Naturally Awkward (Anna/Silver)

[Silver Blackwood]

Silver was lost at mixing a wedding CD and looked at Anna cluelessly. She already had more ideas than he did. "So like, you know what kind of stuff people get for people?" he asked hopefully. He'd come in hoping for something along the lines of Cockatrice Soup for the Soul even if he knew it was a stupid cliché just for the fact that it sounded like it was appropriate.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Anna turned her gaze to Silver and gave him a indecisive shrug. "The only weddings that I've attended have been for relatives, and most of those have been muggle weddings. The majority of the gifts were kitchen gadgets or frilly picture frames or albums." She paused, considering not saying the rest of her thoughts, but in the end chose to voice them anyways. She wasn't comfortable pretending like this wedding was just like any other wedding. "I've never been to a civil partnership though. All the gifts I've seen have always been more for the brides. Everything was for the bride, it was always her day and the groom was just along as a player in the show. I don't know what is expected when you take the bride out of the mix."

[Silver Blackwood]

"Oh." That was a good point, and it showed on Silver's face as he contemplated it. "I hadn't thought much about that," he admitted a short time later. He looked back at her. "I found out like, a year ago." He blinked and looked away again, unsure how horrible it was to have mentioned that to Anna, considering he knew how all that had gotten started. Not in detail, but he knew they'd... kissed... while Michael was still technically with Anna, though apparently she hadn't known anything about the technicality.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Yeah. Me too. Anna managed not to say the words that hung heavily in her thoughts. She chose to ignore the comment, and went on with the tangible problem of a gift. "So if you can't give them something to do with music, maybe art then? I have a few books that are collections of artists in the muggle section. I honestly don't know if I have anything wizarding like that, but we can look." There were so many books that had come with the store that she didn't have all of them memorized - especially the section on art.

[Silver Blackwood]

Silver sighed. "Enough of this Anna. Just kiss me already."

[Annabelle Hennessy]

"Oh God, yes, Silver! I thought Chase was a man, but no! Take me now!" Anna cried. She nearly went into a swoon just anticipating it! He was the last of Dru's boyfriends. With this, her mission was complete.

[Silver Blackwood]

((Just kidding/passwords are secret for a reason, kids))

"Can you do that?" Silver asked, glancing back at Annabelle. "I mean, just pick something they like?" It seemed way too easy. "I thought you were supposed to give stupid romantic cr—things." Silver's jaw tightened slightly as he forcibly stopped that line of talking.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

"Well do you think they'd really like any of that romantic nonsense? I don't see the point in spending money on something they wouldn't even like." It might not be traditional, but it wasn't like their wedding was following any traditions anyways. Anna didn't see anything wrong with Silver doing his own thing and told him so. "It's your gift to them after all, you might as well spend your money on something you think they'll enjoy."

[Silver Blackwood]

Heat rose in Silver's cheeks and up the back of his neck, and he wondered why it felt like he'd just been reprimanded. He had thought they'd like that romantic nonsense, but now he was rethinking and wondering if he'd given a crap gift for their housewarming, too. "I... I don't know," Silver managed. When he finally looked at Anna again, his eyes were pleading. He had no clue.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Anna chewed on her lower lip, not sure if she should just pick something for him, or tell him she didn't know them well anymore. When she met his gaze, those eyes were just so irresistible. She found herself replying automatically, without even thinking it through. "Don't worry, We'll find something perfect for them, I'm sure of it." She reached up and put her hand on his shoulder and gestured with the other hand to a shelf down the isle. "We can start looking at the books, and if nothing jumps out as perfect then we can go somewhere else."

[Silver Blackwood]

Silver's relief was instantaneous, so much so that he didn't immediately register the light touch of Anna's hand. By the time he did, contact had already been established and it was too late to jump and pull back. The result was a few long seconds of complete lack of thought before his eyes followed the motion of her hand. He pulled his gaze away and nodded, then moved to head in the direction she'd gestured toward.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Anna let her hand fall back into place at her side as she moved away from Silver, assuming he'd follow. She glanced at a few bookcases before she found the shelves filled with wizarding books she thought would most likely interest either Michael or Dare. Anna began pulling a few books out at random, scanning their covers and flipping through some of their pages. She wasn't really sure what exactly she was looking for, but she hoped they would find something.

[Silver Blackwood]

When Anna stopped, Silver did as well, and stood watching her pick up books. After a few moments, he looked at the shelves as well, then reached for the nearest book to flip through like she had. It didn't help, so he put it back and picked up another one. He felt like a complete idiot when he started thinking about the likelihood of Dare actually reading any of this. Dare had no issues against books, but he wasn't an avid reader. Maybe he'd come more for his own reflexive love of books.

[Annabelle Hennessy]

Anna closed the last book from the section back with an audible sigh. They'd gone through the whole section and hadn't found anything irresistible that screamed Dare and Michael. She wasn't sure if she'd ever thought they would find anything worthy of a present from Silver who was apparently the best man. She had said she'd help him though and she wasn't about to give up, letting him walk out of her store and figure it out on his own. If she did that, she knew she'd just end up wondering what he found anyways.

She returned the book to it's proper place on the shelf and looked up at Silver from her spot kneeling on the floor. "If you give me a minute I can close up shop and we can take the floo to Diagon Alley. I'm sure we can find something a lot easier in London."

[Silver Blackwood]

Silver glanced down at Anna, then took a step back as the back of his neck heated. He hated the reflexive thoughts that had gone through his mind, and worked to push them back so he could actually think about what she'd said. He blinked when it hit him. "Wait, you're like... coming with me?" he asked, thrown off-guard. "Why?" He almost winced again. It was none of his business why, and was he really going to argue away help?