Boos with gum

[Archie Renner]

The previous two Halloween feasts were a bust for Archie, with the one in his fourth year completely taken over with protest planning and the one in his fifth year overshadowed by his family problems. Luckily Archie was not near as burdened that year and spent much of his time in the week leading up to the Halloween feast putting together the best rock star costume he could, with left over material from second hand clothes, cheap wigs from brightstone and using only muggle magazines as a reference. His and Orwell's costumes were now completely finished and Archie wore his skin-tight jeans and leopard print shirt with pride as he stepped into the great hall.

The blonde wig on his head left something to be desired, however and as proud as Archie was he could not help but constantly adjust the placement of the wig on his head and the bandana holding it down. He made his way to the snacks table, his chain belt jingling and the heels of his shoes tapping the stone floor with every one of his steps. Immediately Archie pulled his sunglasses off, hanging them on the pocket of his shirt before he dug his hands to one of the bowls of candy. The one in particular he reached into was full of bubblegum and he smiled to himself as he picked up a handful of the tiny bubblegum pieces, unwrapping them and popping them into his mouth one by one, wanting to make the biggest bubble he could merely for the sake of it. It wasn't the smartest decision but it was all he could do when Orwell was busy with other Halloween things which unfortunately left the Gryffindor to his own devices.​

 

[Darcy Pratt]

Not one to miss out on an opportunity to be elaborate and dress up, Darcy loved Halloween. And despite being at a new school she was not going to let that stop her from going all out. If anything it would let her be more open and make some friends. Painting her entire body green had been a challenge, leaving green stains on half the things she touched or leaned against, but by the time the Slytherin was ready, the dye had dried so she was glad she didn't have to worry about being careful not to lean against anything. She tried not to think of what a hassle it would be to wash off the entire thing afterward and just hoped the night would be fun and worth the effort.

The fourth year was practically hoarding the bowl of pretzels at the snack table, having skipped dinner to use that extra time to get ready for the festivities, when she saw someone else approach the table. At first she thought nothing of it, but quickly noticed they kept reaching for a bowl of bubblegum, which struck her as odd because usually for gum you only needed one piece to last you several hours, so multiple pieces were unnecessary. So when she saw them stuffing more gum into their mouth, Darcy could assume what their intention was. "You're going to get that stuck in your hair and have to cut it all off," she said with a playful smile on her lips, indicating she was joking because it was painfully obvious the boy was wearing a wig.​

 

[Archie Renner]

Archie kept adding pieces of gum into his mouth one by one, not bothering to chew until his mouth was completely full. He was about to begin to chew properly when someone spoke to him hereby interrupting his determination. His brow furrowed slightly, hindered by the movement of his uncomfortable blonde wig and the tight red bandana keeping it on his head as he turned to look at the owner of the voice and attempted to smile to no avail. Archie could fit many things in his mouth at once but it seemed gum was his kryptonite of all things and he couldn't respond to the girl no matter how much he wanted to.

He instead opted to restrict his communication to expressions as he eyed the girl's costume up and down curiously. Her skin was bright green and she was dressed in leaves. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that they were a plant. The kind of plant was more difficult to guess. Archie wasn't even able to do so when his mouth was full of gum, when his mind was distracted with ways to get rid of the gum without hindering his mission to blow the biggest bubble in the world or spitting the gum out into a napkin to talk to the girl and when his knowledge of plants was basic at best. He was left in an awkward limbo of wanting to communicate but not being able to with his mouth so taken over by the bubble gum he had stuffed into it. He was unable to do anything but continue to chew on the gum again in the hope it would give his mouth enough leeway for him to muster the ability to talk through the sweet sticky candy.
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