m a t t i e ❁ (matildas) wrote in valesco,
@ 2014-04-24 23:49:00

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adrian mattias, caden flint, cameron montgomery, carys llewellyn, delilah spinnet, estella flint, group, magnolia mattias, matthew summerby, mattie scarpin, max fancourt, michal conway lynch, nicola scarpin

SNITCH! PARTY IN THE PARK! OPEN TO ALL

She wouldn't say she flounced down the steps of the stage, but...well, okay, flouncing was a good word for it. Mattie skipped the last two steps and landed easily on the grass, feeling as if she couldn't stop moving because then the amazing feeling coursing through her would disappear and she'd never feel it again and it was just too exciting and good and awesome and she was here!

Nicola was here! In the crowd that was watching Mattie and her band perform. Her sister had come! Mattie nearly lost her place in the song when she'd spotted Nicola, but thankfully she was able to cover her slight slip up and finished the set. Food was now coming out so they'd taken an intermission and Mattie---Mattie wanted to go find her sister, she did, she wanted to go and hug her and nearly pass out from her exhilaration, but spotting Nicola from afar was a lot different than actually speaking to her and---what if she was only here because of her quidditch playing boyfriend? The one who wasn't playing anymore?

That didn't make much sense. Regardless, her sister was here, she'd seen her perform, and Mattie couldn't be any happier.

"Oomph--MAX!" Mattie let out in one big gulp of air. She had been too busy watching Nicola's head bob in and out of sight on the other side of the gathering (which was so fun and festive and just--springy) that she had not noticed her feet had kept moving and straight into Max Fancourt. Her heels sunk into the ground, still damp from the rain from the night before, and Mattie tugged her foot out. She fanned herself, feeling hot for a million reasons. "Hi, hi!"

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Matthew :*

takeyoudown
2014-04-25 11:20 am UTC (link)

Ever since her impromptu, and slightly over extended holiday to New York, Delilah had been working twice as hard to make up for the lost time. It wasn't that she had fallen behind, she didn't believe she had, but that she wanted to make sure she was doing her very best. And not getting to distracted.

Which was incredibly difficult as her boyfriend was incredibly handsome and sweet and kind and currently had an exorbitant amount of free time on his hands. She never minded as much before that the off season for Quidditch and Dueling never quite seemed to match up. It was easy enough to steal away a few days to make time for Charlie. Now that she was completely smitten with a player it was annoying. So very annoying that she had to go practice and duel knowing that she could very well be spending the day on Matt's couch watching his muggley movies and eating popcorn.

Now though, she was basking in the spring sunlight. She loved spring. It meant warmer weather. It meant her birthday was fast approaching. Yet another annoying matter, as it once again fell on the first day of pre-season. Again, more so than the year before because she had had plans which involved her boyfriend to not be working. But that was for another day.

Today she had no practice, no duels and was going to enjoy every moment she could. She grinned looking over to Matt hopping out of her seat. "Dance with me?" she asked holding her hands out to him, rocking on her heels. She loved dancing with Matt. It always reminded her of their first date, how incredibly happy she felt dancing the night away next to him. She had a feeling he was something special when he didn't even bother correcting her when she got the lyrics wrong to a song, letting her sing them loudly anyway.

"Do you know what today is?" Delilah asked once she coaxed him out of his seat and onto the dance floor.

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summerbys
2014-04-26 04:54 pm UTC (link)

Even with the whirlwind of media attention that followed after the world cup, Matt had never felt so relaxed. After moping about the final match for approximately two and three-quarters hours, he was able to appreciate the experience, learn from his mistakes, and revel in the fact that he held his own against the best players in the world. That he was one of the best players in the world. A few years ago he was riding the bench, jumping from team to team until the Cannons finally gave him a chance, and now here he was. Happier than he'd ever been.

"Hmm." Matt pondered Delilah's question. Her birthday was not for another week, he was pretty sure all talk of quidditch returning was to be avoided...He looked down at her and shook his head. "Ten days until the anniversary of the Spectacular Spinnet Twins' Birth?"

He didn't know. Matt did not think that Delilah would be so smiley and cheerful with him if he was forgetting something important, so he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer.

"Or perhaps it's a holiday in honor of the most sort-of-successful goblin revolt?" Matt grinned, his good mood unwavering.

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takeyoudown
2014-04-26 10:01 pm UTC (link)

Delilah grinned at Matt's answers. "Both probably correct, but still wrong." She tilted her head as if considering actually telling her boyfriend. It was something he should know after all. Delilah should be all indignation that he forgot, but being as she forget herself until she found the old invitation lying around yesterday, she really couldn't be mad.

"Today is a great day. A fabulous day," she started dramatically. "Today marks seven months since I first got to dance with you." Delilah punctuated it with a quick kiss. With all the excitement with the world cup, she had some how missed that she had been with Matthew for half a year. Which was fine because she didn't need silly trinkets to mark every month they had manage to stick together. The only reason she had brought it up was because if it had escaped her notice that they had been together so long, Matthew probably didn't realize either.

"Well technically its in two days, but here we are dancing, at a party. So I figured it was close enough."

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summerbys
2014-04-28 12:45 am UTC (link)

His eyes widened in honest surprise. Seven months? Matt thought back to their first date, the blind date. He had been so terrified that the evening would be filled with awkward conversation and his mental construction of an escape route through the loo's window. When Delilah had shown up and completely knocked him off his feet--well, he was certainly glad he'd listened to Kendall Broadmoor.

"Seven months, huh?" he said, sounding quite proud of that number, that length of time. Matt hadn't had a relationship that lasted this long in quite some time, and he and Delilah had already shared so much. He was able to open up to her about his past, she helped him look toward the future, and he found life to be so easy with her. "That's quite some feat."

Matt had fallen head over heels for girls before, but the relationships had always hit bumps in the road that they could never get over before they could find their footing. He and Delilah worked, their synchronization was remarkable. He really couldn't put into words how much she meant to him and how glad he was to have her in his life.

Well, actually, he supposed he could---

"Delilah," Matt began. He smiled widely, feeling really blessed. The music stopped around them and it felt like a rather perfect moment to--someone tapped him on the shoulder and Matt turned. He didn't recognize the bloke, but he frowned at his horrid timing.

"Matt Summerby?" the man said. He was young, he looked only a few years out of Hogwarts. Matt's eyebrows went up. Was he asking for an autograph on the middle of the dance floor? "You don't know me, but---I know your brother. Caleb, I know where Caleb is."

His heart stopped. Matt's hands dropped from Delilah's waist as he turned to face the man.

"What did you just say?"

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takeyoudown
2014-04-28 11:27 am UTC (link)

Delilah nodded wrapping her arms around his neck as they swayed to the fading beats of the last song. Seven months was quite the feat. She beamed at him as the music stopped, her heart racing (in a good way) as Matt said her name. With how he was looking at her she felt like, she was almost certain he was about to say---

Delilah blinked as suddenly as the moment was there it was gone. Hands no longer on her waist and boyfriend no longer in her arms. What was he going to say? It was important, and now some random had his full attention. Frowning, Delilah peered around Matthew's shoulder to tell this guy to get lost, there would be time for autographs later, or not, if she had her way.

Her mouth promptly snapped shut though as the man repeated what he had said before. He knew where Matthew's muggle brother was? How was that even possible. Delilah knew though, that with this information she had lost Matthew for the night. There was no way he was going to ignore it, and even at her most selfish couldn't blame him.

"How?" She asked filling the silence that seemed to stretch on. Glancing between Matthew and this guy who seemed to be only concerned with her boyfriend. She should be happy, that this guy knew where Caleb was. It was all Matthew really wanted, but she couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed that their moment was ruined.

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summerbys
2014-04-28 12:23 pm UTC (link)

It was as if he was on the pitch, his eyes going into the tunnel vision used to grab the snitch. Matt grabbed the man's arm and led him off the dance floor. They ended up in an empty gazebo a little bit outside the event.

"How--how could you? How did---how!" was all he could manage to say. Matt shot Delilah a look of strangled confusion before turning back to the man. "Who are you?"

The bloke put his hands up, looking quite terrified. Matt wanted to shake him, how, how had he known his brother's name? There were only a handful of people that could have possibly known!

"I was reading your world cup profile! And---and I'm muggle-born, I went to university after Hogwarts and--and my roommate was adopted and--I had always thought he looked just like you--can you let go of my arm? I think the blood stopped flowing."

Matt hadn't realized how deeply his fingers had been gripping onto the bloke's arm. He let go and stepped back, putting a hand to his head. If his heart wasn't racing so fast, he was sure he could've passed out from shock. This surely--it surely wasn't enough to truly believe this man. But if he was right. Matt felt his chest clench.

"Give me--give me your information, give me--what's your name?"

"J-John. Er---" John reached into his cloak pocket and pulled out a flyer for the Snitch! event and conjured a quill and began writing. "Caleb's my flat mate, we live in Manchester."

"Manchester--" Matt exclaimed, feeling ready to faint. He lived in Manchester? Caleb had been minutes away, just--just--- "Right, get---I have to---I---" He stuffed the flyer into his pocket and stalked out of the gazebo. He had to think, he had to think.

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takeyoudown
2014-04-29 10:58 am UTC (link)

Everything was moving too quickly, Delilah could barely keep up as Matt practically dragged this stranger off the dance floor. Her confused words tangled into something of a yelp as managed to follow her boyfriend to the gazebo. She had never see him like this before.

"Matt!" she tried to get his attention but he didn't seem to hear her as he demanded this blokes information. Her eyes flicked between Matthew and this John---John what? Couldn't he even bother with a last name? She wasn't sure who to watch. There was something about all of this, that had her on edge. Maybe it was just that this John had bad timing, or maybe it was something else. Whatever it was, she didn't have time to think on it as here boyfriend was moving again. She hesitated half a second, studying the bloke who had just handed over the information before turning to follow.

"Matthew, wait." She called trying futility to get him to slow down. Finally she managed to grab his wrist. "Matt. Slow down. You can't--- you can't just-- what if--" You can't just go over there. What if he'd wrong? Delilah felt horrible for even thinking it, let along almost saying it aloud. But they didn't know anything about this guy, he had just shown up out of no where and suddenly had all this information.

"Don't you think you should ask this John guy a few more questions before racing off?"

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summerbys
2014-04-30 12:53 am UTC (link)

Matt turned quickly to face Delilah, "I'm not! I'm not going---I just need to---I need to think."

There was a great panic striking him fiercely. Was he wasting time? Was he being played for a fool? There was no reason, no---how could this man have known his brother's name? Matt had kept Caleb such a closely guarded secret that sometimes he forgot details about his former life. It had been over ten years since he'd lost his little brother, ten long, miserable years that Matt had kept bottled up, and now it felt like the cork was about to burst and was ready to explode.

He had to breathe, he had to think and breathe. Matt put his hands on Delilah's shoulders, attempting to steady himself. Five minutes ago he was dancing on cloud nine, and now he felt like he was hurtling to the ground breaking the sound barrier.

"I'm--let me take you home and...and I've got to go back to my place. I'm got to think, I have to---" Matt shook his head and shut his eyes to catch his breath. Good or bad, Matt was certain that his life was going to change forever. His eyes flashed open and he looked at her, a nervous smile creeping on his face. "Please, I've got to do this."

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takeyoudown
2014-04-30 12:33 pm UTC (link)

Delilah stopped short not expecting Matt to turn so quickly. She didn't know what to do, what to say. She froze at his words. She wanted to go with him. Be some sort of help. The last place Delilah wanted to be was back at her flat with nothing to do but fret over how her boyfriend was dealing with the fact that he may know where his brother was.

It stung that his first thought was do drop her off and leave her behind while he dealt with it on his own. That he didn't want her there to help. Though what could she really do? Sighing slightly, Delilah reached up to cup his face gently. "Breathe, rainbow eyes. This is your thing, remember? Sunshiney optimism that is almost blinding, but you've got to remember to breathe."

She gave him a small smile and a kiss. "I'll just stay here, I think I saw Nora earlier, so I can make her entertain me." It was a lie, Delilah had no idea if Nora was at the party or not, but she didn't want Matt to think he was leaving her all alone. And if Nora wasn't here, there was always Charlie. "You go do what you need to do, and if you need anything, let me know, okay? I'm right here."

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