[b]“Well,”[/b] I say, flashing a half smile towards Bridget, [b]“regardless of how much or little you care about the money, you’re still using it on me when you could be using io….”[/b] my voice trails off, and I wink mischievously. [b]“...buy half--or all--of Hogsmeade,”[/b] I finish with a chuckle. I listen to her explanation of chocolate, and honestly, it does seem legit--though I do wonder at the lack of magical properties. when it comes to chocolate. It would be fun to break it down, see if there really was something magical about chocolate. I’ve heard of the supposed “cure” for the effects of dementors and it [i]sounds[/i] magic to me. Then again, there could be a scientific, rational explanation for it. I am about to mention it as we walk into the sweet shop when she surprises me by thrusting a bag into my hands. 

[i]“Here, fill this up!”[/i] she tells me, raising an eyebrow. When she tells me she’ll be standing by the jawbreakers, I not, and gaze at the massive assortment of different types of candy in front of me. It’s funny; I never did outgrow my love of sweets. I decide to take her up on her offer, and I stuff the bag half full of Chocolate frogs--several of which I have to hit with the [i]Immobulus[/i] spell to get to freaking stay still long enough to pick them up. I fill the rest of the bag with boxes of [i]Every Flavor[/i] Jelly Beans--some of my favorite. The adventure of finding out just what flavor you are going to get is irresistable to me. 

When finished, I approach the jawbreakers, and give Bridget a nod. [b]“I filled the bag,”[/b] I say grinning, genuinely enjoying myself outside of studying magic for the first time in years. [b]“I think I may have overfilled it. Some of the chocolate frogs are hopping out of the top. I might have to enchant the thing so they can’t get out.”[/b]