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michael corner is reluctantly growing up (mlcorner) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-01-09 22:15:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 11 2003, character: dean thomas, character: michael corner

Characters: Michael Corner & Dean Thomas
Setting: The Leaky Cauldron, 11 November 2003, 6:32pm
Rating: General Public
Summary: Dean wants to talk to Michael about Lavender and Michael is working.

Michael felt like he needed a break from work, even though he hadn't really been that busy lately. He hadn't picked up any extra shifts like he normally did because he'd been working on the dreamless sleep potion, which might be part of the reason why he was tired, but he figured most of it was worrying about Lavender. And having her around the flat was a little bit...confining to say the least. He wanted to help her, don't get him wrong, but now that she was there he felt like he'd made a bit of a mistake offering his place up so quickly. But then again she was having trouble with so many other of her friends right now he couldn't exactly expect her to just find somewhere else and regardless of how awkward it felt, he still wanted her somewhere he could protect her. It was a double-edged sword regardless of how he looked at it.

He had to say that he was pretty glad to go to work, even if it meant leaving her there alone because he needed the time to himself. Dean had mentioned he'd be stopping by and it would be nice to catch up with him but he knew he was worried about Lavender and Michael knew that Seamus and Dean had both had disagreements with Lavender about Bianca, though Dean was generally more level headed than Seamus was so he could trust Dean to not lose his cool even if Lavender might. And knowing Lavender these days, well it was probably safe to say that she would lose her cool pretty often. It probably didn't help that her flat was broken into earlier that morning, not long after they'd moved her out of it. So it was sodding lucky they got her out when they did. And he'd felt a bit of a prat for feeling suffocated with her around when they found out because Merlin knew that she would be terrified after hearing that and why wouldn't she be? He had set who knows how many wards before leaving for work and had Lavender set her own and they set up a password as well so that no one could get into the flat without it.

If it wasn't for the new information that Weasley had got them, Michael wouldn't have felt any hope at all at this point. But it was tainted now, because if Weasley had dueled with a brunette and there was a ginger breaking into Lavender's flat, was there two people now? Or was someone playing tricks on them? Michael thought about it as he wiped the counter and kept an eye out for Dean to arrive. He was going to take his break when he got there and hopefully it wouldn't be terribly sullen.

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artisgratia
2012-01-17 04:57 pm UTC (link)

Dean nodded. "I think people were reluctant to just accept something they didn't have the same conviction in. I tried to talk to her about it, but..." Dean shrugged. It wasn't his fault Lavender didn't want to hear opposing views. He hadn't abandoned her or called her thoughts crazy, but she reacted to him - and to Seamus - as though they had. But when she started putting words in his mouth, he'd had to put his foot down. "I check in on her again. Hopefully it'll go better next time." He was hopeful, despite what Seamus had told him about their conversation earlier. "Maybe seeing what she saw will help."

Dean chuckled at that. "I didn't mean to imply he was. Just that I know full well how often he speaks before he thinks. I'm damage control," he said simply. He tilted his head at Michael. "I'm glad you're looking out for her though, Michael."

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mlcorner
2012-01-17 06:46 pm UTC (link)

Michael sighed and shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe I've just been too close to her to see where everyone else is coming from. Maybe it was the same with Justin and Bianca. Ernie was able to understand and he's friends with Bianca so I guess I took that for granted." He nodded. "I hope so. She needs to know that not everyone is against her right now, especially the DA because we all need one another if we are going to get somewhere with these memories. And I plan to get somewhere." He was not going to let Anthony or Lavender go that easily.

He shrugged. "I can't really fault him that." Michael was the same way; he never thought about things before he spoke which was why he often got himself into situations he didn't need to be in. But he didn't necessarily have a Dean walking around behind him to clean up his messes. Lavender was in no condition to take care of his problems in that way and Anthony may be his best mate but he wasn't really Michael's keeper. "I'm trying my best - it's the least I can do for her."

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artisgratia
2012-01-17 08:23 pm UTC (link)

Dean gave Michael a curious look. "I think that way about Seamus." For a moment he wondered just how close Michael and Lavender were now, but then brushed the thought aside, when Michael continued, naming Justin and Ernie and Bianca. "That's the part I couldn't get through to her. We're not against her if we have a differing opinion. The important thing is to be safe, find out what's happened, and find a way to stop it. Disagreeing is bound to happen, but that doesn't mean the end of a friendship. At least I hope it doesn't."

Dean suddenly remembered his drink and took a healthy gulp of butterbeer. "We're all trying our best. I'm just...anyway, I definitely think having another meeting is the best way to go. One Lavender can attend this time." He winced slightly, remembering how poorly planned the timing of the last one was. He was going to try to make sure Lavender didn't feel excluded. He may have thought she was being unreasonable about some things, but not that. Having had the meeting on a full moon had not been the best idea, even if it was the closet and best time most people were available.

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mlcorner
2012-01-17 09:33 pm UTC (link)

Michael took a drink of his pumpkin juice just as Dean mentioned that he thought that way about Seamus and began to cough on his drink, which seemed to go down his throat the wrong way. He was not really prepared for that sort of comment, or at least what it might imply about himself and Lavender, and it put him a bit on edge. He certainly didn't have a problem with Seamus and Dean's relationship, but other people thinking of him and Lavender in such a way - well he wasn't ready for that quite yet. Or ever, really. When he was able to speak again, Michael said, "Yeah well, she's hard to get through to sometimes so I can understand that. I don't think she is ready to sever her ties with everyone, I think she's just overwhelmed."

Michael nodded in agreement, a frown creasing his brow. "Yeah, it's about time to get together again. We've got plenty to discuss, what with Ron's situation and now Lavender's. I wish we could meet because of something good happening and not something awful." That was really all that seemed to happen these days though.

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artisgratia
2012-01-18 03:22 pm UTC (link)

Dean's eyes widened as Michael suddenly choked. "You all right, mate?" His concern was tempered though when Michael continued speaking - if he could talk he wasn't choking. Wondering if something had just gone down the wrong pipe or what, Dean was silent for a moment. "Well good. I hope this will all blow over soon enough."

Dean finished the last of his drink and nodded. "Isn't that the truth? Well at least we did just mange to get some of us together for Justin's birthday. Seamus's is at the end of the month. Maybe we'll do something then."

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mlcorner
2012-01-21 10:04 pm UTC (link)

Michael nodded slowly. "Yeah, yeah. Fine." He certainly was not fine, but Dean need not know any of that. He nodded in agreement. "I hope so too."

He knew that Justin's birthday had been a good thing, up until Zacharias had shown up and sort of ruined it. He shouldn't have let the bloke ruin the entire night when it had been nice up until then, but it was difficult to do so when he was such a bleeding prat. And Justin had not reacted very well either so when the bloke of honour wasn't enjoying himself, how was everyone else going to? "Yeah, that's true. And Seamus' birthday, yeah? That sounds good. Maybe we can celebrate the end of these bloody nightmares along with it." He was being overly hopeful, obviously, but he had to be or he'd never be able to believe that Lavender and Anthony would be okay.

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	artisgratia 2012-01-22 12:32 am UTC (link)
	Dean's expression was more curious than concerned, but since Michael said he was fine, he let it drop. "Right so, I'll meet with Ron tomorrow morning and then you just let me know if Lavender's all right with me seeing her memory and drawing whoever was in her place. And maybe by the end of the month, we'll have something to celebrate yeah?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mlcorner
2012-01-22 09:12 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah mate, that sounds good. I'll ask her about it as soon as I get a chance." Michael smiled a little. "And maybe we will. Well I better get back to work before Tom decides I'm better off not working here. He'll give all my shifts to Seamus and I can't have that. My regulars would be very disappointed because they are not into sandy hair."

Michael smirked and stood up, offering his hand to Dean for a shake. "It was good to see you, even under the circumstances. Thanks for coming round."

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artisgratia
2012-01-23 04:00 pm UTC (link)

Dean stood as well, taking Michael's hand. "He'd better not give Seamus extra shifts. Sometimes it's hard enough to see him as it is." He grinned at the sandy hair comment. "Well I'll let you get back to your shift then. Would hate to disappoint your regulars and deprive them of your shining and glossy dark locks."

Dean nodded. "I was good to see you too. I'll come round again just to stop and have a drink, yeah?"

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