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Tweak says, "Am I bovvered?"

Isabella Weasley (bella_weasley) wrote in landing_rpg,
@ 2008-10-22 19:46:00

Entry tags:

adam pucey, isabella weasley

Who: Adam and Isabella
Where: The library in their "secret spot"
When: After classes
What: Friends talking
Rating: TBD- probably PGish

Isabella wasn't entirely sure when they had started meeting like this. It had been coincidental at first, both showing up in the library every day like the true Ravenclaws they were, but over the past few months, it had become something Isabella counted on. She would show up in their secret spot, always before him because she was nothing if not punctual.

She would open a book and read until he showed, and they would talk about nothing inparticular. Isabella still hadn't figured out why he showed up, or why she showed up for that matter, but she supposed it couldn't hurt. After all, she'd noticed she stumbled less around him than she had five months ago... er.. sort of, at least. That had to mean something.

She had never told anyone about their meetings, perhaps for fear of the embarrassing conclusions she was certain her sister and others would jump to, and she found herself wondering, as she paged through her latest novel, if he had told anyone either. She was pretty sure no one would confuse his intentions for her.

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adampucey
2008-10-22 08:38 pm UTC (link)

It was with the same subtle thrill that Adam experienced every late afternoon that heleft his class and made his way towards the library to meet with her. In Adam's mind, it was strange to give any definition to his relationship with little Bella. He, as well, wasn't aware how the two of them started meeting like this, with such only starting off from mere nods, bumping on each other, then conincidentally sitting on the same table. Since then, they just found themselves returning to that same table- their table- and spending hours studying together. Sometimes, they talk for hours on end, other times, they're too busy to even spare a second for talking. But her presence has been rather comforting all the same.

Their meetings of late have been mostly cut short however, because of his recent engagements with Westly. Still, he has constantly tried to make time for her, even though their meetings weren't ones they've actually agreed upon- one of those things that just happened and so fluidly fallen into routine...

Reaching out one hand, he pushed the doors that led to library. After sparing a nod to the librarian, he navigated a familiar path through the many shelves before he found her, sitting when he knew she would. Carefully, he fished a lollie wrapped in bright paper on the spot before her before pulling out the chair beside her and taking his seat. He didn't know how this routine of giving her treats started either, but he knew he liked giving them to her, different everyday. "I was in the mood to give you lollies today." came his casual tone. "I was thinking of buying paints for someone this morning, then the inspiration came randomly." A smile as he draped his arm at the back of her chair. "How was your day?"

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bella_weasley
2008-10-22 11:36 pm UTC (link)

Looking up once again at the sound of the of the doors opening, Bella was pleasantly surprised to see the person she had been wanting to see finally stride through the doors. A small smile formed as she dropped the thick text from in front of her face to rest on the table, her face coming into view.

She felt the heat rise to her cheeks as he draped an arm behind her. It still amazed her sometimes how easy it seemed for him to be close to and comfortable around other people. What seemed intimate to her was casual to him. The accidental brush of his arm against her shoulders seemed so much larger than it actually was. "A lolipop?" she asked, smile widening slightly as she picked it up. "Thanks."

"My day was good," she answered, twirling the sweet idly between her fingers. "I started reading this book, but then I had to work on some homework." A person with social skills might have asked him how his day was, but she instead focused on something else he'd said. "You want to buy paints for someone? You know an artist?"

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adampucey
2008-10-22 11:55 pm UTC (link)

"Yes. A Lollipop." Adam repeated with a slow inclination of his head, a smile breaking through his lips as he saw the one in hers. She was easily one of the most adorable characters he has ever known. "There is really no need to thank me. We're studying. We need the extra boost of energy..."

One of his hands took his quill, pulled a parchment towards him and started to doodle randomly. "That's good to hear." he said, his gaze occassionally darting to the treat she held in her seemingly delicate fingers. "Any good read you'd wsh to recommend? I need to catch up to you. Everyday you're reading new things. I've just been rather busy of late, I suppose..." He was preparing himself for what he could answer if she asked how his own days was, when she suddenly went for aother directiom. "Yes, I do." he responded without a pause. "And yes, I know an artist. A good friend of mine. I remember it's been a while since the last time my friend painted." A shrug. "I wanted to do something nice..." The omission of any and all pronouns to assign a gender to his 'friend' may seem casual with his tone but he was doing it on purpose. And the fact that he was more anxious about buying and purchasing the paints for Westly was one he hid quite well. The fingers at the back of her chair found a lock of her hair and he absently twirled them around his digit. "You wouldn't know anything about paints, do you?"

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bella_weasley
2008-10-23 12:17 am UTC (link)

"I haven't been reading as much as usual," she admitted. "But I've read one or two." She gave him the titles, specifying which she thought was better than the other. "But... Kaida says I read too much." She frowned as she removed the wrapped from the lolipop and popped it into her mouth. She moved it to the side of her mouth before talking again. "And Paul says I need to... go exploring or something." Her brows furrowed. Why was exploring so much better than reading? Because it involved physical activity?

"No, I don't. I don't paint," she answered. Feeling a gentle pull, she realized his fingers were... playing with her hair. She glanced at him from the corner of her eye. He had done this before, and every time it caught her off guard. Nobody else touched her hair, and he seemed to think nothing of it, but it brought a light pink to her cheeks as she tried to remember what it was he'd been talking about. It would help if he wasn't so cute. Cute boys always got her so flustered. "Er- did you know they're coming out with a new edition of Dragons Species of Great Britain and Ireland?" she asked randomly, in hopes of covering up her awkwardness.

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adampucey
2008-10-23 12:39 am UTC (link)

Adam listened carefully as she specified titles, storing them in his mind for future research. An appreciative smile was offered before he clicked his tongue once. "There are only good things to gain in reading. It's not wrong to read a lot, and definitely no such thing as reading too much. In fact, I believe all of us do not read enough." He spared a moment for thought. "Though I don't have anything against exploring either. Where would your friend suggest that you go? Have you ever been to Venice?"

His fingers continued to play with her hair, but almost immediately he felt her surprise, her anxiousness, with the subtle straightening of her spine. She had always reacted like so whenever he played with her hair, or bump her shoulder. Then she would blush. His eyes looked up to confirm his suspicions, and he smiled, shaking his head. Too adorable, really. Bella then turned to him and blurted out something about Dragons, one that he caught every word of. "Oh?" His fingers took a bigger lock of her hair and didn't let up as he smiled at her encouragingly. "I didn't know that. Tell me more. Do you know when it will it be out?"

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bella_weasley
2008-10-23 01:06 pm UTC (link)

It was nice to hear that Adam didn't think she was insane for reading so much. Most boys didn't like girls who were smarter than them- not that she was smarter than Adam- or who threatened their bizarre notions of male superiority. Adam was different. He didn't make fun of her or laugh at her when she said something completely idiotic (like her last statement about the new edition of one of her favorite books). "No." Her hands fidgeted slightly in her lap. "Romania and Ireland and stuff, but not Venice, but I think Paul wanted me to go explore around Hogsmeade or something."

Very few people made the mistake to show interest in Bella's ramblings about dragons more than once. After sitting through her spiel once, they never wanted to suffer through it again. Her passion about dragons was quick to overwhelm the embarrassment of Adam's hand playing with her hair. Adam really should have known better. "Oh! Well, it'll be out in time for the next Hogsmeade weekend!" she explained enthusiastically. "It's completely redone, of course. It's got loads of new information, new photos and all that. They've been doing so much research that it was beginning to be outdated. Oh! And," Her eyes were alight as she kept right on. "They think they've discovered a species that was thought to be extinct years ago! Can you imagine how that must have felt to spot it? They're supposed to be going more into depth into that too-"

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adampucey
2008-10-27 12:36 am UTC (link)

Adam had always believed wit is an essential part of anyone's characters, and he found it admirable that even at such a young age, Bella was quite astoundingly so, even though he has noted her tendency to blurt out randomly at times. He has always allowed her to indulge in her stories though- the soft tone of her voice was one that he found was most comforting. "Venice is easily my favorite place in the world. I have my own place with a good view of the lagoon. You can visit me sometime!" At this, his own eyes reflected the spark that can be seen in hers when she spoke of her dragons. "Imagine lazy afternoons admiring the landscapes on a vaporetti, or riding the gondola down the canals. Peaceful, calm. Can you imagine it?" A smile. "Do you think that would be daring enough for your friends?"

Adam has in fact allowed her many times to go one about her dragons, a topic which he has early noted she was obsessed about. He had gathered it was the influence of her father, and such was something he understood even if it was not from personal expreience. "Then I suggest you get it! You look so excited." he observed out loud, his hand reaching up, before his fingers combed down the length of her hair. "It's always most exciting to discover new things. Is that waht you'd wish to do in life after Hogwarts? Be a dragon... herder is it? Tamer?"

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bella_weasley
2008-10-27 09:43 pm UTC (link)

Being intelligent was one thing. It was easy to read and learn facts and increase your knowledge. Being tactful, social, and communicating well were entirely different. She was brilliant at the former, one of the greatest bookworms Hogwarts had ever seen, but when it came to the latter, she was one great, big flop. They say practice makes perfect, but did faceplanting over and over again really make you any better... or did it only make you the ultimate faceplanter of all faceplanters? "V-visit you?" As in her, alone? Come stay with him? Spend an excess of time with her? "Wow. Uh. Maybe." She let out a nervous laugh.

She swallowed nervously as his fingers moved through her hair, her leg bouncing up and down rapidly as an outlet for her nerves beneath the table. "A dragon keeper," she corrected him with a sheepish smile. "I thin so, yeah." If only people were as easy to understand as dragons. That would make Isabella's life an awful lot easier.

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adampucey
2008-10-29 10:17 am UTC (link)

"Yes. Visit me." Adam urged, smiling at her. It was not too often that he allowed visitors in his Venice flat, but Bella was always welcome company no matter where the venue. In fact, he only realized now that the two of them had scarcely interacted outside the library walls, or even outside the invisible line that surrounded the two chairs and desk they call their spot. "Nothing wrong with extendng your horizons a little, is there? Anytime you'd find suitable to your summer schedule, my doors are open."

Clearly, she has too many nervous habits. Adam wondered if she was even aware that he's noted too many of them in the past. "Like your father." he said, all too aware of other people's histories. Father's orders. "Have you ever actually seen one? A dragon, I mean."

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bella_weasley
2008-10-29 02:41 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, well, thank you." She ducked her head, pretending to focus on a page of her book. She knew her cousins would never let her go to a boy's flat by herself. And she had a feeling her father probably wouldn't like the suggestion much either. She was allowed to be around dragons, but not boys. That was the life she led.

She smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, like Dad." For a moment, Isabella looked almost insulted at the notion that she might have never seen a dragon. Would she really be so interseted in them if she'd never seen them first hand? "Yes," she replied. "I've helped my dad with work a lot."

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adampucey
2008-10-29 02:54 pm UTC (link)

Adam cocked his head to the side, noting how her eyes weren't really moving over the page she's pretending to read. "Thank you isn't a yes, or a no." he stated, shrugging. "But I suppose I understand if you'd not wish to go. I apologize for such a bold offering; you might not feel comfortable at all being just with me. And you still aren't ready to travel alone anyway. There's also the issue of your violently overprotective male cousins. I could understand the many reasons for your hesitation..." With a smile, he released her hair, and focused more of his attention on the parchment before him, and a potions volume that needed to be read and analyzed.

A nod, as he started readng. "I hadn't expected a lot would be allowed to see them, but given your connections, I suppose I really shouldn't be surprised. I'm quite envious. I only wish I could see one..."

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