-1A/N Blank paper is so beautiful, I just want to fill it up with all the words in my heart. This one is less melancholy than the others, but don't worry, I'll have more than enough depressing chapters later.
Pansy knocked quietly on his office door and waited anxiously for some reply. The cookies and tea in her hand trembled slightly as she waited for him to at least acknowledge her presence. This was her latest attempt, bringing him a snack when he didn't come to supper with the students. She knew it was stupid, but she needed him to notice her in some way.
"Come in" was his cool and distant reply, and the door opened by its own accord. She entered quietly and set the food down on the front of his desk. Very cautiously, she peered at him throw the front of her hair and saw the papers he was marking, undoubtedly the reason he had not been at dinner that evening.
"These are for you professor" she mumbled as she backed towards the door on her way out.
He glanced up just briefly to see what she had brought and then returned to marking his papers. "Thank you Ms. Parkinson" was his stiff reply.
Pansy turned her back and swiftly walked to the door, pulling it open and passing through silently. She was still tense and afraid he was displeased with her. Yet, he had thanked her, had known her name. This thought made her smile, he knew her.
As she the door closed at her back, Pansy heard the unmistakable sound of a bite being taken out of a crunchy cookie and she smiled.
Mission accomplished.
