Having Some Fun

[Kate Archer]

Kate was going down to the kitchens.She was in a mood to make something and be creative.Things were going pretty okay these days.She didn't have as much to worry about which helped lay off the stress on her brain.The head aches,sleeping problems and getting sick were still there but Kate was used to them these days.She usually did a lot of getting sick at night,during the day it alright.The head aches were there all the time and well sleeping was obviously at night so it was usually the nights she dreaded.Panic attacks weren't as bad as they used to be but they were still more the usual.But Kate could do nothing about these things,she had to wait till June when all of this would be fixed.she didn't know how long she would have to be in hospital for and she wasn't looking forward to recovery but she could deal with it knowing that when she was finished she would be healthy again and to be honest that was something that Kate missed,she hadn't be properly healthy since second year and she just couldn't weight to have the energy to do things.It was horrible being tired all the time,she just wanted to be able to jump up in the air and shout at the top of her voice but sadly that was something she couldn't do.

She walked into the kitchens and smiled at all the elves who came over offering their help.She decided she was going to made and chocolate and merangue cake.It wasn't that hard to make and it tasted amazing.So she told the elves what would be needed and got an apron.She tied it around her waist and began to start weighing the ingreidients,already humming under her breath

 

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

It was only mid afternoon but being the day after full moon it felt like late evening to the schools only werewolf student. the nights were starting to lengthen again which meant the moon was up longer which in turn meant that the transformation was longer and Briar had less time to sleep on either side. last night although the transformation its self had been a rather good one, she had been so drained the day before that she had not been able to sleep before nightfall like she usually tried to do. so although it was only about three in the afternoon it had been around thirty hours since Briar had woken up. the prefect made her way down the seven flights of stairs to the kitchens hopeing to find something there to eat, or maybe to keep her occupied until she could go to bed at an appropriate time. she opened the door to the kitchen and the smell of food greeted her. along with an army of house elves. "Miss rowan is there anything we can get you" they asked they knew her due to her frequent visits for supplies and snacks and more recently monthly special orders of raw meat and a animal food dish. "Umm, some chicken casserole would be delicious" she said. and a minute later a huge bowl was coming towards her followed by a board of bread "thank you" she said taking it to a table. only then did she realise that she wasn't the only student in the room. another girl was humming from the other side of the large kitchen. Briar made her way over to her glad for some company. only then realising who it was. "Hello Kate, how are you today?" she said taking a seat then tucking right into her food. it was cooked to perfection, hot and tasted delicious.

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate had always liked cooking.She had used to do it all the time when she was at home in Ireland.Her mam had always made blackcurrant,peach,blackberry and loots of other types of jam.Kate would always have the job of piking the berries and then she would watch her mam make the jam,she would have to use a huge big saucepan and it would have to be at a huge temperature,the kitchen windows would be completely steamed up,the amount of sugar she had to use as well was amazing.Ever since they had moved she had made any jam anymore because she was busy doing other things,A lot of things had changed when they had moved,since Kate was only there for the holidays it had taken a long time for her to think of it as home.she had gotten used to it now and she would love to swim in the pool or find a room that hadn't been used in years and just sit there and read.Her parents had transformed one of the room into a music room since three of their children loved music.Kate was making a cake her mam had made her for her tenth birthday.She had loved it and she had always meant to make it again but with finding out she was a witch she had forgotten.she had been making the chocolate cake mixture when she heard a familiar voice beside her "Hey Briar"She said,looking up for a moment to see Briar sitting down.She looked a bit tired and she remembered the full moon last night."I'm okay,how about you?"she asked

 

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

Briar continued to wolf down her food as she watched Kate weigh and measure things. Briar had never seen cooking as a hobby she could cook at home it was a way of survival. but not something that was done at leisure hence why most of her food was very rustic and didn't require measurements , usually stews, her favourite being rabbit.
as kate looked at her to talk she saw that she wasn't the only one who didn't look their best the girl certainly looked a little ill. though she didn't like to ask her about it as she hadn't wanted people to ask about her illness' earlier in the year. "I'm okay. Tired though, I don't think i got wink of sleep last night" she said unsure how closer eye kate kept on moon timetables but if she did know the previous night was a full moon she would understand why she felt so drained, it wasn't just the lack of sleep either, the fullness of the moon would drain her of her energy making her lethargic even if she was getting more than enough sleep, but it did pay back its debt at new moon she would be more than pumped for anything, and she was sure some new moons she would be awake 30 hours, whilst running and flying and doing goodness knows what other active thing and still feel fine.

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate was in her element now,she had the mixture flying and the eleves were weighing out some ingredients.She didn't know why she loved cooking so much,it wasn't exactly a hobby for her,more like something she did whens he had nothing else to do.It's not that she didn't like it,it was just that she was usually busy with other things but ever since she had gotten ill,cooking had become more inviting even if half the time she couldn't eat what she made.She would taste it alright but she was afraid if she ate anything sweet it would just upset her tummy more.She was beginning to count down the days till June,it seemed so far away.The days felt longer and ever minutes felt like an hour.This of course was only when she had nothing to do,when she was preoccupied things weren't as bad.But when she lay in bed at night she would just think about how far away June really was and how much worse she was getting until then.Truthfully she was one of the lucky ones because if you were with public health care you could be waiting years for the operation and the tumor might be too big by then.If she had been a friend comforting herself she would of said that and usually Kate thought from the perspective the glass if half full.But time and people change and Kate had under gone a lot of change and she had certainly grown up in maturity.She had faced things her parents hadn't she knew about things that her parents didn't.She had had to keep a very important secret,she had been keeping a few important ones from her parents,she didn't know if it was because she was a teenager or what ever.Kate understood why Briar was tired,it's not like she had a moon chart that she checked all the time it was because when you stay up at night you tend to look out the window a lot and Kate had bee staring out her window for a long time last night so she had noticed the full moon. "I know how you feel"She said more to herself then Briar,it had been by accident and Kate didn't even notice it."Do you like cake?"She asked beginning to beat the egg whites

 

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

Briar ate her casserole and was too interested at tearing the chicken of the leg bones to watch every detail of cakes cooking, she knew that she was weighing and mixing things and the elves were helping her but she wasn't sure on much more than that. but she did know was that she had stripped 2 of the four legs. she started spiking the carrots and potatoes and eating them, they tasted so good, and her hungry stomach was also thankful for them. "so what are you making" she asked between swallowing one mouthful and eating the next. she was not really that curious but glad that she had the compony. "you didn't sleep that well last night either?" she asked although it was more of a statement than a question. she knew when Kate asked if she liked cake, she shook her head in a humoured nature. "I like everything that is food" she said truthfully, she at a lot, and she wasn't picky though she did like fruit, nuts, and meat.

Out of Character:

sorry it sucks

 

[Kate Archer]

Briar was most definitely hungry from the way she was eating the casserole.Kate watched for a few minutes as she literally tore the legs off the chicken "Poor Chicken"Kate though even though it had been dead for ages.Well Kate guessed if she had turned into a werewolf last night she'd be pretty hungry too,so Kate continued on with her cooking,humming Hit The Lights by Selena Gomez under her head.Sometimes singing up beat songs like that one helped her feel better,as did cooking.Kate had discovered that quite a few things she would never of done before actually made time go by quicker and made her feel better.She was envious of Briar for being able to eat all that food.She wanted to be able to do that and not worry about getting sick.Kate sighed and poured the chocolate mixture into two circular tins.She also put the merungue in one dish and put all three of them in the over. "Chocolate meringe cake"She said sitting down opposite Briar,her legs were tired from standing up and she looked at her watch to make sure she knew what time the cake would be ready at "You have no idea"Kate said shaking her head,again she had more meant to say it in her mind rather then out in the open,but Kate was very tired and she didn't really care."Mostly I'm the same"she said smiling.She didn't like mushrooms,parsnips,turnips and red cabbage,everything else was pretty okay.

 

[Briar Rowan-Cullen]

Briar heard Kate humming something under the breath, he had never been into music, her past had never even used it and the habit hadnt developed sine she had started school, though she didn't dislike music not at all it just didn't interest her, though sometimes this year she hd started running with a radio in but that had mainly been to drown out her own thoughts than anything else and she hadn't cared what had been playing. now though she was back to her usual silent running. thoughit wasn't siolent, she liked the sounds of the forest and birds. "chocolate meringe cake, that sounds delicious" she said looking at the several mixes in bowls as kate scooped them into the mixing bowls and put them into the oven. she wanted to raise her eyebrows as if to say try me, but realised that she didn't really know kate well enough, and asking her would require her to say a bit about her self, and she had already had one roumor about her going around the school this semester, she didn't need another one. instead she shook her head, I probably don't, when i finally sleep I go out like a light, much to the amusement of the other girls"[/b] she said though they had all outgrown those things now. when kate said that she was mostly the same about her find she doubted it, but once again she didn't say what she meant as she didn't want to give Kate any bad ideas on her. deciding that now would be a reat time for a change of topic she asked the first thing in her head. "so are you looking forward to brightstone weekend next week?" she asked, Briar knew she had her aparation exam that weekend and she hoped that she would pass t as she would need to apparate over the break in order to do everything she wanted to do which involved quidditch try outs in australia, and visiting her 'family' in australia, then camping in her home forest in europe, and visiting her boyfriend in denmark.

 

[Kate Archer]

Kate was looking forward to trying to eat her cake.She liked it when you ate food that you had made yourself,it felt a million times better and it was healthier.Kate should probably try to eat something healthy and nutritious but right now chocolate would give her lots of energy and there was protein in the egg.Her body might have a chance of absorbing the glucose before her stomach rejected it again.She looked down at her stomach and she felt like punching it but that would just add unnecessary pain and Kate didn't need that.So instead she just glared at it for a few seconds before looking up at Briar and smiling "It is"She said,taking off her apron and giving it to one of the elves "Thanks"She said to him and she watched him put it back.She wondered what it was like to be a house elf.Down in the kitchens it seemed pretty okay but she wasn't sure about some of the pure-blood owners.Kate grinned "Well you're a lucky girl then"She said leaning back on her seat.She wondered what it was like to be a werewolf,she wanted to ask Briar but she didn't know how she would feel being asked,Kate didn't know what she would want if the roles were reversed. Kate shrugged "Haven't really thought about it"She said truthfully,she had even forgotten about it but now that Briar has said it Kate ad a list of things in her mind that she needed."What about you "She asked