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RZ (zelled) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-07-09 21:25:00

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!2003: 07, !incomplete, maisie cattermole, rose zeller

Who: Rose and Maisie
What: Apartment Hunt
Where: Maisie's apartment
When: Wednesday night
Rating: Friendly!

Rosie was super excited to see Maisie again, but she was far more excited to get out of her mum's house long enough to go and look at a flat. Her mum had almost looked like she was going to cry when Rose had told her what she was doing that day, though. Still, she couldn't let that pressure her. She had to find somewhere else to live!

She followed the directions Maisie had given carefully, and found herself outside the door around dinner time. She knocked, hoping Maisie was home. It would be so silly to have to go home with nothing to tell her mum.

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zelled
2010-07-14 10:34 pm UTC (link)

Rose felt comfortable following her to the kitchen. She sat her purse down on the table and automatically started looking around for dog treats, not readily seeing any. "Oh, definitely!" She said with a smile as she took a brownie and took a bite, sighing appreciatively. "These are great! Definitely another point toward moving in with you. I love baking, but I love it when people do it for me too."

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amaisieing
2010-07-15 06:38 pm UTC (link)

Giving a little laugh, Maisie smiled at the compliment. She put down the plate of brownies, opened the end cabinet that was stuffed with several cans of dog food and a few different kinds of treats, and tossed a few down to Lego who seemed appeased. She grabbed a brownie of her own and then motioned for Rose to follow her, “I enjoy cooking on most occasions,” she mentioned. It often felt a little pointless when she was there by herself, but she did like cooking, at least...when she wasn’t completely worn out.

She came to a door about half way down a small hallway, and turned the handle, pushing it open to reveal a decent sized bedroom that was outfitted obviously as a sort of guest room. It didn’t look well lived in, but it was still cozy with a bit of furniture and a day bed, “You can take or leave any of this, make it your own.”

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zelled
2010-07-16 08:21 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, it's so pretty..." Rose liked the colour of the walls, and the way that the guest room had been set up. "And bigger than my room at home. I have furniture and things I could bring, I'm assuming my parents wouldn't mind my taking the things that have been mine."

She realized she was talking like Maisie had already decided absolutely to let her come in, and so stopped and looked shyly at the other girl. "You really don't mind my moving in? It might take a few weeks to get things set up with my parents, and get the money... how much is the rent?"

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amaisieing
2010-07-18 04:26 am UTC (link)

It was actually kind of nice to hear Rose talking about moving in, about what she might do with the room a little. It was almost comforting. She had been alone for so long there that the thought of a little company was very welcome. She smiled at her friend to reassure her.

Giving a little bit of a chuckle, Maisie shook her head, "I really don't mind. Like I said, I've been wanting a flatmate. Living by yourself is a bit overrated. You don't have to decide today or anything, but if you'd like the space, you're welcome to it," she said, completely sincere. She wouldn't mind splitting the rent, actually. It was sometimes a bit heavy to pay on her own, but she did it for the location, "Splitting the rent evenly, we'd both be paying about 200 pounds a month, which is actually a nice catch for this part of town and the size of the flat."

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zelled
2010-07-20 12:42 am UTC (link)

"Ooh, that's not too bad at all," Rose said with a smile, looking around. This could totally be her room - she was already imagining how she could redecorate so that it was really hers - things she'd do that her mum would never let her do to her room at home. "I mean, after I get a job and all. Which I'll definitely be doing soon!" She didn't want Maisie to think she was going to be a freeloader.

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amaisieing
2010-07-23 03:17 am UTC (link)

It hadn't really crossed her mind that Rose would ever be a freeloader. That just didn't seem to be her style. She thought things would work out well between them, "My advice on job hunting: get into something you're actually interested in. I wouldn't go into something just because it pays better than something else or whatnot. I chose the AMR Squad because of the heavy emphasis on Transfiguration and Charms, and I'm pretty happy there." She had lucked out, she guessed, with finding something that suited her so quickly. But then, she'd always kind of had that in the back of her mind. The only thing that Maisie had ever truly considered otherwise was training others to be animagus', but there wasn't a really high demand for that, or something that was exclusively Transfiguration. She wondered if she might eventually study to be a Professor, but she felt as though she was just too young for it now. She messed around a lot with transfiguration it on her own, and probably would have done splendidly well in a much more demanding, prestigious job, but she liked where she was just fine for now, "Any ideas or leads yet on what you might do?"

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zelled
2010-07-28 12:15 am UTC (link)

"Well, right now I'm just looking through the help wanteds in the Prophet every day, you know? I'm sure I'll find something. There are always shops that need girls for the counter, if nothing else, or something muggle..." But she couldn't see herself working a counter at M&S now that she'd been so long in the wizarding world. "Something will come up, though. I'm staying positive."

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