I constantly thank God for Esteban [BRENT]

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

[/i] could be considered cheating; it was only two kisses), Murph being in love with him too, Tyler having this thing for Chase, Chris trying to mess things up for them. Basically all the little hitches in their relationship that Brent would rather forget. Maybe he'd also keep quiet that he'd taken Chase's virginity. And that had been this year. He wasn't as cruel as to tell someone Chase had never even met about that.

Or was he?

Okay. No. Brent wasn't. He had to take another sip from his mug of butterbeer to hide his smirk though. "So, uh, yeah... you'll obviously get to meet him at the wedding, if not before. I'm sure the two of you will get along." he smiled, nudging Nathaniel's side gently with his elbow.[/color][/ul]

(OOC: This is the longest RP post I've written in my life. You love me.)

[Nathaniel Wilson]

Nathaniel laughed when Brent pointed out that he had the real thing. Ah, it must be good to be in love. And not some unfortunate one-sided love, either-- a proper love, with weddings and cake (CAKE) and nice things happening. It sounded great.

"Aw, I like having you in charge. At least that way I have someone to talk to... even though I can't flirt with you. And I can listen to stories about your happy love life!"

Then Brent started talking about his love story with Chase. It was... sweet. Unbelievably so! It rather sounded like something out of a happy, romancey novel that he'd read a few days before, but then again, Nathaniel figured that love stories all had similar points. Like falling in love. And little bumps in their relationships! Chase sounded like a really nice guy, yeah, like someone he'd really enjoy meeting. To be able to stay in love with someone for 10 entire years, even though they were married? That was... impressive. And it really did sound like he deserved true love. He'd obviously found it with Brent, which was really good for him. Nathaniel was happy for him, even though he'd never met Chase before, because loving and being loved in return by someone was a wonderful, wonderful thing.

Okay, so Nathaniel was a soppy, hopelessly romantic sod. The thing about Brent cheating on his wife wasn't really very good, yeah, but at least he had the decency to confess to his wife that he'd been cheating. It must have been really annoying for the wife, of course-- imagine being dumped by your husband for another guy!

"Shit, you guys are cute. I'm in love with you guys already. Your story-- it's adorable. It's like one of those romance stories that you read about, except with less bumpy bad relationship stuffs. This is probably enough to sustain me for a couple of weeks. You guys are so lucky to be able to find each other. I'm jealous!" Fanboying. It wasn't really healthy, but Nathaniel tended to do that at times. It wasn't really normal, but... well, he was a hopeless romantic. He was allowed to do things like that.

Nathaniel sipped his butterbeer (damn, he really wanted some firewhisky or something!) and started imagining what the wedding might be like-- and in turn, what his wedding might be like in the future. Then Brent nudged Nat's side with his elbow, causing him to jump slightly and flash Brent an awkward smile. Heh. He always felt a little embarrassed by his daydreaming of what it'd be like if he found his perfect guy, but at least Brent couldn't read his mind or anything. Or so he hoped.

(OOC: haha, this is like... half the length of your post? YOUR POST WAS SO LONG. And yes, I love you. )

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

[/i] less stuff to do."
The main reason for Brent getting stressed over his job was the early mornings. He complained about them throughout the whole school year to anyone that crossed his path before noon (and obviously still after, but it was mostly before). And that was a lot of people that had to sit through his grumpy complaints.

Brent smiled a little at Nathaniel. "To be honest, I did leave a few of the bad things out. Since most of them were my fault anyway." he shrugged, his smile faltering a little. Brent was determined there would be no more mistakes on his behalf now though. But... there clearly was going to be. It was Brent. Enough said. At least Murph had told him he wouldn't complicate things...

He rolled his eyes at Nathaniel who had obviously been daydreaming about something or another. No doubt, something soppy.[/color][/ul]

[Nathaniel Wilson]

"Well, I bet the pay isn't half as good!" Nathaniel laughs, taking another swig of his butterbeer. "I mean, I would try to find a better job, but it's a little hard, what with my not-there qualifications. Working here doesn't pay too well, but at least I have time to slack, and enough money to buy some toys for my sisters."

To be honest, Nathaniel rather enjoyed working at Zonko's. He wasn't too much of a prankster himself, but it was fun looking at kids buying pranks to have a little fun. Merlin knew they needed it, what with exams and all.

Then Brent said something about having had left a few of the bad things out. "Well, as long as there aren't gonna be any more bad things happening, eh? You're getting married, after all!"

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

[/i] that money. Most of Brent's money went on either beer of something music-related. (Beer especially though. Not that he'd ever admit it to anyone.)

"I suppose here's an alright job for now, if you haven't been out of school too long... or you could still get promoted sometime. How old are you anyway?" Brent frowned at his companion. Brent had been working at Hogwarts since he was twenty-five which... was approaching three years time now as his twenty-eighth birthday was in a few months'. The big three-oh didn't seem too far of now, it was a worrying thought.

Brent looked away from Nathaniel and replied, almost under his breath, "Yeah, well, things don't tend to go so well when I'm involved. And Chase has all these plans as well... I just dunno how I'm gonna cope with it all without fucking everything up again."[/color][/ul]

[Nathaniel Wilson]

"Extra stuff? Merlin, that sounds tough. What kind of shit do you end up doing-- do you end up having to provide counselling for tramuatised muggleborns who haven't really got4en used to the wizarding world yet or something? Because that would really, really suck. I mean, really, really. I'd hate to have to do that." Nathaniel grinned. "Zonko's is fine, really. I'm twenty-one, but I don't really have any big dreams or whatever. As long as I can live a peaceful, slightly well-off, slackerish life with love that I will find one day, I'm quite happy."

Nathaniel sighed a bit, and conjured a chair so he could sit down. He'd been standing the entire day, and it didn't seem like there was going to be any more customers this late at night, anyway. "I'm not from one of those old, rich pureblood families, so I can't just slack around at home.n. I think I'd die if I was living like that, anyway. Need at least a little mental stimulation in my life, y'know?"

Brent turned away from Nathaniel and said something, but Nathaniel heard it anyway. "Ah, well, you'll just have to see how it goes, right? Life is just like that. It throws some stupid drama at you and you have no choice but to live through it. Sometimes it's like we're puppets on a bloody string."

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

[/i] still a possibility, right? He was alright with Nathaniel knowing this as well, which was surprising. Brent was sure he could convince the kid to keep quiet if he did find out about the band this evening. It was nice to get some of his thoughts off his chest too though.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I kind of automatically hate all purebloods since they get everything so easy and just look down on us. All the 'little people' as they'd say. All the mudbloods." he growled bitterly, gripping tightly to the counter. "Especially that Draco Malfoy."
Yes, Brent had managed to make an enemy of the head of the Malfoy family.

"I miss the days where I'd never worry about the future. I must finally be growing up." Brent scoffed, only half-joking around.[/color][/ul]

[Nathaniel Wilson]

"Ah, well, good things are usually the most troublesome to do. Good deeds, whatever... they're not fun. I guess that's why I came to work here in Zonko's instead of somewhere else," Nathaniel chuckled, "I've always thought that it was more fun seeing people pranked than helping them. Not that I'm much of a prankster myself."

Then Brent started talking about fame and whatnot. Merlin, fame sounded nice. Tons of hot fans all throwing themselves at his feet... some glamourous lifestyle which resulted in an epic, novel-worthy romance... yeah, that sounded really great. "You? Fame? How does one get famous? Ah, I can just imagine it. It sounds magificent. Living the high life! So, what were you? Some actor? Singer? Oh, writer?"

Nathaniel thought for a moment that he'd just found someone who shared in his hate towards purebloods. "Well, I'm half-blooded, so I can't really say I understand how a muggle-born feels, but I can definitely sympathise. Most pure-bloods are just really stuck-up. I mean, there are some nice ones, yeah, but... those rich, old, traditional families? There's something wrong with them, I'm tellin' you." So he was rather prejudiced, but whatever. It wasn't like those snobbish pure-bloods were really that much better.

Upon hearing about Brent's dislike of Draco Malfoy, Nathaniel couldn't help but laugh. "Draco Malfoy? Oh, if you've made an enemy of him, I applaud you. Not many people dare to do that these days."

Nathaniel took a long swig of his butterbeer-- unfortunately, still not alcoholic-- and grinned. "Growing up? Well, just be glad that you've managed to keep your childhood for so long."

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

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[Nathaniel Wilson]

What he'd expected to be a boring night at work seemed to have quickly escalated into a reminiscing session with someone he didn't even know before that night. It was rather odd, yes, but Nathaniel found that it didn't really bother him too much. Sometimes people just needed time to think about happier times, he figured. And if that had come in the form of a temporary boss during a boring night of work, who was he to argue?

"You? In Odd Virtues You Can't Sweat Out? Oh, wow. This is really like a blast from the past or something. Yeah, I remember Turn Off The Lights from sometime in my childhood. Ah, good times." Nathaniel grinned and took another swig of his butterbeer.

"Well, I guess that's just the way that they were brought up. It's unfortunate, but there's not much we can do about it... unless one wants to, I don't know, marry one of 'em pure-bloods and change their ways from the inside? An inside job or something, haha."

Nathaniel rolled his eyes. "Amazing natural charm and handsome face? Yeah, right. You're totally oozing with that natural charm of yours. I don't know how you don't get jumped when you cross people on the street." And then he laughed, because he was the one who had propositioned him within minutes of their first meeting, anyway.

"Kids? Ah, sounds like your youth is slipping away much too quickly, my friend. Good luck with that."

And then there was a 'pop' of Apparation from outside which made Nathaniel turn his head. He went out to check who it was, and quickly realised that it was the long-forgotten pizza guy. After shoving some money at the delivery man, he walked back into the shop with the pizza and announced, "Pizza's here!"

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

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[Nathaniel Wilson]

Ah, it was cool to be talking to the singer of Odd Virtues You Can't Sweat Out. But, yeah, Nathaniel was okay with keeping it quiet. "Sure. Why'd you want to keep something like that quiet, though? It's pretty epic, if I say so myself."

"I guess so, yeah. Those pure-bloods are mostly just too annoying to deal with." Not that he'd say no if some hot, single pure-blood wanted to hop into bed with him... it was just that sometimes, listening to how blood made them more superior and all sorts of nonsense was rather much of a turn-off. And he wouldn't really want to get together with someone like that, no way. All that pure-blood supremacy would make his brain explode.

Twenty-one, single, and unemployed. Well, that didn't really sound like something that awesome to get back to. "Really? Because I'd rather skip a few years of my life, y'know, hurry up and meet that soul mate or whatever people call it. Being in love sounds awesome and fluffy. Stressful, but awesome and fluffy."

Nathaniel grinned at Brent's reaction to the pizza. "Well, it was a long wait, but it's finally here!" He tore off a slice of pizza and started eating. He hadn't even realised how hungry he was.

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

[/i] out there just right for you. And they'll stress you out but, yes, they'll make your life awesome and fluffy."

"I love pizza." Brent grinned once he'd stuffed down a slice of pizza. He really was hungry, Brent hadn't been awake that long (the man was practically nocturnal) but still he felt as though he could eat the whole pizza.[/color][/ul]

[Nathaniel Wilson]

Well, Nathaniel supposed that Brent's reason made sense. It wouldn't be very good for students to be fangirling/boying all over the lessons. That would probably just cause a whole lot of unnecessary trouble.

"I'm going to have even more responsibilities and commitments? Well, that's a frightening thought. I have three ridiculously hyperactive little sisters to take care of, and two retired dads. I'm the only person who actually works in the family, so I'm really quite stressed out with what I have, thankyouverymuch. I wish I could just stay young." Nathaniel grinned before continuing. "If I ever found someone, they'd be awesome enough to help me take care of my sisters with me. That's one thing I've already decided. I'm not going to be able to have a long-term relationship with anyone who might not love my sisters, so... well. You could call it a sister-complex, heh. But wherever I go, they go."

"Oh, gosh," Nathaniel's eyes widened a little as a sudden realisation came to him. "If I'm like this with my sisters, and they're just my sisters, what will happen next time, when I have kids? Oh, Merlin..."

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

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