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daphne (ex_transcend779) wrote in unexpectedrpg,
@ 2008-06-26 14:01:00

Entry tags:

daphne greengrass, harry potter

WHO: Daphne Greengrass & Harry Potter
WHEN: Now, bitch!
WHERE: The Tipsy Turtle
RATING: We'll see.
STATUS: Closed/incomplete

Daphne was now slightly resigned to this whole arranged marriage thing. It was kind of tradition in her family anyway. Only this time, her parents weren't the ones arranging it and it was slightly inconvenient to be married off to someone she didn't fancy, know or really care to know. But who knew with her? First impressions were key with her. Harry could always impress her in some way, shape or form. Daphne never talked to him at school and from what she heard, he was a bit of a pompous ass. But hey, so was she, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad? Those thoughts meant nothing. It was Harry Potter. No one would ever respect her again. Not from her side of the tracks, at least. Full of insults, this one was.

In a green dress, Daphne slipped on a pair of sandals and looked at herself in the mirror. Apparently she cared about what she looked like, even when meeting someone she didn't necessarily want to meet. Sighing, she grabbed her bag off her bed and left her bedroom, wand in hand just in case any flock of pigeons decided to attack her as she left her flat. Damn London and the unfortunate amount of dirty, filthy birds. However, she did enjoy the city life. As she thought about that descending from her third floor apartment, she wondered where they would live. If he would move in with her, she would move in with him, they would get a completely new place. Who knew? Surely this would be a topic of discussion once they sat down and talked.

A pub was probably a decent place to meet. Merlin knew she would need a couple of drinks before completely agreeing to any of this. Plus, it was neutral. A place neither of them probably went often. She certainly didn't venture in there very often and she hardly doubted he knew where the hell it was. Stepping outside of her building, she took a right and disappeared into an alley where she apparated from about three meters away from where she needed to be. Walking was not her favorite thing in the world when it wasn't necessary. With a pop, she appeared behind the pub and took the back door in, sheathing her wand finding a good window booth for the two of them to look out when they weren't glaring at each other. Seating herself, she waited for the waitress to come over and take her order. "Guinness. Pint. And keep it coming. I'll need two glasses," she said quietly, crossing her legs beneath the table and her arms on her chest. Now she had to wait. Wait and marinade in the thoughts about her upcoming, unfortunate wedding.

This would be fun.

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ex_transcend779
2008-06-28 12:35 am UTC (link)

Perhaps this really wasn't such a terrible thing. At least they were taking the time to get to know one another unlike some people who probably just didn't care to meet at all, or bickered the entire time when they bothered to meet. Daphne was at least trying to be civil and she thought she was doing a rather good job of it, as well.

As he offered his own, she took a scoop as well and ate it, giving a rather impressed look at him. "Not bad, but it will never be better than pumpkin," she said with a small smile. She thought about what he had said pertaining to the other stuff he had wanted to do and the like. She had never really thought about anything else but herself and if she wanted something bad enough, she had no problems getting it. Normally, at least.

"Winging it might be our best bet, though I assure you, I'm one of the least tolerable people to live with. I'm up at the crack of dawn, I clean until I see my reflection in everything and I do Yoga until I can't feel my muscles anymore." Yes, Daphne did yoga and it definitely helped her stay fit. "You'll see me so much that you'll hate me the first day," she laughed.

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darkhairedgryff
2008-06-28 12:46 am UTC (link)

Putting on a brave face, Harry did the unthinkable and actually tried the pumpkin flavour. For a moment he considered it, before finally giving his opinion "It's...relatively good." he grinned, rather amused. "That being said, I may just allow it to take up residence in our freezer."

For a moment he returned to his chocolate as he listened to Daphne talk about her common activities. "Despite being a guy, I'm not that horrible when it comes to picking up after myself. I'll have you know I know my way around a broom. As for getting up early and yoga, it really won't be an issue. Only rarely do I work in the evenings so for the most part I'll be gone in the morning. You can have the entire place to yourself to do as you please. Yoga, clean, any other sort of crazy girly thing. Go for it."

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ex_transcend779
2008-06-28 12:54 am UTC (link)

"Success!" She exclaimed playfully when he said he might just let it live in their freezer. That would be the ultimate prize of being married to Harry Potter. And if anyone ever asked what she saw in him, she'd tell them it was because he let her keep her ice cream. Yep, it was that important. Such a healthy relationship with food, Daphne had.

"Do you? Because I don't, so you'll have to teach me." Mostly, Daphne did her cleaning by magic. It worked well enough and got things cleaner than a broom or a sponge would. "I don't do crazy girly things. Shockingly, I don't do much at all, to be honest with you. Clean, eat, clean, leave, clean, eat, eat, sleep. I do sleep every now and again."

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darkhairedgryff
2008-06-28 04:36 pm UTC (link)

Harry grinned and leaned back against the chair, glancing up as he relaxed further. "The pumpkin and the chocolate can keep each other company. It's not fair that either one has to collect frost alone."

Not being a big lover of ice cream, Harry was finished with the chocolate relatively soon. Setting it down, he replaced the lid and cast a quick cleaning charm on the spoon before setting it onto of the container. That done, he returned to staring out off the balcony.

"No, I just meant I know how to clean. You don't spend seven years with Molly Weasley without picking up some good cleaning spells." he responded, turning his head to glance at her for a moment before returning it to its previous position. "That sounds relatively similar to my own schedule. Eat, clean, leave, work, work, eat, work, sleep, eat, work."

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ex_transcend779
2008-06-28 07:22 pm UTC (link)

"Well, the pumpkin ice cream is very happy that you would allow the chocolate to be its friend," Daphne joked, laughing as she took another bite. She wouldn't be able to finish this ice cream off for quite some time, but she was determined to do it.

"Aha, because I've never used any cleaning supply in my life. And I refuse to own an elf, my mum thinks I need the one I had back home, but I prefer to not have the responsibility." She shrugged and took another bite of ice cream before looking over at him. "Well, then it looks like we'll be able to avoid each other just by having different eating schedules," she said with a wry grin.

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darkhairedgryff
2008-06-28 07:32 pm UTC (link)

He chuckled, amused and more then willing to let her continue to talk. It had been a long day for him and it was starting to catch up on him. Perhaps he spent far too much time at the Ministry, but he enjoyed it for the most part, so it had never really been a problem.

"I for one am quite glad that you don't have a house elf." Harry responded, remembering Hermione's rather determined means of gathering supporters for S.P.E.W. "Hermione would literally string me up if she found out we had a house elf. She doesn't really get the entire house elf situation."

Just the thought of the Brunette finding out was scary. He'd be lucky if he just ended up with her smacked him over the head with the broom the creature had been using and not something far more destructive.

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ex_transcend779
2008-06-28 07:45 pm UTC (link)

Daphne had never really met Hermione, though she was always one of the girls chiming in about her hair and her teeth and all the other stuff. Looking back on it, Daphne probably never would have gone back to change it. She was immature then and still was, so there was really not much thought given to that girls name other than the memory of her hair.

"Yeah, well. I didn't find them too useful back at my parents' home, I doubt I would find one useful here." A shrug was given as she, too finished off her ice cream and set it aside. "That hit the spot," she said, setting her spoon on top of the empty pint.

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darkhairedgryff
2008-06-28 08:01 pm UTC (link)

Harry glanced over when she set the empty container down and offered her an amused smirk. "Perhaps it would be beneficial to keep several pints of Pumpkin ice cream in with my chocoalte." When it all came down to it, he didn't mind that he'd have to stop in at the small store on a frequent basis. He much preferred the Muggle world when it came to shopping. It didn't matter if it was clothes, food or music. Muggles just did some things better.

The sun had long ago set and it was starting to get rather cold. Pushing himself up and out of the ridiculously comfy chair, he turned back to face Daphne. "Well, I have to admit, this meeting turned out far better then I had imagined it would."

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ex_transcend779
2008-06-28 08:06 pm UTC (link)

Daphne laughed. Perhaps indeed. She could probably go through ice cream quicker than most people could. Especially pumpkin. Normal food was rarely eaten by her, but when it came to sweets, Daphne had quite the tooth for it. It would show in time. "I think that might just be a great idea," she said with a smile.

When he stood, Daphne did the same. This meant it was time for him to go and for her to scold herself for having such a decent time with him. She rubbed her eyes for a second then smiled at him. "We should ... do it again?" it was more of a nervous suggestion than anything. She did have a pretty good time with Harry, after all.

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darkhairedgryff
2008-06-28 08:13 pm UTC (link)

Given the initial reaction he'd gotten when the entire marriage issue was announced, he was a little surprised they seemed to be getting on fairly well. He'd been about to suggest the very same thing, so it really wasn't a difficulty for him to agree. "Definitely. I'm off Monday, if you're available."

Monday, his much deserved free day, which was great because he'd always hated Mondays. He had promised Molly that he'd stop in, but that could easily be arranged along side his meeting with Daphne. While Molly tended to talk a good deal and fuss over him, he knew how to make it out of there in relatively good time.

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ex_transcend779
2008-06-28 08:49 pm UTC (link)

"Monday sounds good," Daphne said with a nod and a smile. She couldn't believe she had fun with him. Part of her just wanted to jump up and down and scream about what an idiot she was, but truth be told, it wouldn't change anything. Even if she wasn't ready to get married, she knew it wouldn't be to someone she couldn't stand. Who would have ever thought Daphne Greengrass would have been tolerable toward Harry Potter?

She moved from the balcony and into the apartment again where it was warmer than it was outside. She smiled again as she walked to the door. They didn't need to say much more than what was already said.

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darkhairedgryff
2008-06-28 08:54 pm UTC (link)

Harry grabbed the ice cream containers and the spoons, depositing them on the counter as they passed the kitchen. He was still worried about this whole wedding issue and the direction that the ministry was taking, but this meeting had helped take a bit of the worry off. If nothing else, they'd be able to at least coexist without too much difficulty.

Reaching the door, he paused a moment to step back into his shoes, before turning back to her. "So Monday, dinner?" he asked, thinking over the situation. "I'm sure there's plenty more we have to discuss before we're actually suppose to follow through on the Ministry's demands."

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	ex_transcend779 2008-06-28 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	Daphne had completely forgotten about the containers of ice cream and was more focused on being a good hostess and showing him to the door in a timely fashion. When he mentioned dinner on Monday, she nodded. "Dinner would be nice," she said, agreeing to the whole more to discuss matter. "I'm sure we'll be able to work through this, if anything." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkhairedgryff
2008-06-28 10:12 pm UTC (link)

Harry nodded in agreement. "I agree and I'm assuming we don't have exactly a large timespan in which to organize everything." he sighed, with a shrug. "A bloody pain that is, but I suppose there really isn't anything to be done about it. Which reminds me, I'll send an owl to my Realtor about possible apartments and all that. She handled everything last time so, she might at least be able to set up some meetings and cover half the work for us."

The woman was a bit batty, but she was nice and did her job well, so Harry couldn't really fault her. "Anyway, I'll let you know when she gets back to me. See you, Monday." he finally said, reaching for the door handle. "Oh..and thanks for the drinks."

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ex_transcend779
2008-06-28 10:22 pm UTC (link)

Not really having thought about just how much time they had to organize everything, that meant Daphne would have to actually get to work on her own stuff. As in, guests, even if it was just family, some family was not wanted. A wedding date would be nice, a dress, flowers. Bloody hell, now she was stressed just thinking about it. "Sounds brill," she said a bit distracted, going over the things in her head.

Another nod was given and she smiled as he mentioned their Monday date once more. "I'll be seeing you," she said with a smile as she leaned against the door frame. "My pleasure. And thank you for the ice cream."

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