The day was surprisingly sunny, something that rarely has happened since the month started and Duce decided to go out to Hogsmeade with her brother Jaeson and her cousin Ivan. Instead of studying for exams like she planned, she changed her exhausted mind to do something more relaxing and comforting -- plus a few butterbeers wouldn't hurt her ambitious soul -- right? She closed her library book, smoothing out her skirt, and took a deep breath. She couldn't believe that she was choosing fun over studying, She walked down the stairs that led her down the girls' dormitory. She went out the common room, beginning to meet her family on the school grounds. For someone that hasn't really done nothing but study this whole school term, Duce was kind of proud of herself for letting loose and having some sort of fun. In her mind, this was a miracle.

She stepped on the new, fresh, green grass. The sun was beaming directly towards her, making Duce light up inside. She has not had any real vitamin D the whole year and it took a toll on  her body. The once pale skin, turned golden instantly. Her icy blue eyes lit up vibrantly, making the color stand out even more. This is what Duce has been missing, she thought. All this time, she was worn down and broken, but a little bit of sun was something more than just an energy source for the whole planet Earth.

"Over here, Duce!" Ivan motioned.

Duce snapped out of her deep thoughts to find her family under a big , shady, tree. She smiled. "Ready to go?" She asked.

"Well yeah. We've been waiting for your arse all day, you would think to have common sense along with book sense." Her brother, Jaeson smart mouthed.
 
Duce gave her older brother a quick evil glare before she started walking off. If he was going to be sarcastic and annoying the whole visit to Hogmeade, then she didn't want anything to do with him today. She didn't need any of that and sure as hell wasn't about to tolerate her brother's nonsense. Her walking become more and more faster. She was at least five steps ahead of them. It wasn't hard for them to catch up, it was just the principal of them hurrying up before she'd change her indecisive mind.

The whole walk to Hogsdmeade was quiet as ever and Duce enjoyed the peace. She smiled and waved at others passing by, gaining weird stares from her brother and cousin because they've never seen her so happy and cheery like she is today. This, in fact, wasn't the only the strange incident, but when they arrived at the  Three Broomsticks, she casually told them to sit at a table and she'd get the butterbeers for everyone. Jaeson and Ivan was starting to think that there was something extremely wrong with Duce.

While Duce didn't care about their strange accusations about her, she happily went to the bar counter and asked the bartender for three butterbeers.

"Can I get three butterbeers, one with a lot of foam and the other two kept light?" Duce asked.

"Sure thing sweetheart." The bartender said as she went to the back to extract the beers,

Duce put the money on the bar counter. She looked around at all of the people that were in the Three Broomsticks, today. She saw that they were happy and having lots of fun with their friends. Duce wanted the exact thing today.She didn't want to think about anything else but fun. Fun, fun, fun, and more fun.

'Here you go sweety." The bartender passed the three mugs of beer to her.

"Thanks."

With that, Duce turned around and collided with something big. The mugs of butterbeer dropped to the floor. The shattered pieces startled her and all of  the people in the shack.

This was embarrassing.