#6 - Clay Pots and Plots

Fang's half-hearted barks sounded on the other side of the door, which only lasted long enough for him to have done his duty. By the time the door opened, revealing Hagrid towering cheerfully over Caine, the dog was already asleep again on his mountain of cushions that made up his bed.

'Hello,' Hagrid greeted his first visitor in a while. He was holding some sort of orange root, mostly covered in dirt as if freshly dug up. 'How can I help yeh?'

There was a tap to his back and Caine turned quickly to see who had done it just in time for the door to open.

His mind went spiraling in two different directions - Sinead from class and the huge man, Hagrid! The barks of Fang had let him know the Professor was there but it didn't stop him from getting a little mixed up all at the same time.

"Can I pet Fang?!" he asked, perhaps a little too fast to understand but he knew the pup was in there. And he wanted to love on him before he had to get to business. But then...

"Oh. Uh. That's right, I came here for a reason! Pet fang, then ask you for a pot for Herbology! So... Can I pet your dog first, please?"

In this case, Caine was more than glad for a little bit of a distraction. With a backward grin at Sinead he shrugged. If she didn't like dogs that was one thing but he'd not pass up an opportunity to snuggle that dog.

But... he was sleeping. Ughhh. 

Sinead was a little startled with the suddeness of which Caine turned round but didn't let it show on her face as she flashed him a slight smile. The brunette was amused when the boy smiled at her and then asked a little too quickly if he could pet Fang before asking for a pot for Herbology.

"Ah ha so you were here for the same reason as I am, for a pot that is" The girl said with yet another smile as she looked at him. She had also heard Fang barking as she approached which made her a little bit wary though she also secretly wanted to pet him as she liked dogs as well as liking animals in general. Sinead would never admit it though not in a million years.

Suddenly a movement out of the corner of Sinead's eye caught her attention and she turned her head to see a young Gryffindor approaching them. Now Sinead didn't usually have the most pleasant of experiences with the Gryffindors due to the rivalry between their two houses and due to her complicated feelings on her family but she noted that this one seemed to be waving and had a bright smile on her face.

Sinead studied the girl closely when she approached and decided to put aside any reservations about the girl to one side as the girl also requested a pot. However she was still nervous about interacting with others so she settled for giving the younger Gryiffindor, a polite nod of greeting.

"I guess that makes three of us then as I too, wish to request a pot for Herbology." Sinead said politely as she turned her attention to Hagrid. A slightly nervous expression appeared on her face as she waited with the other two.

As Hagrid motioned the Hufflepuff boy inside his hut to Fang, Alora couldn't help herself and sneaked a peek inside.

Though her gaze turned to Hagrid as he came back with pots in his hand. She beamed at him while accepting the pot.

"Thanks, Hagrid! And no, the pot is enough for me!"

Now, the next step would be to get back to the castle?

"I guess, we'll see each other at Sproud's!" Alora mentioned in the direction of the two other students, before she waved them goodbye for now.

She didn't know how long the boy would need for giving pets to the dog, and she was small, having now to carefully carry a pot the whole way back to the castle. That would take some time, so she better got going!

[OOC: Exit]

Sinead could not contain her amusement when Caine went into seemingly rapturous childish delight over being given permission to pet the dog. Her soft giggles echoed around Hagrid's hut as she watched the Hufflepuff from her position in the door way. The brunette was now even more curious about this wild, energetic and seemingly sweet boy and it showed in her amused expression.

Sinead politely accepted the pot from Hagrid and flashed him, a rare smile. She shook her head when the big man enquired if they needed anything else. The brunette had been rather terrified of him when she had first seen him, but over the years had come to realise that in fact, he was really nice and friendly. She also gave the young Gryiffindor girl a polite nod again, when she left ahead of them to the greenhouse.

"Ah no thanks Hagrid, the pot was all I needed. Thank you for it though." The brunette replied politely while she waited for Caine to finish petting the dog as she didn't want to go to the greenhouses with the pot on her own.