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Hannah Abbott (h_abbott) wrote in irreparable,
@ 2010-10-23 22:32:00

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hannah abbott, neville longbottom

WHO: Hannah Abbott and Neville Longbottom
WHEN: Sunday Morning before lunch
WHERE: The Leaky/Hannah's flat, then some nice field area for a spontaneously planned picnic
RATING: Low

Hannah had worked late Saturday night until the pub had closed, letting Lucy spend the night over at her grandparents. While she was rather tempted to owl Neville and ask him to sit for Lucy rather than having the baby spend yet another night away from home, she had found herself unable to ask him to come sit late night and do nothing while Lucy slept. He was a bloke, after all, and a rather nice one at that. She couldn't begin to fathom making someone like that spend a night in caring for someone else's child when he could and likely should be out socializing.

Sunday was her one day off though and she intended to enjoy it. She also had every intention of trying to have Neville come for the sake of socialization. It wasn't like Sunday would be a prime time for a bloke to run out and socialize, so her guilt was significantly less. After heading down to the kitchens and getting some food for a picnic, she packed up a basket and put warming and cooling charms on the appropriate food before sending off an owl to Neville.

Neville,

I'm going to take Lucy on a picnic today for lunch and wondered if you'd like to come along. You can hear Lucy say flower repeatedly if it's any incentive!

-Hannah

With that, she went off to pick Lucy up. There was, as usual, very little fuss. She had already been woken up, fed, bathed, and dressed. Hannah's stepmum really had taken to the grandmother role spectacularly. She returned to the flat to check for a response to Neville and get the food.

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serpentslayer
2010-10-24 03:42 am UTC (link)

Hannah was quite mistaken to think that Neville had better things to do on a Saturday night. Neville was not very good at socializing and when he went out he either ended up at the bar talking to Hannah or off in a corner alone, watching people. He wasn't a very socially competent fellow and even when girls approached him (which had actually happened since he had gotten into shape!) his awkward nature made them look elsewhere for someone to take them home. Neville had spent Saturday night at home ready about Herbology. That made him eager to get out of his flat and interact with someone. Even Gran had been some company when he had lived in her home.

When the owl came he rushed a response before running around his bedroom looking for some clean trousers.

Hannah,

That sounds fun. When and where should I meet you?

Neville

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h_abbott
2010-10-24 04:07 am UTC (link)

Hannah grinned when she read the owl response. She put Lucy into her playpen to keep her amused while waiting, then went about writing back to him. The charms would keep the food tolerable for a bit, but she didn't want to push her luck. Fresh food was simply that and no charm could quite mimic that.

Neville,

To be honest, this is kind of spontaneous on my part. I'm just thinking a park - any park - to enjoy the weather. How about you stop by the flat and we can all go somewhere together?

-Hannah

This would help with carrying the food as well since Hannah knew taking her daughter, her daughter's bag of toys and necessities, and the picnic basket would prove a challenge for her. It wouldn't be an impossibility, but it'd be enough of a fuss that it would be simpler to get Neville to the flat to help out.

	serpentslayer 2010-10-31 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Wow," he said as she tore into the bread like a little animal. "I think I'll leave the banana bread to Lucy," he said. She was making quite the mess. Neville was just glad it was outside because he couldn't imagine charming this mess out of a carpet. "Well, at least she's enjoying it with all of her senses, right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serpentslayer 2010-11-01 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"Monkey see, monkey do, huh?" He laughed. "It's adorable. She learns fast, doesn't she?" Neville reached over and smoothed a chunk of hair that was sticking up on the back of Lucy's head. Her hair was unbelievably fine and soft. Neville was truly smitten with the baby girl. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serpentslayer 2010-11-03 05:05 am UTC (link)
	"I wonder how much she'd learn if I started teaching her about plants this early." Neville wasn't completely daft about child development. He knew he couldn't teach her too much right now, but he could start her learning parts names or what plants were toxic. He could bring her pretty flowers and she could be his little herbology protege. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serpentslayer 2010-11-04 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	"So I guess I should return the venemous tentacula," Neville said. He was always too nervous to try and make jokes, generally, but Herbology jokes he felt pretty confident about. People still didn't always get them, but at least he enjoyed them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)