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adrian pucey (greenauror) wrote in wished,
@ 2009-08-06 10:43:00

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!1997: 08, !complete, adrian pucey, roger davies

in which Adrian is drunk and flailing
Who: Adrian Pucey and Roger Davies
What: Adrian is getting drunkity drunk. And whinging at Roger
Where: The Leaky
When: Wednesday evening, after this
Rating: Possibly R for language. I think he may cuss a bit.

Adrian's mind was still reeling with the news Ali had given. He couldn't fathom how it could be possible. Well, he knew how, but it all seemed like part of some dream he was going to wake up from any minute now. It just didn't feel real.

He had a son. He'd knocked her up and she'd not told him and now there was a two year old walking around with his DNA and he'd missed so much and it was all just a lot to take in. He wanted to see him, of course. He wanted to do the right thing and step up and be a father to the boy. At the moment, he was just trying to wrap his mind around it.

Adrian was well on his way through his third drink before Roger arrived. He wasn't anywhere near as drunk as he wanted to be, yet. Just barely tipsy, really. He'd deal with the implications of it all come morning, but right now he was aiming to get drunk enough to drown out the world, even if it was just for a few hours.

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agile
2009-08-06 10:36 pm UTC (link)

Roger wasn't exactly best mates with Adrian, but he knew that the guy didn't have that many friends and didn't have the heart to say 'No mate, can't come out to have a pint. Practice tomorrow, yeah? Can't show up drunk. Again.'

So he had sucked it up and headed out to the Leaky. He'd only just have one and order some food to, so to suck up the alcohol.

The place wasn't exactly packed with patrons, but Roger didn't mind that as he quickly located Adrian - after a quick stop by the bar to give his order - who looked like he had a few drinks in him already. Slapping his shoulder as he sat down, Roger took off his jacket and made himself comfortable.

"All right?" He asked, looking somewhat confused about why they were there and why Adrian looked like someone had beaten his cat to death with Bludger.

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greenauror
2009-08-08 01:50 pm UTC (link)

Roger and Adrian weren't exactly best mates, but they got on alright and in Adrian's current state of mind, company was better than no company. Drinking alone just felt sad and pathetic and it was better for his ego to say he'd been out drinking for a friend.

Or something like that.

Adrian grinned as the man slapped him on the shoulder, looking for a brief moment as though all was right with the world, though at Roger's question, the frown was back.

On a normal day, Adrian would have noticed the panic all around him, the buzz of frantic whispers and the fearful looks. He would have paid more attention to the pub gossip, enough to know that there were much bigger things to worry about. Right at this moment, though, he was focused on his own crisis.

"I have a son," he stated flatly, looking into his glass as if there was some kind of further explanation to be found there or something that would make it magically okay. "She had my baby almost two years and she didn't even tell me until now." Adrian wouldn't have normally been quite so forthcoming with such details or so free with showing his emotions, but it was amazing how a few drinks could loosen a man's tongue.

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agile
2009-08-08 11:08 pm UTC (link)

Roger looked completely flabbergasted. His mouth had fallen open slightly at the statement that had come out of Adrian's mouth and it took him a good long moment before he could formulate a proper response to it.

"What?"

Okay, so maybe that wasn't exactly the most articulate response to that statement, but it wasn't exactly something he had to respond to every day. Especially from people he actually knew. Honestly, what did you say to 'She had my baby almost two years and she didn't even tell me until now.'

"I mean, wow. I'm sorry man. Have you seen him yet?" He wanted to ask who the bird was, but he didn't think it was his place to ask questions. Only to listen.

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