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Gin Weasley (ginnn) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-05-31 15:08:00

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character: charlie weasley, character: ginny weasley, character: hermione granger, character: luna lovegood

RP: Moving Day
Who: Ginny, anyone (among friends/family) who'd like to join
What: Ginny is finally moving out of the Burrow.
Where: The Burrow --> Pucey's building on Monument
When: Morning, Sunday May 31, 2005
Rating: SFW for now. There might be language later.

Why is an alarm going off? It was a gods-awful early hour and Ginny hadn't finished her packing until after 3 in the morning, despite Molly having been on her for a week to get to it and get organized. Organizing people, Ginny was quite good at. Strategy was a major strength. But organizing stuff? Life? Herself? Not so much. She was much more like Ron and George in that regard, than her other brothers, Percy coming to mind especially.

And so it was that her alarm was going off at 7 and she'd had less than 4 hours of sleep. Ginny swatted at it but when the noise stopped her mother came banging into the room with a cup of tea and a worried smile on her face. "Thought you might need some tea, I could hear you up here all hours of the night, even though I told you it would be better to finish days ago, did anyone even agree to help you out today instead of yesterday?" Molly clucked but Ginny just smiled sleepily from under the covers. She knew her Mum was just nervous, and worried, and proud - and, truth be told, Ginny was all of those things, too.

"It all got done, though," she called after her Mum as the older woman left the room with an exasperated chuckle and then Gin sat up and reached for her wand on the floor next to her twin-sized bed. She'd need to shrink down her bed, her bedding, and pack up her toiletries. Otherwise, everything she owned was in boxes and bags, shrunk to make them easier to deal with but not so small that they might mis-shape when she tried to put them back to normal. Hexes, defense, flying - emotional magic was her strongest, precise magic like charms could go either way, she knew.

Throwing on shorts and a t-shirt, she shrunk the last items and took a moment to look around her now mostly-empty room. The Burrow would always be home, but she knew in this moment that she was ready for the next step.

Sipping her tea, she met her Mum downstairs and with a hug she floo'ed with the first of her packages to the flat where she met Jane. Her new flatmate squealed in delight and tackled her, "We're really doing it!" she exclaimed to Ginny's tired nod. "I brought my stuff last night, so back to The Burrow?"

The girls worked back and forth for the morning, stopping at 11 for lunch of take-out from Finnigan's. After lunch, with all of Ginny's things moved over to the new flat, they sat on the floor and started scheming about how to set things up where and how they wanted to decorate.

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hopalongcharlie
2015-05-31 10:44 pm UTC (link)

Charlie had seen Ginny's message about changing her moving day to Sunday. Not that it made much difference to him, it was still technically a work day. Didn't mean he couldn't get his arse up earlier and help family though. So when his alarm went off at half 11 he grumbled his way out of bed and into the the shower. He knew there was a chance of him getting messy again, but it would help wake him up.

It was gone 12 by the time he'd gulped down a coffee and apparated his now clean and dressed self to The Burrow, only to be told that everything had gone. Mum had made an attempt at feeding him, but he'd reassured her that he was going to try and extract payment from his sister in the form of food and coffee.

A few seconds later he was knocking on the door to Ginny's new flat, calling through the door. "Sis, you'd better have found some way of making coffee because it's still far too early for me right now!"

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ginnn
2015-06-01 01:48 am UTC (link)

Ginny grinned at Jane and stood up from the floor. At the door she greeted Charlie with an enthusiastic hug and answered, "Not quite, but I probably did one better and got loads of coffee and take away from Seamus'. Does that count?" She asked, leading him into the mess of a flat.

"Thank you for coming, by the way, sorry to change things so last minute but I just couldn't get things packed in time." She rolled her eyes, thinking again of how their mother had bugged her all week about it.

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hopalongcharlie
2015-06-01 10:55 am UTC (link)

Charlie hugged Ginny back and grinned. "And this is why you're my favourite sister. And no protesting you're the only one, either," he said, following her inside. "There's Fleur too, and Hermione basically counts by now."

"Oh, you know me, nothing better to do after working until 4 than helping my sister organise the... creative chaos of her new home," he said, eyeing the boxes that were spilling over everywhere. Not that his own place had looked much better when he'd moved in.

He smiled at her flatmate and held out his hand. "Hi, I'm Charlie, second eldest of the brothers. Sorry if we've met at Wingbeat or something, I don't remember faces from work too well because there's so many."

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ginnn
2015-06-02 12:09 am UTC (link)

Ginny laughed at Charlie, shaking her head but not protesting like he asked. "At least you're not the only one, I was up till after 3 packing and got about three and a half hours of sleep." She rolled her eyes and mumbled, "Maybe Mum was right about packing ahead of time..."

Jane gave a bright smile - the girl was a ball of sunshine, like Luna on muggle amphetamines, Ginny thought - and said, "I've been to the club, but never met you, don't worry," and after shaking his hand, she reached up and hugged him, tightly. Ginny wasn't sure if that sort of thing was okay with Charlie - she knew he wasn't particularly touchy-feely with just anyone - and so she stepped up to them and said, "Well then, shall we get you that coffee?" with a pointed look.

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hopalongcharlie
2015-06-02 12:29 am UTC (link)

"I had to get up before fucking noon, and that's never good with my sleeping pattern. At least I got more sleep than you though," he said and grimaced. He'd lay money on Mum having woken her up too, and that was just painful. "Mum's right way more often than we want her to be, but it's not like I did much better when I moved out. Well, at least not the first time." When he'd moved out after recuperating from his lost leg his Mum had insisted on doing most of what re-packing there was herself.

Charlie was a little startled by the hug, and returned it a mite awkwardly. He liked making friends, considered himself a friendly person, but hugs from people he'd just met were a little unusual. "Merlin, yes," he said. "Feed my caffeine addiction please. And if you've got food left I wouldn't say no either." Not something he'd say to anyone who wasn't family, and maybe Romilda. "I only had one and that is not enough."

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	ginnn 2015-06-02 02:00 am UTC (link)
	"Only one so far? No wonder you need more," she answered. She'd had her tea when Mum had woken her, but the coffee from the pub had been a great help for her energy at lunch. "So, what do you think of the place?" She asked, feigning nonchalance as she made them both a cup. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

hopalongcharlie
2015-06-02 01:28 pm UTC (link)

"Hey, I demanded coffee when I agreed to help out," he pointed out, following her into kitchen and glancing around. It really wasn't bad at all. "You don't want me to get lack of caffeine jitters, buggers up the leg situation no end!"

Charlie recognised Ginny's overly relaxed attitude, clearly she was far more invested in what he had to say than she was trying to let on. "Well, assuming the bedrooms aren't built like broom cupboards I think you've done good, sis. I mean, a few less boxes'll make it look better, and Jane's very... enthusiastic, but congratulations on not picking a shithole to move into for your first place."

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weasley_now
2015-06-01 03:01 pm UTC (link)

Hermione was extremely proud of Ginny's move. That left Ron as the only one of the Weasley children still at the Burrow. Honestly, Hermione wished it were Ron they were moving as each trip there seemed to get more awkward the more time passed. Still, she was ecstatic for her friend and definitely looking forward to having girl time in a girl's only loft.

After a promised brunch with her parents, Hermione made her way to Monument Alley and Ginny's new flat. Upon arrival, she knocked on the door and waited for either of the young women to answer.

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ginnn
2015-06-02 12:28 am UTC (link)

Ginny and Charlie were tucking into the coffee in the kitchen so Jane answered the door, "Hermione!" She exclaimed with high pitch, hugging the girl. They'd only met on one previous occasion, at Wingbeat a few weeks prior, but that didn't stop Jane from acting like they'd known each other all their lives. "Come on in, we haven't really started yet, but everything's here. Red and I are both pants at charms, so I think we're putting off un-shrinking everything," she laughed.

"Ginny, your sister's here," Jane called to Charlie and Ginny as she showed Hermione into the kitchen. Jane knew that Hermione wasn't Ginny's sister, but there were so many Weasleys she'd taken to calling all of Ginny's friends and loved ones siblings. It occurred to her in that moment that she hoped Ginny had explained that Hermione and so she said as they came upon Charlie and Ginny, "Hermione, I mean," and smiled brightly at both girls.

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weasley_now
2015-06-10 01:58 am UTC (link)

Hermione stiffened slightly as the hug came. She'd never been one to be overly familiar with people, particularly those she'd just met. That was one of the reasons she'd had such a hard time connecting with others when she first entered Hogwarts. Well, that and her focus on academia over socialization. Truth be told socialization still wasn't a strong suit though she did try to get out a bit more often and had been widening her horizons outside of the Leaky and Finnnigan's.

"I'm sure you've both done brilliantly," she looked over at a set of smaller than normal boxes that was sitting over to the side. "Ginny's always been better at these spells than most of the boys." By boys, Hermione meant both their male friends and the one's Ginny had grown up with. Mixing those thoughts with Jane's words Hermione smiled inwardly, Ginny had been the closest thing to a sister Hermione had ever had.

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loonacy
2015-06-02 04:01 am UTC (link)

As if Luna would miss helping out her best friend move. She'd never helped anyone move before, but she was looking forward to it. She'd come over early enough so that she could help out the entire day. And she had someone watching the vets so that she could be here all day and not have to worry about things. While she was curious about this new flat mate of Ginny's, she couldn't help but feel slightly sad. Sad that she couldn't live with her. Sad that she was never going to get out of her house and start her own life. She had too many responsibilities with the house that she had lived in her whole life.

However as she apparated over, she put a smile on her face and knocked on the door.

"Hello! I'm here to help."

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