WHO: Eddie Carmichael and Ginny Weasley WHAT: Neighbours having a neighbourly 'chat' (aka, Eddie needs to sort his life out). WHEN: January 1st, 2001 WHERE: The hallway of their building, to start RATING|STATUS: TBD | In progress, challenge tag 'idiot'
Eddie had made quite a few mistakes in his personal life of late - not that he would admit they were all mistakes - and at that very moment, one of his mistakes was walking out of the front door to his flat, heels looped over the manicured fingers of one hand, yet still tottering to the stairwell.
A few moments later, Eddie stuck his head out of the door, checking that she had gone, and sighed. It was a sigh half of relief and half in exasperation. That New Year's Day, the poor choice he had made at his colleague's party was not a choice he wanted to face again. At least she's not a colleague, Eddie, you idiot he thought to himself, running a hand through his hair and examining the hallway floorboards, deep in thought.
He'd chosen to disbelieve his sister when she said that their parents supported him. He'd chosen to ignore his brother so that his vapid girlfriend didn't irritate the shit out of him and make him snap (though really, Eddie stood by that one). He'd also chosen to stay out here to think, meaning that by the time his 'date' had tottered down the first steps of the stairwell and out of sight, he sensed someone else in the corridor, no doubt witness to his embarrassment. He really was an idiot.