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Post by Ashton Edwards on May 31, 2010 19:37:51 GMT -6
Sitting at the bar but in the corner, Ash wasn't exactly the biggest fan of the Three Broomsticks because it was usually filled with kiddies from Hogwarts and they usually annoyed the hell out of him. He was fully recovered from his coma, he was back at work with the Ministry as an Auror but with one new addition to his physique. A 10 inch scar that ran across his chest. He knew that his future would only add more to him but that was part of the job he loved.
Ordering another stein of butterbeer, Ash took another glance around the tavern but didn't recognize any faces that he actually wanted to start a chat with. A few pretty ones caught his attention but even they were too young for him.
Turning back around to face the bar, Ash took sip and made some small talk with Rosmerta.
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Post by Cian McNamara on May 31, 2010 19:48:54 GMT -6
Cian had been on his way home from dropping the twins off at Erin's when he noticed a familiar figure walking into The Three Broomsticks and after going home to change and leave his presents from the girls, a selection of flowers they'd picked in the garden, Cian had hurried to the pub in hopes that his friend had stayed for one more drink at least.
Pushing open the door, he smiled as he noticed the enormous frame of his best friend and gave him the hardest slap he could on his back, "Sup bogtrotter?! Whats the craic?" he asked cheerfully, sitting himself in the seat next to Ash before smiling the Depantser at Rosmerta, "Same again darlin' an get one for yerself" he winked at her before leaning in to Ash, "Ye would, wouldnt ye? She might be old as the hills but I would gladly get in about her mountains...." Cian made a suggestive hand movement to show what he meant before smiling at Ash.
(ooc. Im so happy, lol)
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Post by Ashton Edwards on Jun 2, 2010 20:25:46 GMT -6
Ash took another sip out of glass, he didn't really feel like listening to Rosmerta but her rack was distracting him so of course he was really only half listening to her and her list of complaints about the "old" days of the Three Broomsticks.
He didn't look up when he heard the door open, but his ears perked up to listen for the newcomer, Ash was well trained now in stealth surveillance. But then he heard the Irish twang and rolled his eyes, all thoughts on suspicious behaviour out the window. "Yer always askin after me crack, McNotty..people are gonna think yer gay for me..which ya are.." Ash smirked, making fun of his best friend's accent because that's just what they did.
"Ya would too.." Ash snorted, knowing exactly what "mountains" Cian was referring too and while he admired Rosmerta's chest, she was also as old as dirt. Ash leaned back to stretch his back and gave Cian a narrow eyed look. "Don't ya got the kiddie winks today?" he asked, he knew Cian's schedule better than Cian knew, Ash liked knowing everyone's movements, yet another part of his training.
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Post by Cian McNamara on Jun 3, 2010 18:33:54 GMT -6
Cian rolled his eyes at his best friend as he teased him about his feelings for him, "The only Edwards crack Im interested in belong to Son an' Lisa...possibly yer mammy as well" Cian smirked as he leant away from Ash in case he took a swing at him for that comment.
Taking his butterbeer, he winked at Rosmerta before taking a long drink of it, setting his drink down before he answered Ash. "Nah, was supposed to have them but Frankie's shifts got changed this week so she didnt see the wee man very much so I told her she could have him a day early to make up for it an' the girls" Cian paused as he took another large drink, enjoying the taste and wishing he'd ordered something stronger as it had been a while since he'd drank. "The girl's are with Er for the weekend, she missed out last week because she werent feelin' too great. We're goin' to the park on Sunday so I can see them" he liked to keep Ash up to date, that way his friend could remind him when he inevitably forgot.
"How ye been yerself? Ye didnt come round for yer stew last week, ye missed out" Cian couldnt help but laugh at how much of an old woman he sounded but he liked to eat in company.
(ooc. Sorry I took ages and he's not that great. Are we doing the Ash & Rose splitting up thing?)
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Post by Ashton Edwards on Jun 3, 2010 20:54:26 GMT -6
Ash glared slightly at Cian in a sidelong glance, it seemed highly unlikely that either of his sisters would want any part of Cian's crack inspections or anything else he was going to offer them. Ash's sisters had better taste than Cian. "Me mammy..has more of a refined taste...yer not fine.." he chuckled and took another sip of his beer.
"Her shifts got changed up? Really." Ash replied, he knew for a fact that was not the case, but he wasn't going to tell Cian what she'd been up too, even Ash wasn't impressed about it. But he knew better than to meddle with his stubborn, fiery-tempered best friend. "Yea, mum said Er was bonchin her guts out the other day, flu I think she said, hope the girls don't get it. Park. Sunday. Maybe I'll pop by and see'em.." Ash mused, not sure if he actually would, he wasn't big on kids and he'd had a falling out with Erin that Cian didn't know about..yet.
"Work, bud...been tryin to get back into the flow of it..they been tryin to keep me pushin papers...idiots, who can read me handwritin?" Ash snorted, his chicken scratch was just that, it was a waste of time to have him at the Ministry rather than out in the field hunting down dark magic wizards. "Sorry I haven't been ya know...around much.." he muttered out the apology, feelin like a jerk for being mushy.
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Post by Cian McNamara on Jun 4, 2010 3:58:16 GMT -6
Cian couldnt help but laugh as Ash declared him 'not fine', he knew otherwise and had to keep himself from making eye contact when his best friend declared that neither of his sisters would want Cian when he knew this to be false on at least one account. Smiling as he thought about Sonia and the fact that no one but them knew what happened, he took a drink and smacked his lips together noisily, "I can tell ye, Im more than fine. Im fiiiiiiiiine an' I got the notches on me bedpost to back that up" he nodded his head, his single status allowing him to sample the life he had before the kids came along once more.
"Aye, she let me know when she popped over at the start o' the week. Somethin' about extra workload or summat, I tuned out. Her top was low cut" Cian shrugged, deeming this a perfectly good reason for not having really heard why Franca's shifts had changed. "The girls would love it if ye did come, Coryn keeps askin' after ye because I just cant push her as high on the swings" he laughed, it wasnt that he couldnt push as hard but more a case of he didnt want to in case she fell and hurt herself. He didnt want to sound soft in front of Ash so he refrained from adding this last bit in.
Catching Rosmerta's attention, which was an easy feat for Cian as she stood and admired him most of the time, he ordered 2 firewhiskeys and more butterbeer before shaking his head and waving his hand dismissively at Ash's apology. "Its all good Bogtrotter, I've been busy meself y'know? Nowt as excitin' as nearly gettin' meself killed mind but the kids are a close second" he chuckled with a nod of his head.
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Post by Ashton Edwards on Jun 6, 2010 18:17:47 GMT -6
"Yea, I bet ya do, bogtrotter..." Ash chuckled, he knew Cian was back to his old ways since he'd become single. Ash wasn't sure if Cian was happy with this or not but didn't ask yet, talking about feelings was not his strong point.
Ash's face was completely blank as Cian gave him Franca's excuse, he knew that's what it was, an excuse. "Aye, I bet it was, probly to distract ya from what she was sayin so ya would say yes to whatever she was sayin..." he smirked, Cian was far too soft around women, his best friend just could not say no.
"Ya can't? Or ya won't? Pussy." Ash snorted out, sure Cian was being fatherly rather than being wimpy. Cian wasn't much of a fighter but even Ash knew he could hold his own if he had too. He'd seen Cian push around a few boys who had harassed his sisters in the past. "I'l see if I gotta work...they've been randomly callin me up for this or that..ain't no set hours when ya do me job.." He took another drink of his butterbeer, keeping his Auror status to himself, just in case they were overheard. Ash never knew who could be an enemy or not.
Ash didn't say anything straight away when Cian brought up his near death experience. He had some weird feelings about it but he hadn't burdened anyone with them yet, he wasn't even sure he was going too. He felt weird talking about it. "How's yer sisters been? All accounted for?" he asked, skirting around the fact that he wanted to know about Clee more than anything. He'd been told by Franca about Clee's visits to see him when he'd been in the coma.
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Post by Cian McNamara on Jun 8, 2010 19:16:02 GMT -6
Cian laughed and nodded his head, "Aye she's no dumb when it comes to gttin' me to do what she wants. The lowcut top fools me every time...though I'd say aye to her anyway, but dont tell her that" he winked as he took a large drink of his firewhiskey, savouring the flavour of the alcohol that he didnt get to drink as nearly as often as he'd like.
"She's a wean, she doesnt need to go too high an' it'd be too much work gettin' them all to St Mungo's. Im bein logical, nothin' else" he shook his head, his hand absently scratching his cheek as he told a little white lie, he knew that Ash would see right through him and his excuses. "Ye likin' bein back at work? If ye get too stressed let me know, I'll get ye an appointment with Saskia...best hour I've had in a long time" Cian smiled lazily, sine being single again, he had taken to a few free samples at work.
Looking at Ash with a knowing look as he asked after his sisters, Cian took hims time answering because he knew Ash didnt mean all of them, he meant Clee. "Wee Cee leaves school soon, can ye believe it? She's grand though, she broke Seb's heart...can ye believe it? Cait & Caoilinn, same as always...no more pregnancies yet!" he chuckled, pausing slightly before leaning back in his chair, stretching and generally just taking his time with the answer Ash wanted to hear because he could. "Clee...where to start with her? She's uh...aye, she's grand. The less ye hear about what she's been up to the better Bud, trust me" Cian nodded his head solemnly, he didnt agree with Clee's choices in life and he didnt want to be the one to disappoint Ash.
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Post by Ashton Edwards on Jun 9, 2010 19:55:24 GMT -6
Ash knew that wasn't the only reason that Cian would say 'aye' to anything Franca asked but he wasn't about to bring up the past, because then Cian would turn into a soppy mess and Ash just didn't feel like dealing with that at the point. He wasn't being cruel but Cian's weepy moments made Ash's stomach turn. "That's the first thing ya gotta know about that lass, aye she likes her shoes and shoppin and slaves an that but she's ain't dumb...calculatin thing is that one.." Ash mused, knowing how Franca's mind worked, she always went to the option that would get her what she wanted in the end. It was no surprise that girl had ended up in Slytherin when they were in school.
"What makes ya think they'd be needin a trip to St. Mungo's? It's a swing, not devil's snare or that...but ok then...daaaad.." Ash winked and smirked at his best friend, it was still hard to believe that Cian was the father of 3 kids, and all the same age. If Ash was honest, he didn't like it, but it wasn't his life and he'd support Cian as best he could. "Aye, yea, I do, just wish they'd stop tryin to shove me on desk jobs...I wanna be out doin stuff...I'll go to flab if I'm sat all day.." Ash mused, he'd worked hard to get back into his routine of working out, being laid up in bed for months had softened him a bit. "Nah...s'alright bud...don't think Rose would be likin me to be massaged by anyone but her..." he chuckled, hiding the fact that he had lost interest in Rose. He wasn't sure when it had happened, it just had.
"Feck sakes, already? That'd mean KC'd be leavin too...ya talked to her?" Ash asked, taking a sip of his drink. "Cee did what?" he choked out, stunned that the youngest McNamara would be that callous. It sounded out of character for her and this bothered Ash. "Nah..I can't..another guy?" Ash's mood darkened when Cian brought up Clee, that girl doing anything retarded made Ash's blood boil more than anything in the world. He couldn't hide it this time and there was a look of thunder across his face. "Yea? Like what?"
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Post by Cian McNamara on Jun 10, 2010 14:42:39 GMT -6
"She's calculatin' fer sure and I know it all too well" Cian nodded his head, thinking about Franca wasnt something he liked to do too much anymore because it always hit home just how much he loved her and wanted to be with her but he had all but given up hope of that ever happening, she was still with Rich and seemed to be happy there with him.
Cian frowned as he took a drink & Ash mocked him for being terribly fatherly, "I know plenty o' folk who broke somethin' from fallin' off a swing. Besides, if any o' the kids got hurt wi' me, the mammies would have my head off faster than ye could say 'fuck me, McHotty is gorgeous'" he laughed softly before looking to sh's stomach and gave a nod of his head, "Aye, yer fairly pilin' the beef on" he teased his best friend, there wasnt an ounce of fat on him but Cian & Ash always teased one another.
"How is Rose anyway? Thats been a while, gotta say Im surprised Bud...truth be told I didnt think ye'd last this long" Cian was honest with Ash, not in a cruel way but Ash really wasnt the type of guy to stick around with any one girl for a long period of time. "I hear from her every now an' then, she pops round to see the weans but its a bit weird between us but I guess thats what ye get for scorin' close to home" Cian mused before shaking his head, "Nah, Cee just decided she didnt want to be tied down at such a young age an' she figured wi' them bein' apart for a year she didnt want to be thinkin' about him while she should be'havin' her fun' whatever the feck that means. Havent heard about any other blokes, but keep yer fists ready incase" Cian laughed, though if it came down to it he would gladly warn any boys away from his baby sister, he didnt like boys sniffing about his sisters.
Noticing Ash's dark look as he spoke about Clee, Cian stalled for as long as possible in any way he could, having a drink and pretending to read a text on his phone before shrugging slowly, "She's uh...well she likes to party" Cian started slowly, wishing for once he could lie but alas he couldnt and he knew Ash would find out soon enough and it'd be better from him, "She's been datin' a few guys, older guys...a bit too older. She's uh...she's moved out o' Mammys and Ange's. No one knows where she's livin', she wont tell any o' us anythin'" Cian swallowed, dropping his eyes from his best friends gaze and awaited his eruption of questions.
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Post by Ashton Edwards on Jun 16, 2010 20:17:00 GMT -6
"Aye she is bud...aye she's that..." Ash mused, thinking of all the times Franca had schemed to get her own way or seek justice in her actions. But he could never truly be angry with her, he had a soft spot for Franca that no girl in his life had ever filled. He just accepted her faults in their entirety.
"Yea..you..me and a hundred other feckin kids who's mammy's and dad's fixed them up with a lick o'magic or them muggle plaster things...yer too protective sometimes..." Ash inwardly rolled his eyes, kids were going to get an injury from doing something stupid, and sometimes he thought Cian wanted all his kids living in a bubble. He finished his glass of butterbeer and ordered another from Rosmerta. "Maybe...maybe not...Cillian's had his fair share of scrapes, not that Frankie would tell ya..." he snorted, remembering the night Cillian had fallen off the bed and split his head open, Franca had phoned him up and they'd taken him down to the St. Mungo's to be patched up with Cian none the wiser. "And don't go sayin something to her either, she's just nervous you're gonna think she's a bad mother cause she's stressed about work..."
Ash took a long drink as soon as the busty landlady had set down the glass. "Rose is fine. Ya it has." was all he replied with, he had big plans end that but he wasn't ready to share this with Cian yet. For once in his life, Ash felt really bad about ending it with a girl, besides Clee. That one had torn a strip from his heart. "Ya never tried fixin it then? Ya probs could have bud, she'd probly have ya back.." Ash said in a nicer tone than usual, he liked KC well enough but he had hurt her as well and in pretty much the same way. He had to wonder why nice girls always seemed to be hurt by both of them. "Havin her fun? What kind of fun? She better not be doin stupid shit. She's the only McNamara who's probably not gonna be tied down with kids before she's 18..." Ash felt protective towards Cian's baby sister, wanting her to go far in life because she was smart and could do so much better than being married and knocked up with kids all the time. It wasn't that he didn't respect Cian's family values but he figured at least one should go out and do something different.
"Does she? SHE WHAT?" Ash's voice thundered in the entire bar as he slammed down his glass, slopping butterbeer on the counter. His piercing blue eyes were filled with fire, he couldn't believe he was hearing this. "And Ange just let her?! That...silly...feckin..stupid..little...yer sister...is a feckin..." he broke off, he'd never been so angry in his entire life. His stomach churned at the thought of something hurting her because Clee was the girl he loved deeply. "When's the last ya heard from her? Tell me Cian." Ash growled out.
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Post by Cian McNamara on Jun 17, 2010 19:00:10 GMT -6
Cian took a drink from his glass and shook his head as Ash said he was too protective, "Yer different when its yer own, Id rather be too protective than the alternative" Cian shrugged before giving Ash a dark look, something inside of him bubbling away with the admittance that Cillian had been hurt and Franca hadnt told him. "Aye because not tellin' me whats happened is the way to win Mammy o' the year! If I dont tell her stuff she gets all grouchy, different when its me who wants to know eh?" Cian couldnt help but huff slightly, he may be a protective father but he could be worse and be an absent one. He told Franca everything about Cillian, and he had naively thought she'd do the same with him. "When would I ever call her a bad Mammy? She knows Im not that kind o' guy" he gave a sigh, sitting in silence before Ash asked him a question about KC.
"I need time to be myself, I've jumped from one serious thing to another and its wearin' me down an' I was bein' someone I didnt really like. Nah, Im just enjoyin' doin' what I do and havin' the weans" he took a long drink before smiling at Ash, "Cee aint gonna be poppin' sprogs out like the rest o' us. She's got a brain in her head an' she's gonna go far with it. I think by fun she means doin' the usual teenage thing but not like we did...no one's that adventurous" he laughed as he shook his head, they had a very X rated time at Hogwarts, he didnt think it'd ever be the same after they'd been there.
Thinking about the old school, Cian jumped slightly as Ash reacted as he had thought he would, extremely angry and annoyed about Clee and the silly things she'd been up to. Cian worried about her and had tried to make her see sense but it wasnt often that he actually saw her. "Ange didnt let her do anythin' but its Clee, ye think him tellin' her no would stop her? She just waited until everyone was in bed and made off, no note or anythin' until 2 weeks later when she sent an owl to say she was alie and she'd phone when she could" he shrugged his shoulders as he tried to think when he'd last seen his sister, "Last seen her about 3 weeks ago? She spoke to Mammy on Monday there an' our Cait saw her last week an'all. She aint got in touch with you at all?" Cian asked, thinking that Clee would at least text Ash to ask how he was after his accident.
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Post by Ashton Edwards on Jun 27, 2010 20:07:56 GMT -6
Ash shrugged his shoulders at Cian, his best friend had a strong point. "I never said the lass was right doin it..but I ain't no tattle tale neither. It's her job to tell yea about Cillian's bumps and scratches, not me." He didn't see the big deal, Cillian hadn't lost any limbs or horrible scars but Ash didn't have kids or was he the fatherly the type so nothing seemed a big deal to him when it came to parenting. "I dunno..sometimes she thinks it cause it's hard on her. She wasn't ready for a ween when she had'im". Ash said truthfully, he thought Cian, Franca and Erin were all too immature to have had kids when they did and he wondered why none of them had been careful like he always made sure he was. Not that any girl had claimed to have had his baby, except for Sherri but Ash had always been sure that kid had not been his.
"Have ya? Don't seem like ya did. Three girlfriends ain't that much, bogtrotter.." Ash shrugged, he'd only had two serious girlfriends during his dating career and he thought Cian was too hard on himself sometimes. If it had been up to Ash, they would have done what they'd always planned after school, get their own pad and party and whore it up. But that's not how the future ended up. Instead Cian had ended up being a teenage dad with 3 kids and Ash had thrown himself into work as an Auror. "She better feckin not cause that lass has more brains than us and 10 more people have put together. Cee Cee better not be that adventurous or I'm puttin her in lock down til she's 35." he laughed, he thought of her like his own little sister and had watched her grow up.
"Nah but it feckin should have! Girl is too stubborn for her own good and he should be wailin on her ass. Feckin guy got soft is what. He was a hard ass with Frankie and now he's a pussy with Clee. Feck that.." Ash was seething with rage now and had it in his mind to speak to Ange, or rather, yell at him. "If she had, you think I'd be this surprised by her fuckin off to who knows where?!" Ash took a long drink from his glass, he'd made up his mind, he was going to finish this drink and then go speak to Ange. "Yer sister..is feckin dumb as a post, ya know that?" he growled, polishing off his drink and setting it loudly down on the bar. Ash stood up and stared at Cian, his blue eyes narrowed and full of fire. "And you and Ange are gonna help me find her and get her ass home. Hurry up." Ash was in no mood to be argued with and did not expect Cian to fight him on this issue.
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Post by Cian McNamara on Jun 29, 2010 16:06:20 GMT -6
Cian nodded his head, "I know ye aint a tattle tale an' I know for sure ye wouldnt tattle on Frankie" he looked at hi friend with a knowing look, he knew how close Franca & Ash were and he could hazard a guess at how much Ash liked Franca.
"Its hard on her? I wasnt ready either for weans an' I got 3! Aye I know that I shoulda wrapped it better but Im only human an I make mistakes just like everyone else! I still dont hide shit from her though, if I did she'd throw a hissyfit" he huffed slightly, drinking his drink in silence while he let his bad mood wash over him. He always seemed to go into a mood when everyone started on about how hard it was for Franca and Erin, it was almost as if they thought he did nothing but donate the sperm.
"Feels like more than 3 but I guess its just all the drama that comes wi' a girlfriend that makes it seem like more? Im not doin' serious girlfriend again, not for a long time. There's only one girl I'd change that rule for an' she aint acceptin' me girls so.." Cian paused to finish the last of his drink before setting the stein down on the bar loudly, "...it looks like a life o' leisure for me" Cian smiled cheekily at Ash, the only girl he was going to settle with long term was Franca and as far as he was sure, she'd never be his again.
Cian shook his head at Ash as he ranted on about Clee before giving a tired sigh, "Where we gonna look for her? She dont wanna be found mate, she'll get in touch when she wants to talk. Where ye gon' look for her?" Cian asked his friend in a soft tone, before continuing "An' what makes ye think she's gonna do anythin' we tell her?" he shrugged his shoulders, he wanted Clee back home but she had all but told him not to bother trying to persuade her.
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Post by Ashton Edwards on Jul 1, 2010 20:00:44 GMT -6
Ash could tell by the sulky silence that Cian was mad about what he'd said and he was sorry and yet he wasn't. They said anything and everything to each other and that was never going to change. "Aye, ya weren't but ya were. Face it, bogtrotter, yer better knowledge wise about raisin kids...ya know more'n she did. Frankie grew up with a nanny, her parents were too busy to raise her, she didn't know even how to change a nappie before Cillian showed up. Least ya had an idea of what ya were gettin into. She'd not a clue.." Ash reminded his friend of their different backgrounds, he felt Cian was more equipped to handle children than Franca or even Erin ever could being that young. "So what? Yer never gonna take her back either? Ya never gonna go out there and really go fight for her?" Ash asked, knowing what he knew but not sharing it with Cian. It would all come out, unless he found a way to reason Franca out of it. It would just create more drama.
"Leisure is good, dude.." he chuckled, throwing some wizard coins on the bar. He turned to look at Cian and raised his eyebrow. "Ya didn't just ask me that? What? Ya forget what I do for a livin? She won't be that hard to track, mate, she's a girl, not a dark wizard..." Ash snorted, he'd be able to find Clee alright, he was sure of it. "Just cause that lass don't wanna be found don't mean she can't be. She ain't that good a hider..remember all her stupid hiding places playin hide and seek when we were kids? She always went in the cupboard under the sink, or under the bed...LAME." Ash rolled his eyes, he would find Clee, it would just take some extra sleuthing.
"Ya comin with me or not? We're talkin to yer sister first. Gotta find out where yer sister was last..and ask her mammy if she has any numbers for callin Clee...I'm haulin her ass home today.." Ash was determined and nothing was going to stop him, even if it took him all night or days.
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