*--take it all away

[kit]

For the first time in a month Kit was home from a game. Although he could have chosen to live closer to where the team practiced but there was no where in the world he felt more comfortable than London, except for his families house. Being the youngest Kit had been the last to leave and he often traveled for games, making it hard to see his family as often as he liked. Returning to his apartment in London he had gone right to sleep. Some hours later he woke and cleaned himself up. He only had a short time off and he meant to enjoy it as much as possible.

First thing was first. Having wanted to upgrade his broom to be much faster and effective to win more matches. Dressing for the day he locked the door as he left and entered the entrance of Diagon Alley. His first stop was Quality Quidditch Supplies to look at the various makes and models of the brooms. Right now he was riding a nimbus but he needed a faster broom. After comparing all of the specifications of each he finally decided on the latest skyrocket. Picking up a broomstick servicing kit he paid for his purchases and left the shop.

Now free to do whatever he wanted for himself he decided on stopping at the ice cream parlour. Ordering a bowl of strawberry and bananna ice cream he sat himself down at a table in the corner and began to eat his treat, while pondering what to do with the rest of his time that day.

ooc; eh it's not good
tag; taylor

[/blockquote][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

[taylor]

knowing that she had no classes to teach until later next week when term started, and so she'd decided to head out to diagon alley to take a break from wandering the grounds. she'd stopped close to the quidditch pitch for a short time, unable to help feeling the usual wistful pang as she looked up at the great golden goalposts, waves of nostalgia and longing sweeping over her as she remembered the good old days. those times she'd helped her team win games, or times when they'd had close calls... good weather bad weather...cancelled matches.

taylor had sighed and forced herself to walk away, rubbing at her left shoulder as it gave it's familiar aching pang. she sighed, pulling her light jacket closer around her as a light breeze swept across from the lake and caught her brunnette locks and ruffled her light ebony dress, causing it to cling to her petite frame. she exited the grounds and waited until she was a reasonable way away before turning on her feet and neatly apparating...

.. appearing right outside gringotts bank. it was reasonably quiet out - not many people where around today, and so she didn't have to negotiate around hundreds of people streaming and bustling and shoving to get into the bank. with a small smile at the sight of being in diagon alley, finding it nice to get away from the castle for now, she headed down the steps and to a place she'd known reasonably well for years. florean fortescue's ice cream parlour. many a time she'd come to indulge her ice cream desires, and now she felt a familiar craving for some good old fashioned chocolate chip.

and yet just as she was entering the shop, chocolate eyes gazing about her softly, she noted a familiar figure. a very familiar figure. quite unable to believe her eyes, tay raised her eyebrows and changed direction, weaving a few tables to pause beside the guy and glancing down at him, a small grin playing on her lips. " .. kit!?" she asked in half disbelief.

ooc , it's awesome! mine isn't excellent.. i need to get into the swing or rping her : D

[kit]

Florean's was not as busy as it usually was, unless people had suddenly stopped liking ice cream. Or maybe it was just because he was used to being there the day before term began at Hogwarts, that was probably the last time he had the chance to enjoy a bit of ice cream at diagon alley. During his breaks before he had always gone home, something he had decided against this time. he was gazing around the other tables seeing if there was anyone around he actually knew when a voice stopped him.

" .. kit!?"

[/s] A very familiar voice was calling out to him and he lifted his green eyes from his ice cream to the person the voice belonged to. Genuinely suprised at seeing her again he couldn't keep the grin off of his face. It had been ages since he had seen her last? It was easily moer than a year. Perhaps longer. "Tay! She had once played quidditch professionally, much like himself. And they had once had a thing that was going on. But since she had gotten hurt and quit playing he hadn't seen her.

"You should take a seat. How have you been doing?"[/color] He wasn't sure where they were right now but he hoped that they were good. He had always enjoyed her company. Kit was really happy to see her again.

ooc; it's not so bad, i'm not used to rping as him either. i couldn't remember how long it had been since they saw each other last. xD
tag; taylor
[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

[taylor]

once his head turned to her, and she caught those green eyes she knew she'd been right to think who it was. immediatly she felt a barriage of emotions; love, loss, happiness, surprise, guilt... a whole crap load. of course , the love was all friend kinda love now, not the 'in love' kind. that had faded with the time, and the fights. but still, those faint emotions she used to have stired within memories. the loss was obvious, hapinnes - well she was glad to see him again, they were friends .. well she thought they were right? again, surprise was easy to understand - she hadn't seen him around in a year or so! and the guilt.. well that was more on the sudden memories on how they'd fought in the past, how she'd resented him, and how things had slowly gone down the plug.

but pushing that aside .. she was happy to see him. she'd missed him! after all, he'd always been a fellow competitor and a friend. "Tay!" taylor grinned lightly and looked at him. "ah so you havn't forgotten me yet then!" she teased, only playing with him, despte the fact that she was honestly glad he hadn't forgotten who she was. "You should take a seat. How have you been doing?" taylor smiled. "uh sure." she said, knowing she had the time, and so she made to pull out the chair opposite him, sitting herself lightly down and gazing at him.

she then remembered his tag question and smiled slightly. "me? i've been good, yourself?" she asked, genunely wondering how he'd been and what he'd been up to. she knew the last time he'd really seen her was when she was still struggling with the perminant injury, but it was alright now - most of the time. on occasion it did like to stiffen up and ache, but usually only if she used it too much. flyng was out of course - much to her annoyance - but she didn't really do much to wear it out in the first place. she looked across at kit and wondered how practises had been going. she'd been trying to keep up with the puddlemere united team, but now with her move to hogwarts and all, she'd lost track a little.

ooc , uh a year sounds cool xD

[kit]

the last time he had seen her they had been fighting. It had been shortly after her injury and although they had tried to stay together among the fights things just started to go downhill. He’d almost gone back a couple of times during that year but something always stopped Kit from going through with it. Whether it was not being sure of what to say or do or just the guilt from leaving her alone he didn’t know. Now that she was standing there before him he hoped that they had been able to get past all of that and be the friends they once had been.

"ah so you havn't forgotten me yet then!"

[/s] kit wanted to think she was joking. From the time when he had first met her she had been unforgettable. Even if they hadn’t talked much or seen each other in the last year he didn’t think it was capable to forget about her. Hoping that she was just teasing him he smiled as she sat in the seat across from him. “I’d never be able to forget about you tay! You’re great.”[/color] It was true. Tay was the kind of girl that anyone would be lucky to be around. Maybe from this day they’d be able to stay in better contact, or at least owl each other more often.

"me? i've been good, yourself?"[/s] Hearing that she had been doing good made Kit feel relieved. Although her injury would have been healed by now he wasn’t sure how he would find her. She seemed to be doing and looking great, and he hoped that she continued to do so well. Sure he wished he could go back to the old days where they could play against each other or even just fly, but something told him that flying was out of the question for her now. And he wasn’t about to be rude enough to mention it to her. ”I’ve been doing well.” Playing for puddlemore united was great and he couldn’t picture himself playing with another team or leaving his teammates. What was she up to now? ”What have you been up to lately?”


ooc; alright xD
tag; taylor
[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

[taylor]

“I’d never be able to forget about you tay! You’re great.” tay grinned lightly as she sat, shaking her head slightly. "i was joking of course, but thanks. you're not so bad yourself" she said with a soft grin, glad that he actually hadn't forgotten her. not that she thought kit was low like that to forget what they'd had and who she was, but she knew exactly how busy the life of a quidditch player could be - life revolved around the pitch and flying and thinking up new strageties and ideas and plans and moves and cooporating with teammates. you were always off at matches left right and center, doing interviews on occasion and after a while, you start to live on the most basic of food and you just use your flat for sleeping. she knew how easy it was to forget things and all that once your mind was square on quidditch. but still, she knew kit wasn't like that.

”I’ve been doing well.” taylor smiled, and nodded. "that's good," she said lightly, meaning it. she was glad he was doing well, he'd always been a decent guy and he derserved a good run in life. ”What have you been up to lately?" taylor looked at kit. "i'm the new charms proffessor at hogwarts... and head of slytherin house.." taylor grinned lightly, wondering what kit would make of that. once tay had gotten over the despair of her ruined flying career and the anger at herself for what she'd left herself with, she'd eventually turned her thoughts onto teaching. she'd always been interested in it, particulary charms, and she certainly hadn't wanted to perminantly retire at only twenty-nine, so she'd gone to hogwarts. she'd also been appointed head of slytherin - her old house - for which she was greatful and certainly happy about. didn't mean she didn't miss flying though..

"what about you? and how're the team?" she asked, eager to know how things were going. "any wins recently?" she added, knowing that there were bound to be - the team were good, her abrupt retire wouldn't have desrupted their decent reputation. looking at kit she longed to go out and fly with him again - just as mates of course, just for old times sake. sititng there, she wondered if she could do it, of course, she'd need to use her right hand rather than her left to control the broom ... and her left arm might ache worse than usual but .. she could balance alright with one hand .. right? tay wasn't sure, she'd tried in the past to fly again, with bad results and of course, not exactly done good to her back shoulder. still, maybe she could try, if kit wanted to or something. oh how she wished..

ooc , cools lols i didn't know that jessica alba and jensen ackles were together in real life lols. i was searching for pics for taylor and they were in loads together. lmao random xD

[kit]

"i was joking of course, but thanks. you're not so bad yourself"

[/s] kit was relieved that she didn’t think so lowly of him, and that she hadn’t really thought he had forgotten about her. That would have made him wonder what kind of person he really was. Sure most people understood the hectic and always on the go lifestyle he lived as a result of playing professional quidditch but kit had always made sure to have time for friends and family. Even if sometimes it took awhile for him to get to see those people. He actually didn’t even know what he had his own apartment, aside from sleeping there he didn’t actually spend all that much time there. Perhaps it was just time to move in with one of his teammates, at least then he’d always have someone around.

"i'm the new charms proffessor at hogwarts... and head of slytherin house.."[/s] kit had never had anything against the other houses at hogwarts, even if history showed that usually gryffindors and slytherins didn’t get along all that well. Mostly times had changed by the time he reached hogwarts although there were a few of the more stubborn pureblood families. One thing was for sure, he’d never had a pretty professor at hogwarts. Those students didn’t know how lucky they had it. ”do you enjoy teaching then? Any students giving you any trouble?” he was genuinely curious, quidditch didn’t last forever, and he had toyed with the idea of heading back to hogwarts as a professor when his quidditch days were over, although he wasn’t so sure yet. It was interesting to say the least, he hadn’t remembered her ever mentioning wanting to be a professor back then, although she probably hadn’t given it thought at the time.

what about you? and how're the team?"[/s] There wasn’t much kit was usually up to. After all after practices he usually went to the leaky cauldron for a drink or visited his family. There wasn’t much to do really outside of that. ”Oh just spending time with my sister or hanging out at the pub for a drink or two. And the team is great.”[/color] kit was still wondering if she would get offended if he asked her to go out flying sometime that he had almost overlooked her last question. "any wins recently?"[/s] kit didn’t like to brag and he was unusually biased as he thought puddlemore united was the best team ever but she had asked so therefore it wasn’t really bragging.”Just won our last game against the cannons.”[/s]The cannons had gotten better over the years but most people still counted them as a sure loser.


ooc; I didn’t know they were either, I thought they were both married to someone else or something.
tag; tay
[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

[taylor]

”do you enjoy teaching then? Any students giving you any trouble?” tay looked at kit, chewing her lip as she thought over his question, nodding slowly. "yes, it's actually quite fun ... and the students are usually a pleasure to teach. with the odd exception of course." taylor added with a roll of her eyes, but obviously it was a given that no class would be perfect. she smiled at kit's last question. "they dared try any trouble with me... i don't allow them to over step the mark.." taylor said with a grin and a light laugh, being truthful - she encouraged a little playful tease or joke here or there from her students, but she did not apprechiate roudiness and uncoporation. she was disaplined, but at the same time students seemed to find her a fun enough proffessor and all that most of them didn't really want to try overstepping the mark.

”Oh just spending time with my sister or hanging out at the pub for a drink or two. And the team is great.” taylor smiled and nodded. " ah the pub.. great place. " she grinned and nodded a second time as he said the team were great and thinking of how many celebrations and consollations and all that that had happened within the pub they most visited - the leaky cauldron. but it was good that was good - her teammates had been her friends too. she'd kept in touch with a couple of them, but the others she'd unfortunatly lost contact with - like kit for example.

she asked how the wins were going and was glad when he said, ”Just won our last game against the cannons.” a grin stretched on taylor's face. "excellent! well here's to your success." she said lightly, sincere with her words. she was glad that things were going good for kit and the team - honest she was! twirling her want to produce a glass of water for herself and raising it to chink to one of his own perhaps.

ooc , lols i dunnoo xDD i was just searching for images and he was in a lotta them xD lols

[kit]

"yes, it's actually quite fun ... and the students are usually a pleasure to teach. with the odd exception of course."

[/s] kit could remember his Hogwarts days. The professors really seemed to enjoy teaching them and well the students loved to give them a bit of trouble. Whether it just be the pranks or cheekiness, or even just forgetting to do the homework. Being a professor couldn't have been easy. But it seemed like it suited her. She looked as good and happy as ever. "they dared try any trouble with me... i don't allow them to over step the mark.."[/s] taylor didn't seem like a very menancing professor but he was sure she menat what she said. they probably got away with very little. or maybe they just admired her too much to give her too much trouble.

" ah the pub.. great place. "[/s] it was a great place. there wasn't anything like hanging out with your friends eating and drinking. kit thought that it was always a good time. he'd actually been there with taylor a few times back in the day, and he was very sorry he had lost contact with her. "You should come out during the weekend to the three broomsticks, we can hang out again like old times. now that he had seen her again he didn't want to not speak to her anymore. they had been good friends, and he was sure they still could be.

"excellent! well here's to your success."[/s] kit wondered if she missed those days when she would have been on the pitch beside him and celebrating a win afterwards. he missed them sometimes but she seemed mostly happy. raising his glass he smiled as he chinked it against her own. "and here's to the best looking professor hogwarts has ever had."

ooc; sorry it's been so long!
[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

[taylor]

"You should come out during the weekend to the three broomsticks, we can hang out again like old times." taylor smiled lightly and looked at him, nodding slightly and feeling her curls tumble over her shoulders at the movement. "i'd love that...perhaps if you tell me when you're next match is i'll come watch..and meet you in the pub after for the celebration." she grinned lightly, knowing she probably would. it would sadden her not to be there in the match with them, but she would love to support them.

"you know...we should meet up and go for a fly...old times sake.." she said carefully, sipping her drink lightly and glancing at him. she was sure they were both skirting the idea, and though she knew it would be a bad idea, that she'd pay double for it when her shoulder would most likely sieze up the next day, and probably be rusty as heck on the broomstick she wanted to at least fly once more with her old lover and teammate. couldn't hurt, right?

as they chinked glasses and kit said "and here's to the best looking professor hogwarts has ever had." she grinned lightly and rolled her eyes. "hardly, but thanks." she laughed lightly and sipped her drink before putting it down. oh how strangely bizzare this felt; sitting opposite kit and chatting away like old times. she had never believed she'd get to do this again, but she hoped they'd be able to keep in touch from now on. "so are you seeing someone?" she asked out of curiousity, tone lightly and vauegly wondering. oh she wasn't asking for herself, no that train had come and long gone. she could never go back there again, all those fights would just happen all over again, she knew they would and besides, the love she'd had for kit had transcended into the love someone had for a good friend and she knew kit would feel the same. he would have moved on too, and thereofre she was meerly curious.

ooc , it's otaaays xD -huggles-

[kit]

"i'd love that...perhaps if you tell me when you're next match is i'll come watch..and meet you in the pub after for the celebration."

[/s] kit didn't think that she would actually want to come to a match but he was happy that she would be coming to one in the future. It probably wouldn't be easy for her but the celebration afterwards was bound to be fun for everyone. And hopefully it would make her feel better. "I'll owl you to let you know when it is, you'll have fun for sure."[/color]

"you know...we should meet up and go for a fly...old times sake.." [/s] Kit had certainly been thinking about it but hadn't been able to put it into words. Perhaps he hadn't been brave enough but he didn't think she was able to fly, he was sure one of the fights they had when they were together had been on just that subject. Maybe it was now better but he was still surprised. Still what could it hurt to at least go flying? Surely there would be potions that would help her with pain if it came to that. "If you're sure you'll be alright, I'd like that."

"hardly, but thanks."[/s] He found it hard to believe that she would think that she wasn't good looking. Kit knew he wouldn't have minded having a professor who looked like her. After all he would have enjoyed his classes more. "so are you seeing someone?"[/s] He wasn't sure when the conversation had decided to head into this direction but somehow it had. Kit really didn't mind the question all that much, after all he didn't have much to hide and he didn't think it meant that they would get back together or anything. After all friends who didn't see each other for awhile normally did ask questions such as these. "Not really at the moment. The girls in my life now are teammates and my sister."[/s] Putting a spoonful of ice cream in his mouth he swallowed before looking back up to her. "How about you? Seeing anyone right now?

ooc; i didn't know if leah and kit were together currently, , also my space doesn't work well, so i'm sorry if words run together.[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

[taylor]

"I'll owl you to let you know when it is, you'll have fun for sure." taylor smiled and nodded. "sound's good..i'll be expecting a VIP pass.." she teased, joking off course. she didn't expect anything - she'd be there to cheer them on and celebrate the victory after. of course she wouldn't feel comfortable going to every game, but perhaps once or twice would be okay. she knew she wouldn't be able to handle going to many - it still hurt seeing the students out there playing matches, to watch her old team would.. well it would hurt, but she knew she'd feel proud. it only hurt because she finished her career earlier than she was ready to. had she retired, she knew she wouldn't feel that pang when she saw other people flying, but it was there. she knew it always would be, she just needed to work around it.

"If you're sure you'll be alright, I'd like that." taylor could tell kit was slightly surprised, and she waved off his concern. "yeah it'll be fine." she said lightly. kit didn't need to know anything about how it would ache for hours after. yes, she did have a potion to help with the pain, but she'd been warned about trying to fly again. she didn't care though, she wanted to fly with kit at least once more before. yes it would hurt emotionally as much as physically to know it would really be her last time -she couldn't afford to mess up her shoulder anymore than it was, but she wasn't going to say this. "just say when and where and i'll be there." she grinned lightly.

"Not really at the moment. The girls in my life now are teammates and my sister." taylor nodded slightly. "yeah that i understand." she smiled lightly. she was a little surprised - after all, kit was quite a catch she'd always thought, but it was understandable. being a quidditch player didn't leave all that much time to go out and find someone. it took a toll on private lives...as kit and taylor had unfortunatly experienced first hand. "How about you? Seeing anyone right now?" taylor sipped her drink and shook her head. "no... too many essays to mark and corridors to patrol at the moment." she smiled lightly, not resenting her job at all. well.. there was this one male teasing who seemed to anjoy the occasional flirt with her but that was playful not really serious.


ooc , it's fine xD i left a comment at the bottom of my last leah post about her and kit kinda getting together question so yeah xD maybe they're not together yet in this thread xD aand no worried! : D

[kit]

"sound's good..i'll be expecting a VIP pass.." Even though she was probably joking Kit wouldn't mind getting that for her. In fact even if she told him not to he was going to owl her the best tickets he could find. It usually wasn't all that hard the players usually got some tickets for their families and his sister was uaually too busy to come. "Why of course, only the best seats in the stands. Let me know which game you want to come to and I'll send some your way."

[/b] It felt good to have her maybe coming to a couple of games in the future. Even though it probably wasn't easy for her he was glad to be seeing her around again.

"yeah it'll be fine." Kit wasn't entirely convinced but if he had learned one thing over the years it was to never argue with a woman. It could never end well for a guy. And he wasn't about to make Tay mad when he hadn't see her in a year. No it was better to keep quiet and let her decide for herself if she could. "just say when and where and i'll be there."[/s] There was the problem. It wasn't always easy to have a weeked off, especially as the season really picked up. Still he was pretty sure he would have a free weekend soon. He had to. "I should have a weekend free in November.

"no... too many essays to mark and corridors to patrol at the moment."[/b]Kit couldn't understand why Tay would still be single. Sure there were the things she mentioned but wasn't there other professors or even shop owners she would run into frequently? Then again maybe the male professors were way older than her, he hadn't been to Hogwarts in years. Kit knew that she would find a great wizard soon, she was too good of a person to be alone. "That's a shame. Seems we're both too busy for our own good."[/b]It really was a shame but what could be done.

ooc; yes i know i suck, sorry.
[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

[taylor]

she smiled lightly at kit and shook her head lightly as he said, "Why of course, only the best seats in the stands. Let me know which game you want to come to and I'll send some your way." she grinned lightly. "you don't have to, but thanks i'll send an owl back your way if you send some dates?" she said simply with a small smile, knowing it would be nice to watch a game - no they didn't have to be the best seats, any seats were fine with her, but she knew she wouldn't be able to go to more than a couple. it would hurt to watch her old team flying up there without her - she wondered about her replacement but really she didn't want to think about it and she pushed it out of mind.. things had to go on anyway didn't they.

she could see he didn't believe her, but she was glad he didn't argue. the topic was a little touchy, and she wouldn't want to have to argue with him about it - they'd argued enough over the years, and she never wished to argue like that again. "I should have a weekend free in November." she grinned lightly and nodded. "alright, i should be free then." she said, thinking that if she had work to mark she'd try and get it done as quick as possible so her weekend would be free too.

she smiled lightly as he spoke once more, "That's a shame. Seems we're both too busy for our own good." she nodded and looked at him. "yep, we're going to have to remember how to save time for ourselves." she teased lightly and grinned, shaking her head slightly and sipping her drink.


ooc , nooo you don't -pokes- you're AWESOME!

[kit]

"you don't have to, but thanks i'll send an owl back your way if you send some dates?" Kit nodded once as he finished his remaining bit of ice cream. Almost all of it had melted away already anyway. There were things Kit knew he didn’t have to do, he felt the need to do most of those things anyway. There were very few times were he was forced to do something he didn’t want to do, and that had been back in his Hogwarts days. ”I’ll be looking for your owl then.” He still wasn’t so sure on her coming to a game or two but Taylor was a woman and knew what she wanted to do. There would have been no stopping her anyway.

"alright, i should be free then." Now that they had discussed plans to get together Kit was feeling a little bit better. Taylor had always been a good and fun person to be around, and he was happy that he had run into her again. Hopefully nothing would get in the way of their weekend of flying together. No matter how worried he would be about her being in pain he was in no mood to have an argument with her, talking like this was nice and he didn’t want to ruin it.

"yep, we're going to have to remember how to save time for ourselves.” Kit had always wanted a quidditch career but he hadn’t known how busy he would always be. Still it would be nice for the both of them to find more time for themselves, and for them to start finding someone that they belonged with. He wasn’t going to be young forever. ”It’ll be hard but I’m sure that we’ll make the time somehow.” Kit liked to enjoy himselves and as they got closer to the summer and the world cup the busier he would be. The time would have to come now.

ooc; so it's late and short, sorry. xD

[/blockquote][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

[taylor]

she saw kit not as he scooped up his remaining ice cream, and she made to finish her drink. she knew he might not think it the best idea to come to a couple of games, and indeed she had no intention on going to many..but she did wish to support kit and her passion for quidditch hadn't died, even if she wasn't able to play anymore. she had always had a good relationship with kit - when they were friends before they got together...it was just a shame things had ended the way they had, but she was glad that they'd met again and were talking; she'd missed this, and she hoped that they could rekindle their friendship.

”I’ll be looking for your owl then.” she smiled lightly and nodded, thinking about how she should be able to make a game as it approached christmas..lessons would be less intense as students became excited for the holidays, and though there were a couple of balls generally this was the time when things wound down for the holidays. she would be sure to fit in some time for her dear friend, even if perhaps she didn't make a game, only the celebration after - or even perhaps just a coffee or something, to catch up like today.

”It’ll be hard but I’m sure that we’ll make the time somehow.” she smiled and nodded in agreement. "we have to make the time.." she said lightly. neither of them had the easiest of schedules to work around for a partner. she spent so much time teaching and marking and other school duties...and she knew first hand how difficult it was to keep a relationship when you were a quidditch player. sometimes it was easier to meet someone within your profession - hence why her and kit had gotten on so well...they both had the same schedules and understood...until her fall that was...but still, you had to make time for these things. as important as work was, a social life was just as important, if not more so.

ooc , tis cool : D sorry i've taken so long to reply and it's so crappy!