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Penelope Lynn Clearwater (penelynn) wrote in wished,
@ 2009-08-01 14:50:00

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!1997: 08, !complete, oliver wood, penelope clearwater

Who: Penelope Clearwater & Oliver Wood.
When: Saturday early evening.
Where: Oliver's flat in London.
What: Penny visits Oliver to collect the biscuits he promised and to see the gigantic basket of porn.
Rating: TBD, probably not anything more than PG-13 for language.
Open/Closed: Closed.

Excited by the prospect of baked goods to make up for Oliver accusing her of sending him gobs of porn the following evening, Penelope wasted very little time getting herself ready to floo over to her good friend's flat. Her morning, like every other, started early at around seven a.m. The first part of the day involved cleaning up from the week past and doing a bit of relaxing.

When Oliver responded to her journal entry regarding Dumbledore's retirement and mentioned that he was baking, Penelope could hardly resist asking to pay him a visit. Mostly because he was baking but also she was slightly curious to see the size of the basket of porn...if he still had it. She wasn't sure if Oliver had managed to pawn it off on someone else the previous evening or not.

It only took ten minutes for Penny to change into clothes that weren't marked with cleaning solution and grease stains and to brush out her hair, which had been put in a messy bun for the majority of the morning. Once she felt she looked good enough to be in public (even if the public in question was only Oliver), Penny stepped into her small fireplace and a minute later found herself emerging into a very familiar sitting room.

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flyinghome
2009-08-01 07:27 pm UTC (link)

"Of course!" He pulled the milk bottle out and found two mugs, pouring them each a cup. "My mum, actually. Some of my earliest memories are of spending time in the kitchen with her while Da was at work-- she didn't want me to be like my da in the kitchen- the man could burn water." He grinned and crossed over to her, holding out the mug in offering. "I'm glad ye like it, though."

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penelynn
2009-08-01 07:35 pm UTC (link)

Penelope casually leaned against the counter eating the rest of her cookie while Oliver poured the milk. His answer was predictable but Penny grinned largely while he explained. Her own father was much the same way and that made her giggle, "Oh, I know what you mean. My mum is forever trying to teach my father how to prepare the most basic meals and somehow he always ends up ruining them."

After the rest of the cookie was gone, Penelope took a long drink of the milk and let her eyes wander Oliver's flat for a few seconds. She was just about to turn around to grab another cookie (this time a chocolate chip) when she saw it. The giant basket of porn was across from the kitchen sitting in a lone corner. Clearly Oliver hadn't messed with it more than initially looking to see what was in it.

Biting her lip to keep from laughing right away, Penelope nodded toward the corner, "Is that it?" she asked the obvious question, her eyebrows high on her forehead about to give away the expression she was trying her hardest to hold back.

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flyinghome
2009-08-01 07:42 pm UTC (link)

"I think I was cooking better than me da by the time I was four," Oliver admitted with a laugh. "And, well, with five of us, mum always liked the help in the kitchen." He offered a playful smile and reached for a cookie of his own, dunking it in the milk before taking a bite.

He looked over as she asked about the basket and he flushed a faint pink. "Oh- aye, that's it." He shook his head and turned to pull the brownies from the oven. "It's- yeah. I didn't ask for that, and I'm pretty sure it was Ange or the twins, even if none of them will admit to it."

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penelynn
2009-08-01 07:55 pm UTC (link)

There was no need for Oliver to clarify that he hadn't asked for the porn, but Penelope nodded that she understood. Of all the people she knew, Oliver was the very last person who might need porn of any sort. Just the fact that he was a professional Quidditch player for a very popular team and constantly had women screaming his name assured her of that. "It was probably a combined effort," she joked and reached to pat him on the shoulder comfortingly.

Penelope's curiosity was peaked now and after a moment of pause to finish off the milk and cookie she headed toward the basket. Bending down, she picked it up and brought it over to the nearest surface that wasn't the floor. "Oh my," she gasped, immediately seeing a lewd image of a naked woman in a pose that left very little to the imagination. "That's...creative." Now Penny's face matched the pinkness of Oliver's.

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flyinghome
2009-08-01 11:18 pm UTC (link)

"Probably," he agreed with a sheepish grin, ducking the second half of his cookie in his milk and finishing it off. As she ambled off, he turned back to the stove top to finish the filling for the lemon bars and a quickly muttered spell later, the bars were ready to be placed in the oven. Once that was done, he stepped back, ready for a little bit of a break.

He looked over as Penny examined the contents of the basket. "It..is. There's..a lot of stuff in there, too." Which, he realized belatedly, she could probably tell for herself.

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penelynn
2009-08-01 11:40 pm UTC (link)

"I can see that," Penny snorted laughter and shook her head slowly. After removing a few of the items from the basket to see what else was in it, Penelope turned back to Oliver with a smirk on her face, "What do you plan to do with this? You can't just keep it shoved in the corner."

Penelope grabbed a magazine off the top of a pile and flopped herself down on one of Oliver's couches. "You want to hear a secret?" her eyes were wide with a weird sort of excitement. "I mean, you have to promise not to tell anyone." She trusted Oliver and the secret probably wasn't that big of a deal in the first place, but she was embarrassed by it. "Come here," she patted the spot next to her on the couch and scooted over to make more room (not that she took up very much to begin with).

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flyinghome
2009-08-01 11:43 pm UTC (link)

"I thought I'd pawn it off on the homeless bloke who lives around the corner," Oliver replied with a laugh. "Unless you'd like some of it?"

He watched as she moved to his couch, and pulled off his apron, hanging it up on a nearby hook on the wall. "A secret?" He was curious about the magazine she'd pulled off the pile and smiled a bit. "Sure, why not! And ye know I wouldn't tell anybody, I promise." He took his promises very seriously, especially with his good friends. Ambling over, Ollie flopped down beside her, leaning over to see what she had. "What's up, love?"

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penelynn
2009-08-01 11:51 pm UTC (link)

Penelope quickly shook her head to indicate that she wouldn't be needing any of the porn, which brought them directly to her 'secret'.

"This is so stupid," she sighed and momentarily covered her face with the magazine she held in her hands. "I've actually never...looked...at porn," the magazine still covered her mouth when she told Oliver and she spoke quickly. "Isn't that ridiculous?" Penny rolled her eyes at herself and slapped the magazine back down on her lap. "I mean, it's not a huge secret or anything, but it's sort of embarrassing given that I'm as old as I am and it seems to be so common for people to be looking at porn. I almost feel left out."

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flyinghome
2009-08-02 12:00 am UTC (link)

"I don't think that's so terrible," Ollie admitted, blinking as she dropped the magazine back down to her lap. "It's- I'm not- I've seen it before, aye, but I don't..I don't make a practice of it, if that makes sense? I guess...well, why get caught up in all- er, that-" he waved in the direction of the magazine she held- "I don't know. I mean- I don't think there's anything wrong with not seeing it? And- well, if you wanted to, it's right there? Er, not that I'm expecting you to wank to it here or anything-" Oliver wasn't even sure that he could imagine Penny wanking- "but..just to look at?"

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penelynn
2009-08-02 12:18 am UTC (link)

The conversation did seem to be taking a very awkward turn. When she heard the word 'wank' come out of Oliver's mouth, Penelope's cheeks heated to a very fierce shade of red. "N-no," she chewed the inside of her cheek for a second as she gazed down at the magazine. The cover was very sexually explicit. "I suppose my curiosity is mostly in what the appeal of this sort of thing is to men?"

Obviously naked women attracted men, but since Penelope had never been the type to be physical with a man outside of a serious relationship, she couldn't put her head in that sort of mindset. Men were obviously different than...her. Clearly not all women felt that same way, if Penelope believed that Angelina and her friends watched porn together for the entertainment value. "It seems a bit grotesque to me. Maybe I'm just a prude," she laughed nervously and then threw the magazine on the other side of her on the couch. Any interest she had was purely going to be discussed because she wasn't sure she could sit there next to Oliver and peruse through a porn magazine.

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	flyinghome 2009-08-02 01:38 am UTC (link)
	"I- yeah. I- I don't know. Base instincts? I'm not sure." He lifted his shoulder in a shrug, then shifted uncomfortable, his hands moving to his knees. "I don't- well, maybe you are a bit of a prude sometimes, but that isn't so bad. I don't think it is, at least? I like you the way you are, at least. For whatever that's worth." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

penelynn
2009-08-02 02:52 am UTC (link)

Penny wasn't sure if she had originally wanted Oliver to agree that she was a prude or dismiss it and reassure her that she was not. Either way, she frowned for a moment and then let a smile slowly creep back on her face. "As long as you like me, that's all that matters."

She turned toward him so that her leg was laying across the couch, "Should we drop the topic of porn and focus on something less awkward and creepy? For instance, how are you?"

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flyinghome
2009-08-02 03:02 am UTC (link)

"I don't mean it as a bad thing!" Oliver flushed, knowing that it maybe hadn't come across quite how he'd meant it. "I- I do like you, Penny. I promise."

He brightened a bit and turned, mirroring her position and making sure his kilt didn't ride up too far and flash her or anything. "I'd like that very much, thank you. I'll be getting rid of that whole basket soon. And I'm doing alright! How've you been?"

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penelynn
2009-08-02 03:28 am UTC (link)

"There's no need to explain," Penny was quick to shush him on the subject. She'd never felt like Oliver didn't like her. If that had been the case, she wouldn't hang around him as often as she did.

"Glad to hear it," Penny laughed lightly and leaned against the back of the couch with one arm slung over the top, "I've been good too. Busy. Grateful to have a full weekend off of work. I will officially be done with the probationary period at the end of August, so I can look forward to that!"

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	flyinghome 2009-08-02 03:44 am UTC (link)
	"Do you not get most weekends off?" Oliver asked, curious. "And congratulations! How long have you been there again?" With practices and everything, Ollie had been a bit remiss in keeping up with where everybody had ended up. He felt bad, but he was doing the best he could. And at least he hadn't fallen out of touch! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

penelynn
2009-08-02 04:12 am UTC (link)

"Most of the weekends, yes, but it's frequently been the case that I will have to go in on Sunday to help out with paperwork or something else like that," she explained, trying not to sound as if she was complaining. "It's just nice to be able to plan out a whole weekend that doesn't include popping into the Ministry at least once after nearly three years there."

Penelope suspected that that wasn't going to be true overall, however. With the return of Voldemort came more incidents that required cover up and with that meant more work for her to do. Thankfully, she liked to have a busy work week.

"I do hope to get out to see some of the Quidditch games at Hogwarts this year, though. Hopefully they can allow me some time off for that." Taking a breath, Penny realized that two cookies didn't seem to be enough and that waiting for the lemon squares wasn't an option. She took out her wand and flicked it toward the kitchen. Within a minute, the plate of cookies was floating toward them. "Did I mention these are delicious? Because they are."

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