Restless (Sav)

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As much as Hugo loved being home for the holidays, he definitely needed a break. He was starting to feel restless and anxious, probably a result of not being able to do any pranks or something outrageously fun. It was starting to keep him up at night, which was never a good thing. He turned his head so he could look at the clock. It was 11:00 and he wasn't anywhere remotely close to being able to fall asleep. Ugh. He moaned, rolling over the rest of the way and glancing over at his friend. Sav was staying with him for the holidays, something Hugo was quite excited about, even though the two hadn't been able to do anything fun yet. It was only a matter of time. Besides, having his friend nearby helped to relax some of his tension. 

"Sav?" Hugo whispered, wondering if his friend was awake. He didn't want to bother Sav, but he was starting to go crazy trying to fall asleep. Maybe some sort of a mid-night escapade was in order. That was, if Sav wasn't sleeping. If he was, Hugo would have to grit his teeth and try to force himself to sleep.

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Sav didn’t even party regret his decision to stay with his best friend for the holidays instead of going home to stay with his father or staying at Hogwarts with his mother. He was having a much better time here with the Weasleys than he would be with his own family. Even sleeping on a cot in his best friends room was fine compared to the annoyance that would have come otherwise. He heard his friend call to him in the night. Sav had no idea what time it was, but without realizing it, he had been laying there, staring at the ceiling, in his own head, instead of sleeping. “What?” Sav asked back, wondering why Hugo wasn’t asleep either.

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Hugo couldn't help but smirk when he heard his friend's voice answer him back. Sav didn't sound sleepy or anything. Perfect. He smiled, "Can't sleep. You wanna go do something?" Hugo knew his mom wouldn't appreciate them sneaking out in the middle of the night, but he honestly didn't care. They were both of age and Hugo was bored. He wanted to get out of the house and just mess around with Sav. They didn't have to do anything serious. Heck, they probably didn't have to do anything at all except for leave the house for a bit. He groaned, turning to face Sav's direction. "I need to get out of this house," he muttered, kind of as an explanation, but not really. He figured Sav would understand. 

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For a moment, Sav thought he was dreaming when Hugo insisted that he needed to get out of the house. This late? He knew that Hugo liked to bend the rules as much as he himself did, but it was still a little surprising. “Yeah we can do something.” He agreed, sitting up on the cot and and looking towards the closed window keeping out the cold, winter air. “Got anyplace or anything in mind?” he asked, slipping his socks onto his feet. Sav was rarely one to think things like this out in advance, if they were going to do something crazy they might as well just dive right in.

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Hugo waited with baited breath for Sav to say if he was up for leaving or not. He wasn't nervous that Sav wouldn't want to go out, but he wasn't sure if his friend would want to. The thing was, Hugo was bored and not even a little bit tired. He should go out and do something. Wasn't that better than just lying there? He smiled up at the ceiling when Sav agreed to do something with him. At least he wasn't alone. Hugo shrugged, "I'm not quite sure. Maybe go get some food at a muggle place that's open all night ... or go to a park or something. You got any ideas?" Hugo didn't care what they did, he just wanted to get out. 

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Sav shrugged at the ideas that Hugo brought up. He didn’t really care what they did either, but he was always up for some sort of adventure. “Okay well maybe let’s just get out first and then we can figure out what we want to do. We could always find a club or something in the city.” he suggested. Though he’d never turn down getting food anywhere, Sav never turned down food of any kind. Sav stood up and looked around. He and Hugo were both of age and he knew that because of that, they were justified in leaving the house, but he still wasn’t sure how respectful Hugo’s parents would think it was for the two of them to just walk out and he didn’t really want the wrath of the Minister of Magic on him. “What’s the plan?” he asked.

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Hugo nodded, still just glad that Sav was agreeing to leave with him. It wasn't that he'd been worried about it, but he hadn't know what to expect. "Yeah we could," he agreed. He liked the idea of figuring it out once they got out. He noticed Sav look around a bit before asking what the plan was. Hugo thought a moment. He shrugged, "Write my mum a note so she doesn't flip ... walk out the front door?" Hugo asked, moving over to his desk to grab a piece of parchment and a quill. He wrote a quick note, stating that he and Sav needed some air and went out to the city but would be back around dawn. "I said we'd come back around or before dawn. That sound good to you?" Hugo asked. 

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Hugo wrote a note to this mother while Sav got dressed and threw his wallet and his wand into his jacket pockets. He wasn’t sure where they were going to go but he didn’t want to be without either of those. Hugo told him that he had written that they would be back before dawn and Sav nodded. “Maybe we won’t even need the note, then.” He knew that Hermione was an early riser, but if they didn’t stay out that late...er….early… then maybe she wouldn’t even noticed that they had gone out in the first place. “After you, head boy.” Sav teased in a whisper as to not wake anyone else up as he held the door of Hugo’s bedroom open.

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Hugo wrinkled his nose when Sav mentioned they might not need the note. "I hope we don't, but I've learned the hard way that it's better to leave notes for my mum and then get rid of them when I come back if they're not needed." He remembered the night he hadn't left a note because he was sure he'd be back before his mum got up. Yeah, that definitely had not been a particularly happy day for Hugo Weasley and he'd much rather not live it again. He rolled his eyes at his friend's teasing, creeping out the door on his tiptoes just because he could. As they made their way past the kitchen, Hugo placed the note on the counter where his mother would be sure to see it before heading to the front door and opening it for Sav. "Now it's your turn," he teased his friend in a whisper. 

Once they were outside, with the door shut firmly behind them, Hugo let out a big sigh of relief, taking in the fresh air happily. "So, d'you want to find something to do here, or do you want to apparate to town?" he asked Sav curiously. 

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Hugo held the front door open for Sav after placing the note for his mother on the counter and Sav stepped out into the freezing, winter air. He zipped his coat up as he waited for Hugo to close the door and they could be on their way to...wherever. The world was their oyster, he supposed. Whatever that meant. “Well what’s there to do around here?” Sav asked. He hadn’t spent much time in this area besides the time he had spent with Hugo and his family. But even so it didn’t seem like they had done much locally. “Wannah find something to eat?” he asked. One of Sav’s main drives was food. Even if they went to a club or bar in the city, he’d still find food.

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Hugo closed the door behind them and then thought for a moment about Sav's question. "Well if it's food you want, there's a Denny's not too far away, or we could go look for a bar or club." Neither of those would be hard to find, and he was really game for anything. "Other than that ... we could pull a prank on some of our magical neighbors," his eyes glinted mischievously, but he didn't go into specifics. He wasn't sure if his friend would be interested in the idea so late. Or rather, so early in the morning. It would probably be wiser to find out what kind of a mood Sav was in. 

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Hugo suggested that they could go to a ‘Dennys’ a little ways down the road and Sav raised his eyebrows at the suggested, holding back a scoff. He wasn’t suggesting they sneak out and go to a diner to get American food. ...Though that did sound like something Sav would do… “a bar or club would probably be better.” Sav teased. “Maybe a little more fun for the evening.” he added. Hugo then brought up the idea of pulling a prank on some of their magical neighbors and Sav bit his lower lip in thought. “What do you have in mind?” he smirked, the idea peaked his interest more than he cared to admit.

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Hugo chuckled when Sav answered, suggesting a bar or club. That was what Hugo thought his friend would say. It was definitely more like his friend, though the food ... well, Hugo preferred fast food to club food. That didn't really matter though. He could always get something along the way if he wanted. "Sounds fine to me," he answered with a smile. "Uhhhh ..." Hugo thought a moment as Sav asked about what they could do. "I dunno. Toilet paper someone's house," he chuckled. "Cover everything with saran wrap?" Muggle pranks, but funny to do to wizards because it always surprised them. That was why Hugo knew about them in the first place. He liked to do the unexpected. He shrugged, "Honestly, mate, I'm good with anything." He just wanted to get out.

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“Do we have a good supply for saran wrap then?” Sav asked with a laugh. He didn’t usually use muggle items like that, they weren’t really necessary in a magical house, but he didn’t know what Hugo’s parents had in the house, maybe since his mother was muggle born they had more muggle items like that.

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Hugo laughed when his friend asked if they had enough saran wrap. "My mum has a decent amount, but I was just thinking we could go to a gas station and get our own," Hugo said with a smirk. "Don't want my mum to figure out what I was up to tonight. She might not approve." Okay, so it was almost a certain thing that she wouldn't approve. She liked things to be orderly, while Hugo preferred almost the opposite. He loved complexity and causing mischief. 

"Come on," he took his friend to a nearby shop where they got the needed materials. The friends then spent the next several hours leaving gifts for their magical friends. They chuckled and goofed off, as well as just talking to one another. It was nice to be out of the house. Even better, they got back before Hugo's mum got up. After ripping up the note, there was no reason for her to ever know they'd gone out. Perfect.

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