November 2002
Thursday 11/1
Scenes
Theo and Tracey decide they need to go a bit slower.
Su goes to Beijing for a meeting, sends out owls, talks to the Chinese Minister himself, and then hears an unsettling conversation in a lift.
Ron and Luna bump into each other and decide to have lunch.
Cormac and Pansy have their second date, though their minds are on what happened that morning. Sort of a 'get to know you,' in reverse. (NC-17)
Fred visits to check in on Katie; they spend some time just being together.
Owls
Su owls Michael to make sure he’s alright, and then owls Theo, thanking him for offering to take Chi to the Guy Fawkes festival.
Pansy owls Draco, Tracey and Greg about the previous night’s events.
Tracey owls to Pansy, Hannah and Blaise. Greg is not so lucky, and receives a howler. Tsk Tsk.
Journals
Harry is freaking out a bit, about his upcoming Auror Test. But only a bit.
Alicia journals about her Halloween night (complete with sex).
Pansy is worried about her friendships, Dark Marks in the sky, but had gotten her “exercise” and can have desert! (Yay?)
Ginny was able to avoid Blaise all day. Now that’s dedication! And she has APPOINTMENTS!
Newspapers/Magazines
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Friday 11/2
Scenes
Hannah falls out with Ernie about the company she’s been keeping.
Blaise and Tracey catch up.
Draco and Greg hash out their issues.
Megan and Anthony bump into each other in the lift and he sort of asks her out.
Cormac and Hermione meet again and Michael makes a snide comment.
Su finds out about what happens at Halloween
Harry passes his exams and Tonks takes him out to lunch.
Owls
Greg owls River to arrange a meeting to discuss some business plans.
River owls Tracey to discuss the events of Halloween.
Su sends Michael a worried owl.
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Saturday 11/3
Scenes
Tonks bombards Katie with love and scones, and Katie has 2 someones!?
Auror Trainee Natalie McDonald gets assigned THE Harry Potter as her mentor by Kingsley Shacklebolt
Alicia's day starts off horribly. Dean, and presents, certainly cheer her up.
Ginny, Luna and Dean spend some quality time with their favorite Auror. Fun and slightly tipsy confusion follows.
Owls
Greg worries about his 'family' and beats himself up about some of his bad choices in life.
Natalie is very focused about a lot of things... Of note: her father is having her sitting for a portrait. Who thinks she's going to get naked too?
Dean looks over his week and decides that though it was bizarre, at lease it wasn't boring.
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Sunday 11/4
Scenes
Draco goes to visit Lucius at the Malfoy family crypt and runs into an "old friend".
Harry and Hannah have girl talk She makes him a congratulations pudding.
Cormac and Pansy go sailing Cormac tries not to be a bastard, Pansy ignores her inner voice.
Hannah seeks comfort in Blaise and finds it. She also decides to get a tattoo. Sort of. Maybe.
Draco goes to Ginny for healing. Misunderstandings and anger are worked through. Jealousy rears its head. Not to mention a promise that will be very difficult to keep is made.
Theo and Tracey discuss books, and Gunpowder plots.
Owls
Mandy has a proposition for Cormac...
Megan sends an "anonymous" owl to Cormac with some information he may be interested in...
Journals
Tracey takes stock of everything that’s happened. She’s glad Theo didn’t leave and hopes things go back to normal now. Or, as normal as it can be for a former Slytherin princess.
Ginny tells herself that drinking is bad. And not having sex. And sex.
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MONDAY 11/5
Scenes
Pansy decides she's an art critic. Can you say fire pretty, painting bad? Damn girl, get down with your bad self. Poor painted Alicia, and poor Cormac's coffee table.
Tracey rips into Greg then has a bit of shouter's remorse. He gives her sparklies.
Harry meets his charge. Natalie's a bit impressed with her mentor.
Narcissa notices Draco's been acting off. When she questions him, he tells her the truth.
Tracey has lunch with Hannah. It goes rather well.
Greg visits Fred to vent a bit and find some comfort.
Alicia, Cormac and Pansy once again are in one place. This time there is outright hostility, death, and weeping involved.
Theo and Tracey attend bonfire night with Chi. There’s kissing and things on fire. Excellent.
Owls
Greg owls Ginny. He's asking for help? And offering her his services. Maybe. We're not sure.
Simone owls Tracey requesting her party planning services for a Ministry of Magic soiree.
Draco owls Greg informing him of the Alecto Carrow situation. Tact, Draco. Look it up.
Journals
Megan journals about Cormac knowing her anonymous owl was from her and about what to do with Mafalda Hopkirk and her aunt. And about HIM.
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Tuesday 11/6
Scenes
Greg and River discuss old news and new new ideas.
Ginny confronts Blaise about him fancying men. The air is cleared and the word penis is thrown about. – Of course I linked it to the word penis. Did you expect anything else?
Draco crashes lunch with his two favourite Slytherin girls. Pansy and Tracey are both appropriately awkward, considering, but no one ends up hexed.
Katie goes to the Ministry to feed Cormac lunch. Apparently food is not in the Five Year Plan. It's almost a girl talk - relationships and everything.
Pansy stops by to let Fred know who Greg's friends are.
Katie and Anthony run into one another in the lifts at the Ministry.
Dean rushes to cheer Alicia, and it works rather well.
Owls
Alicia owls both Katie and Angelina to tell them sad news…
Journals
Pansy journals about throwing a tantrum.
Ginny journals about the change in her personal personal life.
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Wednesday 11/7
Scenes
Tracey meets Simone for business related stuffs and they find out that they may have more in common than previously thought
Cormac makes a new contact, one that offers what he wants the most: power. Will he accept the offer?
A a night on the town with Anthony and Megan. No one is safe.
Alicia's loss brings back painful memories and more nightmares for Katie.
Owls
Anthony and Megan make a date. (And the world shudders in fear, ship of doom or no.)
Alicia sends Harry a present for graduating to a full auror. (Mad-Eye may be jealous…)
Journals
Anthony’s having urges and might need Megan’s help with them? Ooooh, there so many things I could say here… but I can’t decide on just one, so I say nothing.
Megan is all aflutter at HIS owl. (Can Megan BE all aflutter? Is it possible?)
Cormac is thinking about Pansy and portraits. And how beautiful woman seem to flock to him. (It’s your charm, sir. You’re charm.)
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Thursday 11/8
Scenes
Pansy goes to check on Gregory. They discuss plans for what to do with their time and money.
Natalie has a portrait sitting with Dean. There's playful banter and flirting. Amazingly, her clothes stay on.
Cormac and Megan have lunch and come to a few agreements concerning their working relationship.
Healing and tentative plans for a secret dinner date with Draco and Ginny.
Pansy learns what happens when you try to destroy a magical contract. Cormac learns a little about himself that he didn't know before.
Draco sneaks out to see Blaise. They have a bit of a chat.
Owls
Alicia owls Dean and Cormac with thanks.
Tracey owls Simone about meeting on Saturday for drinks, despite the slight disaster of their last meeting.
Journals
Tracey contemplates the changes in her family.
Cormac thinks about his relationship with Pansy.
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Friday 11/9
Scenes
Narcissa and Draco discuss his death threats with Maria.
Ron has been thinking about Luna and does something about it.
Natalie is annoyed by her fellow trainees.
Kate needs a new dream catcher.
Cormac and Megan engage in a little stress relief.
Owls
Ron asks Luna on a date.
Greg owls River regarding possible therapists.
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Saturday 11/10
Scenes
Greg finds out what is wrong with Pansy, Pansy promises to let him hurt people. Both are cheered considerably.
Cormac and Mandy engage in a little stress relief.
Harry gets called to yet another incident with drunks at a bar. He takes them to Neville at St. Mungo's, but finds out there's a bit of a problem.
Luna attends her first date since the sodding Irishman who broke her heart. Ron is a perfect gentleman.
Fred and Katie help Alicia live like a Fraggle.
Simone goes to the Sticks to meet Tracey and winds up with a date with 'the boy who lived to use bad pick-up lines.'
Anthony takes Megan hunting. Things get a little heated after their prey is captured and eliminated. (Hard R for Violence)
Owls
Ginny owled Draco and essentially asked him on a date.
Journals
Draco thinks on a lot of things. His friend Lindsay, meeting the head of the MLE, and wonders about becoming employed because the redhead he's obsessive over couldn't possibly be interested in such a slacker.
Ginny muses about her date and the way she often flirts with the dark.
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Sunday 11/11
Scenes
Fred wakes up a cranky Ginny but placates her with tea and eggs.
Fred acquires a house guest.
Cormac and Michael get a wee bit sloshed. And who shows up to join them, but Pansy?
Owls
Pansy owls Dean to arrange a portrait (my, that man is getting around) and Tracey, making sure they’re still on for Tuesday lunch.
Greg owls Katie for a meeting and plans are made for Tuesday.
Tracey owls Simone, including a much needed hangover potion. Plans for Wednesday are made.
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MONDAY 11/12
Scenes
OMG! Snape’s been getting high on happy fumes! And he didn’t even know it!!
Tracey catches up with River as they plan the Ministry’s Winterval Ball. Oooooo! Fake snow!
Draco drops in on Hannah’s place of employment to talk to her about dropping in on Greg.
Owls
Natalie owls Dean about another sitting because her Dad’s picky.
Tracey’s owl wants a day off after delivering the invitations to the Ministry’s Annual Winterval Ball. It’s by invite only. Anthony, Cormac, Harry, Maria, Michael, Molly, Simone, and Tonks swing invites. Representatives from the Quibbler and the Daily Prophet are also welcome. Department heads like Hopkirk and Shacklebolt and of course, Scimgeour are invited as well.
Snape owls Ginny about making an appointment. He probably doesn’t want to have any happy fumes flashbacks.
Neville owls Dr. Hamlin (Hermione’s boss) about his muggle problem.
Journals
Cormac journals about waking up in Pansy’s bed spooned into cuddly Michael and how fabulous a kisser Michael happens to be.
Apparently, house-elves don’t approve of Pansy sleeping with two men in her bed. They burn the toast when she does this. She journaled all about that and much, much more.
Michael journals about being freaked out about waking up between Pansy and Cormac. Don’t worry, dude, you’re cuddly.
Character Introductions
Meet Severus Snape. Again.
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Tuesday 11/13
Scenes
Ginny examines Snape and finds an underlying problem. The problem? He's a git.
Cormac does some soul searching -it only takes a minute.
Greg goes to visit Katie at The Broom Shed. They feel each other out after not seeing each other for weeks. Greg asks Katie to dinner, and she accepts.
Blaise finds Narcissa trying to plan a party for his birthday. He puts a stop to it, but underestimates the slyness that is Narcissa.
Owls
Pansy owls Michael, reassuring him.
Narcissa is planning a party, and invites all of Blaise’s friends.
Molly owls Ron. She has emotional blackmail down pat.
Journals
Angelina journals about the war.
Tracey journals about family.
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Wednesday 11/14
Scenes
Angelina drops in on Fred to hear the latest gossip. She doesn't like what she hears.
Tracey and Simone condescend to save the world from bad fashion… or save the ball anyway.
Dean paints Pansy. Beauty? Yes. Humble? Not so much. (But that’s why we love her, eh?)
River and Greg discuss the therapists, buildings, and the Ball.
Draco and Ginny have their first date. Things start awkward then move to him offering to teach her things. *eye-roll* Occlumency, you perverts.
Madame LeGrot assigns Tonks the Malfoy case. This should be interesting.
Hannah drops by to celebrate Blaise's birthday with him.
Hermione discovers the ignored letter from Neville about the muggle. She decides to take things into her own hands.
Owls
Tracey owls Blaise his birthday gifts and is a bit sad he isn’t have a party. (Hehehe). Presents sent? Balloons, cufflinks and a necklace with several charms.
Pansy sends Blaise a flask. Was anyone really surprised? He also tells her to stop by as it’s not been HIM avoiding HER.
Draco sends Blaise his presents. 4 VERY NICE suits (That Blaise will look SMASHING in) an apron for when he’s making his potions, and black silk boxer shorts. Snazzy.
Ginny owls Blaise with his presents. A black and gray tie, a silver bracelet and… black silk boxer shorts? Deja-vu?
Cormac owls Pansy, thanking her for taking care of him and Michael. (I’m pretty sure it was her pleasure to do so, darling.)
Journals
Snape is not happy (Though… when *is* he happy?) He might have to go to America to find someone to heal him as those in the area with the expertise would rather see him dead. Fun!
Pansy reminisces about the good old days. (Well, the MOSTLY good old days.) She also decides to look into those people Greg hung around with in America. (Yanks? Honestly!)
Ginny’s nervous about her date. Ginny? Nervous? ::Gasp::
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Thursday 11/15
Scenes
Cormac and Michael discuss certain things, kissing techniques NOT among them.
Alicia, Dean and Angelina clean house.
Tracey accidentally spills information that isn't hers to spill while having tea with Narcissa
For one moment Hannah recalls why she doesn't like violence or shouting before it's wiped from her mind again.
Angie and Alicia have a girl's night. What more could they want? Apparently a bit.
Harry and Simone have lunch and plan a date. All his 'girl-talks' may have been good preparation.
Pillow talk - Pansy & Cormac style.
Dean and Ginny exchange some words. Some of them aren't that happy, but things turn out alright.
Owls
Maria lets Narcissa and Draco know she has put Auror Tonks on their case. She includes a small note to Narcissa that they really must have tea sometime.
Alicia asks Dean if he’d like to help her pack some things. She finds some romance novels in her parents’ stuff, and sends them to Katie.
Greg wants to talk to Tracey and go shopping with Pansy.
Dean sends Pansy an old sketch he did of her in school.
Hermione replies to Neville’s owl, offering her services. Not THOSE services. *glares*
Journals
Snape contemplates things at the shop.
Alicia journals about going to pack up her parents’ things, and realizes just how different they really were.
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Friday 11/16
Scenes
Draco takes Hannah to meet Greg - who is not as scary as she thought.
Cormac accepts the offer from the Liberi.
Tonks is denying healing at St. Mungo's (That's becoming a trend) so she stumbles across Healing Hands. Ginny is all too happy to heal a friend and ends up with future jobs as well. She's a little nervous about that bit.
Owls
Pansy writes to Raven Runningwolf about Greg.
Greg owls Katie to wish her luck.
Alicia owls Dean to hang out.
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Saturday 11/17
Scenes
Alicia is playing Quidditch again. It's healing.
Harry and Simone go out for drinks. Challenges are thrown about.
Sitting number two with Dean as the artist and Natalie as the subject. There's a little bit of kissing and some embarrassment.
It's Blaise's birthday party. Narcissa hosts it. Hannah bakes the cake. Tracey organizes, Pansy supervises, and Draco doles out the spankings.
Ginny crashes Blaise's party a little late and finds out her and Draco have the same taste in boxer briefs (and Draco acts all cute... hee hee).
Owls
Natalie owled Dean to let him to come over any time to find her smile.
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Sunday 11/18
Scenes
Pansy and Greg go shopping. They discuss his love life (Oh, my), Tracey, and he replaces the shoes that he-ahem-ruined.
Draco drops in on Blaise to discuss what might be going on with Hannah and what might have to be done about it.
Draco pops by to see Snape with a few questions and leaves with even more questions.
Harry helps Hannah connect the dots. Then he asks her to sleep with him... and Dobby.
Journals
Snape had a breakthrough in his ideas, thanks to Draco, and is excited he might be making headway.
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MONDAY 11/19
Scenes
Theo returns from Belgium to a very lusty Tracey. Obviously he's no longer in the dog house with her. Cat house maybe, but not the dog house. (Hard R)
Mandy and Cormac run into each other, but manage to stay fully clothed.
Greg visits Snape and gets the caustic Slytherin version of a parental guilt trip, complete with threats of violence in instances of further stupidity.
Blaise goes into Three Broomstick for late lunch and gets a Mac-sized fist to the face instead. Apparently, they had a thing once and it ended badly. Neville shows up and hits Blaise too - for messing with his girl.
Ginny heals Blaise after he gets beat up by a wee girl. There's also a bit of discussion on who Draco would thnk is the better kisser of the two of them.
Tracey is approached by a very handsome, very charming member of the Liberi. After a multitude of blushes, she agrees to think on his offer.
Tracey and Simone talk about the Liberi and come up with a sneaky scheme.
Fred goes to visit Katie at Rose Cottage. They talk about Greg and relationships, smut, smut again and then there are some revelations for them both. (NC-17)
Owls
Hannah owls Ginny to make an appointment at Healing Hands.
Greg sends owls to prospective therapists.
Dean owls Neville about renting out his spare room.
Megan sends important information to Cormac by owl and warns him of the arrival of a new filing cabinet with special properties.
Tracey owls Greg canceling for Tuesday and asking if they can meet on Wednesday instead.
Journals
Snape journals about having to speak to a Weasley twin to further his research. Oh the HUMANITY!
Hannah journals about staying home from work, her mind-altering experiences, and what's next for her.
Oh. HELL. Draco journals about having a plan.
Megan journals about HIM and finding a better way to provide Cormac with information.
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Tuesday 11/20
Scenes
Ginny checks out Hannah. More is discovered. -- And the Wayne-ker totally deserves whatever is coming to him.
Alicia and Cormac have lunch.
Pansy and Tracey’s weekly lunches continue. Tracey spills about her Greg issues and Pansy threatens the staff again.
Two Ravenclaws reacquaint themselves with one another. Luna and Mac make plans to outfit Luna for the Ministry ball.
Draco picks Hannah up from work because he has a surprise for her. – Hopefully just the start of Wayne-ker’s just desserts.
Dean and Alicia have a nice evening. Important things are left unsaid.
Greg and Katie go out on a dinner date. Greg's nervous, but they both have a good time and agree to trying for more than friends.
River gets her heart broken.
Owls
Snape manages to owl Fred, seeking a meeting.
Mac owls both Harry and Luna, telling them to meet her Saturday at the ‘Sticks. Of course, she wouldn’t be Mac if threatening wasn’t involved.
Dean owls Harry, telling him they need to talk about an important matter.
Journals
Cormac talks about joining the Liberi, his nifty secret decoder ring, and how helpful Megan has been.
Snape journals about Greg’s idiocy and his procrastination.
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Wednesday 11/21
Scenes
Anthony and Megan have lunch and plan a date for the weekend. He asks her to escort him to the Ministry ball.
Dean returns to Parkinson Manor. He and Pansy bond, and he even gives her something new to torture!
Harry and Natalie answers the call of an exploding snap game gone horribly wrong. Natalie takes a hit. She's reluctant to go to St. Mungo's, so Harry takes her to this place he knows about.
Alicia and Angelina go house-hunting. Successfully, I might add.
Tracey answers Greg's summons and another argument ensues, but maybe this time they can make up for good.
Natalie's father takes it upon himself to owl Dean to let him know about Nat's little injury on the job. Someone hurries over very quickly.
Hannah goes to Blaise to tell him what she has learned. He takes it as well as can be expected... for a Slytherin who's had someone he cares about harmed.l
Owls
Draco owls Blaise and Greg, letting him know what the sitch with the Wayne-ker is.
Luna owls Ron for another (hopefully less awkward) date.
Alicia owls Dean about finding a house. Dean proposes they meet to discuss some things.
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Thursday 11/22
Scenes
Natalie gets asked to escort Kingsley to the ball in his wife's place... after being teased about Dean.
Tracey channels Greg and is all protective of dear Pansy. Good thing Cormac has a line prepared.
Knowing Harry's protective urges, Dean decides to talk to him about Nat.
Owls
Tracey owls Draco and lets him have a piece of her mind… a very loud piece. She then leaves a note for Simone arranging a meeting time over the weekend.
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Friday 11/23
Scenes
Megan gets approached by the Liberi.
Anthony gets a promotion from Simone.
Draco pops in unexpectedly on Tracey to clear the air after her owl.
Pansy and Cormac go shopping. Who likes shoes more? And does Pansy trust anyone?
Tracey and Theo have an adventure in Muggle London.
Owls
Anthony and Megan make another ”date”. Why does this owl send a shiver down my spine?
Megan sends Cormac a special file cabinet. Special, because it means people are in danger.
Greg owls Blaise for a meeting.
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Saturday 11/24
Scenes
Alicia hears Dean's news. Nothing gets shattered but her heart.
Luna goes dress shopping with Harry and Mac. More than the perfect dress is discovered.
Alicia goes to Charlie for comfort, and finds it.
Tracey and Simone get their Alias on and break into the Ministry for sooper sekrit information on the Liberi. Too bad there weren't any extra Vaughns laying around.
Anthony picks Megan up for another night out. (BFE: SQUEE!!!)
Draco pops by Healing Hands to see Ginny. He also pops into her head as he gives her her first Occlumency lesson. He sees some VERY disturbing things.
Harry and Simone go to dinner and then go home to have 'dessert'. (NC17)
Snape and Fred meet to discuss a business proposal. And by 'discuss' we mean 'snark at each other, with some exposition'.
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Sunday 11/25
Scenes
Hannah and Harry have a bit of a tiff about Draco.
Neville takes Mac out again. This time neither one of them are involved in any sorting fighting activities.
Owls
Neville owls Mac for some dinner. She tells him she’ll be ready. (I get the gist she might ALWAYS be ready for Nev.)
Draco invites Blaise for some ‘tea,’ but I have a feeling it’s not going to involve scones…
River owls Angelina with another gig. (This girl is gonna be HUGE!)
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MONDAY 11/26
Scenes
Draco and Blaise have a Slytherin tea party with the Wayne-ker. Today must be his un-birthday. Hope he liked his "presents".
Simone meets the Glorious Mother. They discuss Tracey’s recruitment.
The Liberi welcome another into their fold. Tracey meets with Mr. Charming again and he gives her some pretty jewelry.
Cormac and Katie chat about life and love. Mr. Tickle Fingers is used as a threat in the event of ship talk, and no, not in the nautical sense.
Megan gets her assignment and a rather ironic piece of jewelry from the Liberi.
Snape plots gainst Draco for being amused by his happy fume misfortunes.
Owls
Fred owls Snape with his very clear notes on the daydream charm.
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Tuesday 11/27
Scenes
Simone gets a letter from her bio-father's attorney who has requested a meeting.
Cormac completes his first assignment for the Liberi.
It's "Torture Tuesday!" Tracey and Pansy discuss marriage, and ...those short things you get after you get married? Oh, yes, that's right. Children. Pansy basks a bit in the glow of Brody's brogue, and Tracey mocks Pansy a little. Standard, really.
Greg meets up with Blaise again. They mend things and plot together. A family that hits together, stays together.
Simone outs herself to Tracey. It goes well and there is talk of ice cream later.
Owls
Harry owls Simone that he found a suit for the ball.
Ginny owls Draco for a date.
Tracey owls Simone to thank her for her help.
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Wednesday 11/28
Scenes
Maria and Narcissa have lunch and discuss gold diggers.
Tracey and Greg have some bonding time. A kiss nearly starts a fistfight, but Greg restrains himself.
Owls
Greg owls River to get some more information on their ball-date.
Tracey owls Greg. She doesn’t want to be alone.
Pansy owls Dean his commission, and Greg about just to see how he is.
Hannah sends some belated birthday goodies to Greg.
Journals
Pansy journals about Tracey, Cormac, Dean, Draco, Gregory, Michael, and her mother and father’s portrait. Apparently she has a lot of people on her mind…
Draco has pink hair. ::giggle::
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Thursday 11/29
Scenes
Oliver has a bout of insomnia, which ends up in his adopting a bastardly one-eared cat.
Simone meets with her bio-parents lawyer and finds she has inherited quite a lot from her father's death.
Greg and Draco visit the potential schools. There is snarking and information sharing. Amazingly, there is a decision on the school building and no hexing.
Draco takes Ginny to Thailand for their date. Massages, dinner, and hot tubbing, anyone?
Owls
Oliver owls Katie asking for help regarding the cat he found.
Journals
Susan journals about her financial problems and possibly getting a job.
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Friday 11/30
Scenes
Fred visits Greg and they catch up.
Dean and Ginny finally see each other for longer than 5 minutes.
Simone and Tracey prepare for the ball.
Blaise and Greg pay Cormac a friendly visit.
Ginny makes Neville a surprise offer.
Owls
Greg owls Fred.