Sometimes only one person is missing and the whole world seems depopulated
Date: August 28, 2001
Time: Evening
Location: Hogsmeade
Characters Involved: Charlotte Aurelius and whoever else
Rating: PG for right now
( I think God leaves me alone to let me find my own strength because no one else can give it to me… )
Time: Evening
Location: Hogsmeade
Characters Involved: Charlotte Aurelius and whoever else
Rating: PG for right now
( I think God leaves me alone to let me find my own strength because no one else can give it to me… )
He was surprised when he caught the familiar scent of his employer as he passed the Three Broomsticks. It was about the only familiar smell he'd picked up in Hogsmeade. Curious, he glanced in to the window as he passed and saw Charlotte dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief.
Looking around, he saw no sign of Seamus, and Stella was at the school and he couldn't just let her sit in there crying if she was alone. If he saw that she was with someone, he'd leave, but until he was sure, he couldn't not go check on her ( ... )
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She had a very large glass of dark chocolate milk and the sandwich delivered by Madam Rosmerta. She thanked her quietly, looking down at both, her head hurt from being upset. She didn't know how to answer if she was alright or not. "Not really, I suppose." she finally mumbled, sighing heavily.
She wasn't there with Seamus. She loved Seamus, but he hovered so much whenever she was the tiniest bit upset and she just needed to be upset. Sometimes people just needed to be upset, not have someone instantly want to make it all better.
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She was taking Susan's leaving rather hard. She had been down when Perry had left too. She had been crushed when Fleur had gone. She was attached to her friends and when they moved away and moved on, it made her sad. It meant that she didn't have as much importance in their lives anymore. Fleur had left her twice now. First from France and then from England.
"You shouldn't 'ave to see me as a mess." she hiccuped, "I just couldn't go 'ime upset or mon 'usband would 'ave tried to make t'ings better and not paid attention to ze pub."
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She sniffled and wiped her nose again before she started to drink the overly chocolate milk. She'd give herself a worse headache but she'd deal with it later. It was like mostly chocolate at the bottom.
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Caleb scratched the back of his neck, trying to think of something to say. Rosmerta came by and when he asked for only water, she looked at him as if he were daft, so he ordered a Butterbeer as well. She seemed appeased when she walked away.
"I think I disappointed her," he said conspiratorially to Charlotte.
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She just sniffled slightly and looked at him, "You s'ould be 'ome wit' your Mademoiselle Stella."
Yes, she wasn't an idiot and while she didn't read the Daily Prophet anymore (Seamus had made her stop reading after Mandy's murder), she had eyes and she could tell when two people belonged. It was too bad that she had been wrong before.... with Bill and Fleur. She had thought they had belonged and a hard shaking had told her that she had been very very wrong.
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He studied Charlotte for a moment and hoped he wasn't crossing some invisible employer/employee line when he asked, "Is there anything I can do?" He'd like to think they were friends now considering how much time they spent together in the shop.
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She looked at him for a long moment, to her there weren't lines like that. She wasn't terribly professional, she hired people she liked and developed friendships with those people in and out of work. "I do not know, to be 'onest, Caleb. Unless you can make people stop leaving."
She did consider Stella and Caleb friends. She considered many people to be her friends, but there were some that were closer then others. Especially those that she went out of her way to help.
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He wasn't sure if this was all about Susan, or if it was hormones or something else altogether. Not that it really mattered why Charlotte was feeling this way. All that mattered was she was crying and he wanted to find a way to stop it. "Socrates and I can finally be in the same room together, I can't leave now!" he teased. "The beasty is going to be back before you know it, more obedient then ever!"
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It was a little bit of everything, hormones, Susan, the baby, her own terrified notions that she would be a bad mother, her fears that Seamus might leave her like everyone else. She sniffled, "Someday you will leave too, as everyone does."
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He squeezed her hand for a moment before pulling away. "Besides, I can't go anywhere without seeing that babe of yours," he said, nodding toward her stomach. "That would be downright rude, don't ya think? Just up and leaving before she's ever born! Or he. Do you know what you're having?" he asked, hoping a change in subject would help. If nothing else, he was very good at changing the subject.
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She smiled at the idea of Stella and Caleb married, it was obvious that they loved each other. She believed that it didn't matter, if you loved someone, you loved them. No matter their skin color, their blood, their status, or preference. She still had her issues with homosexual type of relations, but she knew that they weren't bad people because of it. "Yes, you 'ave to see zis baby. I wish zat Susan 'ad felt zat way." she sighed, "She was zere when I found out and zen she just leaves before ze baby comes... I t'ink it will be a girl. Seamus t'inks it will be a boy. We will find out soon."
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Someday Caleb would wake up and realize that Stella deserved to have babies with the man that she loved, werewolf or no. "Afterall, all of my lessons state zat lycantrop'y is not passed on t'rough ze genetics."
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