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Daphne Greengrass (bladesofgrass) wrote in veritaserum_rp,
@ 2008-09-23 22:04:00

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daphne greengrass, seth moon

Who: Daphne and Seth
What: Lunch ~~date~~
Where: Daphne's home and then restaurant
When: Lunchtime :]
Rating: TBD

Part of Daphne thought that this was a bad idea. She had turned Seth down for a dinner date because she thought it would be inappropriate for a single woman such as herself and a married man- and oh, how she despised admitting that wretched woman was his wife; what he saw in her she'd never know- to have a dinner together, but she had accepted his lunch invitation. Lunch seemed less intimate, in her opinion. Lovers went to dinner. Friends went to lunch.

Of course, that hadn't stopped Daphne from being meticulous about her appearance. She had spent a good while picking out a dress that she felt was form-fitting enough to catch his attention but modest enough not to scream 'abandon your wife for me', though perhaps it might not have been such a bad idea.

She took her seat in the parlor. Much to her dismay, she could remember the last time she had met him here. She had been the complete opposite of the composed lady who sat there now. She was never going back to that state, and it would suit everyone involved to just pretend it had never happened. So Daphne sat, legs crossed neatly at the ankles as she took up some light reading until Seth arrived.

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moonshine_
2008-10-06 10:50 pm UTC (link)

Certainly not, but that was not the root cause of his problems as Seth had become accustomed to running on caffeine and adrenaline for a while now. Playing with the hem of his sleeve, Seth chewed the inside of his mouth- a bad habit that used to drive his mother insane. Then again, a lot of his ways, and essentially everything that boiled down to who he was, drove his mother insane. It was not a particularly satisfying thought, but there were somethings in life that one just had to live with. Having parents that found you, at best, a nuisance, was one of them, apparently.

"Daphne," Seth said quietly, feeling oddly nervous although he could not really justify that feeling, "I don't want to throw you off course or anything, but I'm getting divorced, and I thought that you have the right to know." She did, in a way. There were still leftover feelings between them, Seth could not deny that, and that was always the reason he had a hard time isolating himself from Daphne. This was not an effort to win back an exgirlfriend, not by a long shot. His divorce with his wife was almost inevitable. Their marriage, although started out with romance and passion, boiled down to business contracts, power, and money. And it was not a merger, it was an attempted takeover, and a violent one at that.

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bladesofgrass
2008-10-07 01:04 am UTC (link)

Daphne felt her throat tighten at his words. While part of her was positively elated at this news, as it meant Seth was no longer going to be attached to his pathetic excuse for a wife, it also meant, well, that he was no longer off limits. Daphne had become reliant on his marital status to keep her from going against her better judgment.

Seth was wonderful in many ways: sweet, charming, attractive, interesting, but he also had his glaring flaws. He was irresponsible, impulsive, and, as she had stumbled upon during their relationship, an addict in numerous senses. Those negative traits should have been enough to keep her far, far away as her father had clearly wanted, but for some bizarre reason, Daphne kept getting sucked back in to the vortex that was Seth Moon and everything that accompanied him. Her surefire forcefield had suddenly disappeared, leaving her feeling very, very vulnerable.

"I- Seth, I'm sorry," she choked out, attempting to maintain composure and proper manners in the midst of everything. A hand reached across the table to cover his. "Are- How are you holding up?"

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SORRY. I IS SLOOOOW. D:

moonshine_
2008-10-11 11:57 pm UTC (link)

Tensing slightly out of instinct when her bare hands laid upon his, Seth coiled his fingers together into a protective fist before relaxing again. "I'm fine," Seth gave her a small smile, flipping his hand over so that they were palm to palm and gave hers a gentle squeeze, then pulling away.

The truth was that it was broke him into little pieces (pardon the cheese) when Daphne left him, even though he knew she had every right and damned good reasons to. She was the first girl he truly felt he could be together with forever, but he was foolish. There were girls (and some boys) pining after him at every turn, and his ego got to him in the worst way possible- he cheat, he lied, he did the stupidest things he could to drive her away. After that, his pride kept him away and, somehow, he managed to convince himself that he was ready to move on, and that Daphne Greengrass was too small of a pond for him to stay (so to speak). For the first in a long time, there was hope for them yet and this was an opening. But the point was not to jump at it- because of the court battle, because he could very well go back to his old habits again.

Seth desperately wanted her to know that he really had no expectations.

Continuing on, Seth shrugged and tried to look nonchalant, but the thought of this always boiled his blood, "But she's asking for a ridiculous sum of assets to stay in her custody- ie, things that are legally mine. She's holding up the paperwork until I agree, or one of us cracks..." Seth like to think of himself as a pretty easy-going guy, especially from a political point of view. But everything he had now, he worked to from nothing. People tended to think that he had it easy, and in someways, he did now, but the beginning was rougher than any of them could imagine. There were days when Seth truly thought he had to go crawling back to his father.

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Don't worry :D It's fine!

bladesofgrass
2008-10-12 12:18 am UTC (link)

Daphne tensed as he spoke of his soon to be ex-wife's attrocious behavior. If there was one thing Daphne couldn't stand, it was money-hungry imbiciles who took advantage of people. There were thousands of them around the world, trying to sink their claws into the elite and suck them dry. It only suited that the pathetic cretin he had chosen as his wife would turn out to be a gold-digging bitch. Daphne had always known she didn't like the look of her.

"I'm sure you've already obtained excellent legal counsel, but should you need more or better, you know my father has excellent connections." There had been others before him who had used the same lawyer, and she knew her father would cave to her request even with his dislike of Seth.

She hesitated before speaking again. "You don't deserve this. That dreadful woman will get what's coming to her, don't worry." Daphne also had some not so public contacts that would be glad to help with the... persuasion of Miss Zabini. She would be making a call later that evening.

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