she had been carrying for him, and sat the kitten lightly on it. Once his hands were free he decided that since he had a few extra minutes to burn he would take another look at his broom that Jason had boughten for him.
Smiling he ripped into it before his parents could even have any objections to it. They would have thought he should have waited considering they weren't going to be in the room that long, but oh well it was already done. Picking up the broom off of the bed he hopped onto it and hovered in the air. It wasn't like any broom he had gotten on, no this one was ten times better then his parents in his opinion and he hadn't even had a chance to ride it yet. Seeing his brother open his, Corbin to wanted to get his back out and play on it for awhile.
Seeing where this was going Brax's dad said with a smile, "Lets wait until we get home to open yours back up, and Brax you might want to wrap yours back up so it doesn't get dinged or anything. We aren't going to be in the room long enough to get everything back out.
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Post by scobee on Jan 30, 2007 13:24:32 GMT -5
Ryan picked his owl up off of the ground and carried it into the room after his father had cleared the doorway. He made his way over the the table that was positioned at the far end of the room with a chair around it and set his owl down on it. Walking back over to the door he closed it before setting his cat loose in the room. The kitten immediately jumped up on one of the beds and just stared over at the owl, which was now hooting softly. Remembering that his dad had also picked them up some owl treats and other things when he had gotten the owls he grabbed one of the packages and opened it, putting one treat in the owls cage before wrapping the rest back up.
Walking back over to the bed he sat down and looked at all of the packages that were stacked next to one of the walls. Noticing his son staring at the packages Jason said, "Lets wait until later to open anything back up."
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Post by spicer on Jan 30, 2007 13:25:49 GMT -5
Reluctantly Brax go off his broom and layed it back down on the bed. He thought that his dad would just wrap it back up for him, but apparently he was on his own for that. His dad just wanted to give him a chance to use his wand and magic to wrap it back up before he stepped in. If Brax couldn't manage it he would gladly wrap it back up for him. "Why don't you take out your wand and give it a try Brax," he said with a smile.
"Okay," Braxton said still smiling broadly. He was having the greatest day so far, not only had he recieved more things then he had in the past year, but he had also gotten to hang out all day with his new friend.
Taking out his wand Braxton pointed it at the package and gave it a small wave as he said reparo. Much to his surprise a couple of the ripped pieces of paper gave a feeble lurch. Well that was certainly better then what he had expected. He didn't really think that he would be able to do it at all.
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Post by scobee on Jan 30, 2007 13:39:01 GMT -5
"But why can't I open just one thing." Ryan asked his dad hoping that he would at least let him look at something that he had just recently purchased. Seeing the look on his dad's face was enough of an answer for him. He, kind of, understood why his father wouldn't want him to open anything back up but everything was so new to him that he thought this wasn't really fair.
"I know you're excited to play with everything and look at it, but we are going to meet Brax and his family in just a few minutes and I don't really want to have to wrap anything back up by then so why don't you just play with you little kitten for a few minutes and then we'll head back out." Jason said with a smile on his face. He knew that Ryan really wanted to get into every package and see what he had really gotten, heck he would have been the same way if he was Ryan's age, but it would just make a mess and right now they were only going to be in the room for a few more minutes.
"Alright." Ryan said looking around for his kitten so that he could play with it. The kitten had managed to jump off of the bed and was now looking at alternative ways to get onto the table where the owl was. He was too small at the moment to beable to leap right up on the table, so he was trying to find a solution to this problem. Ryan just laughed as he walked over to the kitten and picked it up. "You better be careful." he said, still laughing, to the kitten, "That owl is bigger than you."
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Post by spicer on Jan 30, 2007 16:05:09 GMT -5
Just then his kitten came bounding after the paper. Apparently it didn't like the sudden movement the paper was making. Seeing this Brax burst into laughter it was cute seeing the kitten trying to attack motionless pieces of paper.
Braxton's dad just smiled and waved his wand so that the paper rewrapped itself around Brax's broom. Of course this sudden movement caused the kitten to flip out entirely running in the opposite direction. Braxton seeing this caught the cat before it could go very far. Still smiling he said, "It's not going to eat you," as he set it in his lap stroking it a couple of times.
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