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George Weasley (saintly_george) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-08-22 10:37:00

Entry tags:

character: alicia spinnet, character: george weasley

Who: George and Alicia
What: Shaking off the day
Where: Finnigan's Common Room
When: 6-ish
Rating: SFW [language, maybe? ]

It hadn't been the worst of days, but George was certainly having trouble finding the silver lining. Little blonde shop-girl quit on her second day after the Venomous Tentacula cutting behind the counter had pinched her backside. Screaming mother waving her bleeding child at him; the youngster had nicked Nosebleed Nougat and a No-Nose sweet, and had been hemorrhaging from his non-existent nose. At least nobody had left during the chaos without paying, which was something.

So now George sat, alone at a corner table, with a glass that was dangerously close to empty and a section of the paper to discourage idly chattering strangers. He gestured for a refill and started mentally filling in the crossword.

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_alicia_
2014-08-24 05:39 pm UTC (link)

Though she made a conscious effort not to show it, Alicia was relieved when George turned his empty glass upside down. He seemed relaxed but far from on the verge of passing out, and though it obviously would have been better if he had been able to relax somewhat without the alcohol, this she could handle easily.

Amused by George’s sudden question, it was right on the tip of her tongue to quip something about her sheer ability to come up with nosebleed jokes, when he cut her off. She was quiet for a moment, a soft smile on her face belying the myriad of thoughts and concerns about the man sitting in front of her as well as memories and mournings. “All in good time,” she finally said with a small smirk and reached over to give his hand a squeeze. “You’re one of my oldest and best friends, and I don’t want to risk losing you by bitching at you before you’re ready.”

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saintly_george
2014-08-24 06:20 pm UTC (link)

He squeezed her hand in return. Maybe a bit more tightly than he'd meant to, but his grip eased quickly enough...

"Trust me, I believe you'll do it. I'm actually pretty sure you have done, at some point. And I know you'll do it if I really need it," he added with a hint of a smile.

"Pretty lucky," he added softly. And reflected for a moment how lucky he was, having family, friends to catch him when he fell.

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_alicia_
2014-08-24 07:53 pm UTC (link)

Alicia scrunched up her face slightly. Yes, she could remember a couple of times when she had come dangerously close to hexing George and even a few times when she had simply slapped him. Mostly that had been back in school, though, and the times she had yelled at him after the war had been because he was out of line and crossing lines that were unacceptable for her, no matter how much he was grieving.

“You’d do the same for me,” she told him, the confidence in her voice unwavering and genuine.

Finishing off her glass of wine she tilted her head as she smiled at him. “Any exciting plans for the weekend?” she asked him. “Other than the Pride match tomorrow?”

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	saintly_george 2014-08-24 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	"I would." He sighed, shrugged a shoulder. "Not really. Heard something about Dean having a birthday. Thought I might drop in if I'm..." Another shrug. Still up? Sober... "Match might do me in. Who knows? Got a bit riding on it though, so you tell your boys to perk up out there, yeah?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_alicia_
2014-08-25 02:24 pm UTC (link)

“Yeah,” Alicia nodded and cleared her throat. “Both Seamus and Susan nudged me about Dean’s birthday, and it would be nice to go. I mean, Dean’s a good bloke, it’s just… it’d be another evening with the nanny for Isla and Liam, you know?” She really wanted to go, but her children had been at her visiting Alicia’s grandmother with her parents since Monday and would be back on Sunday. Then again, chances were that they would be spending the night afterwards at Alicia’s parents in Bath, so… maybe.

“They’re ready and they’re wired, so unless you’re betting against them, you shouldn’t be too worried,” she teased with a grin.

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