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Much to Percy's delight, he had very few issues with Audrey Davis. Even though she was usually five to ten minutes late each day, she always got her work done in a timely fashion. She fixed his schedules with enough time to come back to his office and regroup before his next meeting. She even made sure he had enough ink for his quill; however, her glittering hazel eyes made Percy skeptical of her, but he could work with her without too much complaint.
He glanced over Audrey, who was arranging important parchments on her desk. Her fingers traced one of the pages slowly as she read over the written parchment. She slowly shook her head before placing the page in the appropriate stack. Percy wanted to ask her if she was alright, but refrained. He couldn't let her know that he was watching her. After she finished sorting the papers, she put each stack in cream-colored folders. She grabbed her quill and quickly labelled each folder before standing up. "Organized and labelled, Mr. Weasley," she announced walking over to Percy's desk, "just to your liking."
"Thank you Miss Davis," Percy replied with a smug grin that only appeared when he got a promotion or someone called him "Mr. Weasley."
"it's Audrey," the woman corrected him for what seemed to be the hundreth time that day. Miss Davis made her feel like a teacher for small children, and she couldn't stand the idea of that. She sat back down and pulled out a copy of Percy's schedule. She frowned as she flipped the page. "By the way," she said almost tauntingly, "You have a meeting with the Minister of Magic in ten minutes."
"What!" Percy yelled bolting out of his chair. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" He began stuffing his quill, parchment, and ink into his briefcase. He placed one of the folders under his arm as he closed his briefcase before rushing out of his office.
Audrey giggled and muttered, "That man really needs to chill out." She leaned against the back of the chair and put her legs on the top of the desk. She sighed in relief. With her boss at a meeting, she could relax while he was away. She had nothing to really do while he was away, and he rarely had visitors. She closed her eyes until she heard a light knock on the office door. She opened her eyes, moved her legs under the desk, and straightened her posture. She had to appear professional, or at least to the best of her abilities.
"Come in," she said in a sing-song voice. A woman with honey colored hair and big blue eyes entered shyly. She adjusted her blue blouse and closed the door behind her. Audrey squinted her eyes. The woman looked so familiar, but she couldn't remember where she knew her from. She couldn't have been in her house at Hogwarts.
"Is Percy here?" the woman asked looking around. She had a pair of white shoes that were black around the toe of the shoe. She held the shoes by the thin white shoestings in her right hand, but she looked like she wanted to drop the shoes on the floor.
"He's in a meeting at the moment," Audrey replied, "but you could wait here, or I could leave a message for you if you want."
The woman with the honey-colored hair shook her head and placed the pair of shoes on Audrey's desk. "Can you give these to him? I was cleaning up my flat and found these," she nervously said as she crossed her arms and looked around the room. Tears formed in her eyes, but she regained her composure hoping the secretary hadn't noticed.
"Not a problem," Audrey replied with a warm smile, "Would you like to sit down?" The woman shook her head politely. Audrey got the impression that it was very difficult for the woman to be in Percy's office. The woman left the office silently leaving Audrey with a pair of shoes on her desk.
After a half an hour passed, Percy reentered his office as usual only to notice his secretary was glaring at him and a pair of shoes on her desk.
"Why is there a pair of shoes on your desk, Miss Davis?" Percy asked confused by his secretary's hostility and the familiarity of the white and black shoes. Audrey crossed her arms against her chest as she stood up. She was a good eight inches shorter than Percy, but her demeanor made her seem taller.
"Some poor girl told me," she spat shoving the shoes into his chest, "to give these to you. She was cleaning out her flat and found them, and the name is Audrey." Percy stared at the indignant young woman expectantly. Why didn't she get a name of the visitor or leave a message?
"Did she say who she was?" Percy asked gritting his teeth at Audrey's incompetence.
"No, and she didn't want to leave a message either," Audrey snapped coldly. She didn't know what took place between the woman, who came into the office earlier, and her boss; however, she could guess that the woman was torn up by whatever happened.
"Can you atleast tell me what she looked like?" Percy asked, rather demanded, impatiently.
"Honey colored hair and big blue eyes," Audrey replied placing her hands on her hips. It was her job to give this information to her boss, but she felt guilty for reporting this to the man, the woman was obviously avoiding.
"Penny," Percy muttered under her breath.
"Who?" Audrey asked looking at the clock above Percy's desk.
"Penelope Clearwater," Percy said in almost shock. He looked at the clock and noticed it was almost time for his lunch break.
Audrey nodded finally remembering the woman from her days at Hogwarts. Penelope was always reporting her for detention. As much as Audrey wanted to bombard Percy with questions about his personal life, she was hungry. "Why don't we go get lunch, and you tell me about her?"
