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Daisy Yvette Dursley ([personal profile] letstryagain) wrote2018-04-15 02:22 pm

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"Yes, dad. I have everything. Mum went through my trunks several times to be sure," Daisy was saying as she got out of her dads car, pulling her school trunk out with her and setting the cage with her personal owl on top very carefully. Apparently, it wasn't carefully enough for one Jareth the Goblin King because there's a hiss and a nip at her hand and Daisy sighs as her dad shoots the owl a glare, reaching for her hand to check it.

"I'm fine, dad. Honestly. Jareth missed. I'll still be able to write home. Anyway, you're going to be late and should probably head to work. Mum's already on the platform and Declan is waiting."

Dudley Dursley gets out of the car and wraps her up in a hug, holding her tight. Daisy, obviously, is going to hug back, giving her dad a grin and nudging him back to the car with a faked exasperated sigh and an "Oh, my God. You're the most embarrassing Muggle on the planet."

With that, and with some I love you's sent from one to the other, Daisy picks up her stuff and sets it on a waiting trolley, heading inside to Kings Cross.

It's already maddeningly crowded with students from school, and she hasn't even crossed the barrier yet. So the brown haired girl with the vibrant blue eyes tugs at the hem of her Five Night's at Freddy's t-shirt that hugged her frame a bit more than it did last year, absently reaching for the cellphone she's had to leave at home and groaning once she remembers.

Right. The one thing that sucks about Hogwarts. She can't shoot Declan a text to let him know where she is.

Jareth hoots softly, the owls attempt to let her know it'll be fine. For a curmudgeony shit, he could also show some concern for his human.

"We'll find him. We always do. If not here, then on the train." It's about then that she thinks she hears someone call her name. Is it Dec? Another student from school? With the chaos and the din, she can't tell. But she's sure as hell looking around for the source, eager to see whoever it is.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-15 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mum, mum, it's fine." He says, outside King's Cross. He knows that there's going to be a crowd when he gets in there. His Star Wars shirt is almost too short. He shot up a good seven inches over the summer, and now he dwarfs his mother.

"I don't like you going by yourself." Megan Bridgeport tells her youngest, huffing. She doesn't like that she can't cross the barrier to see him off on the train to his wizarding school. She crosses her arms. "And you're going to be gone so long, and all I'll have is an owl to assure me you're okay." Really, what school doesn't allow email? Or a phone call? Or portables??

Declan smiles and wraps his arms around his now-shorter mother. "I'll be okay, mum. The worst that will happen is Dais kicking me in the shin." He promises her. On top of his school trunk, his cat, Midnight, lets out a cry. "Alright, Midnight, we're going." He promises the cat. "I promise, Mum, it'll be okay."

She sighs and hugs him tight. "You've got your money, right? And you packed your physics book? I can send you the latest one in a month, after Amazon delivers it."

He nods, absently, taking his messenger bag and putting that over his head. "Thanks mum. I'd better go." Another hug and a few promises to write with Jareth delivering the letters, and he disappears into the station. He wishes he had his portable to text Dais, but no, the school doesn't allow them, and they don't work in Hogwarts anyway.

"Come on Midnight." He says, running through the barrier at Platform 9 3/4. The cat hisses, not liking the magical barrier one bit. But, she settles down once the clamoring and loud noises of the platform surrounds them. He's not far from the barrier when he sees a familiar brunette. "Dais!" He calls, pushing his trolley over to her. "Hey Dais, how horrible was... woah." She does not look like she did when she went to America. Not at all.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-15 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"I uh, huh?" He asks, making one of the sixth years nearby snicker. He scowls at them and then looks back at Daisy. She'd changed over the summer. Like, really changed.

He is aware that he's now towering over her, and doesn't really understand that's weird for her. He means, that well, she's... not Daisy who went to America.

"Oh!" He blinks, finally realizing what she'd asked. "How horrible was it being with family over the summer?" Their video games had been curtailed, thanks to her being across the pond, and him being stuck in Merry Old England for the summer. It didn't help that he'd been forced to work at his mother's boyfriend's chippy some.

He's awkward and he doesn't like being awkward with Dais. They've been friends since that first time on the platform heading to Hogwarts as first years.

So, he takes a deep breath and slings an arm over her shoulders, pushing his trolley with one arm. "Come on. Some other 'Claws have taken over a coach already." They'll be waiting for them.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-15 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
He snorts. He'd heard about Grandpa Vernon a time or two. He's met the fat old bastard once too. Doesn't like him one damned bit.

"Well, that's good, though I doubt Mum'll be okay with me going for a full summer." He says, sorrowfully. "But she might be alright with a couple weeks or something, 'long as I use a plane, and not Floo Powder." He knows how his mother things, thankfully.

Once they're settled on the train, he happily pulls out the PayDays, and starts munching. Not that he can't get them in the UK, just they aren't as easy to come by.

He stretches out long legs, leaving very little room for Dais. He's sorry, but he gets cramped easily, what with being all long legs and arms. "So, Mum's got a boyfriend." He grins. That's information that he's kept from her all summer, and wanted to tell her.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-15 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
He moves her legs a little bit, so they're more comfortable, but doesn't make her move them. Wouldn't be the first time they've sat like this.

"So, his name is Frank." He starts out. "Muggle, of course, but not a bad sort. Owns the chippy near the A&E where Mum works." He grins. "Even let me work there some over the summer. Bought a few games with the money I made there. Mum is happy." He shrugs. Things Dais would want to know... He thinks about it for a moment. "He sliced open his hand, that's how he and Mum met. He had to go into the A&E to get stitches." He explains. "Not sure what happened after that, but Mum seems happy with him. He's a bodybuilder, but not one of those guys that never does anything but work out. He came over a couple weeks ago and helped Mike and Jer fix Mum's car."

He grins. "I like him, mostly."
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-15 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
If there's another year-long prank war in the 'Claw house, they're all in trouble. They'd rivaled the Gryffs in getting into deep trouble last year. Better to not give dirty looks.

He bumps her legs. "Stop glarin' yeah? We gotta win the cup this year." He's bound to beat the Slytherins. Because screw those guys. Seriously.

He takes a Three Musketeers from her stash of candy and opens it slowly. "Dunno." He says, honestly. "But it's almost like he's too good yeah? Too good to be true, and Mum deserves the best." It had been hard growing up with a single mother. He knows that she's been out on dates before, just none of the others had stuck around when they'd been confronted with four rowdy boys. This guy not only sticks around, but he doesn't question when she explains that Dec's going to a private school in Scotland, because of his father.

"It's just weird?" He's not sure how to explain it. "There've been a few guys, but they all ran when Mike got uppity with them, or Jer and Dan started pulling that 'guess which one I am' crap." Jer and Dan being identical twins and all. "But he's sticking around, and I don't want Mum to get her heart broken."
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-15 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
He shifts so she can sit next to him. He likes sitting next to her. He knows that no matter what happens, she's got his back. It's nice to have someone like that. Don't get him wrong, were his brothers here, they'd have his back, too, but they've got the same worries about Frank. It's nice having someone on the outside, who's listening to him, but also not judging the guy.

He bumps his arm against hers. "So, tell me about America." He demands because that's cooler than worrying about his Mum's love life, such as it is.

"You go see stuff, or did you just stick to your Aunt and Uncle's place?" He gets a grin on his face. "You went to Disney Land didn't you?"
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-15 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
She'd better like their school better. Not much to say about the American one, but seriously, he's at Hogwarts, which totally makes it better.

"Camping eh?" He asks, thinking about it while he picks at the candy bar in his hand. "Sounds like fun. Think Mum wants to do something next summer with the four of us. But I could convince her to let you come along." It wouldn't be hard, really. Megan Bridgeport likes Dais. "Maybe even invite your 'rents along, yeah? And your little brother?" Because that would be cool. Mike liked the younger Dursley - even though he teased him a lot, and they could go off and have fun while their parents sat around and did whatever parents did.

"Never been to a Renn Faire. Been to the reenactments at Warsaw Castle, but that's as close as it's gotten."
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-16 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
He chuckles. Even that has changed, gotten deeper; it's more in his chest now. "Yeah, how is your hand? That looked like a nasty slice." He remembers getting a SnapChat of it but had forgotten about it until now. Of course, she'd only been back in the UK a couple of days.

He nods, though, dropping his arm around her. One of the other 'Claws sticks his head in, saying the trolley is coming around if they want anything.

Dec doesn't want anything but that's because he brought something from home. He shifts and reaches over, grabbing his messenger bag. "Mum wanted us to have real food, so she sent some of her noodle bake with me." He says, opening the tupperware and allowing the fragrance to permeate the cabin. He digs into his bag and offers her a fork. There's pasta, a cheese sauce, bacon and ham in the pasta bake. It's a favorite of his and his Mum always makes sure he has some when he leaves for school.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-16 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Everyone in Ravenclaw knows that they aren't together. They all know, but still, they look. There's a running joke that Dec and Dais will be the last ones to know that they're dating. That's probably not far off.

He grins and offers her the noodle bake first. Because she deserves it. He's spent the summer learning how to cook and failing at it spectacularly. At least nothing had been set on fire.

"Good. Need our Beater up and ready for Quidditch season." He grins. "Did you get a new broom like you wanted?"
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-16 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
He grins. "We'll have to go out some weekend after you get it." Because he has new physics theories and he's going to try them out on her and her new broom.

"Mum's sending my new physics book when it gets delivered. Not printed yet, and the school doesn't get Amazon deliveries." Which sucks, because if it did? It would be awesome.

He picks at the noodle bake. "Did you get your History essay done?" Because he finished his last night.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-16 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
He huffs out a sigh. She's the better history student than he is. "It's done!" He defends himself. In fact, he'd written it out on the computer and then hand copied it to parchment. Which he still feels is ridiculous. "It just got done last night." He admits, sheepishly.

"Even got my potions homework done." He says. That had taken him almost three weeks and texting with one of the other 'Claws who was brilliant at potions. But he'd worked his way through it. He's just rubbish at Potions during the school year. Without her, he'd have failed out of Hogwarts long ago.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-17 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
He nudges her gently. "Not that rubbish a student." He teases her. She knows he's a good student. Maybe not as fanatical as she could get, but he was a good student. Even his two least favorite subjects get proper time and attention during the school year.

He's comfortable with her against him and doesn't even blink at her being where she is.

"You studying for your OWLs yet?" Granted, that was the end of Fifth Year, but better to start early than late.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-17 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah, Hogsmeade trips." He'd forgotten about those. His mum let him go, because why not? He shouldn't be trapped in that dusty old castle, without his friends, just because she doesn't understand the appeal.

He looks down at her, and sees how blue her eyes are, and did her hair always smell like that? Whatever, she's Dais, that's what matters.

"We oughta start studying. Potions and History for me at least." He says, with a groan. "Can't hurt."
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-17 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," He says. Nope, he's not going to think about it. He's not going to think about that thin strip of skin that he'd seen or the fact that that shirt might be just a little too small for her. He also isn't going to think about how her hair smells or the way it falls against his shoulder.

What is wrong with him? He digs the heels of his palms into his eyes. She's Daisy for pity's sake. She'd tried to put a toad in his robes their first year. She'd knocked out a seventh-year last year. She's got boyfriends that are not him. They come to him for advice, but nothing more.

This is when he hates not having a cell phone. He could be calling Jer, or Mike, or Dan, and they'd straighten him out. This is Daisy. His BFF4E. That's just how it was.

He looks up when she comes back and grins. "Har alright then?"
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-17 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Dec laughs. "Not like they'll understand Pokemon or Netflix. But good on him for tryin'." He grins. "Caught a Pikachu over the summer, finally." He'd been desperate to get one. It's in a special place in his heart.

"But if he's eating chocolate frogs, he should have shared a bit. Six is what we eat a piece and we're bigger than he is."

He pats the seat next to him. She needs to come back and hang out with him. This year is kind of an in-between year. They aren't First Years worried about fitting in and passing strange classes, but they're not Fifth Years worried about OWLs and then a short two years later, NEWTs.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-18 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
He drops his arm around her in a familiar gesture of just two friends hanging out. That's all they are, after all. He gently tugs on her hair. "If he keeps growing, he'll pass you up, squirt." Only he can get away with saying things like that. Anyone else? Would lose a tooth.

Besides, he's in the middle of a growth spurt too. He's put on six inches over the summer, and his Mum despairs of him not putting on more while he's away at school.

"He'd better make nice with the house elves then." He says, seriously. They were allowed in the kitchens, allowed into that sacred space of house elven work and play. But, they were nice to the house elves and only abused that privilege a little.

"Think he'll be a 'Claw?"
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-18 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good. Need some good guys in Ravenclaw." Not that there aren't good 'Claws, but well, her brother's the good sort too.

She moves and he's sad about missing her warmth against him. Then she's back and holding out.

"There's my lady!" He says, grinning. "Didn't bring my keys, but I think she'll go well on my messenger bag." He says, dragging the bag over. The bag is a mess of patches from various places, most having to do with Wonder Woman or the Justice League. He's a DC geek what can he say?

He squeezes her against him. "Thanks, Dais." He says, honestly. He'll have to mail a letter to his Mum. He owes Dais now.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-18 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh he knows he doesn't owe her, but he'll make sure that he gets her something awesome for the Wonder Woman keychain. Half his patches are from her, anyway.

He knows exactly what he's going to do, too. A nice portrait of Black Widow will be a nice thank you. Not like she doesn't have a lot of his pictures anyway. Still, he's got a plan for her Christmas Gift already. He needs help from Professor Flitwick, but that's okay. He likes the head of Ravenclaw.

His arm is still around her. He doesn't mind. She's his best friend. Best friend and practically a sister, but not a sister. He's not sure what she is beyond his best friend. But, there's something more about her this time around. Something... different about her.

He looks out the window and points. "Look. The castle!" He says, excitedly. "Should put on our uniforms." He gets up to go exit the car. He'll stand guard while she changes, and she'll do the same for him.
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[personal profile] wingardiumportianus 2018-04-19 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Before he disappears into the car, Dec looks at the pair of hair clips and touches the one in her right hand. "Like this one better." He says, flashing her a smile and disappearing to get dressed.

It only takes him a few moments, and he's opening the car again. He taps her shoulder, waiting on her to come back. They have the welcoming feast tonight, and then tomorrow, they jump straight into classes.

He is not looking forward to it. He's still rubbish at Potions and kinda wants to ambush the History teacher into retiring, now that he's a ghost
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[personal profile] savis 2018-04-21 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Norah was putting away books in her office when she heard the knock on the door. She didn't even have to glance at the clock on the wall to know that it was Daisy.

"Come in Little Bit," She called over her shoulder.