Viola Esposito

Under the Big Top,
only two days count -
today and tomorrow.( Read more... )

A friend is one who
knows you
and loves you just the same.( Read more... )

WARDED TO MEL & BENJY FENWICK:

Where are you two? I hope you're together. I just heard the news. I am SO sorry that it took me this long. I'm heading out. I'll knock on every door I can think of till I find you.

WARDED TO MEL, GEMMA & NIC:

All right, I meant to do this before but time's gotten ahead of me. I've asked Ally to be my maid of honour, and I want you three as my bridesmaids. Please, please say yes?

I love it when we pick up to head to a new place.

WARDED PRIVATE:

I should probably start planning wedding stuff. Guess we'll need to set a date for timeline junk, but there's a few things I could probably get started on. Ma's already shoving swatches and trying to give her inpute.

It feels weird. I don't really feel OLD enough to be planning my wedding, but I love Iwan more than I thought I could love someone. All those songs and poetry have got it somewhat right, but they don't even come close to expressing it completely. I sort of feel like I'm complete now, which is weird, because I never realised there was anything missing.

I am so glad him being standoffish was because he was going to ask me to marry him, and not because he couldn't figure out a way to break up with me.

WARDED TO IWAN:

Hey. What are you doing Monday? Wanna go to Diagon with me to look at fabric?

Which is my roundabout way of asking if you've got an idea on an actual date for the wedding. Venue's taken care of, obviously, but we need to figure out a date so I can start setting things in motion.

Ma's getting testy with me.

And I know you've got your own friends, but what do you think about Dante as one of the groomsmen?

WARDED TO ALLY PODMORE:

This is where I ask if you'll be maid (matron?) of honour at my wedding. I'd have done this in person, but we're both so busy and I didn't want to put it off anymore. Still working on setting a date, and I will work around your schedule. I know you can take time off and all, but I also know you hate taking time off right now.

WARDED TO FRIENDS & FAMILY:

What's the stupidest thing you've ever done?

WARDED TO IWAN BAINES:

Guess what I just overheard outside the 10-in-1?

The knife swallower finally solved his cholesterol problem.

He stopped swallowing butter knives!

WARDED TO FRIENDS & FAMILY:

More and more of these updates are going to be warded to friends and family. It makes me incredibly sad because I LOVE making new friends, but it's just too dangerous since the circus was attacked.

So let's see. What's going on around here.

I think mum is STILL crying from Ally's wedding. Think it's 2 parts happiness that her eldest daughter's gotten married and 1 part lamenting the final final nail in her circus career. She's expecting babies soon, I think. Or looking VERY forward to them. She probably thinks she can corrupt them into a life of elephants and clown noses. (Sorry, Ally)

I'm currently working on a new routine, and it's kind of taking up all my time. Probably going to look into some new materials for costumes and take Glenda with me. She's usually got a good eye for fabrics & also? Been around long enough to know what's going to work. (No more mishaps with the non-stretch sequinned fabric. First and last time I show my arse to a crowd, thanks)

I heard Eduardo - our security bloke - talking about me to a few of the rousties, saying that I shouldn't be here. I'm putting everyone in jeopardy by sticking around. There was a lot more to it, but honestly, they're the only ones I've heard say shit stuff like this, so I'm just going to ignore it.

I'm really craving chocoballs. Time for a pit stop in Honeydukes.

WARDED TO ESPOSITOS:

Countdown to the wedding! Less than twenty-four hours. This is so exciting, and I know ma and I are going to be big sobbing messes!

WARDED TO IWAN:

You're coming to the rehearsal dinner with me tonight, yeah?

WARDED TO ALLY ESPOSITO:

One week. Are you getting nervous?

WARDED TO IWAN BAINES:

Tell me that you plan to wear braces under your suit.

WARDED TO DANTE ESPOSITO:

Can you believe that our Ally is getting married next week? One down, two more to go! It's up to YOU to carry on the Esposito name.

No pressure.

Why won't cannibals eat clowns?

Because they taste funny.

WARDED TO FRIENDS & FAMILY:

Settled into Northampton with relative ease. First show is tonight. Excited, but I'm a little worried about warding and such. We knew the wards out at Weston were good and sturdy since Ally had someone take a look at them and beef them up. Anyone know someone who would do wards on the cheap? Since it's me that they need the wards for, I'm going to pa

And don't say you'll do it for free, Jay. I'm not about to take advantage of our friendship.

WARDED TO ESPOSITOS - INCLUDES IWAN & STURGIS:

So. Dante. Who was that blonde girl you let near Inferno?

WARDED TO ALLY, DANTE, & FRIENDS:

How do you lot feel about a summer circus wedding?

What a 180 from Monday night. It's a little like whiplash, but the BEST kind.

WARDED TO FRIENDS & FAMILY:

sorry for my shaky writing but Death Eaters attacked the circus tonight. We didn't know what they were on about until we saw one of them spell it out, naming me a blood traitor for dating Iwan. I guess this is what Mel felt li

I just wanted to let you lot know we're okay. The DMLE is here, and the magical creatures department too. One of the lions is dead. There's still fire everywhere. ma and pa have me in their tent right now, feeding me hot chocolate and asking me questions I don't want to answer. I could use some distractions.

WARDED TO IWAN BAINES:

So I'm a blood tr

I am so sorry

I'd do it all over aga

It was bound to happen sooner or later. All my friends are Muggle-born.

WARDED TO IWAN BAINES:

You're on your own for dinner tomorrow. Tell Briony to keep her hands off

Tonight's show is the opening show in Weston, Somerset! We've got some special treats - that I won't spoil too much here - in store for Bristol. Needless to say, we've recently acquired a new side-show attraction. His name is Evelyn Lesley, and you'll just have to come to the circus to see what all the fuss is about.

WARDED PRIVATE:

I'm a terrible Gryffindor. Terrible person, really. He is absolutely, one-hundred percent right, and all I can do is sit here behind my privacy wards to write this. I sat there trying to put my quill down, to write something anything to express how right he is, and it's completely stupid and cowardly of me that I can't do it. I cannot put my parents, Ally, Dante, Iwan, Mel - any of them - at risk because I whole-heartedly agree. I can try to explain it all away, "Oh they're all Muggle-borns, so I have to be extra careful not to draw any attention to myself" but is that it? Is that really why I don't?

I try not to read the newspapers, and I can say that it's because depressing news will weigh me down for shows - and it does, there's no mistaking when I've been engrossed in a newspaper the day after another freaking tragedy - but it's mostly out of my own selfishness. Because I'm terrified of something happening to the people I love, and honestly? I'm terrified of something happening to me. I don't want to be tortured, I don't want to die, I don't want someone to take away my free will.

And it makes me envy Ally so much because she's doing something to help in this fight. What am I doing? Wearing costumes and stretching myself to absurd limits. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE what I do, I love the circus. These people - all of them, even Zippo the stupid drunken old clown - are my family. Mel said we were helping by keeping people's spirits up, but it's really just all for show. The numbers dwindle, and I KNOW that's not just because people are afraid. They're DYING, disappearing, no longer HERE, and I'm worried about my boyfriend not showing me enough attention? Merlin's sodding beard, I am so ashamed of myself. It's probably best if I tell mama I'm sick because I just don't know if I can do it tonight. I cannot smile for the crowd right now.

Death Eaters: 1298327
Viola Esposito: 0

ETA:
WARDED TO IWAN BAINES & DANTE ESPOSITO:

I'm not feeling well so mama's put Glenda in my place for the night. I'll see you both in the morning.

WARDED TO ALLY:

Hey, you got a moment?

WARDED TO MELISSA FENWICK:

Sweet Merlin's tap-dancing feet! Are you all right?

WARDED TO FAMILY & FRIENDS:

Wow. How original! Let's hit on the contortionist. It's a good thing I've had years of practice handling this.

And hey, if he wants to keep buying tickets to the show, I'm more than happy to smile and take his galleons.

I love playing in Tinworth. I always forget there's a whole miraculous thing called the beach and the ocean when we're way inside the UK, and even though it's too cold to actually jump into the water, it's still nice to go down to the beach in the morning and breath in the salty air.

Unfortunately, I think I threw out my shoulder during yesterday's performance. Every time I lift it, this sharp pain makes me think twice about going through my stretches. Guess that means I'll have to see where I stand for tonight's show. If they put me on the bench, I'm going to be so mad.

WARDED TO DANTE & ALLY:

Iwan's been acting weird lately. Like, can't look me in the eye weird. What do you think that means?