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Alicia Spinnet-Pucey (_alicia_) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-08-25 18:55:00

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

RP: Lunch at Finnigan's
Who: Alicia and Adrian, and OPEN
What: Lunch, because Wednesday’s too long to wait
Where: Finnigan’s
When: Uhm… lunch time
Rating: SFW

Alicia was just jotting down the last comment about multi-tasking as she pulled her jacket over her shoulders and rushed out of the door of the office. Dean’s birthday party yesterday had been fun, as had the post-match celebration on Saturday night, but there had been no Adrian and she hadn’t had the proper opportunity to let him know exactly how many more goals Pride scored and how far ahead of the Falcons they were… and she actually missed his company.

Finding a seat by the bar, she pulled out her journal and scribbled a quick note to let Adrian know to get his bum in gear.

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_alicia_
2014-08-25 09:11 pm UTC (link)

I would, willingly. I would, willingly. Adrian’s words kept repeating in her mind as the room around them narrowed in until all she saw were his blue eyes. They could do it, and what was more; she could see them do it and them being perfectly happy doing so, though she would never expect him to just be at her beg and call…

And then the moment passed, and though Adrian’s eyes were still blue and his smile still made his handsome face light up, showing the side of him that she knew he only let a very few people truly see, he was also her best friend who didn’t date and appeared to have made a lifestyle out of that. “They would love that,” she smiled and put away her calendar again. “But wouldn’t that be around the time Sera’s having her baby? Wouldn’t you need to be on standby to leave for St. Thomas at a moment’s notice to see the little wonder?” Alicia pulled her bowl closer and hesitated a moment when the steam that wafted from the soup made her think of Christmas. Leaning down, she sniffed trying to suss out why that was, since Minestrone wasn’t usually a dish or even a smell she associated with Christmas, and again, it smelled odd. Not exactly bad, per se, but not Minestrone’y either. “Is that cloves?” she asked, sliding the bowl over to Adrian so he could take a sniff.

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adipucey
2014-08-25 09:26 pm UTC (link)

Adrian gave her a confused look and then sniffed, "Yeah, I think it is, I've never heard of that before." He shrugged, eating another chip. "Want some of mine instead?" And pushed his plate toward her. It wasn't every day Adrian offered to share his food, especially fried food.

At her mention of the baby though he shrugged again, "Honestly I don't know what I would do there if I went. Mother would drive me insane, Father would hide in his library, and Sera will probably have broken both of Will's legs by the time they get her to hospital. I'd probably just be in the way so I'm planning on... Well, on planning a trip after the baby is born. And even if I wasn't, I wouldn't offer to take the kids out only to have to leave them at the stadium." He gave her a cross-eyed look in jest and smiled again, "Thank you for the invitation today, by the way, I know my manners leave much to be desired, but I swear if I hadn't gotten out of the flat with a good reason, I may have gone round the bend."

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_alicia_
2014-08-26 07:22 pm UTC (link)

“Me neither,” Alicia said hesitantly, though at least relieved that she wasn’t the only one to smell cloves in her soup. Almost reluctantly, she scooped up a spoonful and took a sip, careful not to burn her tongue, and almost immediately scrunched up her nose and shook her head. “There’s a reason we haven’t heard of it before,” she declared, and took a long quaff of her water to get the taste washed off her tongue. She was still drinking when Adrian pushed his plate towards her, and his offer had her stop drinking immediately and slowly lower the glass as she looked sceptically at him. Adrian never shared his food and it was a guarantee for following grumpiness if she ever took one of his chips without permission. Slowly a smirk spread on her lips as she reached over and took one of them. “Thanks,” she chuckled and bit off half a chip. When no noticeable grump happened she took another one and gently nudged him with her shoulder.

“I know you’d never take them out and just leave them, berk,” she grinned nudging him again, using the slight bounce from the first nudge to make the second happen. And a third. And a fourth. “Obviously, you haven’t spent much time around newborns and I know that you claim never to be unca Adi, just promise me that you won’t miss out on it completely, just because you’ve promised to take Isla and Liam to a match.” She genuinely loved Adrian for caring about her children the way he did, but she really would hate for him to miss out on the experience of meeting his first niece as soon as it was possible. Slowly, the nudging of his shoulder had turned into Alicia just kind of leaning against him. “With your manners I’m surprised you didn’t just come down to the office, you know?” There was a hint of amused embarrassment in her smirk as she looked down at the chips in front of them.

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adipucey
2014-08-26 07:41 pm UTC (link)

"I promise you I will not miss all the fun," he emphasized the last word, making it obvious how little fun he thought it would be. When she seemed to settle onto his shoulder he looked away to hide the small smile on his face, she did seem to fit there rather nicely.

When she made a crack about his manners he chuckled low in his chest, "But just showing up at your office means I'm just procrastinating. If you invite me out, I've got a good reason to leave." He explained, feeling like it made perfect sense.

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_alicia_
2014-08-26 08:15 pm UTC (link)

“Good boy,” Alicia teased gently. There wasn’t a doubt in her mind that the minute Adrian saw his little niece he would fall in love with her and he would feel prouder of his sister than he ever had. That was an experience she didn’t want him to miss out on, though she also knew that that wasn’t something anyone could be convinced of without having actually tried it.

Adrian’s reason had Alicia’s smile widen, though she still didn’t look at him. “So really, you’re using me as a scapegoat,” she stated with a mock-pout. “I get to be the one to procrastinate by taking you out?” Her eyes were dancing with mirth when she looked up at him. “I really do spoil you, don’t I?”

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adipucey
2014-08-27 05:46 pm UTC (link)

Chuckling again, Adrian shook his head, careful not to dislodge Alicia as he was finding her weight rather comfortable on him. "I prefer to think of you as a shining moment in my day, but if you'd rather 'scapegoat' then - yes. You are my excuse. One hundred percent, I'm using you." His smile grew in it's brightness and honesty just as she looked up at him and he knew he'd been caught.

Schooling his features one more he said, "you really do, though I still haven't figured out quite why. Aren't I just that Slytherin prat who stank up your office?"

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_alicia_
2014-08-27 10:30 pm UTC (link)

“Mm, who wouldn’t want to be a shining moment in your day?” Alicia smiled at Adrian, making no moves to move away from him. She liked this, liked the comfort of the physical contact with him and the fact that he wasn’t moving away considering they were never overly physical with each other. “Then again, ‘scapegoat’ has such nice potential for martyrdom, so it’s a matter of wanting the praise now or wait ‘til I’m dead, right?”

Looking at Adrian for a long moment, Alicia smirked slightly. “You still are,” she admitted. The thing was, he had become so much more than that Slytherin prat, even if she couldn’t put a label on exactly what that was.

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