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Post by Isobella Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:58 pm

She laughed when Robert said that they needed a proper license. She knew where it was going, she was glad that the Grundge brothers were not anywhere near them. "Too bad they couldn't stay bugs." She said softly thinking she said it to herself. When she realized she said it out loud she made a face before saying, "Sorry."

"I think Robert wanted to be prepared because he knew this was going to happen sooner rather than later." Bella said with a laugh.

She tried not to laugh some more when he got it on purpose for this reason. "Well you probably also got it because we talked last night about you marrying us." She said with a smile remembering him offering to do the honors of marrying them. She smiled thinking of how fatherly Robert was acting with all of this and thought it was cute.

She looked at Angus when he said not to pack anything. "Sounds like fun but, where will we go?" She asked curiously thinking of a great many places to go. The one place she really wanted to go was to Italy again but she was open to what ever Angus thought as well. There were a lot of places she's never been and so many places she wanted to see.

"Yeah I think that eating first would the best thing to do." She said with a smile. "Yeah that's true, that way we're not starving when we leave." She felt excited that they were getting eloped but she was also nervous too because she didn't want to end up messing something up.
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Post by Angus Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 4:46 pm

"Either way is not a picnic," Angus said. "Remember at Azkaban, they've got dementors in their faces day and night.  That can make the strongest man crack." He doubted she'd ever actually been there since it was unplottable and so restricted about who got in and got out. It was a thoroughly dismal place that he hoped she would never see. On the upside, he was glad that the Grundge brothers weren't going anywhere for awhile.

"Hey, let's go," Robert thumbed them towards the kitchen.  "Food. Remember? Focus." He laughed. "Let's put it on pause for just a few minutes so you can eat."

"Don't worry about where to go," Angus said to Bella. "I've got an idea. Let me deal with that."

"Were you pausing there? Because that sounded distinctly like planning, not pausing," Robert said, knowing this would be a struggle for them at best to remain focused on something else.

"No, working up to pausing," Angus said. Robert gave him a sarcastic glare.  "Alright," Angus said, knowing he was pushing it now. "We're going, we're going."  He got up and motioned to Bella, heading for the dining room. "Does this make you feel, somehow, like you were 8 again?" he laughed, looking at Bella.
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Post by Isobella Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:15 pm

"True it's not a picnic." She said. "Yeah I remember Azkaban and the dementors. They creep me out." She admitted. She had never seen the place but she had heard stories about it. She also had seen a picture of a dementor and wasn't able to get what they looked like out of her head. She shook her head to clear the images of what a place like that might look like.

"Ok Robert we're coming." She said laughing at Robert's words. She laughed some more when he at his next words. "Food? What?" She said teasingly towards Robert.

"Okay," She said to Angus.

"It was part planning, part pausing?" She said with a grin towards Robert knowing he was trying to get them towards the dining room.

"Oh yeah that's it." She said agreeing with Angus. She laughed when Angus was given a glare from Robert. She stood when with Angus as they headed for the dining room. "Yeah, it actually does feel like I'm 8 again." She said laughing then looking towards Robert innocently with a smile.
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Post by Angus Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 6:15 pm

He was in a good mood when he joined the morning chaos at the breakfast table. This was what he wanted in his life. Family. Love. Laughter. Simple foods prepared really well.  Brian and Khaat looked like, in some respects, like they had it all. He didn't relish the difficulty in keeping balance in their relationship because of Khaat's celebrity status in the wizarding world and the difficulty with keeping her safe. But, in the things that mattered, theirs was not such a shabby way to live.

A new thought hit him. Aside from his grandfather, neither of them would have any blood family there. He wasn't so sure about that. Perhaps they needed to at least send an owl to her parents and see if they wanted to come, just for the vows. He doubted his parents would come, but perhaps he ought to send an owl to them, if nothing more than just as notice.

"Excuse me," he said.  He laid his napkin aside and went to Brian's office and wrote a quick owl and used a charm to send an image of the note through the hearth to his parents' fireplace. He wasn't even sure they'd get it. He was just putting Brian's parchments and quill away when the fire in the office sparked up. The reply had come immediately.

He was surprised. Maybe it meant they were coming. But, the letters, etched in flame upon the image of the parchment, were as scathing as the flame that wrote them.

Angus,
We find we are unable to attend your last minute nuptual decision, and we are heartily disappointed at your frivilous choice without thought for your family, the ones that chose to give you life. Your mother and I have not been welcome in your life in a number of years, and we fail to understand why you would want us involved in another one of your adolescent missteps. We advise you to stop this madness at once and avoid bringing some innocent woman into your reckless and foolhardy lifestyle.

Angus could read no more.  He flicked the images of the letters out of the fire and copied them to a piece of parchment, not understanding why he even wanted to keep it.  He folded the parchment and tucked it into his pocket.

And there he was again. 5 years old. They'd gone off to Monte Carlo without a word. He'd gone running to his grandfather who had been quick to console him. It happened more often than not after that. Them dashing off, leaving Edward to pick up the pieces. Before long, Angus had been an angry and bitter child that Edward reeled in with gardening and time in the kitchen and, eventually, teaching him more things about Defense Against the Dark Arts and werewolves than the Hogwart curriculum would allow. Edward had always been there, and Edward was still here.  He bitterly decided that was all he needed.

He wasn't taking that negative energy to the dining room to Bella. He went upstairs to his room and found the box that held his grandmother's wedding band, the companion piece to the engagement ring he'd give her.  He put it in his pocket and then stuffed his wallet with his bank identifications, vault keys, and muggle credit cards.  He took a look around his room. Did he need anything else? Wand? Check.  Nope. He thought he was good.

He put a smile on his face and went back downstairs to the dining room and sat back down at the table.  

"You've let your tea grow cold," Kate said, picking up the teapot and pouring more in his cup.

"Thank you," he said. He picked up one of Bella's muffins--his second.  "Might have to take a couple of these with us," he said.

"If you don't eat them first," Brian teased.
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Post by Isobella Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 7:20 pm

She smiled when they had joined the breakfast table and began thinking about what it would be like to have children with Angus. She loved the morning chaos of everyone chatting about the table and all the simple things that made them unique in a way. She saw Rose talking with the other children and how much her daughter loved her friends. She thought about the man she sat next to and couldn't help but feel like she was the luckiness person in the world.

She looked at him when he excused himself from the table. Rose got up from her spot and came over to her, for a hug and kiss. She obliged her then watched as she went back to her spot to eat the rest of her breakfast. She herself ate the eggs, bacon, and some muffins. She drank some tea with a splash of milk and sugar in the cup. She ate her food as she looked around at everything around her.

She looked up when he came back into the dining room and wondered what he had been doing.

She smiled when Kate had put more tea in Angus' cup. She looked at him and said low to where only he could hear her. "Are you okay Angus?" She asked softly.  

"I can always make more later when we come back." She said with a giggle.

She laughed at Brian's words, "I guess I should make them more often for breakfast." She said with a smile.
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Post by Angus Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 7:35 pm

"I'm fine," he smiled. "Dear old Mom and Dad aren't making it, that's all."

"Does that surprise you?" Edward asked, looking up from his eggs.

"No. I'm relieved actually," Angus said.

"Not all my children are very wise," Edward said. "And your father is a moron. So is his wife. But you know that. They're not worth your energy."

Angus simply shrugged, not responding.

"Oh, by the way, news of your secret little affair has reached its way around the table. Just so you know," Edward smirked. "As go all the secrets in every family. Congratulations. Even if you did drag your feet a bit."

"So, you're good with it, then?"

"My boy, the only thing I wasn't good with was how long it took you to wise up," Edward replied. "I hope you're taking a few days away. Especially after yesterday. I don't plan on losing you to being an idiot about it."

"Well, news really does travel fast, then," Angus shook his head, laughing. "We were thinking about it, yes. Do you still have my keys?" For a moment, Edward looked a bit disappointed. Then he reached in his pocket and tossed Angus a set of car keys.

"The good car at the compound is mine," Angus told Bella. "He's the only other one I've let drive it. Somebody needs to make sure it stays in running condition."

"Damned nice car, too," Edward nodded. "But, if he's asked for the keys, then it sounds like you'll be needing it. Enjoy it."

"I certainly plan to." He looked at Bella. "Do you drive? I never asked. And--can you drive a stick shift?" There weren't an overabundance of wizards who drove a car, and even fewer who drove standard transmissions. But, Angus didn't see it as a problem to teach her if she didn't know.
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Post by Isobella Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 8:53 pm

"It's their loss that they won't see the fine man that their son turned out to be." She said with a smile at him.

She put her hand on Angus' when he said he was relieved that they weren't coming. She agreed with Edward on that they weren't worth his energy. She rubbed his hand softly as she listened to Edward talk about their 'secret affair.'

"Was it a secret?" She asked looking at him curiously not thinking it was a secret. She laughed when he said that Angus' dragged his feet a bit.

"With a family as big as this one it's not surprising that it spread so quickly." She said with a laugh. "Keys?" She asked looking at Angus then at Edward who tossed Angus car keys. "You have a car?"

"What kind of car is it?" She asked curiously. She looked at Edward, "You know how to work on cars?"

She wondered why they would need a car but made sure she paid attention to what happening. "Yes, my father thought it would be useful just in case I couldn't use magic to get out. My father was obsessed with cars for a long time, I believe he still has at least two of them in the garage. It's been a while since I've driven a stick but I'm certain I'll remember when I get back behind the wheel." She said.
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Post by Angus Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 9:14 pm

"I don't know," he shrugged at her. "I just hadn't had time to tell people."

"We'll give you that on the wedding," Brian said, knowing it had been a quick decision. "I am, however, as your supervisor, holding your feet to the fire for not telling me about yesterday."

"Robert was with me. Didn't he tell you?" Angus asked.

"Not the point," Brian said. "I think I should know if one of my men isn't in fighting condition."

"Who said anything about my not being in fighting condition? Shall we go for it and find out?" Angus scowled.

"No, you shall not," Robert reprimanded. "You work for him, that's true. But he works for me. I win." Angus almost felt a little satisfied when Robert put an end to Angus's being called on the carpet for not filling Brian in. "I'll give you a pass this once, but only because I was right there."

"Generous of you," Angus said, half sarcastically. Any other employer might have gotten offended, but Robert laughed.

"As you were asking," Edward said. "The boy hasn't spent much money, so he decided to get himself a bit of a toy. A car really is necessary in the compound, believe it or not, because the closest neighbors and the closest villages are very muggle indeed. The port cities where the ships are docked are tourist destinations, and so we are restricted to cars."

"Its a sports car," Angus said, guilty of liking power and speed in his cars.

Brian snorted. "A sports car? That's all you've got? That's just about as spot on as saying Voldemort had a behavior problem." He looked at Bella. "Up til now, its been his one personal investment. Its a Lamborghini. And--just think. By the end of the afternoon, you're going to own half of it. I'd ask him for a set of keys for myself if I were you. Its very, very nice."
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Post by Isobella Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 10:04 pm

She knew that Brian was concerned about the hit that Angus took yesterday and knew that everyone around this table cared about what happened to Angus.

She listened to them to talk about how Angus was still not able to fully do anything. She squeezed Angus' hand when he suggested him and Brian go have a little duel. When Robert brought and end to it smoothly made her smile.

She looked at Edward when he starting talking about Angus spending some money to get himself a car. She listened to him talk about how they were restricted to care because of the tourist destinations of the port cities. "Well that's a good reason for getting a car." She said with a smile.

She looked at him when he said sports car and tried not to laugh.

She laughed at Brian's words about Angus' very vague description of the car. She nodded her head when Brian said it was a Lamborghini. "Well there's probably one more thing we have differently. I like muscle cars, to me sports cars are too shiny and look breakable." She said with a smile thinking about the cars her father would always come across. "My favorite is the nineteen-seventy's Chevy Chevelle SS it had a four hundred fifty-four cubic engine, five hundred horsepower, and can go from zero to sixty in six seconds flat."
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Post by Angus Donohue Sat Jan 16, 2016 10:37 pm

"That was a good car," Edward said. "Never owned one, but had a friend in Arizona who collected a few cars, and he had one of those. I'll warn you now, though, that if he wants something, Angus isn't very subtle about it."

"What are you talking about?" Angus frowned.

"Oh, I think I know," Brian laughed out loud. "You certainly didn't try to sell Edward that you needed a good car to haul things from the farmers' market did you?"

"Oh, yes he did," Edward nodded, laughing. "As if a Lamborghini is so widely known for its trunk space. And, while we're at it, why on earth do you need to be able to go to the market at 220 miles an hour?"

"I didn't say I was going that fast to the market," Angus said.

"No. What you said was that you wanted to keep up with traffic," Edward said, still laughing. That made them laugh even harder.

"Nice," Brian said sarcastically. "I'm surprised you didn't put a hex around the car."

"He did," Edward laughed. "But the bloody car alarm went off and no one could get to it. Took us an hour to take the hex off the thing."

"You sure you want to go to Italy?" Angus asked Bella playfully.

"In all seriousness," Robert asked, "You have a clue about where you're going, or are you just going to wing it?"

"I actually have a plan, believe it or not," Angus said. "Or a start of one, anyway. I think we'll manage."

"So, how soon after breakfast are we doing this?" Brian asked.

"Depends," Angus said. He looked at Bella. "You want to at least send an owl to your parents? Its your choice. Just thought I'd ask."
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