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Tweak says, "I will never never let you go."

herbologist_nev (herbologist_nev) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-11-10 13:23:00

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character: neville longbottom, character: seamus finnigan

Neville and Seamus have lunch
WHO: Neville and Seamus
WHEN: Monday November 10th for lunch
WHERE: Finnigan's
WHAT: Neville wants to catch up with his mate.
RATING: PG
STATUS:

Neville, settled at one of the tables by the window, waited for Seamus to join him before he ordered. He opened the file he had brought with him and rubbed his jaw with the back of his fingers, a habit he had picked up a while ago. He wasn't really working that day and wouldn't need to for three days, but he didn't want to be behind on what was coming next.

His weekend had been productive, mostly at the Ministry, but he had an appointment with various professionals about the house. It had taken a while for him to be able to have those days off with the bonfires and fireworks and the lady selling the house had agreed to give him some time. And now things would get done and he'd know exactly where he stood.

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herbologist_nev
2014-11-18 04:25 pm UTC (link)

"I'll probably show up at opening night too." It was important for him to support his friends in what they loved to do. Support could allow people do to great things, as Neville himself had been able to demonstrate. His friends had believed in him and now look what he had been able to do with his life so far? "I'd like to have some of his work to decorate my house. He's so talented."

"Yup, definitely buying. Gran is lending me the money, no interest. I already have saved some though." He chuckled and sipped his drink, a slight blush on his cheeks. "I was talking to Lavender about moving out before I made the decision and I jokingly said something about buying property, flipping it and rent it out. Build an empire out of it." The more he was thinking about it, the best it sounded just about now. "You know, leaving something to my kids that I built myself."

He smirked and drank again. "You bet it has a huge yard. Badly maintained so it'll be a lot of fun. A blank slate just for me to play with."

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openbottle
2014-11-21 12:53 pm UTC (link)

"Aren't family handy that way?" he asked, think of both his mam and his uncle - without whom he'd never be in the position he now was. He did raise an eyebrow slightly when Neville mentioned his kids. "Sounds like a good idea." Again, he felt a slight pang of jealousy that Neville felt confident assuming there would one day be kids. Seamus didn't particularly want kids himself, but it would be nice to be sure that he wouldn't be alone for the rest of his life... Of course, he'd have his friends.

He couldn't help laughing as Neville mentioned playing with his unkept garden. "Whatever makes you happy," he said. "Think I'll wait until you've finished to come over."

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	herbologist_nev 2014-11-21 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	Neville chuckled. "Yeah, Gran's kind of awesome that way. Well, once I started speaking for myself and making sure she knew I wasn't just going to leave and never come back, she was much more open to the idea." He nodded and smiled, then tilted his head. "I love it, really. Planning and working on it. Gosh winter is going to be too long." he said with a sigh. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

openbottle
2014-11-22 08:50 am UTC (link)

Seamus nodded. His own mam had been happy to finally get him out of the house - largely because leaving had also involved opening his own pub and he'd been full of excitement about it. "You could never leave and not go back," he said. "I'm sure she knew that really, but sometimes a little reassurance helps."

Their food arrived then and Seamus had helped clear some space on the table for the plates of food and the two extra empty plates he'd asked for, so they could each take what they wanted. "Why not take a holiday?" he suggested. "Go somewhere you that's hot all year and examine all the exotic plants that won't grow in England? That's pretty much what's getting me through right now - knowing that I can take some time off in January." Or, more realistically, hoping that he could take some time off. He'd never managed it before, but surely at least a long weekend somewhere would be possilbe.

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herbologist_nev
2014-11-22 05:58 pm UTC (link)

Neville chuckled. "Of course I can't just leave, she had greenhouse and gardens installed just for me and I do the maintenance." He smirked and looked outside for a moment before bringing his attention back to Seamus.

"You know, I never considered going on vacation." Sure, sometimes he took timee off and just spent it in the garden in the summer, but sheesh, he'd never done it during winter. "Maybe I should. It would definitely be a nice thing though, huh?"

"Where are you going to go?" He asked curiously. He couldn't remember Seamus going anywhere at all since he'd opened the pub.

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openbottle
2014-11-27 01:22 pm UTC (link)

"There you go, then," Seamus agreed. "You'll be there all the time." He reached for one of Romeo's stuffed mushrooms and popped it into his mouth, thinking while he ate. "Sounds like you'll be pretty busy. Your own garden, your Gran's greenhouses, work, plus a new house..." He gave Neville his best 'Susan' expression. "You're not taking on too much, are you?" He knew he was in no real position to make such an argument - but maybe a warning coming from him would actually carry more weight.

He shrugged slightly. "I really don't know. We talked about Germany for the Christmas markets, but since we won't be going until January..." Honestly, Seamus had a long, long list of places that he'd like to go - a list he didn't know how or where to start working on! "I suppose it depends how long we can get away for."

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herbologist_nev
2014-11-27 04:37 pm UTC (link)

He shook his head and smiled. "Nah, I won't be that busy surely." He said, shaking his head. "Besides.. magic." There was a lot he could do magically to help himself with the workload. Of course there was still a lot of work he liked to do on his own. "And maybe once the landscaping will be done at my house that I'll have my own greenhouse. The ones that are built at Gran's are not permanent ones, they can be taken down and she seems okay with letting them go. I'll keep her veggie and fruit garden up though because she's come to love fresh, homegrown veggies." Augusta hadn't been sure at first but had liked it immediately.

"The greenhouses were pretty much to protect plants to go through winter and start seedlings, I can do that at home and take the plants to her place in the spring, easy enough."

"Oooh, Christmas Markets." He said, interested. "Well, maybe you can escape in December instead?"

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openbottle
2014-11-28 02:54 pm UTC (link)

Seamus nodded through Neville's explanation - glad he wasn't going to be working too hard. He did have a pretty demanding job, after all. "I don't know how I could arrange to get away in December, is the problem," he explained. "It gets so busy, and then I have to find time to buy presents and figure out how much time I'm going to open here and plan for the New Year's Eve party..." It was a familiar busyness for the time of year, and taking a holiday right in the middle of it had been a pipe dream. "We'll think of something." Maybe they should start thinking about it now, really, so they could just get away when January came.

"So anything else happening in your life?" he asked, reaching for another mushroom to eat while Neville answered.

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herbologist_nev
2014-11-29 03:44 pm UTC (link)

"Hmm, I see what you mean." Being a business owner seemed to be rather complicated and time consuming, even more so since it was a very social business. "Well, I'm sure something nice will come up and it'll be a nice vacation. Seriously, who doesn't need those, huh?" He said with a smirk. He'd rather not consider a holiday himself, mostly because he had no idea whatsoever what he could do, where he could go or with whom.

"Actually.. nothing. This is all. House buying is pretty much all I have. Oh and Donny, my dog. He's amazing." It was all Neveill had, work, his dog and his plants. Of course he had Gran and his parents, but family was part of everyone's life anyway.

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