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Tweak says, "smile"

Samuel Keir Bradley (thebrokenroad) wrote in unexpectedrpg,
@ 2008-07-03 19:57:00

Current music:	Shh--Frou Frou
Entry tags:	samuel bradley, susan bones

Who: Sam and Susan
When: June 19, 2002; just after lunch.
Where: Leaky Cauldron
What: Sam needs to get out of his own head before he freaks out.
Rating: PG-13 for possible swears.
Status: Closed/In progress.

Sam just had to get out of his head. So he closed up shop early; put a sign that said family emergency in the window; and went to pick Gabriel up from the babysitter. Now, here he sat, rubbing Gabriel's back, trying to coax a burp out of the little boy, at the Leaky Cauldron of all places.

Sam knew he wasn't the only one going through this. So it was a comfort to be among other people who likely were, even though he didn't know who exactly was getting married other than Malcolm. He had cast a little charm around the table to keep excess noise and smoke away for Gabriel.

He waved over the waitress and tried not to look completely miserable. Just then, Gabriel burped and Sam cooed, "Oh, did that feel good little pea?" He rubbed the baby's back some more, just cradled him against his chest.

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	thebrokenroad 2008-07-03 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Hi," he said quietly, allowing a little smile, though there was still sadness and anxiety in his eyes. "Um. Are they still serving lunch?" He asked as he laid Gabriel in the crook of his arm to wipe his mouth. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	suzieb 2008-07-03 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	She looked him over once again and smiled. "Yes, they are." She old him, as she blew at her bangs that fell into her face and licked her lips. "Would you mind it if I held him?" She blurted out. Children and Susan were like two peas in a pod. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thebrokenroad 2008-07-03 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh good, could I get--" He blinked as she cut him off. He looked up at her, uncertain. He laughed softly, amused. "Really? You want to hold him?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	suzieb 2008-07-03 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure, I mean, if that's fine with you. I'm sorry..That was a bit out there. Um...What would you like me to get you?" She was rambling and making a fool of herself. She hadn't meant to do that, but it happened. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thebrokenroad
2008-07-03 08:06 pm UTC (link)

"Well, um, how about you get my lunch and then you can hold him while I eat?" He offered, just because he was starving. "If you're not busy, that is." He glanced around the pub and it looked fairly empty.

Normally, he'd be hesitant to let someone hold him that he didn't know, but he just got a good vibe off of her. He very much doubted she was going to run off with his son. "Could I get a grilled cheese sandwich and some chips?"

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suzieb
2008-07-06 10:53 am UTC (link)

"That sounds like a plan." She said ,as she brushed her bangs out of her eyes and looked down at him with a smile. "I'm rarely busy." She said looking around the place a bit before looking back at him.

"Sure thing." She said, as she headed to the back of the pub into the kitchen and was quick at whipping up the sandwich and chips and not even five minutes later she came back with it and sat the plate down infront of him. "There you go." She said, as she sat down and leaned over a bit. "Don't worry...It's on the house." She said, with a grin and looked back at Tom and waved at him meaning that she was on break.

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	thebrokenroad 2008-07-06 11:00 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you." He smiled. "You've held a baby before, right?" He knew it might be a silly question to ask and girls seemed to have this inherent ability with it, but he'd just like to be sure. It was his son after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	suzieb 2008-07-06 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	"You are very welcome." She said, giggling a little and made herself more comfortable in the chair. "Of course I do. My Aunt Jacklyn had a baby during my 5th year at school and it was during break, mind you and I babysat during Christmas time." She told him with a grin and licked her lips. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thebrokenroad 2008-07-06 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, okay," he smiled. He rocked Gabriel a little bit. "Hey little pea, you're going to go to--" He suddenly realized he didn't know her name. "I'm sorry, I'm Sam, what's your name?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	suzieb 2008-07-06 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	She held out her hand. "I'm Susan Bones." She said, as she decided to pull her hair out of the messy bun and shook it out a little. "You looked familiar when you walked through the door. We must have gone to school together." She said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thebrokenroad 2008-07-06 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	"I think you might have been a year ahead of me. I'm Sam Bradley, I was in Ravenclaw. And this," he smiled at the little boy in his arms, who was looking around wide-eyed. "Is Gabriel." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

suzieb
2008-07-06 08:49 pm UTC (link)

Susan gasped, as she got a good look at his son and smiled. "Aw, he's just as handsome as his father." She said,running ah and through her hair and chewed on her bottom lip a little bit. "When was he born? Tell me everything that happened." She said, gasping nad looked around a bit nervoulsy. "So sorry..I shouldn't pry." She told him and didn't realize she was blushed slightly.

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	thebrokenroad 2008-07-06 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	This woman was definitely amusing. And it really helped his mood. She was sunny and it was a little difficult not to be the same way. He laughed a little. "Um. He was born on the 14th of March, 6 weeks premature. He was so small when I finally got to bring him home. Only 5 and a half pounds. You'd never guess now. Here." Carefully, he passed Gabriel to Susan. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

suzieb
2008-07-06 09:36 pm UTC (link)

She took ahold of Gabriel and grinned at the littleb oy. "Well, aren;t you just the sweetest little thing." She said, softly, as she held him closely to her and leaned back in the chair, as she wanted him to be comfortable with her andshe wanted to feel a bit more comfortablely in this hard chair, as well. She smiled, as she looked back up at Sam. "Where is his mother? I mean, did shej ust up and run or something?" She knew she was asking way too much questions and looked back down at the baby. "I'm not trying to be a pain or anything. I just nevermind." She was rambling nad was being stupid in the processo f trying to get to know this guy.

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	thebrokenroad 2008-07-06 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	"It's okay," Sam smiled. He didn't know why, normally he wasn't this open with people. He just...liked her. "She--well, sort of. It was--what we had wasn't a serious thing." Really, they were together just for the sex. "Anyway, a couple months after we broke up, she called to tell me she was pregnant and that if I didn't want him, she was giving him up for adoption." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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