13th October || Casino Night
A casino night would’ve had to be at the bottom of Remus’ list of expected social events at school, if not his last guess. He wasn’t necessarily complaining, plenty of people seemed to be having fun, but it wasn’t exactly his idea of a fun evening. He’d gone of course, his friends went so he went, there were other things to do besides gamble and even if he did join he could only lose the money he’d been given – right? In any case, he’d avoided the tables and stuck to the sides with whatever conversation came his way. He’d come to look for a drink over the course of the evening, though for the moment he had stuck to simply eyeing the drinks and wondering whether or not someone had spiked them; he wasn’t exactly in the mood for a surprise kick in his punch.
“What do you think?” Lily asked, coming up beside Remus Lupin and tilting her head in exaggerated scrutiny of the refreshments, “Virgin cocktail or drunken evening in disguise? I want to say they can’t all be spiked yet.”
For her part, Lily was having a good time. She had an abiding love of games and a childhood playing poker with her Godmother that served her well enough - but she knew that this was a time for moderation, hadn’t even bought a new dress when prompted. A few fun games, some conversation, hopefully, maybe, some Honeydukes money won at the end of the day; as usual, getting sloshed was not on the agenda.
