Bertram Aubrey (pantsoptional) wrote in valesco,
@ 2009-03-23 18:39:00

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[Emmeline ;D]
Bertram Aubrey had decided that perhaps dressing up a little wouldn't be a bad idea, so he'd tossed on a white shirt and a tie before he'd shrugged on his jacket. It wasn't as if he -- no, all right, that was a lie, he always hoped that something was going to happen with Emmeline, but really -- the girl had seemed down in the journals for some time now and he never said no to someone with as fine an ass as Emmeline had.

He apparated off the spot where he'd been standing and glanced up at the address scribbled down on the torn bit of parchment. All right, this was supposed to be the place. He lifted his hand hastily and gave a knock on the door, taking a breath.

Not that he was nervous.

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advancingly
2009-03-24 02:11 am UTC (link)

Emmeline leaned toward her mirror, finishing the last bit of her makeup as the knock was heard. Her sideways glance shot toward the door of the bathroom, and her eyes flitted back to the mirror one last time. She had decided to pull out a dress she'd bought ages ago, but with no place to wear it to; Emmeline figured now that it was a good of a time as ever to bring it out.

She sighed, putting her makeup back in the basket beside the sink. Emmeline didn't know what she was doing. Even with looking nice, and doing her makeup, and trying to act like a normal nineteen year old, she couldn't remove the heavy shawl on her shoulders. All of her friends had been trying to get her to get up and move, sometimes in a literal sense, but it was proving more and more difficult each day. So---so when she felt the urge to...all right, she wanted to see if she'd be able to 'win' over the other girls in Bertram's journal entry.

And, she did, which was what had actually given her the energy to get up and do something about it.

Refraining from touching her hair one last time, Emmeline hurried out of the bathroom, snatching up her purse before slowing down her pace toward the door. She peeked to make sure it was Bertram, and then she opened the door, "Ready to go?"

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pantsoptional
2009-03-24 02:16 am UTC (link)

See, it was certainly a good thing that Bertram Aubrey had managed to put on something that was neutral enough to go with anything that Emmeline could possibly have chosen to wear -- Merlin knew that the lavender shirt he'd been considering for all of five seconds would have clashed terribly with Emmeline's lovely dress. Bertram's lips twitched into a pleased smile and he offered out his arm to her ... while trying to sneak a look down the front of her outfit.

Oh, come on. As if she wasn't expecting him to try things like that all night with the way that she was decked out?

"Of course, Vance. I'm the one who's come to get you, remember?" And he'd been waiting at the door just long enough to guess that she hadn't quite been finished getting ready when he'd arrived.

"And I think you look enough like a walking felony to warrant being able to go out for a real night on the town with me, so I'm definitely set."

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advancingly
2009-03-24 04:51 am UTC (link)

"I wouldn't say a felony," she said, but was pleased with the compliment. Emmeline took his arm, choosing to ignore his eye's obvious trails. It was the reason she'd worn the bloody thing, there was no reason to complain when it had been her intention. She turned in toward Bertram, taking hold of his other arm, and raising her eyebrows, "Let's go, then, it's quite cold."

There was really no reason to be going out with Bertram Aubrey, other than to go out with him. While she had gotten to know him during the past two years (two years, holy--), it was still Bertram. He just had that...girls that went out with Bertram usually carried that...

She didn't really want to say it, because she didn't want to apply it to herself.

Emmeline's eyes shut tightly at the feeling of apparation and when they finally landed she blinked furiously, looking up at the club. Hrm--she wasn't used to this kind of setting. "What's this supposed to be?"

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pantsoptional
2009-03-24 04:56 am UTC (link)

The phrase she was looking for was 'skanky vibe'. The girls that Bertram went out with usually carried that 'skanky vibe'.

They were in fact on Dean Street in London. Considering the time of the evening and the club they were right in front of, Bertram would have thought that where they were was obvious. As it was, though, he merely grinned and offered her one of the tickets he'd managed to pick up.

Okay, by 'managed to pick up' he really meant 'scrambled madly for'. Emmeline had really seemed down lately and a girl as lovely as her deserved to be cheered up properly.

"You've heard of David Bowie, right? I mean, the whole 'New Romanticism' thing."

Okay, maybe the grin that he was giving her was just a little smug...

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advancingly
2009-03-24 11:57 pm UTC (link)

"I don't listen to muggle music, really."

Which was somewhat of a lie. Ellie and Anneliese knew all about the muggle music scene, and she'd even gone to a---oh, what was his name. It was a David too, she thought! David...David Cassidy, yes. That was back in sixth year, or was it fifth? One of those, it was terrible how all of her time at Hogwarts was beginning to meld into one big blur.

"But I suppose if you enjoy him," Emmeline said, her tone dripping with sarcasm though she was smirking a bit. This was good for Bertram; most days she would expect to simply be taken to a couch to snog on or just a--solid surface. She tugged on his arm to head toward the entrance, interested in what the night held.

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pantsoptional
2009-03-25 12:18 am UTC (link)

Honestly, Emmeline, if Bertram had thought that taking Emmeline to a couch to snog would work with the girl then he'd probably have done it in a snap. As it was, though, he did not have much faith in his odds if he just left them to that.

He took her arm and tugged her in toward the club, rolling his eyes. "I happen to be on the up-and-up when it comes to any music," Especially since Muggle music was one of the few things that most Wizards didn't have a problem having in their lives. Besides, yes ... he did like David Bowie an awful lot.

"First drink is on me, naturally," He murmured absently as he headed toward the bar, glancing to the stage. Just the opening band.

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advancingly
2009-03-25 04:36 am UTC (link)

Emmeline lifted her chin with her smile, slipping onto a chair at a small table as Bertram disappeared. Ah, the alcohol. St. Patrick's day was a giant green blur to Emmeline, and while she wasn't very proud of the excursion (that ended with Elphias taking her home and waiting on her couch for a few hours to see if she actually woke up), it had definitely given her that time away from her thoughts that she so desperately needed.

Of course, it helped that the rest of the Order had gotten completely sloshed, and she didn't have to embarrass herself in front of them.

When he returned, Emmeline didn't waste any time in taking hold of the glass. She refrained a few moments before drinking, but holy hell, was she glad for it. "Is this Bowie character any good? What kind of music did you say he played?"

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pantsoptional
2009-03-26 11:24 pm UTC (link)

Nobody had to answer for what happened on St. Patrick's day no matter who it was (except perhaps the exes of the girls he'd dated, because for some reason he always felt irrationally jealous ... not that he'd ever bring something like that up).

Bertram had already had the foresight to ask the bartender for something that would keep a girl happy while keeping the bloke with her happy too ... so hopefully her drink was completely stellar. He'd settled for a hi-ball, himself, not wanting to get 'beer mouth' in case snogging should occur.

Well, when snogging occurred. When Emmeline asked about Bowie, he flashed her a bigger smile.

"Oh, too right. He'd bloody fantastic, it's uh -- New Romanti-something. That's what the muggles call it, at least."

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