w i l l ☠ (willss) wrote in valesco,
@ 2008-03-21 08:00:00

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Anneliese!
His lunch break should be spent eating lunch, not trying out cake. Though, by looks of things, he was going to have his fill of wedding cake and would be terribly sluggish for the rest of the day, and---ergh. At least it was good. Most of it, anyway. Will wasn't having a hard time doing wedding planning, because he and Anneliese, they managed to agree on a lot of things. Plus he wasn't all that interested--well, no, he was interested, but he wasn't that hard to please. If anything, Erin would go out with Anneliese and they'd have their fun, Will trusted his sister to not make things too girly. She always had his best interests in mind.

...who was he kidding, Will went on these things to make sure the hall wasn't decked out in pink and lavender and he was stuck wearing a grotesque set of frilly robes.

"We should just do chocolate and be done with it," he said with an affirmative nod, pointing at the last plate they'd tried. The table seemed to go on for kilometers, and the women trying to sell them the cake was off fixing a catastrophe in the kitchen. Will took a new fork (such a waste of forks, a new one for each cake--) and jabbed the latest piece, pulling a face at the lemon flavor. "Eeearrgh, no."

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starcrossed
2008-03-21 06:49 pm UTC (link)

Anneliese put her elbow on the table, propping the side of her face into her palm. This decision really shouldn't be that challenging, all they were doing was simply tasting cake, for Merlin's sake. Cake that they most likely weren't even going to have time to eat anyway, because when it was your wedding, you never had time to eat anything. Or so she heard. But the point was that it was important, but not that important that she should have to seriously think about it for a few minutes. People would just have to like it, that's all. It was her wedding, and they could like her cake or simply pretend to like it, but either way they were going to eat it because it was causing her too much anxiety.

"Do most people like chocolate?" Anneliese asked suddenly, going totally against the mini rant in her head. Of course she wanted their guests to like it (honestly like it, and not just fake like it), because she wanted them to. Her nose twitched slightly in indifference as she looked away from the dozen or so cakes to Will. Well, if he liked it...

She leaned further into the table, letting her other arm rest on the surface as well. Don't get her wrong, she loved doing wedding-related things, especially with Will because it seemed like ages since they'd been together, just--- okay, she couldn't focus when she knew that most likely at this very moment Emmeline was hotly snogging Juliet's brother. It was just too--- Anneliese was ready to burst at this point, because she'd been able to tell no one about it (Ellie had been unreachable for the past day, for some reason), and it was just too good to not talk about. And it was okay that she could, because Emmeline said she could. So. Anneliese stared at Will again, thinking for a moment.

Noooo, he wouldn't care. Plus the fact that Anneliese was 95% sure he hated Emmeline to her inner core. "If you like it."

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willss
2008-03-21 07:13 pm UTC (link)

"Who doesn't like chocolate?" Will asked immediately, going back to the piece and taking another chunk out of the side. Honestly, if you didn't like chocolate, there was definitely something wrong with you. Because, really. Chocolate was chocolate. It was the first kind of candy a kid learned to crave, and you're a liar if you say that you didn't whine for chocolate when you were little.

Except he quite quickly, almost immediately after his first bite, was reminded of the fact that quite a few people he knew were actually allergic to chocolate. Bree, his mam, Rhys...pretty important people, actually, and Will frowned as he swallowed the bit of cake.

"Forget it, me mam's allergic to chocolate, I forgot," he said, not really caring about Bree or Rhys' allergies. His mam would have a fit, though, knowing he hadn't thought of her. "Then, whatever. Not lemon."

Will's nose scrunched greatly at the thought, even going as far as to put a new plate on top of the lemon piece, squishing it flat.

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starcrossed
2008-03-21 07:54 pm UTC (link)

Her pinky began to tap on the side of her face, and Anneliese twitched he nose again. Alright, so no chocolate, that was alright. When you ate too much chocolate, you got sick from it anyway. And she certainly did not want anyone sick at their wedding.

"What about the fifth one?" she asked quickly, now looking at the table to find it again. It had been a quaint vanilla-tasting piece, with a bit of fruit on the top that she hadn't been too sure about, but it was memorable, for the most part. Not lemony, though like Will said he--- wasn't Will friends with Caradoc? Anneliese stopped searching to think for a moment and tried to remember if they would be. She couldn't remember if--- oh, no, they were; both from Quidditch at school, and she remembered Juliet's sister from then, so. Yes. It wouldn't be totally random if she brought him up.

She could do this slyly. Maybe not completely slyly, but at least eloquently. Or she could just slip his name right into the conversation. Anneliese focused back on the table, and stood up to grasp the plate once she finally found it. "Have you talked to Caradoc Dearborn lately?" she slipped in, and on the next beat placed the plate in front of Will. "This one."

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willss
2008-03-21 08:05 pm UTC (link)

What on earth did Caradoc Dearborn have to do with anything?

He frowned lightly at the mention of his acquaintance; in school they had been friends, and Will supposed he was still friendly with Caradoc, but it had seemed like ages since he last actually talked to him. And when he did, it was usually about quidditch, since Dearborn had been his captain for many years. Fucking Slytherin, honestly---they were such a disgrace, letting Hufflepuff of all teams catch up and past them.

Will had slowly meandered his way around the table to get a better angle of the cake. Or, well, managed to take a bigger chunk without making a mess. Oy, Moody was going to be able to smell the junk food on him, he knew, but whatever----cake could not go to waste. He waited a bit, taking his time in chewing because he was not exactly sure why Anneliese would bring Caradoc up. Because there was definitely a reason, there was always a reason (just like when she asked if he'd had anything important to buy in the next few days, and he'd figured out where all his money had gone).

"What, does this cake remind you of Dearborn?" Will asked, avoiding from telling her that he actually did like this one very much, in case she answered that yes, it did remind her of Caradoc.

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starcrossed
2008-03-21 08:34 pm UTC (link)

Alright, now at this point, she could really care less about cake. This new subject was much more interesting, because they were on the topic of Caradoc, which meant that they could talk about Emmeline, and Anneliese didn't really care if Will didn't want to because she needed to. Anneliese sat up straight in her chair, turning fully to him. And even though she had been watching his face intently, she had missed the slight frown that had formed on his.

"No, I just---" she started, but then stopped for a moment. She--Will wanted to marry her, right? Well... then he might as well be aware now that she had a serious gossiping problem when it came to her friend's lives. Not to other people she didn't know, no no that was wrong, but, urgh, she couldn't help but talk about Emmeline's new love life development when she knew Will would say next to nothing about it to anyone. So, Anneliese clicked her heals together and patted down her hair before continuing.

"I've been dying to talk to--- Ellie, but she hasn't been--- and I know you won't really care, but I have to talk to someone about this, because it's too good to--- so big--- okay, when I went over to Emmeline's on Sunday--- she was-- Caradoc was there, and--- I--- walked in on them and she was--- but I never actually saw him, but she said that--- he was there, but why would they be--- do you know anything?" Ahhhh. She felt so much better.

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willss
2008-03-21 09:08 pm UTC (link)

He nearly swallowed the fork, he choke so hard on the piece of cake he'd slipped into his mouth during her spiel. Dearborn with---Will had to wrap his mind around the fact of Caradoc snogging anyone, first off, because it was rare that information like that ever really leaked---and then to deal with the bit about it being Emmeline. No, that couldn't be right. No man in their right mind would get involved with that, just look at the nutters she'd dated; Fenwick, Madley, Lupin---well, it wasn't as if Caradoc was any saner than them, but he was Slytherin so that ranked him higher and---

And it wasn't that Emmeline wasn't pretty, no, no, she was very pretty (not that he'd ever dare say anything remotely like that in front of Anneliese, but--) but you had to get past all the annoyances she brought along to get to that point, which Will quite honestly didn't think Dearborn's attention span could handle. Fuck, she must be a good shag if he's dealing with her---

"You're talking about your roommate, Emmeline Vance and---my old captain, Caradoc Dearborn, correct?" Will asked, finally swallowing his cake. Maybe they shouldn't get this one, now he was just going to think of this lovely conversation, "Because I don't believe a bloody word of that!"

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starcrossed
2008-03-21 09:39 pm UTC (link)

Her eyes widened to Will's reaction, and she jumped in her seat a bit. See, see this was why she had to talk to someone about this because, well--- obviously Emmeline didn't exactly have the time, which meant that they would have to wait until school, or even on the train and, ugh, she couldn't wait that long. The thought that the only reason they would be able to because Juliet wouldn't be there was--- Anneliese completely pushed it out of her mind, refusing to accept the fact that her friend was sick. They were simply watching Nibbles because Juliet was unable to at the moment, that's all.

"I--- yes! Well! How many Caradocs ar--- nooooo," Anneliese half gasped, hands going up to her hair to play with it. He didn't---? Well, she technically hadn't seen--- but Emmeline wouldn't lie to her about something like--- that. No, no she would never! So-- but. Wait.

"It is! I--- well, I never actually saw him, but--- it has to be!" She tried to keep her voice down as much as possible, and for the moment, Anneliese was doing well at not shrieking. Because, oh, it was so... so... she would be lying if she said that she had never actually--- well! Obviously they were going to talk about Juliet's hot older brother during their monthly all-nighter. And Ian too. But--

"Why--- why not?"

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willss
2008-03-21 09:56 pm UTC (link)

"Because---" Will started, hand going up to start this very delusional discussion. Dearborn snogging Vance, please---"Because--"

For a very delusional argument, Will had absolutely no points to make. Well. No points that he could actually say out loud to Anneliese. It wasn't as if he didn't have his suspicions against Emmeline, that she was doing something against the Dark Lord (his lack of a finger could tell you that--), but no one had really believed him until the Greenland incident. See, Will knew he wasn't crazy, there was definitely a reason to suspect her, and now---well. Dearborn knew.

Hm. Well. Maybe he was just trying to kill her for the Dark Lord, or something. That would make the most sense.

"Because where did it come from? I doubt her overbearing lug of a cousin would appreciate that, and you know how she is with Frank," as the words came out Will slowly realized how pissed off Frank would be about all of this. Will tried to keep the glee off of his face as he leaned forward, feigning deep interest in the topic. "She talked to you about everything?"

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starcrossed
2008-03-21 11:06 pm UTC (link)

See, see this topic was that good that even Will was hard pressed for words of explanation. Anneliese would have given an impressed smirk, if she had not been so engrossed in their conversation. Her head titled to the side for a moment, and she propped her elbow back on the surface of the table.

"Well," Anneliese started, not finding Will's newfound interest strange one bit (he cared, that was all). "I--" Obviously Emmeline told her everything. And Emmeline had been the one to tell her, because where else would she be getting this from? And--- hm. Yes, Emmeline's cousin would definitely be not-- happy about this. But he never was, it seemed to her. Personally, Anneliese was convinced from the things that Emmeline told her that Frank would never let Emmeline date anyone, so.

"Ye--es. See, it's not that--- but-- he doesn't like anyone anyway. And--- see?" Okay, maybe she needed to calm down.

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willss
2008-03-22 01:10 am UTC (link)

Will's 'eager' expression faltered and he smirked. He was not going to get any clearer information out of her. Which was strange, because he was used to a woman's verbalized jumbled thoughts after living with all of his sisters, but the investigating part of his training had actually seemed to tone his listening skills. Or, at least, it made listening to rambles a bit intolerable.

"Well," Will said, pushing back his chair, his eyes widening as he did. "That's very interesting. But I think you need to talk to Bell, she'll be much more entertaining."

And while she did, Will would try to come up with the best time to drop the information into Frank's schedule. In locker rooms in the morning and ruin his entire day? After training, to ruin any chance of sleep, or in the middle of work so that Frank ended up missing a limb from being so distracted.

Decisions, decisions.

"Oh. Honeymoon." Will grinned, the green design on the cake reminding him of palm trees. His brother-in-laws had been teasing. "Where do you want to go?"

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