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Post by Ems on Nov 10, 2007 23:28:24 GMT -5
A maniacal laughter echoed throughout the darkened shop as a petite figure cracked opened the shop door. Several lime green bats flew towards the figure, shrieking loudly. The woman merely stayed still; her rosy lips curving up into a small smirk. The bats flew past her and evaporated with a soft "poof!".
The red-head rolled up her long sleeves and stood still for a moment. Without a warning, she clapped to the tune "Weasley Is Our King". The lights flicked on, revealing a shop filled from top to bottom, side to side with colorful prank products, small fluff-ball like creatures chirping happily, and boxes and boxes of more colorful products.
The red-head turned around and opened the shop door widely, flipping the door stop down with her foot. She walked behnd the counter and sat down promptly. Her elbows propped on the countertop, and her head on the palms of her hands, Natalie Weasley was, at this current time, the epitomy of boredom.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 10, 2007 23:45:20 GMT -5
A customer ran into WWW. "WHERE IS HE?!" The guy yelled, looking around frantically. "DON'T LIE TO ME, LADY!" He yelled at Natalie, not even giving her time to answer. He ran through the aisles looking for someone, lifting things off shelves and putting them back. After a few seconds he bolted for the door and ran down the street. ((This isn't a plot at all, by the way, at least not now. I just needed something to type. lol))
A few minutes after than, a tall blond quietly stepped out of the back room, having Apparated in. Jake Tripp snuck up behind Natalie and wrapped his arms around her. "How's my favorite Weasley?" He asked.
//Sorry it's short, totally brain dead.//
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Post by Ems on Nov 11, 2007 1:04:37 GMT -5
(( o.o;; Whoa... Danny.... Did you read Twilight? o.O;; Jake seems so... Edward-y? ))
Natalie blinked several times as the customer ran into the shop. Her mouth formed a small 'o' and hung in that position for a few moments before she reacted. Her eyebrows furrowed as a frown planted on her face. "WHAT THE SMEG DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING...HEY YOU! GET BACK HERE!!"she shouted, after the customer.
The red-head gave a sigh and walked back behind the counter, returning to her original position. Boredom. Once more.
She didn't hear Jake sneak up behind her. Her eyes widened in surprise and she gave a small jump. Natalie turned around swiftly, alarmed, but her eyes began to soften as she recognized the newcomer. Putting a hand on her chest, she began to breathe in and out slowly and heavily. "Besides bein' scared half to death by my boyfriend?"she said, attempting to sound angry.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 11, 2007 1:48:55 GMT -5
//No, but Michael was being all flirty in a thread on TGE, and everyone knows I can't keep my charries separate. lol//
"Yeah, besides that." Jake said, smiling. "You know you can't stay angry at me..." He said, putting on his best innocent face. "You don't mind me holding up the huge line, do you?" He added, indicating the empty shop behind Natalie.
Just then the crazy shouting guy ran back into WWW. He pointed a long finger at Jake and yelled, "YOU!" He pointed his wand at Natale and Jake and said, "Avada Kedavra!" Jake pulled Nats down to the ground beneath the the counter. He pulled his wand out. "Who the flip IS this guy?..." He muttered. He stood up and sent a hex at the crazy guy. The guy dodged it and sent Sectumsempra at Jake. Large gashes appeared on Jake's chest. There were cuts in his shirt at the same places. Jake looked down disbelievingly at the blood that was gushing from the injuries.
"This is my favorite shirt!" Jake said, pointing his wand at the crazy guy. "Stupefy!" The hex missed him.
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Post by Ems on Nov 11, 2007 2:02:07 GMT -5
(( HAHA. It's fine. ^^ ))
Natalie was about to respond, but found herself being pulled to the ground. She blinked several times, processing what was happening. The voice sounded familiar. The red-head propped herself on her knees and looked up, behind the safety of the cash register. She watched as the man started sending hexes and curses across her shop.
"OI! YOU!"Natalie shouted, standing up before thinking. She clenched her fists, shaking. "STOP SENDING DEADLY CURSES AROUND IN MY SHOP."
Oh my god. What the smeg am I doing? The red-head looked around for anything that could help her. Her eyes traveled to the set of Dung-Smoke Specialty Bombs, on the counter. She quickly grabbed as many bombs as she could and started to throw.
(( Sorry. x.x;; I can't think clearly right now. x.x;; ))
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Post by Daniel on Nov 11, 2007 2:11:13 GMT -5
//No problem. I'm just as brain dead. lol//
Jake was about to throw another hex, but veered away from the smell of dung and back toward the counter where Natalie was. He threw some random hexes through the smoke, but none seemed to hit their target.
After a few minutes, Jake could see a little better. No one seemed to be in the room. Crazy guy had apparently fled. Jake sat down hard, leaning his back on the wall and looking at the large gashes on his chest. "Dang it, I was still recovering from the Bludger you hit me with..." He muttered, only half-jokingly.
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Post by Ems on Nov 11, 2007 2:20:05 GMT -5
The red-head glared menacingly out the open door. Her eyes traveled around the room. The Pygmy Puffs were screeching irritably, several boxes had been knocked down. The shop smelled like dung and smoke. Just like how a store specializing in pranks should smell and look like.
Natalie turned to Jake, kneeling down beside him. She smirked, "Honey, I've got mini-bludgers around the room that will and can attack anytime I want them to. So, I'd be careful if I were you."
She waited a few moments before cracking a huge grin. "JOKING! Well, not about the mini-bludgers. I really don't think you'd care anyways,"she gave a shrug.
Natalie examined the wounds and bit her lip, softly. "Well, I don't think you'd trust me with healing you,"she eyed him warily, wiping some of the blood with her sleeve. "But I think this might help,"she added, and leaned forward, kissing him softly on the lips.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 11, 2007 2:27:18 GMT -5
Jake's eyes widened as she made the mini-Bludgers comment. That was the last thing he needed right then. "No need..." He protested, before she said that she was joking. When she said the part about him not trusting her to heal him, he almost disagreed, and almost agreed, but didn't have time to do either. He blinked as she kissed him, and then returned it. As they pulled apart, he smiled. "Well, yes, that does help a bit."
He looked down at the blood again and asked, "Er...know any good doctors? Actually, we could probably just go to Kat. She knows EVERYTHING..." Jake rolled his eyes. "Although she might be busy tending to the ickle kiddies..." He added.
//Brain dead.//
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Post by Ems on Nov 11, 2007 2:34:34 GMT -5
"Well, where's your dad been recently?"Natalie asked, standing up and brushing herself off. She disappeared behind the back room. A loud noise erupted from the room as boxes were shoved around, several falling to the floor. Invisiblity Cloaks and Hats were thrown to the floor, creating a huge pile of random silver clothes.
"Ah! Found it!"she announced, out of breath, but triumphantly. Natalie re-entered the shop front, blowing her bangs from her eyes. In her hand was a picture of Molly Weasley taped onto a label reading "Good OI' Mum's Cure for Anything (Death not Included)".
"This should help. Apparently, Da always used to drink this. Before he got addicted to it. Then Uncle George stored it away,"she blew her bangs from her eyes again.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 11, 2007 14:25:42 GMT -5
Jake looked semi-doubtful, but accepted the bottle. He took a little sip of it, and immediately felt the injuries burning. He twitched involuntarily, but the pain subsided after a second. He looked down at the gashes...or what was left of them. There were only a few scars left where they had been. As long as these ones don't start burning whenever that crazy guy is mad, I'll be happy. Jake thought grimly, scratching his forehead.
"It worked," he said aloud to Natalie as he cast a charm on his shirt to repair it. Surprisingly, the spell actually worked, even though it didn't cause any destruction, pain, or humiliation to anyone. Wow, Jake must have learned something USEFUL at Hogwarts... "Although I must say, I think I liked the other treatment better," he added, smiling flirtatiously at Nats.
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Post by Ems on Nov 12, 2007 2:39:14 GMT -5
She felt the massive wave of heat flooding into her cheeks. Her face turned a deep shade of maroon. Natalie felt a huge grin spread across her face. "Think?"she asked jokingly, mock-glaring at him. "Am I that bad of a kisser?"she teased, crossing her arms across her chest.
Natalie unfolded one of her arms to tuck an auburn lock of hair behind her ear. She tilted her head slowly to the side, letting the rest of her silky hair slide down the side of her face. The door to the shop groaned loudly as it slammed shut against the wall. She disregarded the loud noise. It had been a chaotic morning. A little peace and quiet didn't sound horrific at the moment.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 12, 2007 16:12:45 GMT -5
Jake seemed to hesitate in answering the questions, as if he were trying to sugar coat what he was about to say next. He jumped at the sound of the door shutting, but didn't stand up to check if someone had come in or out, or if it was just the wind.
"Well, you're not THAT terrible..." Jake smirked finally. "I mean, most people aren't as good as those women on all the tours...and that Seeker for the Harpies! Totally gorgeous, 10 out of 10 kisser, too..." Jake rambled off, obviously joking. And he hoped Natalie knew that, otherwise he was a dead man. "But don't worry, you get AT LEAST a nine...out of twenty." He said, nodding sarcastically. It was no wonder people thought he had a death wish.
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Post by Ems on Nov 12, 2007 21:08:48 GMT -5
(( HAHAHAHAA... Jake's a dead man. xD ))
A wide range of emotions played on Natalie's face. First was shock, the color draining from her face. Next came anger. Colors flooded back into her cheeks turning from red to almost purple. Her eyes flashed from anger to sadness to a dead, hollow-like color.
"Nice to know I'm the only one who actually cares about this relationship,"she snapped. Her facial expressions immediately reverted back to anger. Tossing her hair over her shoulders, she stood up, fast, almost losing her balance. Casting a deadly glare at Jake, she debated whether or not to physically harm him with those mini-bludgers. Uggh.. Not worth it. The red-head stalked off into the backroom.
((Hehe.. She's gullible. xD ))
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Post by Daniel on Nov 12, 2007 21:16:33 GMT -5
//Extremely.//
Jake laughed at first, thinking she was just playing along. He watched in amazement as she went through a wide variety of facial expressions. But when she stood up so suddenly and walked away, he finally realized that she thought he was serious. He immediately stood up and ran after her into the back room. "Natalie? Nats, I was kidding..." He tried to explain, looking around for her. "I never did any of that stuff...I was being sarcastic..." He looked around again.
//Sorry it's short...//
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Post by Ems on Nov 12, 2007 21:25:11 GMT -5
(( Haha. It's fine. No worries. ))
A high-pitched whistling sound was heard, growing louder and louder by each passing second. Tiny metal copper-colored balls swarmed through the air, the whistling noise now extremely loud and irritating. The mini-Bludgers drifted in mid-air for a moment, swiveling around looking for their victim (in this case, being Jake). The swarm stopped, turning towrds Jake and immediately shot forward at a fast-paced speed. whistling louder than ever.
((Mine was short too. x.x ))
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Post by Daniel on Nov 12, 2007 21:38:16 GMT -5
// This sounds exactly like what happened at school. We had a Nerf ball (like the football with the tail on it, only harder...lol) and it had little whistlng spaces that sounded like whistles whenever you threw them. And this kid whipped on at me and the only reason I moved was because I heard the whistles...// Jake heard a whistling sound and froze, trying to figure out what it was. He turned around to the right and saw a swarm of mini-Bludgers shooting toward him. With a thud he hit the ground, but with enough time for the Bludgers to see him and re-target. ((Meaning...I'm giving you permission to let the Bludgers hit him, or not, however you see fit.)) He looked for Natalie from the floor, but couldn't see her. "Natalie?" He called out, but he was interrupted by a whistling sound. He looked back up.
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Post by Ems on Nov 12, 2007 23:49:44 GMT -5
(( Haha.. My Religion teacher has those. Those and a nerfgun which he shoots at one of us every morning. It's funny. =] He once hit a girl , who was sleeping, on the head. ))
The mini-bludgers flew towards Jake at an alarmingly fast speed, whistling through the air as they did so. Suddenly, they stopped, hovering venemously over his head. Shuffling noises were heard from one of the tall shelves. The nearest shelf across from Jake shook slightly as the red-head appeared ontop. She lept down from the top of the shelf and landed smoothly on her feet. Standing up slowly, Natalie tossed her silky hair behind her shoulder and blew her bangs from her eyes. She shifted her weight onto her right foot, placing her right hand on her right hip. "What?"she asked, venemously,glaring at him.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 13, 2007 17:30:26 GMT -5
Jake winced and covered his head as the whistling got louder and closer. When he heard Natalie, he opened his eyes. "I was kidding..." Jake blurted out before she could change her mind and let the Bludgers attack. "It was sarcasm, I never kissed anyone beside you since we've been dating." ((Which reminds me...are we saying they started dating 1st year or 3rd?)) "I swear...you could even give me Veritaserum if you must," he added rapidly, now starting to stutter a bit. "And, even though I can't say I've kissed a bajillion girls and have a lot of experience, I do give you a 10-out-of-10..."
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Post by Ems on Nov 13, 2007 22:26:37 GMT -5
((Errmm... I have no idea. You can pick. I'm fine with whatever. ))
Her eyes narrowed. "Oh come on,"she said, sarcastically. "If you're going to lie, at least make it sound believable." She crossed her arms over her chest, shifting her weight to her left leg now. She eyed the mini-bludgers, then glanced back to Jake. It was very tempting to just point at him and let the mini-bludgers beat him to a bloody pulp, but it wasn't worth it.
(( Sorry.. x.x;; Short. ))
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Post by Daniel on Nov 14, 2007 17:10:13 GMT -5
//No prob. Sometimes you have to wait for a reaction...//
Jake's mouth opened involuntarily. "I'm not lying!" He protested. "Am I good enough an actor to lie that well?...OK, maybe, but I'm not lying now! I'm not a complete jerk!" He added, obviously not having thought through this whole conversation. But then again, when would he have had time to? Plus, the Bludgers were making it a little hard to think. "Seriously, you've got to have some Veritaserum here somewhere...or some other truth potion, or a charm, or a prank or something..."
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Post by Ems on Nov 15, 2007 23:25:57 GMT -5
"We do, I just don't want to bother with it anyways. Just forget it,"Natalie replied, icily. She rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers. One by one, the mini-bludgers began to disappear, wiht a small *KAPLOOF*! The tiny bludgers disappeared within a puff of smoke. The red head tossed one last icy glare in Jake's direction and turned around, walking back towards the store front.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 16, 2007 1:14:59 GMT -5
Jake almost started to protest, but stopped and sighed in relief, half-frowning at the KAPLOOF sound the Bludgers made as they disappeared. He stood up slowly and dusted himself off, taking a quick breath. He walked back to the front of the store, going around the counter and looking at Natalie. "You DO know I was kidding, right?" He asked. As much as he hated being a persistent jerk, he hated risking Nats being mad at him even more...as corny as that sounds.
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Post by Ems on Nov 16, 2007 1:30:32 GMT -5
Natalie immediately looked down, dropping her head. Her long bangs draped across her face, covering her eyes. "Maybe,"she said, too quickly. She kept her head down, refusing to look him straight in the face. Her cheeks flooded with a bright red color. She turned around, rearranging the displays on the shelves, keeping herself pre-occupied. "Is there anything you need?"Natalie asked, stiffly, without turning around.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 16, 2007 1:47:54 GMT -5
"Yeah," Jake said, shifting his weight from his right foot to his left and leaning on the counter. "I need to my girlfriend to look at me," he said simply, unsmiling. For once in his lifetime, Jake was actually 100% serious. He honestly wanted nothing more than to see Nats laugh and say that she had just been kidding, or that she knew he was joking (and meant it), or something along those lines. Even a, 'Get on of my shop and leave me alone,' would be better than her ignoring him.
//gtg//
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Post by Ems on Nov 16, 2007 2:54:19 GMT -5
Natalie stiffened, freezing in her position. Slowly, she turned around, still looking at the floor. She took one step towards the edge of the counter and lifted her head so she was staring at him face to face. Natalie was seemed unstartled by the serious look on Jake's face. Her brown eyes, usually full of light, seemed dead, hollow, and empty. "Again,"she said, coldly. "Is there something I can help you with?"
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