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Lily Evans (aimed_curse) wrote in valarnet,
@ 2021-02-12 19:38:00

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lily evans, phillip kopus

I almost wish after this last Dream that I had been able to go to Petunia's wedding here just so I could find out if he's as much of an ass as Vernon in my Dreams. James and I went to dinner with Petunia and her fiance while we were on holiday from Hogwarts and it was just a nightmare from beginning to end. The men kept trying to impress either each other or us and competing the entire time and then Petunia brought up the magic part of things and the night got even worse somehow. Vernon referred to James and I as freaks and insisting that he and Petunia were clearly superior by virtue of not being able to do 'weird things' and Petunia backed him up. I know that my sister and I there, and here, have our differences but I'd always hoped for some reason that if it came down to it she'd still be in my corner and she wasn't.

As they left the restaurant, she told me that she couldn't have a freak in her wedding party so while I'll still be welcome to attend with a date, I'll be sitting in the pews. And she wasn't sure there'd be room for me with mum and dad with all the rest of the family attending but she'd try to make it happen.

Part of me hopes that I'll be allowed to skip attending this thing in the Dreams but I'm not going to hold my breath. Maybe I'll be surprised and it'll be a nice wedding and Petunia and I will actually get along for the day and Vernon will just have been having a bad night at dinner.

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	darksciamachy 2021-02-13 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	Families can be so complicated. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-02-14 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	They really can be. Things aren't any better here with mine sadly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darksciamachy 2021-02-14 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Mine ain't great either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-02-16 04:11 am UTC (link)
	You'd think people would try harder somehow right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darksciamachy 2021-02-17 12:52 am UTC (link)
	You'd think, but no. Most of them don't bother. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-02-19 06:49 am UTC (link)
	And then wonder why things aren't working out for them the way they wanted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darksciamachy 2021-02-19 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	Or why certain members of the fam go rogue and stop associating with them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-02-20 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	Move to the other side of the globe practically to really get away from them sometimes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darksciamachy 2021-02-21 04:16 pm UTC (link)
	West VA to Cali, for me. It's a world away. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-02-23 06:53 am UTC (link)
	England to California for me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darksciamachy 2021-02-24 03:58 am UTC (link)
	That's a bit more of a trek. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-02-26 08:18 am UTC (link)
	It was the best way to build the life I always wanted. Plus - better scholarship offers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darksciamachy 2021-02-27 12:29 am UTC (link)
	That makes sense. I hope it's worked out for you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aimed_curse
2021-02-27 08:04 am UTC (link)

It has so far. I'm in med school, working as a receptionist at the Clinic here and I have my own business to help with the bills outside of tuition.

And my sister has the life she wants back in England - she got married and last I heard from a friend that still lives there they're starting a family which I'm happy for her. I just don't want to be a part of it after everything.

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	darksciamachy 2021-02-28 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds like you've got your life in order, and that's something we can all strive for. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leonineserpant 2021-02-28 06:04 am UTC (link)
	...And I thought my cousins' weddings were awkward. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-02-28 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	What happened at them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leonineserpant 2021-02-28 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	My family is crazy, so any high stress events get even more stressful. One cousin's husband wanted one of his pets in the wedding party. Which, okay. Dogs and cats make cute ring bearers. ....This was a whole peacock. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-03-01 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Who in their right mind has a pet peacock? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leonineserpant 2021-03-01 04:32 am UTC (link)
	Narcissa's husband, he's got several of them. All of them albino. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-03-01 04:59 am UTC (link)
	...Albino peacocks. That's definitely not what I was expecting to ever hear of someone keeping as a pet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leonineserpant 2021-03-01 05:01 am UTC (link)
	I don't think that anyone else was, either, to be honest. Especially not my uncle, who was paying for the wedding. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-03-01 05:07 am UTC (link)
	Please tell me the bird at least did something hilarious to make the owner look like a complete idiot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leonineserpant 2021-03-01 05:10 am UTC (link)
	...You mean a peacock just existing as a member of the wedding party isn't enough to do that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aimed_curse 2021-03-01 05:20 am UTC (link)
	That's more weird than hilarious. I won't lie - I'm hoping the mean bird pecked at someone. Preferably him. (Reply to this) (Parent)