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countingsheep ([info]countingsheep) wrote in [info]unexpectedrpg,
@ 2008-07-21 08:00:00

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Current mood: cynical
Current music:Funeral music..
Entry tags:eleanor branstone, zacharias smith

Who: Zacharias Smith and Eleanor Julia Branstone
What: Discussing marriage and getting wasted and stuff.
When: "Today", 7 P.M.
Where: The Three Broomsticks
Rating: PG-13 for language
Status: Finished!

If glares shot daggers, Zacharias would probably have a few holes in his head at this particular moment. Sitting in a rather untraditional position, he tapped his fingers consistantly atop the glazed brown table of his frequent pub. Living only a few steps from it, so to speak of his flat, it was an easy catch to settle down after a long day at work.

A pair of black high lace-up boots, worn loose, rest against the edge of the table as he leaned down in the chair. He used them to push off just a bit and rock himself in the beaten chair. His pants were a bit tight and a washed black, a zipper chasing down his leg from the knee on each side, which was held closed. His shirt was a simple white, adorned by a few stains- good luck guessing what they were of- and his trademark blazer was a rather loud red plaid.

He brought his tapping to a stop, much to the relief of those around him in the busy-ish pub. He placed both of his hands up to the back of his blonde head and laced them together. His hair stuck up only on the top of his head, the back was too much to be dealing with, and who was he to be impressing her, anyways? Apparently, he wasn't going for that or he would have made an attempt to dress a little better.

He didn't appear to be too pleased about their meeting, his eyebrows drawn together as he gazed at his classic beer, lonely and untouched on the table. He decided he would try to refrain from drinking too much upon their first meeting. Well... it was worth a shot, anyways. Who knew what this would bring to the table.

He pulled a disgusted face as he thought of the word, Ugh- marriage.

Hopefully she'll show... he thought, keeping his rich blue eyes on his sweating beer. It looked as if his nervousness was rubbing off on it, what was he supposed to be expecting from her? Not that she worried him a bit, but none of their shared words had ever been kind. Then again, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing...

He brought down one of his feet and reached forward for his beer, taking a few rather large swallows and setting it back down; off-center from the wet ring that indicated where it had once been sitting.

Oh, yeah... he could feel it... This was going to be one tense evening.






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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 09:44 am UTC (link)
El rolled her eyes and resisted to kick his chair under the table so he'd fall. Stupid bastard.

"It probably is too much to ask for from a bloke like you, but could you be serious and attempt to be nice just for once? This is a fucking unpleasant situation for both of us and I've had my fair share of panic attacks, so I think it'd be great if we could find...some sort of compromise to make this shit work," she huffed, putting the glass down forcefully.

"this may be very funny for you, but for me it is not."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 09:54 am UTC (link)
He put his hands up at elbow length, his palms facing forward as if he had been stopped by the cops. Then, he dropped his foot fall from the top of the table and allowed himself to fall forward, the front legs of the chair hitting the floor with a quiet "thump".

"I'll try my best to resist," he said... as if that was going to happen.

He relaxed his arms and reached over to push the glass that she'd set down closer to her. Raising a brow at her he said unsurely, "I think you should drink some more..."

"And as for this whole situation... we should get to the basics first." He brought up a hand and rest his elbow on the armchair, rubbing at the fuzzy hair that was growing back in as he thought. "Where are you living right now?"

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 09:57 am UTC (link)
"Thank you," El mumbled, taking another drink. Not that she intended to get drunk, it was just a nervous habit of hers. Drinking, that was. Not necessarily beer, most of the times she stuck to water when she was nervous.

"Don't even think about getting me drunk, it won't work. I'm not a lightweight," She added, just to be sure.

Leaning back in the chair she tried to relax a bit more, pushing a strand of hair back behind her ear.

"I have a flat in Camden. You?"

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 10:05 am UTC (link)
He rolled his eyes at her, "That was the farthest thing from my mind, I can assure you." Maybe he was a bit of a pig, but they did need to sort this out.

"Camden, huh.." he trailed, drawing his eyes back to her. "I actually have a flat here, in Hogsmeade..."

"So are you on your own out there, or what? I'm not sure how we're going to do this..."

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 10:09 am UTC (link)
Hogsmeade? Well hopefully he wouldn't want her to move to his flat than. She'd miss London too much. El was a child of the city and in a small town like Hogsmeade she'd go crazy.

"Yes I am. You?" She asked, resting her elbow on the table and her chin in her hand.

"I don't know, but personally I think we should try to make the best out of this. I don't want to spend the rest of my life fretting over this. I'm sure we can somehow...get along...maybe."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 10:23 am UTC (link)
"Of course," he said and coughed and little, looking down at his neglected drink.

He shrugged and mimicked her movement, moving his hand from the side of his head to underneath his chin and batting his eyelashes in a silly, almost flirty way.

"I think we could..." he agreed, "But you'll have to call off my murder first..." He laughed and waved his hand in a dismissing manner. "I think you know who I'm talking about."

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 10:29 am UTC (link)
"Trace?" El rolled her eyes, looking through her bag until she found a pack of cigarettes.

"She's too busy planning the murder of her own fiancé, don't worry," She winked, now rummaging through the bag again to find a lighter.

"you want one?" She added, once her search had been successful. El leaned back again after taking a calming drag, slowly exhaling the smoke.

"I won't send Trace after you as long as you don't treat me like your personal call girl. Bad enough that I've never had or now will have a romantic date, I don't need you to make it all worse and send me into another panic attack."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 10:49 am UTC (link)
He sat back and watched her dig through her bag with a slightly amused expression. "How could you possibly need to carry so much around with you?"

"Yeah, thanks. I owe you," he reached forward and pulled one of the sticks out, picking up the lighter and quickly lighting it before dropping it back on the table and relaxing again. He leaned back and drew his foot back to the edge of the table again. It was a habit for him to sit in such ways, he couldn't stand to sit still, or straight with his feet on the ground, for that matter.

He took a drag and held it in steady for a while he listened to her talk about romantic dates. He thought before answering, surprisingly, but chose to ignore her inexperience to romantic dating. How peculiar...

"Blaise, he's a good man..." He said and studied the burning tip of his cigarette.

"Personal call girl?" He smirked, "But... what good are you, then?"

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 11:02 am UTC (link)
"What?" Looking back at her bag El shrugged lightly. "Came straight from rehearsals, so there are all kinds of scripts and stuff in it," She explained, taking another drag of her cigarette.

Her lips only forming a slight pout she studied him before answering, corners of her lips curling into a grin.

"What good am I? Well, I am funny, I won't get all worked up when you come home drunk, I know all about sports and like beer. So all in all living with me will be like living with one of your mates," She tilted her head to the side. "Then again you are probably one of the guys who would love to have a nice wifey. Sorry that you're stuck with me then, I fear I can't be a girly girl."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 11:18 am UTC (link)
"Rehearsals?" He asked, raising a brow. "Do you act?"

He couldn't resist himself from cracking a smile at her response. She was far more charming than he'd originally expected. He turned his eyes back to her and gave another shrug as he took a drag. He thought again before answering, turning his head up towards the ceiling when he exhaled, blowing the smoke out in a line to let it float above him.

His eyes were lit with amusement, "It sounds like you're selling yourself to me," he teased lightly with a laugh.

"Well, I don't have that many mates, if you can't already tell." He said and brought his hand to an ashtray on the table, flicking some of the ash into it.

"Yeah, well maybe we can whip you into that." He said jokingly, with a motion of his hand as if he were cracking a whip.

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 11:24 am UTC (link)
"Yep. Mostly West End productions, but lately people seem to want me for TV ads as well." She smiled. El really really loved her job. She was outgoing enough to enjoy every aspect of it.

"I'm definitely not selling myself to you," She replied, playing with the necklace she wore. "you couldn't afford me." El then added with a wink.

"Oh why really? Wonder why not. After all you are so...charming and...friendly." El laughed, finishing her cigarette.

"sorry to destroy that dream, mate. My mother already tried to turn me into a perfect little doll. As you can see, she failed spectacularly. You should see the positive aspect of that though: I am sure our wardrobes will go together well."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 11:33 am UTC (link)
He nodded, "That's pretty neat..."

He laughed and took his final drag, "Oh, really? I bet I could." He said and winked back, pressing the butt into the ashtray and resting back again.

"I know, right?" He pouted, picking up on her sarcasm but chose to turn it the other way anyways.

He laughed, "Oh, great. At least we'll look like we belong together."

"Maybe it was the absence of dreamy romantic dates." He wavered on the last three words for emphasis, tossing ehr another wink.

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 11:37 am UTC (link)
"Absolutely and I'm really looking forward to stealing your clothes," El grinned, waving at the waitress to bring them drinks.

"Ah, that could be. Don't know, it seems I am incapable of dating," She replied with a shrug. "I wouldn't even want a dreamy romantic date, just a date that wouldn't end with beer and 'I'll see you at the next footie game then, mate'" Rolling her eyes she started to play with a strand of hair.

"Besides, I think you wouldn't be too happy with a giggly dumb girl either. For one night maybe, but she'd bore you. I'm more of a challenge."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 11:46 am UTC (link)
He smiled a bit and shook his head, turning his eyes away from her briefly just to look around.

"Ahhh, no. Not incapable. You've just been dating the wrong blokes, kid." He said before fumbling a bit with his blazer to try and keep himself from tapping the table- a bad habit of his.

"But look no further! Alas, you have found perfection." He smoothed his hand over the fuzzy side of his head at an attempt of being suave.

He laughed, "A challenge, huh. We'll see."

"I'm always up for a bit of challenge."

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 11:51 am UTC (link)
"Perfection? Now that's too bad because I dislike perfection. I rather find imperfection rather enticing." El smirked, chewing her bottom lip. Ah well, maybe she could let go of the suicide plan and this wasn't going to be that bad.

"I'm not a bit of a challenge, I'm a big challenge. Last guy who tried to kiss me ended up with a black eye. Also I can't cook, I love fast food and I hang out with a lot of guys. You're better not the jealous kind, I guess."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 11:58 am UTC (link)
He raised an eyebrow, "Pah! What? That's like an excuse that ugly people use."

"What the hell, sounds like you need to lay off a little, mate." He said with a laugh. "Fast food. What, is that a joke, Twiggy?"

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 12:06 pm UTC (link)
"No it is not. I just think imperfections can be cute. Better than a completely perfect person, because that is truly a doll and would totally scare me away. Could be an alien or something, you know?" She shrugged.

"Don't call me Twiggy." She wrinkled her nose in disgust. "And yes, fast food. Preferably McDonald's. I fucking love fast food. Don't tell me you are one of those freaking healthy eating people. Then we are doomed."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 12:12 pm UTC (link)
He laughed and shrugged, not expecting her to drag it out like that, though he knew it was true. He'd only be attempting at a joke.

"Fine, fine, darling." He waved off her look and shrugged. "I like fast food just fine, thanks."

"Awesome, now I know what to do for our romantic dates." He winked. "A pleasant candlit McDonald's experience. It's genius."

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 12:20 pm UTC (link)
"Only if we get to sit at the McDonald's birthday table," El laughed, finishing the pint in front of her with a satisfied sigh.

"So now that we have that out of the way. Where are we going to live? And I fear we have to plan a wedding as well. I only want a small one though and nothing traditional with long white dresses and doves and all that stuff. If we have to marry we can at least make it a blast."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 12:41 pm UTC (link)
He laughed, "What? Are you having an age crisis?"

"We're going to live... somewhere. I don't care, I'm ready to get out of here if you don't want to move in with me."

His eyes lit up, "A blast? Can we have a clown marry us off? Or how about we dig up old Dumbledore and have his epic beard marry us off?"

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[info]eleanor_
2008-07-21 12:45 pm UTC (link)
"No, I just love the birthday table," El pouted, giving him her best puppy dog eyes.

"Uh...to be honest I'd like to stay in my apartment. Hogsmeade is nice and whatnot, but it is not London, you know? Besides, my place is big enough for two." She frowned lightly as she thought about it all. Yes, there was enough space in her apartment, she just had to clean up a little.

"I'd go for Dumbledore rather than a clown. I think we should make up our own dresscode as well. I don't like bloody suits and stuffed up clothes. You know what? We should have a total rock'n'roll wedding. That'd be bloody brilliant."

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[info]countingsheep
2008-07-21 12:58 pm UTC (link)
Newsies!

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