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RP: Dinner in Exeter

Jan 06, 2007 15:46

Date: January 6, 2005
Characters: Katie Bell, Cedric Diggory
Location: Exeter
Status: Private
Summary: Cedric owes Katie dinner, at least.
Completion: Complete

( As usual, Cedric was running a bit late to pick up Katie, so he arrived at 6:10 instead of 6 sharp. )

january 2005, katie bell, place: private residence, cedric diggory, place: exeter

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shh_katie January 6 2007, 22:32:21 UTC

Katie had completely lost track of time when she heard the knock on the door. In fact, she had nearly forgot her plans to have dinner with Cedric, even if they had been made only two days before. When the knock interrupted her reading, Katie cursed when she glanced at the clock on the wall, noticing it was already past six ( ... )

shh_cedric January 6 2007, 22:38:50 UTC

Well, at least she hadn't been sitting about, wondering where he was and opening the door the minute he knocked. "Hey there." She looked a bit frazzled. "And yeah, long day. You?" He motioned ahead of him out into the hall. "And I reckoned I'd just apparate us to an alley I know of that's fairly close to where we're going. Do you mind?" Some people got a bit nervous about side-along apparation with somebody they didn't know well.

shh_katie January 6 2007, 22:45:09 UTC

"Not exactly busy, although I was running a bit behind when you knocked," Katie admitted, although not bringing up the fact she had nearly forgot entirely. "I had kind of gotten lost in some reading I was doing."

She followed him out into the hall, slipping on the jacket she had transfigured, although she had kept it the same standard black as the colour of her coat. "No, side-along apparating sounds fine," Katie replied as she locked the door with the key, and set the basic wards she had placed on the flat. "I don't know most of Exeter well enough to find the place on my own. Who knows where I would end up."

shh_cedric January 6 2007, 22:57:18 UTC

"Well, we can't have you landing in Timbuktu." He laughed and once they were outside, slipped an arm around her waist, trying to keep it as relaxed as possible. She might currently be seeing George, but she was a lovely woman and he didn't want her to think him inappropriately groping. She looked slender but felt solid. Quidditch players had to be tough. "One, two, three ( ... )

shh_katie January 6 2007, 23:08:29 UTC

Cedric seemed to have taken special care not to grip her too tightly, or move his arm anywhere but directly around her waist. Not that she wanted him to do anything else, but it was more than a little amusing ( ... )

shh_cedric January 6 2007, 23:21:31 UTC

Cedric grinned. "Different Indians," he replied. "I have yet to find any place in England that serves American Indian cuisine -- unless it's my own kitchen. But if you'd like to try some frybread and Indian chili sometime, I'd be happy to make it for you. One advantage of getting back to Canada is the chance to stock up on things I can't buy here. Like buffalo meat ( ... )

shh_katie January 6 2007, 23:44:35 UTC

She was rather good at being clueless wasn't she? Katie was sure her face was turning bright red as Cedric explained exactly what the restaurant meant by "Indian". She was wishing she had just kept her mouth shut. It wasn't as if she had never heard of India, but she didn't realize muggles had restaurants with cuisine specific to that country.

Buffalo - there was something she had never eaten. "Sounds interesting," Katie commented; and not in a bad way really, at least she didn't think so. It was just a new experience, something she didn't experience often. Even the food in Stoatshead was more traditional to their culture. "I wouldn't mind trying that sometime - I don't think the Five Alarm will be breaking out the buffalo meat chili any time soon."

The smell was certainly unique as well, but she didn't want to leave. Katie was actually looking forward to trying something new. "I think I'll be relying on your advice a bit," she admitted, reading some of the titles of the items. "But, I've no objection to spice."

"How was ( ... )

shh_cedric January 6 2007, 23:54:47 UTC

"Don't worry about the error. It happens a lot, although here I usually have to specify 'Native American' because if I say 'Indian' everybody assumes I mean India. You making the opposite mistake was actually a bit unique." He toasted her with the refilled water glass ( ... )

shh_katie January 7 2007, 00:08:37 UTC

"What can I say, I enjoy being different," Katie replied wryly, raising her glass back in toast, although she didn't always enjoy it. And she was fairly sure the word for it was 'ridiculous' rather than 'unique'.

"Sounds like a productive trip," she commented, listening to his description. "It's a shame any of the paintings were destroyed, but at least not everything was lost. And Washington from Toronto, quite a trip just to see the museum, but I suppose that is your 'business' now."

She had to hide a smile as he mentioned his trousers. Although he was far from fat, it was obvious Cedric wasn't exactly in peak shape. But she supposed a full time job at the museum in Exeter, and a second one building his own in Stoatshead didn't leave time for much exercise.

"I just stayed in town," Katie replied. "Nothing exciting - although I did attend Christmas dinner at the Weasley's. That was....a bit of an experience."

shh_cedric January 7 2007, 00:24:38 UTC

"Yeah, I reckon it is my business." He laughed a little at that. "Funny to think. Never expected to wind up a museum curator. Or whatever it is I am now. But ... I rather like it."

When she mentioned dinner at the Weasleys with hesitation, both his eyebrows went up. "Oh? What happened there? Did Percy show up?" Ron may have made peace with his brother, but Cedric wasn't sure if the rest of them had.

Before she could reply, the waitress had arrived, half startling Cedric. "Oh -- er, did you have a chance to look at the menu?" he asked Katie. To the waitress, he said, "I want the Lamb Tikka, please." Then back to Katie, "You can ask about the dishes if you're not sure what's in one."

shh_katie January 7 2007, 00:35:43 UTC

Katie wasn't sure what was in many of them, as there was no description under the names of the dishes. But, she was willing to take a chance. And besides, if she didn't know what weird meat she was eating, she couldn't worry about it. She would ask after. "I'll have the Murug Tandoor," Katie smiled up at the watress, handing over her menu ( ... )

shh_cedric January 7 2007, 01:56:38 UTC

"I'm not at all sure it's overreacting to be nervous," Cedric said, picking at the basket of nan the waitress had left. "Lord knows I've been." In his case, there had been a lot of undercurrents ranging from knowing a bit too much about Gwen's parents to ever be able to like them, to the whole 'white boy/red girl' dynamic. Even if he'd ben adopted by the Ojibway, that wasn't Gwen's band, and he was still lily-white. Not everybody in her family had been ready to accept him, not for a long time. And then he'd left her after all, just as some of them had expected him to do.

"In any case, yeah, I can imagine that meeting the whole Weasley clan -- at once -- wouldn't be an easy thing, especially if you have come from a small family. Molly's a dear, but a bit ... overwhelming?" He grinned. "Did it go all right, though? Otherwise, I mean? Meeting them and such?"

shh_katie January 7 2007, 07:25:01 UTC

"Despite the ulcer I'm sure I developed," Katie replied with a smile, sipping at he water, "meeting them went fine. It's not as if anyone seemed to be looking at me with suspicion, thinking I wasn't good enough, or at least subtley threatened me in terms of hurting him, which I had actually been expecting. Says something about how paranoid I am, doesn't it? Quite the opposite in fact, even if it was....overwhelming as you say."

Mrs.Weasley had made her a Christmas stocking for Merlin's sake - Katie was still rather disconcerted over that. "I wasn't meeting everyone for the first time of course, so that helped ( ... )

shh_cedric January 7 2007, 20:36:27 UTC

"I'm glad it went well. And I doubt you'd get threatened, unless you count having your wedding planned before the year is out." He laughed. "I suspect their mum wants to marry them off."

She seemed to want to change the subject, so he let her.

"I was thrilled to find the musuem done, actually. My next step at this point is, I think, going to the Ministry to let them know exactly what's up. I didn't do that until I had something a bit further along. They've got enough to be going on with, but I want to start making knowledge of the museum more public, and I don't want whoever's left at the Ministry finding out about it that way. That wouldn't be politic.

"After that, I plan to organize a 'public painting.' It won't, mind, be all the painting, so if you're still on for that, I'll still need your help. But I thought it might be ... a way to create some public enthusiasm, and maybe get a few donations, to open the museum to let anybody who wants paint a bit of the wall. I'll have to plan it carefully to avoid it turning into ( ... )

shh_katie January 7 2007, 20:49:23 UTC

"Merlin, with the way things are I don't even know what sort of regulations are in place for starting up business - and well, museums - and the like." Katie frowned a slightly. Everything in that regards had been very well defined in the past. Although the museum was a bit of a different story, she had to wonder if starting up or taking over a business here was like the process of getting a flat - just laying claim - or something more official.

"The community painting sounds like a fun idea," she added, "but almost like more work for you. Depending on how things go, you're going to have spend time fixing things afterwards if you want it to look good. But yeah, if you need a hand beyond what you get done that way, me and my wand and brush are willing."

"Your mother thinks you've lost your mind?" Katie repeated curiously. "Would that be your grandiose idea for the museum, or your community painting plans? Or," she added with a bit of a grin, "something else all together?"

shh_cedric January 7 2007, 21:08:03 UTC

"Well, I'm not sure how official anything is anymore. I went into the Ministry earlier in the autumn to see if I needed a building permit to start rebuilding my house and Percy Weasley just laughed at me." His eyebrows hopped; that still stung. "But the poor bloke was completely covered up with parchment, so I suppose I can see why. Still, I could just imagine getting started only to have somebody descend on me telling me I needed this or that form. You know how the old Ministry was.

"A public painting will be more work, I'm sure of it, but important. And yes, that's what my mother thinks I'm barmy about. She said the same thing you did -- I'll just have to redo much of it, or all of it, to make it look decent. But I know that going in, and it's not really the point. I just want to get people in the door to see the place, and let them paint a little so that later, they'll feel more as if it's theirs.

"Mum ... she'd usually prefer to avoid rubbing elbows too much with the hoi polloi." He grinned. "She's a bit of a princess ( ... )

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