wadcock (wadcock) wrote in valesco,
@ 2012-02-04 12:14:00

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brianna sloper, group, kendall broadmoor, odette boot, rose knightley, seth wadcock, thomas mccormack

Raffle Dates!
It was hard to say that the raffle was a bad idea when it raised so much money for W.Q.W., and while there wasn't an official number yet, even Henry seem pleased with the result. But standing outside the Montrose Pitch, Seth was having a hard time remembering why he thought a raffle would be more fun than a traditional auction, where you couldn't bid on someone's behalf without their knowledge, or at least being able to find out who did it.

Seth was all for just not going since he was pretty sure that neither of them would be heartbroken if the 'date' actually didn't happen but with the amount of press that was at the event, just skipping out on it altogether wasn't an option. Especially since Seth was on of the co-founders of the charity the whole event was held to support. After a thirty minute lecture from Henry, which was mostly a list of things he was under no circumstances allowed to do, even if she provoked it, he was allowed to leave. So here he was waiting on Odette MacFarlan to show.

He shoved his hands in his pockets trying not to think of all the other time Odette and he did stuff for the sake of publicity that ended in complete and utter disaster. He had changed since he was Captain of the Magpies, and he could certainly handle one perfectly cordial lunch with her.

OOC: Heyyy everyone, feel free to use this post to put up threads for your quidditch raffle dates! Bound to lots of potential drama lurking about with this so, have fun! :D

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thomas!

flower
2012-02-05 04:34 am UTC (link)

Rose was quite content with herself, despite the increasingly annoying nagging feeling forming in the back of her mind. When Thomas had quite bitterly mentioned his imposed diet for playoffs, the dessert restaurant her brother had brought her to once before quickly became the only appropriate place to go for this charity raffle date. How would she know that things like this were normally imposed? Griff had made no indication of changing their routine, only mentioning briefly that practice would be longer and to continue to uphold the traditional Catapult reputation during this time. It seemed rather simple, and she wasn't about to put herself in bad graces with anyone, her captain or her friend.

The restaurant was not wizard run, meaning the wait for their food would be a bit longer than they were use to--- but that created more time to catch up, right? Rose would be lying if she didn't admit she was beginning to feel incredibly guilty for evading Thomas since getting back together with Octavius. It had seemed like the right thing to do at the time, but now it just felt like she was lying to him. He was one of her closest friends, comparable only to Danielle who she had gleefully told weeks ago. Her only hope rested in that in that time, some life developments had happened of his own, therefore making it even between them.

That was horrible, wasn't it? Rose bit the inside of her lip, and hooked her foot tighter into her opposing heel. There would be a right time to bring all that up--- right now, choosing the right meal option was first priority.

"Ohh look, on this crepe you can get raspberry sauce, chocolate, and sprinkles. That's a whole lot of sugar right there," she pressed her lips together in an amused manner, smoothing the menu out on the table. A playful smile formed on Rose's face, and she accompanied this mockery with a couple of knowing nods.

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thomases
2012-02-06 06:02 pm UTC (link)

Thomas was quite content with himself, and he smiled honestly back at Rose as she teased him. He had been in quite the chipper mood, and as his eyes scanned the menu all he could think about was how much he really did enjoy chocolate these days and it had nothing to do with irritating his captain. In fact, Odette was getting more hours of training out of him because of current state. He disagreed with her trying to change his season-long habits, but he was putting in the extra effort to prove to her that he would be just as productive with a sweet tooth.

Because if he wanted to keep seeing Samantha, he would have to take her to dinner, and dinner meant dessert, and dessert meant keeping in shape and---it all made sense to him, anyway.

Rose seemed pretty happy these days, too. He wasn't sure if it was from the lack of drama she'd been involved in, or maybe the concussion she suffered knocked some neurosis out of her, but. She definitely looked in better spirits and he was glad for it. Thomas had put his ticket into her bin for support, not expecting to win anything, but. He felt strange at first about it, but his good time with Sam counteracted all that.

"Let's get it all, then," he said, shutting his menu, "With extra sauce and double sprinkles."

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flower
2012-02-09 01:56 am UTC (link)

Her jaw dropped in mock surprise. All of it? All the toppings! Nodding again, she closed her menu. It was looking like she was going to have to do a bit of extra exercising after this meal. Completely worth it, of course, because anything that was that sweet was worth the physical price you had to pay for it. Chocolate really was worth it.

"Good choice," Rose agreed, and signaled to their waiter to order before either of them changed their minds. "So," Rose started, placing her arms on the table and leaning back in her seat. Baby steps? To catching up, that is. That seemed appropriate.

Maybe he wouldn't even be that upset! She could be overreacting, that tended to happen with Thomas of all more than others. He had his own life of things to do, things to focus on. The more she thought about it, the more that made sense. She scolded herself for thinking so selfishly. There was nothing to worry about! No matter how annoying it was that she seemed to become so anxious about this only in his presence.

"What else is new?" she asked innocently.

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thomases
2012-02-10 12:18 am UTC (link)

She’d opened the conversation up wide with that simple question. Thomas wanted to blab, blurt, and babble what had been going on in his life and was so glad for that prompt. He felt like a third year telling his best friend a super secret. Rose was his best friend. She’d been by his side since the Sorting, and while she definitely could not relate to the things Kendall could, Thomas felt more comfortable with her than anyone. The feelings that had stirred up for her after the big ruckus with Spinnet had been shoved deep down; he could not bear to lose her as a friend over what might just be a fleeting fit of jealousy. They’d reverted back to what they knew, anyway, so there was no reason to not be excited about this development in his life.

“I’ve met someone,” he said, dropping back in the seat as if he’d lifted an elephant off his shoulders. Thomas was grinning from ear to ear, “I haven’t felt like this in years, I’m---” he put his hands up, trying to grasp for the words. His hands motioned to try to find the word. He was at a loss for words. Thomas blurted, “I’m excited! Is that weird? Is it weird that I say I’m excited because of a girl? Her name’s Samantha.”

Thomas nodded quickly a few times, “Cadwallader. She’s Canadian.”

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flower
2012-02-12 09:12 pm UTC (link)

She had not been expecting that! She had not been expecting that at all! When she had asked what was new, there had been the dull expectation of an update about his cat, or something particularly annoying that someone had said or did to him aside from this playoffs captain food regiment thing and--- yes, she had been hoping that something like this exactly would have happened but that had only been for her own selfish gain! This was legitimate news! Why had he waited to tell her!

Rose immediately bit the inside of her cheek, knowing how undeniably hypocritical that last thought had been. She only had herself to blame concerning that, and therefore had no right to be anything but thrilled at what was obviously a very exciting development in his life. Luckily, Thomas appeared to be so wrapped up in his words he hadn't yet noticed her only response so far to his news had been breathing in air, and blinking. So, with that encouragement, Rose pushed down the striking bother growing in her stomach, in which she only assumed to be anxiety from still needing to tell her own news, and smiled.

"Really? That's great!" she clapped, also tilting her head as she spoke. "It's not weird! It's normal!" She smiled wider, genuinely surprised and pleased to see Thomas so... so... like he had been pre-Regina. That was a good sign, wasn't it? It was an understatement to say that everything that had happened between them had led to a rather eventful year for him... with that though, Rose became overwhelmed with the desire to find out more about this Samantha. Or really, just to make sure she wasn't another Regina.

"Is she related to Victoria?" Rose asked, finding it nearly impossible for them not to be with the last name of Cadwallader and lack of Britishness something they both shared. She leaned in back toward the table, knocking her foot up under her legs to sit higher in her seat. "Tell me about her!"

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thomases
2012-02-13 10:30 pm UTC (link)

"Yes, of course, she's her older sister and she's a curse breaker for Gringotts---how cool is that?" Thomas looked impressed, yet again, even though he'd known about her occupation since even before he'd met her, Victoria was always talking about her family. "A curse breaker! She's very smart and---she's just..." Thomas put his hands up, shoulders going high, "I'm just struck by her I suppose."

Struck by her. That was the word. Thomas had a quick, faint reminder of being shot with a love-potion dipped arrow at the Halloween party, but it was nothing like this. Maybe it was because it was new, but he felt his blood pump faster just at the anticipation of seeing her and talking about her and---bloody hell, he really hoped this feeling didn't wear off as time went by because it felt ruddy good.

Thomas put his hands over his face, flushing and getting hot. He felt like such a fool, but really! Really, humans were supposed to have these sorts of feelings to keep them alive and motivated, so he shouldn't be thinking that he was acting strange because it was natural, wasn't it? Why was he analyzing this? His normally very logical brain was having a hard time understanding everything that was going on and it was even harder to accept this because was---different and----new and----

He dropped his hands, "I feel ridiculous, please--talk about yourself for a moment or two or three."

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flower
2012-02-14 02:51 am UTC (link)

It was... heartening to see her friend this happy. Happy! When was the last time that happy and Thomas McCormack could be put together in the same thought without irony? It was good that this Samantha appeared to be pulling him back to normal. In fact, Rose found herself just staring at Thomas as he continued on, struck herself at how different his tone had changed at just the mention of her.

Why couldn't they talk about her more? There was no need to rush! She knew he was just being polite, but...

Rose faltered slightly, then gave a light laugh, wondering how exactly to word her response. Maybe she really was over-thinking this, it honestly wasn't that big of a deal. Octavius was wonderful to her, he always had been, and that wasn't what worried her about Thomas' potential response. Octavius' close relations to one Charlie Spinnet, in addition to her obvious withholding of information for as long as she had was what made her think this might not go over well.

Perhaps Thomas wouldn't even remember that Octavius was close with Charlie! Maybe he wouldn't even remember Octavius! It had been a while, and things had been different, then and... it hadn't been that long, really. Just a little over a month that they had been dating. That really wasn't that bad.

"Well, actually," Rose started, her leg falling as her hands moved from the table to her lap. "I have--- I am seeing someone, too. Do you remember Octavius Pepper?" She felt her cheeks begin to feel hot as she spoke, and she let out small laugh. "We ran into each other at this new year's party and stared talking, and.... yes. Yes."

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thomases
2012-02-24 11:37 pm UTC (link)

"Well...look at us."

Thomas smiled at Rose, not having expected her news, but not entirely surprised by it. Their quidditch schedules had them busy, but it was only when there were others involved that they tended to drift away. He should have realized it, but he himself had been so wrapped up in Samantha that he hadn't noticed the lack of communication between he and Rose.

Octavius Pepper...Thomas remembered not particularly hating him when he and Rose were dating the first time. He did recall that Pepper was the best friend of the prat named Spinnet, but it wasn't the same thing as Rose actually messing around with the Kestrel. Pepper was...intelligent, a bit spastic (but so was Rose so maybe this was a match), and he was not a quidditch player which was always a good sign. As he mentally checked off a list of what made an appropriate boyfriend for Rose, he came to the conclusion that Pepper passed with at least a 72%. That was much better than she'd done in ages.

It was sort of a sad feeling, though, even if Pepper was a good bloke. Thomas' feelings for Rose had always been strange, and as much as Kendall liked to say that he was blind, he knew that Rose's feelings towards him weren't completely---well, at least Thomas thought so. It was sad that once again they found themselves going in different directions when they never had the chance to actually do anything themselves.

"We could double date," he said with a nod and another smile, folding his menu shut.

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