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Tweak says, "STOP LOOKIN' AT ME!!"

Maria R. Wiercinski (intoyourheart) wrote in flippedrpg,
@ 2012-08-07 21:05:00

Entry tags:

ch: blood: remus lupin, ch: squib: hestia lupin, p: lisa, p: rachael

Who: Hestia^Baby> and Remus^Blood-swap
When: Backdated to yesterday.
Where: Statue of Zeus.
What: Dinner and talks.
Rating/Status: TBD/Incomplete.

Hestia would be lying if she said she wasn't the least bit nervous. She had come across the other Remii in passing, but never actually sat down with one. She did it on purpose. It hurt too much to see him there and to know he wasn't hers, that he had no idea of who she was. It had taken a while, but the notion that her Remus would probably never show had settled in. She had her daughter which was more than most people had at the compound. But her husband and son, no. In her heart, she felt they weren't coming.

And the first step of moving on and accepting the inevitability was facing her fear. A Remus. One that knew nothing about her or her children, but expressed interest in his alternate self.

Hestia stood in her toga, smelling of fresh flowers and honey. She had been training all day and she really wasn't feeling like her younger self. Most of her time was now spent behind a desk than out on the streets and she felt it. Her body was sore but with the cool breeze, she was still able to relax. Hestia sat down at the foot of Zeus and placed a bottle of wine down beside her, waiting for a Remus.

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intoyourheart
2012-08-09 11:57 pm UTC (link)

"Oh I would like to think so. All the wine, brilliant food, and training that is finally getting me back into shape." Hestia gave a nod in agreeing with his opinion. "That makes much more sense. Some want their old lives and other are looking to start over new."

Hestia leaned back to rest against the foot of Zeus. "Branwen? When I was taken, he was only eight or nine. He was a quiet boy, very intelligent, opinionated but quiet. Unlike Eris and myself, he was tidy and organized. And Eris...is my mini me, just without the marriage or kids part. As a little girl, she had such an appetite for adventure. Wasn't afraid to get dirty. Now...she's older...than...when I remember her but she's happy from what I can tell. She's a handful."

Hestia couldn't help but to grin. She was happy her daughter wasn't tied down with marriage or children, that she was free to do as she pleased. She was happy her daughter had such a strong personality. Catching his eyes with hers, she offered a smile. "I think she's about your age, actually." Laughing again, she reached for the wine bottle and took another sip. "How old are you anyways? Also...if you had to choose...Rolling Stones or the Beatles?"

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thumbtwiddler
2012-08-10 12:58 am UTC (link)

"She sounds like she's a pistol," Remus laughed, his teeth flashing in the dying light as he caught sight of her eyes over the grin on Hestia's face. She might not be able to tell if she loved her husband any more, but he could tell that she loved her children with every ounce of being in her. He tried to picture Branwen, his quiet head bent over a project, and shook his head as the picture failed to form.

"What's it like, having children?" he asked, tapping out a rhythm on his knee. "I'm twenty, possibly twenty-one. I was on my way to Harry's one month celebration, but it's... August here, yeah? Fuck if I know." His cheeks tinged slightly from a combination of the wine and the language, but he shook his head and moved on. "Rolling Stones, but I'd take a few of the Beatles' early singles."

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intoyourheart
2012-08-10 01:38 am UTC (link)

"Yeah well..." There was a hint of an old Hestia devious smirk as she thought to herself. Eris was all Hestia. "Its tiring. You sacrifice a lot. But I loved...love every minute of it. Gives me an excuse to do the fun things like...arts and crafts and food fights."

"Bloody hell you're so young!" She gave him a little shove and began laughing a little. "Fucking jealous now. Everyone has been taken when they're young and I get taken when I'm bloody well old." She eyes him, biting her lower lip as he answered her question. "Oh thank Merlin. I'm the same way. Love me some Jagger."

She turned to face Remus and tilted her head. "Did you have ambitions of having a family of your own?"

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thumbtwiddler
2012-08-10 02:26 am UTC (link)

"Well, they have to get most of us young or else they won't get us at all," Remus said, a dark shadow flickering across his face as he belatedly realized what he had said. It didn't make it less true - most of his friends were soon to be dead, betrayed, or imprisoned in other words. "If it's any consolation, you don't look as old as you are, however old that might be."

He gestured towards the basket and nudged it to her, indicating that she could take her pick of the fruit and dried meats he had found to make an impromptu picnic for them to share. "I was incredibly jealous of James and Lily when they had Harry," he shared, taking another sip of the wine, "but I never thought it would happen for me with my condition. It's not just my fear of passing it on that stopped me; how could I support them? But now, after hearing about all of the families I have elsewhere? Yes, I'd like to have one of my own.

Simple question, but what's your favorite color?"

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