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Alicia Spinnet-Pucey (_alicia_) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-08-18 16:20:00

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character: adrian pucey, character: alicia spinnet, status: complete

RP: Taking the Grouch out for Lunch
Who: Alicia and Adrian
What: Lunch, probably
Where: Starting out at Adrian’s place
When: August 18, 2004
Rating: SFW

Alicia looked around her office. She had just gotten there and already she was ready to leave. From the looks of it, nothing new had come in, so while she technically could sit down and take a closer look at her initial assessment of the players before the season began again, she would much rather go tend to a much more pressing matter: lunch. Again, technically she could sit down with whatever she found in the cooler while she went through receipts from the weekend’s shopping trip with the students, but…

Her eyes drifted upwards toward the ceiling and the flat above the next-door shop. With a smirk she picked up her purse and left the office, intent on pestering one of her favourite grumps into taking a break.

Knocking on his door, she started rummaging through her purse while she waited for him to answer the door. It was amazing the things you could keep and forget you had in a purse that had been Charmed to hold more than its own size. After all, it had been at least three years since the twins had used pacifiers…

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adipucey
2014-08-19 07:19 pm UTC (link)

With an honestly self-deprecating snort he replied, "You'll give me an ego one of these days, won't you?"

Just then their pizzas were brought out and Adrian was grateful - with their food, he felt less vulnerable than he had even a moment ago. He knew that being close with Alicia was something new for him, but sometimes he still wondered if it was a good idea to have someone so woven into his life - he wasn't the most social or trusting being, and sometimes their friendship threw that into sharp contrast for him.

"Um, anyway, northern Italy - I bet the kids would love the skiing there, and in Trieste there's Duino Castle, one of the most beautiful places in the world. If you go, let me know, I'll have to pop over and give you a tour of the grounds, it's all 14th Century, very northern Renaissance." Adrian's mother had made him learn a lot about Italian history while they lived there, kept his nose in books all the time, and she loved wandering the Castle grounds whenever she could. He wouldn't be surprised if he still knew the area by heart.

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_alicia_
2014-08-19 09:15 pm UTC (link)

“Probably,” Alicia smirked with a small wink at him, and looked away, grateful for the opportunity when she felt the heat in her cheeks.

Cutting off a bite of her pizza, she chewed slowly, savouring the taste – it really was delicious – as she listened to Adrian. It was oddly fascinating hearing him talk about a place in the way he did. “I uhm, I don’t know anything about architecture, so I have no idea what 14th Century and northern Renaissance means,” she admitted with a slightly embarrassed smile. “But I do appreciate beautiful places and I’m good at picking places with the right kind of snow. And the kids will love it, as long as there snow and hot chocolate.” The thought of Adrian ‘popping over’ for a tour, should she ever go to Italy seemed so… natural, so comfortable that she didn’t even think twice about it. “You like that area, don’t you?”

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adipucey
2014-08-20 05:21 pm UTC (link)

Adrian's smile was shy. "Sorry, Mother & Father were big on history education growing up - even muggle art, muggle music..." He shook his head and then seemed to gather his thoughts, "The Renaissance in the north looked a bit different than it did in Rome and in the south - the Medicis ruled Florence in the 1300's, they're influence didn't his Rome until a bit later, so the art, the architecture, it's got a more... Romantic style, to it, I guess, instead of the Church's more austere style back then. Not to say that Florence is romantic... I mean, it is a bit. And so is Duino. But," He shook his head, a funny grin on his face, "Anyway, it's beautiful. And yes, I love it up there, but I did appreciate the beaches in the south a bit more than the family. None of them like a good suntan despite where they ended up. I think they're cornered the market on sunblocking charms, but they like the island atmosphere they say." He laughed.

"Where else have you traveled?" They'd never really had this discussion... Adrian tended to shy away from travel talk, unless it was just St. Thomas.

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_alicia_
2014-08-20 06:07 pm UTC (link)

Alicia listened as Adrian spoke, she really did, but though she somewhat got an idea of what he was trying to explain, she couldn’t quite imagine it and was beginning to think that now she really wanted to go, so he could show her. Of course, the way Adrian seemed to stumble over the word ‘romantic’ had her attempt to cover up her smirk by eating of her pizza. “Sounds like amazing places,” she chuckled, Adrian’s laugh making her relax and push away the awkwardness that had been just moments before. He seemed so relaxed now, well, mostly, and hearing him speak of his family like this was nice. “Both places, I mean. Italy and St. Thomas. I think I’d be on the beach constantly if I lived there.”

Taking a sip of water, she swallowed a bite of pizza as she considered where to start. “I’ve travelled, but not so much travelling as going to one place for whatever reason. But I’ve been going skiing with my family every year since, gods, since I was three or four, I think, and there’s only three years we haven’t gone. So we’ve done all the big places for that; France, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, even Spain, and when I’ve travelled in the summer, it’s been for the beach… Greece, Tunesia, The Canary Islands… there’s this tiny island, Fuerteventura, that’s just goats and windmills and miles and miles of pure, white sand and azure water and the best seafood you’ll ever have anywhere. It’s amazing.” Her voice trailed off as her thoughts drifted to the warm lazy days she had spent there while the kids had been testing ice cream in the nearby village. Shaking her head she returned to the here and now. “And then I’ve been at training camps with Pride in Italy,” she made a small gesture as if to say ‘as you know’, “France, Romania and Bulgaria, so I’ve never really been outside Europe. Well, northern Africa, but that hardly counts.”

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adipucey
2014-08-21 04:25 pm UTC (link)

"I think you've got me beat," He smiled at her having listened to her list. It sounded like a lot of fun, and he imagined traveling with Alicia and the twins would be goofy and tiring and wonderful.

"Never really out of Europe though?" He shook his head, "The best beaches are in the Caribbean," he said with a wise nod of his head. Realizing the time though, he sighed, "I should probably head back to the lab soon, I've got to finish those roots today so they can set and I absolutely plan on making Seamus give me a free drink tonight." He waved for the waiter and asked to have their things wrapped for take away and asked for the bill.

"I know you said your treat, but let me," He gave her a smile that was hard to resist.

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_alicia_
2014-08-21 09:58 pm UTC (link)

Slowly, with a pensive smile, Alicia shook her head. “Not really,” she said softly, looking up to meet Adrian’s eyes. “I may have visited a lot of places, but I haven’t explored them, not like you have.” Which was alright, really. She had travelled pretty much her entire life, in the winter time to indulge in a hobby that wasn’t as readily available in Britain as it was in other places in Europe, and in the summer time to spend time with her family and relax away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. She had never been in any of those place for any significant amount of time, not like Adrian had, and she hoped that maybe one day she could try that too.

“The Caribbean, really?” Alicia smirked and shook her head. “I’ll believe that when I see it, but only if it really is better than Fuerteventura.” The moment Adrian sighed, she knew. She knew that sigh and she knew that their time was up, for now at least. “Yeah,” she agreed, though she sent him a small smirk. “Not really sorry I pulled you away from that, though.”

She had just pulled out her purse and was about to find the money when Adrian stopped her. For a moment, all she could do was look at him, a soft smile on her lips as she took in the laugh lines at the corners of his eyes and the way his smile lit up his face. “All right,” she finally said and put her purse away again. “But then the first paying round is on me tonight.”

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	adipucey 2014-08-23 12:11 am UTC (link)
	"Fine then," he conceded. "Can I walk you back to your office or are you out for the day?" After paying, he stood and made way for Alicia, following her out to the street. It was a nice day for August - not too hot - and he enjoyed the walk back, partly dreading getting stuck back in the lab, but also excited for the next steps in his work. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_alicia_
2014-08-23 04:07 pm UTC (link)

“Contrary to your apparent conviction, I do work during the day, too,” Alicia grinned before she nodded. “I’m not quite done at the office, so it’d be nice to walk back with you.”

Falling into step with Adrian, Alicia tilted her face up, and enjoyed the sun as they walked. This… this was the kind of lunch break she preferred, even if she did love both her jobs. She wouldn’t have objected to it lasting a bit longer, to having spent a bit more time with Adrian, but they were on for drinks tonight, and he did have a day job, and one that required a certain amount of punctuality at that, but this had been good. Today had been good.

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