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Charlotte Loftus
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Escape From The Parents
« Thread Started on Apr 17, 2008, 5:51pm »

Charlotte Adrienne Loftus, youngest member of one of the oldest Wizarding Families in the World, swept down the stairs into the crowded little pub, paying little, if no, heed to the other patrons. She pulled a face at the smell, and size of the 'most popular' pub, and found an empty table. She gazed with increasing discomfort at the stained and bottle ringed table, before letting out a disgusted sigh and seating herself, somewhat reluctantly.

Why was she seating herself through such a degrading and disappointing, grubby little pub? Because the girl wanted some peace from the constant nagging of her Father. 'Have you done this? Have you done that?' and 'you must uphold the family honour' was beginning to grate on the young girls nerves. They had had that conversation before, yet she constantly found herself repeating the words she had heard so often from both parents.

Sighing, the girl motioned the waiter, and after ordering a butterbeer, settled more comfortably in her Chair. She though wistfully of Roxy, and wondered how she fared. Her closest friend and adopted sister was attending beauxbatons, on request of her deceased Parents. Thinking of this, only made Charlotte feel worse. She took a deep breath, and held back the tears that threatened. She was a Loftus, not some bawling child.

Charlotte opened her eyes to find the waiter stood over her, watching her expectantly.
"What?" she demanded, slightly rude, "Oh, put it on the Loftus tab you dolt." she muttered as she realized he wanted paying. She rolled her eyes at the boy’s ignorance, and glanced at the door as she felt a breeze tug at her soft blonde hair.

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Re: Escape From The Parents
« Reply #1 on May 4, 2008, 7:07am »

After watching "Rose" drive away in her new muggle contraption; Emmeline refused to address the woman as "mother" after the summer she had just experienced. It would appear that after all the searching she had done the love sick woman had finally found her lost love who had, conveniently let sip his dislike of magic and anything related to it, which just so happened to include Emmeline since she was, after all leaning it. So this lead to a summer spent either alone doing homework and cursing the warped mind of her mother or sitting though painful interviews to get her enrolled into muggle boarding schools for once she has finished Hogwarts because "No daughter of Dominic Vance will walk around waving sticks and screaming mumble jumbo at passerby!" Of course Emmeline didn't consider herself the muggles daughter but when she attempted to tell the man this her mother had locked her in the wine cellar. Not that Emmeline minded, at was the first and last time she would drink wine. She was hung over for two days after that.

Glaring after the shining car as it turned onto the highway Emmeline picked up on end of her trunk, dragging it behind her she made her way into the busy pub, the lasted conversation with her two "parents" swimming around her head. Another ultimatum "Drop out of school and start some snobby finishing school for woman and have a place to go during the holidays or stay in Hogwarts and never return to the manor again, instead Dominic will pay her to stay away. It was an offer Emmeline was tempted to take but anger at her mother for allowing this of her only daughter stopped the Ravenclaw girl from accepting.

Dropping her trunk by the bar Emmeline smiled warmly at Tom as he offered her a worn brass key, it would appear she was expected but that wasn't a surprise, she had been spending the last few weeks of the holidays here since she was 13.
Pocketing the key Emmeline watched as the man sent her trunk upstairs. Nodding her thanks Emmeline turned to the bar, smoothing her pristine white button down shirt and black skirt as she inspected the collected witches and wizards.

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Re: Escape From The Parents
« Reply #2 on May 6, 2008, 2:36pm »

Charlotte watched as a girl entered the small pub, dragging a trunk behind her. The girl seemed vaguely farmiliar, and Charlotte frowned as she tried to recal who she was. It wasn't until the girl moved further into the pub did Charlotte realise. The girl was two years above her at Hogwarts. A Ravenclaw. Nodding to herself, as if to confirm this piece of knowledge, Charlotte turned her gaze to the opposite end of the pub, where a loud laugh caught her attention. She returned her gaze to the Ravenclaw as she was greeted by Tom, the Innkeeper.

She watched as a kay was handed over before the older girl had even spoken, she had clealy stayed here in the years before. She sipped her drink as she stored this piece of information. Interesting. Charlotte's eyes flickered to someone moving the girl's trunk, before sliding back to the said girl and raking in her appearance now she had stopped moving. Charlotte had to smile her aproovment, at the same time frown in confusion. The girl sure knew how to dress, but why wear such formal clothes? Charlotte shrugged the thought aside, smoothing down her own clothing.

The young Slytherin had donned simply that day, wearing a purple strap top, partially covered by a three quater sleeve shirt. She had donned light denim, skinny leg jeans, and a pair of gld clour stilletoes covered here feet. The whole outfit was finished with a pale green scarf holding her otherwise free hair, from her face. All in all, Charlotte felt the entire look was summery and simple. Perfect for a day of wandering in Diagon Alley. Charlotte watched as the Ravenclaw turned her gaze to the rest of the room, and upo n catching her eye, Charlotte inclined her head in greeting, and guestered to the chair opposite her, indicating to the girl, that she should sit.

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Re: Escape From The Parents
« Reply #3 on May 8, 2008, 9:16am »

Smiling slightly to herself Emmeline took in the serine view before her, it wasn't often you got to experience the feeling of relaxation and companionship (even though she was only observing) anymore in a public place such as this because while The Dark Lord Voldemort had focused on Europe for the last year his threat over the UK was still strong and people where weary of trusting each other. Watching the groups of men and woman Emmeline slowly inspected each group, she had been brought up knowing you couldn't trust your own mother to protect your back so she wasn't going to venture into the main part of the pub without first knowing exactly where each person was sitting and with who, even if she didn't know the person and in this case she knew none, it was better than being unprepared.
Casting over eyes over the table closest to her Emmeline felt her eye brows rise up her forehead at the casual greeting she received from the person sitting there who, it seeming had been watching her.

Without much thought toward the girls intent Emmeline calmly made her way to the table and the offered seat. All the while she tried to remember if she had ever spoken to this girl before, she knew her face that much Emmeline was sure of but not the name. Sitting herself down Emmeline made sure to keep her white top away from the beer stained table between her and her companion. Eyeing the single drink that stood on the table Emmeline took her eyes off the girl in order to get her own beverage only to find that Tom was already standing beside her, a glass of iced tea, something she had fallen in love with on one of her many trips to muggle London.

Smiling her thanks Emmeline took her drink before turning back to the girl, taking a small sip Emmeline took the time to take in the girl’s appearance in the hope that it would reveal her identity
'Clean top, tight pants, scarf...clearly a Slytherin. She doesn't look old enough to be in my year and I know all the Slytherins there...looks like money With her conclusion Emmeline knew it wasn't much as most Slytherins where part of old money in the Wizarding Community but she had a good idea of who this girl was "I didn't expect to see a person such as your self in here" She commented as she places her drink a little to carefully on the table "Do your parents know of your hide out?" She asked, she hoped that with this question she would get another clue as to who the girl was because Emmeline didn't want to be so rude as to ask for her name after accepting an invitation to join her.

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Re: Escape From The Parents
« Reply #4 on May 8, 2008, 12:11pm »

A small tugging at the side of her mouth, warned Charlotte of the smirk before it came, as the girl sat opposite her. She turned t order a drink, but Tom was already there with a glass of what appeared to be Ice Tea. Charlotte stored this little titbit of information, not many Wizards and Witches chose a muggle drink. Was this girl Muggleborn then? She wasn't Pureblood, Charlotte was sure of that, otherwise she's know her. But something told her the girl wasn't muggleborn. That meant Halfblood. She stored this information away too. Charlotte couldn't help but raise her own eyebrow "A person such as myself?" Charlotte asked, "And what sort of person would you say I was?" She let her smirk soften slightly. She picked up her drink. careful not to touch the tabletop, and sipped at it, instantly feeling the warmth of it course through her body.

Charlotte laughed, a little uneasily maybe, but she did so all the same, and the sound carried in the nearly empty pub, and curious glances were sent there way. Charlotte simply ignored them.
"Hide out? I couldn't hide from my parents even if I wanted to. They've paid Tom highly for his service, and watching me is part of said service." She smiled ruefully and jerked her head first at the bar, where Tom hastily turned away. The two waiters however kept watching the 14 year Old. "I'm always watched over. Daddy says it for my own protection, but I'm not 'Daddy's Little Girl' anymore. He's worried I'll shame the name, or lead all muggleborns into a revolt." She laughed bitterly, not too loud this time however. She rolled her eyes at the ceiling and thens ipped more of her drink.

"Charlotte Loftus, 4th Year Slytherin" Charlotte had debated about telling the girl who she was, but she knew, eventually, the girl would find out. Better out of her own lips then out of someone else's, or so she always thought. She turned her gaze to the rest of the pub, watching each patron for a few seconds. The Loftus's were well known. That didn't mean they were always well recieved, or that they were alway's welcome. Money didn't offer the best protection, despite what her father had always said.

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Re: Escape From The Parents
« Reply #5 on May 12, 2008, 2:32pm »

Not sure how to reply without sounding A. Rude or B. Like an idiot Emmeline chose not to answer the question asked her by the girl before her who she now knew to be Charlotte Loftus 'Well that explains the general disposition' Smiling slightly Emmeline reached for her drink, the ice had quickly melted in the smothering heat, and she wasn't surprised, glancing around the bar Emmeline could see at least two lit fires. Honestly Tom had to be mad it was almost 25degrees outside and this was Britain!

Sipping her brown colored drink Emmeline watched and waited for the younger Slytherin to finish talking, for a higher class girl she was clearly practiced in talking glass eyes to sleep, really it was Emmeline's belief that most higher class kids where taught to be seen and not heard. She remembered having that saying thrown at her more than once at the gathering her step-father made her attend.

At the part about muggleborn revolutions Emmeline felt a small smile slip onto her face. Putting her drink back down she chuckled at the thought "Muggleborn revolution hu?" She grinned at the girl "Well good luck with that" Wetting her lips as she relaxed further into her seat Emmeline felt the need to offer her hand as she introduced herself "Emmeline Vance" She stated gesturing to herself with her free hand

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