Mandy Brocklehurst (mandybee) wrote in derp_, @ 2009-05-25 18:00:00 |
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Entry tags: | !incomplete, mandy brocklehurst, terry boot |
Who: Mandy and Terry
What: Mandy pops over to see Terry
When: Friday, 22 May, 2000
Where: Terry's flat
Rating: PG
Status: Incomplete
Considering he had spent most of the past two years travelling, he was almost surprised just how much stuff he had managed to amass. Boxes, charmed back to their original size, filled his new flat and he had no idea where to start. At least his mum had helped bring over some of his old furniture that he had stored at his parents house, so it was not too much of a barren wasteland. Instead it was a wasteland of scant furniture and brown cardboard. He had no idea where to start, let alone what box held what. He really should have labelled them, but it had slipped his mind when he was packing back in Peru.
Pulling out his wand, he cut open the first box that met his eyes. Books, curse books to be specific. Lovely. Levitating the box, he brought it over to the bookcase and set about placing them onto the shelves. Most of these boxes were probably books too. He had amassed quite the collection in the past two years. Curses were a fascinating topic and enough could never been written on them. However that meant that more of these boxes were books and less were filled with useful items such as clothing, kitchen wear, and the like. Oh well.
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Mandy had received an owl from Terry's mum a couple of days ago advising that he would be returning back to England. Mandy could not have been happier. It had been a long time since she'd last seen Terry and she'd missed him dearly since then. That being said, she'd been missing all of her mates recently, especially after the nonsense with Blaise and she was glad that one of them was returning.
Armed with a low maintenance plant and a book on useful cooking spells, Mandy arrived at Terry's new flat in the afternoon. She'd hoped to be heading over earlier, but with class to attend, Mandy had to wait until after class to pop over. She only hoped that he'd be happy to see her. Having received the directions from Terry's mum, Mandy apparated to a nearby location and then walked the short distance toward the door. Walking toward the front door, Mandy knocked on it and waited patiently for Terry to answer.
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The knock on the door came as a bit of a surprise. As far as he knew his parents were the only ones that knew he was back and it was unlike either of them to knock. Then again floo was not really an option since he had yet to have that hooked up. Setting the book in his hands on the shelf, he headed towards the door. However that was not as easy to accomplish as he had first thought, as it required some rather creative manoeuvring around the boxes that were scattered on the floor. Perhaps he should have been more careful when he re-sized them.
Reaching the door finally without causing too much harm to himself, he opened it and to his surprise saw Mandy on the other side. "Mandy! Well, can't say that I was expecting you." he said, cheerful at seeing his friend again for the first time in, well, years. "Come on it, if you can manage to get in with all the boxes I've got about."
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Mandy grinned widely when Terry opened the door for her. "I know, your mum told me you were coming back, and I just had to come and see you," she said smiling brightly. As he invited her into his flat, Mandy gave him another smile and after a bit of manoeuvring around the boxes entered the flat. "No worries. If I hurt myself you'll just have to take me to St. Mungo's." Once inside his place, she but the plant and book down on an empty space and turning to Terry threw her arms around him and hugged him tight.
"I've missed you," she said softly and brushed her lips against his cheek. Stepping back, Mandy smiled as she looked Terry over, he hadn't changed all that much in the past few years, save the rather nice tan. "Oh! I brought you something!" she said, as she moved back over to the things she'd brought. "I thought you might need something alive here, and then there's a book that will actually help keep you alive."
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It was brilliant to see Mandy here. Truth be told he was a bit worried about coming back. He had been gone quite a long time and he had never been the best when it came to sending owls to people. Seeing her here to greet him gave him a much needed lift that he needed, especially considering the reason why he relocated back to England in the first place. "Hopefully it won't come to that, would hate for my first act back home to be sending someone to St Mungos."
Grinning, he squeezed her tight when she threw her arms around him. It felt so good at this moment to be back, just a happy moment of reunion. She had not changed much either, or at least as far as he knew. "I missed you too, terribly in fact." he mused before she pulled away and went to show him the gifts she brought him. Chuckling, he looked over at the plant and the book. "I'm so glad you have faith in my ability to feed myself."
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"I'm glad you missed me," Mandy retorted with a grin. "It's what you deserve for leaving us all high and dry for that nice warm weather," she said, giving him a teasing wink as she'd handed over the book she'd brought him. Mandy grinned then as she looked from the book up to Terry. It was probably going to take a while for Mandy to get used to the fact that she was talking to Terry face to face, but she was quite pleased to be seeing him once again. "I do, in fact, have every confidence that you'll manage not to kill yourself due to malnourishment," Mandy added with a laugh. Not that she was really someone who could whinge, considering the fact that Mandy was the sort of person who could very well burn water or something.
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"Nice warm weather? Do you know how cold it gets in the mountains? Freezing at times." He knew he was going to miss South America though. The travel was wonderful and he had more than a taste for it now. It was freedom that he was giving up for England, for his dad. Still, no need to dwell on that now. "I'm terribly glad. Hate to think what you've thought I've been doing for food these past two years now." he teased with a smile as he picked up the book and looked over it. Then again the cooking he had learned there was different than here. The food available was completely different.
Smiling, he walked over to the book case and put the book on it. "There we go, already have a place of honour for it and everything. Now, how about we find where to put that plant."
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"Really? well, I guess I really should brush on my geography, somehow I thought you were enjoying warm weather and pretty birds." Actually, Mandy wasn't sure she really liked that thought, but then she could hardly expect Terry to spend the entire time the the backwoods surviving off of plants and worms. Laughing, Mandy shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno, you may have been eating bugs for all I know," Mandy shot back, teasing him with a smile. "Besides, you could have had other people to help."
Mandy laughed Terry placed the book on the shelf, making it one of the few books to actually be organised. "Aw, I feel very honoured now," she said, glancing around the room at all of the boxes of books. "As for the plant, you could put it on top of the boxes. Although I'm starting to think I shouldn't have brought you more clutter!"
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"Well there was some of that, but for some reason the civilizations there did not want to put all their curses where there was warm weather and pretty birds. Pretty unfortunate for yours truly." he teased. Still, he was part of a group. Sure there had been some times were food was packed and rationed, but for the most part he learned from the people around him how to cook. "And I have eaten bugs. They actually weren't as bad as you would think. I'd recommend trying it for the experience."
Smiling at her, he chuckled. "Hey, the boxes just make it look like there's too much clutter. Some of the things I have are big and so take up a lot of the box. Might even have a present for you in one of the boxes."
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"Yeah well, explains why they went extinct doesn't it," Mandy retirted and then pulled a face at the mention of eating bugs. Whilst she was sure she would have done the same in his position, the thought of having to eat creepy crawly things made her rather ill. Instead she made a gagging noise. "That's gross Ter. Remind me never to let you cook for me, okay?" she teased and pulled another face.
Mandy laughed and brushed a few strands of hair from her eyes as she shook her head. "Yeah, yeah, yeah you're only saying that so I don't think you actually like living like this," she responded and brightened considerably at the mention of a present. "Ooo present really?" she asked, glancing around, and getting up on her toes in an attempt to maybe peer over to boxes see if any of them were open. "Where? And does he have pretty hazel eyes, tan body and a nice arse?"
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"They didn't go extinct, Mandy. That's just silly. Their civilizations just declined." he mused as he watched her expression to the comment on bugs. The gagging noise was adorable and he was more than amused by her over the top reaction. They were an excellent source of protein, and he was all about indulging in native culture. "I'll keep that in mind in case you ever pester me to."
"Right, I love living out of boxes." he chuckled as he looked around at them. He really should have labeled them, who had any idea where anything was. Which meant that her present could be in any number of boxes. Raising an eyebrow at her when she went on about a certain someone, he went back to the open box and started putting books on the shelf. "Well he might, or he might be a rug made by locals. But if you would prefer the man, I could have that arraigned."
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"I know, I know, I took the same History courses as you did, you know," Mandy said, sticking her tongue out at Terry. Granted she was overdoing it a bit, but then she was making up for months of his absence. "Now that's not entirely fair, is it? I pester you all of the time, I can't just turn that off, Ter. I'm not a tap you know."
"Well,if anyone did, it would be you," she said. "I'd prefer the man," Mandy responded, keeping her voice low and letting out a disappointed sigh. "I'll take the rug though!" she added as she joined Terry at the box and helped him with the boxes. "You think if we can get these done I can have my present?" she asked, both a little interested in the thing and wanting to be helpful.
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"You'd be the prettiest tap I've ever happened upon if you were one." he teased, sticking his tongue back out at her cheekily. It felt so normal to fall back into this. It was almost as if he had never left. Of course that was silly and he knew that probably more had happened than what her letters had revealed over the years. Still, it was nice to feel as if this was a state of normalcy.
Chuckling, he smiled at her as she joined him in emptying the boxes. At least this would help motivate him to actually unpack, having someone there helping. It certainly eased the sense of being overwhelmed. "You can have it as soon as we find it. How long that will take, I can't tell you. I really should have labeled but honestly it just slipped my mind when I was figuring out how to charm them all small enough for transport."
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Mandy's cheeks coloured as Terry called her pretty, she was still fairly unused to compliments though making her blush was hardly a difficult thing to do. "You're only saying that so I'll help you with the unpacking," she shot back finally, wishing the blush from her cheeks but finding herself quite pleased that they were sliding straight back into their old ways. There were so few things that hadn't changed over the years and she was glad that Terry was not one of them.
Picking up a book here and there, Mandy occasionally glanced at the title and smiled. She'd have to ask him to borrow a great majority of them at a later date. "No worries, I tend to forget to label myself when I move," she said, glancing over at Terry. "Although if you planted it in the last box just so you get free labour, you owe me dinner."
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Grinning, he poked at her side lightly with the book he was holding. "That may be so, it still doesn't change factual evidence of your prettiness." he mused as he quickly put the offending book onto the shelf. "And the blushing only helps with that, just so you know." Teasing her came back so easily. Hopefully everything would settle back to the way it had been, but Terry was skeptical that it would. It had been two years, inevitably things would be different and he would have to deal with that.
He really had no idea just how many books he had. There were lots on curses, with quite of few of those being in Spanish or Portuguese. Had to love translation spells, they were glorious things when he was still learning how to read. "Now how could I plant it in the last box if I don't know which box will be the last one?" he joked, casting a playful look over at her.
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"Oi," Mandy laughed and poked Terry in the side. She blush didn't leave her cheeks, though she was trying very hard not to grin. "Pretty? I'm starting to think you lost your sight out on those mountains, Bootsie," she teased, biting her lower lip as she glanced over at him, before moving back to the box and pulling out another book. She was certainly preferring this over a discussion about everything he'd missed in the last few weeks.
"Because you could have hidden a box in your room right?" Mandy said, looking toward one of the doors, assuming it was Terry's bedroom. She probably would have gone in there to check, if there hadn't been so many boxes in the way. "That way once everything here is cleared, you can pop in and say 'oops! one left!'"
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"Now I take affront to that, Mandy." he replied in a mock huff. "My eyesight is as good as it ever was. Which isn't terribly perfect, but not bad none the less. That does remind me though, I need to locate my glasses. I think I might have put them in the bathroom..." He really needed to be more careful with his glasses. But he was in such a habit of just misplacing them. In South America he had gone through at least five pairs because of that habit.
Chuckling, he shook his head as he finished up the box they were working on. "That's quite the sinister plan. But it would require me having foreknowledge to your arrival, which I didn't. So unfortunately I have no hidden present boxes."
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"I was wondering where they'd gone off to, though perhaps you'd gone and gotten your eyes fixed," she said, eyes going back up to his face. He didn't look bad with the glasses either, rather handsome in a more studious manner. "Just summon them if you can't find them," Mandy responded sighing and shaking her head at Terry missing the rather obvious solution. "Honestly, Ter, I wonder about you sometimes."
"Oh." Mandy said frowning as she realised that Terry had logic on his side. She proceeded to the next box as Terry dealt with the last one, opening it with her wand. Taking the first book out she looked back over at Terry. "Right, well in that case, I guess I'll just have to hope we're unlucky enough to find it in the last one."
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"Now why would I get my eyes fixed. My mum says I look quite dashing in my reading spectacles." Plus for some reason he liked having them. They helped him concentrate and not just because they made things clearer. Perhaps it was a behaviour he had imposed on himself over the years. "And yes I could just summon them, but say they're in a drawer. Now I just summoned them through a drawer and they're all banged up."
Terry often had logic on his side. It was a nice side to be on, logic's. Made life simpler. It also meant that arguments were generally fast won and thus more pleasant things could be moved on to. "Hope?" he asked as he broke down the now empty box and tossed it in the corner before moving to the newly opened one. "Are you going to hold me to that dinner through the sheer randomness of chance?"
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"She is right," Mandy said with a laugh. She supposed it would be different if one had to wear glasses full time, though Mandy never really had to worry about the matter, having generally had perfect vision. Mandy sighed. "Fiiine, then not, be blind," she retorted faking a huff.
"Absolutely," Mandy retorted grinning as she pocked up a new box. "We both know you've been dying to have dinner with me. And pay for it." Mandy added as she picked up another book and placed it on the shelf. "Come on, otherwise what'll you do? Eat here alone?"