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Adrian Pucey is too lazy to do that. (playboytoaman) wrote in strugglewithin,
@ 2008-11-28 20:51:00

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*complete, adrian pucey, alicia spinnet, august 1997

RP: Blind Date
Date: 28 August 1997
Characters: Adrian Pucey, Alicia Spinnet
Location: Diagon Alley, The Brass Lantern
Status: Private (mature content)
Summary: Adrian's mother has conspired with a friend to set their children up on a date. Adrian is not amused.
Completion: Complete

If you were a Pureblood of the upper class, it was generally expected that you would marry another Pureblood of the upper class and have lovely little Pureblood babies to carry on the family name and such.

And if, by a certain age, you were not dating, at least, these lovely Pureblood witches...well, your mother would intervene and set you up. Adrian could not count the number of dates he had been on because of his mother, and none of them had ended well. And this one wouldn't either, he was sure of it.

His mother hadn't even told him who the bird was, he thought with a sullen frown, just what restaurant she had made the reservations at, when they were for, and to please Adrian Nicholas wear your best cufflinks.

Which, of course, he was. He did like looking his best, after all. And so here he was, sitting at the table and waiting for whichever Miss Merry Sunshine he had a date with this evening.

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unspun
2008-11-28 08:27 pm UTC (link)

Alicia had gotten off work late and had just enough time to shower, change, throw on some perfume and lipstick, which was her main concession to a beauty regimen, and then fly out the door.

She was wearing a skirt with her favorite pair of knee high boots, and a gauzy blouse over it, and be damned if whatever perfect pureblood her mum had picked out didn't like it. She wasn't doing this for him. She was doing it because otherwise her Mum would drive her nutters.

When she walked into the restaurant, she scanned it for anyone she knew, feeling relief when she didn't see Selwyn. There were some couples, a few older men, and one single man sitting with his back to her.

She pressed her lips together for a moment, then let out a breath, crossing the room just in time for him to look up, her eyes widening and her mouth dropping open just a little.

"Fuck no."

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playboytoaman
2008-11-28 08:37 pm UTC (link)

Hmm. Hopefully it wasn't that older, homely looking bird over there. Or the little blonde ditz in the corner, although she was quite fit and so perhaps there was potential there.

Then his eyes landed on a familiar brunette and he let out a low whistle. Spinnet had some nice legs on her, that was for damn sure. Whoa. Wait. Spinnet was his date? Mercy.

"Well, hello there. Looks like we've been set up," he drawled, the corners of his mouth turning down in a slight frown.

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unspun
2008-11-28 08:46 pm UTC (link)

Alicia felt an almost imperfect rage at him just then for looking so smug and self centered. Maybe it was her crap day. Or maybe it was because she couldn't really be mad at her mum. Much.

As it was, she decided if he could play Mr. Nice Guy, so could she.

So she pulled out her chair and sat down, slinging her purse underneath the table and then smiling across at him a bit coolly.

"It would appear so. I had no idea our mothers were friends though. Guess they've been sneaking around behind our backs."

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playboytoaman
2008-11-28 08:56 pm UTC (link)

Oh, well then. She was sitting down. That was just swell.

"So it would seem. Especially as they have apparently been conspiring against us." Hm. An entire date with Spinnet. Well, this should be interesting.

Hopefully she wouldn't try to steal his food like she did his Danish (and yes, he still maintained that she was the Danish stealer and not the other way around). The waiter came over and Adrian quickly ordered a bottle of wine, the best vintage he'd seen on the menu, and the roast chicken for himself.

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unspun
2008-11-28 08:59 pm UTC (link)

Alicia liked how he just ordered the wine without consulting her, only not. The wine was overpriced and likely there were better, cheaper ones, but then again, he was a rich pretty boy used to having his way paid by Daddy.

"Apparently so." She ordered Salmon Oscar along with a salad, and leaned on one hand as if they had all the time in the world.

"So. How have you been?" she asked, as if this wasn't some horrible punishment being inflicted upon her. Honestly, even yesterday's scary Ministry bloke would have made her less likely to want to hex under the table.

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playboytoaman
2008-11-28 09:02 pm UTC (link)

Adrian watched her carefully as she ordered, keeping his expression passive and nonchalant. He would just have to suffer through the evening, and then perhaps he would at least have some stories to tell Montague.

"I have been just lovely," he replied, eying her carefully at her attempt to make small talk. "Quidditch practice. All the time. And yourself?"

Two could certainly play this game.

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	unspun 2008-11-28 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	Quidditch, they could always talk Quidditch. "Work. Quite a bit. Breaking curses, defying death, you know, the usual. How's your team?" The waiter brought their wine and opened it, pouring officiously for Pucey. Really... how completely poncy could he be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

playboytoaman
2008-11-28 09:13 pm UTC (link)

"Defying death. Sounds like a blast. I do that on a daily basis." He waited as the waiter poured the wine, picking up the glass and taking a careful sip- oh, yes. That was nice. Adrian normally wasn't a wine person, but he did enjoy it on occasion.

"The Falcons are doing quite wonderfully. We're hoping to be at the top of the League this season." Hoping. Planning. Knowing. It sounded far too cocky just to say it straight out, though, better to dress it up a bit.

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	unspun 2008-11-28 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, I follow them actually," she said, taking a sip of the wine, which wasn't bad but also not worth that much money. "I'd forgotten you were on the team." She said that with a cool little even smile. "Odd, really, I was just talking about the Falcons the other day." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)