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Minervarulez
Chapter 5: Engagement Party?
"Oh Arthur they're here, look" Molly yelled from the tents opening as we appeared a short distance away
I smile nervously as I follow the others up towards the large tent, suddenly this didn't seem like a good idea. As if she sensed my hesitation Poppy linked her arm through mine "come on no backing out now my friend, where's that Gryffindor bravery gone?" she whispered to me
"I lied" I reply back in a light tone
"Now Now minerva, come on lets show her what she is missing" Poppy flashes me a smile. No sooner had these words slipped from her mouth i felt another arm tug me in another direction.
"Minerva you came, I'm so glad, Ginny said you weren't sure if you were attending or not this evening?" Molly asked as she dragged me inside
"Well I wasn't sure at all really until an hour ago" I reply
"Well let us take your cloaks, and you can all go in further and get your drinks"
"Thank you" I reply and long with the others I had arrived with I take off my travelling cloak and hand it to Molly.
I can almost sense the others eyes fall upon me after I had handed my cloak to Molly Weasley. I turn slightly and find that the other staff members gaping at me open mouthed. It doesn't help my nerves much. Mind you most of the staff haven't seen me in anything other than my work robes in the last five years. To say that my attire this evening had shocked them somewhat would have been a major understatement to say the least.
"What ever is the matter with you lot?" I ask but still i get no answer other than what looks like several gapping goldfish "You would think you'd never seen a woman dressed up a little before" I give them a warm smile. But then again this had done nothing to relieve any of the nerves I had been feeling all day.
"You'll be Ok" Poppy smiled taking my arm again "Lets go and introduce ourselves to the room shall we and get ourselves a drink"
"I couldn't have suggested anything better myself if I tried." I reply as we follow the other staff members inside to a larger section of the tent like structure. As me and Poppy made our way across the large room to get a drink, we are intercepted by Nymphadora and Remus with a ten year old Teddy and a six year old Jessica in tow.
"Minerva is that you?" Tonks asks
"Who else would I be?" I reply trying not to laugh a little at the expression on Remus's face, Tonks elbows him in the arm
"What was that for?" he asked her
"Staring that's what" she replied before turning her attention back to me and Poppy "We almost didn't recognise you, you look so different. How have you both been?"
"I am well thank you Dora" Poppy replies before continuing over to the drinks table
"I'm fine Dora thank you, I trust you are all well" I ask
"Yeah we're great thanks Minerva, um have a little bit of news for you though?"
"Oh? What's that?" I ask
"Another little one on the way" she smiles so proudly I can't help but smile with her, sure enough there was a slight bump barely visible if you hadn't been aware.
"That's wonderful news, congratulations both of you" I smile and give Tonks a hug before shaking Remus's hand.
"Have you congratulated the Happy couple then yet Minerva?" Remus asks me, the smile on my face instantly falls and quickly turning into something less pleasant
"Love I hardly think 'happy' is the correct term for them, I don't think they are right for each other and I think they both know it"
"Dora this isn't the time for you to be saying things like that, excuse us will you Minerva, it was nice to see you" they say their good-byes and as they walk off slightly I can still hear Remus berating Nymphadora for speaking her opinion so openly with others, especially in front of me.
I walk over to join Poppy "Well why would saying something like that in front of me be a problem?
"Don't worry about it Minerva, you know what those two are like, and sometimes they still see you as an authority figure an teacher to them"
"But still Poppy, does everyone know about it, do i have it written in bloody big flashing letters all lit up above my head?" i ask and Poppy starts to laugh.
"You talk things far too seriously sometimes, try and relax Minerva and have a bit of fun, your far too tense at the moment and your nervousness is starting to show"
We make our way over to the side of the room to get a drink and out of the corner of my eye i spot Ron Weasley with a proud look on his face, he was obviously enjoying all the attention he was receiving from his guest, especially none other than Lavender Brown. But there was no sign of Hermione.
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