The Lights and Buzz (Jimothy)

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Deciding to submit her personal information to a matchmaking service was either the smartest or the dumbest thing that she had ever done, and Tamatha wasn't sure which. In some ways, she hoped, it would be easier. If she were matched with someone by what she was interested in and what she was like as a person, then it would cut out the part of her that was a half-Veela. While it would make it easier to find a serious relationship, the words "serious" and "relationship" had never exactly gone together for her. Because of her Veela blood, she was used to being able to attract almost anyone who could have been attracted to her, so it was very different not to be reliant on that. Whomever she got matched with would hopefully like her for her, rather than because she was an unnaturally attractive woman, which was more frightening for her than she knew that it should have been.

Please, she thought, whoever the guy was, let him be an interesting person. Also, someone who didn't want her for her body right away would have been nice—but who was she trying to fool? It was still a blind date; he'd see her and be drawn in before she spoke a single word. Even though Tamatha refused to get her hopes up too high for the date, she wasn't going to give up on it before she had even shown up. There was always the chance that maybe it wouldn't be a complete waste, and maybe the guy would have potential if the matchmaker was any good at his job.

Although she probably could have gone on her date wearing just about anything without concern for how she would be perceived by her match, she was still going to make the effort. Looking over the letter that she had received from the matchmaker once more, she saw a word that she had missed before: rollerskiing.

She knew what rollerskating was, and she knew what skiing was, but "rollerskiing"? What was she supposed to wear to rollerski, and what in the world was she supposed to be doing on her date? It was either rollerskating or skiing—she had never heard of a combination thereof—but the winter weather made it easier than it might have been otherwise to put together an outfit.

Satisfied that she had drawn a balance between style and function in her athletic wear, Tamatha left home for Hyde Park, the location that had been specified by Blishwick Matchmaking. She felt a little bit ridiculous looking around for any sign of rollerskiing, so she eventually had to ask a No-Maj family that was passing by. They mentioned having seen something about that and so she thanked them, walking in the direction that they had indicated to her—apparently, the meeting place itself was a car park?

It was no problem, really, aside from the obvious: Tamatha had never rollerskiied in her life and was prepared to make a fool of herself. Once she got to the car park, she used the need to pull her hair back into a ponytail as an excuse to look around to see if she could figure out who her date was—and whether or not bailing on him completely before she had to fill out some sort of liability waiver was still an option for her.

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Jim had willingly signed up for Jimbos blind dating event after avoiding it the past couple of time. It wasn’t like he was with someone more so he avoided it because he was waiting for someone. Jim didn’t realize it at the time but now that Pam had left the office it was clear that he did indeed have feelings for her. People had made the remark to him before but he always just figured that it was because they were friends. Still the saying you don’t know what you have till it’s gone came to mind. He couldn’t do anything about it now, she was happier where she was he could only imagine. Instead he just needed to move on and what better way he supposed to distract himself than with one of Jimbo’s silly blind dates.

He got the owl about the blind date a few weeks later and was curious what rollerskiiing was exactly. Being a muggleborn he knew full well what rollerblading was and had done it as a child before he found out he was a wizard. Yet rollerskiing was something new. Either way Jim assumed it was something similar to rollerblading and felt reasonably confident about that. He was more nervous about who he was suppose to meet rather than the activity which was an improvement. Before he had been worried about both.

Whatever happened, happened with this date was Jim’s attitude. While he wasn’t expecting some love at first sight deal he was willing to give it his best. Besides he did willingly sign up for it so he might as well be on his best behavior. Jim arrived at the location ten minutes or so before the date was suppose to begin after trying to find something that was both date attire and fit for whatever rollerskiing was. Hard to tell when all he had to go on was what he knew rollerblading was. Jim walked toward the car park, times like this he regretting now having a car. It would give him a reason to be in a car park waiting. He had a broken down truck in his garage but that was more of just a hobby he had. Once at the car park it was hard to figure out just who his date might have been. There weren’t that many people here but still. To just walk up to someone and presume they might be his date was a little forward.

During his scan of the car park he did see one striking blonde possibly looking around or just messing with her hair. He figured he might as well ask as if he made an ass of himself it would get this date over pretty quick anyway. “You here for this rollerskiing thing too?” Jim asked after walking a little closer to the woman. “I’m suppose to meet someone here for it but either way I’m sure I’m going to make a fool of myself one way or another with whatever rollerskiing is.” He explained with a laugh, it might have been strange to just say that to a stranger but it was better then, hey are you my blind day, Jim felt.

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It wasn't long before Tamatha noticed a man walking in her direction. "You here for this rollerskiing thing too?" he asked her.

Tamatha looked over at him. She pulled her hair through the elastic band, secured it, and then nodded her head. "Yeah, I am," she answered the man, even though she still didn't understand the premise. Maybe he did, though.

The man then added that he was supposed to be meeting someone there for it. Either way, he said, he was going to make a fool of himself—whatever rollerskiing was.

While Tamatha had heard both parts of what the man had said, it was the fact that he, too, was supposed to meet someone there upon which she was focused. Was he her date? It could have been a coincidence, she thought, though she had never heard of rollerskiing as a couples' activity before.

Curiously, she looked the guy over. He was slightly older than she was, and taller… He wasn't a model, though, necessarily, but she'd seen worse. "I'm actually supposed to meet someone here, too," she explained to him. "…You aren't here with a matchmaking service, are you?"

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