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Fleur Weasley (bl_fleur) wrote in bloodlines_rp,
@ 2010-01-02 14:35:00

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bill weasley, charlie weasley, fleur weasley, george weasley, loc: burrow, mar 2003, molly weasley, percy weasley, type: rp

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Date & Time: 2 March 2003
Post Type: RP
Status: Open: Public
Character(s): Fleur, Bill, George, Percy and Molly Weasley; other Weasleys and guests welcome
Location: The Burrow
Summary: Family lunch breeds many topics of conversation.

Fleur had been to many family meals over the last few months, but very few of those had included Bill as well. She thought it boded well that her suggestion they go today, and that they go together, hadn't been met with hesitation or disagreement. It was perhaps a tiny thing, but she was happy to take even that. Being around her Weasley family always made her feel a bit homesick for her family in France, but there was something strengthening about it, too.

"You are finished with this?" she asked Bill, then rose to help Molly clear the table, taking his plate with her. Her own plate was much cleaner, but then she rarely ate a lot, and she was careful to only take what she would finish. There were times when English food still did not sit well with her stomach, and it was best to not appear as though she disliked anything, as that was not usually the case.

"Lunch was very good, Molly." Fleur smiled at her mother-in-law, then began adding dishes to what was already in the sink. "The bread in particular, as always."

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bl_molly
2010-01-03 02:15 am UTC (link)

Molly loved having meals with her family, even if it was just a few of her children at a time. And she was pleased to see Bill, after him having been gone for what felt like ages.

She began gathering dishes, giving George a smile; it pleased her to see him eating. Pleased her to see Bill here at all. Especially with Fleur. "You boys just sit and relax a while," she said, and followed Fleur into the kitchen with the last of the plates.

She smiled at her daughter. "You know I always get carried away with the bread. I only meant to make one kind, but then there was dark flour on sale at the market, and Arthur does love rye bread, and so it goes."

She added the dishes she held to the sink, then set things sudsing inside before wiping off her hands. "I'm so glad to see you and Bill together. I was beginning to think his work would keep him away until I was a hundred..."

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bl_fleur
2010-01-03 03:14 am UTC (link)

"Yes, but you notice that it always disappears, no matter 'ow much you make," she said with a little laugh.

"I am very 'appy that the job is finished," Fleur agreed, smiling. It was easy enough to omit all the worries that went along with that happiness. She'd had months of practice doing so, of making everything seem normal to the family once again. They all knew that she and Bill had been separated, but now she was home. Things should have been all right by then, and she didn't want to concern them that they weren't. "Shell Cottage is not the same when 'e is not there."

Grabbing a cloth from the sink, she began wiping down the work top.

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bl_molly
2010-01-03 03:30 am UTC (link)

"It does, no matter how much I've cooked, or how many people are here. I think it's some sort of Weasley magic, that their appetites will grow to encompass whatever there is on the table."

She laughed, lifting glasses into the sink as well.

"The Burrow isn't ever the same without Arthur, either. Sometimes he's so busy it feels like I don't see him for days."

She turned and heated the kettle with her wand, then pulled down two tins of tea, holding them up for Fleur to choose. "So things are going well, then? I can't tell you how glad I was to hear you were back with us..."

She'd been so relieved, really. Fleur was good for Bill. Good to him...

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bl_fleur
2010-01-03 04:04 am UTC (link)

"The purple one," Fleur said, pointing to the tea packet before moving to the other side of the room.

She paused in her wiping, glad that her back was to Molly for the moment so that her mother-in-law would not see the expression on her face. While it made her chest tighten to hear that Molly was glad she was back, it also made her sad to know the reality. It wasn't often that anyone asked her directly about how things were going with Bill. She thought maybe they didn't want to pry, and maybe they were also a little afraid to hear the answer. Those sorts of questions were much harder to gloss over or evade.

"We are trying," she said after a moment, glancing at the doorway. Trying to make things better, to get back to where they were, but was it working? She thought it was probably too soon to tell.

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	bl_molly 2010-01-03 04:17 am UTC (link)
	Molly put the other tin away, then opened the purple one and scooped leaves into the pot. She poured the water and set the pot aside to steep, then looked back at Fleur, still facing away from her. We are trying... "It can be hard sometimes," Molly said carefully. "Especially with one gone for so long. Sometimes they feel like someone else, for a while..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bl_fleur
2010-01-03 04:37 am UTC (link)

Fleur finished the last bit of wiping and replaced the cloth on the sink. When she looked up at Molly, she nodded and tried to smile. "It will be nice to return to our routine, now that Bill is 'ome during the week again. I am sure that will be good for us."

She leaned back against the worktop, letting out a small sigh. It sounded so simply when said that way, but it was anything but simple. "It never used to be 'ard, though."

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	bl_molly 2010-01-03 04:45 am UTC (link)
	Molly pulled out a chair, then reached for a pair of cups from the shelf. She gestured for Fleur to sit and poured out simple tea. "Why is it hard now, then, do you think?" She slid one cup across to Fleur. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)