Iris Conway-Madley (madleyinlove) wrote in valesco,
@ 2008-07-20 18:52:00

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Who: Iris and Charlotte...and mebbe some Corner, idkidk.
Where: The Conway Residence
When: Late Afternoon
What: Hilarity, naturally
Credits: Lyrics are from "I Found a Loophole" by The Whomping Willows

Iris was having a pretty listless day. The party had put her in the mood to socialize and be around people and Corner had walked out the door maybe an hour ago because of an emergency. It was times like these that she wondered why he and her mum didn't have more children, at least then she'd have something to do during the summer besides homework. Ugh, she wasn't even in the mood for painting!

So, as a last resort, Iris was sitting upside down on the couch, her head hanging just off the edge and her feet wiggling in the air to the Hobgoblins music she'd turned up to an obnoxious level (thank Merlin for the silencing charms on the home, otherwise she'd probably have her neighbors over, complaining at her for the racket). She had a copy of Witch Weekly cracked in front of her but wasn't really reading t as she was singing at the top of her lungs: "Five years it’s been since I first set my lonely eyes upon you, Now I’m finally breaking through, So what do you say? Let’s run away, leave everything behind we’ll rock until the end of time."

The things she did to entertain herself.

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madleyinlove
2008-07-21 06:49 am UTC (link)

Her eyes widened and she turned to look at him. "Da, she's the one you went on dates with???" She was--well, she was floored. She was a very pretty woman and if she was force fed veritaserum, she would admit that, despite the stuttering and inability to hold a good conversation, she...almost liked the woman. But--she sighed a little.

"I'm sorry," she said softly. It wasn't fair to him, she was slowly realizing. It hurt her so much to see him moving on but--maybe it was time? She was almost out of the house, it wasn't as if whoever he dated (or even married if it got that far) was going to have any sort of legal custody of her. She was a legal witch now. But--it still hurt her to think about their family moving on, changing. Her Da was just that, hers. She hardly remembered her mum being around, and she was so used to it just being the two of them around that the thought of someone else was a double edged sword. It seemed so appealing, but at the same time she didn't think she was quite ready to see that happen.

"Do you think you're ever forget mum? I mean--even if you do end up with someone else and." she stopped herself from continuing the sentence. He knew where she was going with it, so there was no need to ramble endlessly on about it.

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conways
2008-07-21 07:00 am UTC (link)

He frowned. "I could never forget your mother, Iris. You should know that." Corner scrubbed his hand through his hair.

"And you should know also that I won't forget about you. Since I've been seeing Charlotte, there hasn't been any reduction in the time we've spent together ... has there?" He sorely hoped that there hadn't been since he'd been trying to make sure that he kept his treatment of his daughter exactly the same.

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madleyinlove
2008-07-21 07:05 am UTC (link)

"I know," she said softly. "I just...wanted to hear you say it." Even if she knew for a fact it was true, the confirmation was still comforting.

Well, considering she'd been away for the majority of the time he'd been dating Charlotte, she didn't exactly think it was a fair question. But when she was home, they spent plenty of time together. "No, there hasn't been." She felt a bit foolish for making such a big deal of things out in the living room now. "She probably thinks I hate her," she said softly, wrinkling up her nose as she thought to herself.

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conways
2008-07-21 07:11 am UTC (link)

He laughed a little and shook his head. "I don't think that she thinks you hate her. She probably that I'm going to be angry, in all honesty." Which was silly, but not at all unlikely when one considered how Corner was during business hours. That wasn't how he treated his family, though.

He hesitated before sliding up closer to her and giving her hair a little stroke. It was only mildly awkward. "And I think you will like her. She doesn't talk much around people she's not familiar with, though." As in, probably even less than she'd talked when Iris thought she was from the Ministry.

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madleyinlove
2008-07-21 07:18 am UTC (link)

"Well, you do have a pretty good mean face. I'd be afraid to see it, too," she responded offhandedly with a smile. She'd seen him in action, and he was not a bloke that you wanted to mess with, that was for sure.

She tried not to laugh when he made a move to be comforting, despite all awkwardness in it. Hey, he was making a pretty good effort here! It was appreciated. "I guess we'll have to get to know each other then," she said reluctantly. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. It'd be nice to have someone to talk to that--well, that didn't get all awkward and puffed up and angry father-like when she brought up boys or other things. And she wasn't even going to think about trying to shop with her Da.

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conways
2008-07-21 07:21 am UTC (link)

Okay, she was agreeing to get to know Charlotte. That was a step-up from the death threats he had been at least somewhat anticipating from her. And yes, he had been thinking Charlotte could do ... girly things with his daughter. It wasn't something that Corner excelled at, knowing the right colour of dress or skirt or ... whatever.

"Good. I'm ... well, I'm glad that you're willing to try."

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madleyinlove
2008-07-21 07:26 am UTC (link)

He wasn't even close to mediocrity when it came to clothes shopping. And really, she'd been considering death threats. But they'd been together for a year, and--if he couldn't find anything wrong with her after that long, she couldn't be horrible. She was going to give Charlotte a try but...if she didn't like her, Iris was going to make sure that Corner heard it. "I'll try," she said slowly. "I don't know if I can make too many promises but I'll try."

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