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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2012 21:49:23 GMT -5
Quinn slipped into the Library of Hogwarts, trying to stay unnoticed. She had been so bored at Malfoy manor that she thought it only fair that she have a little break and see what kind of trouble was brewing at Hogwarts. She made eye contact with Madame Pince, the librarian, for just a moment and then approached her, "The restricted pass?" She asked as pleasantly as possible. Madame Pince stared at her for a long moment before finally forking over the pass.
Quinn smiled and walked slowly into the restricted room, admiring the pretty books on the shelves.
"Well well well..." Charles Garet popped his head into the room and smiled brightly, "If it isn't Quinny." He said with a laugh and walked inside. He grabbed her hand and twirled her around in a circle, "You're just glowing...marriage treating you well? How's Malfoy Manor? Hows...Tom?" He asked raising his eyebrows.
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Post by victoria0rose on Mar 19, 2012 21:56:13 GMT -5
Victoria walked into the Library, going to find some advanced medicine books for Madame Pompfrey, she walked to Madame Prince. "Hi. Erm, I need to find some more books for poppy." she explained, waving her hand towards the restricted section. She smiled at her as she received the pass. "Thank you." she said, walking back.
She stopped when she saw two people she thought she never would. "Charles... Quinn..." she trailed off, she didn't realize that her voice was audible until then. She gulped, looking at them. "H-Hi." she said, giving a small wave.
She couldn't believe it, Charles and Quinn. Oh boy. Basically to her they were her older siblings, her siblings that she hadn't seen in about a year and a half.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2012 22:01:05 GMT -5
Charles and Quinn both broke eye contact and looked toward the doorway. Quinn felt her knees buckling a little and grabbed onto Charles' arm, "Vic?" She asked, staring at the girl with wide eyes. She couldn't quite fathom if she was happy to see her or horribly confused, the last she had heard, Vicky had killed herself, "Victoria?" She asked again, walking towards the girl.
Charles stared at her too for a long moment before rushing forward and hugging her tightly, "Victoria Freaking Gallagher! Where have you been?!" He said with a small laugh, "I was worried sick about you!"
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Post by victoria0rose on Mar 19, 2012 22:10:05 GMT -5
She opened her mouth, then shut it, biting her lip. "Charles freaking Garet. I haven't talked to you in a year." she laughed slightly. "My sister took my place here for the last couple months, I had... things to attend to." she shrugged it of, hugging Charles. She looked at Quinn. "You hate me?" she asked, biting her lip, a small smile coming through.
"My sister... she erm... kill--" she cut herself off, stopping at the word, killed sounded to final. She didn't want to think of it as that. "She.. left. So.. Dumbledore said I could come back." she said, she hated the circumstances that allowed her to return to Hogwarts, but she loved it there in general.
"Surprisingly I haven't gotten that many happy welcomes." she joked. She hugged Quinn, smiling a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2012 22:14:48 GMT -5
Charles laughed and pulled back from their hug and kissed Vicky's forehead, "You're ridiculous, you know that Gallagher. God....I can't believe you just....disappeared for a year and half! I've missed you!" He said and laughed a little bit. He pulled away from her completely and then watched her hug Quinn.
Quinn remained quiet for a little while, weighing the situation in her mind before finally hugging Vicky back, "You had us all...worried." She managed to say and then took a deep breath, petting the girl's hair, "But...I'm glad that you're back. You know...I thought that your sister was you...I thought that you were gone." She remembered the sickening feeling she had gotten in the pit of her stomach when she had first heard that Vicky had presumably killed herself.
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Post by victoria0rose on Mar 19, 2012 22:32:58 GMT -5
She smiled a bit. She missed being with Quinn and Charles. In her mind, they were her older brother and sister. She couldn't stand not telling them whys he had been gone, but... they would freak out if they actually knew why, so she would keep it secret, or at least wait until they got over the fact that she was back. She smiled at them. "I take it I missed a lot? We are at Hogwarts, after all." she gave a small laugh, "Drama never ends..." she trailed off.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2012 22:35:33 GMT -5
Charles gave Quinn a little shove, silently suggesting that she tell Victoria who she married. Quinn nodded and then took Vic's hand, pulling her over to a table where they all sat down together. She smiled and looked from Charles to Victoria, "So Vicky...I should probably catch you up on what's happened in my life..." She started and then paused.
Charles looked at Quinn, realizing that she was clamming up, "She divorced Jason and-"
"Jason divorced me." She corrected and then looked down at her hands, "AndImarriedtheDarkLord." She rushed, "So what's been happening in your life?" She tried to change the subject immediately.
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Post by victoria0rose on Mar 19, 2012 22:38:42 GMT -5
Victoria stood stunned for a moment. "Er.. Sorry.. and then... congrats?" she said, rather confused on how she should be reacting. She was a member of the Order, or at least, going to be as soon as she was of age. She bit her lip, "Not much. Pretty much.. forced in my house with my da for the past year." she shrugged, She looked over at Charles, knowing well enough that Quinn wouldn't want to talk about her matters with Jason for any longer. She did want to know why they had divorced though, she would probably find out somehow. She raised an eyebrow towards Charles, "And what about you?" she asked, smirking slightly.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2012 22:49:33 GMT -5
Quinn leaned back in her chair and took a deep breath, thankful to be out of the spotlight and not have to talk about it anymore. She placed her hands in her lap and looked at Charles. She had been just as curious as to what he had bee up to as well. She had barely had any time to talk to him since they had both gotten back, so she supposed now was as good a time as any.
Charles shrugged, "Ah...You know the usual. My dad died of cancer this past year. My little sister, Aspen, and I have been trying to keep my mum together ever since it happened. It's been a rough year. But I guess we can all relate." He said and looked at both of them.
Quinn touched his hand gently, "I'm so sorry, Charles." She said quietly.
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Post by victoria0rose on Mar 19, 2012 23:11:52 GMT -5
Victoria looked at him. She gave him a sad smile and hugged him. "That's horrid." she said quietly. She sighed, sitting down, also forgetting about the books Poppy needed her to get. Talking to Quinn and Charles was ten times more important to her. She looked at them, an awkward silence settling in. Hopefully they wouldn't ask on details of exactly what she had been doing while she was gone, because... she didn't want to recall any of it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2012 23:19:38 GMT -5
"But I swear on Merlin's Beard, this year is going to be a good one for us, ladies!" Charles said with a small laugh as he sat down as well. He put his feet up on the table, in front of Quinn and she groaned.
"Agreed. I would say let's toast on it, but Madame Pince is already frowning upon our little party in here." She said and pushed Charles' feet away from her with a mock grimace. She tucked some of her hair behind her ear and then looked at Vicky, "Victoria...No one knows where you've been...are you sure that you don't want to talk about it?" She questioned. The girl seemed to be hiding something important. For as much time as Quinn had known Victoria, it was almost obvious when she was.
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Post by victoria0rose on Mar 19, 2012 23:24:17 GMT -5
She smiled at Prince's glare towards them. She turned to Quinn as she spoke, but when she finished, her eyes were looking at the floor. "Erm, uh, Y-Yeah. Completely.... t-there's not much to really..." she paused, composing herself, "tell."
"I just..." she trailed off, thinking about the right wording to use, "Hung out with my da for a year." she said.
She didn't want to tell them, htey would ask too many questions then, tell her to leave home for good, she didn't want the saddened looks she got back in Ireland. She had grown to hate them. She didn't want to tell because of the fear of getting those looks, and feeling guilty for no reason all over again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2012 23:27:53 GMT -5
"Your dad?" Charles questioned and he and Quinn made eye contact. It felt as if there was something that she wasn't telling them, but they weren't about to push her into telling. If there was one thing that Quinn had learned about Victoria over the last couple of years it was that she would eventually come around. Everyone needed someone to talk to eventually, so she would just have to wait until then to get a straight answer.
Quinn leaned back again and smiled at Vicky, "Must be nice. Extended vacation and all." She said with a grin and then looked at her own hands. She had taken a vacation too...well...more like disappeared off the face of the planet in the wake of a mental breakdown because she had married Jason and had a child too fast in life. She bit down on her lip hard and then forced a smile. She could taste the blood in her mouth.
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Post by victoria0rose on Mar 20, 2012 1:04:59 GMT -5
Victoria had known Quinn's fake happy face for a while now. She raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. She simply looked down. They weren't pushing the subject. "Yes, my father." she said. She clsoed ehr eyes, clearing the memories out of her head. She put on a fake smile, one that she had spent the whole of last year using, it was getting better. "Yeah, fun times." she joked back. She hated keeping secrets from them, but she couldn't handle the looks. She couldn't.
She stood up, "I-I've got to get some books for poppy, wanna help?" she asked, giving them a small smile, also a way of saying that the sad conversations were over.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2012 1:10:09 GMT -5
Quinn was the second to stand up, thankful for the immediate change of pace, "He.ll yes I want to help." She said with a smile and then crossed to one of the larger bookshelves and began looking at the bindings, "What kind of books is she looking for now? Wait...are you working with Poppy?" Quinn looked up from the books at Vicky. If she was, good for her, Vicky would make an amazing healer. Quinn had so much faith in her.
Charles shrugged his shoulders, "I'd rather just stay here and enjoy the view." He said as Quinn bent down to look at a book on the lower shelf. Quinn saw him and chucked her backpack in his direction, "Sorry! Sorry! Married woman! I know!" He said and winked at Vicky.
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