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A Cattermole (alfiecat) wrote in wished,
@ 2009-10-28 18:51:00

Entry tags:

!1997: 10, !complete, alfred cattermole, audrey wadcock

Who: Alfie and Audrey
What: Audrey needsa shoulder
Where: Hufflepuff Common Room
When: Tonight
Warnings: TBA

Alfie hadn't done much since the disastrous night with Julien, waiting for news of his parents. They'd gotten owls the next morning - everyone was fine but the owl post office in Diagon had been clogged with a queue around the block, apparently, and his mum hadn't been able to owl until the next morning. Which made sense, but didn't make it any less terrifying the night before.

And that was only one of the problems - he'd been trying not to think about that night with Julien. About what had happened that had left him sobbing on the grounds with Julien just... staring. And trying not to think about it, of course, it was the only thing he'd really been able to focus on for days.

But his best friend had a problem, and Alfie was nothing if not a good friend, so he headed to the Common Room and settled into a couch by the fire where he had a view of the stairs so he could see Audrey when she came down.

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notaspare
2009-10-29 12:11 am UTC (link)

The day had been disgusting; chilly and wet and rainy, aside from the news she'd had confirmed from Sam. So when classes were over, Audrey didn't hesitate before changing into her comfiest pair of flannel pants with the little polar bears dancing across them. She knew she really shouldn't have written that journal entry, that it was melodramatic and pointless, but she was hurting and couldn't stop herself.

On the plus side though, it had drawn Alfie out of wherever he'd been hiding for the past week or so (not that she'd been any better at being available) and she'd jumped at the chance to see him again. Making her way downstairs, Audrey crossed the room and settled onto the couch next to her best friend, curling her feet under her, glad that the common room wasn't full up yet.

"Hey," she said after a moment. "I missed you."

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alfiecat
2009-10-29 12:15 am UTC (link)

It wasn't that he'd been trying to hide - except that for the first time in maybe his whole life he'd wanted some time alone to think. That, and he was in a lot of his classes, too, and Alfie had sat as close to the door as he could and rushed out as soon as it was over because he couldn't stop looking at him.

"Sorry," he mumbled, frowning and then giving her an awkward, one armed sort of hug. "My fault. I've been..." but he trailed off when he couldn't think of a word that really described it. "Are you okay?"

	alfiecat 2009-10-29 12:40 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I know..." He didn't, though, not really. Because he assumed when they were snogging that Capper had wanted to snog Audrey back. He didn't know what that was like. "I mean, I don't know what she sees in her. I thought Weasley was with Potter, anyway?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notaspare 2009-10-29 01:30 am UTC (link)
	Her frown deepening, Aud leaned back even more in an attempt to look Alfie in the eye. "What's going on?" she asked, her tone and even mixture of curiosity and worry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alfiecat 2009-10-29 01:34 am UTC (link)
	Alfie's eyes narrowed a little, more in frustration and embarrassment than in annoyance. She was like his bloody sisters - she could always tell when he wasn't being honest. "It's nothing. Really. We came down to talk about you..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notaspare 2009-10-29 01:39 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah," Aud answered, over the end of his sentence. There was something going on and she wasn't about to let him slip out of it that easily. "And we talked about me. It's your turn now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)