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abidingpercy (abidingpercy) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-10-18 18:58:00

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character: allegra rosier, character: percy weasley

Who: Percy Weasley & Allegra Rosier (NPC Lucy)
What: Custody handover and telling Allegra about the new job (and hoping he survives the encounter)
Where: Allegra's home
When:Sunday October 19, morning - 10am sharp
Status: Closed / Ongoing

Percy was hunched down in the small salon where the floo resided and was taking a few moments to make certain Lucy was ready to go. She had her favourite shoulder bag, her stuffed hyppogriff, was dressed in a lovely set of lavendar robes with embroidered golden butterflies, and was currently looking at him as if he were the child going away and she the adult.

"I didn't forget anything, Daddy. If I need you, I can floo or send an owl." She leaned forward to kiss his cheek, then grabbed his hand and tried to pull him onto his feet. "Now come on, I want to see Mamma and the kitty!"

He bit his bottom lip, a heaviness settling in his chest as it did whenever he had to bring her to Allegra's. It wasn't that the woman was a bad mother, she was despite her ridiculous prejudices, it was just that it meant going another week before seeing Lucy again. He stood up and smiled for his daughter, then grabbed a handful of floo powder with his free hand. Together, they stepped into the floo and called out their destination, and continued holding each other's hand until they came out the other side.

"Mamma!" Lucy called out happily, practically leaping out of the fireplace.

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abidingpercy
2014-10-20 01:34 am UTC (link)

Percy was taken aback by the embrace and only managed to awkwardly pat Allegra's back before he was released. "Perhaps I should remind you that twins run in my family, in case it might affect the question," he said as she gave him his space, and he could finally breathe a little more easily.

He was about to respond about the timeline when Lucy came in to join them. He was thankful that Allegra was teaching her not to speak Italian in front of those like him that didn't know the language. "Another time, indeed," he said before leaning forward to press a kiss against Lucy's cheek.

"Allegra, we'll speak next Sunday about that matter we were discussing. And Pumpkin, be good for Mamma, all right?" Lucy nodded enthusiastically.

It was always hard to leave her, no matter how often they had done this. "All right, have a good Sunday you two." He waved as he headed for the doorway, intent on getting home to do some thinking - and then to cease thinking long before his 'date' with Lisa.

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allegrarosier
2014-10-20 02:07 am UTC (link)

Twins? Allegra hadn't even considered the possibility, and she didn't let herself consider it now, pushing it firmly out of mind. After all, he hadn't said yes yet, though it sounded like he might. She didn't dare get her hopes up, though.

She adjusted Lucy in her arms, sitting her comfortably on one hip. She tended to get a bit like this in the little while right after Lucy was "hers" again - snuggly and slightly clingy, a side effect of not having held her for the week. Thankfully, Lucy hadn't yet grown out of wanting snuggles from Mamma.

"How about we go and see Grandpa Rosier, and Nonna?" she suggested to the little girl. It wasn't as if her parents were the most demonstrative of grandparents, but Allegra was having a little pang of guilt after hearing that Molly had been so gung ho to step in to help Percy with Lucy while he worked. A part of her wondered if her parents were just not that interested in being the Molly and Arthur sort of grandparents... or if it was just that Molly and Arthur were getting to spend more time with her.

"Will Nonna bake scones with me?" Lucy asked. "Grandma bakes scones with me and we put cheese and bacon in them, and then we tell Grandpa Arthur that he can't have any until they're cool but he always sneaks them and then he has to do the hot potato dance, and it's funny."

Allegra stifled a smirk at the idea of her own father "sneaking" scones or doing a "hot potato dance" for the benefit of her daughter, but the picture stuck in her mind. "We can certainly ask Nonna if she fancies doing some baking," she said firmly, intending to have a word with her mother out of Lucy's earshot, encouraging her strongly to forge a better bond with Lucy before Molly Sodding Weasley stole all the Grandma prizes.

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