Window Shopping (Elenore)

Evelyn had already purchased her school supplies for her second year at the start of summer, however today she'd found herself wandering back into Diagon Alley because she needed more books. She had now completely finished reading all of her second year books and all of her father's books that filled the large library. He had given her a bag of Galleons and dropped her off at the Leaky before he had left for work, promising to pick her up on one of his breaks. She didn't care whether he did or not because if he didn't, it just meant she could spend more time reading through books in the book shop.

Evelyn walked down the crowded street towards Flourish and Botts all the while thinking about what sort of new books she would purchase. Her long hair flowed down her back and blended into the navy blue flowy tank top she had on. Her shirt was paired with sneakers and a pair of black jeans shorts. Her skin was dark, tanned like a goddess. Evelyn was beautiful but her intelligence often turned people away from her much like her shyness and awkwardness did.

She worked her way through the crowd, wincing every time someone brushed against her until finally, she came upon the book shop. She would enter soon but for now, she needed to just relish in the remarkable journey she was about to undergo. She slowed her breathing and peered into the window, noticing that the shop was crowded. Just as she turned to walk to the door, her body collided with the body or someone else and she found herself on the hard ground, a dull pain going through her bum as she worked to stand herself back up. This was just her luck, it always was which was why Evelyn very rarely left home or her dorm when she was at school.

Quite frankly, Evelyn was ecstatic to get to spend another day alone. While yes it would be nice to actually spend it with her father for once, she knew that was a long shot and instead enjoyed getting to be alone buying books. She knew her father wouldn't judge her for the types of books she read, but she still couldn't help but feel weird if he were to have gone shopping with her.

For being only twelve years old, the pre-teen sure had a knack for adult rated books which included anything from romance to mysteries. She enjoyed mysteries because she was intelligent enough to solve them before the characters solved them and she loved romance because it gave her an unrealistic picture of what love was like. It was like someone like her would ever find love anyways. No one wanted to date a nerd.

Sure the girl had harsh views of herself but if she didn't, then society would and it would actually hurt her. This way she could hurt her own feelings before the bullies ever could. Of course her father always told her that she was beautiful and she'd had other people tell her that she was beautiful but beauty with brains meant nothing. Nowadays boys only wanted beauty without brains. Not like it bothered Evelyn. All she need was books and chocolate and she could be a princess in her own little world. She didn't need a prince.

Though sometimes she found herself wondering what it would be like to have Prince Charming come and sweep her off her feet.

The body that hit Evelyn was small, thankfully. Had it been any larger and she probably would have a broken tailbone of something of that nature. Either way the fall had still hurt and Evelyn was sure she'd be sore for a few days because she was a weakling and had no muscle tone on her petite body at all.

Evelyn could hear the other person speak as she stood up and she just nodded. "It's okay," was the only words that tumbled from her mouth. Neither of them had been paying attention but Evelyn also wasn't moving therefore she didn't have to be paying attention. "Perfectly fine," Evelyn announced brushing off her shorts as the other girl brushed off her dress.