From: mightbeclever	Date: January 7th, 2011 03:40 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Bonsoir," Meme said politely enough, though her gaze was particularly critical. "You seem to be quite smitten with my Grandson." Not that Meme asked for names. Instead she lifted one elegant hand and tilted her head to the side.

"I suppose I should be thankful that you are not a whore," she spoken in French, before smiling as venomously as any dark wizard could have done. "Are you pureblood? I should hope so, if we are to let you taint the line more."

From: legaux	Date: January 7th, 2011 04:50 am (UTC)		(Link)

Did she say something about potatoes? Did she just call her a potato? Adelaide kind of gaped at Meme helplessly. "... I am," she responded, both to the comment about being smitten with Leon and the question about her lineage. As those were the only parts of the conversation she actually fully understood.

Meme was smiling at her, but Addy wasn't comforted. Her animagus was a snake-- she could tell a smile from an attack display. This woman was ready to strike, and Addy was all but a snack-sized mouse to her.

So awkward. She really hoped Leon returned soon.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 8th, 2011 08:06 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Leon was walking up behind Meme when the woman turned, smiling warmly at him before plucking the drink from his hands. "Ah, Leon, there you are. I was beginning to wander if you had found a pretty face to speak to." She leaned in and wrapped her arms around him, kissing his cheek warmly.

"Do not let me keep you. Your Adelaide is quite lovely," She spoke in English, glancing back at Adelaide for a moment. "Do remember to dance with me before the night is gone, yes?"

"Thank you," Leon replied to her with a weak sort of smile, before nodding and watching his grandmother move away. "...What was all that about?" Had she said anything to Addy?

From: legaux	Date: January 8th, 2011 08:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Adelaide stared after her for a few moments, almost as if she feared she'd come back all of a sudden. And eat her face off.

"I-- She asked if I was pureblood, and said I was... never mind." She didn't actually know what was said, so she couldn't very well tell Leon about it, could she?

Weak smiles all around. How many more of his relatives could possibly pop out of the woodwork to eye her up and down and... French at her? "So... How long do these things last?"

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 9th, 2011 08:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"I got us a hotel room," he said smiling at her as they twirled about. "We don't have to stay till the end. We've officially put in our hellos."

He'd get yelled at, her was sure, for not dancing once with his grandmother, or for just disappearing in general. But he was eighteen now. BY wizarding standards, he was an adult, and thus...free to do whatever he wanted. So to speak.

"I have your gift. Do you want it?"

From: legaux	Date: January 10th, 2011 12:43 am (UTC)		(Link)

She frowned. "I left yours on your bed." It didn't occur to her to bring it. Also it was heavy and would have been somewhat difficult to conceal. "Anything you give me, you're going to have to carry," she added with a smirk. "No pockets."

She loved the idea that they could leave whenever they liked-- preferably now, but she didn't want to be the one to suggest it. She was a guest, that would be rude.

"If you wanted to leave, I wouldn't complain," she whispered softly, hoping no one could hear.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 10th, 2011 01:48 am (UTC)		(Link)

"We could always go to my room and let you open the gift, then you wouldn't have to carry it at all. Or, we could gather up everything we wanted and make a run for it." He grinned at her, twirling her around for a moment.

"You, me...Paris. No one to tell us know. Could be exciting." He leaned in and kissed her gently. "Just tell me when, and I'll sweep you off your feet forever."

From: legaux	Date: January 10th, 2011 03:19 am (UTC)		(Link)

Addy raised her eyebrows and let out a small sound of pleased disbelief. "Someone is feeling charming tonight! Will I get to see the Tower?"

She smiled radiantly. 'Forever' sounded especially wonderful coming from him. "Let's go right now," she whispered, pulling him back for another kiss.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 10th, 2011 05:35 am (UTC)		(Link)

"We can see anything you want, baby." He laughed, kissing her back as he turned to lead her to the stairs. "We can go to China for all I care."

He led her up the stairs with a smile as he checked to make sure no one was following them. The halls were sort as he rounded the corner and into the room he shared with Gael. "Now," he said, shutting the door as he pulled her gift out of his pocket. "I really want you to know...I did my absolute best this year. Which is nothing like the horrible gift last year's was."

From: legaux	Date: January 10th, 2011 10:08 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Puzzled, she tried to remember last year's gift. "Oh! I still have that," she admitted with a laugh. "And... I don't think you could do much worse if you tried." She grinned, clearly teasing., and sat on the edge of his bed.

"Merry Christmas," she said shyly, pushing his present closer.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 11th, 2011 07:21 am (UTC)		(Link)

He pulled out the box in his pocket and handed it over to her with a smile, "happy Christmas." He picked up his gift and started to open it slowly, smiling as he opened it slowly. Pulling the book out, he opened it curiously, flipping though it before he smiled and looked up at her.

"Thank you, love..."

From: legaux	Date: January 13th, 2011 07:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Addy wasn't nearly so eloquent. She actually squealed upon opening his gift; they were just too adorable for words. The earrings were swapped out immediately, and she jumped up to squeeze him tight.

She was very pleased to see that he liked his gift. She wasn't sure about it; a book seemed like such a cop-out sort of present. But she was almost certain he'd find the contents interesting, and it seemed as though the owner of the store hadn't looked inside of it before offering it for sale-- or it would surely have been confiscated.

"I love you," she whispered softly. "And I love your gift," she assured him. In fact, right now? She loved everything.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 14th, 2011 11:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)

He smiled at her, opening the book without really looking at it. "There is a necklace too," he reminded her as she put on the earrings.

And she might have thought the book was a cop-out, but it wasn't in Leon's opening. Looking down at the pages, his brow knotted for a moment, before lifting high as he smirked. He didn't remember if they'd ever discussed it, but...this book was bound to keep his interest for a long time to come.

"Thank you, babe." He smiled at her, looking up to kiss her gently.

From: legaux	Date: January 18th, 2011 11:57 pm (UTC)		(Link)

She might have been content to stay there a while, but Gael had wandered in looking for respite from the party and thrown a massive panic at seeing her and Leon making out beside the bed. She had a pretty good idea what he thought was going on, or about to be. She pulled a face at him (highly mature) and laughed at the look on his face as Leon grabbed her by the hand and dragged her out the door.

It was probably common knowledge that Paris was beautiful, but at night, at Christmas, it was spectacular. A light snow was falling, and the streets were blanketed with a fluffy carpet, and everything was softly illuminated by little old-fashioned gas streetlights, and strings of festive lights through the otherwise naked trees.

They wandered for who knows how long, visiting the Tower and the gardens, nosing up to the glass pyramid at the Louvre, resting briefly by the Seine and staring in awe at Notre Dame. Or she did anyway, he just escorted her about patiently.

	From: mightbeclever	Date: January 21st, 2011 11:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"You do know that if we come back in the morning, when you can actually see all of it...it is still going to be a really old church, right?" Leon teased, his arms wrapped around her to help keep the night chill from bleeding through the jacket.

"Anything else you want to see?" He mused, resting his head against his. Thus far they'd been fairly lucky to not be cornered by locals, which he always hated. They liked to point out stupid things, like certain worlds he said with a strange accent. Like he could help being English.

From: legaux	Date: January 27th, 2011 02:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"You put things off, you miss them," she pointed out. "It might get wiped out by a massive mysterious tornado overnight, and then we'll come back and it'll be GONE and I never saw it." That being said... yes. It was an old church. A nice-looking one, but still just an old church.

She nuzzled up to him. "But anyway... there are other things I'd like to not put off anymore too."