Thursday evening shift.

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Lily sits behind the reception desk, staring off into space.

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Paige walks in , she sees Lily and smiles slightly

"I bought your books back, am I ok to get them out here?"

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Lily snaps to attention - she hadn't heard the door open.

"Hi Paige. That should be fine. Did you find anything useful in any of them?"

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Paige looks down, luckily she's out of tears at the moment.

"I used them with a couple of other books to write a spell. It sort of backfired"

She looks at Lily, "I forgot all about Geoff, for 24 hours and kissed another guy."

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Lily fights to keep an 'I told you so'-sort of look of her face, hoping she achieves a look of concern instead.

"Paige! Oh, you must feel terrible... Is there anything I can do to help you with this?"

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Paige nods, "Terrible doesn't even begin to describe it. I've been in my room crying pretty much since it happened. I went to talk to Death though and I think it's going to ok. Hopefully Geoff will understand what happened when he gets back. He knows about me being a witch so hopefully he'll realise it wasn't really me."

She gets the books from her bag and hands them over, "How was your night?"

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Taking the books back, Lily says, "I'm sure Geoff will be understanding - he really seems to love you."

Lily sticks her books in one of the desk drawers. "My night? Uh, it was... extroardinary, actually," she says, blushing just a little. "I had my first real date with Draco."

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Paige smiles, glad to hear Lily had a better night than her and that Draco's happy, "Yeah I can see how that would be good, you don't count homecoming as a real date then?"

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"Well I know this will probably just sound stupid, but he asked me fairly late before the dance and I wasn't quite sure if he wanted to go with me or if he just needed someone - anyone to accompany him. But... now I know."

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Paige smiles, "Yeah it sounds like he's pretty keen. You lookied pretty happy together at homecoming. As far as I can remember anyway, it was a little bit of blur towards the end!" she laughs

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"He does make me happy," Lily admits. "It's a nice feeling." She cringes, remembering the punch. "Yeah... that Homecoming punch was pretty potent!"

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Paige looks slightly ill at the mention of the punch, "Yeah I have no idea what was in it, but it worked! I'm just glad we had lots of coffee back at Geoff's to sober us up a bit."

Paige gets a dreamy look as she remembers her last night with him.

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Lily smiles. "Look at you! Any idea when he plans to return?"

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"Oh god, am I that obvious?!" Paige blushes.
" No I have no idea when he'll be back, he said he'd not be gone that long, so any day now I hope, I just wish I'd have time to organise something to welcome him back, but I won't have notice I guess he's just gonna show up at the shop sometime."

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Lily laughs. "Oh, I just recognised that look as the one that's been on my face all day," she says. "And I wouldn't worry about organising anything special - I'm sure the only thing Geoff will want when he returns is quality time with you."

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Paige grins, "I should hope so! I should probably get going I have classes soon. Catch you later Lily."

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Lily smiles. "Have a good evening!"