Allegra Thornton
Hogwarts Staff
Administrative Assistant Witch
^it's just me^
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 20, 2007 0:48:28 GMT -5
"Well, that wasn't very nice," Allegra said smugly, thinking that even getting someone to buy you one drink was pretty good. Two was being presumptuous, wasn't it? She took a nother slow sip of her butterbeer, not wanting to be presumptuous by finishing it quickly.
"Home? Where's home?" she asked, finding his wording to be funny. "I'm from the States... Los Angeles to be a little more exact."
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Post by chadwick on Jun 24, 2007 22:15:39 GMT -5
"From Long Beach," Chad told her with a nod, raising his empty glass again in a toast, "Rock on. Oi! Mate! 'Nother." Chad slid his empty drink down the bar and it was replaced by a full one coming back to him. Taking a sip, Chad noticed how quickly he'd finish his drink and how long it was taking the girl to drink her. He raised a curious eyebrow, wondering what her reasoning was. "You don't need to be so polite about it," Chad chuckled, "If you finish that one, you're allowed to have another." He realized it sounded fairly patronizing, but the man hoped she'd pick up on the joking tone of his voice and not be offended by it.
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Allegra Thornton
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Administrative Assistant Witch
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 24, 2007 22:27:19 GMT -5
"Long Beach?!?" she echoed excitedly, grabbing onto his knee in her enthusiasm. It was on the total opposite end of the county from where she lived, but still, so many miles from home, it felt like she had found a neighbor. "Proud home of the Queen Mary! I grew up in Malibu Hills! Proud home of... well, me!"
She made a face back at him when he commented on her drink and decided to chug the rest of it down, slamming the bottle on the bar when she was done. Good thing it was only butter beer.
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Post by chadwick on Jun 24, 2007 22:34:01 GMT -5
Chad laughed right out loud when Allegra got so excited over where he was from, but he was glad. It was always nice to meet someone from back home; it made it a little easier to fit in to a new place, especially a new country that was so far away. And he had to admit, if she felt like grabbing into his knee, there was no way he'd object to that.
"I was actually in the Hills not that long ago," Chad told her, "Just before I made the move over here again." He watched in awe as she chugged down the rest of her drink, impressed the by talent. Chad was so impressed, he even cheered for Allegra. "Right on!" he celebrated, "Get this lovely lady another one, good sir."
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Allegra Thornton
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Administrative Assistant Witch
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jun 30, 2007 2:24:48 GMT -5
Allegra laughed in response. "Just because it's butterbeer doesn't mean I don't know how to drink," she teased, making a playful face at him. When the bartender brought another, she raised it up to him in thanks.
"So, Mr. Long Beach... What made you come out all the way over here?" she asked, taking slow sips from her bottle this time.
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Post by chadwick on Jul 10, 2007 12:28:29 GMT -5
"Well, I actually moved here when I was younger and grew up here mostly. Then I moved back to the States for a while but then my mom got sick..." Chad trailed off slightly in the middle of that sentence, taking another sip of his drink to fill the void. He had never really talked about his family before, but now he found himself divulging his reasons for living here. He supposed it was alright for Allegra to know about it, odds were they probably wouldn't ever cross paths again unless it was planned. And Chad highly doubted that could happen. Little did he know...
"I came back because my mom was sick. I wasn't ever really that close to her but...you know...then she passed away and we didn't really fix things," Chad continued with a slight shrug, trying to not show that it really bothered him, "And my dad...well, he lost it and they left me everything including our...obnoxiously large house so, I had to come back."
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Allegra Thornton
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jul 10, 2007 13:09:44 GMT -5
"I'm sorry..." she said, expressing her sympathy over his mother's passing rather than an apology for anything. He had shrugged it all off, but his voice gave him away and she knew it still bothered him. She put her hand on top of his and offered him a small smile, liking how warm his hand was under hers. "I'm sure she knows how you feel now. My mom says that moms always know even if we don't always say it."
Her smile grew as he described his house. She knew some pretty big houses and wondered how they compared. "So how big is obnoxiously big?" she asked.
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Post by chadwick on Jul 10, 2007 13:24:10 GMT -5
Chad looked down at her hand on his before his eyes glanced up to hers. He saw the smile she was giving him and he couldn't help but smile back. He touch was nice and her skin felt soft, but when Chad realized how he was looking at Allegra, he snapped out of it quickly and realized she'd spoken again.
"The house..." he began, biting his lip slightly. He didn't really want to boast but it was pretty massive. It had been in his family for centuries and it was basically a castle, although slightly smaller than Hogwarts. "Well, it's been in my family for nearly a thousand years," Chad confessed, "My grandpa always told me stories that his grandpa had told him about my family being friends with the founders of Hogwarts but you know...grandpa was a little--" Chad made the 'crazy' sign with his finger beside his head "--I'm not sure of the 'exact measurements' but it's pretty much a castle. Well, it was sometime way back." Again, Chad shrugged. He knew his family was loaded and now, well he was. But that didn't mean he wanted to flaunt it. In fact, that was the last thing he wanted people to know about him, but Allegra seemed different. It was weird, but Chad felt like she wasn't going to judge him if she knew.
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Allegra Thornton
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Administrative Assistant Witch
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jul 10, 2007 13:33:16 GMT -5
Allegra laughed at his description before realizing her hand was still on his and she shyly removed it with an embarassed sort of smile.
"A thousand year old castle sitting in a country pretty well known for castles doesn't sound all that obnoxious," she told him, figuring the Thornton ancestral home had him beat by the mere fact that it was in the states. Seriously... who in theri right mind had a castle west of the Atlantic? Now that was obnoxious.
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Post by chadwick on Jul 10, 2007 14:02:56 GMT -5
Chad raised a challenging eyebrow and ignored the embarrassed smile. He would have preferred that Allegra kept her hand their but that was a different story. "You know the size of Hogwarts school, I presume," Chad stated, figuring that pretty much everyone around here knew what Hogwarts looked like, "Hack off a couple towers, maybe the Greenhouses, shrink it by about a third and you've got a pretty good idea of what my house looks like. Size-wise anyways." The man took another sip of his drink, draining out the last bit and placing it on the bar. He was contemplating another but he might just go for a butterbeer now. Perhaps even initiate a chugging contest. Allegra had, after all, comment on the fact that just because it was butterbeer, it didn't mean she couldn't drink.
Chad put off ordering the drink momentarily and looked back at the girl. "So what about you?" he asked her, "What brings you across the pond?"
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Allegra Thornton
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jul 11, 2007 20:55:27 GMT -5
"School," Allegra answered lightly as she finished off her butter beer. "I went to Hogwarts and just stuck around after I finished. I'm hoping that maybe I'll get an associate professorship or something when there's an opening." He didn't need to know she had just left school and it would be a couple of years before Raynor even considered letting her teach. Divulging that bit of information would just make her sound so... well, young.
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Post by chadwick on Jul 12, 2007 20:58:02 GMT -5
"Ah, so you're a Warty," Chad responded with a playful grin, "I'm a Durmstrang myself, but no need to be alarmed. I'm well aware of their rep in the wizarding world and trust me, all the rumours are true. I hated it but...Daddy insisted." (Chad rolled his eyes, even as he said the words.) The thought of being at Durmstrang made the grown man shudder slightly. Most people who went their would say it "wasn't that bad" but they'd be lying. Just the sight building itself could scare the scales off a dragon.
With a sly grin, Chad refrained from telling her that he'd just snatched up a job there. He'd been at the Quidditch store for a while, but when he heard the position of flying instructor and referee were open, he pounced and swiped it. "What are you hoping to teach?" he asked her, interested in what field she wanted to get into.
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Allegra Thornton
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Administrative Assistant Witch
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jul 13, 2007 0:13:21 GMT -5
"Excuse me?" Allegra asked, raising an eyebrow at the name. Stereotyping a witch by a skin condition was soooo last century. The fact that he went to Durmstrang hardly phased her though. One of her old boyfriends had gone to the school and he was as nice as could be.
"Whatever they'll let me teach I suppose," she answered with a small shrug. She had been the top of her class and with the exception of Divination and maybe Runes, could probably do a good job in front of any class.
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Post by chadwick on Jul 13, 2007 0:25:02 GMT -5
Chad couldn't help but chuckle at her reaction to the name. Of course, he hadn't meant anything about her personally, it was just the loving nickname that the Durmstrang students had imposed on the student body of Hogwarts. Chad found it rather ridiculous, but he couldn't help himself.
"Well," Chad began, trying not to beam as he spoke, "You're lookin' at one of the newest members of the Hogwarts staff." He nodded his head, grinning almost proudly as he told her this. Chad wasn't sure why he was so proud, but it felt like he had accomplished something, prove his family wrong when they'd all said he'd live off the family fortune for the rest of his life. Nyeh, nyeh, nyeh, nyeh poo-poo on them.
"When did you finish school?" the man asked her, signaling to the bartender for two more butterbeers. He figured it a simple question.
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Allegra Thornton
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Jul 13, 2007 1:03:09 GMT -5
And of course he had to ask her that. It wasn't any big secret, and it wasn't like 18 was all that young, but he did seem to be older than she was and she really didn't want to come off as a stupid silly little kid.
"Why? How old do I look?" she asked, raising her eyebrow again. Merlin, she hoped he didn't answer 16.
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