Arran Higgs (silverbroom) wrote in reduxpitch, @ 2016-08-30 23:02:00 |
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Entry tags: | !thread, character: hermione granger, retired character: arran wood |
Who: Arran Wood and Hermione Granger.
What: Arran needs a responsible adult (that isn't related to him).
Where: Hermione's house.
When: Tuesday 30th August, after this
Arran's first instinct - after throwing his journal at his bedroom wall - was to go out and buy a bottle of the strongest booze he could find and drink until he couldn't remember his own name (or, more importantly, Roger's). He was out of his pyjamas and half dressed in jeans and a Puddlemere jersey before he had a second thought. He'd sworn off the booze partly because of the World Cup, but mostly because he'd been scared of how much he'd been drinking, and how fucking miserable he'd been while he was doing it. Clearly, he needed something else. Besides, the next day was Lottie's birthday and Arran needed not to be hungover and pissed off.
He'd have gone to Oliver's, to make use of his shiny new television, except that now Oliver knew about Roger, and might ask more questions to get stuck in Arran's brain. No, he needed someone who didn't know, and someone he could trust not to let him go find Roger, no matter how much he might want to. Arran had a lot of friends, but he'd never had a lot of close friends. He'd never really needed any - he had his siblings, and he had Roger. He was shit at keeping in touch with people if he didn't see them regularly. So despite his requirement being 'no booze', it was Hermione's house he apparated to. If nothing else, Hermione was sensible and she didn't know Roger, and if Arran started the night telling her not to let him punch anyone, he believed that she'd make him stick to it.
He knocked, hoping she was home, unable to remember if she had housemates. He thought maybe she did, but the worst that could happen was that they'd tell him to fuck off. It wasn't that late, and Arran was properly dressed, even, provided they weren't Puddlemere haters.