22 Sep 2020, 02:13
Summer Sleepover
Interacting with @Rose Moon
"I'd like him to fall in love again...get married. Growing up, he really never seemed like the marrying type. He was gone all the time and when he was home, he brought a different woman with him." She paused, glancing out toward the window. "...Sometimes even while mon mère was still alive," she said of her mother, not even realizing she slipped into French.
"When he held his last charity gala...my old governess showed up, Juliette. She and my father always had a thing. She came along after. Sometimes they'd get so close and I'd think...maybe Bella and I were finally got to get a family but then he'd leave again and show up randomly as always, girl in tact. One day she must have gotten sick of the game and up and left...but when she returned for the gala I thought maybe, just maybe they could sort it out. This summer I really got to know my father and I know he's been missing her something awful so I don't understand what went wrong. She stayed a couple days at the guesthouse and then was gone again. My father left to go find her and he's been gone since."
And he'd remain gone, even when Bella would go to Beauxbatons, when Clifton would break off everything with Alina, when school shopping came about, when the students headed back to Hogwarts. She wouldn't see him, even so much as get a letter from him.
"He's a good man. He really is. He was going to be sorted into Hufflepuff but said he sort of convinced the hat otherwise. He got decent grades and played quidditch...even has a trophy in the trophy room for sportsmanship. And he...he carries around a lot of regret for things, things with Belles and I, things with our mother. Probably a lot else."
She glanced down, realizing this probably wasn't very fun for Rose but it was nice to have someone to talk to about it. Sometimes things with friends weren't always the laughter but also the realness and she was glad to have such a close friend to share it with.
Let your confidence shine, pretty girl.
24 Sep 2020, 00:12
Summer Sleepover
Alina talked so fondly about her father, and Rose hoped she would be able to meet him the next day. Maybe mon mere meant her mother? Her father was probably just trying to find himself in this big world with so many wrong choices available, tantalizing yet wrong choices.
Rose hung on Alina's every word, listening intently. Every once in a while, she would nod her head in understanding, at the exact right times to boost Alina's confidence. "I do believe that he's a good man... He seems to care so much for you and for Bella, and I'm glad that you guys have gotten closer. He probably loves you more than you think, you know."
Rose treasured that Alina trusted her like that- that the amazing Alina Rosier would confide in Rose. Rose really was glad they had met that one fateful day, and that they could support each other through everything, like best friends do. Best friends. Yes. That was a good way to describe them.
Rose reached over to Alina's hand, took it, and squeezed it. "Did I ever tell you how lucky I am to have you? Tonight would have been so boring at anyone else's house, but you knocked it out of the park, even for your first time planning a sleepover." She gave her a warm smile, hoping she wasn't intruding on her space by holding her hand.
The two girls chatted about nothing, everything, and anything in between, the conversation slowly dwindling as they became more and more tired.
Eventually the conversation stopped altogether, and the girls drifted off to sleep with their own thoughts. Rose slipped into a dreamless, deep sleep. She had moved onto the floor next to Alina's bed at some point in the night, though she kind of had wanted to sleep on that fluffy bed. But Rose knew herself well enough- she would probably be paranoid about not waking up her good friend throughout the night and wouldn't move at all.
Rose usually slept in as well, so she was still at least partially asleep when Alina woke up.
I hope it's okay that I had them go to sleep! I feel like we can make it go faster once they wake back up
