Ann Shimpling (healerstouch) wrote in valesco,
@ 2008-03-07 21:50:00

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Who: Nora and West (I know, it's mind bottling)
Where: Diagon Alley
When: Friday between 5 and 6 pm

Nora made it through the week. Despite all the poking and odd looks and blunt questions from both her students and the doctors, she'd survived. And she didn't mind it all so much, it just got bothersome after five straight days of seven year olds calling her chubby. But...that wasn't important. Right now the only thing on Nora's mind was Italian food. Carbohydrates, garlic, tomato sauce and...bugger, ice cream as well. That'd be easy enough, though, she would just make a quick swing by Fortescue's before heading home. She felt her stomach turn oddly and her hand subconsciously went to her stomach. It wasn't hunger, but...well, she wasn't sure if it was the baby either.

There was an adorable display up in the Quidditch store, so adorable that she was unable to tear her eyes away from it. She thought briefly of Griff and the upcoming match before she ran into something solid and stumbled back again. A quick panic ran through her body but she didn't end up actually falling over (thank goodness). "Merlin, I'm really sorry," she said quickly, turning to the person she ran into. "I should be more careful." She was blushing a horrible shade of red, breathing deeply to try and get rid of all her unnecessary adrenaline.

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healerstouch
2008-03-08 07:14 pm UTC (link)

~~Yes, she did think he was that much of an arse.~~

"So...it'd be a public thing?" she asked slowly, wanting to be sure about what she was agreeing to as a deep blush developed on her face. She was just going to ignore that whole 'loves the cock' statement. "And...essentially she'd be mine to take care of while you two are off playing and practicing?" Not that she minded it, she rather liked the idea of being around her daughter that much. Maybe this could work out. Maybe.

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westisbest
2008-03-08 07:16 pm UTC (link)

She was agreeing again! Score one for West. And he was not that much of an ass ... at least not privately. In pubic was another story.

"...yeah, I mean. It'd save the both of you a lot of hassle in the long run, I think, to explain it like this." He paused when she spoke, nodding. "Er, and I mean ... more or less often as you see fit, I guess." It couldn't be that hard to balance custody, right? Sure, West, delude yourself further. At least he'd stopped pacing - he was now standing in one place, fidgeting. He crossed and uncrossed his arms.

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healerstouch
2008-03-08 07:27 pm UTC (link)

"This means that you're still going to have to deal with me and being around me." She wanted to make sure he realized that. If they were even thinking about forcing Griff into some sort of weird contrived surrogacy story, they'd have to be together on this. And at least civil towards each other. And once the baby was around, it would be juggling between the three of them and keeping everyone informed of health concerns and other things and--oi, was she really thinking about all this?

She wouldn't want to have the bulk of baby time, just because she--well, she had work as well. But maybe they could figure something out. "So...you got a plan for how this is going to work out?" she asked softly, looking down at her hands. She felt comfortable and weird about all of this at the same time.

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westisbest
2008-03-08 07:30 pm UTC (link)

"That's been a surprisingly small problem so far," he pointed out. After all, they'd had coffee and then she'd come back to his place. Now they were talking like civil people without shouting ... and coming to actual conclusions. That pretty much summed up the ideal situation in which people 'got along'. But ...

"Yeah, I do realize that. We're going to have to gang up on him over this, you know, but it's better for everyone in the long-run." See, West was capable of occasionally thinking about other people besides himself - especially when Griff was involved - so people really ought to stop being surprised when he did something decent. "'s far as plans go ... I don't know. We're going to have to do something big, you know? Make sure it sticks and that the 'rags aren't just making shit up."

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healerstouch
2008-03-08 07:38 pm UTC (link)

Ugh, she was so fucking tired of the rags. "Well, you've got more experience dealing with the publicity than I do," she said with a shrug. She didn't know the first thing to say or do to come up with a good, logical solution to their problem.

"Just...let me know when you come up with something clever," she said slowly with a smirk. "If you're capable of doing something clever." Okay, so she was poking him a bit, but she meant it all in jest so...it was okay, right?

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westisbest
2008-03-08 07:42 pm UTC (link)

West snorted when she spoke. "Oi, I know that people think we beaters are all brawn and no brains, but ..." Well, he'd hidden a homosexual relationship for two years! That had to count for something.

"I'll let you know," he arched his brow and let out an intensely relieved laugh, scrubbing his hand through his hair. "I've got an idea of something clever, but it might end up with his fist in my face instead of the reaction I'm hoping for," he admitted. It was the sort of men that they were. "Long as you're ... uh, not going to throw anything at me over this, I think we'll be good."

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healerstouch
2008-03-08 07:55 pm UTC (link)

"Well, the throwing things all depends on how out of whack my hormones are when it happens," she said slowly, smiling. "But...it can't be as bad as what happened the first time around, right?" No, it couldn't be that bad. Nothing would ever touch that.

She wasn't sure what else to say, but...ugh, she wanted to apologize but that probably wouldn't be good for right now. No, she wasn't going to. She still didn't think she'd done anything wrong. Everything that had happened so far...happened for a reason.

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westisbest
2008-03-08 07:58 pm UTC (link)

"Oi, well ... I'm pretty good at dodging, being a beater and all. I'll try not to hit it back at you." Because Merlin knew that would be horrible. He smirked, shaking his head and glancing over to her.

Okay, so maybe she wasn't a completely horrible woman. That was ... an interesting epiphany. "So we're good, huh? As ... good as it can get, considering." At least she wasn't still shagging Griff. That would have made things at least a hundred times worse.

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healerstouch
2008-03-08 08:08 pm UTC (link)

"Five years of Quidditch at school. I think I'm decent enough at dodging myself," she explained with a wink.

Of course she wasn't still shagging Griff. That had stopped a while back. But bugger it all if her sex drive wasn't out of control. And of course, no way to really take care of it. "I suppose so. Who would've thought..." Well...plotting did make for strange bedfellows.

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westisbest
2008-03-08 08:14 pm UTC (link)

Strange bedfellows also made for ... strange bedfellows. He laughed, shaking his head. "I'm sure Griff will flip his shit, but that's half the fun, you know." He couldn't help the fact that his smirk was only widening...

And there were plenty of ways for her to handle her sex drive. She had a hand, didn't she? Of course she did. He licked his lips.

"Can ... I get you something?" He heard pregnant chicks wanted to eat constantly so it was only polite to offer, right?

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	healerstouch 2008-03-08 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	She wasn't a do it yourself kind of girl when it came to her sex drive...well, not by choice at least. She smiled. "Not unless you have pickles and grapes on hand." Actually, she still wanted Italian. "And garlic bread." Yeah, she had weird cravings. The little bugger was going to have such odd eating patterns once she was born. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

westisbest
2008-03-08 08:27 pm UTC (link)

"...no, but I can order in if you're interested. I dragged you here to talk about your impregnated-by-a-queer baby, I think it's the least I can do." Which was ... definitely true, the more he thought about it.

West arched a brow at her and then laughed. "I've got the grapes and pickles. Garlic bread ... not so much." And really, he could go for some Italian, he supposed.

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	healerstouch 2008-03-08 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	She shrugged. "Up to you. I mean, if you think you can handle spending more time with me," she said with a smirk. She wasn't that bad, she didn't think. She shifted a bit on the couch, trying to get comfortable since she'd been sitting there for a while. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	westisbest 2008-03-08 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sure I'll be able to handle it. You said yourself we're going to have to be united on this 'forceable coming out' thing." Because Merlin knew Griff wasn't just going to lie back and take it ~~unlike in bed~~. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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