"So if you could just look that over Perce, that'd be great." Josh flashed Percy his winning smile. Josh worked in Percy's department as well, but just in a low level position. They were around the same age, but that was the only thing that was similar about them.

Josh left. Percy bent his head over his desk and got back to work. Being junior secretary to the Minister of Magic was a very taxing position.

The door opened. "Hello." called a charming young female voice. Percy looked up, splattering ink all over his glasses in the process. A cute auburn haired girl was standing before him.

"Um, hello. Can I help you?" asked the flustered Percy.

"My name is Audrey. I am the new cleaner."

"Did Anne retire?" asked Percy. His memory seemed to have left his head.

Audrey laughed. "Yes, she did."

"Oh good." said Percy. He didn't mean that, but Audrey's cuteness was confusing him.

Audrey laughed again. Percy thought her laugh was adorable. "I guess I will see you around."

"Right." said Percy.

She left. Percy continued working. He brought the Minister tea, wrote a report, and sent out a few memos. This time however, his earlier conversation stayed in his head. But nothing eventful happened until Josh returned later that day.

"Hey Perce. Did you meet the new cleaner? Aurora?" asked Josh.

"Yes I met Audrey. She's very nice."

"Nice? I'd think you'd think she's cute."

Percy's face turned scarlet. "Here's your report."

Josh ignored this. "You like her! That's great man. Ask her out. What's the worst that could happen?"

"Um well. I haven't. You know."

"You've never had a crush on anyone before? Seriously man?"

"No, no." clarified Percy. "I dated a girl for a few months. But she asked me out."

"Okay, phew. I was worried about you for a minute there. Anyway, you just ask her out. I mean you have an excuse and everything. Tell her you're happy she works with you, and then see if she wants to have dinner. Couldn't be simpler."

"Yes." said Percy, unconvinced. "Here's your report." This time he successfully handed it to Josh.

Percy thought about what Josh had said. He did like Audrey. He did have an excuse to go out with her. He did want to go out with her. So, since he wasn't getting any work done anyway, he decided to go and find her.

He bumped into her in the hallway. "Oh er, hi."

"Hi." Did she look nervous?

"Did you maybe er, maybe er, maybe er, want to maybe er, maybe, er go to er supper?" Percy cursed himself. He had sounded like a skipping record.

"You are asking if I want to go to supper? With you?"

"Yes." Percy managed to spit out.

"I do. When?"

"Er…" Percy hadn't thought that far ahead.

"Friday?" asked Audrey. Percy nodded. "Here is my address. You can pick me up."

"Alright. That's er, that's er, that's… good."

Audrey laughed again. Percy didn't feel like she was laughing at him though. It was more like she was happy. "Bye. See you Friday." Audrey walked away.

Percy wasn't sure if he'd gotten across that it was meant to be a date. Maybe she was already seeing someone. He hoped not.