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Alice Proulx (alice_or) wrote in world_or,
@ 2007-12-26 22:57:00

Characters: Alice Proulx and Frank Longbottom (plus appearances by her family)
Setting: Alice's house, Wednesday December 26, evening
Summary: Frank comes to visit
Rating / Status: We'll go with G for now, and the thread is in-progress

After her grandparents had apparated home, and her father had gone to work for a few hours, Alice helped her mother clean up the house. David and Henri kept asking when Frank was going to get there, and Alice just giggled and promised that he would be there soon. It was really cute how much they loved her boyfriend. But it made her happy, because she would hate it if her brothers didn't like him.

As six o'clock neared, Alice made sure that there was a plate of fresh Christmas biscuits -- which she, her mum, and grand-mère had just baked yesterday -- on the table, and her Christmas present for Frank was safely tucked away in her pocket. She'd had to hide it from her brothers, who were at the age where they assumed that anything that was wrapped up was for them.

As Alice sat in the living room, sipping a cup of tea, David and Henri came in, wanting her to put the wheel back on the toy car she'd gotten Henri for Christmas. Right as she got the wheel back on, the flames in the fireplace turned green, and then Frank stepped out. As her brothers broke out in a happy chorus of "FRANK!" Alice stood up and walked over to greet him. "Happy Christmas, Frank," she greeted with a smile.

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alice_or
2007-12-30 06:30 am UTC (link)

Alice admired the way the bracelet looked on her wrist, too, then beamed up at Frank. "I'm never going to take it off." And she wouldn't, either. She would never dream of taking the bracelet off.

"Now it's your turn." Luckily, the small box she had wrapped for Frank was in her left pocket, so she didn't have to take her hand from his just yet. Reaching into that pocket with her free hand, she took out a small box, wrapped in shiny green paper with a red bow on top. Inside the box was an antique gold pocketwatch, still in excellent condition. It was a Proulx family heirloom, it had belonged to her great-grandfather, and her grandfather had given it to her when he had been visiting just now. All of which would be explained after he opened it. Until then, she waited nervously, hoping he would like it.

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frank_or
2007-12-30 06:59 pm UTC (link)

"Well, goodness, I'm glad," Frank blushed at that, smiling as he placed a tiny kiss to her hand and then looked at what she was holding in her other hand. Taking the boy when she offered it, he had to let go of her hand to unwrap, giving an apologetic smile when he did so, as if she would find fault in him having to use two hands.

When he got it open, he pulled out the watch and marvelled at it, surprised and delighted, no doubt, by the gift, "Good gosh, look at this. It's beautiful, Alice, just remarkable," He murmured as he opened it and looked it over, "Thank you so much. I love it. No doubt. It's beautiful." He did rather loose track of time enough enough, so this would be very handy. Not even knowing the background of the watch, he was happy as a clam to get it.

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