To Be of the Firsts
First Personal Effect from the War
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I had a crush on the boy next door
But he's gone should've told him before
But it's never to late to be my friend
Maybe someday I'll see you again
I wanna tell you from my heart
I know what it's like to be apart
I miss you boy
--; Triple Image, "Boy Next Door"
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Poppy could tell something wasn't right with Miss Granger. Poppy, who had been working as the official house elf and cleaner for the Head dormitories, had been watching Miss Granger, and even though Poppy didn't know what, she knew that this Head Girl was not in the bright, cheerful mood that she was usually in.
Poppy thought that maybe it had to do with the absence of Mr. Malfoy, the Head Boy, since he had been sent into hiding and all. Poppy felt sorry for Mr. Malfoy; all the traumatic things that Poppy had heard that went on in his life was just horrible, and now he was being taken out of school because he had to hid from his own father. Poppy wasn't supposed to know all this, but Poppy had over heard Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape talking with Draco when she was supposed to be collecting laundry, telling him he would have to leave everything behind for a couple of years. Miss Granger had cried very hard that night, Poppy remembers.
But Poppy had really noticed Miss Granger's feelings right after he had left. She would stare off into space or look into the mirror with remorse for hours on end. Poppy would take an imaginary note every time she accidentally walked in on Miss Granger like this. The number was inconceivably high.
Maybe if Mr. Malfoy came back, Miss Granger would be happy again, and love Poppy again. Yes, that was most likely it. Poppy would go and have a talk with Professor Dumbledore about it tomorrow; yes, Poppy would.
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A/n.
Okay, so first, the reason I mentioned Poppy, the house elf's, name so much wasn't because I thought you had forgotten it by the next sentance. But I thought that it would be more of Poppy's point of view, like she's telling the story, you know? So I thought back when (in the third book/movie I believe) that Dobby talked with Harry and he talked about himself in third person; correct? Well that's what I was going for. Also, I know this isn't the romance/humor that I am usually famous (or perhaps infamous?) for- but I decided to give a shot at something new. I don't like it half as much as the humor that I usually do, so trust me when I say most of these drabbles- and all my drabbles and oneshots- for that matter are probably going to be humorous. Finally, I would really like to know if anyone reads these author notes anyway. If you have read this could you review and (if you were going to review anyway) just add something in at the beginning or the bottom about something you like to eat- or if you weren't going to review just review with your statement? That would help me more than any poll could. GAH! I almost forgot. I have 10 + drabble ideas, complete with which song to use, already thought of. Now all I have to do is write them. So lots of updates coming soon! YAY! (:
Thanks so much to: for reviewing odi101, blossomgirl94, ..Bethii, Umbridgeskitty for alerting QueenCleopatra, Sattya, iceskateluvr, blossomgirl94, odi101 and for favoriting Sattya, QueenCleopatra I really appreciate it!!
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Tehe, ps, I think it's funny that my a/n is almost as long as my story! Oh, and did I use 'effect' right? I always get confused with affect/effect...
