Date: 3 July 2005
Character(s): Hermione Granger, Roger Davies, Ernie Macmillan, Zach Smith, Orla Quirke, Caradoc Dearborn, Anyone else
Location: The Loft above Bookworm
Status: Public
Summary: Second meeting of the book club
Completion: Incomplete
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Second Meeting )
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He grinned at Hermione as he walked back to his seat, pausing to pull his dog-eared volume of Byron poems out of his pocket. For good measure, he'd also brought a Dumas novel as he wasn't at all sure he was ready to discuss poetry with a whole group.
He peered at Hermione's book. "I knew you were a romantic."
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"It's not my book, Roger," she told him, rolling her eyes. "It's some ridiculous story of a Charms professor pursuing his apprentice. Or perhaps she pursued him. Regardless, it's nonsense in terms of reality, but I can't very well tell the author that sex is far too messy to just sleep after without tidying up or that 'throbbing member' sounds like a dreadful disease instead of arousing. Well, I can but I'd preferred having opinions from a reader fond of the genre instead."
"I have a copy of Peter Pan for trading. What did you bring?"
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He lifted a brow. "Never had to worry about that problem with Flitwick." Her next words made him chuckle. "Well, that's hot. Don't read much romance, myself, but I'm pretty sure you can go with your gut and edit out the 'throbbing member', as well as all mention of 'manhoods' and 'love channels'."
"I brought the Count of Monte Cristo," he said. "One of my favorites."
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He entered the shop and climbed the stairs to the Loft. And once again, Hermione and Roger were the only ones to be seen. At least there wasn't an awkward misunderstanding between Ernie and Hermione this time. He waved and approached them.
"Hello, Hermione, Roger. How've you been?" he said, extending his hand.
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"Good evening, Ernie," she said, getting to her feet. She kissed his cheek before stepping aside for Roger to shake his hand. "I'm doing well; busier now that Eleanor's gone. I hope she's making good progress on her shop. How are you?"
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He looked around. "Er...where is everyone?" He didn't think that either Roger or Hermione would be interested in his book. It would be an interesting meeting if it were just the three of them.
"Roger, Eleanor's excited about the work your crew is going to do. And we may even have another worker for you. Her brother might be coming to stay with us. I'm certain he'd rather fetch things on a construction site than help her make soap." He smiled. "He's sixteen."
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"Hey, Ernie. I've been pretty well. Yeah, we'll be able to start on that soon. I'm glad progress is good otherwise." His smile widened when Ernie mentioned Eleanor's brother. "Well, send him over; I could use all the help I can get. How's work?"
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He'd brought a book of poetry, but wasn't sure if that's what he should bring. A book club was probably about fiction. He'd brought along a copy of 'The Haunting of Hill House,' just in case. He was more prepared to actually talk about that anyway. Poetry would be harder.
Reaching the top of the stairs, he saw Roger and Hermione and felt a wave of relief. At least he knew two of the people there.
And of course, Macmillan. He bit back a groan. That's all he needed. Well, nothing for it now. Hopefully the bastard would ignore him.
"Miss Granger," he said, moving to take her hand. "Lovely, as always. Am I early?"
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"And, no, you're right on time, or possibly a little early. The turnout will probably vary each month, but a few others should be along soon," she explained. "Would you like anything to drink or eat? There's a few things on the refreshment table."
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He looked toward the refreshment table. "I've never been one to turn down free food," he said, grinning. "Do you normally have large turn outs for these things?"
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She came to the top of the stairs, saw Ernie, Zach, Roger and Hermione and gave a little wave, not wanting to interrupt their conversation, and made her way to the refreshments.
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He sipped at the juice before remembering, "I forgot to bring your book! I'm sorry."
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"Oh, don't worry. Are you enjoying it then? Or Eleanor?" She'd still not gotten to officially meet her, but she'd have them over for dinner, so that would help.
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He ducked his head. "It's actually sitting on Elle's bedside table. I don't know when she'll get to it, however; she's been working on readying her shop."
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Before taking the Floo to Bookworm, Caradoc grabbed Magic in the Nineteenth Century, the book he traded with Hermione last meeting, to return. He picked up Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance the book he had chosen for this meeting. Telling Cai he would be back later, perhaps with Irma if she could be convinced to join him, he left for the meeting.
There were a few people milling about and Caradoc headed for Hermione to return her book and thank her for the loan. It had been quite an interesting read.
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"Also, there's refreshments on the table if you'd like anything."
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He handed her one of the books he had tucked in his arm. "I brought back Magic in the Nineteenth Century. It was a very interesting read. I thought someone else might like a crack at it."
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"Oh, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm afraid that my selection this evening was Peter Pan, a Muggle novel, and an advanced copy of a wizarding romance novel that I'm hoping to convince someone to read who likes that sort of thing for an opinion before final edits."
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