| Abraxan
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Perth, AU (GMT +8)
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Jasper Hart
Graduated
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Emily wasn't at all convinced by Vic's claims of it being nothing. With looks like that, and sitting in parks by yourself, it was never nothing. Not from Vic at least, the woman was annoyingly social, how she managed to get through the start to the year without having catch ups was beyond her. It was actually rather, unsettling. "I'm here if you want to talk... I give shoddy advice, if any, but I make for an excellent listener." Not to say the woman needed advice to begin with, but things of this nature usually meant there was some form of problem solving involved. Emily shrugged. Offer was there.
Vic's surprise was to be expected, Circe, each morning that she woke was a surprise to her. A little less so now, but the fact that he's lived under her roof a couple of months without injuring himself or dying was a miracle in itself. He needed to learn to not try jumping stairs. Patience little grasshopper. "He is... we've been adjusting alright. But by all means, any tips you've got, send them my way." She spared the boy another look, a small smile on her lips.
Gobstones, was a weird sport. It was like lawn bowls, or marbles, only neither of them, because it was soooooooooooo different! And he sucked at it. Zeke took up another of the gobstones and carefully rolled it toward the jackstone, managing to bump away one of the other stones. He did something riiighhtt! Did Emily see? Did she? She was watching him right? Zeke's head snapped up to see where she was, noticing she was chatting with another lady person. He waved, and bounced a little on his heels. Did she seee him?!
Emily could appreciate gobstones about as much as she could appreciate a flobberworm farm. It was interesting, but after a second of looking she was bored. Of course, Zeke needed eyes on him, lest he go wandering, so she did see him waving and doing things. Her widening smile and dip of the head would tell him she saw. She was paying attention to him, and his time was slowly running out - so he ought to make the most of it. "He's nine, and I saved him from the muggles..." she answered her friends questions, the last was more said in jest, but it wasn't wrong. "He's orphaned... I just happened to be there to pick up the pieces when his mum passed." Lucky him, right?
And huh? Say what? ....
"Gavin's?... no... but he's good with him." The question had taken her slightly by surprise, but she recovered quickly. And it amused her that Gavin had mentioned them, or was it more of a case of Vic being nosy? Either way, it didn't matter. It wasn't something she was hiding, per se, but it wasn't something she went around advertising. Though her memory was quite sharp, she couldn't recall what they had discussed those months ago, it must have been long ago, too long for sure. "I guess they have... I still don't know how we got to this stage," she mused, even after all this time it amused her how they started out. Who knew antagonising handsome strangers in lifts would get you a boyfriend?
And then there was that. Catching up she didn't mind, girls nights... not so much. She preferred guys nights. "Absolutely, I'm all for catching up," she acknowledged, deliberately choosing her words.
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