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Christmas had been fun, and her Eve celebration had been even better since Kasamir had been able to visit get to know her family a little better. Of course her mother had been her usual over the top self, but her grandparents really liked him. After Christmas, they had planned to meet up at Cloak & Coven to go dress and suit shopping for the spring formal that Bee and Charlotte were planning for the school. Csuri had expressed a concern about going, but Hesperia and Alice had both encouraged her that it would be fun. Hesperia wasn't a big dancer, at least she hadn't been at the last wedding she'd been to. But that time she didn't have a boyfriend so who knew now. The day they were scheduled to meet up, Hesperia dressed comfortably, wearing a green pleated skirt and cozy leggings, some winter boots, her favorite jewelry, and a hockey jersey she bought to match the one that Kasamir had. Of course she brought her sunglasses, since they'd be out on the Alley and she didn't want the sun to hurt her eyes. Once she was dressed and ready, she bid goodbye to her grandparents and stepped over to the floo.

She arrived in the Leaky Cauldron and walked over to Cloak & Coven. Hesperia was still a little early, but she figured that at least Csuri would be here, since her best friend was always super punctual. And she was right, spotting the girl instantly upon opening the door. Hes pushed her sunnies up onto her head as she walked in, then headed over to where Csuri was. "G'morning Csuri! Happy Christmas." Giving her a big hug, the girl looked around the shop then said, "Everything is so fancy here. We're gonna have so much fun looking for dresses." Hesperia usually got the tomboy look down, but she did often enjoy dressing fancy, especially when she had a good reason to.

Oh, Christmas break was so busy! Between the party and visiting with as many of her friends as she could, Alice had been quite busy. But she made sure she had some time to go dress shopping with her friends and boyfriend because they were having a spring formal! Alice was so excited by the prospect of a formal dance, even if she wasn't very coordinated when trying to dance. She'd also heard her dancing referred to as "dork dancing", but she was having fun so who cared?! On the morning of the shopping trip, Alice texted Seb three times to remind him that they were meeting up at Cloak and Coven and to make sure he remembered! Because once she was on the Alley, she wouldn't be able to text him. Then she got all dressed up warmly, including the most recent hoodie she'd stolen from Seb. It smelled like him still and would carry her until school started again, when she could exchange it for a new hoodie.

Once she was dressed, she invited Aina one more time, but she still declined to come with, then she went over to the floo and hopped over to Diagon Alley. The blonde hurried through the Alley, stopping by Cutting Edge to say hello to Momma Kinzlie. Then she scooted over to Cloak & Coven, happy to see some of her friends already there. "Hey guys! Happy Christmas everyone!" She hurried over and gave a big hug to Csuri and Hesperia, then greeted Kasamir and Natalya. "Good morning Kas. Good morning Talya. I'm super excited!" She was practically shaking with excitement, looking more like an overexcited chihuahua. She already knew that Genevieve was going to be handling her dress and Seb's suit but she still wanted to look at other fancy dresses in the mean time.

To be honest, Vikram had been wholly unsure if his girlfriend was going to say yes to him when he asked her to the dance this spring. It wasn't that he doubted the solidity of their relationship, but Csuri was still uneasy with their relationship being public knowledge. Every time he mentioned it, she claimed she was worried he would take a popularity hit, but he knew it was because she didn't want people thinking she'd gone soft. Vikram had asked anyway, because he didn't want to go to the dance without her and begrudgingly, she'd said yes. It helped that both Hesperia and Alice had been goading her into it. So he'd come up with the idea that their friends ought to go dress and suit shopping together, so that way everyone could look their fanciest for the event. Also, he wanted to make sure that he coordinated his outfit to match with Csuri's. He didn't care at all if the whole school knew they were together.

On the day of the shopping trip, Vikram offered for Kavi to join them and invite Tambry, but his brother had said that they'd already coordinated their outfits and had them prepared. So he got dressed up nice and headed to the floo. He needed to visit Gringotts first, since his intention was to pay for everyone's outfits. After all, he had selected a very fancy clothing shop for their outing. The ride down to the vault was long and he was afraid that he might be late for the meeting. But he was able to make it on time, checking his watch again as he walked over to the shop. It seemed like almost everyone was already here. With a grin, he walked into the shop. "Good morning everyone," he said as he approached the group. Looping an arm around Csuri's waist, he placed a kiss on the top of her head, grinning at her. "Before we get started, I just wanted to say, everything is on me today, so don't worry about price tags. Get what you think will make you look the most stunning. Call it a late Christmas gift." He didn't celebrate Christmas, but that didn't change the fact that all of his friends (minus his girlfriend) celebrated the holiday.