don't live your life that way

[Isaac Lehrer]

“Yes, I’ve just finished the extra ones you wanted, I’ll review them and send the final shots over tonight,” Isaac spoke to the photo editor in charge of putting together a magazine article for which he had taken the photographs, holding his mobile up to his ear with his shoulder as he packed away his equipment into the camera bag slung over his other shoulder. “No problem, by 5, yes as ever Matt, goodbye,” he finished the call mercifully just as he’d finished packing his things away and he tapped the ‘end call’ button and stashed his phone in his jacket pocket. Finally wrapping his scarf around his neck and buttoning up his jacket properly he ducked out of the abandoned building, now overgrown with weeds and trailing ivy, which had been the subject of the photos and the magazine article, and continued up the path, in barely a blink of the eye Disapparating and reappearing in Hogsmeade.

The change from pavement to cobbles marked Isaac’s arrival into the centre of the wizarding village as he headed, past the main street containing the likes of The Three Broomsticks, towards a little coffee shop he liked on the outskirts of Hogsmeade. Head bent against the wind that whistled through the high street he didn’t see the person walking the other way until he’d almost bumped into them. Stopping just short of doing so he held a hand up, about to apologise profusely but he began to smile instead as he glanced up and saw exactly who it was. “Amanda! I'm terribly sorry, Ames, I wasn’t paying any attention to where I was going! How are you? You look well,” he greeted her enthusiastically, though his voice, as ever, was soft and gentle in tone.

((ooc: Ignore the random title, haha, I couldn't think of anything so I just shoved some lyrics from the Script song I happened to be listening to at the time I wrote this. Not that it matters either I just like staring at photos of Tom but he's wearing this.))

[Amanda Paisley]

Head bent against the wind Amanda pulled her wool coat around her more tightly with one hand. One ear seemed permanently attached to her mobile with the help of her other hand, “No, no, he can’t reschedule for tomorrow. You don’t understand, it has to be today, I have tried three times to get an interview with him and now I’ve got one, he can’t reschedule again. Please try to make him reconsider. Alright, fine, tomorrow then, 3:30pm, sounds lovely. Bye.” Amanda hung up with a sigh. Millionaires really were a trial sometimes, this one especially.

Amanda hadn’t noticed that she was heading straight for someone, as she averted her gaze from the road in front of her and began stuffing her mobile in to her purse again. It was then that she bumped into Isaac. She looked up, half wanting to yell at the other person and partly wanting to apologise. At seeing that it was Isaac she smiled, “I’m sorry, no don’t be, it was my fault,” she chose to apologise. “Really? Thank you, it’s the getting more than three hours of sleep a night diet,” she smiled at him. “You look dashing as ever,” she complimented before linking her free arm with his, “How about a coffee? Do you have time? I’ll buy,” she offered, “We need to catch up, it feels like I haven’t seen you in ages,” she said with a dramatic flail of her hand.

((ooc: Woohoo I have finally posted, sorry it took so long school was draining me with all our coursework before exams. And not that is matters but Amanda is wearing this dress, with a heavy coat.))

[Isaac Lehrer]

"Of course it wasn't," Isaac disagreed, politely, and smiled, "Shall we accept mutual liability here?" he suggested light-heartedly as he absent-mindedly shifted the strap on his camera bag so it was more comfortable against his shoulder. "But of course, would I lie?" he asked in a simple way, shaking his head as she returned the compliment, "You, on the other hand, flatter me far too much, Ames, I don't deserve it at all."

Smiling down at her as she linked her arm with his he made a show of pretending to think about her offer, "Hmmm I suppose I could, if you forced me to," he joked in a dry manner before laughing, "A coffee would be great, I just so happened to be heading to that little place that just opened, on the outskirts, you know? And we really do need to catch up, it's been... what... two whole weeks since I last saw you? A travesty! That practically equates to a lifetime in my opinion. So, what has been going on in your life? Do tell," he requested as he walked leisurely with her towards said coffee shop.

((ooc: Don't I know that feeling haha, thanks for posting!))