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Post by rileybabe on Mar 17, 2008 0:21:32 GMT
Andrea Riley yawned as she entered the pub, she had been working at the Three Broomsticks for nearly three years now, and was getting quite tired of it. She was sick of ungrateful customers who never tipped her, then got mad when she threw their drunk asses out on the street. She was tired of not having anyone to talk to, especially since all her friends were out gallivanting around and doing god knows what! She sighed and ran a hand through her red curls, wincing as she hit a tangle. Andrea's normally bright emerald eyes were dull and flat. Almost as if the life had gone out of them. Reaching under the counter, she grabbed her nametag, and pinned it to her white blouse, while tying her black apron around her dark purple skirt. She sighed and lay her head on her arms. "Someone just shoot me. Now." she grumbled, not hearing the door open....
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Post by Jennifer Queens on Mar 18, 2008 12:01:49 GMT
Jennifer looked around. She was glad she made the decision to move out, leave the hospital status of a nurse behind her and start her dream job of making clothes and owning her own shop, with her home above it. She had been moving her things in all day, and was rather tired, so wanting some refreshment, and some celebration, headed to the nearest pub, just over the road; The Three Broomsticks.
Opening the door, she noticed the barmaid straight away, with her head on her arms and muttering to herself. Jennifer tilted her head and walked up to her.
"Hey, things can't be that bad surely?" she said, giving a friendly smile.
"I'm Jennifer Queens, just been sorting my new shop out over the road, Queens Apparel?" she asked questioningly, to see if the barmaid knew what she was on about. She looked at her name badge, Andrea was written on it.
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Post by rileybabe on Mar 19, 2008 14:40:47 GMT
Andrea looked up at the woman, "Yes it could actually." she muttered, then berated herself, Andrea! Don't be rude! she sighed and said with a weary smile, "I'm sorry, I'm having a bad week. Actually, I'm having a bad year come to think of it. I'm Andrea Riley." she frowned slightly, "Queen's Apparell? No, I'm sorry. Can't say I've heard of it. But I rarely leave the pub anways."
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Post by Jennifer Queens on Mar 22, 2008 14:19:51 GMT
Jennifer smiled and sat down infront of her.
"It's okay. You are always welcome to just pop over the road and come see me for a cup of tea anyway" she said, placing a friendly hand on Andrea's and patting it, before removing her hand and placing it on her own lap.
"You don't like working here then?" Jennifer asked sympathetically, putting her bag onto the counter.
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Post by Professor Daniel Hubbles on Mar 22, 2008 17:04:10 GMT
It has been a very long time since Daniel Hubbles had set foot in the Three Broomsticks but the castle had lost it thrill, tea had lost its sweetness and for once in his life Dan Hubbles had no work left to do. His hands were shoved deep down in his jacket pockets to protect his hands from the cold September breeze and as his shoes crunched the stones beneath his feet Dan reached the doors of the Three Broomsticks and he pushed open the pub door.
The smells had been so foreign to him for such a long time reached his nose and filled his lungs; alcohol, pipe weed, cooked food and mixed perfumes. The pubs was quite empty, it was early after all and the normal bustle and hum of noise was not present, instead it was the mere sound of two women talking at the bar.
Pulling his hands out of his pockets Dan unzipped his jacket and wondered over towards the bar sitting down on one of the many bar stools and smiled at Andie and the other woman.
“Good morning ladies.”
Dan really did not know why he was at the pub of all places, he was not going to have an alcoholic drink, he guessed he just wanted to leave the office and talk to others about anything other then a certain Astronomy Professor.
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Post by Jennifer Queens on Mar 22, 2008 17:09:11 GMT
Jennifer heard an unfamiliar voice, heck, all voices here were unfamiliar. Turning around, she noticed a man standing there who soon joined them. Jennifer being her cheery self beamed a friendly smile over at him.
"Good Morning! I'm Jennifer, Jennifer Queens. I just moved in opposite here and opened a shop" she said, extending her hand for a friendly embrace. He was cute, and very polite for even saying good morning.
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Post by Professor Daniel Hubbles on Mar 22, 2008 17:22:10 GMT
Dan was pleased when the woman his side of the bar greeted him back and introduced herself. Jennifer Queens was her name and she was an entrepreneur opening her own shop which only made Dan smile a little bit more. There had been a drop in the amount of shops in the small wizarding village and with a castle full of potential customers Hogsmeade was a better place as any to set up a business.
Taking hold of her extended hand Dan took hold of it and gave it a gentle shake smiling back at her and introduced himself to her in the same manor.
“Daniel Hubbles. I am the Charms professor at Hogwarts and as Miss Riley will be able to vouch for my pride in also being the Head of Hufflepuff house.”
He gave her a small smug smile and carefully slid his hand out of hers. Looking around the empty pub and putting his hand in his pocket Dan pulled out a small bag of coins and placed them upon the counter with a small tinkle of the gold and silver coins hitting each other.
“Well I think I shall buy everyone in the pub a drink. So that means…all three of us.” He gave a soft chuckle and tapped his fingers on the bar. “What can I get you ladies?”
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Post by Jennifer Queens on Mar 22, 2008 17:31:50 GMT
Jennifer couldn't help but smile. Whether it was him or her just in general. As he mentioned he was a professor at Hogwarts she swooned.
"Ark, Hogwarts? Wow..." she said quite suprised.
"I love that place, it's so much better than Beauxbatons, I just got in trouble for smiling all the time there" she replied. Even thought she attending Beauxbatons, mainly just to go to France, she was a Healer's assistant for a time at good old Hogwarts.
"I don't know if you were there or not, But I was the healer's assistant for a while back a few years. Archibald Nish? Is he still there?" she questioned, dragging her finger along the bar towards herself. As Daniel clunked his coins, she laughed when he mentioned about getting the entire pub a drink.
"Are you sure?" she said a little concerned, why, she wasn't sure, but that was just her.
"Put it away, I'm buying them, besides, I've got to celebrate the opening of my shop tommorow" she smiled, pulling out her purse.
"What would you like?" she offered.
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Post by Professor Daniel Hubbles on Mar 22, 2008 17:47:44 GMT
Dan laughed as Jennifer explained about her time at Beauxbatons. He had heard many stories about how strict is was and how much it varied from Hogwarts. Dan was interested to hear that she used to be a Healers assistant at the school, what was it with Daniel Hubbles and the healers…
“This is my fourth year at the school, I do have a habit of spending time in the Hospital Wing either with myself for my sister.” He gave Jennifer a small smile. “I am sure I would remember a face like yours.”
Playing with the small bag of coins in front of him Dan listened to the woman’s concern about him paying for the drinks and then how she wanted to buy them. This was something that he was not happy about, in his eyes it was the mans job to buy the drinks in his mind it was a matter of pride.
“Well then if you are opening your shop tomorrow we should celebrate in some style and that means I buy the drinks. If you are so determined you can buy the next round of drinks but please let me get this first round.”
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Post by Jennifer Queens on Mar 22, 2008 17:58:42 GMT
Jennifer gave a small smile and looked back down at her purse before putting it away in her bag again. Men and their pride, she thought as she mentally rolled her eyes and giggled.
"Okay okay, But Mine is definately the next round, promise?" she said playfully nudging him with her elbow and giving him a big grin.
"Four year huh? Well, I think I may of left by then. I was only there for six months before I was a nurse at St.Mungo's. I got sick of the abuse" she raised her eyebrows in a truthful manner.
"Are you enjoying being a professor then?" she enquired, knowing it was going to be a damn hard job to deal with.
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Post by Professor Daniel Hubbles on Mar 22, 2008 18:20:28 GMT
Dan watched with some satisfaction as she put her purse back in his bag, that meant one thing…he had convinced her to let him buy the drinks. As she nudged him in the side Dan gave her a playful smile and gave her a small wink almost to seal the promise. It was then Jennifer moved on to his job up at the castle, he was interested to hear that she was not their for long but also worked at St Mungos for a while and at the comment Dan could not help but chuckle some more.
“Ah…yeah I remember shouting abuse at nurses when I was in St Mungos…it was the only bit of entertainment you could have sitting in those beds.. I mean the wards are so boring three people could not even talk English when I was in…I thought I was going to go insane”
When thinking about the time he had spent in the wizarding hospital it made him realise how much he did enjoy the freedom he had in being a Professor. This was a perfect example, it was during the day and here he was sitting in a pub talking to two very charming women, who could ask for more?
“Oh being a Professor is very rewarding, seeing student learn and grow it is satisfying…I mean I remember teaching Andie all those years ago. Very good student.” Dan gave the ex-Ravenclaw a small wink before looking back to Jennifer. “Right, so I will ask again. What drinks do you ladies want?”
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Post by Jennifer Queens on Mar 22, 2008 18:33:31 GMT
Jennifer realised she hadn't actually told Daniel what she wanted, and blushed a little at her forgetfulness.
"Oh sorry, erm, whatever your having, thanks" she apologised. She then changed the subject back to St Mungo's.
"If you don't mind me asking, why were you in St mungo's, except terroristing the nurses" she winked back playfully.
She Jennifer gave a small laugh. He taught her? Wow. This sounded crazy to her.
"You taught Andrea? But how? I mean, your almost the same age arn't you? How old are you?" she asked, utterly confused at the facts that Dan had just pointed out to her. Throughout the little outburst she had, she was making lots of hand gestures, you'd of sworn she was interpreting for someone.
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Post by Professor Daniel Hubbles on Mar 22, 2008 18:56:38 GMT
When Jennifer said she would have whatever he was having Dan looked down and the bar and scratched the back of his head slightly out of embarrassment. This was when he was going to be made look like a total prat from coming into a pub and not actually drinking anything alcoholic. With a sheepish look Dan looked over at Jennifer and managed a small smile.
“Well I will not be having anything alcoholic, I have sort of given up the drink. So you really had best tell me what you want otherwise you will be stuck with a glass of pumpkin juice.”
He managed a soft chuckle and looked back at the bar studying the patterns in the woodwork as if it was going to tell him some form of story. Luckily Jennifer was ready to move the conversation on and asked about why he had been in St Mungo’s. The old drunk Dan used to brag about his stories from his travels but now after having no alcohol in his system for almost 10 months the stories seemed a little old so he went for the highly edited version.
“I had blood poisoning. I was in the Brazilian rain forest and ran into a local tribe who was not happy to see me. I was found half dead by some other travellers and they took to safety…I was very fortunate.”
He was then faced by a string of questions from Jen ranging from her not being able to believe how old he was to the fact that he actually taught Andie. Dan gave a soft chuckle and looked over at Andie remembering the time they spent together a little to well and the way that they had last saw each other before she left the school was a little too painful…in more ways then one.
“I am 27, will be 28 in February. And yes I did teach Andie she is not as old as she looks.”
He gave her a playful smile half expecting to have to dodge a spell being fired his way for saying such a cheeky thing.
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Post by Jennifer Queens on Mar 22, 2008 19:14:15 GMT
Jennifer didn't smile for once, when Daniel was feeling uncomfortable, she could feel it. When he said it would be pumpkin juice she laughed.
"Well in that case, I'll have pumpkin juice!" she grinned, She didn't want him to feel stupid. Once Daniel had talked about having blood poisoning, her jaw dropped, and her sympathetic hand held onto his arm.
"Well, I don't know what to say. I'm guessing your alright now?" she said, removing her hand from his arm and putting it onto the bar. Changing the subject again as she could tell he felt a little uncomfortable, she changed it back to ages.
"27? You don't look it! I'm 26 but I feel about 40 sometimes!" She gave a cute laugh.
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Post by Professor Daniel Hubbles on Mar 22, 2008 20:55:54 GMT
“Yeah I am alright now. I have lost a lot of blood since then, I am sure any trace would have gone away by now.”
He nodded his head and gave Jennifer a look of reassurance. He was not sure why did that it was not like he was in trouble now of dropping dead due to poisoning, but as she removed her hand from his arm he felt a little lost, he missed the feeling of someone’s touch. With this thought Dan was more then happy when she moved the conversation on even if it was to their ages. Dan chuckled with her as she joked about sometimes feeling forty.
“You know sometimes I look in the mirror and think I am forty…I blame the wrinkles around the corner of the eyes.”
He gave her a grin and only then did he notice how cute her laugh and smile was, a perfect combination in Dan’s eyes. Turning away from Jennifer Dan looked over at Andie and gave her a cheeky grin.
“Right can we have two pumpkin juices and what ever you want Miss Riley, I do not care if it is the most expensive drink in the whole bar…you deserve it.”
(eeee sorry it is rubbish)
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