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Cassirin · 06-13-2004, 05:38 AM

After Ginny finishes her final year at Hogwarts, she's stunned to learn that Harry, who's been out of school a year, is engaged. Not wanting to return to the Burrow, which will be full of wedding planning and activity, Ginny escapes to Diagon Alley for a bit of independent living. The twins kindly take Ginny in and offer her a job, and she drags Neville and Luna along as flatmates. Who knows what will happen now that they are living independently?

This is a VERY loose storyline so far, but we want to have the chance to explore these characters as rising adults. I have all of the main characters filled at this point. If you are interested, go ahead and post your character idea. To be honest, I'd prefer HP characters (but not necesarily HRH) rather than made-ups... although a quality made-up is always welcome. If I don't feel your character will add to the story, I probably won't say yes. Also, we're quite serious about RPing, so if you aren't on at night EST, CST, or you will only post very sporadically, don't bother. This is advanced RPing, so YES, your posts need to be longer and more detailed and we DO care about your spelling and grammar.

Ginny - Cassirin
Neville - Spots
Luna - Biochemkris
Fred - tylert_28
George - Cassirin
Ron - Poirot
Hermione - Lumos299
Harry - Lumos299
Elizabeth - Kirstie McGonagall
Guinevere - Jennifer_w
Dobby- Spots

BG · 06-14-2004, 04:50 AM

Harry ate some more without really thinking about what he was eating, nor concentrating on it. His mind was on the Ginny situation. He started trying to form in his head a way to ask whether Ginny had ever really gotten over fancying him without sounding big-headed. "Giny thinks of me as a... brother... right?" He said, deciding that would be the best sounding.

Cassirin · 06-14-2004, 04:50 AM

Ginny ignored the intent of the question. "I was thinking of getting on the train. What was you wanted to do? Fly home on a thestral? Not my favorite mode of transportation."

They climbed onto the train and found a compartment, miraculously empty considering how late they'd been. Ginny pulled her luggage back out and regrew it to normal size, then plunked it onto the bench next to her. She wasn't interested in slinging it up after the marathon she'd just run. "I'm going back to the Burrow," Ginny finally answered the real question. "I have this crazy vision of running off to Diagon Alley and renting one of those small flats above the store fronts, but... I'm going back to the Burrow."

Poirot · 06-14-2004, 05:03 AM

Ron looked at Harry, sipping some water. “Truthfully?” he asked, “ I think more than a brother.” He took off his eyes from Harry to the window at the dining room, where the forest can be seen. He does not want to know what Harry’s reaction would be. He does not want Harry to eye him like mad.

He stood up, when he found out his glass was already empty. He excused himself to Harry and set off to the kitchen. He opened the cooler, not knowing that he left the water pitcher on the dinning table. He touched his ruffled red head, going back to his seat.

“I forgot the pitcher was standing here next to me,” he laughed sheepishly. He poured himself some water while thinking what would be Harry’s next question to him. Soon, he felt something cold that soaking his pants. “Oh…” he jumped from his seat and fell down. As he was lying on the floor, he could see the water was overflowing from his mug.

“Argh,” he groaned as he looked at the ceiling of the room.

Taking Back Kirstie · 06-14-2004, 05:05 AM

Elizabeth re-entered the lounge to find Hermione looking through another Bridal Magazine. She walked over and put the plate of apples on the coffee table, before sitting back down on the couch. She picked up a big, red apple and bit into it. She remembered that these apples, like so much else at the Burrow, were homegrown.

"Seen any good cake options Hermy? I wonder how many layers I should have?" she said after finishing her mouthful. She sank back further into the cushions and looked out the window into the garden, where Mrs Weasley was pruning some rose bushes.

BG · 06-14-2004, 04:02 PM

Harry looked at Ron, laying there on there floor, with water all over himself and started to laugh. He let himself enjoy the scene for a few moments, then decidced to help his friend up by offering him his hand to get up, "Was your mind somewhere else, mate?"

Hermione threw the magazine aside and grabbed an apple from the plate, looking at it, twisting it around in her hands. "I think... well, it really all depends on how many people you are going to have... I mean, if you are only having fifty people yyou wouldn't want a ten-layer cake, would you? And if you were going to have five hundred people you wouldn't want a sheet cake..." Hermione was definitely rambling, "Do you know how many people you are inviting?"

Poirot · 06-14-2004, 11:00 PM

Ron lied there restlessly, trying to get up by himself. However, he felt that he was tied with the chair, making him to struggle. He told Harry to help him several times, but it seemed that Harry did not heard him purposely. He had said several time, “Harry, c’mon help me here,” while Harry replied… nothing.

Later, Harry offered his hand to help him, which Ron accepted hoping that he would not go and drop him back on the floor. He answered his friend’s question, “Uh-huh.” There. He answered the question without any reasons. Harry did not ask why so why bother saying them. He left Harry. On his way towards the stairs, he stopped for a while and shouted to Harry, “Thanks pal.” He ran upstairs towards his bedroom to change clothes.

BG · 06-14-2004, 11:45 PM

"No problem..." Harry said, in almost a whisper for he knew Ron could not hear him. He thought Ron's reaction was a little strange, there seemed to be more to the reason why he dropped the water. They were talking about Ginny... maybe she really did still like him as more than a brother... or a friend.

Ginny had alwas been there for him when he needed someone to talk to, especially in the last few years. She usually gave good advice, but Harry could hardly ever imagine himself and Ginny as...

His attention was grabbed by a loud crash. His water glass had fallen off of the table and broken on the floor. He jumped down off the table and started to pick up the pieces, returning to his thoughts. But the new thing that entere his head was why was he thinking about Ginny? He was engaged to the love of his life and they would be starting their lives together soon.

Biochemkris · 06-15-2004, 12:23 AM

"Oh," Luna said as she stored her luggage above the seat and then sat beside Ginny, curling a piece of hair around her wand. "Yes, that sounds like fun... Diagon Alley would definitely be more exciting than living in muggle London."

Poirot · 06-15-2004, 12:40 AM

Ron was about to enter his room when he heard a loud crashing noise downstairs. He knew already who could that be. It was Harry. He knew it was Harry because, first, he was sitting on the dinning table with a water glass on top of it. He might somehow nudge it, crashing on the floor. Another reason was his “Ginny” problem. Naturally, that would give him all nervous and jumpy.

He came inside the bedroom. His room was not messy anymore as it looked from the last few years. It was Fred and George that jumble this room, making it untidy and inappropriate to sleep on. He moved towards his dresser, opening it, and began his search for comfortable clothes.

He scanned through the closet, when he heard a sudden bang behind him. He turned around and it was Pig. His not-so-small-anymore owl that Harry’s godfather, Sirius Black, had given to him. He shook his head, going back to his search. He jumped as his owl made another disturbance. He opened Pig’s cage door and made him enjoy the day. He smiled as his pet left.

Looking out of the window, he saw his mother drying some of their table clothe and clothes. He exhaled noisily. I hope Ginny would be happy when she found out about this wedding arrangement, he assumed.

BG · 06-15-2004, 12:56 AM

Harry sighed as he dumped the remaing shards of glass into the trash. He told himself not to worry about the whole Ginny thing, for he would be seeing her soon, and there's was no way at all he could picture here hating him for doing something that made him happy...

He went upstairs and into the twin's old bedroom. Some of his things were there, for he almost lived at the Burrow now. He did have a home, but most of the time he was there until extremely late, so Mrs. Weasley offered for him to keep some things there.

He sat on the edge of the bed and pulled a robe out of his trunk. It was one of his Hogwarts robes. He really didn't know why he kept it, but assumed it was probably because he was still in denial and wished so much that he could be back at school.

He quickly put the robe back into his trunk and went off to find Ron.

Poirot · 06-15-2004, 01:37 AM

Ron stroked his messy red hair, going back to his search. Later, he found the deep blue jacket that Harry gave it when it was there sixth Christmas in Hogwarts. He found another pants, at this time; it was Hermione that bought it for him just last year. Because of Harry and Hermione, he could dress and could act like a true Muggle.

He stripped down, starting to change his clothes. He pulled up the grayish-blue pants over his legs and buttoned it up. He put on his blue jacket on him, making him a little bit comfortable. He moved towards the wide mirror he had in the room and looked at him. The two items matched like a charm.

He threw his soaked clothes in his “Dirty clothes Bin” when he was about to open the door.

Sir_Spots · 06-15-2004, 01:43 AM

The interview with Mrs. Arbors went very well for Neville. She told him he could start the next day. "Thank you ma'am," he answered her as he put his notes and his wand back into his bookbag. "oh, excuse me ma'am may I ask you one more question?" The kindly old lady turned back towards him and smiled, "I don't have a place to stay right now, I was wondering if you knew of any?". She told him about a room she knew of at the Leaky Cauldron that was available for about a month. Neville thanked her again and headed off to check into the room.

Tom, the innkeeper of the Leaky Cauldron confirmed Mrs. Abor's information, he did indeed have a room available but, for only one month.

"That will be fine," Neville told him, "I hope to find something more permanent by then," and he paid the man a bit of the money his Grandmum left him and the two moved Neville's trunk into Room 15. "I know, I know," Neville said to his toad, Trevor, "but it'll have to do for now.

After Neville got his things together, he sat down and, pulling out a bit of parchment, he wrote a quick note to Harry.

"Harry, got the job, really excited, it's everything I've dreamed of, Mrs. Arbor is a really nice old lady. I've taken a room at the Leaky Cauldron for a bit, until I find something else. You should come visit, but I know you're busy planning for the wedding. I can't wait to see you and Elizabeth. Let me know if you can stop by. See you soon, Neville"

He went down to the post office in Diagon Alley and found a willing owl and sent off the letter.

Taking Back Kirstie · 06-15-2004, 01:50 AM

"gosh, I hadn't really thought about it. They're be my family, Harry's fam... umm" Elizabeth went quiet, remembering that Harry had no family left. " The people from the Order, my friends, Harry's friends, a few people from the ministry - about 100 all up. I think we should get a two tier cake, that should be enough for everyone to have some and maybe a bit left over."

Elizabeth quickly took another bite of her apple

BG · 06-15-2004, 02:01 AM

Harry was just walking to Ron's room as he was coming out of it. He looked over his dry appearance, "Good, you're nice and... dry now."

He sighed and thought of what to say... whether or not to ask about what he was thinking about when he poured water all down himself. "What do you want to do for dinner?"

Hermione looked over Elizabeth, she had definitely caught her starting to say "Harry's family." She always felt bad when she knew Harry had no family, "Do you think Harry'll want to invite his Aunt and Uncle... and cousin?" she asked.

The truth was, Hermione knew that Harry wouldn't want them there, but he may feel obligated for some strange reason. Dumbledore trusted them, and Hermione knew Harry respected Dumbeldore more than anyone.

Poirot · 06-15-2004, 07:09 AM

Ron opened his bedroom door, and then there he was. Harry was walking towards his room. He closed the door behind him, and then walked towards his best friend. He attempted to give Harry a big smile, however it was an awkwardly kind of smile. “Yes I-I am,” he stammered.

He wanted to say something about the situation earlier; deciding what to say Harry spoke up first. Dinner? He thought. Certainly he knew that he was changing the subject matter. He discerned that he want to ask about Ginny, not about the food for dinner.

He, soon, replied back, “Anything that Ginny would love tonight.” He looked down the stairs as they descend. He made up his mind, “Earlier, didn’t I told you that Ginny likes you more than a brother?” He sighed, “It’s true.” He stopped. He had no idea what he was talking about.

He continued faltering in some words, “But-but pl-please don’t tell her that I-me-I told you that she lo--.“ he discontinued, “—about this craze." He looked at Harry slowly, trying to find out what would be his reaction.

Taking Back Kirstie · 06-15-2004, 11:37 PM

"I'll have to ask Harry about that one - i've never met his aunt and uncle, but from what he says I don't know - they may have treated him badly while he stayed there during the summer breaks from Hogwarts, but they did protect him from Voldemort for all those years. Do you think Harry will want to invite his old professors? I imagine he'll want Hagrid and Dumbldore there, but I wonder if he wants McGonagall and Flitwick - he definately won't want to invite Snape, will he?"

BG · 06-16-2004, 04:31 PM

Harry stared at Ron, he definitely started to say something that satarted with the letters L and O. Ginny could not love him...

"Well, I'm assuming Ginny has already had dinner tonight... at the leaving feast..." Harry said, answering Ron's first comment. He seemed willing to talk about Ginny, so why not?

"Craze?... Like a little schoolgirl crush?... Like in second year? It could not have been going on that long..." Harry said, more thinking out loud to himself. He turned again to Ron, "Right?"

"Well, you know, the Weasleys are like Harry's family," Hermione told Elizabeth. "They've always been there for him and certainly helped him grow up... through what I would call some tought years. So, that means, there's all of the Weasleys. That's... nine. And then, of course he'll want to invite Professors Dumbledore, Flitwick, McGonagall... I don't really think he will want Professor Snape there... And of course he'll want Lupin... and Tonks, and plenty of other Order members..." Hermione said, almost counting them off, "I think there will certainly be a good amount."

Cassirin · 06-17-2004, 02:01 AM

"Why in the world are you going to live in Muggle London?" Ginny asked as she wound her hair into a messy bun and stuck her wand in. "Your father is a wizard... a fairly well-off wizard too, unless I"m confused about the Quibbler's circulation. And even if he were... eccentric enough to want to live among the Muggles, that doesn't mean YOU have to. You could live in Diagon Alley if you wanted."

She watched the landscape outside the window fly by and thought about who would be coming to pick her up. It seemed like a very special day to her, but she wasn't sure whether it would seem that way to her family who had already seen four other similar days. And maybe Hermione and... Harry?

Taking Back Kirstie · 06-17-2004, 02:35 AM

"I'll have to sit Harry down and get him to write a list of everyone to invite. We'll probably need to send the invitations out soon, once we decide on a venue. speaking of a venue, do you have any ideas?

Elizabeth picked up a brochure that had "Magical Wedding Locations in Great Britain" on the cover. she opened it and started to look through the pages.

Poirot · 06-17-2004, 03:21 AM

Ron showed his teeth in an odd way when he heard that Ginny already ate something during the leaving feast. “Oh-oh yeah…” He looked down at the floor, humiliated on what he had just said.

He was so mortified when he told Harry about Ginny’s craze for him. His blood hoisted up to his face. His ears began to turn in a crimson color. His heart pumped so fast. He respired faster than before. He walked forward, downstairs, but he stopped when Harry came in front of him and asked something.

“It may have,” he said seriously, leaving Harry alone at the stairwell. Once he touched the landing of the stairs, he called Harry with a loud booming voice. “Harry! Let’s get those food for the two.” He left the stairs, advancing to the kitchen.

Biochemkris · 06-17-2004, 04:31 AM

She listened carefully to what Ginny had to say and considered her question carefully before responding. "Oh..." Luna said, her eyes widening as the thought occured to her. "Why don't we try and find some place together?"

Cassirin · 06-17-2004, 04:47 AM

"We?" Ginny repeated. The thought hadn't occurred to her before, but she knew that her advice for Luna was as sound for herself. "I suppose we could..." she said hesitantly. "No, we really SHOULD," she said more emphatically.

"Only... just... where would I get money? Where would YOU get money? I need to think about this..."

BG · 06-17-2004, 05:04 PM

Harry was left standing alone on the stairs, thinking about twhat had just happened. But he then told himself to stop. To not worry about Ginny until there was actually something to worry about...

When Ron called him, he went downstairs and into the kitchen. "So... what are we making?" He asked.

"Wow... yes, I have lots of ideas... of course we could always do a beach wedding, even though it would require some traveling," Hermione said. "Or we could..." She stopped, an idea had just came into her head, "What about a wedding at Hogwarts?"

The idea seemed brilliant to Hermione. Harry loved Hogwarts so much and it was his home for seven years. So many special and memorable things had happened there. She was sure he would be delighted at the idea.

Biochemkris · 06-17-2004, 07:51 PM

Those were excellent questions and she thought on them for a bit. They would need some money to start off to pay the first month's rent.... Then, there was the deposit... After that, they'd need furniture and food to tide them over until they received their first paychecks. And they couldn't think about that until they found a place. Although, she already had looked into it but, the only available flat was located above Weasley Wizarding Weazes and even though it was cheap for a three bedroom flat (the rent dropped due to the loud and obnoxious tenants occupying the adjacent apartment and the shop downstairs), it was still far too expensive for one person.

"Well," Luna began, dreamily. "I've already got a job lined up and father gave me a little bit of money to start out on. And I have a lead on a flat..."

Cassirin · 06-17-2004, 08:01 PM

"You have a job?" Ginny asked stupidly. Why did she feel like she was just repeating Luna's words over and over. "Where are you working? And where is the flat?" Ginny was curious. Luna wasn't exactly the most level-headed person, and to see her thinking ahead and planning so logically made Ginny's head hurt a bit. She supposed, if she really wanted to, she could always go and work for the twins. It would be a fun job, if not a bit stressful from being in constant close proximity to the twins. They HAD offered, to anyone in the family... Maybe this would work afterall. She just needed to talk to Mum first.

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