Luke Powell
March 14, 2018 2:59 PM
Making plans [tag: Natalie Atwater] by Luke Powell
Luke couldn’t wait for midterm. He was so excited to see his new baby sister again. He’d visited his father multiple times over the summer when she was born, but it never seemed enough. He wished his parents could still be together so he could live with his two wonderful sisters, but he didn’t want to lose his father’s wife Alex either.Luke was also excited about the prospect of seeing Chloe again. The pair of them had developed quite the romance over the summer and he was looking forward to continuing where they had left off. They had kept in touch through letters since but it wasn’t the same and Luke didn’t enjoy it very much. It was nice to know that she was still thinking of him, however, so he kept replying if only to make sure she didn’t replace him. Chloe had moved into his neighbourhood from Australia with her mother and sister and was Will Taylor’s niece, which had at first been a little hard for him to handle as he still missed his departed friend greatly (his tragic death never having left his mind) but Chloe’s charm had soon made him associate her with much happier things.
Despite his feelings for Chloe Taylor, the fourth year had been running through potential ball dates in his mind ever since his strange conversation with Jehan Callahan (whose name he had later found out). He couldn’t tell the kid he already had plans for the ball and then turn up without a date! And besides, he was Luke Powell after all. If there was any excuse to have a pretty girl hanging off his arm, boy would he use it.
After giving it some thought, Luke had decided he was going to go with Natalie Atwater. He hadn’t even considered that she might say no, since she was a society type and he wasn’t, because Luke felt confident that he could get almost anyone to go with him. But he didn’t want just anyone, he wanted Natalie. She was fun and pretty and he thought they could have a nice time together at the ball.
Luke found his fellow Pecari in the common room after dinner one evening and approached her with confidence, throwing himself onto a nearby sofa when he reached her and kicking his feet up on a coffee table. “So… Natalie…” He smiled easily at her. “Want to go to the summer ball with me?” He thought she would like it a lot, but now it was all down to whether she thought she would or not.
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April 09, 2018 7:07 PM
Agreeing to them by Natalie Atwater
This year was absolutely wonderful. Okay, weird stuff was happening but not to Natalie and nothing really great had happened to her either. Except...Kelsey wasn't here anymore. And that was enough. Enough to make her feel happier, lighter, more free. Like she could be herself more, not that she ever had not been, but like someone wasn't watching over her shoulder ready to say no, don't do that .Now she could relax . Well sort of, Natalie did have homework still. And it was a pain. The practical stuff was fine but theory was just not interesting. Unfortunately, this particular assignment was Transfig theory. Which made it especially awful and boring. She could understand it with effort. It was just that the Pecari didn't want to put in effort. Her whole life, all the expectations she was to meet-thanks to Kelsey-were effort. She wanted a break .
Honestly, people outside of society didn't really understand the expectations society purebloods had placed on them. Muggleborns and half-bloods looked at them and thought they had it easy because they were at the top but it came with it's own set of challenges. You had to dress a certain way-uniforms made this much easier-and act a certain way. Socialize with certain people. It was a lot to remember and Kelsey made it worse for her and Kira and other girls on both sides of the family. Over the summer she'd overheard her uncle Sebastian tell her eight year old cousin Amelia to be more like Kelsey. It had made Natalie's blood run cold. She had no idea what Amelia had done but to hear her uncle say the words that would ultimately crush Amelia's spirit made her want to vomit. She had done her best after that to find fun things for Amelia to do with her.
Of course, it could be worse, she supposed, thinking of Amity and Chaslyn. And homework was at least something Natalie could do well even if it did bore the crap out of her.
So when Luke threw himself down on a sofa and began to talk to her, she was all too happy to take a break. However, for just a moment, she was confused when the other Pecari brought up the summer ball. The two of them didn't exactly travel in the same circles outside of school so she rather doubted he was going to be at any of the summer balls she would be attending. "Oh, you mean the Midsummer ball here at school." Natalie replied. She considered it for a moment. Her family wouldn't like it but they didn't have to know and anyway, it would be more fun to hang out with Luke there than it would be by herself. "Sure, I'll go with you."
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