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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 13, 2006 0:34:51 GMT -5
Pearl woke up the next morning disappointed that Zander wasn't with her in bed. She strechted and found her clothes from last night and put them on her bed. she walked to the bathroom that joined the room and took a hot shower. her feet were still sore, but she knew they were healing fine for the moment.
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 13, 2006 0:45:24 GMT -5
Zander arrived back at the Three Broomsticks later than he'd hoped, having just dropped Lucie back at the school at dawn. He stopped to get breakfast on the way up. He didn't know what Pearl would like, so he got a full English breakfast, complete with eggs, potatoes, kippers, toast, tea, and juice, along with a few pastries for himself. He walked into the room to find that Pearl was already awake and in the shower. He silently cursed himself for being so long, and he sat down at the little table and stirred his tea while he waited. He wished he'd thought to stop at Madam Puddifoot's to pick up a cup of coffee, but since he hadn't, the tea would have to do.
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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 13, 2006 1:00:23 GMT -5
Pearl shut off the shower, her nose completely over whelmed by the smell of soap a steam. she quickly towled off and went back into the bedroom and was assulted by the smell of food and Zander. She smiled and said "Good morning, Did you have to battle and save your friend? you were gone all night!" she said walking into the room and to her clothing. Zander seemed at a lost for words. she put her clothes back on and went over to the food and picked up a Kipper.
"Oh! I love these little fishes!" and popped it into her mouth.
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 13, 2006 1:06:15 GMT -5
Zander smiled. He was still a little taken aback at how casually she had walked around without clothes, but he shook it off. "I'm glad," he said. "Why don't you sit down and eat? I got the food for you. I'm OK with a pastry and some tea." He took another sip. "I did almost fight with the vampires, actually. Or one of them, anyway. I think he might have been involved in my brother's death."
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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 13, 2006 1:15:24 GMT -5
"How terrible! such a thing could cause another war to break out! Fenrir's packs are large and widespread. he could give an order and hell would break loose!" she said sitting down taking a sip of juice "Will you presue the matter with Fenrir? or go about it on your own?" she asked. it was something she had to know, because a war now would only lead to trouble since the humans were fighting as well.
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 13, 2006 1:19:17 GMT -5
Zander shook his head. "I don't want Greyback involved. This is my business and my problem," he said firmly. "I'm going to investigate this on my own and find out how he was involved. Lucie--the one I went back to check on--she swears it was him. She was my brother's girlfriend, and she was there when it happened. I still have some contacts in the Auror organization, maybe if I just ask them a few questions, I can find out for sure. And then I'll go after him myself. Greyback doesn't need to know."
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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 13, 2006 1:42:41 GMT -5
"I'm glad Zander, that you still have connections to your old life." she said taking a bite of egg." the world we live in could become very dangerous if a war was to break out." she said not really wanted a full scale battle on anyside. "I don't want to work with Voldemort Zander" she admitted.
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 13, 2006 1:52:22 GMT -5
"I'm not sure how welcome I'll be if I try to contact the people I used to work with, but it's worth a shot," Zander said quietly. "I definitely don't want a war to break out, especially not over this. Ian wouldn't want that. I'll take care of it myself, somehow." He looked at Pearl carefully, struck again by how lovely she really was. And while she was sheltered and naive in some ways, she was also so very free and wise. It was a strange contradiction. "I don't want to work for him, either," Zander admitted. "Pearl... do you ever want to go back to Greyback? I know you've been with him for so long.... Are you ready to turn away from him?"
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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 14, 2006 22:51:47 GMT -5
"I love Fenrir, he's all i known for so long...but last night, last night i saw a side I had been unwilling to see...He's been my Mother, my Father for so long, but I can't stay... not after what he said to me...I am not an animal." she said looking very sadly at Zander. she placed her fork down and looked at her hands.
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 14, 2006 22:57:37 GMT -5
"No you're not," Zander said. "I understand your loyalty to him. You've been with him so long, he's the only family you've ever known. But it's time for you to break away. And I'll help you, OK? I'm not going back to him, either. It's going to be hard, because I don't have much money left. I'll try to get a job somewhere... some place with flexible hours where they don't ask a lot of questions. But you don't have to worry about that, OK? I'm going to take care of you. I got you into this."
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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 14, 2006 23:13:30 GMT -5
"Zander." she said reaching across the table placing her hand on his face "You are a good man, Even if you were Fenrir's unintended, You are a good man." she said looking directly at him. In that moment she felt connected to him and his wounded heart and soul. If she could, she wanted to make it better.
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 14, 2006 23:20:22 GMT -5
Zander smiled. For the first time in what seemed like forever, he felt good. "Thank you. You know, I feel a lot better since I got away from him. He was making me tense and bitter. Things seem clearer now." Warmth was spreading through him at her gentle touch, and he found he wanted to kiss her again. Not like he had last night, either. "Pearl... can I kiss you?" he asked softly. "I don't ever want to do anything that you don't want me to do."
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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 15, 2006 20:59:42 GMT -5
"Yes" she breathed the word fully knowing now what it meant to be out of breath.
"If I had never intending to accecpt your attentions, I wouldn't of allowed it" she said feeling every hair on her body stand up.
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 15, 2006 21:21:04 GMT -5
Zander smiled and leaned closer to her and pressed his lips against hers gently. Once again, it was like electricity shooting through him and he found himself moving closer to her and deepening the kiss just a little. When he pulled away, he was shaking. What was it about her that made him feel this way? He couldn't speak, so he reached over and brushed a lock of hair out of her face.
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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 15, 2006 21:42:02 GMT -5
Pearl smiled as his lips left hers. She felt new and strangely excited, she was almost disappointed as he moved away from her. What as crashing into her at the moment was the realization of what to say next!
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 15, 2006 21:45:37 GMT -5
Zander took a deep breath. "Well, eat up," he said. "I want to take you out to get you some shoes today. How are your feet, anyway? Still sore?" He stood up and walked over to the window.
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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 15, 2006 21:53:45 GMT -5
Pearl thought she could of fallen out of the chair with relief and disappointment.
"Yes! they are a little sore, but they are healing alright" she said picking up her fork again and taking a bite. "Won't shoes cost money?" she said feeling guilty for throwing away her own shoes the night before.
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 15, 2006 22:01:40 GMT -5
"Yes, but you need them. Don't worry. I have some money saved up. And I'm going to get a job. Maybe in the Hog's Head. I know the Auror Corrigan works there, but he was actually one of the ones I got along with OK. Hopefully, he'll give me a chance. He already knows what I am." Zander turned and looked at her. "It's going to be OK, I promise. We'll just try to live cheaply. My only worry right now is what we're going to do during the next full moon."
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Post by Pearl Nacreous on Aug 19, 2006 15:58:35 GMT -5
"I'm sure we'll find a way...We can not stay at this Inn, Zander, I could look for a job too, I know i've not work before, but I'm sure I can find something" she said determinded not to be a burden on Zander.
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Post by Zander Smith on Aug 19, 2006 16:04:47 GMT -5
"I don't know where else we can stay if not here," Zander said. "I don't want to live in a cave or anything like that... maybe if we could find an abandoned house somewhere, we could stay there, but I'm afraid I'm a little too used to human comforts to live underground." He looked at her and smiled. "Don't worry too much about finding a job, OK? You can if you want, but it's often hard for our kind to get work. You either have to hide what you are, or hope you can find someone sympathetic."
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