When Arik woke up the next morning and stretched, she was surprised to find herself in her own bed, tucked in and comfortable. She slowly swung her legs out of her bed and started to get ready for the day. Looking at her calendar, she saw it was the 1st of August, she knew full well that school would be starting soon and she realized that she didn't have any of her school supplies. Rushing down the stairs she ran into her mother as she was coming out of the library.
"Mother, we need to get supplies for school. I go back soon and I have nothing!"Arik said in a hurried voice.
"Oh, hush, I was planning on taking you today Darling." She said with a smile.
Arik breathed a sigh of relief and went back upstairs to finish getting ready. Pulling on a pair of shorts and a tee, she looked at herself in the mirror. Her reflection showed a bright eyed 18 year old who looked like she could take on anything, when in reality, she felt like she was losing her grip on sanity anytime she thought of her upcoming wedding.
Ten minutes later Arik and her mother appearated to Diagon Alley and headed to Gringotts. Once they were inside, Mrs. Williams asked Arik to wait in the lobby as she went down to retrieve the money they would be needing. After she resurfaced from the vaults, they headed out into the busy streets of last minute shoppers.
Stepping into Flourish and Blotts was like walking through heaven's gates to Arik. Being surrounded by books was one of the only ways she could de-stress after a long day. As she looked around for new books to add to her enormous library, her mother went to the owner and told him exactly what she needed. Arik carefully plucked books from the shelves and went up to where her mother was waiting. As her mother paid for the books, Arik looked around more. Finally ready to leave, the two made their way down to the apothecary.
Stepping into the apothecary, Arik to a big sniff letting all of the aromas that were floating in the air come to her. There was no denying that her potion supplies were running low, so she set off in search of anything that would be of use to her. Rounding a corner without looking where she was going she ran into what seemed to be a wall of flesh. As she stumbled backwards and looked up, she saw Theodore Nott reaching out to steady her.
As soon as she could stand straight she muttered her apology and turned to walk away.
Suddenly a hand was on her arm stopping her."Is that any way to greet your fiancee?" he said with a grin.
Shaking off his hand she ignored what he said and kept walking till she came to her mother waiting at the check out.
"Hello mother, are we ready to go?" All Arik wanted to do was leave and get as far away from Theo as she could, but when she turned to go there he was.
"Theodore! How are you?" Mrs. Williams asked.
"I'm doing well Mrs. Williams, how are you?"
"Just great, doing some last minute shopping, what are you doing here?"
At this Theo beamed down at Arik, "Oh, I was hoping to meet with Arik to discuss some of the wedding arrangements."
Arik inwardly groanedthen smiled at him. "That sounds like a lovely idea." Her mother chirped. "I'll finish getting what you need Darling."
Smiling at her mother she took Theo's arm as he led her out the door. They walked like this until they reached the Three Broomsticks. As they sat down Arik glared at Theo before asking, "What the hell was that all about?"