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Post by Felicity Hjort on Mar 6, 2008 14:34:28 GMT -5
No, Felicity was more than sure she'd had a fair share. The first detention being that from wandering into the Forest, though they'd had a rather good excuse when they'd been caught. It was because of the animal that sounded in pain. As far as Felicity was concerned it was more than enough to wander inside the forbidden area. It wasn't as though the Professors could have read their minds or anything, so they didn't know their original plan had been to enter the forest anyway. And even the original detention hadn't stopped Felicity from entering on occasion, though not often.
But Drew was entirely correct, the last detention hadn't gone over so well between the three Ravenclaws, the Slytherin, and herself.
"Maybe we could do something else, rather than a detention," Felicity answered him, sighing contentedly. There were a number of options, the only things stopping them were curfew, professors, out of bounds areas, and the Aurors, there were still a number of things to do.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Mar 6, 2008 22:31:01 GMT -5
"I think I like that option," Drew answered, kissing the top of her head. He could think of a number of things they could do... and not all of them were activities best done privately.
"Well, we've got a couple of months before school lets out, and then all summer," Drew reminded her. Especially with the weather getting warmer, they had the whole outdoors available. And now with his present, they also had the option of doing what she liked best. "So what do you think we should do?" he asked, open to suggestions.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Mar 6, 2008 22:53:51 GMT -5
"I like it too," she answered him in jest. The reason she'd suggested it was because she liked it. Of course, if the only way she got to spend time with him for the rest of the year was by way of Detention, she'd do it.
A couple of months. That was it, and then summer... Wait, did he say summer? Sitting up, Felicity turned and looked at him, a huge smile on her lips. Did he really mean he was spending summer in the U.K.? They'd briefly spoken about his plans, but she didn't remember any definite yeses.
"You'll be here during summer?" she asked him excitedly, unable to contain the rush of joy she felt. "You're spending holidays here? In the U.K.?" While she knew her dad wanted him to go on a trip with them, she hadn't thought that maybe he was only making reference to the camping trip, and she suddenly felt too over-enthusiastic. What if that was all he meant?
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Post by Drew Thornton on Mar 8, 2008 1:16:49 GMT -5
Drew grinned at her excitement, feeling a rush over the idea that she really wanted him to stick around. "I thought I told you I was," he answered, positive he had mentioned it. If nothing else, her dad had practically commanded that Drew join them on the camping trip and he was hardly going to go against Mr. Hjort. Or was that now off? Maybe he had misunderstood the invitation. Or perhaps he had been uninvited after what had happened in Marck.
"I mean, I need to get home for a week or so... get some surfing in..." The ocean was like lifeblood to Drew and he needed that fix every few months at least. "But yeah, I was going to stay here for the most part. I got a job and everything." That had been the stipulation put down by his parents. Something about appreciating what he had, and understanding the value of a job well done.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Mar 8, 2008 1:29:19 GMT -5
"You told me you thought about it, but you never said it was a definite thing," she answered him, throwing her arms around his neck. Of course she was excited he was staying the holidays closer to where she was located, half way around the world was just too far away from him. Even with all of the ups and downs they'd had, she liked the idea of knowing he was close by. But she didn't think his parents would really allow for him to stay there during the summer, after all, he hadn't gone home over winter break, so wouldn't they rather he go home?
And then he said he was going to go home, for a little bit at least. And while she was excited that it sounded like he'd be spending the majority of break there, a small part of her was still saddened. Then again, she reminded herself it was his family. Her dad wouldn't even think of allowing her to go somewhere and not come back home during breaks, so Drew was really lucky, even if a good portion of his family currently resided in England, his parents were still in California.
Pulling back from him a little, she looked at him curiously. "You got a job?" she hadn't known about that.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Mar 8, 2008 20:43:04 GMT -5
"Yeah," he answered, his crooked smile playing across his face. It wasn't the best job in the world, but he had gotten it all on his own, even though his dad had offered to set him up like he had Allegra a couple of years back.
"I'm just bussing tables, but it meets my mom's criteria for being a job, so it means I can stay here," he told her, proud of his acomplishment. "A friend of mine hooked me up. She tends bar at the place and I asked if there were any openings."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Mar 8, 2008 21:25:07 GMT -5
"I'm so proud of you," Felicity squealed as she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. Even if it hadn't been a job in the U.K. she would've been proud he'd found himself a job. While she knew he had a lot more money than her family ever had, she liked that he was willing to work. It showed a bit of character, and she knew her dad would say the same thing. At least we would've until he mentioned one thing about his summer employment.
"A...pub?" Felicity asked, pulling back from Drew a little. It didn't matter to her, a job was a job at this point and time, but she knew her dad wouldn't like that bit at all. "I mean, I'm glad you got a job and I don't care where it is, that's your decision, but dad won't like that very much." Maybe if they just didn't say where he was working...
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Post by Drew Thornton on Mar 8, 2008 21:57:17 GMT -5
Drew had been so excited to get a job without his dad's help, fulfilling the requirement to stay in London and there for closer to Felicity as well as the Deva situation, that he hadn't given much thought to what Ib hjort might have to say about it.
"Well... they serve food too..." Drew said, unable to outright lie to her and call the place a restauraunt. And if she thought it being a pub was bad, she hadn't even heard the worst of it. "Yeah, a pub... in Knockturn Alley..."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Mar 8, 2008 22:34:37 GMT -5
What Ib did or didn't like shouldn't have mattered anyway, but knowing her dad, he'd throw a big fit about his employment. Especially Drew's employment while dating his daughter. It didn't bother Felicity what he chose to do, especially since it meant he could stay there in the U.K. all summer, but she knew her dad would want to know what he did. Busing, it was that easy, at least until the man asked where.
Gulping slightly, Felicity bit her lip before taking a deep breath and asking. "Knockturn Alley?" Her mum knew of the place, warned Felicity to stay away from it, she'd only gone once when she'd followed another girl there. But her dad likely had no idea, unless her mum told him. "I mean, we don't have to tell mum and dad that, nor that it's at a pub...You're busing tables, that's all we have to say, right?"
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Post by Drew Thornton on Mar 8, 2008 22:46:13 GMT -5
"Yeah... bussing tables..." Drew echoed, now wondering if he should try and see if the Leaky Cauldron had an opening after all. He had checked and they hadn't been interested in hiring anyone for just two and a half months. Or perhaps a muggle place? He hadn't tried many of those before finding out that Meg tended bar at Wicked Times.
And he suddenly had a new worry, wondering if he should mention that the person who got him the job was the girl he had his first Hogwarts crush on. He decided there wasn't really any need. It wasn't like he still had a crush on Meg. He had gotten over that ages ago.
"But... if they ask where..." Drew continued, knowing that he couldn't lie to her parents any more than she could. He might be able to weave around the truth a bit, but he wasn't exactly sure how much.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Mar 8, 2008 23:25:38 GMT -5
That was the problem. Her mum went to Diagon often enough due to business, if she ever tried to find Drew one evening, things wouldn't be good. And unfortunately her parents would ask where, it was like them to be interested in knowing things, for different reasons both. Meadow because she was genuinely interested, Ib because he had to know anything that he could be angry about for his youngest daughter.
"They will, and we'll have to tell them." Biting her lip, she tried to think of a way out of it, steering the conversation would just lead them to know there was something she didn't want them to know. "What's the name of the pub?"
Maybe if it was a nice, normal name they could just say he was busing there and they would come to their own conclusions, of course, it was likely her mum would know anyway.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Mar 9, 2008 0:04:47 GMT -5
And suddenly he wasn't very proud of the fact that he had gotten a job. What the heck had he been thinking? Of course her parents would ask, if only to make sure their daughter was dating a respectable young man. And when they asked where he was bussing tables, he'd only be able to answer truthfully.
"Wicked Times..." he said softly, looking away and thinking he should just quit now and try to find a new job. Even if he couldn't, going home to California sounded a heck of a whole lot better than telling the Hjorts where he worked. "Meg is the bartender, but I also know the manager. She's a friend of my sister's."
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Mar 9, 2008 0:38:08 GMT -5
Most definitely not a name she'd been hoping for.
Felicity had no idea who Meg was, and wouldn't until later that year in a discussion with Hiro, but it didn't really matter who helped him get the job because he obtained it all on his own, and if he liked it, and his parents approved, then hers couldn't say anything about it. It was just a job after all, and Drew was seventeen, he was a man in the Wizarding World, and even in the Muggle world, by most rights he was a man.
But he'd sounded so happy just a moment ago, and now...he sounded disappointed. "It's all right, love," Felicity told him leaning into him and resting her head in the crook of his neck. "It doesn't matter. No, dad won't really like it too much, but it's not really his business. It's a job, and you'll be there to work, not for anything else, right? So, maybe I'm just thinking too much."
She did tend to do that a lot.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Mar 9, 2008 0:52:36 GMT -5
"They're paying me good money and I got it all on my own," Drew said, mostly convincing himself at this point that it was legitimate work. Getting it all on his own had been the biggest part of the whole thing. He could have gotten some cushy internship in the Ministry by using his dad's connections, but he hadn't wanted to.
"There aren't too many places that will hire a guy for just a couple of months," he added, still worrying over the whole thing. "It's not the most reputable of places, but it's still an honest job and it's not like I'm hanging out there." Sure he had friends that spent time there, and Hiro was planning some sort of gathering at the place, and he probably would have hung out there during his off time if he hadn't been dating Felciity. But it boiled down to she couldn't go there, so he didn't see why he needed to. He'd see Hiro and Meg enough without sticking around the pub after hours.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Mar 9, 2008 1:16:38 GMT -5
Whether he received good wages or not, wasn't Felicity's business either, though she was glad he'd be making "good" money. He deserved it. And he did get the job on his own, and that was more important than the pay he got, and whatever that pay was, she'd never ask him to disclose that information, it was his business.
And he was right. Felicity remembered the trouble Jacob had getting a job during summer, it had been a mess, but he finally found himself a job he was good at and had managed to save enough money to do what he wanted to for Ashley, he'd gotten her a ring.
"You're right Drew, absolutely right. It's a good job, and you did get it by yourself, that's important. And dad should see that, he's turned people away because they were only looking for short-term employment and he couldn't afford that down at the store. Besides, it's just a job, and even if it wasn't just a job, there's nothing wrong with working at a pub, it's work, that's what matters."
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