A Move to Remember

[inner_human]

Date: Saturday, April 28, 2001
Time: Night
Location: Number 8 Ambrose Terrace, York
Characters Involved: Peregrin Derrick, Pansy Parkinson, invitation only
Rating: PG-13 (for the most part)

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[freakedwithjet]

It was new and strange, but in a different way than it was for Perry. Pansy had moved into new and empty places before - she’d had her own flat at eighteen (just). But before, she’d seen the bare walls, pristine and blank and… scary, for only one day. Not even that. Just a few hours to measure up for curtains and shelves and personality

[freakedwithjet]

A bit tough for Perry then that he’d been the one to start this conversation. It was a run away steam train - they could neither of them request a stop

[inner_human]

Of course, who didn't like to be told they were right? And as she scooted closer and continued the conversation he watched her from the corner of his eye with a raised brow. Oh, so she wasn't opposed to the idea of marriage... then what the hell had all that screaming been about? "I wasn't expecting anything." But did he look a little sulky... I mean, come on... would've been nicer than getting yelled at, after all.

...Okay yes, so he kind of missed the point a little. But why couldn't women just be straight about things? If she wanted to get married, then why did it matter how romantic he was about it?

So it was a huge decision to make-this was the rest of their lives they were talking about. But to Perry, they'd already made those huge decisions. Marriage was just a formality. It was like Pansy said, they didn't have to do it. It would certainly do little for Pansy's image... as she'd pointed out. And they didn't need to wait to have children if they wanted. That was another area Perry was still conflicted about. Pansy didn't

[freakedwithjet]

Pansy snorted. “Oh, come off it. You must have been expecting something, or why ask me?”

He was still pussy-footing around the issue, avoiding talking about what was the real issue here - should they get married? And could he have brought up the subject in a less appropriate fashion?That was what all of the yelling had been about.

Bringing children into the equation had probably not been the best idea but --- wasn’t that what you associated with marriage? If -if- they decided marriage was the way to go, wouldn’t that mean that they were replacing their own inadequate families with one of their own? It was just- what would be the point, otherwise? If they were just going to continue sloping along down the same path, did they need to bother with it all?

Christ, even she was losing the romantic impetus now.

“Pansy Derrick.” She tried it out on her tongue and gave a short laugh. “How about Perry Parkinson?”

After all, if they were going to give her father an embolism, they might as well do it properly.

[inner_human]

Perry Parkinson? His grin might have masked his utter shock and revulsion if he hadn't grimaced, first.

"Oh, that's perfect. Because I was just thinking to myself the other day, what better way to remind myself of Pansy's father every second of my life than by taking his name?"

They'd both sat consciously and awkwardly separated all this time, but now Perry found the strength to lift his arm and take Pansy's hand, still grinning mischievously. But his voice took on a much more subtly earnest tone. "But Pansy Derrick, I like the sound of it much better coming from you."

Yes, he could have brought all this up in a less appropriate fashion. Pansy should have felt fortunate the worst she got was "let's get married