(Prompt: Writer Lily, Interviewer Pandora)
˚˖𓍢ִ໋͙֒✧ (for Lily) ˚.༘⋆ (for Pandora)
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Writing of the future.
Upcoming novelist, Lily Evans, releases her new sapphic romance novel, Falling from grace, a story about a Duchess and a Sailor’s daughter,
Finding love on the London pier, this story explores friendship, hardship, romance and a happy ever after for some.
The review’s couldn’t be better and the story exceeded even the publishers expectations, could this be the start of a new era in writing?
Tune in on today’s Prophet weekly, where interviewer Pandora Rosier questions Miss Evans on future projects, life and inspiration.
This has been Rita Skeeter, see you next week for more news on the Daily Prophet ]
Lily stares down at the passage again, when Remus called her this morning and told her to check the paper she couldn’t believe it, “Upcoming Novelist” she tested the words, it felt..nice.
The novel came to life after she visited an art museum, there was this beautiful painting there of a woman in a emerald green dress staring longingly out the window at a ship leaving port, that night when she arrived at home she immediately got out her laptop and opened a new document,
She finished it in the span of two weeks, with twenty five chapters and over a hundred pages.
She had written novels before, but none of them flowed as naturally as this one, she showed it to Regulus, her publisher and editor and he loved it.
And the week all of the copies were sent out the novel had become a hit, many people praised her writing and even checked out some of her other works, the word about her spread fast and it was almost like a fever dream, people recognized her on the streets, in coffee shops, bookstores, etc. it was a little overwhelming but everyone was really respectful,
Then she got a call from Prophet weekly asking her for an interview, she agreed and now she was on the front page of the Daily Prophet (The magazine or newspaper version), her friends called to congratulate her, and even her sister.
She placed the paper down and looked in the mirror, she wore a sage green spaghetti strapped dress with a long slit on her left leg, showing of a dreamcatcher tattoo on her thigh, her hair was tied into a braided bun with flowers and little gold trinkets,
She had a gold owl necklace on and she finished the look off with her black rimmed reading glasses and a pair of black wedges.
She walked towards the door after grabbing her matching sage green bag that her friend Evan crocheted for her, her car keys and a mint.
After that she was out the door…
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It took her at least five minutes after arriving at the interviewers office to finally recognize the last name Rosier…Evan had a twin, she never met Pandora before, the younger was at the paris branch of Prophet weekly,
Regulus knew her, they were actually good friends and cousins, that put her a little at ease, from what the receptionist said, the conversation was going to be recorded and Pandora was going to take notes,
Okay fine, that’s fine, if she didn’t want to answer a question all she had to do was ask to move on, her nerves died down after that.
She waited a few more minutes until Emmeline poked her head through the door.
“Sorry for the wait, we’re ready for you”
She nodded and followed the other into the office, on a chair by the window over seeing the city of London, sat a girl with platinum blonde hair tied into a messy bun, she had caramel skin, her face adorned with freckles,
one of her eyes was a soft blue almost silver and the other was a beautiful bright hazel. She wore a dusty blue silk blouse with a matching bow tied on the front, the blouse was tucked into a black knee length skirt with a slight slit, she finished it off with a pair of dusty blue and black converses.
Pandora placed her notepad on the coffee table in front of her, and stood up to greet her.
“Hello there, I’m Pandora Rosier. It's lovely to meet you Lily” her smile was sweet and her voice was calming.
“You too, thank you for having me” she shook her head. “Nonsense thank you for agreeing to this..shall we get started?” she gestured her hand towards the chair opposite from where she previously sat, Lily nods and sits down.
“Before we start, can I get you anything? Coffee? Tea?” she thought for a moment.
“Do you have green tea?” her smile grew slightly. “Emmeline could you get two green tea’s please, do you take honey?” she nodded, “both with honey, thank you”
With another kind smile, Emmeline left to get the tea’, Lily was a bit nervous to be left alone with the blonde, she had this aura that felt almost untouchable, plus she was really beautiful.
They waited in silence, Pandora got ready her notepad and recorder, as if in some kind of trance she couldn’t remove her gaze from the slim, ring covered fingers that gripped the pen, it got to the point where she just stared…and even she found it creepy.
The door opened and her trance was broken, Emmeline set both tea’s down and walked back out after a quick greeting.
“I guess it’s time to really get started, are you ready?” her hand reached for the recorder, but she hesitated.
“I’ll be recording this, if you don’t want me to i could just take notes” she shook her head. “Thank you but I’m fine, do what you usually do” she nods and the recorder light turns on.
The conversation picked up and it flowed rather nicely, Pandora asked questions and jotted down notes here and there,
If Lily didn’t want to answer a question the other would move along, and Pandora really shined in this, though Lily’s sure she would shine no matter what she did.
But all good things come to an end…
“Once again Lily, thank you for coming…uhm we only have four more questions” she waved her off with a smile.
“Ask away”
“So-many people were wondering where the inspiration for the novel came from, some even have theory’s” she trailed off.
“Like?” she urged her to continue.
“For instance, some say the novel was written for someone, an ex-lover perhaps” truth be told Lily has only ever dated one person and said person is now her best friend and dating her Publisher(/Editor), and James wasn’t the one that got away, other than that she only recently figured out that she was bisexual and too scared to date women.
“I’m sorry to disappoint, but I’ve never been in a relationship with a women before, I’d like to though” the last part wasn’t meant to be said, but it did change the way Pandora gazed at her, she placed down her notepad, put her elbow on the table with her head in her hand with a broad smile on her face.
“It’s a shame, I’m sure I can speak for most when I say that any girl would be lucky to have you”
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“It’s a shame, I’m sure I can speak for most when I say that any girl would be lucky to have you”
I wanna be lucky, she thought. It was rather a bold move on her part, when she heard she was going to be the one interviewing Lily she nearly combusted, when the novel first came out she bought a copy out of curiosity and cried for the ending.
The writing was beautiful and even that was putting it lightly, she read Lily’s other works and found out that Evan, her younger twin knew her and befriended her and never told her, even Reg.
So this morning she made sure to get to the office earlier than everyone to make sure everything was set for when Lily arrived, she hadn’t felt this nervous since her very first job.
Once Lily walked in she was starstruck, the redhead before her looked like a greek goddess, she would say like Aphrodite but she doesn’t wanna piss anyone off (it’s still a thought though),
They greeted each other and made nice conversation for most of the interview. One thing she noticed was that the older couldn’t stop staring at her rings ... .Now at first she thought she was absolutely delusional, but once Lily said she had quote “never been in a relationship with a woman before, but would like to” end quote.
She just had to shoot her shot, and so she did, again boldly so.
“Well that’s kind of you to say, though I get the feeling you don’t have that problem” she said almost shyly.
“Oh? And what problem do I not have?” she avoided her gaze instead staring at her hands.
“With women I mean—or men, whichever you prefer” her cheeks slowly started to turn pink, a nice contrast to her pale skin.
“I don’t mind the gender, though I have always preferred those with auburn hair” Lily glanced up at her, her cheeks flushed and a nervous smile on her face.
“I see, just auburn hair then, no other preferences?” she was trying her best to keep her voice leveled as she spoke, and it was just so darn cute.
“Green eyes, moving along, you never answered the previous question.”
“Oh right, uhm…I—it was a painting that I saw in an art museum, my friend was showing some of his artwork as well and I saw this painting of a noble looking woman, she was staring out the window longingly at a sailor’s boat on the sea,
It was a watercolour painting I think, the artist captured the feeling of sorrow perfectly, at least I felt the woman’s sadness—sorry I’m talking too much”
She tilted her head. How could she think that was a bad thing? her voice was calming, like the sound of waves crashing on the shore,
and her smile as she talked about the painting, even the excitement in her eyes when describing the feeling she had when seeing it for the first time, Pandora swore she’s felt this in another lifetime.
“I don’t mind, I like your views on things, it’s always nice to see what’s going through the artists minds when they see someone else’s art”
And as if the world stopped turning, Lily did something that made her heart stop for a small second, she tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear, her cheeks were still flushed with embarrassment,
her eyes sparkled in the afternoon light, and her smile could rival the sun…in that moment Pandora felt like someone staring directly into an eclipse, it was dangerous and blinding, but at the same time just as beautiful.
“While I guess to summarise it: it was a masterpiece”...nothing could compare to you. Lily’s cheeks flushed a deeper red as she realised she said that out loud…well, Rita’s gonna have a field day with this, that’s for sure…
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A Blooming Romance, For art or for the heart?
Yesterday the city of London heard wedding bells as the OFFICIAL recording of Lily Evans’s interview with Pandora Rosier aired,
From what seemed like a normal conversation quickly turned into a slight back and forth flirting, Emmeline Vance, Miss Rosier’s secretary stated that quote “Ms Evan’s face became more flushed the more Miss Rosier tried to get a handle on the situation” end quote.
Said ‘situation’ was a simple slip of words as Ms Evans was talking about the inspiration for her novel, she apologised by saying that she “talked too much” (A lie between you and me), Miss Rosier stated that she liked hearing her talk.
Ms Evans summarised her answer by saying it was a masterpiece, to which Miss Rosier replied with the words.. “Nothing could compare to you”
These words struck our hearts…but did they strike Lily’s?
This has been Rita Skeeter with the Daily Prophet, tune in next time for more news ]
“‘Nothing could compare to you’? God who knew my sister was such a flirt” Evan mused after he read the passage out loud.
She threw a pillow at him which he dogged perfectly, he plopped down on the couch next to her, she was hiding her face in her hands in embarrassment.
“Hey, Look at me” Evan’s voice got softer, she looked up at him. “Listen If someone said that to me I’d run out of their office too” she hit the back of his head.
“Fuck off she did not run, she paced” he snorted. “Yeah sure..and you didn’t say you liked Auburn haired people with green eyes, Sis that’s a dead give away” she rolled her eyes.
“Don’t you have a date with Barty or something?” he shrugged.
“Had to take the night shift, being chief of surgery is a very hard, very hot job…I mean he’s taking the night shift” she sighed.
“So your boyfriend is busy at work and you decided to bother me?” he patted her head as if he was interacting with an animal.
“That’s right Bunny, now I’m going to help you out because I’m the best brother in the whole world and you're just gonna take it” he brought out his phone, and took hers off the coffee table.
“There” he threw his phone behind him and typed something into hers.
“What did you do?” He handed her the phone where her instagram was open.
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Lily-Pad24601.
Me: Hi
14:43. ✔
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Thank god it was only one tick..
“Why did you do that? How do I delete it”
“Relax, this whole bashful, flustered version of you is cute and all but I think you’d benefit from the confident Bunny I know and love”
She looked back at the screen..two ticks and typing.
“I’ll be in the kitchen if you need me” he called once he was a few steps away.
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Lily-Pad24601.
Me: Hi
14:43… ✔✔
Lils: Pandora?
14:45
(She drew in a breath before answering.)
Me: yeah, uhm I just wanted to apologise for before
14:46… ✔✔
Lils: there’s no need I should apologise for running away, I was just-
14:47
Me: weirded out?
14:47… ✔✔
Lils: I was gonna say flustered, in a good way, I didn’t mind you complimenting me.
14:48
(she didn’t mind…maybe just maybe she could)
Me: I could complement you some more, let me buy you dinner next saturday, I can pick you up at eight?
14:49… ✔✔
(It took a few minutes before she replied–)
Lils: It’s a date 💝
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“Holy shite…EVAN I JUST GOT A DATE WITH A HOT GIRL!” she all but yelled, running into the kitchen..
She shoved her phone into her brother’s face and a big smile appeared.
“I’m walking you down the aisle and telling your future kid about this” she smiled.
“Deal”
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