 Unforgivably Cursed | adultescent
Sliding her very expensive shoes under her seat, Mariel didn't pay all that much attention to the several other people who had come their way other than noting that they were on the other team and didn't really address their small group anyway. Instead, as she sat up straighter, she first listened vaguely to the conversation of the two men, then looked back at Maria as they tried to figure out where they might know each other. So it wasn't just her.. Maria thought she had looked familiar as well. But Flourish and Blott's? "No.." the brunette said after a moment's thought. "I actually haven't been there in a little while." She looked at the other woman curiously, wondering why she had mentioned that, though maybe she worked there or something. "Must be from somewhere else.."
Taking another sip of her drink, she nodded to Jorge as he said he'd join them in a minute, figuring he was still conversing with Simon, though she did not miss the look that crossed Maria's face. Interesting. And another teammate appeared, it seemed. Mariel gave this new woman, Angelina, a friendly smile as she introduced herself and how gentlemanly of Simon to introduce everyone. He got a gracious smile before she looked back to the woman. "Yes.. I'm Mariel. Hello." She wondered briefly how she knew Jorge but didn't bat an eye as he greeted her cordially, obviously being friendly and she was not the type to be jealous unless there was a reason. And there clearly wasn't one here.
But she blinked at what she heard next. The 28 year old turned slowly to face Maria as she heard threats of hexes. She knew some women probably felt they had good reason to want to hex him and if it was anything but recent she probably wouldn't care. Turning to her other side as he sat next to her, green eyes snapped up to Jorge as he responded with thinking her hexes could be.. fun? No, he certainly did not need to be thinking about having a little fun with another woman right now. Because if he was stringing someone else along while he was with her, the night would not end well for him. At all. "Something going on here that I need to be aware of?" She gave another quick glance to Maria before looking at Jorge again, her previous amusement quickly fading.
And then bowling was happening apparently. Well. She had come to play - and win - but she was sure she'd get her answer soon enough. She quickly downed the rest of her drink as she focused on Simon. Not bad.. she wondered if the shrunken heads would handle any differently than muggle bowling balls and also if the MLE guy was used to them or not. But she smiled and clapped for him. "Well done Simon." And then she somewhat tensely watched as Maria was up, still wondering if there was something going on or if it had been in the past, though Jorge's words back to her failed to impress her. She did, however, manage to give the woman a smile as she sat back down. "Great job." Really. Almost a spare even.
Oh it was her turn? Green eyes shifted back to Jorge as he addressed her. She still wanted to hear what he had to say but it could wait till she had taken her turn, she supposed, and gave him a complacent smirk. "Oh.. as tempting as that sounds, I've actually taken some private lessons every day this past week at a muggle bowling alley. Couldn't let you have an unfair advantage over me," she said with a little wink. So she didn't tell him she was going while he was at work last week, only made the wagers between them more interesting, right? "Why don't you watch, then let me know if I could use some pointers.." She shoved the ugly borrowed shoes under the seat as well before getting up. "The guys there said I could go barefoot on the lane if I didn't like the shoes." So she figured that was either allowed here too or those muggles had some weird sort of foot obsession. She'd soon find out and smirked at the thought as she walked over to the hideous shrunken heads.
Mariel looked over the heads, tentatively picking them up as she tested their weight and tried to gauge to see how they compared to muggle bowling balls. Finally settling on one, she stepped over in front of the line and focused on the pins and tried to calm her breathing. She was still rather annoyed but she usually worked that to her advantage playing a game. Remembering her lessons, she aimed her head-ball then took several quick steps in her bare feet before whipping it down the lane. She watched rather satisfied as 7 pins fell, leaving three at one end. Not bad and an easy spare. She threw a quick glance to her teammates before the head was returned and she was off to finish her turn. Repeating her stance, focus, and movements, Mariel sent the head down the lane again. She soon was smiling smugly to see that the remaining three pins had fallen as well.
Sauntering back over to her teammates, she returned to her seat. "I believe that's called a spare." Yep, she was even up on the bowling lingo too. She gave an expectant look to Jorge. He had a question to answer. And she needed another drink.
__________________ started like a knight in a fairytale_______________________________________________
ended like a moth in flames______________________
______________________don't you worry I'll be fine
_________________________________________________you were good for the plot line
Last edited by emjay; 02-08-2014 at 03:40 AM.
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