r α κ (flower) wrote in valesco,
@ 2012-01-08 21:10:00

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Rose wavered where she stood, unsure of how to proceed. There was the exit, right there, from this bubbling chaotic mess that was the cancelled wedding of Adrian and Maggie and she had been cleared to leave by the intimidating combined force that was Odette MacFarlan and Tony Chang, but--- she bit her lip, feeling incredibly guilty just thinking this--- Octavius was over there as well, and she didn't quite feel brave enough to even potentially approach him yet.

How horrid was that, she was horrid, a spineless little--- tart! She was a right tart for basically ignoring him, and she hadn't meant for it to be like that, but after not immediately responding to his owl, the black hole that was friday and saturday happened and-- she felt completely ashamed for her actions, and wished more than anything that---

"Knightley!"

Rose's eyes rounded wide at the sharp call of her name, and it felt like her heart had skipped too many beats to be good. How could one person possibly make that loud of an echo? Her gaze automatically targeted the betrayer, and she was met what could only be described as a playfully cruel smile plastered across Carys Llewellyns smug face. Rose watched in sheer horror as Carys gave the tiniest of waves before wrapping her arm around Drake Parkin (who also looked far too satisfied to be innocent) before walking out of the vicinity. She was going to kill Carys. That was the last time she ever told her teammate anything under the pretense of---

A sudden touch frightened her for a moment, and died only slightly when Rose realized who the hand belonged to. Wobbling in her heels, her leg rested against the pew for support. Merlin knew she needed it.

"Hi," she said faintly, feeling her throat promptly close up at the proximity of Octavius Pepper.

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dinglealltheway
2012-01-12 01:33 am UTC (link)

"So far, I'd say it isn't really your job that's impeding us," Octavius said, giving her hand an absent pat. He remembered as well as she did that yes, they'd had an enjoyable relationship—things had been easy, and where her schedule was more hectic with training and assimilating into professional Quidditch playing life, he found it easy enough to fill in the holes with his burgeoning status at the WWN station. So when it had come time to acknowledge a break up was inevitable, it was all right. But now, Octavius thought, he'd been more established, in a stationary position, longer than she had. His work life was settled, demanding in its own way, but manageable and usually predictable. All elements that allowed him to pursue other things, to be able to look for a relationship.

But he found it increasingly obvious Rose didn't, or couldn't, or wouldn't trust that it was the same for her. As much as he thought this was brief and bizarre encounter had been about second chances, maybe he was being wishful where the universe was being realistic. At its worse, this was some type of closure, and that was fine, wasn't it? Curse-shy as he'd been about romance since his last disastrous relationship, maybe this was reminding him to less literally revisit old relationships.

"I've always enjoyed your company, Rose," he said, turning towards her and uncrossing his arms to place a hand on her elbow. She was tall enough that he could look her straight in the eye. "That much hasn't changed. But these reservations you have… I think they're only problems if you want them to be. Which is fine," he hastened to add. "I can accept that New Year's Eve was just a pleasant revisit. I just needed to know that."

Out of words, he cupped the hand still on his chest and smiled only a little self-effacingly.

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flower
2012-01-12 06:09 am UTC (link)

Her mouth opened for a couple of moments to quickly snap back shut. She felt that her slightly very dangerous and hectic job was a valid topic to bring up when discussing the future of them. It wasn't--- look where they were! At the broken up wedding of two seasoned veterans, all things considered, when dealing with risks, physically and socially, of the profession. How was that not seriously something to be concerned about? Rose bit the inside of her cheek, feeling her face heat up.

This was not the appropriate way to go about resolving this.

She just needed a couple of moments to think.

Promptly deciding that was an excellent idea, Rose redirected her gaze down to the ground without warning. Staying perfectly still was important to calculate, review, and decide what to say to Octavius so that she could justifiably live, and deal with, whatever she decided after this moment. Some time passed, enough for Rose to finish her thoughts just as another loud voice called out her name.

Blinking rapidly, Rose looked up to meet a rather terrifying image of Odette MacFarlan glaring at them the front of the room. Glancing around proved that almost everyone else at this point had left, and Odette had taken to calling out people by name. Before the other woman had another chance to be intrusive, Rose grabbed Octavius' hand, lacing her fingers through his as she sped them along toward the exit.

Once out of incriminating sight, Rose stopped and turned to face him. With only one quick glance back for good measure, she refocused on him and took a deep breath. "I don't want New Year's to be just a pleasant revisit," she spoke softly, finding that it had been easier to listen to her heart when she had finally been able to calm down her mind. "And I don't--- I think--- we could try. Again--- try again. At this." Rose paused, then added, "If you want to."

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dinglealltheway
2012-01-13 11:04 pm UTC (link)

Octavius blinked rapidly, unsure his ears were still working properly—they might still be lagging several steps behind the rest of him, right? She wanted to try this again. What again? Them again? That was what she had meant? He took her words at face value while the rest of his mind scrambled over itself to go from the wedding hall to outside and the conversation that had taken place, because he'd been certain she was telling him now, and he must have missed something. She's gone from silence to that Magpies seeker chasing them out, to out here and—Did he want to try this again? He was quite certain the answer was yes, which was why Octavius had been acting so obsessive.

There was definitely potential for it to go bottom-up. It might even be an ugly break up this time, if it didn't work out. But one never knew until it was tried, wasn't that what everyone said? They'd had a bit of shaky start there, but Octavius still couldn't shake the feeling that this…this was—promising. That was a good word for it.

"Yeah," he nodded and even laughed a little, brushing the back of his hand against his cheek. "I'm quite certain I do."

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flower
2012-01-14 04:49 am UTC (link)

Really?

While Octavius had made it quite clear about how he felt, his response still took her by surprise. She just hadn't thought he would agree? To something so official. Especially with how she had been acting.... it didn't matter, now. What mattered now was this wonderful wizard standing before her that had just agreed to a second chance and she didn't know why she had been so difficult--- it was good. Even though it made her nervous! But it was a different kind of nervous, a good one that didn't make her light-headed or unconscious but almost excited. It was new... maybe that only happened because they had dated before and---

She needed to stop.

Closing her eyes for a moment, Rose let her face, and her body, warm up substantially at his touch. Her chin dipped a little, and a small smile appeared on her lips. "Okay," she sighed happily, feeling as if a large amount of weight had finally been lifted from her shoulders. No need to think about the potential issues that could be brought up later from this revival. They would just... deal with them. Later.

"You know," Rose started, replacing her hand back in his. "My brother told me the funniest story yesterday after they discharged me. Something about a fan trying to impostor him?" She pressed her lips together in an amused manner. Now it was funny. Leaning over, she kissed Octavius, pulling away only slightly in between kisses to finish her sentence. "He was very honored."

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