Old Rivals (Angela)

[raenna]

Alice always did enjoy a cup of tea and cake when she came down to Hogsmeade. She did shop for a while and had fun. She hasn’t had that much fun since her fiancé died two weeks before the wedding. She missed him a lot and missed the comfort he gave her when she came home but now she had no one to come home too. She sigh and went back to reading a muggle romance book. If only she made him take those two weeks off then she would still have him. They would have had the family like they always wanted but that dream was lost.

She needed a man but she didn’t want to forget about her only love. She remembers the time when guys just came to her but of course she was the school slut back then. She was pretty and knew how to get guys but now all the guys are taken or married. Which suck because she saw one of her old boyfriends at the Three Broomsticks who is married at the moment.

She took a sip of her tea and went back to reading her book.

[nan]

{This has to take place before the Christmas ball, kay?!}

It was nearing Christmas, and Angela still had not bought gifts for anyone, including her son. Now that Jack Lestrange had given her a bonus, she was going to spoil her son with gifts, something she had not done in perhaps a couple of years. She was always running short on money, but she never let that affect Aaron in any way, even if she might have had to sleep without having any food, she'd do so. And many a times, it had happened, that's how she'd lost weight post pregnancy.

But before she did her shopping, she still had no idea what she was going to gift anyone. She and Trent, had always shopped together, for she used to be confused as to what to buy, and turn to him for advice. Shopping with Trent translated to the time when they relived their times before marriage, flirting with each other, kissing everywhere. She had a faint smile as she recollected all these memories.

The moment she stepped afoot, she noticed a very similar blonde haired female. After careful observation, she realised that it was none other than her arch nemesis, Alice Puddifoot. She and Alice always used to compete with each other, in every thing, except for perhaps boys. She never attracted them, whilst Alice did. In fact, Trent, her own husband, now ex-husband, had been Alice's boyfriend once upon a time. Come to think of it, she never knew why they had broken up. They had been the perfect star couple, when she was in school. After Trent graduated, she had stirred up a romance with Dan; who had once expressed his romantic inclinations towards Angela, but she had completely refused. Alice had snagged him afterwards. Sighing at the remembrance, she did not want to face Alice, or resume their rivalry outside Hogwarts. She decided it would be better if she turned about, and left before Alice noticed her presence.

[raenna]

Alice had just put down her book when she saw Angela(her nemesis during Hogwarts). Angela and her compete in everything well almost everything. They never compete with boys because they were attracted to her to her more. She found out later on that after she broke with Trent, Angela went after him. She didn’t really care since she was after Daniel who liked Angela for some reason. She didn’t have a hard time of getting him to forget about Angela. She had her ways of winning over guys. That’s how she got some many guys to like her during Hogwarts.

“Angela. Is that you?” She said while standing up. “You look as lovely as ever.” She said giving her a hug. “You must join me in drinking tea. “ She said sitting back down. “You made being pregnant seem so easy.” She said smiling. “but it seems like you still working off those pounds you gain doing it.” She said. “but I guess its hard to do so when have a kid to take care. Don’t worry dear you still as pretty as ever.” She said patting her arm. “So how’s Trent. It feels like I haven’t seen yall like in forever. Sit dear.” She got another tea cup out and poor Angela some tea.


She didn’t know if Angela and Trent had got the new about Daniel. His funeral was only a small one with her, his parents, and his close relatives. She was meaning to owl everyone about his death since she didn’t put that part in when she owled everyone about the wedding being cancel. She couldn’t bring herself to put that in because she couldn’t believe. She still didn’t believe that he was gone and always found herself putting an extra plate on the table. She missed him a lot and couldn’t let him go.

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Just as she was about to turn and leave, Angela's arch nemesis noticed her. Oh Damn! thought she, now it was going to be a clash of egos. She turned around and faked a polite smile. Softly, she said, "Yes, Alice, it is me." Her eyes widened when Alice complimented her, "Why, thank you. I could say the same for you." What really shocked her was Alice pulling her into an embrace. She was completely taken aback. Why was Alice being nice to her? As far as she remembered, Alice never had shown any nicety towards her before. Then she asked her to join for tea. "Um, Alice, I don't drink tea."

What she said next shocked her. How did she know that Angela had been pregnant. As far as Angela knew, only quite a few people knew about Aaron. "Me? Pregnant?" she just spoke aloud, hoping that Alice wouldn't call her bluff. Lesser people knew about Aaron, the better. "What are you talking about, Alice? Who told you all this?" Asked she, now growing curious as to how Alice acquired all these information. She just didn't want anyone to tell the Lotts, or Trent about the child he'd fathered.

She sat as she told to. Again, how had she come to know that she'd married Trent? Had it been that big a news? Or did someone tell her? Then, how come she didn't know that they were separated now? She turned her gaze away from Alice as she mumbled, "I woudn't know, I haven't seen him in ages, either." Taking a deep breathe, she said, "We.. We got separated." Inwardly, she laughed, because that's what everyone had told her, that's what everyone had wanted. Everyone had just predicted how long Trent would be with Angela, because in everybody's opinion, she was not the right person for someone like Trent.

Sighing, she asked for courtesy sake, "How have you been doing, Alice?" She had no idea that Alice had been engaged, and that his fiance was no more. When she was dating Trent, he occupied all her time, and now, Aaron occupied all her time. She was very much outdated on everything. Her world was just concentrated around Aaron now.

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“Angela you forgot already. I know everything.” Alice was always a gossiper and knew all the gossip. “That’s terrible, dear.” After what had happen to her she had a new out look of life. She wasn’t the same girl back during high school. “I’ve been good, trying to get over Daniel death. It’s harder then I imagined. I found myself setting the table for two instead for one.” She said looking down. “but I think I will be okay since he left me something to remember him by.” She said smiling warmly. She was so happy that she was pregnant with Daniel baby. It just gave her another reason to live.

She always felt like she was going to break down when she thought about Daniel. “Okay that’s enough about me.” She said blinking back tears. “You don’t need to hear my life story.” She said laughing lightly. “So how I’ve been meaning to ask someone but I need to know if it’s normal to eat weird food during pregnancy. I never had been through one so I don’t know anything about it.” She said. She bought books over pregnancy but she was still clueless about the whole thing. “And when did you found what gender the baby is going to be.” She ask.

(sorry i have no cupcakes(whisper-we traded muse is a forbidden word so we change it to cupcakes) for Alice today)

[nan]

The pace of her heart beat had started increasing rapidly, as Alice mentioned that she knew everything. All the color drained from her face. Hell, if Alice told Trent, she, and Aaron both would be in trouble. How did she come to know everything? Was the only thing Angela wondered, for Angela did not really have any friends back in school, and she didn't recollect meeting anyone that both of them knew, and that she'd confided to the said mysterious person. She calmed herself down, as Alice spoke once again, which really shocked Angela, because, this was not the person she knew. As Alice told her her separation was terrible, she couldn't disagree more, for it had been terrible, even though she was habituated to it by now.

Her next words made her shocked. What did Alice just say? "No, no, it's alright, I apparently have been living in the stone age, because I have no idea what you really said. Daniel.. the Daniel died? but.. how?" Angela just blurted the question without realising that it would just hurt Alice even more as she remembered the dreadful incident. "Oh, I'm really sorry, Alice" said she, placing her hand over hers and squeezing it, in order to comfort her. Even if she was separated from Trent, he was still there, he was still existing. If Trent died, she'd die as well, she still loved him that much, even though she wouldn't acknowledge it.

At Alice's pregnancy, and all her questions, Angela smiled, it reminded her of the time when she was with child. She hadn't even realised that she was pregnant, until the morning sickness started, which in her case was during almost the end of her first trimester. "Congratulations Alice, I find motherhood really an amazing feeling." she informed her. "It's exceptionally normal to crave for weird food during pregnancy. I had a craving for my excessively sweet coffee, and all those things. I don't know how I managed to curb the temptation." She laughed gently as she asked when she realised what gender her child would be. "I did it the traditional way, I waited for my child to be born." She laughed at the remembrance, for she and Clara had a small disagreement over it. Angela hadn't wanted to do much shopping until after her child was born, but Clara paid no attention to it. She bought all things which was pink in color, and Angela had been like, what if I have a son and not a daughter? Clara simply flicked her wand, and changed the color of the things she bought. Angela had laughed so much that day. Truly, Aaron had managed to spice her life, which was going nowhere after she and Trent separated.