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Asteria Elizabeth Greengrass (othergreengrass) wrote in unexpectedrpg,
@ 2008-07-09 22:22:00

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asteria greengrass, roger davies

WHO: Roger and Asteria
WHEN: Backdated to Monday
WHERE: Roger's Home
WHAT: Moving In
RATING: prolly light
STATUS: Closed / In Progress

This was the part Asteria had nervously dreaded. It really had nothing to do with Roger. She actually liked him. He was sweet and had gone out of his way to make her as comfortable as possible, which went a long way with her. Her nervousness stemmed from being firmly taken from her home and replanted in a space that didn't really seem to belong to her. In a weird sense it was almost like Hogwarts again...though, thankfully without the large number of people.

So far, she thought she was doing rather well. She'd only managed to break three objects by dropping them and there had been a moment where she hadn't heard Roger approach and he'd startled her when he had asked her a question. Other then that, she was slowly getting the hanging of this living with someone else business. On top of that, she had suddenly realized that she had a lot of stuff ... far too much stuff.

Some of the things she'd be sending to her parents. All the things she really wouldn't need would be sent to her room there. There was no point in cluttering up Roger's apartment with useless objects.

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othergreengrass
2008-07-15 06:35 pm UTC (link)

Asteria smiled. "Don't stress yourself out over it. It'll be fine. I can always get the boys to put up some stronger wards, if you like. They're quite good at that sort of thing." She wouldn't push the issue, because in all honesty, she didn't mind not having any. She would handle it...or learn to. She was quite determined to. She didn't want to have to worry about it. She just wanted her quite life and she'd be including Roger in that as well, even if she had to make some changes.

""I'll be fine." she assured him again. And she would. It would take some work, but she'd get there.

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	roger__davies 2008-07-15 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	It wasn't wards that was the issue, but Roger decided not to push it. There wasn't much point. He was sure she'd learn the reality of the situation soon enough anyway. "Do you want any desert after?" Roger asked as he polished off one of the boxes of the food. He had a bit of a sweet tooth at the moment, but he'd abstain if Asteria didn't feel like it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

othergreengrass
2008-07-15 07:04 pm UTC (link)

She'd eaten quite a fair amount of the food Roger had ordered for them, but she did have a little bit of a sweet tooth. Depending on the item, she could do with indulging in a bit of desert. "What did you have in mind?" she asked curiously, moving to set her chopsticks in the sick and throw out some of their garbage.

It was quite different living with another person. She'd only really realized that when she had moved in with Roger. Even living at home hadn't been like that. Everyone had had their own room and their own part of the house they liked to frequent. It wasn't very often that they were all in the same area ... formal engagements and planned outings not withstanding. She couldn't say that she didn't like having another person around.

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	roger__davies 2008-07-15 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	"I was thinking maybe some ice cream?" Roger suggested, "since its summer and all... But I could go for anything, really." He opened up the door to his freezer and saw that it was empty, so he turned around with a shrug, "we could go get some. Or I could pick something up if you wanted to keep unpacking..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

othergreengrass
2008-07-15 07:33 pm UTC (link)

She smiled at his suggestion. It was the prefect idea. The unpacking could wait. "I'd like to get ice cream." she responded, lightly. If nothing else it would give them an opportunity to ease some of the tension and nerves (on her part). It had been a busy day for the both of them and she was more then ready for a chance to relax a little.

She was a little dusty from moving and such, but for the first time in a long while, she really didn't care. She didn't want to change, she didn't want to do anything really, except spend some time with Roger, just .... doing regular, everyday things. "Just let me find my shoes."

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roger__davies
2008-07-15 07:46 pm UTC (link)

"I think I saw a pair that was trying to migrate under the couch," Roger suggested, wracking his brain for other odd places that shoes might have ended up. There was a lot of stuff here, and Merlin knew where any of it ended up. Asteria was meticulous, but even she couldn't contain the mess that had started to form in his flat.

"What sort of ice cream do you want, love?" Roger asked, wondering what flavor he intended to get for himself. He headed for the front door, checking his pockets to see if he still had money. "There's this great muggle place with all sorts of strange flavors, if you want to try something new."

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othergreengrass
2008-07-15 07:55 pm UTC (link)

She laughed but went to check the spot. Sure enough, she could see the pink toe of one of her flats sticking out. She had to duck down in order to reach the other one, but she managed, standing up again to step into them. "Okay, we're good." she smiled, following after him to the door.

She didn't know what sort of flavour she was going to get. Normally, she just got strawberry, but she thought something new might be nice as well. "I'm willing to try something new if you are." At least with ice cream, something new didn't mean anything too frightening. It was just ice cream after all.

"Is it far from here?" she asked, not exactly knowing the area. It would take her a bit to familiarize herself with it, but the great thing about being a witch was that she could simply apparate home if she was lost.

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roger__davies
2008-07-15 08:16 pm UTC (link)

"Sure," Roger nodded with a grin, "we'll try each others out and see who got the better venture."

"What's your favorite, so I can be sure you're not going back on our deal," Roger laughed as he opened the door, offering her his hand to hold. The place wasn't that far, just a couple of blocks, and it would be a nice walk. The evening was mild temperature, and the streets were relatively empty. It could be a lovely end to a good, and surprisingly unstressful, day.

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othergreengrass
2008-07-15 08:24 pm UTC (link)

She blushed lightly when he offered to hold her hand, but accepted it immediately, letting her smaller hand fit perfectly in his own. "It's strawberry." she offered, with a light laugh. "But it's only fair you tell me what yours is. I might decide to randomly bring home ice cream and candy."

The suggestion was really not that far off. She did like ice cream and her favourite kind of sweets were jelly beans and gummi candies. Her brother had once brought her an entire bag of little green gummi frogs from one of his trips and she'd been in love with them ever since.

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roger__davies
2008-07-15 08:45 pm UTC (link)

"I've got a couple of favorites," Roger said with a shrug, "cookie dough...Mint chocolate chip...And sometimes just plain vanilla."

"Perhaps I'll have to try strawberry, I've never really had it. Neither of my parents cared for it, so I didn't grow up with it."

He led the way down the street, smiling as they passed other couples, wondering how he and Asteria looked to them. Did they look natural, or loving? Or could the muggles who knew nothing about the situation tell that they were forced together and trying desperately to make it work?

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othergreengrass
2008-07-15 09:00 pm UTC (link)

She was surprised that he'd never tried strawberry, particularly since it was a popular flavour. Though, she couldn't really say anything, she'd never really tried Mint Chocolate Chip. The very idea of mint in ice cream wasn't exactly appealing to her. "Everyone likes vanilla. It's classic ice cream."

For her part, Asteria wasn't exactly thinking about how they appeared to others. She'd never really put much stock in what other people thought and was more concerned with what Roger, himself thought. From her perspective, things had been going rather smoothly...but that didn't mean that he thought the same. Smooth for her, didn't necessarily mean smooth for him.

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roger__davies
2008-07-15 09:08 pm UTC (link)

"Some people actually don't," Roger said with a laugh, thinking of an ex-girlfriend he'd been with, who positively hated vanilla. She only ate coffee ice cream, and Roger had developed somewhat of a taste for that flavor as well. Perhaps he'd develop a taste for strawberry as well.

"But I think we should both get something crazy," Roger said, turning the corner and pointing out the small ice cream parlor. There was a small line, but Roger didn't really mind.

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othergreengrass
2008-07-15 09:22 pm UTC (link)

She glanced up at him incredulously when he said that some people didn't like Vanilla. That just seemed silly. "How could someone not like vanilla. You can do so much with it; chocolate, caramel,bananas, fresh strawberries." She stopped there, knowing she was going to make herself crave that very thing and she wanted to stick to trying something new.

Unlike her sister, Asteria really didn't venture that far into the Muggle world. It wasn't for lack of interest, it was merely that she could always find what she was looking for in the familiar corners of Wizarding society. It was easier to stick to what she knew rather then venture out, though she had a feeling that with Roger, she'd be spending a bit more time trying new things and she honestly found herself somewhat excited about it.

"Something crazy?" she asked, wondering just what sort of flavours the store could have. "What's your definition of crazy?"

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roger__davies
2008-07-15 09:27 pm UTC (link)

As they closed the distance between them and the ice cream place, Roger shrugged, he didn't really have anything specific in mind.

When they finally entered the small building, Roger looked at the menu, letting his eyes glaze over his usual favorites. Flavors like cinnamon raisin, toffee crunch, and blackberry jumped out at him, but he turned to see what Asteria was looking at.

"Anything look good to you?"

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othergreengrass
2008-07-15 09:33 pm UTC (link)

Asteria had forgone the list of flavours and had approached the glass to look at the different tubs of ice cream. There were flavours in there she didn't even recognize. Like that strange orange one in the corner.

"Roger? Is that one pumpkin?" she asked, quietly so the woman at the counter wouldn't hear her. If it was it looked very strange. "I think there's something wrong with it. What's that black stuff?"

Had she known what the flavour was to begin with she might not have asked such ridiculous questions ... granted, if she had known that the questions were ridiculous she wouldn't have even asked them.

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roger__davies
2008-07-15 11:18 pm UTC (link)

"I....well, I don't know. Let's steer away from that and go for something a little less crazy. Like cake batter, or cinnamon raisin," Roger suggested, after realizing that he didn't have any idea why the pumpkin ice cream looked so strange. Not that he'd get it anyway, he'd never really cared for pumpkin, and thus never drank the pumpkin juice at Hogwarts.

"They even have cotton candy and bubblegum," Roger said with more than a little shock in his voice. He'd never imagined that ice cream would come in these sorts of flavors....

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