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Tweak says, "clear eyes full hearts"

Coop (existing) wrote in my_rpg,
@ 2009-10-25 23:12:00

Who: Lisa and Roger
What: pseudo NOT date
When: tonight!
Where: Lisa's flat to start, then wherever Roger takes her
Rated: TBD

Lisa heard a knock. It seemed entirely too soon for Roger to be there. She had hardly finished her make-up! She wasn't even wearing shoes! Cussing quietly to herself, and angry at Marcus for choosing tonight to go out with his friends, she hurried. "Coming," she called, trying not to make him wait too long at the door.

She slipped on a pair of modest heels to match her dress and fastened her earrings as she walked towards the door. Composing herself, she shook her hair and exhaled. Then, she opened the door.

The first thing she noticed was that Roger looked nice. "Hi," she said after a few seconds of staring.

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existing
2009-10-28 03:32 am UTC (link)

"I would have hexed him into oblivion if he had," she said, confidently and with a bit of edge. "Let's get you up." She stood, grabbing him around the waist and hoisting him up. She figured he could walk but she didn't want to let him go in case he was dizzy. "Want me to apparate or do you want to call the Knight Bus?" She figured staying for the rest of the show was out of the question.

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	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 03:33 am UTC (link)
	"Apparate." His head was starting to hurt and he figured flashing lights and thumping bass wasn't very good for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

existing
2009-10-28 03:40 am UTC (link)

"Okay. Hold on," she said, grabbing a good hold on him anyways and turning on the spot. The next second they were standing in his kitchen. She figured apparating to the front door was sort of foolish. There was no need for modesty right now. "Here." She pushed him down onto one of the kitchen chairs. They could move to the living room later but now she needed to get some ice.

"We'll ice the swelling and then I'll heal the cuts, alright?" It looked sort of bad. He was bleeding. She thought cleaning it would probably be a good idea.

She rushed out of the room and came back with a few wash cloths. The first one she ran under the tap for some hot water. Once it was damp, she wrung it out and sat across from Roger. "Hold still," she said, leaning close to carefully dab away the blood.

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	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 03:42 am UTC (link)
	Roger winced when the cloth touched his face. It had settled into a rhythm of throbbing pain and, like steady noise, it had almost become ignorable. When she touched it she disrupted that and made it sting all over. "That's what I get for being chivalrous." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

existing
2009-10-28 03:47 am UTC (link)

"I'm sorry," she said quietly, because alone in the kitchen there was no reason to be loud. "But thank you." She dabbed a little lighter when she noticed him wince. It was almost clean anyways so he wouldn't have to endure it much longer. "You didn't have to and you did and I appreciate it." She paused what she was doing and looked at him briefly before standing and moving to the sink again. She rinsed the bloody cloth and laid it aside. She'd put it in the laundry later for him.

Lisa then moved to the ice box, reaching her hands in and pulling out an ice cube tray. She cracked it and dropped a couple cubes into the other open washcloth. Then, she put the tray back in the box, closed the door and twisted the top of the wash cloth before handing it to Roger. "Here. Hold that on there for a few minutes and then I'll see what I can do about the cut."

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	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 03:48 am UTC (link)
	"You've done a lot of things for me that you didn't have to." Roger held it to his face. The pulsing slowed. He was going to have a black eye in the morning. Smiling would hurt, and Roger needed to smile. It was his meal ticket. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 03:51 am UTC (link)
	"But I haven't gotten hurt doing them," she reminded him as she slipped back into the chair across from him. "That was dangerous. You could have gotten seriously hurt." She didn't want to scold him, though. She was thankful that he defended her honor. She smiled at him. "Guess it's just one of those things guys do to impress, huh?" She was impressed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 03:56 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah," he said with half a smirk, because the other half hurt. "I guess it is." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 03:58 am UTC (link)
	"Well. It worked. Every girl in that club was swooning over you. Or at least, the ones within hearing distance." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 04:01 am UTC (link)
	"I didn't even get a good lick in." Roger rubbed his knuckles. "Believe me, he would'a deserved it." Roger took the ice off. "How does it look?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

existing
2009-10-28 04:03 am UTC (link)

Lisa leaned forward again, examining his eye. She put one hand on the side of his face that wasn't bruised and tilted it a little towards the light. It looked pretty painful. And it would definitely be bruised in the morning, but it looked slighter better than it had even minutes before.

"Better," she said. "Want me to heal that cut now? It might make it feel a little better." She pulled out her wand and said a quick spell. His split cheek closed itself back up.

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	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 04:06 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks," he said. "Already world's better." Roger got up and walked slowly to the sink to get a glass of water. He wasn't dizzy, but his head hurt. "Did you have fun until the big finale?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 04:13 am UTC (link)
	"I did. It was brilliant. Everything was great. Wish we got to dance a little longer but there will be other times." She smiled at him and placed her wand on the kitchen table leaning back and stretching. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"I've got a wireless," he said. "I'd hate to get you out of the house with promise of dancing and then be a liar." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 04:18 am UTC (link)
	Lisa's heart skipped a couple beats. "Sure you can handle it? You're not dizzy or anything?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 04:21 am UTC (link)
	"Naw, he didn't hit me that hard." Roger walked into the living room and flicked on the wireless. It was an old Celestina Warbeck song, probably one his parents had danced to. "Are you coming?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 04:23 am UTC (link)
	She chuckled and stood from the kitchen table, following him into the living room. "I suppose," she said, trying to sound exasperated but failing. She was much too happy for that. "Celestina, huh?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 04:25 am UTC (link)
	"Celestina. In her fifties and still smokin' hot." Roger grinned. He offered Lisa a hand, still smiling a crooked half-smile. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 04:26 am UTC (link)
	"I only hope I can be that lucky," she mused, taking his hand and moving closer to him. She placed her free hand on his shoulder. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 04:32 am UTC (link)
	"You're gonna be the cutest little old lady," Roger said. He put an arm around her waist. "With your round cheeks, making macaroni and cheese with hot dogs for everyone." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 04:36 am UTC (link)
	Lisa laughed. She could picture it. "I make the best macaroni and cheese," she said, without a hint of doubt in her voice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 04:40 am UTC (link)
	"You know," he said, with a slight touch of amusement in his voice. "I think you're my best friend." Most of his friends only went out drinking with him, leeching off of the girls who came sniffing at Roger. Then there was Leanne. She was a new friend. Lisa was the one who was always there for him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 04:43 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah?" Besides Marcus, Roger was probably her best friend as well. Not many girls wanted to hang out with Lisa. She wasn't the gossip type, she didn't follow Quidditch or Witch Weekly and she spent most of her time at the hospital or at Roger's with Brighton. There wasn't a whole lot of time for girl bonding. "I think it's mutual." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 04:47 am UTC (link)
	"Brighton really missed you," he said. He was a little better at this kind of dancing. He'd done some ballroom dancing lessons as a kid. Roger stepped back, raised his arm, twirled Lisa, and pulled her back in close. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 01:21 pm UTC (link)
	"He did?" Lisa asked, once she was close to Roger again. "I really missed Brighton too." Which was true. She did. He was a great kid. He'd been raised right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)