HISTORY - The Order - Vera Stone

Battle Lines, Madness, and Mutts

The Blade and Challice

"Professor, this is a bit odd seeing you chug a milkshake in the bar, penny for your thoughts?"

Turning his head, his eyes ever so slightly were hazy, lost in his thoughts. Melissa, Vera, vendetta and fucking witches, what was this? The vampire diaries!? Shit, he was waiting for his doppelganger to suddenly show up...

Paying attention, he noticed that it was Hamish, by his side was a brown-haired woman and she had a kind smile on her face, by the way, her bright eyes looked down at him in worry he guessed that she was compassionate.

"I don't really trust myself around alcohol, never drunk it myself but seeing what it has done to my family. I refuse to take part and so I drown myself in milkshakes, it's provided me with a clearer head in some moments. Enough about my moping, I want to know, who is your partner?"

Hamish turned to her and at that moment, Xander saw the pure love in his eyes. Only held for her and it was clear that the love was returned in the same amount, he smiled at them and allowed a chuckle to escape him as Hamish lot himself in his partner. 

"This is Cassie, my long-time girlfriend. We saw you here, usually your grading papers and eating fries or chips as you call them..."

With an amused smile, Grey held his chest in shock and leaned away from Hamish who sported his own grin back at the exaggeration he was playing at this moment. 

"Well if you want, you can join us for some fri- I mean, chips at our place, I'm sure Randal would love to have the extra company besides us and you canget out of this funk. I hear you're quite the um, history expert."

Laughing to himself, he stood from his seat, ordering himself another two milkshakes to go and he noticed them looking at him with raised brows...oh, he guessed he should have done something like that. 

"Oh, did you two want something? Those are for me if you want something lemme know."

They just blinked at him before chuckling as he tilted his head to the side confused as to what he had done. He shrugged his shoulders, not noticing the rogue witch in the back watching him with a sad smile before following him as he left with his milkshakes in hand. 

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And so this is where the trio of one TA, one professor, and girlfriend had up. It looked pretty odd, the house had a draw to him, he felt drawn and he had no clue why. All he could feel was a tug as if the house wished for him to be there, comforted. 

"Huh, never been here but oddly enough, I feel at home...that's weird, even for me."

What the professor never noticed was the looks that Hamish and Cassie gave one another, they both narrowed their eyes on the professor in wonder before Randall had come out. He looked at them with happiness in his eyes before he looked out to the woods. His eyes flashing for a moment, unknown to the professor before shrugging it off.

"My favourite couple in the world, Hamish and Cassie! Amazing and you brought me a nice little gift."

Raising his brow, turning to face the young man, he found himself amused more than anything before walking ahead into the house as if it was his home. Xander found himself looking around, noticing the bar, it was rustic and had a classical feel to it. Amazing, was one single word to describe. 

"I'm no one's gift, mate. Simply here at the behest of the lovely couple. I could never deny pretty faces."

He spoke with some cheer and teasing in his voice before moving forward, sitting down on the couch. He found himself with a moment in peace, where he could have fun and be himself.