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Post by Romulus on Jan 7, 2005 21:21:45 GMT -5
Romulus was walking hand-in-hand with Laurette in Alba Circeii towards his house. It was about a week after the incident with the Werewolf and the Furtani's and both were feeling much better. Remus was also well again and only had a few bruises here and there, but was otherwise functioning well. Romulus kissed the back of the hand of Laurette's he was holding. "Don't worry, once they get to know you they'll love you."
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Post by Laurette Jesper on Jan 8, 2005 12:31:59 GMT -5
Laurette gave a small worried smile. "I hope so... I hope this works." she said as her and Romulus made there way to his house.
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Post by Romulus on Jan 8, 2005 12:55:31 GMT -5
Romulus stopped in front of a house to their left. It looked to be an older house that had been refurbished several times to withstand the ages. The color of the house was white, with a dark gray door and shutters. Romulus opened the white gate and led Laurette inside and approached the door. A gold knocker on the door that appeared to be quite old said, "The Giles, 1452". Romulus picked up the paw knocker and hit it three times on the door, then waited.
Behind the door they heard rushed footsteps, then something sliding and a crash. Romulus jumped and reached for the doorknob, but before he reached it, Remus had thrown the door open and said, "BROTHER!" before throwing his arms around Romulus. Remus appeared to be out of breath, and the rug inside was all bunched up to the right where it looked like he had slid and ran into a crystal vase that was now in shattered pieces on the floor. Donald came in and sighed at his less-than-graceful younger son and repaired the vase with a flick of his wand. "Honestly, Remus, you need to learn to calm down. Are you hurt?"
"No, dad," Remus said, still clinging to Romulus. He then looked over and saw Laurette. He blinked, then remembered who she was. "Oh yeah! Laurette!" In one quick move, he had gone to her and given her a hug as well.
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Post by Laurette Jesper on Jan 8, 2005 12:58:41 GMT -5
Laurette hugged Remus back. "Feeling better I see." she said sweetly. If she was to make a good impression she had to just relax and be herself. Ok so its a family of weres. I'm more a mage then a Vampire right? Right. she had told herself a lot over the walk there.
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Post by Romulus on Jan 8, 2005 13:06:42 GMT -5
Remus pulled back and he was smiling. He kind of turned his head to the left in thought, then said, "You do look a lot like that other Vampire," he said with a contemplative tone. Romulus flinched. That was not the smartest thing for him to say. Apparently Remus didn't have as much a problem remembering it as Romulus did. Romulus was about to say something, but Remus had started talking again. "Yes, you could almost be her younger, nicer twin sister in appearance, but you smell so much different from her... You're not just Vampire, are you? Because there's something else I sense, but I can't tell what it is..."
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Post by Laurette Jesper on Jan 8, 2005 13:10:46 GMT -5
Laurette looked at Remus. "You're right I'm not just vampire. I have another breed in me as well. And whats unusual is that I let that one show more then my vampire side..." She said then seeing his puzzled face she added "I'm a mage as well."
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Post by Romulus on Jan 8, 2005 13:18:42 GMT -5
"Oooooooh," Remus said. "That's really neat!" He hugged her again, and Romulus noticed he was purposely doing this so he could smell the mage in her again. "It's a really nice scent..."
"Okay, Squirt, knock it off," Romulus said jokingly. "You're going to scare her off..."
"Awww, okay," Remus said, and stepped away. "Come on in! I'll give you the free tour!" Remus hurried off and ran up the stairs.
"Slow down, Remus!" Donald called to his son, who was already long gone.
"Hey, Dad," Romulus said to his father as he led Laurette inside and closed the door. "Whatever happened to 'one day I'm going to bubble-wrap the whole house so he won't get hurt' theory?"
Donald rolled his eyes. "Either you can follow the walking tornado, or you can come in and say hi to your mother."
Remus ran back to the top of the stairs and just barely stopped himself before he fell down them. "Come on! Come on!" he called to his brother. "Hurry up!"
Romulus laughed. "I think we'll follow the Squirt before he either wets himself from excitement, hurts himself or both simultaneously... We'll be in the kitchen in a minute." He led Laurette up the stairs to where Remus was.
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Post by Laurette Jesper on Jan 8, 2005 15:32:33 GMT -5
Laurette looked around the house. The house seemed huge compared to the one her and her family lived in. Then again they had givin her the smallest room and with 4 girls and parents there wasn't much left. She smiled at Romulus and whispered "Your brother won't scare me off. He's actually pretty cute."
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Post by Romulus on Jan 8, 2005 15:42:34 GMT -5
"Yeah, I know," Romulus chuckled. "He just gets a little over excited sometimes, as you probably already noticed."
"Come on!" he said, grabbing Laurette's hand and nearly dragging her down the hall. "This is my room," he said proudly, opening the first door to the left. It looked like any typical 9-year-old boy's bedroom. The walls were a navy blue and the carpet was a paler shade of the walls.
"Next is the guest room," he said, turning around and racing down the hall a bit to the right and opened another door that had cream walls and just cream decoration altogether. Off to the left of the room there was a door that was obviously the guest bathroom. "And Romulus's room!" Remus said, hurrying again to yet another door across the hall.
"Squirt, you know my room's a mess," Romulus said. "Don't go in there, you might trip over something."
Remus sighed and stepped back out so Laurette could see. There was indeed a mess. It looked as if a joke shop had exploded in Romulus's room. Stink pellets, dung bombs, fake wands, and every other prank imaginable was strewn about his room. "Yeah, I was too lazy to clean my room before I left for school," Romulus said.
Had the room been clean, it would have looked just like a forest. The walls had trees painted on them, the leaves reaching the ceiling and fanning across it, as well as a forest floor. The carpeting was the same brown as was the ground on the walls. His bed appeared to be carved out of oak, and the bed posts were made to look just like more trees to go with the rest of the decor. "Can you tell I love the woods?" he asked, noticing Laurette looking around.
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Post by Laurette Jesper on Jan 8, 2005 15:47:47 GMT -5
Laurette chuckled. "Yea... its very evident." she said looking around, "No worries you should have seen the little space at my house I call a room..." Laurette added with a sigh.
Truth be told her room was tiny, barely biig enough for her bed and a dresser. She wasn't givin much else. Of course her family had basicly disowned her so anything she had possibly wanted from that house she would never get.
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Post by Romulus on Jan 8, 2005 15:51:07 GMT -5
"It's okay," Romulus said, hugging her around the waist from behind and setting his chin on her shoulder. "I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind you staying, and then you'll have that nice big room back there all to yourself," he whispered so Remus couldn't hear.
"Are you guys gonna start kissing or something?" Remus asked, apparently grossed out at the thought. "'Cause I'm gonna go if you are..."
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Post by Laurette Jesper on Jan 8, 2005 15:54:20 GMT -5
Laurette giggled at Remus. He was a sweet little boy. She turned to Romulus and mouthed the words "I hope so.. It would be nice to live with a real family." Then she turned back to Remus. "No we won't start kissing... not right now anyway." she promised.
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Post by Romulus on Jan 8, 2005 15:59:32 GMT -5
Romulus chuckled a bit too. "'Not right now anyway', huh?" He laughed a bit. "Come on, I think my mom's down in the kitchen baking something... Not that that's anything new," he added, rolling his eyes. "What's Mom making this time, Remus?"
"Ummm," Remus said, thinking a moment. "I think she's baking apple and cherry pie... And maybe some white chocolate chip cookies too, I saw her mixing some kind of cookie dough."
Romulus rolled his eyes again. "I swear, if our oven ever broke down for whatever reason, my mom would go crazy until it was fixed... Either that, or she'd learn how to bake over an open fire out in our backyard... Come on, let's go see them."
"Yeah, to the kitchen!" Remus said, running back down the hall and sliding down the banister. Romulus laughed and they started following him.
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Post by Laurette Jesper on Jan 8, 2005 16:06:26 GMT -5
Laurette held Romulus's hand. "Yes not right now." She said with a sweet smile. "Trust me if they say yes we will be together all summer. We would have plenty of time then." she added as they made there way to the kitchen. Laurette stopped Romulus just before they went into the kitchen. "So erm I'm nervous... what if it doesn't work?" she asked.
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Post by Romulus on Jan 8, 2005 16:11:20 GMT -5
Remus was already in the kitchen talking animatedly to his mother and father. Romulus kissed her forehead reassuringly. "Dont worry so much," he said. "They already agreed not to give you any trouble because we're dating, and I know my family... If we explain that you going home could be dangerous, they'll understand completely..." He kissed the back of her hand again. "Come on, it'll be okay..." Still holding her hand, he smiled and led her into the kitchen. "Hey, Mom," he said as they walked in. She was putting something in the oven, but stood up at her son's voice and smiled.
"Hello, Romulus," she greeted. She wiped her hands on her apron and walked over to give her son a hug. "IT's good to see you, school going well?"
"Just fine, Mom," he said. "You remember Laurette?" he asked when she stepped back.
His mom continued smiling, even though her eyes showed she was still slightly apprehensive. "Yes, I do... Welcome to our home, Laurette."
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