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Tweak says, "the breakfast club"

Lisa Turpin (bookshop_mama) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-10-18 23:20:00

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character: lisa turpin, character: percy weasley

Date: Lisa & Percy
Who: Lisa & Percy
What: Date time! Archery and massages oh my!
Where: Devonshire Arms
When: Sunday afternoon
Rating: SFW probably

Lisa had taken her time getting ready for this afternoon; it had been far too long since she'd even had a drink with an attractive member of the opposite sex, let alone spent and entire afternoon with a man she found both attractive and interesting. So, if she had little butterflies it could mostly be chalked up to being rusty, and hoping that someone of Percy's background would be okay masquerading the day as Muggles.

She'd sent Christopher off with Mrs. Kettlering for an afternoon in the country, visiting Mrs. Kettlering's grandchildren, and spent far too long deliberating what to wear. It was a silly female thing, but Lisa quite enjoyed silly female things from time to time. She's settled on casual, as anything else would look ridiculous on an archery range.

By the time they'd arrived at their destination, she'd calmed somewhat. The easy way Percy had Apparated them there, and his rather surprising comfort in Muggle clothes, had done a lot to ease her initial nervousness. The hotel was gorgeous, and she had to call her her early childhood not to gawk overly much. It had been awhile since she'd been surrounded by such luxury; her grandparent hadn't put much stock in places like this the way her parents did.

They were shown back to the archery range, and equipped with the proper tools. "I'm glad there were no child-related emergencies for either of us," she said, as the instructor set up the targets.

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abidingpercy
2014-10-24 12:26 am UTC (link)

Percy would have liked to have taken her up on her offer, generous as it was, but there was a huge snag that prevented him from accepting. "I'm sure Lucy would enjoy it very much, she quite liked spending time with Christopher. Unfortunately," he said with a small bit of shame, despising this particular issue, "Lucy's mother isn't exactly fond of Muggle culture, and I've promised her not to taker her into that part of the world until she's old enough to make up her own mind." But then wasn't that one of the prices he paid for the mistake of sleeping with a Rosier?

He grinned at the idea of her dressed as Robin Hood. She certainly had the charm for it.

He glowed a little at her encouragement to talk about the job. He had yet to tell his siblings, though he privately wanted to simply avoid the matter - the past haunted him still, and he hadn't quite been able to tell any of them about his promotions ever since they'd reunited after the war. "Well, it isn't anything that prestigious," he said with false modesty. "I shall be the Minister's official liaison with the Prime-Minister, working alongside Muggle ministers and cabinet members, getting to know them and consulting with them on matters that may have an influence on our people, though only the Prime-Minister would know that I'm a wizard."

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bookshop_mama
2014-10-26 03:23 am UTC (link)

"Oh. That's..." A lot of words went through Lisa's head: terrible, prejudiced, fucking stupid, but she didn't say any of them. She quite liked this man, and insulting the mother of his child hardly seemed like the way to go about things. "Generous of you, to respect her wishes." That was about the only positive thing she could think of. "Well, when you're ready to bring her out, if you want company Christoper and I would be happy to tag along."

She took another arrow, notched it, and after a breath let it fly. This time it hit the target in the second ring; far from a bulls eye but respectable enough.

"Not that prestigious," she said, arching a brow in amusement at him. "Oh, certainly. It's just another office job." She elbowed him playfully, and grinned. "That's excellent, Percy. Congratulations."

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abidingpercy
2014-10-26 03:16 pm UTC (link)

Lisa wouldn't have been the first to have choice words about Allegra - Percy heard them all the time at Weasley family dinners where Lucy wasn't present, not to mention half the times he visited his parents and siblings - but thankfully, Percy wasn't forced to explain any further or, Merlin forbid, have to defend the woman. He didn't agree with her on so many things, but she was Lucy's mother and thus was afforded some respect. Lisa's response, in fact, rose her in his estimation by quite a bit. "Thank you. And may I offer an alternative, that should you and Christopher wish to do something in our world with Lucy and I, we would be more than happy to have the company."

He smiled and made a small clap at her achievement. "Well played. You are getting much better with every attempt."

Percy's lips twisted into a smirk at the elbow and the good wishes. "I'm endeavouring to be less boastful than I used to be. But yes, I'm quite proud of having been offered. It will mean many changes, but in the end, I believe it will have more benefit than loss."

He took his bow and arrow and repositioned himself, drawing the string back, and the arrow flew and finally made contact with the target. It lodged itself into the very outer edge, not even on a colour, but it had hit.

"So how has work been for you?"

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bookshop_mama
2014-10-29 05:17 pm UTC (link)

"I heard there's some sort of Wizarding museum?" Lisa turned it into a question, since she wasn't sure what that would entail. "Is it child-friendly? Christopher could do with learning more about things. And I told him I'd take him to a Quidditch game." She made a face, because Quidditch held no appeal to her, but Christopher was starting to be very interested. "We'd love company."

"There's a difference between boastful, and being genuinely proud of your accomplishments. This is a very big deal. What does your family say, or have you not told them yet?" From their conversations thus far, she got the feeling there was some complicated history with Percy and his family. That was something she could understand.

She grinned, pleased with the compliment. On his next shot he managed to make contact with the target, and she applauded playfully. "Nicely done. I might have a rival for Robin Hood before the end of the afternoon."

Always excited to talk about the bookstore, she aimed her next shot as she talked. "It's going amazingly well. We'll be having a Halloween part at the end of the month, and then it'll be the Christmas season. I've taken on another part-time employee, and may have to hire another for the month of December."

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abidingpercy
2014-11-01 02:07 am UTC (link)

Percy lit up at the mention of the wizarding museum. "There is, in Tutshill. I take Lucy there often, though I wouldn't recommend the Harry Potter exhibit - it's full of questionable information from Rita Skeeter of all people. But... it would be nice for us to have company as well."

His face grew tight. He wasn't proud of his history with his family, but it was there, unescapable. "My parents are all right with it - my mother will be helping to educate Lucy while I'm away in the Muggle world. My siblings, well, they'll hear of it eventually." He didn't mean to sound callous, but it wasn't something he was ready to discuss at the moment.

Percy was about to respond on the subject of her work when a representative from the Arms came over to call them to the next item on their 'prize's' agenda, which happened to be the massage. He blushed but tried to put on his best I'm game face for Lisa's benefit. "Shall we?" he asked.

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bookshop_mama
2014-11-05 01:06 am UTC (link)

"Wonderful. We'll set something up for the next time you have Lucy, yeah?" Christopher would be delighted; he'd had a lot of fun with Lucy at the park and had asked Lisa about a playdate. "And really, a Harry Potter exhibit? What does he have to say about that?" She didn't know Potter, but she couldn't fathom why he'd allow such a thing, unless the tabloids were to be believed about his fame-whore status.

There was definitely a story there, she thought, but forced herself not to ask the questions. If he wanted to tell her, he would. "I'm sure your mother is happy for extra time with Lucy. That's the only thing I regret about bringing Christopher here; that my grandparents can't spend more time with him. They're coming for Christmas though, so that's only two months from now." It was a very obvious gambit had moving the subject away from his family, but she hoped it would be appreciated.

Oh, and there he went being adorable again. She really did like a man who blushed; it was refreshing. "We shall." She'd been excited about this part. There was nothing quite like a good massage, and it had been ages since she'd had a proper one. "And don't worry, I'll try not to peek."

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abidingpercy
2014-11-06 04:04 am UTC (link)

Percy smirked. "To my knowledge, Mister Potter is not aware of the exhibit in question... at least until his date, which from what I saw will be at the museum in question, so he is likely discovering its existence as we speak."

He nodded, understanding the sentiment. "Sometimes a better life for one's family means separation, but it is nice that they will come visit at least."

Percy blushed even further at her comment about not peeking - sometimes it was terrible being so fair-skinned - but he ignored it in favour of extending his elbow to his companion for her to take. They were led up toward the building and inside, and were stopped before two doors. The representative of the business explained that they were to enter the rooms and disrobe, dress in a terrycloth robe, and exit through the other door to the room where their massage would take place.

"I suppose this is where we part, if only for a few minutes. I shall see you shortly," he promised as he let go of her arm, made a polite bow, and entered the indicated door.

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