Charming Crossing ((open))

[Sydney Rawson H6]

A library was where most people dreaded to be. Who liked to read anyways? Who enjoyed wasted a day away laying around, flipping pages, with minimal physical activity, just to scan over 200 pages of script? Well, also reading to some was a hobby. the chance to fall into another person's life (fiction or not) seemed to be a blessing. To escape their own, and experience another. Or, people just liked to learn about things that were unknown to them. To learn of things they never dreamed of seeing in person. Books could be used for an assortment of pleasures, or woes. It could be seen as a pleasant hobby or a trying time when reading. But to Sydney Rawson, It was quite enjoyable.

Syd was an active girl, so the minimal activity part was what she did when she was winding down her day to relax. She often read at night, before bed. But today, she was on a trip to the Library in Hogsmeade to return her weekly picks. She was often busy during the day, spending time playing with her brothers, or just helping her family. So, a few hours an night was all she was allotted to read. She didn't mind. Since it was distinctly for pleasure she did it whenever she was free. And today, since her younger brother's were off to her aunt's house, She had the time to travel to Hogsmeade and trade in her books for a few new ones to tide her over till school began again.

A large woven bag hung over her shoulder and across her chest. It weighed down at her side as she walked the cobble stone streets of the quaint town of Hogsmeade. She was happy to be back to the town, since she lived aways away, she rarely visited. But not only did she want to get a a few books to read to finish summer, she wanted to relax for the afternoon and wind down. She had two younger brothers that seemed to act just like she did when she was younger. Always on the go and always needing to be entertained. She loved her family, but she needed a day out of the house. And a trip to freshen up her book supply seemed ideal for the day. It wasn't as bright as a normal summer day would be. A few clouds in the sky, and a prediction of a possible summer rain shower, built on Syd's idea to relax inside.

Walking into the front double doors of the library Syd smiled softly as the smell of old books filled her nose. She laughed at the idea of dust, and what ever else she smelled was also accompanying the hard bindings of the millions of books that waited on her search; but she was prepared to find at least four books to add onto her small library at home to read in between old favorites. Walking over to the desk. She opened her bag and pulled out five books that seemed to weigh down her left side. Placing them on the desk, She turned to the librarian and said. "I'd like to return these."

[Serina Becksworth G1]

Reading. The one thing that allowed Serina to get away from her demanding mother, and travel to some unkown place and meet people that maybe never exsisted until she opened the book and read it. Serina loved how books unravled secrets and lies and even the ones that were happy or biographies of historic people. Either way she loved to get away and read and learn about something she propably never whould have learned about before she read what ever it was she was reading. Serina had a room full of books. She had made a book shelf that went all the way around her room. She of course, had one spot where her bed went and there was no book shelf, but other then that it was all books in her room. Serina's mother hated it, and maybe that was why Serina did it when she was gone that way she wouldn't have to deal with her mother telling her no. Serina figured if she did it before her mother came home from her trip, then her mother couldn't do anything because it was already up and it looked great. For some reason only Serina thought that it looked great, maybe it was because she spent two days building it in her room. She knew that if she was able to use magic that she could have used the rest of the time to put her books on the shelf, but she was at home which ment NO MAGIC. Serina was the only one in her family that obeyed that rule. Serina often thought she was the only one that cared about not being seen by a muggle or even getting expelled from Hogwarts. If Serina was to be expelled from Hogwarts, then she would go crazy!

Serina hated having to return books, because that ment that she couldn't re-read it again. Serina often did that because she loved remembering what she read. Serina would then start to tell stories of the people in the books as if they were real people that she had met. Serina's mind often lived in a book state of mind. She loved reading books that usually werent all that true.

Serina was finishing the book she was reading as she walked through the doors of the Library. Serina had timed it perfectly....wel almost about ten seconds after entering the Library she had just read the last sentence. Serina finally looked up and it was a good thing too. If Serina hadn't looked up she would have ran right into a girl that was standing in front of the desk. Serina was shocked to see some one else in here at this time. Serina was usually the only one returning books at this time. Serina smiled as she waited untill the girl in front of her finished. Serina assumed she was going to ask where books were, mainly because she has never seen this girl in here before. When Serina heard her say she wanted to return books, Serina's smile slightly went down. Serina then smiled again. "Excuse me, but i don't think I have seen you here before? My name is Serina Becksworth and I'm a first year in Gryffindor. What might your name be, if you don't mind me asking?" Serina wanted to come off as nice and polite, that way the girl wouldn't think she was some random person just asking random questions. Serina held out a hand so she could shake it. That was one thing she had learned from her father that seemed to be the only good thing she had learned from him.