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Post by Tessa Nicole Abbott on Feb 27, 2019 14:09:44 GMT
 But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before "MORGANA!" Tessa ran as fast as she could through the park, the pram catching on rocks and clumps of mud as she veered into the grass like a maniac. It was hard to breathe, she hadn't been too active in the form of exercise since she'd had Hannah in September, and this mad dash was taking its toll already. She was only round the corner from home, but it felt like she'd been running for miles. Hannah, all five and a half gorgeous chunky months of her, had started off laughing hysterically at the antics of her mother, but now it had turned to a look of disapproval that was going to turn to tears any second. She was not happy being bumped about like that. Tess couldn't stop, though, she didn't exactly want to be speeding through the park like a mad woman, nor did she want to get funny looks from people the way she currently was. Unfortunately, she had a long black dog lead wrapped around her wrist, and no dog attached to the other end. She was supposed to be meeting Helley by the fountain about ten minutes ago, and as she approached, she spotted the blonde siting on a bench in the winter sun. Relieved, Tessa steered the pram over to her, Hannah now crying inside it, her little face scrunched up in fury. It was probably hunger too, Tessa realized as she parked the pram up in front of her friend and ran off across the grass. "She's hungry!" she called over her shoulder to Helley. "There's a bottle in the bag!" And with no more instruction, she was off, the great black and tan mass of her Bernese Mountain dog, Morgana, set in her sights. "Morgana!" she bellowed as she ran. Morgana was honestly a well behaved dog. She usually sat by the fire in the pub, watching the patrons and getting toothy whenever any trouble broke out. She was a great security guard, and she was brilliant with Hannah. She just liked to let off a little steam when they were out and about. She was known for making a break for it whenever she thought she could, but Tessa hadn't been expecting it this morning and the lead had snapped. She clung to it, her wand now in her other hand as she ran as fast as she could at the huge dog who was headed right for the duck pond. "Morgana, don't you dare!" she roared, green eyes blazing with dread. _______________________ tag: Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne words: 451 notes: <3 outfit: Tessa, Hannah, Morgana [googlefont="Butterfly Kids"][googlefont="Cinzel Decorative"] |
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Post by Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne on Mar 1, 2019 7:29:49 GMT
It had been a while since Helley had caught up with Tessa. Since starting Hogwarts Helley hadn't quite had as much freedom as she'd used to. She was at the castle Monday to Friday, but she always had the weekends to herself and a dope schedule that gave her most of the actual days of. Being an astronomy Professor meant that half the classes were at night which was great because Helley was a night owl that liked to sleep in in the mornings. Still it meant other things in life had slipped and she needed to make up for it.
Arriving late Helley sat on a park bench near the fountain where she was meeting Tessa. She hoped the new mum hadn't buggered off because she hadn't been there. Helley had issues with time keeping, but as Tessa finally arrived, Helley discovered Tess did too! Excellent, she could just pretend she'd got there on time and Tess would be none the wiser!
"Hey, Te-" Helley was cute off and left with a chubby looking piglet. "But-" Helley stopped. Tess was already gone. Helley's blue eyes drifted to the fussing baby on the pram and sighed. Merlin, how old was Sophie now? She'd been the last baby Helley had actually looked after and the girl was practically an adult! Still Helley wasn't one to beat around the bush. She rummaged through the bags, finding the bottle and warmed it up with a quick spell, keeping her wand concealed so no muggles would notice anything, not that they ever did, they were all too self-involved to see beyond the tips of their noses. Pulling the now crying babe out of the pram seemed to calm her for a minute, actually less, but Helley wasn't timing the poor piglet. Instead she managed to get the cap off and sat back down on the bench. Babies were easy! It was just like riding a bike! She bounced Hannah a little and tested the warmth of the milk on her wrist. It felt normal enough so she she sat down with Hannah, laying her back. Piglet began fussing again but with the bottle near her mouth she soon shut the hell up. Piglet was definitely an appropriate name as the baby grabbed on to the bottle and started guzzling the thing. Bloody hell! Helley looked up, looking around for Piglet's mum, hoping she'd bloody well be back in a minute. Helley didn't mind feeding Hannah, not at all, but she did mind burping her, because as she knew from experience - if they were gonna throw up, it was gonna be then.
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Post by Tessa Nicole Abbott on Mar 1, 2019 16:22:06 GMT
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before She did it. For Merlin's sake, she did it. Morgana was neck deep in the duck pond, swimming around like it was a lovely summers day, ducks flapping to get away from her to the other side of the water. Tessa stood at the edge of the pond and used the firmest voice she had to command her dog to come back to her, and after what she thought was a kind of scary tone, Morgana finally decided that she'd finished her leisurely swim, and paddled out of the water to her owner. She stopped next to Tessa and steadied her long legs, crouching a little and ducking her head. Tessa had half a second to recognise the stance and turn her back just in time to get sprayed by a ton of water as Morgana shook herself out. Her back soaked with icy pond water, Tessa turned around, fuming just a tiny bit, and plucked a random green leafy thing off of Morgana's hip. "You are naughty," she told the huge pup with a glare. Morgana only wagged her tail. She knew she was good, and that this was just hot air, but she waited patiently while Tessa used her wand to repair the snapped lead and attach it to her collar. She was even more patient as Tess dried the pair of them off with a quick spell. Morgana's fur was impossibly thick, but she managed to get most of the water out of it, then tried as best she could to reach her own back. The lead was tucked between her thighs as she waved her wand around blindly behind her, hot air whooshing about a bit like a hair dryer until she felt relatively dry again. She tucked her wand away in her bag, and then led a more relaxed Morgana back across the park. By the time she reached Helley, the blonde had Hannah sat on her lap, a bottle in her mouth that was nearly completely drained. "Wow, I'm impressed," Tessa smiled, out of breath as she marched her giant pooch up to the bench and paused next to the pram. "Sit." Morgana sat. "Stay." That one was up for debate. "Sorry about that, fluffy butt thought we were on an adventure," she said to Helley as she sat on the bench beside her. "You're doing a good job," she said enthusiastically, leaning over to peer into Hannah's contented little face. "Your Auntie Helley is doing a good job, isn't she," she cooed, getting no response because there was still a tiny bit of milk that needed to be sucked dry before Hannah could allow herself to acknowledge anyone. The kid liked her food. Tessa was actually looking forward to her starting solids in a few weeks, she'd probably be eating full roast dinners on day one. _______________________ tag: Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne words: 507 notes: <3 outfit: Tessa, Hannah, Morgana[googlefont="Butterfly Kids"][googlefont="Cinzel Decorative"] |
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Post by Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne on Mar 2, 2019 16:52:41 GMT
Helley wasn't too bad with babies. She knew what she was doing but it had just been a while. A really long while. Although it wouldn't be too long until the next baby she got to hold what with Hazel about to pop any day now. Or whenever. Helley wasn't really sure how long pregnancies lasted but she knew that Hazel had told her she was up the duff about four months ago. Helley was pleased for Hazel and Bones. Hazel was a great mother and Sophie was a great kid. Helley was kind of excited to be 'Aunty Helley' to another little sproglet. Though Sophie wasn't that little any more and Piglet couldn't talk yet. Could she? Nah, it'd be about a year before Helley could teach her to curse like she not so secretly had with Sophie. It would have been secret if Hazel hadn't come home early from shopping. Cheeky mare. Helley was sure Hazel and Alvin had come home early to make sure Sophie was still alive. Of course she was! Helley wasn't going to kill the baby, she was a good surrogate aunt!
"Looks like you've had a fun morning." She said, nodding her head to the dog. Helley couldn't imagine how hard it'd be to get ready and leave home with a baby and dog in tow. Helley couldn't get herself to places on time, let alone with other responsibilities to consider. Still, being early or on time was completely overrated in Helley's opinion, although she wouldn't let Tessa know that she too had been late to meet up today. "How's the rest of your week been?" She asked, looking from Hannah to Tessa for a moment after she'd asked the question but she was soon back to looking at Hannah. She was definitely going to be 'Piglet' to Helley from now on. That cute little button nose and those adorable little eyes. Definitely a little Piglet, especially with how well she was simply guzzling her bottle down. She was nearly finished and Helley was definitely going to pass her over to her mother once she was done and she was definitely going to be staying away from the cute little baby's mouth. The last thing she wanted to do was get spat up all over. She looked hella cute today, there was no way she wanted curdled milk thrown up all over her outfit.
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Post by Tessa Nicole Abbott on Mar 3, 2019 10:53:41 GMT
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before Tessa let out a harsh laugh at the thought of describing her morning as fun. It definitely hadn't been. She had been thrown up on at breakfast and had to have an entire outfit change for herself and Hannah, her own breakfast had gone cold and she'd thrown it in the bin and ate a chocolate biscuit instead, which just made her feel shit. On top of that, she hadn't even been intending to bring Morgana with her, but the dog had heard the word "park" being uttered to Hannah, and ran to get her lead. Tess had told her to stay countless times, but Morgana had insisted that she come along, and had basically carried her own lead all the way out of the building as she followed Tessa, who could do nothing to stop her because she was pushing a pram through a busy pub. The morning had turned out differently to what she'd expected but fun definitely was not the word for it. "Yeah, fun," she said, with the wild eyed look of a big fat liar on her face. Helley asked about her week and she shook her head. "Chaos," she said. "Billy called in sick, so I've had to get Sally to do double shifts, and you know how I feel about Sally." Sally liked to flirt with the customers more than she liked to serve them, and she was really pushing herself closer and closer to being fired every day. If she could, Tess would just dismiss her for being downright annoying, but she needed the staff right now. Hiring someone new took time, and then if they needed a bit of training, that slowed things down even more. Between looking after Hannah and trying to man the bar herself some nights, it just wasn't the right time to ditch Slutty Sally. "How about you?" she asked as Hannah slurped the last drop of milk down. "Ready to come back to the Leaky again?" she gave Helley her most charming grin, though she knew it would never work. Helley was lost to the Leaky for good. Who would give up a job of teaching at Hogwarts, to work behind a bar? You'd have to be crazy, and Helley was crazy, but not that kind. _______________________ tag: Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne words: 414 notes: <3 outfit: Tessa, Hannah, Morgana[googlefont="Butterfly Kids"][googlefont="Cinzel Decorative"] |
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Post by Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne on Mar 4, 2019 15:01:37 GMT
Helley smirked. She could do without the hectic kind of life. She was all about having fun and living care free. She had to support herself somehow and so she taught, first as a private tutor and then at Hogwarts. She'd also done a fair bit of bar tending in her time which was great and all, but she was hardly able to earn enough money to live off of. If she wanted to make money bar tending then she'd have to live in the middle of nowhere where the rent was dirt cheap and the house probably dirtier. Why couldn't life be easy, free and fun? Ha! Her nickname in school had been somewhat similar to that. Oh fun. Still, Tessa seemed to have it together, or at least together enough to still be a functioning human being after probably next to no sleep. A baby, a crazy bloody dog, and a pub to run couldn't have been easy, Helley did not envy her in the slightest. Well apart from maybe owning a pub. That would be pretty cool. Drinks whenever, a place to hang with friends once it was closed. It was really kind of cool but the rest she could do without.
It was good hearing Tess talk about the Leaky and the staff, even if it was a little frustrating for the other woman. Helley could understand why things had been chaos. It seemed Tessa's staff didn't get that she wasn't just the boss, she was also a mum now. Helley kind of wished she'd stuck around to help her friend out, she could have easily run the bar, but she really needed a change of pace and she needed more money, something a bar tending job just wouldn't get her. "Shit. That sucks." She stated, kind of wishing they'd done this at night over a couple of beers but she supposed anything at night when Tessa wasn't working, she'd probably be conked out at home, sleeping until the next time her baby woke. "Tell Sally if she doesn't get her arse into gear, I'll make a surprise visit." Helley had been a bit of a hard-arse on the girl but in fairness she ever bloody worked and needed pushing, much to Helley's annoyance. Helley wasn't the type to want to be everyone's friend, far from it, but she did like when everything ran smoothly and oh yeah, people actually did their jobs. "You couldn't afford me, honey." She laughed, really wishing she had a beer. Did she have a problem? Nah, her schedule was just all over the place thanks to working crazy hours. "Work's good, kids are pretty good. Some are right little shits though. I mean I was a handful but I was never ..." Helley paused, thinking over all the questionable things she'd done in school, "Never mind. But they're little shits I swear. Still, there are some pretty decent kids too, and they need a consistent Professor. Their last two died. I probably shouldn't have taken the position but hey, Dumbeldore practically begged me." She gave a short little laugh. It wasn't exactly true, Dumbledore probably could have hired someone else but she was glad he'd decided to go with her.
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Post by Tessa Nicole Abbott on Mar 5, 2019 12:25:17 GMT
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before Helley was right, Tessa probably couldn't afford her right now. Money was tight since Hannah had been born, and though she didn't resent it one little bit, she knew it limited her, and she would be stuck with her current employees for quite some time before things could change. It sounded like Helley had mixed feelings about her new job, but Tessa couldn't help a laugh. It wasn't often you heard teachers referring to their students as little shits, and it was refreshingly honest. Really, though, that was what Helley was good for, refreshing honesty, and it was one of the reasons Tessa got on so well with the blonde. They had that in common, though Tess wasn't quite so foot-in-mouth. She was good at telling people what for, though, at least her employees knew not to mess with her. She wondered what Helley's students thought of their new professor. She probably would have found her refreshing, but she knew most kids liked soft teachers who they could get away with murder with. Helley probably was not that. She mentioned the fact that the last two Astronomy Professors had died, and though she felt that familiar pang of sadness at the subject, Tessa looked at Hannah and pushed it away. She found Hannah quite magical in that way. If ever anything sad or dark tried to creep into Tessa's head, Hannah had this incredible ability to just make it evaporate within seconds. It was a side of motherhood Tess hadn't expected, but she certainly took advantage of it, and she'd found herself generally happier because of it. Hannah was happiness, and as long as she had that, sadness couldn't touch her, not really. "Just don't die," she said dryly, taking the empty bottle from Hannah and clicking the lid on. She tucked it back into the bag that hung on the pram. "You need to still be there when this little shit's at school. Though you might be grey and unrecognisable by then." Was she joking? Who knew. She did hope Helley would still be there when it was Hannah's time to go to Hogwarts, but whether Helley would still be blonde or not was another matter entirely. She'd certainly have a few more wrinkles, and would probably be calling the kids shits to their faces by that point. _______________________ tag: Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne words: 423 notes: <3 outfit: Tessa, Hannah, Morgana[googlefont="Butterfly Kids"][googlefont="Cinzel Decorative"] |
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Post by Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne on Mar 27, 2019 14:14:47 GMT
Helley gave a dry sort of laugh that paired with Tessa's words. Everyone under the sun knew that the Defence position was cursed, no one lasted more than a year there with Professors either dying, mysteriously vanishing, giving up the position, being arrested or what have you, but the Astronomy position was supposed to be safe, and yet the last two had been killed. Dearborn and James, it sucked going into a teaching position knowing that death had greeted the previous two Professor's but Helley had done it anyway. Had she thought about giving up and quitting next yer? Maybe. Was she going to? Also maybe. She like the Astronomy side of the job but some students liked to make it their business to ask for extra work, like she gave a crap! She could take all the students in the world just so long as they didn't bother her with their bullcrap outside of lesson times but Killian was going to have his neck wrung by the end of the school year if he didn't back the hell up and do some independent studying, rather than asking her for extra work. Did he honestly think she wanted to grade shit!? The kid was nuts.
"Hey!" She snapped, although much more quietly than usual as she didn't want to disturb her little Piglet, "You take that back." She demanded, "I will never be grey." She said firmly, flicking her head so her hair would have moved magnificently behind her had it not been for the wind that just blew it back to where it had been in the first place. "Also my little Piglet will never be a little shit, will you darling. No you won't!" Helley cooed over the little babe as she passed her over to her mum, smiling at her chubby little cheeks, knowing Tessa was probably going to have the best behaved kid at school. Tess would forever be on edge, waiting for her kid to start stepping out of line or getting letters from the Headmaster but it would never come, Hannah was going to be the sweetest, most awesome kid at Hogwarts and Helley was going to be there to see it happen. Although perhaps she'd quit for a while first. Another eleven years of this seemed like it would be torture for anyone. Seriously, how could anyone deal with kids for that long? Helley got away from the castle probably more than any other Professor. It wasn't her calling like it was with most other teachers, but she had Hazel there, at least for now. What was going to happen when Hazel exploded and had her own little sproglet? Helley was beginning to think that maybe she needed a new career path, just as a back up choice for now.
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Post by Tessa Nicole Abbott on Apr 26, 2019 15:33:05 GMT
But I'm busy mending broken pieces of the life I had before "Sorry," Tessa said immediately. "I meant white." She gave Helley the grin of a former hell raiser, and reached out to take her spawn from Helley's arms as the blonde offered her over. "Piglet?" Tessa's mouth dropped open in exaggerated shock. "She is not a piglet, she's a beautiful little-" she looked at her daughter for a moment, scanning her face and waiting for some other, much cuter animal to jump out at her. Well there were big eyes that were starting to turn green, a little turned up nose, chubby cheeks, and she was kind of pink all over. "-piglet. You're right." Tessa crinkled her nose as she stared at Hannah, never having thought to give her an animal nickname, and being totally unhappy that her little angel had such an unflattering match. "She'll grow out of that." She sounded sure of herself, but insecurity reared its ugly head as Tessa promised herself that Helley would be the only person on the planet to ever call Hannah by that nickname. Ever. Ever ever. She sat Hannah on her knee, face aimed away from both women and the dog, and began to gently pat her back, rubbing up a storm as she spoke. "If she's anything like her mother, she will definitely be a little shit," Tessa said. It was, unfortunately, just in Hannah's genes, but that didn't mean she couldn't fight it. Tess would of course be doing her best to try and raise Hannah to be good and sweet and respectable. She would also be teaching her how to throw a punch, and how to disarm a person without a wand, because you never knew when she might need such knowledge before she had a wand of her own. Plus she lived over a pub, she would be in close proximity to drunks and weirdos on a daily basis, she'd need to be able to kick arse to some degree. How to make her good and fierce at the same time was a bit of a mystery to Tessa, but she would be giving it her best shot. She didn't bring a baby into the world and ruin her vagina just to raise a daughter who would end up in Azkaban some day. _______________________ tag: Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne words: 409 notes: <3 outfit: Tessa, Hannah, Morgana [googlefont="Butterfly Kids"][googlefont="Cinzel Decorative"] |
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Post by Wilhelmina Emerald Rayne on May 27, 2019 9:09:24 GMT
Helley scowled playfully at Tessa, pouting her lips as she did so, giving her an extra sour expression. Helley would never be grey of white, she'd dye her hair and be a blonde until the day she died! And Hannah would be perfection! Absolute perfection for all of Helley's life. Perhaps she'd be a shit for her mother, but never for her cool aunty Helley! "What!? Never, she'll always be my gorgeous little Piglet. Have you not seen those Winnie the Pooh books? Piglet is the cutest, that nickname will stick forever." Helley insisted, although she supposed she could see how it might be troublesome through those formative teen years, but Helley would stick around Hogwarts as a Professor and kick the arses of anyone that took the mick out of her sweet little piglet. The idea of Hannah taking after her mother wasn't all bad though. Tessa had managed to turn her life around in the last twelve months or whatever and she was doing amazingly. Helley was certainly proud of her, though she'd only admit that out loud when she was drunk. There was no sense in having an emotion break down in public unless you were tits over arse wasted.
"Well maybe she's like this mysterious father you won't tell me anything about." She said pointedly, looking at Tessa, though maybe that would be worse, "Whatever she's like, she's gonna get a huuuge chunk of her personality from her favourite Aunty Helley." She said confidently, "She'll be sassing you, snapping her fingers and looking out for number one." Well that made her sound like a sassy spoilt brat, which Helley doubted she could ever be, but if she were, then the nickname 'Piglet' would certainly come in handy for knocking her diva-ing arse down a peg or five.
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