LUAU MAIN THREAD

[erinn lacey thomas]

It had, quite honestly, been far too long since Erinn had organized something this extensive and she was hellishly excited for things to go down. As far as she knew, everything was set up and ready to go and all that she had to wait for was everyone to show up. She'd given out directions to anyone that expressed interest in coming, though she was pretty sure that word had spread to everyone else as well by now. Honestly, she didn't much care, as long as people showed up and had a good time than it didn't really matter who all was there or wasn't there. At the very least, she knew that plenty of her friends were supporting her in this mass skipping of school and that was all that she could possibly ask for. Not to mention, she'd gotten Lily to agree to coming and that was a pretty big deal.

Erinn had floo'd over to the beach pretty early to make sure that things were as they were supposed to be and from what she could tell, things were just as she had planned them. There were plenty of seats, lots of open space on the beach, the barkeep was up and ready for an all-day event with a bunch of young students and there was music blaring in the background. Later, for once the sun had set, she'd gotten a bunch of tiki-torches set up and a bonfire was rearing to go for s'mores and roasted marshmallows all around. Overall, she was quite pleased with what she'd been able to scrounge up from just a few short days notice and hopefully, everyone else would agree. Though, she was quite certain that as long as they had the open bar, they couldn't really be that upset with the setting. The sun, the sand, everything about it was absolutely amazing.

Finishing with her last minute adjustments, Erinn looked out at the place with a subtle grin and turned to head over to the hut that contained the main event of the day- the bar. It was fully stocked with just about everything you could possibly want for an all-day event and for that reason alone, Erinn had a feeling that quite a few people wouldn't make it to the mid-afternoon lunch even. Of course, that was fine by her. As long as everyone was having a hell of a time, she certainly didn't care what state of drunkenness they were in. In fact, she might as well kick off the morning with a bang herself and start drinking. A terrible idea, all things considered, but that didn't bother her. After all, she was allowed to let loose a bit more than usual and have some fun herself, even if she was a terrible lightweight when it came to alcohol.

Hopping up into the hut, Erinn walked over to the bartender and got herself a firewhiskey. Not, thankfully for everyone else, the strongest drink that she could have chosen, but it was a decent way to begin the day, she thought. Taking it with her, she moved back over to the outside of the hut and set up on the steps to wait for the rest of the arrivals. How many people would show, she couldn't say, but at least someone had to show up soon, right? After all, who could resist a day of fun in the sun when their other option was sitting around suffering through classes all day?

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[lily]

Lily followed the instructions Erinn gave to go there. She arrived at the edge of the beach. They would be perfectly fine. They had their head girl, Rose, with them. It had been a while since Lily let loose and got wild. Only a few of her friends had seen her drunk. One of those friends was Erinn. Speaking of which she smirked when she saw her best friend on the steps of a hut. She smirked and walked over there. Her red hair was up in a high ponytail. She wore a black bikini with yellow polka dots. Lily already supplied sunscreen and had a beach bag full of her things. And some extra beach necessities if anyone needed it. She had been looking forward all day for this and was ready to have some fun.

Before going to Erinn she went to the bar and got a firewhiskey. Sure it was the strongest drink. But what was the point of getting drunk if it wasn't over the top. Lily sure didn't sound like herself. "Thanks." she told the cute bartender with a wink and walked over to her friend. She sat down next to her with the drink in her hand. She took a few sips and smiled. This was much more better than class. She felt the sun on her skin. She fresh scent of the sea. Her favorite scent. It was relaxing and just what she needed. She kicked off her flip flops and put them next to her so she could feel the sand in between her toes.

"Erinn darling, can't believe you actually went through with it. But I have to admit, you are a genius." she said as she gave Erinn a hug. She noticed Erinn's drink. She was feeling weirdly wild and in the party mood. "Okay, so I am going to let loose completely. Just make sure I don't do anything extreemely embarassing. Like strip naked or anything." Lily asked Erinn. Could she at least do Lily that one simple favor. Lily took another few sips of her drink and gave a small smile. Lily was always told she was giggly when she was drunk. She wasn't irrational, she just laughed obnoxiously at everything. People found it quite amusing actually.

[ellie]

Ellie walked over to the bar, her black bikini top tied tightly in the back, the halter framing her shoulders. Her dark wash denim shorts were unbuttoned, showing her string bikini bottom. She grabbed a bottle of firewhiskey, ignoring the fact that it was relatively early in the day, and took a swig. It felt good to be wild every once in a while, and with Erinn as her best friend, it wasn't that hard to let loose.

She sat down next to Erinn and Lily, took another sip of her firewhiskey, and hiccuped. She laughed a little bit, and then turned to her friends. "Erinn, did my brother or Julian tell you if they were coming?" She asked, putting her bottle down and adjusting her bathing suit top.

[canndee]

Julian was pumped for this luau thing. How could he not be? There would be plenty of girls, plus he was going to see Ellie in a lot less clothes than he used to see her. But of course, that wasn't why he was here. First of all, he was going with his best friend, who also happened to be Ellie's brother - Felix. Felix and Julian had been best friends since Felix had been sorted into Gryffindor six years ago. Julian had been kind of like a mentor for him. And since then they had been best friends. But over the years, Julian had noticed Felix's sister as something more than just his sister. There were only two problems; she was Felix's sister and she was two years younger than Julian.

Julian entered the beach alone. Felix had told him to just go, said he would be there in a few minutes. Julian hadn't been late to just go. He was wearing a pair of red swimming trunks (yes, he was a proud Gryffindor), and nothing else. The moment he entered the beach a flower wreath, called a lei appeared around his neck. He smiled and wasn't slow to fetch a drink. He grabbed a butterbeer and was wearing flipflops and loved the feeling of sand between his toes. While taking a sip of his butterbeer he looked around the beach and quickly he saw a table consisting of Lily, Erinn and Ellie. A smirk appeared on his face and he walked over there.

"Ladies.. How nice to see you three. Are we enjoying ourselves?" He asked with a smile before taking a sip of the butterbeer and quickly, secretly looked at Ellie, before turning his head and pretending he was looking for Felix.

[ellie]

Ellie looked in the same direction as Julian, noticing her brother was no where to be found. "Now I know at least I am," she smiled, taking a longer swig of her firewhiskey, not quite feeling the affect she wanted to yet. Being around Julian made her sort of antsy, and she figured that the more she drank, the more it would disappear.

Ellie looked behind him once more, starting to drink again. "Where's my brother? I'd figure you guys would come together..." Ellie looked down from his eyes down his body, which was fantastic, and she could tell he was just starting to tan. Her eyes ran over his shorts, and she thought about what was under them, almost choking on her drink. Tonight was going to be interesting.

[canndee]

Julian looked at Ellie once more and then over his shoulder. "He said he had something to do.. But that's weird.. Lily is here." Thats up to him. Then he looked at Erinn and Lily, before glancing at Ellie again.

"Care to go and have a drink with me, Ellie? Just as friends." He asked politely and with a great smile

[erinn lacey thomas]

It didn't take too long for people to start showing up and, much to her excitement, Lily was the first person to appear. The whole purpose of the party, more or less, was to get Lily to come skip classes and apparently, it had worked. Grinning as Lily came up and sat down next to her she leaned in to Lily's hug and settled with her head on the other girl's shoulder. The alcohol that she had already consumed, the entire first bottle, was already starting to fog up her head and that was most definitely not a good thing. "Liiiiillllly, I love you. So much. And you came. And that's awesome. And I love you," Erinn giggled as she girl spoke. The odds of Erinn actually being able to listen and go through with Lily's request was slim and a striptease wasn't too far out of the question, unfortunately.

Another bright smile arose on her face as Ellie entered into the hut and came up next to them. "Ell! You're here too! And they will be, I think. S'what they saiid," she said with a nod. She didn't know when they would come, but they'd get there eventually, she hoped. Honestly, now that her two girls were there, she couldn't have cared much about who else was coming...for the most part. "You guys hear if any of the Slytherins were going to show up?" Erinn asked, quite conversationally and as if she didn't really care one way or the other. Since, obviously, she wasn't supposed to care a lick about any of them at all.

Her attention flicked back over to the side when Julian came up and she greeted him with something of a smile. "Julian, glad you could make it. Do try not to take advantage of my best friend, please?" Erinn asked, a snarky grin on her face. Even if she was usually pretty easy to get along with, she could absolutely be a complete bitch and when it came to her friends, she was extremely protective. So, whatever Julian wanted with Ellie, he'd have to be damn careful with Erinn there. Not to mention, when Felix got there they'd be getting into a serious conflict. "I don't want you kids messing up my damn party," she added, thinking on the drama that could come of it all.

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[ellie]

"Oh," Ellie said, "I'm alright with that. Wanker would either be following me around or making out with some random girl, trying to get in her pants." She looked at Lily, "probably your cousin." Ellie rolled her eyes at just how ridiculous her brother could be. "Yeah, that sounds great. I'm out anyway," she giggled, shaking her empty bottle. She stood up, a little bit of uneasiness in her step.

"Erinn, do I really look like the one who's the expert on Slytherins? No. You'll find out when they get here. And no one's taking advantage of anyone tonight," she winked at Erinn, and started walking to the bar with Julian.

[lily]

Lily smirked as Julian commented her being there is weird. "Why wouldn't I be here? Just so you know I am not as innocent as everyone thinks I am." Lily said "You can thank these two girls for that." Lily said with a small laugh. She took another few sips of her firewhiskey. Erinn sure seemed protective of thise party. Lily wasn't sure if Erinn would prevent her from doing something extreemely embarassing. But one more of these and the giggles would come on immediatly.

Lily started to giggle a bit at what Ellie said. "My cousin and your brother. Extreemely weird." Lily said. She gave Ellie a small wave as she headed off to the bar. She turned to Erinn. "I sorta want another one of these darling." she said giving a small giggle.

[francesca victoria thomas]

To say that Frankie was excited might have been an understatement. It had been far too long since she'd last been to any sort of party let alone a beach one. And since Frankie very much loved sunshine, sea and sand, a party on the beach was always an excellent idea.

Once she arrived Frankie immediately kicked off her flip flops and stored them away in her beach shoulder bag, along with her towel, suntan lotion, magazines (in case she wanted a read whilst getting a tan), brush and ipod. Frankie planned to be out here all day and, possibly, all night so the essentials in her bag were needed.

Making her away across the warm sand, Frankie did a quick scan of the surrounding area, and an appreciative smile slipping onto her lips. Erinn was a pretty damn good party planner, she'd picked the place on her own and decorated it all by herself in a very short amount of time. It sometimes amazed Frankie that her sometimes crazy, rule-breaking sister could be so organized and serious. But then again, now that she thought about it, Erinn must be a seriously organized person to pull off the detailed, and sometimes pretty impressive, pranks that she does.

"I hope you girls are being good"

Frankie walked over to where her sister and Lilly were stood. She flashed them a smile to show that she was only being half serious. She wasn't here to rain on their parade. After all, partying was what Frankie did best, and telling her sister to be a good girl would make Frankie the worlds biggest hypocrite. Besides it would only fall on deaf ears and Frankie didn't want to come across all 'mum' like, she'd come here to have a good time, not to babysit. And she didn't want Erinn thinking that either.

"This is amazing by the way, Erinn." Frankie stated. She moved her sunglasses up onto her head, so that they pushed her loose hair from her face, and glanced around at the beach again."You did good. "

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[erinn lacey thomas]

Erinn ignored most of what Ellie said in regard to Felix, since she really couldn't have cared less what the boy was up to. To her, Felix was almost like another brother and if he wanted to be off hooking up with girls, than she'd rather not be privy to that information. A slightly irritated frown took over her face, however, when Ellie somewhat snapped at her about the Slytherins. "Yeah, whatever, mate. Just a question," she replied in a sulky manner. Not at all the excited feeling that she should be having, given the fact that this was her party and it was supposed to be totally fantastic. Though, at the moment, that couldn't be helped.

She shook her head slightly to bring something of a smile back to her face and glanced over at Lily. "I am definitely with you there, love. I have a feeling that I'm going to need it," she commented, raising her eyebrows slightly as she spoke. Certainly, to make it through the rest of the day, knowing that her entire group of friends and family was lurking about, as well as Nika, she would need more than just the one firewhiskey. Glancing over as she saw another of the Thomas' enter into the scene, an actual smile played on her lips. Though she would never admit to it, she certainly valued what Frankie thought of her and impressing her older sister was something she strove for, even if she didn't always realize it.

"Hey, you made it. Good, good. Uh, thanks," she nodded. Even if, in the end, Frankie being there would just make it that much more stressful, Erinn was glad that she'd showed up for the event. Glancing over back towards the bar for a moment, Erinn's face turned into a slightly troublesome look. "I'm thinking it's time to bring out the tequila, yeah? The tables look terribly lonely and want someone to dance with," Erinn commented, mostly to see if that would strike a chord with her older sister at all. Though, how much she was actually kidding with that statement, she wasn't sure.

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[nika izadora krum]

A raven with feathers as dark as night itself soared down from the sky, diving behind the bar. Within seconds, Nika Krum transformed from her animagus form to her human form and hoisted herself up onto the counter top. She crossed her legs and peered out at the party scene. Meh. All Gryffies, she thought to herself hoping that more students would show up soon. Nika's usual half-smirk pulled at the corners of her mouth as her evil mind started concocting the perfect prank to pull. But before the pranks she needed some booze. The girl grabbed a glass of firewhiskey and hopped off of the counter down into the warm sand.

Nika wasn't really one to express any kind of emotion, so the slightest ounce of a kind-hearted smile appeared on her face when she saw Erinn walk by. This girl would never admit it, but she kind of liked hanging around her, even if they were sworn prank-war enemies. Nika picked up a small stone from the sand and chucked it toward Erinn to get her attention. "Any non-Gryffies showing up here?" she asked with a slightly cocky tone and a slight Russian accent as she took another swig of her firewhiskey.

outfit: coming soon

[francesca victoria thomas]

Frankie followed her sisters gaze to the bar and then brought it back to look at the smaller brunette. "Okay, okay. I'm only going to say this once, because i feel that as your older sister-" she glanced at Lily too, to show that she was included in this little speech. "-It's my duty and i don't wanna feel like i'm being completely irresponsible or neglectful." Frankie rambled on before she took a deep breath.
"Take. It. Easy." She glanced between the two younger girls, giving them a purposeful and knowing look. This was the only time Frankie was going to bring anything like this up today and well, it made her feel better to show that she cared for her sisters, and lily's, well-being.

The awkward moment of silence, in which she was sure she'd earned some eye rolls (she wasn't sure but it wouldn't surprise her), lasted all of two seconds. "Ok, wicked. I'm going to hit the water, so have fun." Flashing them her signature smile, Frankie turned her attention to the ocean. She lifted her hand to shield her eyes from the bright sun and peered out across the sand. She could make out one or two figures already in the water but that was fine.

Dropping her beach bag, Frankie began to undress. She'd arrived in a pair of washed out denim cut-off shorts and a blue tank top, with her bikini underneath. The bikini had a halter neck top and was white with a gold clasp in the middle between her breasts. It was her favorite bikini because, as the store clerk said when she'd bought it, 'It accents your beautifully sun-kissed skin wonderfully'. Frankie smiled a little to herself at the memory whilst she placed her clothes in her beach bag. She stood, stretched and then ran her fingers through her long, dark hair before she began jogging down to the water.

The water felt nice against her skin and sent a shiver up her spine as she wadded in so that she was waist deep. "Oh this feels good" It had been far too long since she'd last been in the ocean. Frankie loved the ocean. She loved to swim. She couldn't remember the last time she'd been swimming. The only pool nearby was for prefects and the Captains of the Quidditch team, which she was neither of. She'd have to see if someone, possibly a Quidditch player she could sweet talk, (she doubted any goody goody prefects would help her out) could sneak her in there every once in a while. Still, lounging in the the prefects bathroom couldn't compare to being in the ocean.

The Gryffindor shifted her weight so that she was floating on her back and staring up at the clear blue sky and the radiant sun. She used her arms and legs to move slowly through the water. This really was bliss. The Elder Thomas girl had a very good feeling that today was going to be a very good day. Even with her underage sister getting drunk. Well, she wasn't going to worry about that. Erinn wasn't an idiot, she could hold her own. And if she did need help Frankie would be here.

[felix ian wood]

Felix was, like usual, running a bit late for the party over at the beach. It wasn't like he was intentionally trying not to be there on time, it was just difficult for the boy to keep track of the time a lot. However, as he fully intended to show up at some point, if a bit late, he was already decked out in his beach gear. It was a bit uncomfortable to practice Quidditch in, but it was the only way he could think of to both practice Quidditch and be ready to go at a moment's notice. Felix was, of course, up early and out on the pitch before the party was set to begin and he was simply waiting until it was time to go before he left. However, he had gotten so caught up with what he was doing that before long, it was past the time he was meant to have left. Not wanting to bother with the floo network, Felix simply left from the castle with his broom and started to jet away towards the beach that the party was set to be at.

It didn't take far too long for him to get there, as he pushed his broom to the fastest possible speed that he could. Arriving at the outskirts of the beach, he neared the ground and hopped from his broom, tumbling forward a bit and catching himself in the sand. Straightening back up, Felix lifted his broom up and over his shoulder. He was dressed only in his swimming trunks and his body was already dripping with the sweat from his practice that morning, so he flicked his hair back and placed a large smirk on his face as he sauntered into the area that the party was taking place.

Looking around, he saw that the younger girls were all there, though he didn't see Ellie. Of course, he didn't want to hound her that day and drive her away or anything, but he did want to make sure that she was okay. Jogging up towards the hut, he paused a few feet outside of it when he saw Ellie up at the bar. Not his favorite thing ever, but she was with Julian. Felix trusted that his bro would take care of his younger sister just like Felix would take care of any of Julian's younger sister's, so he was content with that for now. He gave a quick wave to the rest of the girls before turning his attention back out to the water where a certain older Thomas girl was getting into the water.

Putting his most charming smile on his face, Felix turned towards the water and jogged out into it to talk to Frankie. She was hot, he was here to have a good time and of course, the water would feel kind of amazing. "Hey Frankie, how's it?" he asked as he slid into the water next to her. He waded out a bit to submerge himself in the water and leaned back a bit with a smile on his face. "You look good, by the way," he added, not wanting to forgo complimenting her, since of course that was well deserved.

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[erinn lacey thomas]

Although her attention was currently on Lily and Frankie, that soon was about to change with the arrival of Nika Krum. Her head was turned towards Lily, but quickly swiveled around when she felt a small rock hit her arm. What the he-," she started to complain, before she realized who it was. To be honest, Erinn wasn't entirely sure if Nika being there was a good thing or a bad thing, but either way in brought a sly grin to her face. "Naw, you're the only one that was dumb enough to show up," she replied with a shrug. Even if they were now, well, whatever they were, that wouldn't stop Erinn from being her typical self, especially when Lily and Frankie were hanging around.

She almost didn't notice as Frankie started to take her leave, not forgetting to give the obviously necessary reminder to not get all too crazy that afternoon. "Yeah, easy. No problem...I'll try to keep my clothes on," Erinn commented as Frankie started to walk away. Erinn didn't necessarily plan on getting drunk to the point of stripping, but shit happens sometimes and Erinn with alcohol was never a good combination. In fact, just the one that she had already downed was probably a bad idea and certainly wouldn't make things easier for her to keep hidden. Perhaps it would have been a better idea for her to simply listen to her older sister for once and actually take it easy. But, than again, that just wouldn't be Erinn's style.

As her sister walked down to the water, Erinn's attention was briefly distracted by the appearance of Felix, who she waved to as he went down, undoubtedly, to attempt getting at Frankie. The thought caused Erinn's nose to crinkle slightly, but she wasn't going to bother them. At least if they did hook up or something, that would kind of almost make her and Ellie like legit sisters. Sort of. Glancing back up at Nika, Erinn's slightly perturbed look transformed back into a slight smile. "Guess it's good you came though? Or whatever," she said with a nod. She didn't want to sound like she was actually glad to see that Nika had, in fact, shown up to the party. Not with Lily right there, anyways.

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