galvin g. gudgeon (galvinized) wrote in valesco,
@ 2010-04-13 21:56:00

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WHO: Vinny Gudgeon and Heidi Twlifit
WHAT: Trying to teach her how to cook!
WHERE: Her house!
WHEN: Riiiight now?

"It's---Heidi, it's okay!"

Vinny stared helplessly at the spaghetti sauce that was dripping down the front of his shirt and pants. Okay, so...these cooking lessons weren't going as well as he thought they would, but Vinny supposed that she had warned him. He couldn't exactly complain when she had actually let him know that she was no good at cooking. In fact, it wasn't the cooking really, it was the nerves. Vinny couldn't remember Heidi being like this back in school, but he guessed after going through a trauma like she had...

Right, these lessons were to help her out, not sit and think about how she'd gotten into this situation in the first place. He looked up from the mess with a weak smile. "It's fine, I'll just get my wand---"

This was the reason she'd never asked her husband to teach her how to cook. She couldn't remember being this spastic either, but she was so nervous that someone had told Vinny about how completely fucking nutters she was now that she could barely focus on going from one place to another in the kitchen.

Oh, this was so silly. She took a deep breath and managed a few hasty nods before she moved forward and grabbed a dish towel, trying to at least absorb some of the sauce before it got into the material too deeply.

"Merlin, I'm sorry I'm such -- I didn't used to be like this, you know." Hopefully he remembered that from school.

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galvinized
2010-04-14 12:11 am UTC (link)

Bwahhhh

Vinny may have grabbed at the towel currently dabbing at---his---not so public area a bit faster than he should've. But she really shouldn't--he knew Heidi was completely innocent in all her actions, but a guy could only ignore so much.

"I'll do it!" he nearly squeaked, backing away with a wide grin. Hopefully it didn't look like a terrified, creeped-out grin, because that was the last thing he wanted. Heidi was his friend! He'd been head boy when she was in sixth year, so he'd taken the time to pay attention to those he was going to leave the school too, so!

So he remembered her being a nice, funny, cool to be around girl, and wasn't going to give up on her. He knew exactly what it was to feel like a completely different person from one day to the next.

"And--I know," he said, while cleaning himself. He should've just gotten his wand. "I think we were in Charms club together?"

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iseeyoubaby
2010-04-14 12:17 am UTC (link)

This -- at least this was familiar to her. She furrowed her brows slightly when he moved back, but tried not to be too offended -- at least he was trying to be nice and he hadn't turned and run in the other direction yet.

"I -- yes, I think that we were." She'd joined mostly to improve her Charms, and by the end of her fifth year she'd succeeded, more or less. And it certainly didn't have anything to do with Galvin Gudgeon being there, no. That would be ridiculous.

"Things were so much easier in school," she said with a sigh, leaning her elbows onto the countertop while Vinny cleaned himself up. "It sounds silly to want things to be easy again, doesn't it? I mean, we're supposed to be adults." But being a grown-up sucked, honestly.

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galvinized
2010-04-14 12:42 am UTC (link)

"It's not silly," Galvin said with a shake of his head. He dropped down onto a stool and looked at Heidi, smiling softly, "I'd do anything to turn back time, to--make better decisions, or---"

He puffed up his cheeks; as much as he liked to blame himself, Galvin knew that he had nothing to do with Marlie's death. He didn't know why he tried to find some reason to put more emotional weight on his shoulders, but he did. It was why he'd accepted the Order's offer to join...maybe he could redeem himself from not being there to protect her.

"Being an adult sucks," he muttered, scrunching his nose.

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iseeyoubaby
2010-04-14 12:53 am UTC (link)

She'd heard about Marlie a while back, of course -- everyone had, and it was -- well, she wasn't going to bring it up, because then he'd want to talk about her recent death, and she wasn't sure she was ready for that.

Heidi had been thinking a lot about things now that her ... husband was dead. They hadn't been together long before the marriage and she'd never ... well, maybe she'd settled. Thinking that had made her feel guilty for weeks, but it seemed more and more likely.

And it was something that made her feel a little less bad for being glad Vinny was here.

"...yeah," she agreed with a frown. "Not least because my cooking is probably going to be toxic."

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galvinized
2010-04-16 02:15 am UTC (link)

"I think," he said, giving his head a shake as he used his wand to finishing cleaning, "That is what take-out food is for. All us helpless saps mucking up boiling water."

Galvin smiled once more, finding himself quite the expert at jumping from one mood to another. It was easy to be depressed and wallow in those emotions, but to pull another person down into that well with him? No sir. So he'd perfected the little quips and jokes necessary to lighten the mood, and the smile on his face hopefully radiated the notion.

"Let's see, I know a good Chinese place or....we can try Indian, or maybe Greek?" He ticked off the places on his hand, "We'll even put them on plates to make it feel like you prepared the dishes yourself."

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iseeyoubaby
2010-04-16 02:20 am UTC (link)

"You totally know that's cheating, right? Because it is. Definitely. Cheating." She tapped her finger on the table with an arch of her brow.

"But ... if you know a good Chinese place I'm not going to say no. I have a permanent hard-on for spring rolls." Heidi ruffled a hand over the back of her neck and pushed off the counter, smiling a tad. The idea of having dinner with Vinny that didn't involve her potentially burning her hands off was going to cheer her up at least a little.

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