___ The Louvre ________________ Jardin du Luxembourg
Paris, France's capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
The early morning sun rose to the window at a slow crawl and stretched across the room. He had been up for the past half hour, at least, tucked under the blankets and nestled against the sleeping form of his wife. That's right, wife. It felt weird even just thinking it. He's a married man now. All grown up. Not some silly little boy with too many tattoos. Now he's just the weird old man with too many tattoos (as if such a limit could exist.) And a hot wife. He grinned.
He didn't want to get up. If anything, he wished time could stand still. He wanted to drink this moment, savor the taste of joy, love, and happiness like the perfect cocktail and get drunk off it. Dirty drunk, too. But they only had a few more days to spend in Paris and as much as he wished they could spend all of that time in this bedroom; they weren't exactly at a hotel. They were lucky to be staying with Alex's family; it saved them a lot on money that could be better spent elsewhere. Soon, Alex was shifting in her sleep, probably about to wake. ”Mornin' sleepy wifey,” he teased, hoping to wake her up the rest of the way, just in case she had any plans for an afternoon fling with the pillow. ”Time to wake up and explore the city, I hear there's restaurants inside of the Eiffel Tower. Mad innit?” There was that British twang sneaking into his vocabulary again. Still not used to it, even after all these years.
Crash rolled over to lie on his side and propped his head against a cradled hand. For a long moment, he didn't speak. Just studied the angles and curves, the dips and shadows and highlights of her face. Committed the very image of her to memory. ”Oooooor,” he nudged and winked, ”we could stay in bed all day? Hmmmmm?” It was hard not to laugh. ”So whaddya think?”
╔══════════════════════════════════╗ Alexandria Barrett Gryffindor Alumna - Twenty Eight - Pureblood - All or Nothing Ink and Board Shop ╚══════════════════════════════════╝
Luckily for Alexandria’s sleep mask, the early morning sun didn’t disrupt her sleep. The couple spent their nights in Paris sleeping in Yvonne’s old room, which Alex imagined was dark and had black out curtains before the younger girl moved to England. Since then, her aunt and uncle had “redecorated,” turning the space into a much lighter guest room. Regardless, the twenty eight year old was thankful she and Crash were able to stay with her family while honeymooning. Yup, they were married and on their honeymoon. Although they weren’t staying at a hotel, her family gave the couple plenty of space – after all, no one had any reason to intrude. Her aunt, uncle and cousin had caught up with everyone – and met Crash and Penny – during the springtime when they visited England to attend the Cralex wedding (if anyone even called them that).
A little while after the sun rose, Alexandria’s dream blended in with Crash’s voice, which woke the witch. Pushing the sleep mask off, her eyes were met with her husband’s – husband! She still couldn’t get over the fact that they were married. “Mmm,” she responded, groggy from waking up only the moment before. Alex closed her eyes again, only opening one to witness how magical he looked as his excitement shined through while the morning rays kissed his skin. “That sounds like quite the dinner date,” she started. “Or were you thinking lunch?” They had a general idea of where they’d be going every day, but no concrete plans with the times and whatnot. Honestly, who even knew when they’d be awake each morning.
Still sleepy, Alex stopped fighting the urge to close her eyes and lay there in silence until Crash had noticed and suggested they could stay in bed all day, probably joking. They didn’t go to Paris to sleep. Well, not actually sleep. But, they could pencil in time for fooling around before breakfast. Besides, the rest of Alex’s family was probably still asleep anyway, so she had to take advantage of that. Propping herself up on her elbows, she looked at her husband and asked, “I think we have plenty of time to explore a bit later, don’t you?” As if in a flash, Alex’s tone and attitude changed from tired to playful.
We're connected by the sun and all the stars above ..................You melt me and my body feels no shame
((OOC: outfit in left picture))
And I don't care tonight if it burns too bright ............. 'Cause baby that's why I came
He hummed under his breath and shrugged. ”I dunno, guess that'll have to depend, won't it?” He leaned in close for a teasing kiss but pulled away before he was in too deep. Instead, he reached for his wand and conjured a bouquet of red roses. ”For you,” he offered with one hand while the other pulled her closer. A few wild kisses explored the base of her neck while he groped blindly for a hard touch of wood and mumbled a quick locking charm on their bedroom door.
He was the first to shower and be ready. Normally, he would've spent the time playing with Penny but they left her behind with the grandparents, so he called them to check in instead. It was weird, but, he had never been this long without seeing or holding his daughter and he missed her. It almost hurt. Then he remembered the sweaty fun that happened only twenty minutes earlier with that goofy grin on his face and thought, yeah, he'll survive for the rest of the vacation. Meanwhile, Alex was busy getting ready and Crash spent the rest of the hour studying a map of the city (and mostly getting distracted.)
Before long, Crash was shouting through the bathroom door trying to get his wife's attention. ”Alex! You done yet?” It's been forever, how could she not be? At least it felt like forever and he was tired of waiting. ”C'moooooon, at least let me in.” At least that way he can have a bit of fun. Or at the very least, figure out what to do for the rest of the day. So far his plans were 'walk around the city' and 'eat somewhere', but that didn't quite feel like enough.
╔══════════════════════════════════╗ Alexandria Barrett Gryffindor Alumna - Twenty Eight - Pureblood - All or Nothing Ink and Board Shop ╚══════════════════════════════════╝
Alexandria leaned in for a kiss, but as her eyes were closing, she was surprised by a bouquet of roses instead. “Why, thank you, my magician,” she responded, quickly reaching for her wand on the bedside table to set the bouquet aside in a vase of water as Crash pulled her closer. As the couple moved closer, Alex lightly tossed her wand back onto the table. She learned not to throw it too forcefully after last time when she ended up being stuck having to scrub slime off the walls and furniture.
Alexandria somehow convinced Crash to shower before her even though she takes longer to get ready. She guessed it helped that she needed a little while to calm back down after the fun they had about an hour earlier. Now, however, she was almost ready. The witch ignored her husband’s impatience as she finished up her makeup – nothing too crazy, just the regular routine to make her feel good and look good enough to step out into the public eye. Just a moment after Crash begged to be let in to the bathroom, Alex stepped out. “I’m just about ready,” she said, walking over to her suitcase, her underwear visible just beneath her shirt. “Figured out where you wanna eat?” she asked as she rummaged through the suitcase for some shorts before slipping them on. Although the weather wasn’t deathly, it could still get pretty bloody hot out, and a sweaty explorer is not something Alex wanted to become. After sliding a pair of sunglasses onto her head, she turned back to Crash, smirking and fully clothed. The rest of her family was probably up by now, and knowing her aunt, a French style breakfast was waiting for them.
We're connected by the sun and all the stars above ..................You melt me and my body feels no shame
((OOC: outfit in left picture))
And I don't care tonight if it burns too bright ............. 'Cause baby that's why I came
"Fiiiiinally," Crash teased. It's not that he minded having to wait, he usually wasn't this impatient on their date nights. But they weren't usually in Paris either, and today was their day to explore the city. She came out the door and immediately, he was distracted. His gaze followed her every move and when she posed her question, he answered simply, "Nope." It wasn't until after she was fully dressed that his attention returned. "Actually, I was hoping to check out the city today. Maybe get a cab downtown, browse a couple shops, stop at a little restaurant on the way back. What do you think?"
All ready with the exception of one thing: his wand; Crash backtracked to the bedside table and dug around between it and the crack in the wall from when it inevitably rolled over. "Either way, we should hurry and eat, then get on the road from there. If nothing else, we can just decide on the way, right?"
Soon after, the couple descended into the kitchen with the rest of the family, joined the feast, and were out the door inside a taxi within the hour. He wrapped an arm around Alex and snuggled her in close. As the city landscape stretched past the window, Crash broke the silence first. "So, did you decide what you want to do first?"
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ 「Location」 Jaqui's house 「Company」 Aline 「Mood」 Anxious and excited ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
тнιѕ ιѕ a нyмn ғor тнe нyмnleѕѕ, ĸιdѕ wιтн no relιgιon yeaн, we ĸeep on ѕιnnιng, yeaн, we ĸeep on ѕιngιng ғlyιng down тнe нιgнway, вacĸѕeaт oғ тнe нyυndaι pυll ιт тo тнe ғronт, leт ιт rυn, we don'т valeт
This definitely had not been Felix' most thought out plan, and it definitely wasn't a smart plan either. But here he was standing outside of Jaqui's home and the family bakery, all dressed up for his wedding that he had just...escaped? Was that the right word, well it was the only word that was coming to mind. With a slightly anxious sigh, Felix ran a hand through his hair. It had been done so nicely for the wedding, well that was ruined now. Hopefully Marion was enjoying playing up the fact that he left her at the alter, she seemed to have a love for that type of drama.
With a deep breathe he pushed open the door to the family bakery, noticing Aline at the counter. She was always so kind to him, welcoming him into her home. He couldn't be more grateful to Aline and Luc. "Good Evening Mrs. Aline. I um...could I speak to Jaqui? I don't want to worry you but believe I may have made my father just a bit angry with me." He would wait until Jaqui was here to talk about what happened, no point in telling the story more than once. He also was pretty sure that Jaqui would be home, if not he could just walk to Neomi's he knew the way by this point in their lives. He didn't feel he had much time though, a part of him worried that his father would follow him and that would be problematic. Especially if he came here, Felix mentally berated himself at the thought of possibly burdening the Noel's again and hoped that his father wouldn't think of coming here.
ѕorry ιғ yoυ're ѕтarѕтrυcĸ, вlaмe ιт on тнe ѕтardυѕт ι ĸnow тнaт ι'м perғecт, even тнoυgн ι'м ғυcĸed υp нyмn ғor тнe нyмnleѕѕ, don'т need no ғorgιveneѕ 'caυѕe ιғ тнere'ѕ a нeaven, don'т care ιғ we geт ιn
spaceJacqui thought it was somewhat odd when she heard the shop door open, the telltale tinkling of bells usually letting them know that a customer had arrived. But, it was rather late, and had been at least an hour since they'd seen a customer. Plus, they were technically closed, though she was willing to bet her mother hadn't yet locked the door. She didn't think much of it, though, until she heard Felix's voice through the doorway, frowning at the sound of it. A quick glance at the clock to reassure herself that she hadn't somehow lost track of the hours revealed that, no, she hadn't, it was exactly as late as she thought it was. Which meant that Felix was here, instead of sitting down for dinner at his own wedding reception.
spaceHer papa apparently noticed the oddity of it as well; the whole family had been tense all night, considering none of them were particularly thrilled about Felix's impending nuptials. Jacqui had been rather short with the customers today, in fact, which had led her parents to banish her to the kitchen to work all day. It hadn't helped much, considering the batches of cookies and cakes she'd ruined. Glancing towards her father, the pair dropped what they were doing in the same instant, entering the front room of the bakery to find her maman greeting the boy with a confused look on her face.
space"What on Earth are you doing here, Kitty?"Jacqui asked, crossing her arms as she moved to stand next to Aline behind the counter. It wasn't so much that she was disappointed to see him, but considering the circumstances she couldn't help but worry.
space"He's apparently in a lot of trouble," Aline supplied, her own eyes narrowed on the young man. She mimicked her daughter's stance, clicking her tongue lightly. "You're certainly dressed for the wedding, dear, so why aren't you there?" She didn't even bother trying to hide the disapproval in her tone. Considering her own background, it wasn't much of a surprise that Aline hadn't had much patience for the entire affair.
spaceEver the congenial one of the family, Luc chuckled nervously, heading towards the door to lock it and flip the sign to read 'closed'. He then turned towards the others, clapping his hands. "We should move this to the living room, don't you think, Aline?" His wife nodded and Luc gestured for his wife and daughter to lead the way into the house proper.
spaceJacqui gave an impatient little huff before following her father's silent command, grabbing Felix and hauling him behind the counter to drag behind her up the stairs."What did you do?"she hissed, more worried than anything else. Her father's cough told her that she'd been overheard, and that he expected her to drop it until they were all settled in the living room. She sighed in exasperation, not loosening the grip on her friend's arm, her pace picking up ever so slightly. Felix had a lot of explaining to do, and she for one was impatient to hear what he had to say. It didn't take an idiot to put together more or less what must've happened, but she needed details. Now.
═════════════════════════════════════════════ мє αи∂ αℓℓ му fяιєи∂ѕ, ωє ∂σи'т вυу вσттℓєѕ, ωє вяιиg 'єм ωє тαкє тнє ∂яιикѕ fяσм тнє тαвℓєѕ ωнєи уσυ gєт υρ αи∂ ℓєανє 'єм αи∂ ι ∂σи'т ¢αяє ιf уσυ ѕтαяє αи∂ уσυ ¢αℓℓ υѕ ѕ¢υмму '¢αυѕє ωє αιи'т αfтєя уσυя αffє¢тισи αи∂ ѕυяє αѕ нєℓℓ иσт уσυя мσиєу, нσиєу ═════════════════════════════════════════════ wнere -Family Bakery - Kitchen to Front Counter wнen -Late evening wιтн -Felix, Luc, and Aline - ooc - Pretend this convo is in French LMAO
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ 「Location」 Noel family living room 「Company」 Aline, Luc, Jaqui 「Mood」 Moderately worried ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
тнιѕ ιѕ a нyмn ғor тнe нyмnleѕѕ, ĸιdѕ wιтн no relιgιon yeaн, we ĸeep on ѕιnnιng, yeaн, we ĸeep on ѕιngιng ғlyιng down тнe нιgнway, вacĸѕeaт oғ тнe нyυndaι pυll ιт тo тнe ғronт, leт ιт rυn, we don'т valeт
It was comforting to see Luc, Aline and Jaqui at this point, his heart was still stuck in his throat with his moderate anxiety. The adrenaline coursed through his veins as he went to begin telling them what happened, only to be cut off by Luc. The elder man of course had a point, it would be better to discuss this in private and the wide windows of the bakery didn't provide the most privacy. Feeling the rough pull of Jaqui's arm forced him to move forward, that was definitely a tell-tale sign of an unhappy Jaqui. This only succeeded in making the male all the more nervous about confessing what he had done. As they made their way to the living room he heard Jaqui's hushed hiss and flashed her a small almost hesitant smile. Once again before he could say anything he heard Luc cough from behind the two as they lead the way up the stairs. So he settled for reaching up to pat the hand that she was currently dragging him with, in a sort of comforting manner. After all, he did have a plan...or at least part of a plan.
It felt like forever before they made it into the living room, the tension in the air was almost palpable. "Well...So you know my betrothed Marion right?" This probably wasn't the best way to start this off but it was better than nothing. He didn't wait for anyone to respond to his rhetorical question, of course they knew who she was. "She and I decided that it would be better for the two of us not to marry. She doesn't like men and I don't like her, well in that way of course." He had to actually stop himself before he began rambling. He ran a hand through his hair once more, wishing he had a hair tie so it would be out of his face. Though that was probably just him trying to think about anything but his current situation. "So instead of just breaking off the marriage I sort of apparated out of the wedding and left her at the alter as part of a plan she and I made, i think it was 2 days ago? That sounds right. 2 days ago." With a small sigh he loosened his tie to distract himself once again.
It felt better to have that information off of his chest but unfortunately for Felix that wasn't the whole story."So here I am, on the run from my father and I hate to bring you three into this but I didn't really know where else to go. I mean i could have gone to Alphonse but that would probably have been a bad idea. I mean his parents are great but...you know. I just..."He swallowed deeply, he had yet to actually look any of the three in the eyes as he went through his monologue. He was a bit worried to what expressions he would see on their faces. At this moment though he knew he had to so he glanced at Jaqui. "Long story short, I'm going to England. I took some money from the family vault, enough to last me for a few weeks at least. I...I was wanting to ask you to come with me." The worst bubbles of fear developed inside of his gut as he watched Jaqui's face for any sort of reaction. She was one of his best friends and that's why he came to her. Sure Alphonse was his best friend but there was no way he would even think about leaving France, not currently at least.
ѕorry ιғ yoυ're ѕтarѕтrυcĸ, вlaмe ιт on тнe ѕтardυѕт ι ĸnow тнaт ι'м perғecт, even тнoυgн ι'м ғυcĸed υp нyмn ғor тнe нyмnleѕѕ, don'т need no ғorgιveneѕ 'caυѕe ιғ тнere'ѕ a нeaven, don'т care ιғ we geт ιn
spaceJacqui pointedly ignored her parent's expressions as they chastised her for her impatience and attitude without words. She didn't care if she was being rude. Felix was her friend, they were beyond politeness for the sake of it, and he'd apparently done something insane, which meant she had ever reason to be short with him. She settled into her favorite chair in the living room, arms crossed and eyes narrowed. Her parents settled in as well on the couch, the family waiting patiently for Felix to explain. When he finally began, it was all Jacqui could do not to declare "I knew it!" in the face of the revelation that Marion was apparently a lesbian (seriously, she'd called it). But he kept talking, and Jacqui found herself clenching her fists to keep from throwing herself off the chair to pummel him for doing something so dramatic and ridiculous.
spaceHer father was careful to keep his expression neutral, which was good, because Jacqui could see that he was trying not to laugh. Her mother, on the other hand, looked appropriately concerned. Both their expressions, however, morphed to one of shock right alongside their daughter's when the boy declared he was planning to run away to England, and wanted Jacqui to come with him. There was a long silence as the three Noel's stared at Felix, all attempting to process both his story and the request.
space"Absolutely not," Luc began, standing and crossing his arms. "Leaving the country? No. That's not... No."
spaceJacqui frowned at her father, brow arched."Papa, that's not really your decision,"she pointed out slowly, before turning back to Felix."But, Felix, you do know that was a joke, right? I know I was the one who suggested it, but it was a joke. I never... I didn't mean for you to actually take me seriously."She'd said it offhandedly, months ago. How much easier it would be if he just up and left the country, ran away to England (or anywhere really) to escape. And of course he'd said he wouldn't know what to do alone, and she'd replied 'maybe I'll go with you,' but she hadn't meant it. Surely to God he'd known that?
spaceHer father had seemed to relax slightly at her question, apparently relieved that his daughter would not be running away with her friend. Were the situation less serious, she might've made a joke about eloping with Felix just to needle him, but it felt like it'd be in poor taste at the moment. Her mother, on the other hand, seemed thoughtful, which was almost unnerving. Finally, the older woman spoke. "Jacqui... were you really joking, though?" she asked, mulling the words over as she spoke them. Jacqui sputtered slightly, but her mother pressed on before she could reply. "You've spoken of it before, you know. Going away, just for a while. And I've never known you to say anything like that without meaning it. Or to make promises to your friends in jest."
spaceThis had her father's attention, and he frowned again. "What are you saying, Aline?" he asked, tone incredulous. "That the two of them should just abandon everything and flee? To what end?"
spaceJacqui could already sense an argument brewing, one she didn't think either of her parents had any business having, considering it wasn't up to them if she did anything at all."Felix and I are going to my room,"she declared, standing from her seat and heading towards the stairs."This is a conversation we need to have, and I don't... You two debating about it won't accomplish anything. It's my decision."
spaceShe glanced to her friend, and gestured for him to come with, leading him up to her bedroom. Her father had attempted to argue against their privacy, but her mother had shut him down, thankfully. Jacqui closed the door behind Felix, then crossed her arms."You're really serious? You want to go to England?"she asked, eyeing him carefully. She'd been joking, yeah, but... If he really wanted to run off like that, she wasn't about to make him do it alone. She'd do anything for her friends. Even uproot her whole life and move to another country, apparently. Was she insane? Or was he, for asking her to do it in the first place?
═════════════════════════════════════════════ мє αи∂ αℓℓ му fяιєи∂ѕ, ωє ∂σи'т вυу вσттℓєѕ, ωє вяιиg 'єм ωє тαкє тнє ∂яιикѕ fяσм тнє тαвℓєѕ ωнєи уσυ gєт υρ αи∂ ℓєανє 'єм αи∂ ι ∂σи'т ¢αяє ιf уσυ ѕтαяє αи∂ уσυ ¢αℓℓ υѕ ѕ¢υмму '¢αυѕє ωє αιи'т αfтєя уσυя αffє¢тισи αи∂ ѕυяє αѕ нєℓℓ иσт уσυя мσиєу, нσиєу ═════════════════════════════════════════════ wнere -Family Bakery - Kitchen to Front Counter wнen -Late evening wιтн -Felix, Luc, and Aline - ooc - Pretend this convo is in French LMAO
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ 「Location」 Noel Family Home 「Company」 Jaqui, Aline, And Luc 「Mood」 Anxious ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
тнιѕ ιѕ a нyмn ғor тнe нyмnleѕѕ, ĸιdѕ wιтн no relιgιon yeaн, we ĸeep on ѕιnnιng, yeaн, we ĸeep on ѕιngιng ғlyιng down тнe нιgнway, вacĸѕeaт oғ тнe нyυndaι pυll ιт тo тнe ғronт, leт ιт rυn, we don'т valeт
Well...this was turning out a lot worse than Felix had hoped. Maybe he should have had a better Segue? Or waited? Or...or he shouldn't have asked at all. He had honestly believed that Jaqui had been serious when they had spoken about leaving. Apparently he was wrong. His heart sunk into his gut at Jaqui's question. He knew he shouldn't take things so seriously, but her previous words had given him hope and it's honestly part of why he had the courage to just apparate out of his own wedding.
He stayed silent as the family began conversing, guilt sinking into his being. He hadn't meant to start something like this, he had not wanted to cause problems within the Noel family. After all they were people that he dearly cared for. Hell they cared for him more than his own father ever had. When Aline began speaking he glanced over at her, a brow raised as he listened. He was completely taken off guard when Jaqui gestured for him to follow her into her room. He decided to quickly follow her, flashing a rather nervous smile at Aline and Luc before joining Jaqui.
He entered the room, and let out a sigh of relief, not feeling as nervous in such a familiar place. He took his usual seat on the chase lounge in her room. Swallowing his nerves down once again, he firmly nodded. "Yes, I really am. There isn't anything left for me here Jaqui."It was a bad idea to sit down, he quickly realized and so he remedied this foolish decision but standing and start pacing inside the room. "I'm going to leave tomorrow, or I'm going to try to at least. I...shouldn't have asked you to come along. I mean your life is here. I guess I was just caught up in the moment, you know? And I mean...I guess I had believed you before, I mean you didn't seem like you were joking. So I just..." He let out a light groan, running his hand through his hair once more. He was going to pull his hair out at this rate. "I guess I just assumed."
ѕorry ιғ yoυ're ѕтarѕтrυcĸ, вlaмe ιт on тнe ѕтardυѕт ι ĸnow тнaт ι'м perғecт, even тнoυgн ι'м ғυcĸed υp нyмn ғor тнe нyмnleѕѕ, don'т need no ғorgιveneѕ 'caυѕe ιғ тнere'ѕ a нeaven, don'т care ιғ we geт ιn
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ 「OOC」 This is totally in French ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
spaceJacqui almost flinched out of guilt at the tone in his voice, realizing how much she'd upset him with her response in the living room. She hadn't realized... Ugh, she was an idiot. And had handled this very badly. Although to be fair, he'd sprung it on her rather unexpectedly. That was poor planning on his part, credit where credit is due. She was no stranger to sudden changes in plans, given her own spontaneous nature, but this was hardly the same thing as calling someone up at ten at night to go out dancing, or showing up at someone's house with tickets to a concert happening in two hours. Eyeing his pacing, she twitched."Felix,"she began softly, a slight frown marring her features, a furrow appearing between her brows."Please sit down, you're making me anxious."
spaceShe ran a hand, still coated in flour, not that she noticed, through her hair. If he really was leaving, of course she was going with him. Though, this was going to take some planning, something he hadn't given them much time to do, and something she wasn't always very good at. Letting out a rather dramatic sigh, she straightened her shoulders, shifting personas from 'concerned friend' to 'person who Gets s**t Done(tm)' in a matter of breaths."Okay, so, obviously we're doing this,"she said, not intending to bother debating the matter. He was right, there was no good reason for him to be here, and knowing his father, it'd be bad for him to do so. He had to run. She was hardly going to make him do that alone."But how, exactly? It's going to be expensive. Your father's hardly going to bankroll you fleeing the country to escape a marriage he set up. And my family isn't poor, but we're hardly rich enough for me to move countries on a whim."
spaceIt came out a bit harsh, she knew. But she had to be practical right now. One of them had to, and he'd already blown his chance by informing her of this now, rather than a month ago. Or even a week. She could've worked with a week."God, this is insane,"she half-muttered, mind moving too quickly to really process anything."We'll need a place to live. And an income, because you're definitely getting cut off. So jobs. I should be able to get one easily enough, I guess, but what are we going to do in the meantime? And what are you going to do?"She wasn't going to be able to support them both, she knew. Even with her experience at her parent's bakery, she was unlikely to get a very well-paying position at her age, especially not in a new country.
spaceGod, had he planned this at all? Or had he just thought, 'I'll go to England with Jacqui' and left it at that? Felix was definitely the smartest of them, but he was also woefully naive at times. The most mature, probably, but also incredibly young compared to her and Nee and Al. His father had never really stopped treating him like a child... or a possession. His ability to function in the real world was somewhat hampered by that."The first thing we need to figure out is the money,"she said firmly."Then somewhere to stay when we arrive, though I suppose The Leaky Cauldron is a simple enough answer. Then we have to start hunting for a flat, and jobs... We'll need money to keep us afloat for at least a month, to give us time to do that..."God, this was going to be expensive. They'd have to room together at The Leaky Cauldron, or wherever else they might end up, to save money. Stretch whatever they could for as long as possible."I don't suppose Alphonse could convince his parents to give us a loan?"she asked, more than convinced they'd probably be willing to do just that. Or even to give them the money outright, no payback necessary. She wouldn't agree to that, though. Just because they had plenty of money, that didn't mean she was going to mooch off of them.
═════════════════════════════════════════════ мє αи∂ αℓℓ му fяιєи∂ѕ, ωє ∂σи'т вυу вσттℓєѕ, ωє вяιиg 'єм ωє тαкє тнє ∂яιикѕ fяσм тнє тαвℓєѕ ωнєи уσυ gєт υρ αи∂ ℓєανє 'єм αи∂ ι ∂σи'т ¢αяє ιf уσυ ѕтαяє αи∂ уσυ ¢αℓℓ υѕ ѕ¢υмму '¢αυѕє ωє αιи'т αfтєя уσυя αffє¢тισи αи∂ ѕυяє αѕ нєℓℓ иσт уσυя мσиєу, нσиєу ═════════════════════════════════════════════ wнere -Family Bakery - Kitchen to Front Counter wнen -Late evening wιтн -Felix, Luc, and Aline - ooc - Pretend this convo is in French LMAO
тнιѕ ιѕ a нyмn ғor тнe нyмnleѕѕ, ĸιdѕ wιтн no relιgιon yeaн, we ĸeep on ѕιnnιng, yeaн, we ĸeep on ѕιngιng ғlyιng down тнe нιgнway, вacĸѕeaт oғ тнe нyυndaι pυll ιт тo тнe ғronт, leт ιт rυn, we don'т valeт
Hearing her request Felix instantly returned to his former seat, it was always weird to hear her call him by his name and not some variation of Kitty so he could tell that she was pretty serious. "Sorry..." He muttered, waiting for her to continue. He had said his peace and now...well now it was her turn.
He listened to her ramble on for a minute and for once he was grateful that he had sort of planned ahead, even if only in the slightest. "Well, we don't really have to ask Al?" He began, a small grin making it's way onto his face. "I may or may not have visited the family vault yesterday and took out about enough money to survive...maybe a week or two if we are careful." He was definitely going to leave out the part that it was Alphonse' idea to do so. Felix knew he wasn't the best at planning things. That and the fact that Alphonse's lovely parents had already offered to help, 'anything to ruin Cyril's day' they had said. It was pretty funny to Felix that they hated his father so much. "So there is that. I did plan on getting a job, I don't know what kind of job...but I'm sure I could find something, right?"
"The Leaky Cauldron should be a good place to lay low until we can get a flat." Just listening to her, Felix knew that she was much better at this whole planning business than he was. Maybe if he had gotten this idea before 2 days before he was to be married, maybe he wouldn't have caused so much panic for Jaqui. "We should be fine, I mean sure it might be a bit crazy at first but I know if we need help we have the Dubois'. "
ѕorry ιғ yoυ're ѕтarѕтrυcĸ, вlaмe ιт on тнe ѕтardυѕт ι ĸnow тнaт ι'м perғecт, even тнoυgн ι'м ғυcĸed υp нyмn ғor тнe нyмnleѕѕ, don'т need no ғorgιveneѕ 'caυѕe ιғ тнere'ѕ a нeaven, don'т care ιғ we geт ιn
┏━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ 「OOC」 This is all totally in French ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
Cara MiaKitty
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 9:37 am
Hikaru was on vacation with his love. He and Remi had hit it off so well and even moved in together. Hikaru wanted to make the happiness more permanent. He was never worried to be his dorky nerdy self around Remi. He knew he wouldn't be judged. It took a bit of secret saving up and stealthy logistics via his best mate Dris, but he secured ring and reservation at a nice hotel. They had arived and got settled into the hotel. They decided to go sight seeing before dinner. "Hey Remi, let get that picture we were wanting!" Hikaru said leading Remi to the popular photo spot in front of the Eiffel Tower. He bought a camera for just this. He was nervous sure but it was manifesting as excitement. Hopefully Remi wouldn't mind this being in public.
xxx⇾ Wʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴍ I?Eiffel Tower, Paris, France xxxx⇾ Wʜᴏ ɪs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ?Hikaru xxxxx⇾ Wʜᴀᴛ's ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴏɴ?Touristy Photo Session xxxxxx⇾ Wʜᴀᴛ'ʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛs?That's so high up!
Rémi was excited to be back in his home country, but even happier to be with Hikaru. It was always comforting to be back where he knew the world best. He and Hikaru had been working hard to push things forward, and he was proud to know how well together they worked. It was something he felt blessed to have. It helped to have someone as wonderful as he as a partner, though. It was weird to think of going to France as vacation, but he would gladly go along. Their evening was lovely, as was the hotel Hikaru chose. It felt like something big was about to happen. His hair showcased his nerves, a vibrant green. It was odd enough for him to break away from the pastels, which showed that he was entirely uncertain. He bit his lip when Hikaru said he wanted to go see the Eiffel Tower to get pictures they'd forgotten last time they were in Paris. "Oui oui, mon amor. Let's get on the way." He glanced in a mirror, then concentrated and made his air a much softer minty green. He ran a hand through to make it look a little more tamed. The duo walked down the Champ de Mars, taking in the sunset over the tower. Once there, Rémi looked up, admiring the beauty of the place. The height of the building made him feel a little nauseous, but he reminded himself that he was firmly rooted on the ground, and that Hikaru was there if anything happened.
