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Tweak says, "Oh, Gai-sensei!"

Rose Amélie Zeller (littlemissrosey) wrote in rent_asunder,
@ 2008-03-24 22:26:00

rp: norrie and rose.
Who: Norrie Branstone and Rose Zeller
What: An Easter surprise!
Where: Rose's flat
When: BACKDATED to yesterday (aka Easter!)
Rating: Low
Status: Complete

What a day. Rose had seen it all. What possessed her to work a double shift on Easter Sunday was beyond her. From family gatherings gone horribly wrong to that sodding influenza break out, Rose was kept hopping around the emergency room of St. Mungo's hospital. It didn't help that the hospital was severely understaffed on that holiday, and it certainly didn't help that there were high patient numbers.

Needless to say, by the time Rose was relieved by the third-shift worker, she was exhausted. She managed to stumble home some how.. how? She had no idea. She was simply dragging and very much looking forward to having Easter Monday off. When she opened her flat door though, her lights were on. Rose frowned and immediately wiped out her wand. Had someone broken in? What did they want with her stuff? She knew she shouldn't have angered that Umbridge woman!

"Hello?" Rose called frightened. Her eyes glanced around. "Todd?" How her cat would have managed to turn on all the lights, she didn't know. She wasn't thinking clearly.

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stitchingwitch
2008-03-25 04:03 am UTC (link)

Norrie had taken longer than she wanted to visit Rose's apartment. A sudden trend in robe embroidery and sequins had kept Norrie stitching crazily for weeks. But she had finally finished every last sleeve trim and hem pattern - and just in time for Easter. She decided she didn't want to face a trip home, and instead decided to visit her best mate.

So Norrie had come over, correctly expecting that Rose would be working. She had re-acquainted herself with Todd, gotten dinner together, and settled in to wait for Rose. But Rose had taken longer than Norrie expected and she had fallen asleep on the couch. The sound of Rose calling made Norrie sit up calling, "Surprise!" However, in characteristic fashion, Norrie sat up too quickly and knocked her glass off of the chair, and the shattering sound sent Todd careening across the room.

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littlemissrosey
2008-03-25 04:15 am UTC (link)

Rose wasn't able to see Norrie on the couch upon walking in. The back of the couch faced the door, so that it was impossible to see anyone laying on the cushions. Todd, however, leapt into Rose's arms when Norrie knocked over the glass. Rose couldn't help but laugh at that as she shifted Todd in her arms. She closed the door. It was only her best mate.. not a burglar or someone looking to capture her.

"Hey!" Rose exclaimed as she shook her head at the broken glass. "I see you're here to break my glasses again, huh?" Rose grinned though and set Todd back down. The cat stayed near Rose's feet though as he meowed at her constantly. Rose slipped off her coat and hung in it in the closet before dropping her purse on the floor and slipping her shoes off. She immediately padded over towards the couch, falling the last few steps because she tripped over Todd.

Upon falling onto the couch, Rose curled her legs up onto the cushions and reached for a corner of the blanket. "Hi," she said again, softer this time. It was accompanied by a yawn. "Happy Easter."

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stitchingwitch
2008-03-25 04:24 am UTC (link)

Norrie had just had time to repair the glass before Rose fell half on top of her. As Norrie was re-arranging herself so that her legs weren't trapped beneath her friend, she saw Todd glaring accusingly at her. "We were starting to get along," Norrie half sighed, half whined. She then turned to her friend and toled her, "Happy Easter. I have dinner under a warming spell in the kitchen, but," Norrie couldn't suppress a yawn, "I'm sleepy." She giggled a little. "Some exciting life, huh?"

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littlemissrosey
2008-03-25 04:32 am UTC (link)

Rose lifted her exhausted body for but a moment to help Norrie free her legs. Then she plucked a pillow and placed it against her mate's body before curling in a ball. "C'mere Toddy," Rose cooed to the cat, who was glaring at Norrie. He leapt onto the couch and curled into a nook in Rose's chest. She reached to stroke behind his ears. "Dinner? I'm too tired to eat," Rose admitted sheepishly. If Justin or Zach heard her say that, they'd probably sit on her and shove food down her throat. "The hospital was crazy today."

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stitchingwitch
2008-03-25 04:42 am UTC (link)

"Yeah? I'll tell you something. You'll love this."
Norrie was snuggled into the couch and Rosie quite comfortably. Even though their night of fun was turning into a night of sleep, Norrie was surprised to find that she was truly enjoying this. It reminded her of sleepovers when they were younger and stayed up late into the night just talking.
"Mrs. Fudge just had tiny hedgehogs embroidered on all of her under-robes. Pink ones. And sequins."
Norrie found herself getting chilly and waved her wand vaguely and accioed a blanket from the next room. It worked, but flew directly into her face, and she had to spend the next minute or two getting the blanket worked out over her and her mate.

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littlemissrosey
2008-03-25 05:32 pm UTC (link)

Rose had no idea Norrie came with the expectation of something other than sleeping. Rose liked to sleep. A part of her wished Norrie would just bloody move in with her and get it over with. After all, it was so comforting having her best mate there.. especially after what happened with Umbridge. Rose had been on edge ever since.

Rose snorted at the thought. "Hedgehogs?" Rose inquired as she shook her head. "You poor thing." Rose couldn't stop giggling though. Sequins? On her under-robes? Rose snorted again and let out a howl of laughter. "That's hilarious!"

Rose snuggled under the blanket, making sure that Todd had a corner of the soft fabric for himself. "Did you have a good Easter?" she asked Norrie sleepily. Rose stifled a yawn. She was exhausted after her long shifts at Mungo's. She hadn't had a break in weeks. Tomorrow's day off would be most appreciated. "Can you stay tomorrow? Please?"

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stitchingwitch
2008-03-26 05:11 am UTC (link)

Norrie hummed a little "Mmmhmmm" to Rose's question about her day, and then considered her next question. She hadn't even considered when she would have to leave. She forced herself to think about her work. She only had a few things waiting on her work table, and Madame Malkin let her keep her own hours, just so long as she got all of her work done. Let's see...she had a couple of alterations and one embroidery job.
"I should probably go in for a couple of hours, but I can wait until the evening."
Norrie was surprised at how natural this felt, even though she had never crashed her mate's place this way. Being in different years, they'd had different rooms in school and Norrie had honestly never thought about living with Rose. She had assumed that they would get sick of each other, but with both of them working, it was nearly impossible to see each other, let alone get sick of one another's company. But this felt nice. And Norrie was tired of living by herself. She didn't like being alone all the time. It was an idea to consider, anyway.
"G'night RosiePosie."

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littlemissrosey
2008-03-26 08:17 am UTC (link)

Rose sighed contently from underneath the warm blanket. She had every intention of not moving until the sun was high in the sky. She was going to milk her only day off in months for all it was worth.. and the fact that Norrie had chosen that particular day to surprise Rose was just the icing on the cake. She couldn't have been happier to see her best mate in her flat.

Rose let out a bit of a whine at the thought of Norrie leaving. "Noo!" she exclaimed at a strained whisper. Todd seemed to be sleeping and she didn't want to wake the cat! That's why she had Norrie around, of course. "Please stay!" Rose was laying sort of on top of her mate. She could barricade her in, right? Rose couldn't help but smirk at that thought.

"Goodnight, Norrie Borrie," Rose whispered with a wide grin. It felt just as if they were back in the Hufflepuff girls' dormitory at Hogwarts. It was comforting just being reminded of that, to be honest. There were times Rose wished she could just be a student again. Those were the days.

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