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La Cathédrale Jeanne D'Arc; Rouen [about 1 hour outside of Paris]
Topic Started: Nov 6 2007, 10:52 PM (924 Views)
Lynx Rubin
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[size=1]Lynx took her seat next to Missem and watched, distracted, as Tyler disappered outside with the photographers....Bridgette close on his heels.

But she looked down as she felt a small tug on the skirt of her dress and found herself looking at the boy who she was nearly positive was Bridgette's son.

"Salut. je m'pelle Lucas. Qui est toi?" [[hi! my name's Lucas. Who are you? but with some errors, as he's only 4]] he asked her cuiously. He was bored, and his mum had disappeared outside.

Lynx smiled down at him, and found, surprised, that she could see absolutely no trace of Tyler in him at all. Maybe it was just because she was biased. "Salut. Je m'appelle Lynx," she replied to him.

"Puis-je m'asseoir avec toi?" [[can I sit with you?]] he asked and proceeded to climb onto her lap.

Lynx was surprised and wasn't entirely sure that was the best idea...but let him stay. After all, she couldn't exactly say no, could she?

She gave Abi and Missem a look that read, "What do I do now?"[/size]
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Abi Noel-Carter
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[size=1] Yeah, Abi ought to have expected the first thing out of Dana's mouth that was really directed to her to be a question about what she was doing with Tristan. She'd proved literally all of Dana's assumptions about the pair of them true at one point or another, and it was more than a bit uncomfortable. Instead of voicing this, she merely nodded brightly, looking at Tristan with a soft smile on her face, and turning the conversation over to the sizeable rock on her finger.

"I see congratulations are in order." She said this warmly, her mind already picking out wedding dresses that would match Dana's coloring out of habit.

A rather awkward looking smile crossed Abi's face as she saw the young boy happily climb onto Lynx's lap.

"Why..hello there.." She was forgetting he probably didn't speak English. [/size]
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[size=1]Emma's eyes widened somewhat as she took in the small boy climbing into Lynx lap. Bridgette's son. Well this wasnt something they'd expected.

She shrugged, at a loss at Lyn question. "I guess we just leave him be. None of it is really his fault after all." She gave him a small smile, trying to think back to what little French she knew. "Salut. Je m'appelle Missem. Tu t'appelle comment?"[/size]
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[size=1]Logan waved at Dana and gave a questioning look to James when he saw the ring. "Okay, am I the only one here that's still single...?" He muttered.

He looked over at the little boy and looked at Abi with a, Who's that?, look.[/size]
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[size=0]Dana smiled contentedly, kissing James on the cheek. She had missed being around her old friends so much... Of course, she enjoyed her work now as well, but still- she had found nothing to adequately replace the lazy hours spent at school with the people closest to her.

"Yes, James and I are getting married," she confirmed, lacing her fingers through James'. "It's so strange to hear about you and Tristan and think about me and James being together. I suppose that I always thought that it would be me with Jack and Blu with Tristan in the end... Hm."

She played with the fringe on the edge of the tablecloth idly before widening her eyes and looking at Abi as though surprised. "Oh, dear, ignore that I said that!"[/size]
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[size=1]Lynx nodded. "That's true...and he is a pretty cute kid," she said. But it was really difficult for her to think about the fact that she might be holding Tyler's son on her lap. Merlin, that was strange.

"Je m'pelle Lucas," he told the other lady with a smile. He looked over at the one who he didn't understand and waved to her anyways. "Maman a alle dehors avec autres personnes. Je ne sais pas quand elle reviendra. J'aime etre ici. Ou est ici? Il y a tout le monde dans cette chambre!" [[Mum went outside with other peopl. I don't know when she'll be back. I like being here. Where is here? The whole world is in this room!]] he exclaimed holding his hands out widely as he babbled on to demonstrate just how large the room was.

"Well, he certainly is talkative," Lynx remarked with a laugh.[/size]
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[size=1] Unfazed, Abi shrugged at Dana, laughing merrily. Don't worry about it. I made my peace with that a while ago." She shot Tristan a look for a moment. "Actually, about five months ago." And then moved on. Hearing about Blu and Tristan had gotten almost tiresome for her.

Turning to Logan, she said biting her lip, "That would be, Bridgettes son. Whose father remains unknown to us...and considering Bridgettes past with Tyler..well.."

She looked at Lynx sideways, and nodded, laughing idly.

"Yes..he certainly is..." [/size]
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[size=1]He smiled at Dana and looked at Logan. "I think so, no one special enough for you yet?" He asked Logan. Not even hearing what Dana was saying.

He absentmindedly laced his fingers with her own and paused. "Where's our little seeker?" He asked Logan, loud enough for the whole group to hear and answer.[/size]
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[size=1]He looked at Abi in surprise for a moment, "Oh wow... at least Lynx is acting fine, I hope she really is..." He whispered to Abi, "This is great timing..." He added.

He turned to James and frowned, "No. Not really. I don't care much." He lied. "And how am I supposed to know, probably off with Chris somewhere."

After a few more moments of talking with James, they both left, Logan heading home.[/size]
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[size=1] With a twinkling laugh, Abi nodded and said, "Yes, she is. We fixed that, don't worry."

She glanced at her watch for a moment, biting her lip, and turning to Tristan.

"I'm going to go check on Gigi. I doubt Sara loves the extra money to watch her that much. Save me a slice of cake?" She kissed his cheek before leaving to shimmer away, fully intending to return to the reception at a bit of a later hour.

On the way out, she spotted Tyler and Bridgette having photo's taking, and kissed both Emily and David's cheeks in congratulations. [/size]
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[size=1]Lynx stopped paying attention to the conversations going on around her, most of which were old friends catching up and focused on the child sitting on her lap.

He kept chattering away, and she could understand most of it. So she spoke back to him, allowing him to say whatever it was he wanted to talk to her about.

At the moment, his current topic of fascination was his fork, so she just paid attention that.[/size]
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[size=1]Bridgette walked back into the reception after the pictures were done with the rest of the wedding part - sans Tyler, of course.

But what she saw immediately in front of her infuriated her. Her son...sitting on the lap of that girlfriend of Tyler's. This was most certainly not how this plan was supposed to turn out.

He was supposed to come back to France with her...to forget about whatever-her-name was who was apparently his fiance now. He was supposed to want to raise 'his' son.

And now this woman was just getting in the way.

But she tried to keep her composure, and walked up to the woman, saying as sweetly as she could muster, "Excuse me, but I need to see my son, please?"

To Lucas, she added, in the same sweet tone so as not to clue the woman in to what she was saying, "Lucas, reste loin d'elle...elle est une femme mechante. Viens avec moi." [[Lucas, stay far away from her...she's an evil woman. Come with me]][/size]
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[size=1]Lynx was a bit distracted from the child as the wedding party came back in. Craning her neck to see what was going on, she noticed with some worry that Tyler was not among them. Merlin, he'd gone again.

She knew he'd come back, though. He most likely just needed some time to think.

But those thoughts were forced from her mind as she heard a woman addressing her: Bridgette. She clearly was not pleased at Lynx's interactions with her son. Lynx could've sensed the jealousy from a mile away, and she hated sensing jealousy. It gave her a sick, twisted feeling in her stomach, and it was rather uncomfortable, especially with someone like Bridgette, who was right in front of her with a particularly strong jealousy.

"I'm sorry, of course," she replied politely, not wanting to start anything. It was a wedding reception. This wasn't the time nor the place.

But she bristled in anger as she caught Bridgette's last comment. She obviously didn't think Lynx would be able to understand her.

So she put in, "Tu devrais etre plus consciencieuse. Tu ne sais jamais qui peut te comprendre." [[You should be more careful. You never know who can understand you.]][/size]
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[size=1]Bridgette glanced around at the room. The majority of them were fluent French speakers, and it was important to keep up appearances, so she switched back to English.

"Yes, well maybe you should leave my son alone," she retorted. "I remember seeing you at ze Auror 'eadquarters. I don't want you anywhere near 'im."[/size]
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[size=1]Lynx winced slightly. It had been during that whole bonding potion fiasco that Bridgette had wandered into Headquarters. Of course she didn't trust her, especially with her son.

This was one messed up situation. But what to do now? Well, the only thing she could do was tell her the truth...or at least, the truth that she and Abi had told everyone.

"Look, when that happened, I was undercover. I couldn't exactly break it," she explained. "I'm sorry for what happened."

This next statement was going to pain her, but it needed to be said. "But I think we should learn how to get along, especially if Tyler..." She paused, once again taking in Tyler's highly notable absensce.

Something had happened outside, of that she was sure.

"Where is Tyler, by the way?" she asked.[/size]
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[size=1]Bridgette looked down at Lucas, who still had not moved, and contemplated Lynx's question. She honestly didn't know where Tyler had gone.

But this...oh, this was a wonderful opportunity and one she couldn't pass up. This was the girl he'd left England and returned for. There had to be some insecurities there somewhere.

"Zat is none of your concern," she said simply. "I zink 'e needed some time to think things over. I do believe 'e is contemplating moving back to France with me. After all, 'e needs to raise 'is son, does he not?"

She shrugged. "After all, zere isn't really a reason for 'im to stay in England." She couldn't resist a tiny insult thrown in there.[/size]
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[size=1]Lynx stared up at Bridgette in disbelief. Did she honestly expect her to believe that?

And she couldn't help it now. Emotions - so many emotions - had been building up inside of her for days. First the after-effects of the bonding potion, then Llian's death, then finding out that Voldemort was targeting her, then all of this with Bridgette...

And through it all, she'd realized that she'd had to work and not let the emotions get to her, which was an odd concept for her, because she was almost literally never separated from emotions.

But she'd managed, and it had helped her. That is, until now. Now she just had to let something out. She was sick of taking a 'professional' and collected attitude to everything in her life, despite the gigantic tragedy of losing one of the people closest to her in her life.

Eyes flashing angrily, she snapped, "I think the fact that he's marrying me is a pretty big reason. Or that he has a job. Or that he left France after you dumped him for his friend."

She gently moved Lucas down from her lap to the floor, where he proceeded to scamper off to another table, and she drew herself up to her full height of 5'8'', a good few inches taller than Bridgette, added to by the heels she was wearing for the wedding. "So I really don't think," she continued, "that he's going to leave me to come running back to you after you spring this on him after what...four years?"[/size]
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[size=1]Bridgette almost laughed at the woman's outburst, except for the fact that she still couldn't get what she'd seen at Headquarters out of her mind.

"So you don't zink 'e will prioritize? I know 'e'll make time for 'is son and do ze right zing."

She smirked and said politely, "Et regarde: moi et Lucas, nous vivons dans la France, donc il devra retourner ici s'il veut elever son fils." [[And look: Lucas and I, we live in France, therefore he'll have to come back here if he wants to raise his son]][/size]
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[size=1]"There are ways to make things work without the parents being trapped in a loveless marriage," Lynx told her.

She thought about her own family, and her parents, who had divorced when she was four. No, maybe it wasn't exactly conventional that her parents had always lived in two different houses, but she never felt like she was missing something in her life. She and Llian and Gia had always been loved and taken care of.

Merlin, her parents even went on dates with other people! It wasn't like unconventional families were uncommon these days. With all the crazy living situations, people could make anything work.

"I understand that you want Lucas to have his father in his life, but you can't try to take away Tyler's life in the process," she said, frustrated and irritated.[/size]
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[size=1]"I'm not taking away 'is life. I'm giving 'im a choice," Bridgette replied smugly. "He can choose whether or not 'e will come back. But you and I both know 'e will."

She folded her arms defensively, and met Lynx's eyes, smiling confidently up at her. If she could only get her to believe that Tyler would leave...

..which probably wouldn't be too hard.[/size]
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