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Post by Sam on Aug 29, 2006 18:59:10 GMT -5
Sam watched everyone watch everyone else - except Justin, who was in his own little world. She tensed up again, but kept the conversation with Rain going so as to keep the civility.
"Oh no, he is." She said. She wasn't really comfortable talking about her dad, or her family, but didn't feel confident enough that she could chage the topic for the better. "Y'know I'm muggleborn, right? Well, my family lives up in Canada. And this is an *American* magic school. To come, I kind of had to move down here to live my uncle." She shrugged. "Let's say my father was less than impressed. He didn't want me to come learn magic anyway, let alone move out to study it. My Uncle Len thinks it's awesome, so I've been living with him since the beginning of the summer." She sighed. "I understand the hostility, but, too bad for them, I guess. I want to study magic. For about a month after I moved, my parents and my brother's wrote me so many letter's ... my dad even tried owling me ... to get me to come home." Sam shook her head ruefully. "It wasn't about to happen. After a while, they jsut stop writing." She looked off in thought. "They probably don't even miss me." She said retrospectively.
She was even more tense as watched Lilith and Rain some more, waiting for Rain to say something.
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Post by Lilith Eve on Aug 29, 2006 19:03:18 GMT -5
Lilith listened to Sam's story, feeling sympathetic. She knew how hard it was to talk about parents that weren't there for you....or weren't there at all.
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Post by Rain on Aug 29, 2006 19:05:11 GMT -5
Rain nodded, hearing most of what Sam said, she guessed the acutuseo wanted to hear about her own family. "Erm..." Rain said, not wanting to be too... revealing? "Um... that's too bad... but your uncle sounds great! I have a younger sister, she's alright, but can't join a school for another year... also she thinks alot like my dad.... sooo..." Rain smiled sheepishly. "Yeah."
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Post by Rain on Aug 29, 2006 19:06:44 GMT -5
But Rain nodded, not knowing what it'd feel like to have no parents.... in a sense. Then again she had no mother, so that might account for something. Rain listened just in case she wanted to say something else.
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Post by Sam on Aug 29, 2006 19:11:03 GMT -5
Sam smiled as Rain mentioned her sister. "I always wanted a sister. Got stuck with three brother's instead." She nodded. "Yeah, mu uncle's awesome. Although, it gets anoying soemtimes. He's the definition of 'bachelor'. Small apartment, t.v. dinners. It takes some getting used to." She looked questioningly at Rain. "What about you're family? You never talk about them?"
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Post by Rain on Aug 29, 2006 19:15:08 GMT -5
Rain looked a little surprised. "Well... there's only my dad and my sister... my mother died when I was younger." she said, looking a bit sadly at the empty plate... it was mostly her own fault.
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Post by Lilith Eve on Aug 29, 2006 19:15:14 GMT -5
Lilith listened, not sure whether to join in the conversation. She thought about her family and how much she missed them, especially her mom. She looked at Rain, wondering what she would say.
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Post by Sam on Aug 29, 2006 19:18:44 GMT -5
Sam winced. It hadn't been her intention to drag up any bad memories. "I'm sorry." She said, knowing it wasn't any help. She saw Rainw as uncomfortable with the subject, so she left it at that and turned to Lilith. "What about you? What's you're family like, Lil?"
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Post by Rain on Aug 29, 2006 19:20:29 GMT -5
Rain looked to Lilith, wondering the same.
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Post by shokar on Aug 29, 2006 19:23:02 GMT -5
Justin's face paled and he dropped his fork...
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Post by Rain on Aug 29, 2006 19:25:35 GMT -5
Rain's eyes quickly darted to Justin as he turned pale and dropped his fork. She blinked in alarm. "What?"
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Post by shokar on Aug 29, 2006 19:26:34 GMT -5
"Oh.... ooops... silly me..." Justin said dazedly and went to pick it up and fell back...
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Post by Lilith Eve on Aug 29, 2006 19:27:36 GMT -5
Lilith looked around, a bit apprehensive. "Well, my mom died when I was seven. She was a muggle. My dad, a wizard, now raise me, my sister, and my brother,"she said, afraid she'd said to much. There was a clatter. Justin had dropped his fork and was looking sickly. "Are you ok?" she added to him in a whisper.
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Post by Sam on Aug 29, 2006 19:28:05 GMT -5
Sam heard Justin's fork hit his plate. Senses brought to alert by Rain's alarmed tone, Sam looked over at Justin. "Justin?" She asked. He was pale and looked decidedly unwell.
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Post by Rain on Aug 29, 2006 19:29:09 GMT -5
"Oh...." she said. He picked up his fork and looked at her questioningly. She quckly looked away to Lilith as she began talking about her family.
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