Josiah woke in his room a couple days after his awkward episode with the girl in the pub. They'd sat in utter silence for a good five minutes before he made a less than graceful exit, tripping up the stairs to wake Jude to go see Patricia down the street in the Broomsticks.
He glanced at himself in the looking glass and frowned at the stubble that remained on his face. He'd never gotten around to shaving, especially when the school had sent him an owl instructing that they merely wanted an application filled out, as he had an excellent reference in Onyx. He had smiled at that and filled out the forms, still waiting for a response. He glanced to the crumbled parchment laying on his nightstand that would be his new volunteer job at the Hog's Head if HNZ didn't pull through for him.
He rubbed his prickly jaw and yawned. Still not used to being up so early. The half-beard was beginnignt o itch so he decided to shave anyway, even if he wasn't due for work. After a trip to the W.C. he came back to see a large barn owl perched on the footboard of his bed.
"No bloody way!" he practically giggled, wrenching the letter from the bird's beak and offering it a dry crust of bread from the previous night's supper, which it took gladly and munched on while waiting for a response.
"YES! Haha I've been hired." he exclaimed iterally jumping for joy as he scribbled a quick note to the new headmaster and slipping the letter he'd recieved under the door connecting his room to Jude's.
. said:
Headmaster:
I shall come to the castle straight away. A question, however. Will lodging be provided for myself and my ward or will we be continuing our stay at the Hog's Head?
Thank you so very much,
Josiah Hansen
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And with that he made his way to the castle, leaving a bit of money with the barkeep to provide for Jude's meals throughout the day. After a quick stop-in with the house elves- they were cleaning up after last ngiht's halloween festivities- he recieved some breakfast rather greatfully, and ate on his way to the library. 'Jam covered fingers on pages never bodes well with your first day in library' he thought, wiping his fingers clean of crumbs and sticky residue on the handkerchief tucked into his back pocket.
He whistled a tune lightly, for once glad to be up so early. It was wonderful to be back in a school, he'd missed his own Hogwarts so greatly, and it hadn't hit him until now how much he longed to be in the hustle and bustle again. Thankfully it was getting closer to the end of semester and there were sure to be kids studying for exams. That would mean customers for himself and also hopefully for his dear cousin Blair in her shop in Obsidian.
After sliding in through the unneccessarly large oak door to the library he took up perch behind the counter, surveying the large room giddily. His heart stopped as he saw a raven haired beauty make her way from the shelves to a table right in front of him. He choked on his next breath, as he'd been holding it for what seeme dlike eternity, watching the girl there. So much like a dark angel she was....
He cleared his throat and approached her, not havign a clue as to what he was doing,"Hellooo Miss Nott. Find everything alright?" he asked, wondering if she'd recognize his unmistakable deep timbre, a smile on his pale face. He'd shaved it cleana nd he now looked a couple years younger than he must have looked that first day in the pub.
He could have passed for 16 or 17 with his boyish looks. Sure she may recognize the voice,but he really ahd changed a deal after such a small thign as a shave. And he loathed having the stubble, so this was how he would remain during his job. Clean cut and young. Besides, in his subconcious it felt good to appear closer to the girl's age than the three years difference they had.
Josiah told himself it was his job to check up with the students, and thankfully nobody else was in the library or his intentions would have bene noticeable to anyone that was really looking at the goofy grin he was wearing for the girl seated before him.
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