Waiting

Gabriel had met Remus for tea in the gaudy, pink shop that Hogsmeade was famous for and now he was ready for a real drink. Not necessarily an adult beverage because he was going to return to work in a bit. Try as he might, he still didn't care for tea, he only cared for having tea with Remus. Somewhere in the months since his arrival he'd developed a fondness for the taste of butterbeer. It wasn't as good as the stuff they had back home, but it would do. The tall blonde strode into the pub with only a slight ulterior motive. He was hoping he would see Meg. He liked the woman and it was sort've terrible what he'd done in hopes of making her feel less self conscious about her scars but they managed to get through it, didn't they?

His trip to the bar was quickly derailed when out of the corner of his eye (because he was an auror and always acutely aware of his surroundings.. except for that time in Diagon Alley) he caught sight of a familiar curly brown head that he and Remus had talked about a lot lately. Cassidy Bradshaw, the one who originally couldn't disarm him to save her life, who was spotted with magical hating muggles, was sitting alone in the pub looking very.. not happy. This was a gift for Merlin himself, a perfect opportunity to dig a little deeper and further along their private investigation. Gabriel stopped at the bar, relieved at this point not to find it manned by Meg, before he headed off to take up residence in the armchair next to her.

For a moment he let them stew in their silence while he sipped at his own drink and thought. How to go about this? Let her talk first, if she was going to talk at all? He could start right in with accusations but Gabriel thought it was best to work on that trust he had started building back in Diagon Alley. "Hello." he said finally, tone light with amusement. After all, maybe she was in trouble with that group... "Try to disarm any auror lately?"