Strings Attached

Chapter 3

Newt blushed before they approached the castle door, from where they were allowed to go to hogsmeade.

Albus Dumbledore was standing at the doorway with one of his colleagues, laughing at something he said.

"Have a good day out there children!" He said good naturedly as Celeste waved at her favourite professor as they passed him, and he noticed her.

"Will make sure about that Professor." Celeste answered cheekily before Newt and her walked out of the castle.

"So where do you think we should go first?" Newt asked as they walked on the stony path to Hogsmeade village.

"Three broomsticks I guess? There is not much of an option." Celeste offered as she tightened her scarf around her neck as the cold wind blew around them.

The snow below their feet crunched at the weight of them walking over them. It was a really cold day in February.

As soon as they entered the three broomsticks, warmth hugged them, and Celeste let out a satisfied sigh before sitting on the empty chairs of the table.

"Not much crowd? Fantastic." Celeste said with a grin before someone approached them.

Mister Loweski approached them with a toothy smile. They were his most regular customer and also favourite one.

"Ahh only you two today? No Miss Lestrange?" The old man asked as his eyes looked at both of them.

"No Mr. Loweski, it's ummm a special occasion you can say? Oh well, we are on a date to be precise." Celeste said, smile not battering down, just becoming bigger as the time passed.

"That's amazing! I always wanted to see you both ending up together. Butterbeer is on me for this special occasion!" The old man exclaimed happily.

"Oh no Mr loweski, we can't do that. No free drink please?" Celeste said, shaking her head at the offer.

"I am not gonna take any alternative answers. You both enjoy the day!" The old man exclaimed once more before disappearing to get them their butterbeer.

"Wow, people were really rooting up for us." Newt said as his eyes just echoed shock from the moment that happened just a minute before.

"I know right! My housemates were annoying." Celeste grumbled as she kept her elbow on the table and kept her head on her palm.

"My housemates just gawked at me for a good ten minutes, and then went into override mode. Leta told me to give all the details of this date." Newt said with a chuckle.

"Helena had her fun yesterday. I am just waiting to get a payback for that." Celeste said as Mr. Lowesky reappeared with glasses of Butterbeer.

"Enjoy yourselves kiddos." The old bartender said as he kept the glasses on the table before winking at them and disappearing again.

"I have a question to ask. What are you doing this summer?" Newt asked as he passed one glass towards Celeste who happily accepted it.

"Nothing much. Gilbert is on Grindelwald's case as usual. Dad will be majorly absent because of his tough auror job. And mum will be at ministry all day. Being a secretariat sucked for her." Celeste answered as she took a sip of her butterbeer.

"How about you spend this summer with Scamanders? I have spent one with your family, and my mum wished to see more of you. So how about it?" Newt asked, hope sparkling in his steely blue eyes.

"Well that's a yes from me. I want to see hippogriffs. And I would live to spend some time with your family. I will owl my mum about it." Celeste agreed, giving Newt a bright smile.