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RP: Morning Flight

Feb 02, 2008 21:37

Date: 3 february 2006
Character(s): Orla and ?
Location: Streets of SHH
Status: Public
Summary: Orla takes a spill
Completion: InComplete

It had snowed that night, and Orla woke, delighted, to see a dusting on everything. She bundled up and went out after breakfast, wanting to walk around and see things glisten before they got slushy. She stopped on ( Read more... )

wayne hopkins, place: private residence, february 2006, orla quirke

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shh_wayne February 3 2008, 16:59:37 UTC

A crash on the balcony startled Wayne. He looked up from the paperwork he'd been reviewing during breakfast and frowned. When he heard someone calling out a greeting, he reached for his wand and headed towards the balcony.

He stepped outside and blinked when he saw Orla hanging off the balcony. A broom was near his foot and he shook his head as he put his wand into the back pocket of his jeans. It was bloody cold outside, but he'd not had time to grab a shirt on his way to investigate.

"Another flying accident, Miss Orla?" he asked, reaching down to grab her hand and help her to her feet. Once she was standing, he looked her over. "All your parts seem to be in order. Want some coffee?"

shh_orla February 3 2008, 21:32:24 UTC

Orla nodded, grunting a bit as he helped her off the ledge. "Something like that. I lost focus when my hat flew off." She got to her feet, dusting off the snow stuck to her coat, and looked around. She didn't see her hat, so she pulled her wand, and attempted to summon it. It didn't come, so she sighed, pocketing her wand. She finally looked at Wayne, relieved he was wearing pants, if no shirt. She tried not to stare, looking up at his face as she smiled ruefully. "So sorry to intrude on you. Coffee would be lovely, if its not putting you out." She was embarrassed to have gotten into his hair, but at the same time, she was glad to see a smiling face. The talk with George had ended on a rather flat note, and as much as she wanted to be his friend, she wasn't sure how that would go.

shh_wayne February 4 2008, 16:54:36 UTC

"That's why you shouldn't fly with a hat on, love," Wayne said, grinning as she stood up and got situated.

"Not intruding. Was just working, actually. I've slipped into old habits, have to admit, which means you're saving me from myself. Come on in."

After she was inside, he followed and shut the door. "Have a seat and I'll get you some coffee. Just made a fresh pot. Anything in it?"

shh_orla February 4 2008, 17:29:23 UTC

She looked mournfully off the balcony. "I wanted to keep my head warm. I've been trying not to get sick, what with the cold and all, but...." She shrugged. No use crying over milk she hadn't spilled yet ( ... )

shh_wayne February 4 2008, 17:34:26 UTC

"Yeah, old habits." He looked at her and shrugged. "Used to live in my office. I know, I know. How can it be, Wayne? You're such a charming, dashing bloke that you couldn't possibly know how to work hard." He imitated a girly voice before he laughed. "Before the war ended, all I did was work. Lived in my office, working for the family business and with refugees. Rarely spent time here in this flat, so little that I was somewhat surprised when I realized what color the walls were after the war when I was here too often."

He added cream and sugar to her coffee before walking back into where she was sitting. "Here you are, love. Drink up and get warm." He sat down in his chair and put his bare feet on the edge of the table before he took a drink of his coffee. "It was alright. Yours?"

shh_orla February 4 2008, 17:48:39 UTC

She bit back a laugh and snickered quietly at his impression of an admiring female. "Whatever did the women of your town do without you to keep them company?" She asked, teasing a bit. "Really, I can't imagine you being so caught up in anything like that. You're very laidback for a workaholic." Unlike herself. "But it was good work you were doing, then, for the refugees. I'd have done the same, but for slightly less noble reasons." Avoiding the husband you weren't sure you should have married was far from noble ( ... )

shh_wayne February 4 2008, 18:00:57 UTC

"Eh, the women in my town were functioning quite well without me, love. Same as they are now." He snorted. "I might be laidback but it doesn't mean that I can't get consumed by work. Spent a lot of time traveling before. Now, it's mostly paperwork and balancing a few things. Figuring out what to do with myself. That sort of thing."

He sipped his coffee while she spoke and nodded. "Yeah, don't have anything much to do with most my family anymore. Made choices they don't approve of, ya know? It's okay, though, and it'll get better as time goes on. Life always does."

"No need to apologize, Orla. Forgot all about it, actually." He shrugged and grinned. "So, how's your new year going so far? Happy and all that?"

shh_orla February 4 2008, 19:54:08 UTC

"And what conclusion have you reached? On what to do with your free time?" She asked, curious. He wasn't the type to just sit around and wait for things to happen, that's for sure. She rather envied him that ability to be a go-getter. She had tried, and it had gotten her, well, someplace, just not someplace she wanted to stay ( ... )

shh_wayne February 4 2008, 22:42:34 UTC

"Nothing positive yet," he said, shrugging. "Been hearing talk at the Centre about them rebuilding Hogsmeade, maybe trying to rebuild Hogwarts eventually. Thought about maybe popping up there to see if they need a pair of hands."

He nodded. "Yeah, being single over the holidays can be bloody rough. Have been every year, though, so used to it by now. Way life goes sometimes." He grinned. "Doubt you have to worry 'bout it being a trend, love."

When she mentioned stupid decisions, he nodded. "Been there, done that. Just don't have the bloody t-shirt." He smiled wryly. "Almost fell for my stupid decision, before I caught myself and realized it wasn't gonna go anywhere on his part. Too much baggage, maybe, or I just wasn't what he wanted or who knows. Doesn't much matter. I ended it before it got worse, enjoyed it while it lasted, then realized I wasn't ready to handle the aftermath."

shh_orla February 4 2008, 23:14:02 UTC

"Really?" She perked up. "Do tell me if there's anything I can do for that. I'd love to help." Hogwarts held a special place in her heart.

She looked at him, surprised. "Really? I never would have thought that about you. I'd ask what was wrong with the women you know, but, well, I might know." If they were anything like her, they chased the unattainable instead of the lovely man in front of her. She shook her head, lifting her cup to take a drink. "That's lovely of you to say, Wayne, but I have it on very good authority I can muck up a relationship faster than most. But thats the way things go, as you say."

She smiled at his comment, though she empathized, feeling much the same way. "I'm sorry to hear that. Must have been a rather idiotic fellow, or some such nonsense." She smiled at him again, a bit shyly. "Any advice for the lovelorn who didn't quite protect their heart as well as they could have?"

shh_wayne February 4 2008, 23:26:43 UTC

"Eh, I've not found out anything yet, but will likely ask around more. Hadn't heard anything official, ya know?"

He snorted. "Don't mind, really. More to life than relationships, yeah? If it happens, it happens. Will at the right time, I figure. And if I'm not intended for that sort of thing, it won't. Too many good things in life to worry about that sorta thing."

"Nah, I was the idiot. Bloke wasn't sure what he wanted, and I made it too easy for him to have a little of both worlds, ya know? Live and learn." He took another drink of his coffee and shook his head. "Don't usually offer advice, love. Only advice I know is that nothing's the end of the world so long as you're alive and keep living every day as well as you can."

shh_orla February 5 2008, 00:55:56 UTC

She looked at him askance. "I find life is all about relationships, albeit not all romantic. I mean, I could have the most thriving therapy practice there was, but if I didn't have friends and people I can share it with, its pretty empty indeed. Though you're right that the world shouldn't revolve around romance as much as it does. Sadly, I tend to buy into that on occasion. Especially when lonely." And as much as she didn't begrudge her friends their own romances, she rather envied them their ability to have them, successfully ( ... )

shh_wayne February 5 2008, 01:04:49 UTC

"When you get lonely, that's when those friends you're on about can come in handy," he pointed out. "Thing is, you can't base your entire happiness on having other people or having them 'round. If you can't be happy on your own, then it won't matter how many people are there. Ya know? Once you can reach that good place, though, then you're ready for all that romance nonsense."

He considered her question and remembered those weeks with Zach, how his kisses had tasted and how it had felt just to have someone who seemed to want him. "Think I'd have still done it," he said honestly. "People make mistakes and not everything works out the way we want, but that's part of life. Can't ever learn anything if we don't bugger up, yeah? How else can we figure things out about ourself if we don't take chances, knowing full well that sometimes we'll make mistakes."

shh_orla February 5 2008, 01:29:30 UTC

"True." She sighed a bit ruefully. "Now if only I would take advantage of it." She knew she wasn't a burden to them, but so many people had drifted away, and she didn't know what happened, if she had done something or if it was just life, as he put it ( ... )

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