Nov 06, 2007 20:23
francis abernathy,
henry winter,
john ryder,
dean winchester,
george weasley,
rp,
susan sto helit,
silas,
ofelia,
shaun riley,
yoda,
tomo takino,
jadzia dax,
merlin,
chance silvey,
selvetarm,
robin goodfellow,
charles macaulay,
homestar runner,
john preston,
willow rosenberg,
alice cullen,
sam winchester,
camilla macaulay,
edward cullen,
bella swan,
bunny corcoran
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Yet.
The Macaulay twins had been sent to cotillion by their Nana as children. Ordinarily Camilla would have been happy to dance (decorously, within that sort of ballroom-dancing framework) at a party. However, as far as Camilla knew, Henry had never learned how to dance, and besides, there was his bad leg to contend with. Therefore she'd decided there shouldn't be dancing.
Charles would have other ideas. His mun just hasn't posted that thread yet.
Spotting newly arrived guests (well, newly noticed by her), Camilla flitted over to say hello. As Steph's owl had warned, Steph did not have Dean in tow. Instead, she had brought along one of the Weasley twins. Camilla liked the twins, because, well, they were twins, and that should amount to some kind of solidarity! She didn't know them at all, though, and she wasn't quite sure whether this was the same Weasley twin she'd once wished she could set up with Francis.
He was wearing an absolutely appalling hat, paired with a suit Camilla rather liked, a very F. Scott Fitzgerald suit. Granted, it would have been better suited to a summer garden party than a late-autumn wedding, but it was a gorgeous suit nonetheless (would it be impossible to set him up with Francis? Maybe he was bi-curious.) Steph seemed to have tried choosing a dress that would match the suit. Honestly, a pale blue would have been better for her coloring, or maybe coral, but it was a charming dress and Camilla appreciated the effort. After all, she'd given her guests scarcely a week to prepare, if that. As far as she was concerned they could all have shown up in Hogwarts uniform and it would have been perfectly acceptable.
But oh, lord, that hat.
"Stephanie, I'm so glad you could make it. I don't believe I've met the gentleman," Camilla effervesced, carefully looking at George's face and not his hat.
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Of course he noticed her trying not to gawk at his hat. How could she help it? It was an absolutely amazing hat.
In a burst of generosity, George swept it off and offered it to her. "You should wear it! The salesman told me it was a 'pimp hat'. And I know from the telly that it is often hard out there for them." Oh, the problems of the pimps. It really was quite sad!
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He was not mocking her. She could tell that much. He was a wizard born into wizarding culture. It would be highly rude to refuse his offer. More, it might embarrass him, to an extent far outweighing the small amount of embarrassment entailed by Camilla herself wearing the silly hat (it being her wedding, and her wedding celebration at that, where she could be forgiven for misbehavior).
"I'd love to," she said, and took the green-and-leopard hat. It sat oddly on her head. Pimps must have large skulls. She could barely see out from under the brim.
"It must be hard for pimps out there," she agreed. "Gosh, they must be running into things all the time."
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It did not stand well. Seriously - it was the woman's wedding day! This called for an intervention.
"Very hard," Steph agreed, mentally cringing. She'd beat a pimp or two up in her day, and they'd fully deserved it. "That hat looks great on you. But it clashes with Henry's suit, just a bit, huh? Can't have that in the wedding pictures."
Reaching out, she took the hat off of Camilla, trying not to muss up the woman's hair, and peached it atop her own head. "George and I have a green-theme going on, so I hope you don't mind if I borrow this?"
As far as Steph was concerned, this more than made up for a wedding gift full of dungbombs and what not.
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