RP: Look ma! No crutches!

[shh_tonks]

Date: 25 May 2005
Character(s): Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Anyone else who cares to stop and chat
Location: The River
Status: Public
Summary: After nearly breaking her neck, Tonks decided staying in was the best thing until she was healed. Now, she's ready to venture out once more
Completion: Incomplete

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[shh_tonks]

Giggling, Tonks screwed up her face one final time, shortening her hair back to the spiky look. Hey, if the man wanted it short, then short it would be. She ran a hand through it, roughing it up before dropping her hand back to her lap.

"I see how you men work. Find a cat you fall head over heels in love with... but if the woman doesn't work with the cat, then it's time to get rid of the female." She gave Kingsley a teasing look. "I see how it is. I have my eye on you."

The girlish laugh was back, Tonks looking at the hand that had abused Kingsley. She blew on her nails, giving him a wink. "Who taught me to fight? Aside from my own talent for tripping over everyone, I believe you had a slight hand in honing my finer points. So you only have yourself to blame for the strength of my punches.

"And I certainly shall... at least attempt the cleaning spells. And as you said the freezer is fairly shot, if I totally fuck up, it won't matter so much." Tonks chewed on her lower lip. She hadn't really mentioned the name to anyone else and was hoping it was as witty as she thought it was. "I've... thought of calling it 'The Stationary Stationery Shoppe'. What do you think?"

[shh_kingsley]

"Ahem. I plainly stated that the woman and the cat were both subject to the owl's approval." He grinned. "Besides, you've always had your eye on me. I know why too. You women just can't resist a man who..." he tried for a debonair, sophisticated, man of the world look, but couldn't hold it long enough to make it look like more than a case of a gassy stomach, "cleans the loo."

He chuckled. "It's always my fault. I wonder why that is?"

"If you can fix the freezer for me, you will be my hero. If not, it isn't as if I had planned to keep it anyway." She looked a little nervous as she told him the name she picked out. "Stationary with an 'a'? It's kind of clever. It'll look great on a sign. People might question you when you say it, but print up some business cards to hand over when it happens and you'll be set."