I Knew You'd See It My Way

by Lets Be Dramatic

An one sided dialogue ficlet. it was a bit of a quote that wouldn't go away until I wrote it down. I enjoy it, and now that I've rewritten it, its better.

I Knew You'd See It My Way

"In all honesty, I had nothing to do with it. The prank, I mean."

"Well, yes, I do suppose that the Marauders couldn't have come up with suits of armor turning different colours and trying to cleave anyone who says the word 'bloody'."

"… or people wearing the house colours of green and silver…"

"Oh, come now, Professor, a month's detention? Make it two weeks and I can assure you, that you will receive a shipment of chocolate frogs, hot off the press- er, conveyor belts."

"Yes, Professor, I do realize that bribing teachers is frowned upon. I can't believe that someone would try to bribe a teacher in such a fine establishment as Hogwarts."

"What? I never! No! That wasn't a bribe. Think of it, more as a proposition!"

"Well, I suppose that a proposition is out of the question, then?

"Now, now, professor, don't be too hasty."

"How about we make it three weeks, and I'll do all of my Transfiguration homework for the next month."

"All right, I, Lily Evans, promise to do my Transfiguration homework for the next month, if, and only if, the lovely professor standing before me doesn't give me detentions until I become so old, that my knuckles will fall off, and liver spots make me appear to be the most freckled witch in the wizarding world and –"

"Oh, alright, I suppose that a simple, 'I will do the homework' will be adequate."

"I knew you'd see it my way."