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Tweak says, "nobody on here is a friend"

Verity (veritas_amor) wrote in strugglewithin,
@ 2008-12-21 21:01:00

Entry tags:

*complete, caleb warrington, verity de luca

RP: Cat and Mouse
Date: 21 September 1997
Characters: Verity De Luca, Caleb Warrington
Location: Club Charybdis
Status: Private
Summary: Verity runs into Caleb.
Completion: Complete

She needed to be out around people. Verity had been mostly keeping to herself of late- the things that were starting to happen worried her, especially this new system of IDs, and so she was staying at home and spending time with her family. But lately she'd started...itching.

She'd been out of the social scene for almost two years. Sure, she'd been out with friends, she'd had fun. But she wanted to be herself again. Her old self.

It was time to get her mojo back.

So here she was, at Club Charybdis. She was dressed to kill in shoes with tiny, spiky heels and an even tinier red slip dress, and had been dancing ever since she walked in the door. There had been plenty of men willing to buy her drinks, and some of them were even cute.

Still, alcohol was not good for so much physical activity and she was now at the bar, bribing the bartender into selling her a bottle of water- something they didn't advertise they kept around. Taking it from him and downing about a quarter of the contents gratefully, she looked around the club for her next victim.

And her eyes landed on someone very familiar who seemed to be attempting to sneak toward the exit. A slightly feral smile crossed her face as she pushed off from the bar and headed for him, her long legs allowing her to catch up with him in nearly no time.

Stepping around in front of him, she grinned, stopping in his path.

"And just where are you going?"

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veritas_amor
2008-12-21 10:15 pm UTC (link)

"I do say so." Really, how could he say he couldn't dance when he was driving her crazy with the way he'd pulled her back against him. His arms were heavy around her waist, the weight a comfortable one, and she pressed farther back into him as she continued to move to the music.

"Much," she said a bit breathessly, trying but not completely managing to keep her voice from sounding too husky. Hmm. Was he doing that on purpose?

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	cowarrington 2008-12-21 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	It was nice to know he could still put that note into her voice even though they were no longer anything but friends. He smiled smuggly, knowing that she would have elbowed him if she could see his expression. It was only fair that if she got his blood moving by wearing that tiny dress that he returned the favor. "Good." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	veritas_amor 2008-12-22 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Her breath was coming less easily, but she had passed caring about that a while ago, giving herself over to the rhythm of the music and the way Caleb felt moving against here. The beat drove her movements, her head falling back to rest against his shoulder. "Think maybe you're a natural. Bet you just say you can't to get the ladies this close to you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

cowarrington
2008-12-22 07:50 pm UTC (link)

"No," he said, his voice a low rumble of sound underneath the roil of music, "but I will remember to use that excuse." He half-closed his eyes. This was easier than he thought it would be.

That was likely a function of who it was he was dancing with. Verity was familiar from the scent of her shampoo to the way she walked from years sharing a Common Room and a brief time of sharing more.

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veritas_amor
2008-12-22 07:54 pm UTC (link)

"You do that." The song changed then, to something slower, smoother, and she turned just as smoothly in his arms to face him, her arms going around his neck. She was pressed flush against him and she smiled.

"How are you with slow dancing? It's just as easy, I promise," she teased with a little wink, even while knowing that she probably shouldn't be here, probably shouldn't be flirting with him like this.

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cowarrington
2008-12-22 08:14 pm UTC (link)

"I'm willing to give it a try." He shook his head at coy expression on her face. This one had always been trouble. But still he clasped his hands in the small of her back and moved with in something like a two-step with little formal form to it.

"What have you been up to lately, Verity?" he asked. He was tempted to ask her why there wasn't a jealous boyfriend storming over to them, but he refrained. It was hardly his business.

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veritas_amor
2008-12-22 08:19 pm UTC (link)

What had she been doing lately? She laughed a bit, shaking her head.

"I've just been working, and spending time with my family." Including Michaela, who had been a little brat this morning, demanding her toy and when she didn't get it pitching the loudest fit Verity had ever heard. No wonder they were called the 'Terrible Twos'. Even more shocking, though, was the fact that Verity had managed to calm her down, and that she still adored the little hellion.

"What about you? Where have you been hiding yourself?"

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cowarrington
2008-12-22 08:30 pm UTC (link)

Caleb shrugged. "Just working. Hit Wizard training consumes everything around a bloke." Sometimes he wished he could say more, but what part of his job wasn't dead boring was confidential. While there were no vows placed upon him like the Unspeakables had, it was still death to your career if you were known to talk out of turn.

"How is the little one? Did she survive her day at the Twin Weasleys' place?"

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veritas_amor
2008-12-22 08:36 pm UTC (link)

"Don't work too hard," she said quietly, reaching up without thinking about it and smoothing out the furrow in his brow with her thumb.

She froze momentarily when he asked about Michaela, because it was just a tiny bit surreal, him asking about the little girl. "Um, she's just fine," she managed finally. "Survived, blew some things up. Pitched the fit from hell this morning."

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	cowarrington 2008-12-22 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	He stared at her, puzzled by the way she touched his face. It was a rather intimate gesture. "She sounds like a handful." He smiled slightly, his eyes still locked on hers. "Just like her big sister, I'm certain." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	veritas_amor 2008-12-22 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	She drew her hand back quickly at the look on his face, looking down for a moment before returning her gaze to his and her hand to his shoulder. Glad that he hadn't noticed her momentary lapse, she quirked an eyebrow at him. "Are you calling me a handful, Mister Warrington?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cowarrington 2008-12-22 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Perhaps," he temporized, wideing his eyes in mock-fear. "But only if you don't intend to hex me. Otherwise I'm denying everything." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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