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Post by kris on Feb 10, 2005 17:19:49 GMT
Kris smiled and pressed gas, as the black and sleek BMW he had rented form the muggle-world roared and speed forward, obeying to the slightest turn of wheel. Although Kris was a pure-blood, he still knew how to drive a regular car – even though he preferred his own motorbike. But he appreciated the strong and good-looking muggle vehicles. He visited the muggle world in Italy and in England from time to time, even owning a couple of credit cards.
Stopping with a sharp turn in front of the Leaky Cauldron, Kris excited the car and entered the pub, turning the car-alarm on over his shoulder, before slipping the car-keys into the pocket of his black jeans, which were old enough to be tight-fitting and extremely comfortable. Kris was dressed a muggle today – the jeans and a light-green silk-blouse with a black leather-jacket and black sun-glasses to top it off.
Ordering a cappuccino from Tom the barkeeper, Kris sat down at a table and glanced at his wrist-watch. He was a bit early for meeting Mary, Jordan and Rayne. They had all promised to help Rayne, with showing her brother what kind of a wench his girlfriend really was. As Kris knew – and was old enough to drive – they had agreed to meet in the Leaky Cauldron, where Kris would transport them to wherever they needed to go. Kris looked took a sip of his drink and leaning back in his chair, prepared to wait for the three girls to show up while ignoring hte curious glances sent his way as he tucked the sun-glasses to hang from the collar of his shirt.
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Post by JordanCortes on Feb 10, 2005 18:32:51 GMT
With no plan at all, besides the one she had thought up with Rayne in the courtyard, Jordan entered the leaky cauldron. Still in deep thought. Her brother trailed behind her. The plan that Rayne and Jordan had thought up, involved Chris but, if there was a new plan in the making then she would just simply send her older brother away. And then trailing behind Chris was her twin, Justin. If Chris went, he went. Justin had this unnerving want to protect his sister at all times, since...well, the Katie thing.
"Jordan, what-" Justin asked as he appeared next to his sister. She put up her hand as if to silence him and looked around the pub, noticing Kris. No one else seemed to have arrived, so she started to make her way over to him, looking back every now and then to make sure her brother's weren't lost. When she reached kris she raised her eyebrow, and crossed her arms, "Hey. You would think I was like, some royal person. Having my own secret service, eh? This is my brother Chris and my brother Justin." Jordan sat down across from Kris and looked up at the boys behind her. She shook her head in disgust, "I take it, we're early?" Jordan motioned for three butterbeers to be brought. Geting the feeling that they should do something, Justin went off somewhere and Chris stayed, pulled up a chair next to his sister and listened. Jordan was very annoyed.
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Post by kris on Feb 10, 2005 18:45:52 GMT
Kris watched as Jordan approached her with two guys trailing after her. It really did look like as if she was escorted by a couple of body-guards. An amusing thought, but Kris dismissed the thought as soon as it appeared. The guys just didn’t feel or look like real body-guards. “A pretty lady should always have escort,” Kris said in a lazy drawl, wating to see, if it would irritate Jordan's brothers, as he eyed them calmly as one stayed and the other left to somewhere and smirked at the guy who had stayed – Chris had been his name, Kris recalled. He seemed to eye Kris’s so-called ‘bad guys’ look rather warily, but Kris wasn’t bothered at all. He instead smirked at the him amusedly, before averting his eyes back to Jordan.
“And we are early. Mary and Rayne should be here in a bit though and I have Veritaserum in the gloves-shelf in the car outside, should it come useful,” Kris added calmly taking a sip of his cappuccino. Butter-beer was alright, but Kris still preferred the strong cappuccino to it. Looking up Kris noticed the next girl enter the Leaky CAuldron and nodded towards her, "Well, here comes the next one."
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Post by thenamelessone on Feb 11, 2005 2:15:06 GMT
Rayne was in the bathroom of the Leaky Cauldron she was excited about how her friends were actually going to make the plan happen. The more she thought about it though she became just a touch nervous and not to mention nautious. She felt so sick that she actually went to the rest room in case she became sick. She had never in her wildest dreams thought that she would actually go through with what they were about to do. Sure she had thought about even wished it would happen but now that it actually was she was almost contemplating calling the whole thing off. 'No my brother needs to know the truth. I'm doing the right thing.' She thought to herself. Before leaving she checked her appearance in the mirror.
Rayne was dressed in her usual muggle attire. Today she had her hair in pigtails with the bottoms tipped blood red. She had on a black tank top with a long sleeved fishnet shirt that had a picture of Jack Skeleton from The Nightmare Before Christmas on over it. She had on her favorite pair of black pants that had more zippers then she could count and she wrapped up the look with a pair of black and hot pink chucks. Satisfied that she looked fine Rayne walked out to see if any of her friends had arrived.
Looking around Rayne spotted Kris sitting with Jordan and some other guy she'd never met before. Rayne walked up to them. "Hey guys sorry if I'm late."
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Post by Mary Evans on Feb 11, 2005 3:16:31 GMT
Mary checked her reflection in the mirror and admired how the black skirt flared out around her as she spun. Grinning at the sales woman Mary simply said, “I’ll take it.” and allowed the woman to remove the tag so she could wear it out. Mary absolutely adored the outfit, although it did look very much like a number of ones she already owned. But this shirt seemed more flowy somehow and the dark green top really brought out the green of her eyes. Looking at the clock Mary rolled her eyes seeing she was late as always and put on a long black coat that went to about an inch above the bottom of her mid-thigh skirt. Handing 24 Galleons to the sales lady Mary picked up the shrunk bags of clothing and placed them in her pocket.
She made her way down Diagon Alley until she reached ‘The Leaky Cauldron’. Looking around Mary saw Krissy Bear, Rayne, Jordan, and two guys she did know. “Hello all” she said calmly sitting down next to Kris and stealing his cappuccino. Not that she could tell what it was, but she knew Kris and so she knew what it was. “Oh this is… well I guess its fine but they really need a Tim Horton’s. When we go out onto the muggle street we will go get some real coffee.” She said while taking another sip, not planning on giving it back. “I don't believe we have meet; I'm Mary Evans.” She said to the two boys finally with a flirtatious smile before turning back to Kris. “So… when are we heading out?” she asked.
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Post by JordanCortes on Feb 11, 2005 15:30:43 GMT
Jordan sighed and tucked some of her hair behind her ear as they waited, she was extremely anxious. Her foot was tapping, and she was strumming her fingers on the table. She looked to her brother, who seemed to be getting overprotective, which she hated, she saw Rayne enter the Leaky Cauldron. She smiled, "Not late, we're early. Rayne, this is my brother Chris, Chris this is Rayne." Jordan introduced Chris as Justin came bounding back to them, "And this is Justin. Chris came, so Justin had to come. Whatever."
Mary entered as well, and joined them. Jordan re-did the introductions and then pushed her chair back. She turned to Rayne and smiled, "I figured if we are going to do the plan we thought up in the courtyard, we would need him. Right? If not I can send him back."
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Post by kris on Feb 11, 2005 16:43:42 GMT
Kris greeted Rayne with a small smile as she approached the table and watched as Jordan had a round of introductions. And then repeated them, when Mary joined them and stole his cappuccino. “You English-people, just don’t know how to really appreciate a steaming cup of strong cappuccino,” Kris said with an overly brattish tone of voice towards Mary and let her keep the cup.
“And care to tell about the plan you two thought up? Not all of us were present to discuss it, remember?” Kris asked Jordan at her comment, before smirking towards Mary, “And this is Rayne’s party. The car is waiting outside however. With Veritaserum, should it be required. And I do have credit-cars if we have to buy something suddenly. And no – we aren’t stopping for regular shopping, however good any blouse or dress or skirt or pants may look.”<br> Kris told with a mock-serious voice, before looking at Rayne. They were breaking up her brother, so she would have to direct the plan as to how it would work and when they would begin.
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Post by thenamelessone on Feb 11, 2005 21:33:27 GMT
"Nice to meet you." Rayne said when Jordan introduced her brothers to her. Looking up Rayne noticed that Mary had joined the group. "Hey Mary I like the skirt. By the way my brother wasn't pleased at all about the meeting apparently it went almost as well as we hoped." She said referring to the meeting that she and Mary had set up between Rayne's mother and future sister in law.
She turned to face Kris. "Jordan and I had the plan to have her brother, though which one I'm not sure, seduce my brothers fiance and we catch it on tape or whatever." She said looking away so they wouldn't see how nervous she was about being put on the spotlight. She hated being the one who had to make decisions it positively terrified her. She was always afraid that she would say or do something that would make her friends regret letting her call the shots or screwing things up so badly that they'd no longer be her friends.
Twirling a strand of hair Rayne pushed her insecurities to the back of her mind. She hated it when she appeared weak in front of people. She wouldn't even let her brother see her that way and he was family. Rayne looked back at her friends. "I think that both the seduction and the Veritaserum combined would be the best shot. Because when she does cheat on my brother she will deny it to the ends of the earth even if we caught it on tape she would tell him that she didn't want whatever to happen and she will blame it on the guy. Then she'll cry and he'll lap it up. Trust me she's done it before. So add the Veritaserum into the equation and it should work because then my brother will see what she did and since she'd have to tell the truth, know that she did it on purpose."
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Post by JordanCortes on Feb 12, 2005 0:48:43 GMT
Jordan nodded, "Yep. It's Chris not, Justin. Justin's my age. So, he wouldn't do. Unless the woman likes younger guys, but..."Jordan shuddered, "Let's hope not. Justin came because, he's stupid and wanted to. But, yeah." Jordan told Rayne with a small smile. Chris was silent, which was unusual.
"Okay, so your brother is hard to crack? And if he doesn't? What will happen?" Jordan raised an eyebrow, one of her trademark moves, and looked at Rayne, Mary, and Kris with a look of confusion. She twirled the green strip of hair around her finger and waited for their answer. Normally she wouldn't look at the dark side of the problem, but in this case; she figured why not ask what if?
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Post by thenamelessone on Feb 14, 2005 20:41:56 GMT
Rayne brushed her hair back behind her ears. "Honestly that wench will go for anything that moves but Chris will do that is if he consents to it." She said looking over at Jordans brother.
Rayne drummed her fingers lightly on the table thinking about Jordan's question. What would happen if the whole plan blew up in her face. "Well," Rayne said putting her hands in her lap. "If this doesn't work then I'll end up getting thrown out of his house and sent to live with my psycho mother and equally insane brother where I will be taken out of Hogwarts faster then you can say magic. Then I will be forced to wait hand and foot on my second brother becauses he's my mum's favorite and she caters to his every whim. Of course that could end up happening even if the plan does work as my brother will be extremely upset at her and especially at me for ruining everything." She said grimly
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Post by Mary Evans on Feb 16, 2005 23:17:31 GMT
After introductions Jordan mentioned a plan from the courtyard. Judging by the fact that Jordan mentioned brining her brother along to go with it Mary had a vague idea what the plan was but didn’t ask. Kris then made a comment about the English not appreciating a strong cappuccino. “I do and that is precisely why this one does not deserve a great rating. If you think this is strong… well you can't I know your taste. In more than one way.” She joked to him with a knowing grin; not that she knew the slightest about his romantic life but… that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun to tease.
She gave a pout as Kris said they would not be doing much shopping. “Well thank God I got my fix this morning. By the way what do you think of these for Dana? I saw them this morning and they just screamed Dana.” She said taking a small box out of her pocket, un-shrinking it and opening it up to reveal a funky yet classical pear of diamond earrings with a matching necklace.
Mary giggled as Rayne spelled out the plan for Kris and herself. She agreed that the Veritaserum would likely come in handy. Jordan questioned what would happen should things go wrong. Mary listened with sympathy as Rayne explained that she would no doubt be shipped off to her psycho mother’s and pulled out of Hogwarts. “We would never let that happen to you. I mean I'm sure we could think of something. I'm afraid my mother would never accept you at our house…” Mary said slightly embarrassed by her mother’s close-mindedness. “I don't think I need to explain why but… I know I have money of my own that we could use to get you emancipated and things…” Mary finished awkwardly hating being serious but sincere in her offer.
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Post by JordanCortes on Feb 16, 2005 23:34:23 GMT
Jordan lowered her head, aware that she shouldn't say what she was about to. But, one glance at Chris and Justin she knew she was allowed to, "You always have a place at the Cortes home. We just moved, so you know, extra rooms galore. Just, tell me if ya need a place to stay, it's always open." Jordan told her with a smile and a twist of her bracelet around her wrist. The only other person she had ever opened her home to was Katie, and Katie had given that up. She liked Rayne, and was sincere in her offer, "That's not gonna need be though right? This will work, and if it doesn't, we'll make it work." Jordan nodded curtly as if to say that finished it.
Jordan pulled her hair up into a tight ponytail with the hair tie she had around her left wrist, the light blue ends contrasting perfectly with her dark brown hair. She bit her lower lip in concentration, and closed her eyes in deep thought. She could feel Justin shift behind her, knowing he wanted to leave, she didn't pay attention to that. When she was through thinking, she sighed and opened her eyes to look at Rayne, Mary, and Kris, "OK, let's do this."
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Post by kris on Feb 17, 2005 15:08:47 GMT
Kris made a grimace towards Mary. “Alright, alright, it’s not strong enough. But better than the one in madam Puddifoot’s in Hogsmeade. That place might as well say they are selling coffee colored water.”<br>Kris sighed and picking one of the ear-rings up looked at them critically. “Intriguing and new with a hint of class still. Dana will probably love these,” Kris said. He had a good enough eye for jewelry and he knew Dana’s and his legal guardians – Meredith’s – taste well enough. Having inherited the family jewels that had once belonged to Kris’s mother helped him with recognizing valuable and good jewelry as well.
Kris listened to Rayne’s words and to both Mary’s and Jordan’s offer, before shrugging: “Well, since I’m in the plan and therefore partially to blame, should it not work, I won’t close my house for you either. And I’m sure my cousin Dana wouldn’t mind if you’d live in the apartment she and her grand-parents own in London. It’s big enough,” Kris didn’t bother to mention that Meredith’s and Julien’s position in the wizarding world almost demanded that they had the best. So the apartment was actually two-story high with 3 bed-rooms, living room, kitchen, dining hall and a lounge/studio as well. “But let’s work with that problem, when it arises,” Kris stood up and nodded to the bar-keeper, to say he was finished. The bill would go to Julien and Meredith automatically.
“The car is waiting outside. It’s a rental car from the muggle-world, so it seats four people besides me though. I need a guide to lead me where to drive or give me the address. I know a little bit of London as well,” Kris said starting to move towards the doors of the Leaky Cauldron and exiting to the street, while pulling out the car-keys from his pocket and taking off the car-alarm of the classy black BMW. Positioning himself behind the drivers wheel, Kris leaned his arms on it and tilted his head waiting for the others as he pulled on his sun-glasses that didn’t show his eyes. Just the way Kris liked it. And the glasses were necessary for driving as the sun was shining rather brightly and Kris didn’t want to get blinded by it while driving.
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Post by Mary Evans on Feb 19, 2005 4:54:03 GMT
Mary gave Kris a self-satisfied smirk as he agreed with her opinion of the coffee. She then smiled as he said Dana would love the jewellery; she trusted his opinion more than anyone else’s in many cases and this was one of them.
Jordan than offered Rayne a place in her home as well and Mary smiled. She knew with her mother’s restrictions a place to stay was probably the only thing she couldn’t really provide for Rayne and she was glad one of them could. She then grinned as Kris offered his cousin’s home as well. But she did agree it was not something to be discussed at that very moment. “Here here! Let’s not cross that bride until we get to it. I mean with the Veritaserum he will know what truly happened and… You just may be worried over nothing.” Mary said in what she hoped was an affable way.
Wasting no time when Kris said the car was outside Mary got up and put her jacket back on. She walked outside and slid into the back seat on the passenger’s side; she would have gone in the front but she didn’t know where they were going so… Kris put on a pair of sunglasses and Mary agreed that though it was winter it was a good idea considering how bright it was outside. Out of her purse she took a small pair with dark green rims that were custom made for her. She reached up to the front and put a muggle rock station on the radio before clicking her seatbelt into place and resting her head on the window.
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Post by thenamelessone on Feb 23, 2005 21:12:29 GMT
Rayne smiled as Jordan and Kris offered her a place to stay if her brother kicked her out. Hopefully it wouldn't come to that but it was nice to know that she'd have some place to go in case things got really bad. "Thanks guys but I agree with Mary and Kris let's cross that bridge if it comes." She said handing Kris a piece of paper with her brothers address as well as directions on how to get there on it.
She followed them outside and confident that he could find his own way slid into the back seat beside Mary. She pulled out her CD player from her bag and put in Linkin Park's Hybrid theory wanting to listen to her favorite song In The End. Singing along in her head she clicked her seat belt into place and waited for them to get going.
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